Shova

Shova
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variant of	Koopa
Comparable Chargin' Chuck Sumo Bro

Shovas are large Koopas that first appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, with yellow skin, black helmets, and black Buzzy Beetle-esque shells, making them resemble the Hammer Bros of Super Mario Bros. 3, with a large body size much like Sledge Bros and Sumo Bros (which also share their squinted eyes), though, compared to most Koopas, they lack a noticeable snout or beak, instead possessing a mostly-flat face with a heavily-built lower jaw. As indicated by their name, they slowly shove objects such as pipes and boxes forward with their large gloved hands. If the player approaches them head-on, the Shova will push them away without causing damage, though they can still inflict damage like any other enemy if touched from the back or from the bottom (if not in Drill form). It take three stomps or three fireballs to defeat a Shova, though they can be more instantly taken out with a ground pound, a single stomp or trunk strike in elephant form, a drill attack, or contact with a player made invincible by a Super Star. Shovas are introduced in Swamp Pipe Crawl and are featured prominently in the eponymous Secrets of Shova Mansion, where they pursue the player by pushing a giant golden Bowser Statue during the level's Wonder Effect.

Gallery

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  A Shova and Daisy pushing a pipe

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Other names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario Bros. Wonder	G:/romfs/Model/EnemyOsukun.bfres.zs	Osukun	Portmanteau of「押す」(osu, to push) and the honorific「~くん」(-kun)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	オシダシー Oshidashī	Comes from「押し出し」(oshidashi, pushing something out)
Chinese	推推手 Tuītuīshǒu	Partial repetition of「推手」(tuīshǒu, "pusher")
Dutch	Shova[?]	-
French	Poussumo[?]	Portmanteau of pousser ("to push") and "Sumo" (possibly referring to Sumo Bro)
German	Schiebemax[?]	From schieben ("to shove") and the male given name "Max"
Italian	Spintarello[?]	The word spintarella ("shove") in masculine form or a portmanteau with fratello ("brother")
Korean	미러내 Mireonae	Partial pun on "밀어내다" (mireonaeda, "to push out")
Portuguese (NOA)	Edu Empurrão[?]	From "Edu" (a short form of the male given name "Eduardo") and empurrão ("shove")
Portuguese (NOE)	Empurrikoopa[?]	From empurrar ("to push") and "Koopa"
Russian	Толкайка[?] Tolkayka	From толкать (tolkat, "to shove") and the diminutive suffix "-ка" (-ka)
Spanish	Empujapum[?]	Portmanteau of empujar ("to shove") and the onomatopoeia pum (punching sound) or Placapum ("Chargin' Chuck")