Flaming Antasmaton

Flaming Antasmaton
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)

Flaming Antasmatons are flamethrower-snouted robots that vaguely resemble Antasma that appear in Neo Bowser Castle in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Their name is a portmanteau of "Antasma" and "automaton", a machine that moves on its own.

In the field, Flaming Antasmatons will shoot a string of fire upon sight of Mario and Luigi, then spin rapidly towards them. In battle, they may head slightly into the foreground or background to shoot fire forward and rotate, which Mario and Luigi must dodge by jumping. If the Antasmaton heads into the background, Mario must jump over the first rotation, both the Bros. must jump over the second simultaneously and Luigi over the third. There is sometimes a fourth rotation. If into the foreground, they must do this backwards.

Flaming Antasmatons may also approach a Bro. to start shooting fire while spinning in front of him at changing speeds, which he must jump over thrice in order to dizzy the machine and make it teeter towards the other Bro., who must jump over or on the Antasmaton to successfully dodge the whole attack. Occasionally, when executing this attack, the wings on the Flaming Antasmation may extend or retract when it rotates: if the wings are extended, the Antasmaton will rotate at a slower rate; if the wings are retracted, it will spin faster. Failure for the targeted Bro. to avoid the flames will result in the attack's immediate end, unlike the Antasmaton's other attack.

These attacks can also cause the "Char" status, which is a more harmful version of a Burn.

In the overworld, its flames can be attacked to initiate a First Strike - even with a jump, despite them being harmful in battle and the First Strike not actually touching the enemy.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Flaming Antasmaton
	HP	190	Role	Common	Level	31	Location(s)	Neo Bowser Castle
	Power	220	Position	Normal	No Hitter	53
	Defense	213	World	Real	Weakness	None	Item drop	Ultrasyrup Jar (4%) Farmer Boots (1%)
	Speed	128	Experience	400 (480)	Coins	70 (100%)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ファイアロボ[?] Faia Robo	Fire Robo
French (NOA)	Pyro-Phobieutron[?]	From "Phobieux" (Antasma's American French name) with "-tron" (common suffix for robots) + pyro
French (NOE)	Pyro Antasmatron[?]	Antasmatron is derived from Antasma's name mixed with the suffix -tron, which is often used to denote robots.
German	Flamm-Antasmaton[?]	Flame Antasmaton
Italian	Fuochirombrak[?]	From "fuochi" (plural of "fuoco", meaning "fire"), "robot", "ombra" (shadow), and "Inkubak" (Antasma)
Portuguese	Flamethrower Robot[?]	-
Russian	Мракулобот[?] Mrakulobot	From "Мракула" (Mrakula, Antasma) and "робот" (robot)
Spanish (NOA)	Antasmatrón Flamígero[?]	Portmanteau of "Antasma" and "-trón" (common suffix for robots) + "flamígero" (blazing)
Spanish (NOE)	Robot escupefuego[?]	"Robot" + portmanteau of "escupir" (to spit) and "fuego" (fire)