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m (trim: the only one with semi-similar role is the leaping Jean de Fillet.)
(Actually has more in common with that seahorse from the same game, which is basically a stronger version of this.)
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'''Honen''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=15|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}.</ref> also known as '''Honhen'''<ref name=NintendoPower>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|date=1991|page=5|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref> or '''Bone Fish''',<ref name=NintendoPower/> are enemies in [[Sarasaland]] that appear in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. According to the game's instruction manual, they are the skeletons of [[Torion]] eaten by [[Tatanga]].
'''Honen''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=15|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}.</ref> also known as '''Honhen'''<ref name=NintendoPower>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|date=1991|page=5|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref> or '''Bone Fish''',<ref name=NintendoPower/> are enemies in [[Sarasaland]] that appear in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. According to the game's instruction manual, they are the skeletons of [[Torion]] eaten by [[Tatanga]].

Revision as of 12:15, October 17, 2024

Not to be confused with Fish Bone or Honebon.
Honen
Character artwork of a Honen.
Artwork from Super Mario Land
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Variant of Torion
Comparable

Honen,[1] also known as Honhen[2] or Bone Fish,[2] are enemies in Sarasaland that appear in Super Mario Land. According to the game's instruction manual, they are the skeletons of Torion eaten by Tatanga.

History

Super Mario Land

Honen jump vertically out of the waters of the Muda Kingdom at regular intervals. They are one of two undead enemies to appear in the game, the other being Pionpi. They can easily be defeated by stomping on their heads or by simply standing above them, or by hitting them with a Superball. Defeating one is worth 100 points. Honen appear in World 2-1 and World 2-3.

Super Mario Land (manga)

In the Super Mario Land manga, Tatanga creates three Honen after eating some Torion that dared to make jokes about his relationship with Daisy, which he then sends to Muda Kingdom. While avoiding two of the Honen, Mario is bitten by the third one on the bottom. The pain makes him jump out of his pants, leaving him naked and exposed, flustering Mecha Kuribō (who is Princess Peach in disguise). Mario then retrieves his overalls and stomps on the enemy.

Profiles

Super Mario Land

  • Instruction booklet: The skeleton of a Torion after it's been eaten by Tatanga. It always flies vertically up from the water. A superball can't stop it.
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual: This skeleton of a Torion after it has been eaten by Tatanga always flies up vertically from the water. It can't be defeated by a Superball.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ホーネン (JP) / Honen (EN)
A Honen from Super Mario Land.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ゴースト族ぞく Tribe Ghost clan
性格せいかく しぶとい Disposition Stubborn
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド１ Game appearances Land 1
骨ほねになっても元気げんきいっぱい

タタンガに食たべられたトリオンが骨ほねになった姿すがただといわれている。骨ほねになっても海うみから真上まうえに勢いきおいよく跳とび出だしてくる。スーパーボ―ルはきかないが、上うえから踏ふめば倒たおせる。[3]

Full of energy, even when bony

It is said to be a Torion that was eaten by Tatanga and became a skeleton. Even when they become bones, they still leap out of the sea with great force. Superballs will not work, but you can knock it down by stepping on it from above.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ホーネン[4]
Hōnen 		Derived from「骨」(hone, "bone") and「トリオン」(Torion)
Dutch Honen[5] -
French Honen[6] -
German Honen[?] -
Italian Honen[7][8][9] -
Spanish Honen[?] -

Trivia

  • Honens are one of the few variants of enemies to appear before the base enemy, with the level introducing them (the first stage of the Muda Kingdom) being two levels before the Torion's debut level (the Muda Kingdom's boss stage).
  • Although their description in the manual states that they can resist superballs, Honens are actually vulnerable to them.

References

  1. ^ 1989. Super Mario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 15..
  2. ^ a b 1991. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 5.
  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 204.
  4. ^ 1989. スーパーマリオランド (Sūpā Mario Rando) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
  5. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 8.
  6. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet. Page 15.
  7. ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual. Page 15.
  8. ^ Super Mario Land (Nintendo 3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 14.
  9. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 47.
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Super Mario Land
Protagonists Mario • Princess Daisy
Bosses King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu (Tamao) • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton (Chicken) • Tatanga (Pagosu)
Locations Sarasaland (Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom)
Levels World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • Expert Level
Items & vehicles Super Mushroom • Superball Flower • Star • 1UP heart • Coin • Marine Pop • Sky Pop • Switch • Lift Block
Enemies & obstacles Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chikako • Dropping lift • Falling block • Falling spike • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen • Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Pipe Fist • Piranha Plant • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto Disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo
Other Brick • Bonus game • Das Super Mario Spiel • Gallery • Glitches • Goal • Media • Mystery Block • Sub-area • Soundtrack
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