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| |image=[[File:DMW-WhompKing.png|200px]]<br>In-game artwork from ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' | | |border=gray |
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| | |image=[[File:King Whomp.png|200px]]<br> The '''Whomp King''', as he appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. |
| | |full_name=Whomp King |
| | |first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[1994]]) |
| |species=[[Whomp]] | | |species=[[Whomp]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]]) | | |affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]], [[Bowser]], [[Thwomp]]s, [[Sliding Stone]]s, [[Whomp]]s, [[Whimp]]s |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])}} | | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[2010]])}} |
| {{quote|It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, we pave your roads, and still you walk all over us. Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me. I think I'll crush [[Mario|you]] just for fun! Do you have a problem with that? Just try to pound me, wimp! Ha!|Whomp King|Super Mario 64}} | | {{quote|It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles. We pave your roads, and still you walk all over us. Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me! I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that? Just try to pound me, wimp! Ha!|Whomp King|Super Mario 64}} |
| The '''Whomp King''' is a [[List of characters|character]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He is a giant [[Whomp]] who has appeared only a few times since.
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| | '''Whomp King''' is a character in the ''[[Mario (series)|Mario]]'' series. He is the king of all the [[Whomp]]s. The Whomp King's first appearance was in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as the boss of the [[Whomp's Fortress]]. |
| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===''Super Mario'' series===
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| ====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
| | The Whomp King makes his debut in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He hates those who don't show respect towards his kind. When he is confronted on top of [[Whomp's Fortress]] in ''Super Mario 64'', he makes a short speech, then engages Mario in battle. Like most Whomps, his only attack is to fall face-first in an attempt to crush his opponent. However, this is also his weakness, because in the time it takes him to recover and stand up, the player can [[Ground Pound]] his back. After being Ground Pounded three times, the Whomp King will be defeated and the player will receive a [[Power Star]]. For some reason, if the player wall kicks into the Whomp King and jumps away from him before the fight, Whomp King will talk to the player as soon as they land. In this way, players may fall off the arena, in which case Whomp King will talk to the player and will then initiate the fight, only for the battle to end seconds later, since Mario is not allowed to move very far from a boss he is fighting with. |
| The Whomp King, also named the '''Slab King'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #42|page=23|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au|date=September 1996}}</ref> or the '''Giant Whomp''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980224211535/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/boss5.html|title=Giant Whomp - (Course 2)|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=February 23, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref> is a [[List of bosses|boss]] in ''Super Mario 64'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. For the remake, the Whomp King received some design alterations, including a distinct crown, and more rock-like arms and feet. His original design became the basis for [[Big Whomp]]s in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' The Whomp King is fought atop [[Whomp's Fortress]], as the second boss overall. When encountered, the Whomp King makes a short speech before the battle starts. Like other Whomps, the Whomp King falls face-first when attempting to attack [[Mario]]. The Whomp King takes damage from being [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed by Mario, and after three hits, the Whomp King is defeated and releases a [[Power Star]]. | |
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| A [[glitch]] in the original ''Super Mario 64'' only makes it possible to [[jump]] and time a Pound the Ground attack in midair so that the Whomp King's attack goes harmlessly through Mario, who will then land on his back.<ref>{{cite|url=https://youtu.be/_lmWH7PIRaM|title=Chip off Whomp’s Block in 29.70 - SM64 Level Speedrun|author=RDVvsTheWorld (ILs & Scores)|date=October 13, 2021|accessdate=October 12, 2024|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> If the player [[Wall Jump|wall-kick]]s into the Whomp King and jumps away from him before the fight, he talks to the player and initiates the fight as soon as they land. However, the battle ends seconds later, since Mario is not allowed to move very far from a boss with whom he is fighting.
