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[[Image:Eggplantman.gif|thumb|100px|A '''Eggplant Man''' from [[Wrecking Crew '98]].]]
{{distinguish|Eggplant Warrior}}
An '''Eggplant Man''' is a metallic mask-wearing eggplant found in the ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' series. He runs around aimlessly on his skinny legs.
{{species infobox
 
|image=[[File:CR Asset Model Kid Eggplant.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''{{iw|nwiki|Chibi-Robo!: Plug Into Adventure!|Chibi-Robo!}}''
|first_appearance=''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
'''Eggplant Men''',<ref>{{cite|quote=You’ll have hours of fun demolishing monsters like Gotchawrench and Eggplant Man, and blowing up a building you built yourself, in this off-the-wall demolition game!|title=''Wrecking Crew'' back cover}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wrecking Crew'' (NES) instruction booklet|page=5 and 8|date=1985|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> or '''Egg Plant Men''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wrecking Crew'' (NES) instruction booklet|page=2|date=1985|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> are eggplants with masks covering a pair of white eyes (resembling welding masks or sandblasting masks) found in the [[Wrecking Crew (series)|''Wrecking Crew'' series]].
==History==
==History==
===''Wrecking Crew'' series===
===''Wrecking Crew'' series===
====''Wrecking Crew''====
====''Wrecking Crew''====
Eggplant Men first appear on the second stage of the construction site in the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. An Eggplant Man runs around in a predictable pattern - he runs straight until he hits a Dead-End Drum and has to turn around. He climbs up or down any ladder he comes across in his path. If both a ladder up and a ladder down are in his path, he goes down if moving left and up if moving right.
Eggplant Men first appear in [[Phase 2 (Wrecking Crew)|Phase 2]] of the construction site in the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. An Eggplant Man runs around in a predictable pattern - it runs straight until it hits a [[drum (Wrecking Crew)|drum]] and has to turn around. It climbs up or down any ladder it comes across in its path. If both a ladder up and a ladder down are in its path, it goes down if moving left and up if moving right. Its behavior is similar to how [[Gotchawrench]]es behaved in ''[[VS. Wrecking Crew]]''.
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====''Wrecking Crew '98''====
====''Wrecking Crew '98''====
In the sequel ''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]'', Eggplant Man is the second challenger in puzzle mode. He also appears in the original game on the same cart.
An Eggplant Man is the first challenger in puzzle mode in ''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]''. Unlike the Eggplant Men in the previous game, his feet are attached directly to his underside instead of having legs. Eggplant Men also appear in their original capacity in the port of the previous game featured on the cartridge.


====''WarioWare: Twisted!''====
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Eggplant Men made an appearance the microgame [[Wrecking Crew (WarioWare: Twisted!)|Wrecking Crew]], found in [[9-Volt]]'s stage. Here, [[Mario]] has to hit all of them with his hammer. If they touch Mario, the player loses the game.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', Eggplant Man is a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] which can be obtained randomly.


== Other Appearances ==
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', an Eggplant Man is a Novice-class Shield-type {{iw|smashwiki|primary spirit}}, which depicts a scaled-up sprite of one from ''Wrecking Crew''. Equipping the Eggplant Man [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] simply increases the fighter's power without granting any particular effect. In the spirit battle, the player confronts a team of six [[Wario]]s on the [[Wrecking Crew (stage)|Wrecking Crew]] stage.
Eggplant Man appeared in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' ([[Nintendo GameCube]] 2001) as a collectible trophy.


He also appeared in ''[[wikipedia:Chibi-Robo!|Chibi-Robo!]]'' (Nintendo GameCube 2005) as Kid Eggplant, one of the three treasures Captain Plankbeard is searching for. The captain is wild about eggplants, and attempts to capture Kid Eggplant, but he does not succeed. For freeing him, Kid Eggplant rewards Chibi-Robo with a Super Eggplant and a Kid Eggplant Sticker, after Chibi kindly rejects Kid Eggplant's offer to turn him into an eggplant.
===''WarioWare: Twisted!''===
Eggplant Men made an appearance one of [[9-Volt]]'s [[microgame]]s, [[Wrecking Crew (WarioWare: Twisted! microgame)|Wrecking Crew]]. Here, [[Mario]] has to destroy all of their ladders with his [[hammer]]. If they touch Mario, the player loses the game.


