Uproot

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Uproot
An Uproot in Super Mario Odyssey
Artwork of an Uproot from Super Mario Odyssey
First appearance Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Latest appearance Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Nether Update) (2020)
Comparable
“A creature that can stretch many times its height upward! I have been hoping to investigate one up close!”
Bonneter biologist, Super Mario Odyssey

Uproots are enemies that can be captured in Super Mario Odyssey. Their name is derived from a word referring to a plant being pulled from the ground, and their name also refers to their root-like legs. Uproots are yellow onion-like creatures with red eyes. They usually have brown flowerpots over their heads with a broken opening to see from. They have green thorny legs, which, according to the Bonneter biologist, telescope outward. They can use this ability to push their bodies into the air, then retract them in an instant to jump.

History[edit]

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Uproots can be found in the Wooded Kingdom, in a secret lava-filled area in the Seaside Kingdom, and on the Darker Side. They spawn from Senobi Generate Points, which are dirt patches in the ground. When an Uproot notices Mario, it stretches up and then leaps in his direction. If the Uproot hits Mario mid-stretch, it will stop, then finish its movement. Uproots respect invisible boundaries that generally prevent them from chasing Mario too far. Uproots are immune to being jumped on and can be defeated only with a Ground Pound.

In most cases, Uproots have flowerpots. To capture an Uproot, Mario needs to use a Cap Throw to break the pot, allowing a second throw to capture the Uproot. If it was stretching, the Uproot will return to the ground when it is captured. A captured Uproot can be used to reach high platforms. Uproots can break blocks and push movable covers. Shaking the controller as an Uproot makes it stretch faster than normal, and briefly stay at a higher position before shrinking back to the normal maximum height. It can also stretch higher when two buttons are used at once. While stretched, Uproots walk more slowly than they do without stretching or by using repeated jumps. An Uproot (captured or not) can defeat other Uproots by stomping them, as though a Ground Pound was used.

An Uproot is required to defeat Torkdrift, a boss in the Wooded Kingdom, with its stretching power needed to reach the boss's weak points and strike from below. The height from stretching is also necessary to dodge one of Torkdrift's attacks. As such, an Uproot also appears in the rematch against the boss in the Mushroom Kingdom.

A concept design for Uproots depicted them as mushroom-type enemies. More concepts for Uproots were partially based on Pokeys and Bramballs.[1]

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Striders are replaced by Uproots.

Profiles[edit]

  • Website description:
    • English:
      Reach new areas with this little guy's round, bouncy body and long, elastic legs.[2]
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        まーるい体に長い足!高いところもびよーんと移動。[3]
        (Translation: Round body and long legs! Can even move around high places with a boing.)

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese セノビー[4]
Senobī
Comes from「背伸び」(senobi, to stretch one's back to make oneself appear taller)
Chinese (simplified) 腿伸伸[?]
Tuǐ shēn shēn
From「腿」(tuǐ, "leg") and repetition of「伸」(shēn, "to stretch")
Chinese (traditional) 賽諾比[?]
Sài nuò bǐ
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Uproot[?] -
French Poupousse[?] Portmanteau of pousse ("bud") and/or pousser ("to stretch")
German Mieswurz[?] Portmanteau of mies ("bad") and Wurzel ("root")
Italian Bulbotto[?] Diminutive of bulbo ("bulb")
Korean 쭈우키[?]
Jju'uki
From "쭈욱" (jju'uk, "stretching") and possibly "키" (ki, "height")
Russian Корняк[?]
Kornyak
From корень (koren, "root") and сорняк (sornyak, "weed")
Spanish Cebolleto[?] Diminutive of cebolla ("onion")

References[edit]

  1. ^ October 22, 2019. The Art of Super Mario Odyssey. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Comics. ISBN 978-1-50671-375-5. Page 146.
  2. ^ Super Mario Odyssey § Meet Cappy. nintendo.com (British English). Retrieved September 15, 2024. (Archived August 3, 2024, 21:20:56 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ スーパーマリオ オデッセイ : 新アクション「帽子投げ」!. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved April 18, 2023. (Archived November 13, 2017, 02:59:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ 「これは新キャラクター『セノビー』をキャプチャーした『キャプチャーセノビー』。球根をイメージしたキャラクターです。遠目に見ると箸にも見える!?」 – mario_odysseyJP (August 15, 2017). Post about the Uproot species. Twitter. Retrieved August 16, 2017. (Archived February 10, 2018, 17:32:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)