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| ====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
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| [[File:SMG2 Throwback Return of the Whomp King.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', showing the Whomp King as being much larger in size than before]]
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| The Whomp King is a boss in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. He is fought at the end of [[Throwback Galaxy]], which is a remake of Whomp's Fortress from ''Super Mario 64''. The Whomp King is encountered after the player defeats a Whomp and enters the underside of the fortress, where the Whomp King is encountered. The Whomp King's dialogue is retained from ''Super Mario 64'', though if the player loses a life in battle, the Whomp King interrupts himself while reciting his line.<ref>{{cite|author=Whomp King|quote=-- Arrrgh! I'm tired of this speech!|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> The Whomp King is significantly larger, and only a small, vulnerable spot on his back can be ground-pounded to damage him. Whomp King shares his battle music with [[Digga-Leg]]. The Whomp King now creates a shockwave when he crashes on the ground, temporarily paralyzing Mario on contact. If the Whomp King does crush Mario, he loses an [[Extra life|life]] instantly, unlike before. The Whomp King can stomp his foot to produce several [[Whimp]]s to chase Mario. When defeated, the Whomp King has a different expression that goes unseen, since he is lying on the ground.<ref>{{cite|title={{file link|King Whomp's Face.png|Whomp King's defeated face in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''}}|publisher=Nintendo|date=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy 2/Oddities#King Whomp's Face|Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''|author=TCRF|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=September 10, 2024}}</ref>
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| Despite "king" being a male title, the Prima guide uses ''{{iw|wikipedia|It (pronoun)|it}}'' instead of ''{{iw|wikipedia|He (pronoun)|he}}''.<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=224|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref>
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| ===''Mario Party 3''=== | | ===''Mario Party 3''=== |
| Whomp King appears in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. He is seen in [[Creepy Cavern]], lying on the road and blocking one of two paths. Whomp King moves to the other side if either the player gives up an item or lands on a nearby [[Happening Space]]. | | Whomp King also appeared in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', in the [[Creepy Cavern]]. He was lying on the road, and to make him move out of the way, the player would need to give up an item. It is possible that he is the ruler of Creepy Cavern, since there are lots of Whomps in the same area. |
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| ===''Mario Golf'' series=== | | ===''Super Mario 64 DS''=== |
| Although Whomp King does not physically appear in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'', or ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', his name is sometimes displayed on the tournament scoreboards.
| | For the ''Super Mario 64'' remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the Whomp King has undergone slight changes in his appearance. He wears now a golden crown which distinguishes him easily from the other Whomps, and his arms and feet look more like they're made of rock. Unlike the original ''Super Mario 64'', he can no longer be defeated via a glitch which allows the player to jump right through his body and then Ground Pound him easily. Otherwise, his role is essentially the same as in ''Super Mario 64''. |
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| ===''Dr. Mario World''=== | | ===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''=== |
| Whomp King appears in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'', now sharing his species' redesigned appearance, as one of the Assistants. These assistants can only be obtained as rewards in versus mode in at least Tier 9. In stage mode, his effect is to increase the score granted by making a match if a rainbow capsule is involved. His versus mode effect is to grant a chance in reducing the amount of rows sent by the opponent by one, nullifying the attack entirely if it is a one-row attack. | | [[Image:Whimps.png|left|thumb|110px|The [[Whimp]]s that aid Whomp King during battle in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.]] |
| | In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', he returns as a boss in [[Throwback Galaxy]]. However, how he is encountered is slightly different from how he was in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. At the top of the fortress, a [[Whomp]] is found instead of the Whomp King. After it is defeated, the entrance door on the ground (emblazoned with [[Bowser]]'s emblem on it) opens to reveal a pathway to the Whomp King, who is fought on the underside of the fortress. |
| | The sky turns dark and stormy when the Whomp King appears. |
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
| | His fight is similar to his debut fight in ''Super Mario 64'', and he also quotes, nearly word-for-word, his original speeches from the aforementioned game. Along with his sheer size increase and the smaller area which Mario can [[Ground Pound]] to damage him, he also has a few new abilities. When he attempts to crush Mario, the attack will create a shockwave when he hits the ground, which will paralyze Mario for a brief moment if he doesn't jump at the correct time. He can also stomp his foot to produce several miniature Whomps called [[Whimp]]s that chase after Mario. Additionally, Mario can no longer use a Ground Pound to pass through the Whomp King while he falls, which was a glitch in ''Super Mario 64'' that made him much easier to defeat. |
| ===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
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| |image=[[File:King Whomp.png|x200px]]
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| |world=[[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6]]
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| |galaxy=[[Throwback Galaxy]]
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| |mission=[[Return of the Whomp King]]
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| |reward=[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Power Star]]
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| }}
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| ===''Dr. Mario World''===
| | If the Whomp King manages to crush Mario, he loses a [[Extra Life|life]] instantly, regardless of how many wedges of health he has left. Whomp King shares his music with [[Digga-Leg]]. Oddly, the guide says that the Whomp King is genderless. |
| *'''Stage mode:''' "''Increases score by 30%/60%/90%/120%/150% when viruses are eliminated with a rainbow capsule.''"