== Names in Other Languages ==
===''NES Remix''===
{{Foreignname|
Eggplant Men feature in several ''Wrecking Crew'' challenges in ''[[NES Remix]]''.
|Jap=ナスビ仮面<br />''Nasubi Kamen''
 
|JapM= Masked Eggplant
===Other appearances===
[[File:Kid Eggplant.jpg|thumb|Kid Eggplant in ''Chibi-Robo!'']]
The [[icaruspedia:Eggplant Wizard|Eggplant Wizard]] enemy from Nintendo's 1986 game ''[[icaruspedia:Kid Icarus (game)|Kid Icarus]]'' were designed in part as a tribute to ''Wrecking Crew''{{'}}s Eggplant Men, as well as ''Kid Icarus'' graphics designer Toru Osawa's "passion for eggplants."<ref>{{cite|author=Monnens, Devin|date=March 19, 2012|url=www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/29565/making-of-a-myth-the-grueling-development-of-the-original-kid-icarus|title=Making of a Myth: The Grueling Development of the Original ''Kid Icarus''|publisher=Nintendo World Report|accessdate=September 14, 2014|archive=web.archive.org/web/20140502005053/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/29565/making-of-a-myth-the-grueling-development-of-the-original-kid-icarus}}</ref>
 
An Eggplant Man also appears in ''{{iw|nwiki|Chibi-Robo!}}'' as '''Kid Eggplant''', one of the three treasures Captain Plankbeard is searching for. The captain is wild about eggplants, and attempts to capture Kid Eggplant, but he does not succeed. For freeing him, Kid Eggplant rewards Chibi-Robo with a Super Eggplant and a Kid Eggplant Sticker, after Chibi kindly rejects Kid Eggplant's offer to turn him into an eggplant. Kid Eggplant's name in the Japanese version of ''Chibi-Robo!'' is "Nasubi Kamen", which is the same Japanese name as Eggplant Man.
 
==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ナスビ{{ruby|仮面|かめん}} (JP) / Eggplant Man (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Eggplant man.png]]
|shuzoku=フラワー{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=ボケナス
|tojo_gemu=クリー
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|巨大|きょだい}}ナスビの{{ruby|大群|たいぐん}}だ！</big><br>
レッキングクルーに{{ruby|登場|とうじょう}}するナスビのばけもの。ブラッキーの{{ruby|手下|てした}}として、マリオの{{ruby|仕事|しごと}}をじゃまする。ハンマーでたたいてもしばらくすると{{ruby|生|い}}き{{ruby|返|かえ}}ってしまう。<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/dNS2985.jpeg 142]}}</ref>
|tribe=Flower clan
|disposition=Slow-witted
|game_appearances=Crew
|eng_desc='''''<big>Huge swarms of giant eggplants!</big><br>
''An eggplant monster who appears in Wrecking Crew. As Foreman Spike's lackey, they mess up Mario's work. They come back to life after a while even if you hit them with a hammer.''
}}
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
{{SSBM trophy
|name=Eggplant Man
|image=[[File:Trophy279.png|100px]]
|game=''Wrecking Crew''<br>10/85
|unlock=Randomly obtained from the [[smashwiki:Lottery|Lottery]]
|desc=Eggplant Man debuted as an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew. Even though his movement pattern was very simple, he was a fairly formidable foe, since Mario and Luigi had limited means of attack. You could beat this enemy by dropping a Dead-End Drum on him or by trapping him behind a door and blowing up the room.
}}
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{Spirit
|no=115
|name=Eggplant Man
|image=[[File:SSBU_Eggplant_Man_Spirit.png|x100px]]
|series=''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' Series
|type={{iw|smashwiki|Primary spirit|Primary}}
|slots=1
|class=Novice
|effects='''{{color|deepskyblue|Shield}}'''
|obtain={{iw|smashwiki|Spirit Board}}
|opponents=[[Wario]] x6
|conditions='''Rule:''' Item: [[Golden Hammer]]
*Defeat an army of enemies
|stage=[[Wrecking Crew (stage)|Wrecking Crew]]
|song=Wrecking Crew Medley
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
WreckingCrewArt4.png|''Wrecking Crew''
WreckingCrewArt5.png|''Wrecking Crew''
WC Eggplant Man.png|''Wrecking Crew''
Wrecking Crew Mario & Me.jpg|Illustration from Nintendo of Japan's website in 2002
Eggplantman.png|''Wrecking Crew '98''
NES Remix Stamp 092.png|[[List of NES Remix stamps|''NES Remix'' stamp]]
NL Calendar 1 2018.jpg|The January 2018 [[LINE]] calendar
NL Calendar Wallpaper 1 2018.jpg|The January 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ナスビ{{ruby|仮面|かめん}}
|JapR=Nasubi Kamen
|JapM=Eggplant Mask
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=レッキングクルー (''Rekkingu Kurū'') instruction booklet|url=archive.org/details/WreckingCrewFCManualOnlyHiResOz/Wrecking%20Crew%20manual%2007.jpg|page=7|format=JPG|date=1985|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Fre=Aubergine
|FreM=Eggplant
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|language=fr|title=''Wrecking Crew'' French instruction booklet|url=https://ia800206.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/21/items/emuvr-ugc/Nintinbox/NES/Manuals/WreckingCrew_NES-Manual_EUR%28NES-WR-FAH%29.zip&file=WreckingCrew_NES-Manual%2824%29_EUR%28NES-WR-FAH%29_20180523.jpg|page=23|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Ger=Aubergine
|Ger=Aubergine
|GerM= Eggplant}}
|GerM=Eggplant
|Ita=Mostro
|ItaM=Monster
|ItaC=<ref>''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', Italian e-manual</ref>
|Ita2=Eggplant Man
|Ita2N=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|Rus=Баклажанмен
|RusR=Baklazhanmen
|RusM=Eggplant Man
}}
 
