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|title=Tweeter | |title=Tweeter | ||
|image=[[File:Tweeter.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Tweeter in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' | |image=[[File:Tweeter.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Tweeter in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise) | |first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | ||
|variants=[[Tweeter Bat]] | |variants=[[Tweeter Bat]] | ||
|comparable=[[Shy Guy]] | |comparable=[[Shy Guy]] | ||
|notable=[[Stool Pigeon]]}} | |notable=[[Stool Pigeon]]}} | ||
A '''Tweeter''' is a masked bird<ref name=bird> | A '''Tweeter''' is a masked bird<ref name=bird>{{cite|quote=It's a bird with a mask. He hops. Try to get on top of his head.|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet (Tweeter description)|page=23}}</ref><ref name="tori">{{cite|title=「マリオキャラクター大事典 パーフェクト版」 (''Mario Character Daijiten: Perfect-ban'')|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|page={{file link|PEGMCE pages 228 229.png|229}}}}</ref> that first appears in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Their name comes from "tweet," an onomatopoeia for the sound that a bird makes. Tweeters are similar in stature and appearance to a [[Shy Guy]], with their masks having a beak instead of a mouth hole. Despite the presence of wings, they rapidly hop rather than fly around in their debut appearance, reminiscent of a green [[Koopa Paratroopa]]. In their original artwork, they have red bodies, white masks and blue wings; in their ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' sprites and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' artwork, they have white bodies and red masks and wings. In their ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''Super Mario Advance'' sprites, their bodies are tinted purple, while their feet are yellow. ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' uses a design similar to the original artwork, but with the bat-like blue wings replaced with bird-like red wings. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''=== | ===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''=== | ||
Tweeters are common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Rather than walk normally, their movement consists of three short hops followed by a fourth hop its height, traveling straight ahead until hitting a wall. Like several other standard enemies, Tweeters can be simply picked up and thrown. In the | Tweeters are common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Rather than walk normally, their movement consists of three short hops followed by a fourth hop its height, traveling straight ahead until hitting a wall. Like several other standard enemies, Tweeters can be simply picked up and thrown. In the original version, they have only one sprite of animation, while in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance'' releases, they have two sprites. | ||
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===''Super Mario-kun''=== | ===''Super Mario-kun''=== | ||
[[File:Tweeter SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'']] | [[File:Tweeter SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'']] | ||
A Tweeter appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Here, it attempts to suck out [[Mario]]'s blood, but ends up | A Tweeter appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Here, it attempts to suck out [[Mario]]'s blood, but ends up transforming him into [[Dr. Mario]]. | ||
===''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase''=== | ===''WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase''=== | ||
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===Unused appearances=== | ===Unused appearances=== | ||
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''==== | |||
An [[list of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] graphic of a Tweeter exists in the coding for ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', using a sprite from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', alongside the two [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] sprites from the same game. While Shy-Guys appear in the final in a different art style, Tweeters are absent from the finished product. | An [[list of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] graphic of a Tweeter exists in the coding for ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', using a sprite from ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', alongside the two [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]] sprites from the same game. While Shy-Guys appear in the final in a different art style, Tweeters are absent from the finished product. | ||
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==Profiles and statistics== | ==Profiles and statistics== | ||
===''Super Mario Bros. 2 | ===''Super Mario Bros. 2''=== | ||
*'''Bio:''' ''It's a bird with a mask. He hops. Try to get on top of his head.''<ref name=bird/> | *'''Bio:''' ''It's a bird with a mask. He hops. Try to get on top of his head.''<ref name=bird/> | ||
*'''Bio | |||
===''Super Mario Advance''=== | |||
*'''Bio:''' ''Tweeters hang around with boss characters. They're no friends of yours, so get rid of them quickly.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|page=[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf 12]|accessdate=March 28, 2022|language=en-gb|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref> | |||
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''=== | ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''=== | ||
{{PEGMCE profile | {{PEGMCE profile | ||
|name=リートン (JP) / Tweeter (EN) | |name=リートン (JP) / Tweeter (EN) | ||
| | |artwork=[[File:Tweeter Perfect.png|200px]] | ||
|shuzoku=フライ族 | |||
|seikaku=落ち着きがない | |seikaku=落ち着きがない | ||
|tojo_gemu=USA | |tojo_gemu=USA | ||
|desc='''<big>ピョンピョン跳んで近づくよ</big>'''<br> | |desc='''<big>ピョンピョン跳んで近づくよ</big>'''<br> | ||