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| *'''Stage mode ''(Prior to version 2.3.0)'':''' "''Increases score by 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% when viruses are eliminated with a rainbow capsule.''"
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| *'''Versus mode:''' "''If opponent attacks, grants 20%/25%/30%/35%/40% chance rows of received viruses will be decreased by 1.''"
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| WhompKingSM64.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
| | Image:WhompKing64.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]'' |
| WhompKing64.png| Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
| | Image:WhompKingSM64DS.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' |
| Whomp King SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
| | Image:Whompkingsmg2.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| Winged Mario SMKun.png|''Super Mario-kun''
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| CreepyCavernWhompKingTurn.png|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
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| SM64DS Asset Model Whomp King.png| Model from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
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| SM64DS WhompKing.png| Model from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
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| WhompKingSM64DS.png| Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
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| King Whomp.png| Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
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| King Whomp's Face.png|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', showing the Whomp King's face when defeated, never shown in gameplay.
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| SMG2 Whomp King Arena.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Quotes== | | ==Quotes== |
| *"''It makes me so mad!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"It makes me so mad!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''We build your houses, your castles. We pave your roads, and still you walk all over us!''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"We build your houses, your castles. We pave your roads, and still you walk all over us!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me!''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that?''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that?"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''Just try to pound me, wimp! Ha!''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' | | *''"Just try to pound me, wimp! Ha!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' |
| *"''Just try to ground-pound the Whomp King! Ha!''" - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"Just try to ground-pound the Whomp King! Ha!"'' - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, your-- Aaargh! I'm tired of this speech! Let's see you try and ground pound the Whomp King again! Aaargh!''" - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, your... Arrrgh! I'm tired of this speech!"'' - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''No! Crushed again! I'm just a stepping stone, after all. I won't gravel, er, grovel.''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | | *''"No! Crushed again! I'm just a stepping stone, after all. I won't gravel, er, grovel."'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''Here, you win. Take this with you!''" - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' | | *''"OK, you win. Here--take this with you!"'' - ''[[Super Mario 64]] / [[Super Mario 64 DS]] / [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''OK, you win. Here--take this with you!''" - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
| | *''"Dang it!"'' - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' |
| *"''Dang it!''" - ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' | |
| *"''Excuse me for not getting up. I'm the Whomp King. If you had a (random item), I'd move..."'' - ''[[Mario Party 3]]''
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in Other Languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{foreignname |
| |Jap=バッタンキング | | |Jap=バッタンキング<br>''battan kingu'' |
| |JapR=Battan Kingu | | |JapM=Battan King |
| |JapM=Whomp King
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| |JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|date=1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=14|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref>
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| |Spa=Rey Roco | | |Spa=Rey Roco |
| |SpaM=King Whomp | | |SpaM=King Whomp |
| |Fre=Roi Whomp | | |Ita=Re Whomp |
| |FreM=King Whomp | | |ItaM=Whomp King |
| |Ger=König Wummp | | |Ger=König Wummp |
| |GerM=King Whomp | | |GerM=King Whomp |
| |Ger2=Wummp<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref> | | |Fra=Roi Whomp |
| |Ger2N=''Super Mario 64''
| | |FraM=King Whomp}} |
| |Ita=Re Womp
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| |ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Re Womp|author=Cheep Cheep Star Tournament scoreboard|publisher=''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''|language=it}}</ref>
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| |ItaM=King Whomp
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| |PorA=Rei Esmagão
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| |PorAM=King Whomp
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| |Kor=꽈당킹 | |
| |KorR=Kkwadang-King
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| |KorM=Whomp King
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| |ChiS=嘭嘭王
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| |ChiSR=Pēngpēng Wáng
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| |ChiSM=Whomp King
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| |ChiT=砰砰王
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| |ChiTR=Pēngpēng Wáng
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| |ChiTM=Whomp King
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| | ==Trivia== |
| | *In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', if the player fights the Whomp King, loses and return again, he says a different speech:"It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, your-- Aargh! I'm tired of this speech! Let's see you try to ground-pound the Whomp King again!". |
| | **This is a reference to the fact that in ''Super Mario 64'', when the player leaves a boss fight, and then returns, the boss will repeat its dialogue all over again. |
| | *In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', the Whomp King is the only boss to have dialogue (not including [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]). |
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| {{MP3}} | | {{Thwomp}} |
| {{SMG2}} | | {{SMG2}} |
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