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|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Octopus.png|210px]]<br>Official artwork of Pako & Poko, from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Octopus.png|210px]]<br>Official artwork of octopuses, from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|species=Octopus
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Wario]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario vs. Wario]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
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'''Pako''' (generically referred to by Australian ''Nintendo Magazine System'' as an  '''octopus'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5, page 55.</ref>) is the boss of the [[Turtle Zone]] in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', in the belly of a [[whale]].
The '''octopus'''<ref>{{cite|date=August 1993|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #5|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-135145/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land2/?lang=en}}</ref> is a [[List of bosses|boss]] in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
[[File:Octopus SML2.png|frame|left]]
The octopus is the boss of [[Turtle Zone]] in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'', and is located in the belly of a [[whale]]. It will attack [[Mario]] by swimming around releasing its offspring. The little ones slowly home in on Mario and pass him by, while the parent swims left and right across the arena. In order to defeat the octopus, Mario has to hit its head three times, which can be difficult, as the entire battle with the octopus takes place underwater. Alternatively, [[Fire Mario]] can defeat the octopus with six [[fireball]]s. The smaller octopodes cannot be harmed, and are the most dangerous threat in the battle. Once defeated, Mario will gain one of the six Golden Coins needed to take back his castle from [[Wario]].
Pako will attack Mario by swimming around releasing its offspring. The little ones will home in on Mario, while the parent swims left and right across the arena. In order to defeat Pako, Mario has to hit its head three times, which can be difficult, as the entire battle with Pako takes place underwater. Alternatively, [[Fire Mario]] can defeat Pako with six [[fireball]]s. The smaller octopodes, '''Poko''', cannot be harmed, and are the most dangerous threat in the battle.
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===''Mario vs. Wario''===
===''Mario vs. Wario''===
[[File:MariovWario-Octopus.png|thumb|left]]
[[File:MariovWario-Octopus.png|thumb|The octopus in ''Mario vs. Wario'']]
Pako (referred to by [[Mario]] as a '''monster octopus''') also appears in the ''[[Mario vs. Wario]]'' comic, which is a loose adaptation of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. It attempts to attack Mario while he is crossing a lake, but is stopped when Mario asks what an octopus, a saltwater creature, is doing in a freshwater lake. Pako ponders this and then exclaims that must be why it has not been feeling well. Mario offers to pour some salt in the water for Pako, but accidentally pours sugar instead. It is last seen lying face down in the water, unmoving.
The octopus (referred to by [[Mario]] as a '''monster octopus''') also appears in the ''[[Mario vs. Wario]]'' comic, which is a loose adaptation of ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. It attempts to attack Mario while he is crossing a lake, but is stopped when Mario asks what an octopus, a saltwater creature, is doing in a freshwater lake. The octopus ponders this and then exclaims that must be why it has not been feeling well. Mario offers to pour some salt in the water for the octopus, but accidentally pours sugar instead. It is last seen lying face down in the water, unmoving.
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===''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)===
==Profiles and statistics==
[[File:KCDeluxe-SML2Octopus.png|thumb|right|150px]]
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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|name=パコ&ポコ (JP) / Pako & Poko (EN)
|shuzoku=アクア族
|seikaku=乱暴者
|tojo_gemu=ランド2
|desc='''<big>恐怖！タコの親子タッグ</big></b><br>
マリオランド2のタートルゾーンにボスとして登場する巨大タコの親子。親ダコ・パコの口から子タコ・ポコがはき出される。親子タッグによる、体当たり攻撃は非常に手ごわいぞ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/oh9A65Q.jpeg 151]}}</ref>
|tribe=Aqua clan
|disposition=Thug
|game_appearances=Land 2
|eng_desc='''''<big>Terror! Octopus parent-child tag team</big><br>
''A giant octopus parent and child appear as bosses in the Turtle Zone of Mario Land 2. A baby octopus, Poko, is ejected from the mouth of the parent octopus, Pako. The parent-child tag team's physical attacks are extremely formidable.''
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Octopus SML2.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
Super Mario Land 2 Shogakukan P5.jpg|A child octopus, alongside [[Dondon]], a [[Kurokyura]], and a [[Yashichi]], massaging [[Wario]]'s feet in the official guidebook
KCDeluxe-SML2Octopus.png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga]]
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
===Pako===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=パコ<ref name=Pako&Poko>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#75 Page 151.]</ref>
|Jap=パコ&ポコ<ref name=Shogakukan09>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'')|page=9}}</ref>
|JapR={{nw|Pako to Poko}}
|JapM=Pako & Poko;「パコ」(''Pako'') is the big octopus<ref name=Shogakukan09/> and「ポコ」(''Poko'') is the small one<ref name=Shogakukan09/>
|Ger=Qualle und Söhne<ref>{{cite|author=Moyse, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors|title=''Der Offizielle Nintendo Game Boy-Spieleberater 2''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1994|page=22}}</ref>
|GerM=Jellyfish and Sons
}}
 