鳥のくせに飛べないで、ピョンピョンジャンプして近づいてくる。上下に動くので、ものをぶつけるのが難しい。倒すなら、上に乗って持上げるほうが確実だよ。<ref name=tori/> | 鳥のくせに飛べないで、ピョンピョンジャンプして近づいてくる。上下に動くので、ものをぶつけるのが難しい。倒すなら、上に乗って持上げるほうが確実だよ。<ref name=tori/> | ||
| | |tribe=Fly clan | ||
|disposition=Restless | |disposition=Restless | ||
|game_appearances=USA | |game_appearances=USA | ||
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''They can't fly, even though they are birds, and they approach you by jumping up and down. They move up and down, so it is difficult to hit them with things. If you want to knock it down, it is more reliable to get on top of it and lift it up.'' | ''They can't fly, even though they are birds, and they approach you by jumping up and down. They move up and down, so it is difficult to hit them with things. If you want to knock it down, it is more reliable to get on top of it and lift it up.'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Main-gallery}} | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
DokiTweeter.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]] Hisshō Kōryakuhō'' | DokiTweeter.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]] Hisshō Kōryakuhō'' | ||
Tweeter.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' / ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' | Tweeter.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' / ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' | ||
SMUSA Tweeter.png|''Super Mario USA'' | SMUSA Tweeter.png|''Super Mario USA'' | ||
SMB2_art_Tweeter.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2 | SMB2_art_Tweeter.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2'' | ||
Tweeter SMB2 All Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' | Tweeter SMB2 All Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=リートン<ref name=tori/><ref>Sawada, Yukio | |Jap=リートン<ref name=tori/><ref>{{cite|author=Sawada, Yukio|title=''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 8|Volume 8]]|page=20}}</ref><ref name=daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref> | ||
|JapR=Rīton | |JapR=Rīton | ||
|JapM=Derived from an anagram of「トリ」(''tori'', "bird") | |JapM=Derived from an anagram of「トリ」(''tori'', "bird") | ||
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|Jap2R=Tuīta | |Jap2R=Tuīta | ||
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the English name | |Jap2M=Transliteration of the English name | ||
|Chi=利顿<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 | |Chi=利顿<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译] (Official names for iQue Super Mario 2 enemies)|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=July 6, 2024|language=zh-hans}}</ref> | ||
|ChiR=Lìdùn | |ChiR=Lìdùn | ||
|ChiM=From the Japanese name;「利」(''lì'') also means "sharp" | |ChiM=From the Japanese name;「利」(''lì'') also means "sharp" | ||
|Chi2=飞鸟<ref> | |Chi2=飞鸟<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hans|url=www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332/|title=小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频|author=iQue|publisher=Bilibili|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref> | ||
|Chi2R=Fēiniǎo | |Chi2R=Fēiniǎo | ||
|Chi2M=Flying Bird | |Chi2M=Flying Bird | ||
|Ita=Tweeter<ref>'' | |Ger=Tweeter | ||
|Ita2=Uccellaccio/Uccellastro | |Ita=Tweeter<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=23}}</ref> | ||
|Ita2=Uccellaccio/Uccellastro | |||
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' | |||
|Ita2M=''Uccello'' ("bird"), with the pejorative suffixes ''-accio'' (shared with [[Bird (Donkey Kong series)|Bird]] and [[Big Bird]]) and ''-astro'' | |Ita2M=''Uccello'' ("bird"), with the pejorative suffixes ''-accio'' (shared with [[Bird (Donkey Kong series)|Bird]] and [[Big Bird]]) and ''-astro'' | ||
|Ita3=Squizzi fritti | |Ita3=Squizzi fritti | ||
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros.'' movie | |||
|Ita3M=Fried Squizzi; potentially from "squit" | |Ita3M=Fried Squizzi; potentially from "squit" | ||
|Ita4=Cinguetto<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual | |Ita4=Cinguetto<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2010|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=112}}</ref> | ||
|Ita4M=Masculine form of ''cinguettare'' ("to tweet") | |Ita4M=Masculine form of ''cinguettare'' ("to tweet") | ||
|Ita5=Cinghetto{{sic}}<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' | |Ita5=Cinghetto{{sic}}<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=68}}</ref> | ||
|Ita5M=A typo of ''cinguetto'' ("tweet") | |Ita5M=A typo of ''cinguetto'' ("tweet") | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 07:35, August 28, 2024
- Not to be confused with Tweester.
| Tweeter | |||
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 Artwork of a Tweeter in Super Mario Advance | |||
| First appearance | Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall) Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise) | ||
| Latest appearance | Ultimate NES Remix (2014) | ||
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A Tweeter is a masked bird[1][2] that first appears in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. Their name comes from "tweet," an onomatopoeia for the sound that a bird makes. Tweeters are similar in stature and appearance to a Shy Guy, with their masks having a beak instead of a mouth hole. Despite the presence of wings, they rapidly hop rather than fly around in their debut appearance, reminiscent of a green Koopa Paratroopa. In their original artwork, they have red bodies, white masks and blue wings; in their Super Mario Bros. 2 sprites and Super Mario Advance artwork, they have white bodies and red masks and wings. In their Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance sprites, their bodies are tinted purple, while their feet are yellow. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! uses a design similar to the original artwork, but with the bat-like blue wings replaced with bird-like red wings.
