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Revision as of 02:09, December 1, 2020

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“I SAID SQUEEEEK!”
Scaredy Rat, Paper Mario: Color Splash

A Scaredy Rat is a white rat creature that first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term scaredy cat, which is a childish term for a coward.

History

Super Mario series

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Scaredy Rats in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
NSMBW Scaredy Rat Render.png

Scaredy Rats first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they are only found in World 4-Ghost House. They are defeated the same way that Goombas are. However, the difference between the two is that Scaredy Rats are troublesome and run quite fast. When Mario or a teammate approaches, they stop scuttling and start jumping in place. When the player leaves, the Scaredy Rats continue scuttling. If one is stomped, all nearby Scaredy Rats will run in panic. However, if running Scaredy Rats encounter a calm rat, the frightened rats will become calm as well.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Scaredy Rats reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U with the same features of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in the level Which-Way Labyrinth, where in dark sections their eyes shine like a Swoop. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.

Super Mario Run

Scaredy Rat
In-game image of Scaredy Rat from Super Mario Run

Scaredy Rats reappear in Super Mario Run, only in the level Scaredy Rat Race. They behave identical to their appearance in previous platformers.

Mario Party series

Mario Party 9

A Scaredy Rat appears in a Captain Event known as Scaredy Rat Race in the portal-like tower near the final area of the board Boo's Horror Castle. The Scaredy Rat steals some Mini Stars from each player and scuttles each turn some spaces ahead using a dice block. The current captain has to choose a player who must roll a Dice Block. The player who actually reaches the Scaredy Rat defeats it and receives all the Mini Stars the Scaredy Rat has stolen.

Mario Party: Island Tour

A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain board in Mario Party: Island Tour. They also appear in the minigame Rat-a-tat Flat, which involves players having to Ground Pound the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in the minigame.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Scaredy Rats make their Paper Mario debut in the Nintendo 3DS game Paper Mario: Sticker Star as enemies in The Enigmansion of World 4. They maintain their appearance from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In battle, Scaredy Rats can perform one of two attacks. Their main attack involves ramming into Mario. The Scaredy Rat will sometimes delay its attack in order to trick the player into blocking early. Their other attack has them trot towards Mario and steal one of his stickers. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the a Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, but doesn't prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, doing so ensures that a weaker sticker is stolen. If Mario has no stickers, or if the Scaredy Rat is currently carrying one, it will only use its ramming attack. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may begin to flee with a sticker, but suddenly turn around, giving Mario a chance to get it back.

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Scaredy Rats return in Paper Mario: Color Splash with the same appearance and behavior they had in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and can be fought in Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn and Toad Trainworks. There is a Scaredy Rat 10-Stack in Toad Trainworks. They steal Battle Cards in this entry rather than stickers.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

An origami Scaredy Rat from Paper Mario: The Origami King.
An origami Scaredy Rat

Scaredy Rats make a return in Paper Mario: The Origami King, with origami variants of them acting as enemies in Graffiti Underground, Picnic Road, Ninja Attraction and Shroom City. Similar to the Bandits from the first two Paper Mario games, they now steal coins since neither stickers nor Battle Cards are present.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Sprite of a Scaredy Rat from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

A Scaredy Rat sets off the plot of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam by scaring Luigi into knocking over a book containing the Paper Mario universe. Later in the game, only Paper Scaredy Rats appear as enemies. They appear only in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon.

Dr. Mario World

Scaredy Rats appear as assistants in Dr. Mario World. In stage mode, they add fifty points to the base score whenever a light-blue virus is defeated. In versus mode, they have a 30% chance of turning an opponent's attack into a like-color virus. These skills can be leveled up by receiving duplicate assistants.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Run

  • Notebook bio: "This foe lives in groups in towers. If you defeat one the rest will panic and scatter!"

Item description

  • Scaredy Rat Statue: "A statue of a Scaredy Rat. Those ears are a bit spooky, aren't they?"

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemy
Scaredy Rat
Scaredy Rat PMSS.png Max HP 10 Role Common Location(s) The Enigmansion
Attack 5 Stickers Hammer, Jump
Defense 0 Moves Ram (5), Steal (steals a Sticker), Run (flees battle)

Paper Mario: Color Splash

Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy
Scaredy Rat
Scaredy Rat sprite from Paper Mario: Color Splash HP 8 Type Normal Role Common Card
Strong None Weak None Card drop rate 3
A Scardey Rat card from Paper Mario: Color Splash
Moves Body Attack (3), Steal Attack (1, steals a Battle Card), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8)
Location(s) Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn, Toad Trainworks
Quotes Usual: "Squeek!" ~ "I SAID SQUEEEEK!" ~ "Squeek, squeek!" ~ "Squeeeek!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_MANY_COIN - TRE_NOTHING (when joining a battle started against a Dry Bones)
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 1 Red paint 4 Yellow paint 4 Blue paint 6 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Paper Mario: The Origami King

Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy
Scaredy Rat
An origami Scaredy Rat from Paper Mario: The Origami King. HP 9 Moves Location(s)
Type Normal Rattack (3), Stacked Rattack (base 3 for one Scaredy Rat, 6 for two, 8 for 3, 5 + amount for more; range starts at 0 and increases by 1 for each additional Scaredy Rat after the first two), Steal (1, steals coins), Stacked Steal (1 per Scaredy Rat, steals coins), Loose Change (1 per Scaredy Rat) Graffiti Underground, Picnic Road, Ninja Attraction, Shroom City
Role Common
Item drops Mushroom
They adore dark corners. If they nab your coins in battle, defeat them before your gold is as good as gone.

Dr. Mario World

  • Stage mode: "Increases base score by 50/70/100/150/200 points for every light-blue virus eliminated."
  • Versus mode: "If opponent attacks, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance received virus will be matching-color."

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チュウチュウ[?]
Chūchū
Squeak-squeak; chū is an onomatopoeia for crying of mice.
Chinese 吱吱 (iQue)
Zhīzhī
吱吱鼠 (Nintendo)
Zhīzhī Shǔ
[?]
From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse)

From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (shǔ, mouse)

Dutch Scaredy Rat[?] -
German Gratterich[?] Pun on Grattler (a condescending term from bavaria), Ratte (Rat) and the suffix -rich
Italian Ratton[?] From ratto (rat)
Korean 츄츄[?]
chuchu
Derived from the Japanese name
Portuguese (NOA) Ratacante[?] Pormanteau of rato (rat) and atacante (attacker)
Portuguese (NOE) Aterrato[?] Pormanteau of aterrado (frightened) and rato (mouse)
Russian Крыса-страшилка[?]
Krysa-strashilka
Scary rat
Spanish (NOA) Ratacante[?] Pormanteau of rata (rat) and atacante (attacker)
Spanish (NOE) Aterrata[?] Pormanteau of aterrador (frightening) and rata (rat)

References