 
;Pako
{{foreign names
|Jap=パコ<ref name=Shogakukan09/>
|JapR=Pako
|JapR=Pako
|JapM=Play on「パコパコ」(''pakopako'', likely an onomatopoeia for the sound of typing on a keyboard) and「章魚」(''tako'', octopus)
|JapM=Likely from「オクトパス」(''okutopasu'', "octopus") and「蛸」(''tako'', "octopus")
|Jap2={{ruby|大|おお}}タコ<ref name=KC>{{cite|author=Kazuki, Motoyama|title=[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] vol. 20 - ''Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 2''|page=3}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Ō Tako
|Jap2M=Big Octopus
|Ger=Oktopus
|Ger=Oktopus
|GerM=Octopus
|GerM=Octopus
|Ita=Octopus<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 76</ref><br>Polpo (''Mario vs. Wario'')
|Ita=Polpo<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 1|date=1993|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Adventures]]''|page=106}}</ref>
|ItaM=-<br>Octopus
|Ita2=Octopus<ref name=Enciclopedia>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=76}}</ref>
|ItaM=Octopus
}}
}}
 
;Poko
===Poko===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ポコ<ref name=Pako&Poko/>
|Jap=ポコ<ref name=Shogakukan09/>
|JapR=Poko
|JapR=Poko
|JapM=From「ポコポコ」(''pokopoko'', onomatopoeia for bubbling noise) and「パコ」(''[[Pako]]'', the boss octopus)
|JapM=From「ポコポコ」(''pokopoko'', onomatopoeia for bubbling sound) and「子」(''ko'', "child")
|Jap2={{ruby|子|こ}}タコ<ref name=KC/>
|Jap2R=Ko Tako
|Jap2M=Child Octopus
|Ger=Mini-Oktopus
|Ger=Mini-Oktopus
|GerM=Mini Octopus
|GerM=Mini Octopus
|Ita=Piccolo polpo<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 76</ref>
|Ita=Piccolo polpo<ref name=Enciclopedia/>
|ItaM=Little octopus
|ItaM=Little octopus
}}
}}
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Cephalopods]]
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Octopus
Artwork of octopuses, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.
Official artwork of octopuses, from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
First appearance Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
Latest appearance Mario vs. Wario (1993)

The octopus[1][2] is a boss in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.

History[edit]

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins[edit]

The octopus is the boss of Turtle Zone in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and is located in the belly of a whale. It will attack Mario by swimming around releasing its offspring. The little ones slowly home in on Mario and pass him by, while the parent swims left and right across the arena. In order to defeat the octopus, Mario has to hit its head three times, which can be difficult, as the entire battle with the octopus takes place underwater. Alternatively, Fire Mario can defeat the octopus with six fireballs. The smaller octopodes cannot be harmed, and are the most dangerous threat in the battle. Once defeated, Mario will gain one of the six Golden Coins needed to take back his castle from Wario.

Mario vs. Wario[edit]

Octopus vs. Mario, from "Mario vs. Wario"
The octopus in Mario vs. Wario

The octopus (referred to by Mario as a monster octopus) also appears in the Mario vs. Wario comic, which is a loose adaptation of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. It attempts to attack Mario while he is crossing a lake, but is stopped when Mario asks what an octopus, a saltwater creature, is doing in a freshwater lake. The octopus ponders this and then exclaims that must be why it has not been feeling well. Mario offers to pour some salt in the water for the octopus, but accidentally pours sugar instead. It is last seen lying face down in the water, unmoving.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

パコ&ポコ (JP) / Pako & Poko (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく アクア族 Tribe Aqua clan
性格せいかく 乱暴者 Disposition Thug
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド2 Game appearances Land 2
恐怖！タコの親子タッグ

マリオランド2のタートルゾーンにボスとして登場する巨大タコの親子。親ダコ・パコの口から子タコ・ポコがはき出される。親子タッグによる、体当たり攻撃は非常に手ごわいぞ。[3]

Terror! Octopus parent-child tag team

A giant octopus parent and child appear as bosses in the Turtle Zone of Mario Land 2. A baby octopus, Poko, is ejected from the mouth of the parent octopus, Pako. The parent-child tag team's physical attacks are extremely formidable.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パコ&ポコ[4]
Pako to Poko 		Pako & Poko;「パコ」(Pako) is the big octopus[4] and「ポコ」(Poko) is the small one[4]
German Qualle und Söhne[5] Jellyfish and Sons


Pako
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パコ[4]
Pako 		Likely from「オクトパス」(okutopasu, "octopus") and「蛸」(tako, "octopus")
大おおタコ[6]
Ō Tako 		Big Octopus
German Oktopus[?] Octopus
Italian Polpo[7][8] Octopus
Octopus[9] -
Poko
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ポコ[4]
Poko 		From「ポコポコ」(pokopoko, onomatopoeia for bubbling sound) and「子」(ko, "child")
子こタコ[6]
Ko Tako 		Child Octopus
German Mini-Oktopus[?] Mini Octopus
Italian Piccolo polpo[9] Little octopus

References[edit]

  1. ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 55.
  2. ^ English Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 151.
  4. ^ a b c d e 「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 9.
  5. ^ Moyse, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). Der Offizielle Nintendo Game Boy-Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 22.
  6. ^ a b Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Deluxe vol. 20 - Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 2. Page 3.
  7. ^ 1993. Club Nintendo (Italy) Numero 1. Page 25.
  8. ^ Super Mario Adventures. Page 106.
  9. ^ a b November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
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