History
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2
Tweeters are common enemies in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. Rather than walk normally, their movement consists of three short hops followed by a fourth hop its height, traveling straight ahead until hitting a wall. Like several other standard enemies, Tweeters can be simply picked up and thrown. In the original version, they have only one sprite of animation, while in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance releases, they have two sprites.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
A Tweeter dressed as a cowboy, as seen in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid"
Tweeters make several appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where they are usually portrayed as allies of King Koopa. The first appearance of a Tweeter is in the episode "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid." In this episode, a Tweeter bounty hunter, dressed as a cowboy, acts as an informant of Sheriff Mouser, telling him and his minions the location of Mario, Luigi and Toad, in exchange for Gold Coins. A horror-themed type of Tweeter called the Tweeter Bat exclusively appears in the episode "Count Koopula". In "The Unzappables", one Tweeter represents a literal Stool Pigeon that rats out Al Koopone's plans. They are based off of their artwork, but are mostly depicted with a beige mask, and their eyes are yellow instead of white. Additionally, their head may sometimes be lighter in color than their body.
Nintendo Adventure Books
When Mario first arrives in the Mushroom Kingdom in Double Trouble, he spots some orange Tweeter birds (presumably sand clones created by GLOM) fighting for space on a brick ledge; later, it is mentioned that unfriendly Tweeters trying to land on his head are among one of the constant annoyances in the otherwise beautiful kingdom.
If Mario and Luigi follow Princess Toadstool to the Koopahari Desert in Pipe Down!, they are attacked by a flock of Tweeters, which also appear to attack the Mario Bros. if they pull the mushroom lever in an elevator in the royal palace, if they try to directly attack Ludwig von Koopa during one portion of the book, and if Mario pulls the wrong nob on the Koopaling's giant pipe organ.
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up
A Tweeter makes a small cameo in the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, under the Veterinarian page.
Super Mario Bros. film
In the Super Mario Bros. film, a street vendor can be seen selling and advertising Fried Tweeter, apparently cooked Tweeters; instead of birds, the film portrays them as lizards. They are eaten on hotdog buns.
Super Mario-kun
A Tweeter appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Here, it attempts to suck out Mario's blood, but ends up transforming him into Dr. Mario.
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
Tweeters, along with Shy Guys, Big Shy Guys, and Ninjis, are one of the enemies that can appear in the Mario Adv. microgame.
Unused appearances
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
An unused graphic of a Tweeter exists in the coding for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, using a sprite from Super Mario All-Stars, alongside the two Shy-Guy sprites from the same game. While Shy-Guys appear in the final in a different art style, Tweeters are absent from the finished product.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Bros. 2
- Bio: It's a bird with a mask. He hops. Try to get on top of his head.[1]
Super Mario Advance
- Bio: Tweeters hang around with boss characters. They're no friends of yours, so get rid of them quickly.[3]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Tweeter.
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Super Mario USA
Super Mario Bros. 2
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リートン[2][4][5] Rīton |
Derived from an anagram of「トリ」(tori, "bird") | |
| トゥイータ[5] Tuīta |
Transliteration of the English name | ||
| Chinese | 利顿[6] Lìdùn |
From the Japanese name;「利」(lì) also means "sharp" | |
| 飞鸟[7] Fēiniǎo |
Flying Bird | ||
| German | Tweeter[?] | - | |
| Italian | Tweeter[8] | - | |
| Uccellaccio/Uccellastro[?] | Uccello ("bird"), with the pejorative suffixes -accio (shared with Bird and Big Bird) and -astro | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| Squizzi fritti[?] | Fried Squizzi; potentially from "squit" | Super Mario Bros. movie | |
| Cinguetto[9] | Masculine form of cinguettare ("to tweet") | ||
| Cinghetto[sic][10] | A typo of cinguetto ("tweet") |
Trivia
- Tweeter's design may have been inspired by plague doctors' bird-like masks, which are still worn at the annual Carnival of Venice. Another source of inspiration may have been the tengu, which are Japanese mythological creatures often depicted with long noses and red faces.
References
- ^ a b "It's a bird with a mask. He hops. Try to get on top of his head." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (Tweeter description). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
- ^ a b 1994. 「マリオキャラクター大事典 パーフェクト版」 (Mario Character Daijiten: Perfect-ban). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 229.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Sawada, Yukio. Super Mario-kun Volume 8. Page 20.
- ^ a b 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan. Page 225.
- ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译 (Official names for iQue Super Mario 2 enemies)]. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ iQue. 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 23.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 68.
