Hector the Reflector: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (fixed punctuation error)
m (Kamek never enlarges him, he only hits him with magic with no visible effect.)
Line 7: Line 7:
'''Hector the Reflector''' is the third boss of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. Hector the Reflector gets his name from the mirror part of the battle: he is reflected in the mirror, but cannot be seen anywhere else. It could also be a reference to the nursery rhyme, "Hector the Protector."  
'''Hector the Reflector''' is the third boss of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. Hector the Reflector gets his name from the mirror part of the battle: he is reflected in the mirror, but cannot be seen anywhere else. It could also be a reference to the nursery rhyme, "Hector the Protector."  


Hector is a [[Porutāobake‎]] enlarged by [[Kamek]] living in [[Hector the Reflector's Haunted House]], filled with Boos, possessed furniture, and other supernatural creatures. His fight uses both screens; as the fight begins, he is invisible on the top screen, but visible on the bottom. Yoshi can peek into the "mirror" bottom screen, find Hector, and then throw an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]] at him on the top. After each hit, Hector shrinks and throws a flowerpot at the bottom screen, "cracking" it. His Porutāobake‎ minions also pick up furniture and fling it at [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], but Yoshi can eat them for more eggs.
Hector is a large [[Porutāobake‎]] living in [[Hector the Reflector's Haunted House]], filled with Boos, possessed furniture, and other supernatural creatures. His fight uses both screens; as the fight begins, he is invisible on the top screen, but visible on the bottom. Yoshi can peek into the "mirror" bottom screen, find Hector, and then throw an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]] at him on the top. After each hit, Hector shrinks and throws a flowerpot at the bottom screen, "cracking" it. His Porutāobake‎ minions also pick up furniture and fling it at [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], but Yoshi can eat them for more eggs.


After six hits, he shrinks until reduced to nothing, leaving a puff of smoke, granting Yoshi access to the next level.
After six hits, he shrinks until reduced to nothing, leaving a puff of smoke, granting Yoshi access to the next level.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names|
{{foreign names
|Jap=カガミおばけ
|Jap=カガミおばけ
|JapR=Kagami obake
|JapR=Kagami obake
Line 21: Line 21:
|GerM=Hector Reflector
|GerM=Hector Reflector
|Ita=Rufino Riflesso
|Ita=Rufino Riflesso
|ItaM=From the proper name ''Rufio'' with the diminutive suffix ''-ino'' and ''riflesso'' (reflection)}}
|ItaM=From the proper name ''Rufio'' with the diminutive suffix ''-ino'' and ''riflesso'' (reflection)
}}
 
{{YIDS}}
{{YIDS}}
[[Category:Undead]]
[[Category:Undead]]

Revision as of 16:50, February 25, 2019

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, I've got a friend who's the ghastliest of them all! Are you frightened yet, little Yoshi?”
Kamek, Yoshi's Island DS

Template:Character-infobox Hector the Reflector is the third boss of Yoshi's Island DS. Hector the Reflector gets his name from the mirror part of the battle: he is reflected in the mirror, but cannot be seen anywhere else. It could also be a reference to the nursery rhyme, "Hector the Protector."

Hector is a large Porutāobake‎ living in Hector the Reflector's Haunted House, filled with Boos, possessed furniture, and other supernatural creatures. His fight uses both screens; as the fight begins, he is invisible on the top screen, but visible on the bottom. Yoshi can peek into the "mirror" bottom screen, find Hector, and then throw an egg at him on the top. After each hit, Hector shrinks and throws a flowerpot at the bottom screen, "cracking" it. His Porutāobake‎ minions also pick up furniture and fling it at Yoshi, but Yoshi can eat them for more eggs.

After six hits, he shrinks until reduced to nothing, leaving a puff of smoke, granting Yoshi access to the next level.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Hektor Reflektor[?] Hector Reflector
Italian Rufino Riflesso[?] From the proper name Rufio with the diminutive suffix -ino and riflesso (reflection)