==References==
<references/>


== Trophy Information from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' ==
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! width=11% | Type
!Image
!Description
|-
| align=center | '''Melee'''
|[[File:Trophy279.PNG|100px]]
|''Eggplant Man debuted as an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew. Even though his movement pattern was very simple, he was a fairly formidable foe, since Mario and Luigi had limited means of attack. You could beat this enemy by dropping a Dead-End Drum on him or by trapping him behind a door and blowing up the room.
|}
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{{WC}}
{{WC}}
{{WC98}}
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[[Category:Wrecking Crew '98 enemies]]

Latest revision as of 19:49, October 7, 2024

Not to be confused with Eggplant Warrior.
Eggplant Man
Model of Kid Eggplant in Chibi-Robo!
Model from Chibi-Robo!
First appearance Wrecking Crew (1985)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit cameo) (2018)

Eggplant Men,[1][2] or Egg Plant Men,[3] are eggplants with masks covering a pair of white eyes (resembling welding masks or sandblasting masks) found in the Wrecking Crew series.

History[edit]

Wrecking Crew series[edit]

Wrecking Crew[edit]

Eggplant Men first appear in Phase 2 of the construction site in the game Wrecking Crew. An Eggplant Man runs around in a predictable pattern - it runs straight until it hits a drum and has to turn around. It climbs up or down any ladder it comes across in its path. If both a ladder up and a ladder down are in its path, it goes down if moving left and up if moving right. Its behavior is similar to how Gotchawrenches behaved in VS. Wrecking Crew.

Wrecking Crew '98[edit]

An Eggplant Man is the first challenger in puzzle mode in Wrecking Crew '98. Unlike the Eggplant Men in the previous game, his feet are attached directly to his underside instead of having legs. Eggplant Men also appear in their original capacity in the port of the previous game featured on the cartridge.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Eggplant Man is a trophy which can be obtained randomly.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, an Eggplant Man is a Novice-class Shield-type primary spirit, which depicts a scaled-up sprite of one from Wrecking Crew. Equipping the Eggplant Man spirit simply increases the fighter's power without granting any particular effect. In the spirit battle, the player confronts a team of six Warios on the Wrecking Crew stage.

WarioWare: Twisted![edit]

Eggplant Men made an appearance one of 9-Volt's microgames, Wrecking Crew. Here, Mario has to destroy all of their ladders with his hammer. If they touch Mario, the player loses the game.

NES Remix[edit]

Eggplant Men feature in several Wrecking Crew challenges in NES Remix.

Other appearances[edit]

Kid Eggplant in Chibi-Robo!

The Eggplant Wizard enemy from Nintendo's 1986 game Kid Icarus were designed in part as a tribute to Wrecking Crew's Eggplant Men, as well as Kid Icarus graphics designer Toru Osawa's "passion for eggplants."[4]

An Eggplant Man also appears in Chibi-Robo! as Kid Eggplant, one of the three treasures Captain Plankbeard is searching for. The captain is wild about eggplants, and attempts to capture Kid Eggplant, but he does not succeed. For freeing him, Kid Eggplant rewards Chibi-Robo with a Super Eggplant and a Kid Eggplant Sticker, after Chibi kindly rejects Kid Eggplant's offer to turn him into an eggplant. Kid Eggplant's name in the Japanese version of Chibi-Robo! is "Nasubi Kamen", which is the same Japanese name as Eggplant Man.

Profiles[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ナスビ仮面かめん (JP) / Eggplant Man (EN)
Eggplant man.png
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく フラワー族ぞく Tribe Flower clan
性格せいかく ボケナス Disposition Slow-witted
登場とうじょうゲーム クリー Game appearances Crew
巨大きょだいナスビの大群たいぐんだ！

レッキングクルーに登場とうじょうするナスビのばけもの。ブラッキーの手下てしたとして、マリオの仕事しごとをじゃまする。ハンマーでたたいてもしばらくすると生いき返かえってしまう。[5]

Huge swarms of giant eggplants!

An eggplant monster who appears in Wrecking Crew. As Foreman Spike's lackey, they mess up Mario's work. They come back to life after a while even if you hit them with a hammer.

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Trophy
Eggplant Man
Eggplant Man
Game/move:
Wrecking Crew
10/85
How to unlock: Randomly obtained from the Lottery
Eggplant Man debuted as an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew. Even though his movement pattern was very simple, he was a fairly formidable foe, since Mario and Luigi had limited means of attack. You could beat this enemy by dropping a Dead-End Drum on him or by trapping him behind a door and blowing up the room.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Spirit
#115 Eggplant Man
Eggplant Man spirit from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Series/game Wrecking Crew Series
Type Primary
Slots 1
Class Novice
Strength / effect(s) Shield
How to obtain Spirit Board
Spirit battle Opponent(s) Wario x6
Conditions

Rule: Item: Golden Hammer

  • Defeat an army of enemies
Stage Wrecking Crew
Song Wrecking Crew Medley

Gallery[edit]

  • Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

  • Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

  • Wrecking Crew

    Wrecking Crew

  • Illustration from Nintendo of Japan's website in 2002

    Illustration from Nintendo of Japan's website in 2002

  • Wrecking Crew '98

    Wrecking Crew '98

  • The January 2018 LINE calendar

    The January 2018 LINE calendar

  • The January 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)

    The January 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ナスビ仮面かめん[6]
Nasubi Kamen 		Eggplant Mask
French Aubergine[7] Eggplant
German Aubergine[?] Eggplant
Italian Mostro[8] Monster
Eggplant Man[?] - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Russian Баклажанмен[?]
Baklazhanmen 		Eggplant Man

References[edit]

  1. ^ "You’ll have hours of fun demolishing monsters like Gotchawrench and Eggplant Man, and blowing up a building you built yourself, in this off-the-wall demolition game!" – Wrecking Crew back cover.
  2. ^ 1985. Wrecking Crew (NES) instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5 and 8.
  3. ^ 1985. Wrecking Crew (NES) instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 2.
  4. ^ Monnens, Devin (March 19, 2012). Making of a Myth: The Grueling Development of the Original Kid Icarus. Nintendo World Report. Retrieved September 14, 2014. (Archived May 2, 2014, 00:50:53 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  5. ^ 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 142.
  6. ^ 1985. レッキングクルー (Rekkingu Kurū) instruction booklet (JPG). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 7.
  7. ^ Wrecking Crew French instruction booklet. Nintendo (French). Page 23.
  8. ^ Wrecking Crew, Italian e-manual
[Edit]
VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew
Characters Mario • Luigi
Items and objects Coin • Door • Druma • Dynamite • Floor • Golden Hammera • Ladder (Ladder wall) • Lettera • Pillara • Wall
Enemies Eggplant Mana • Fireball • Foreman Spikea • Gotchawrench
Phases VS. Wrecking Crew • Wrecking Crewa
a Only in Wrecking Crew
[Edit]
Wrecking Crew '98
Characters Mario • Eggplant Man • Koopa Troopa • Gotchawrench • Foreman Spike • Bowser • Princess Peach • Luigi • Onigiri • Onnanoko • Oyazi • Dogu
Enemies Forkun • Blonya • Buruccho • Burnya • Dumpty • Jenya • Kanbank • Guruccho • Gata Gata • Poles • U Dokun
Objects Floor • Handle • Panels (Block • Bomb) • Warp Pipe
Miscellaneous Staff
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