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{{distinguish|Monty Mole}}
|title=Morty Mole
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:MortyMole.png|160px]]<br>A '''Morty Mole''', as seen in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.
|image=[[File:MortyMole.png|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Morty Mole from the ''Super Mario 3D Land'' Shogakukan guidebook
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2016|2016]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' (volume 47) (2013)
|parent_species=[[Monty Mole]]
|variant_of=[[Mega Mole]]
|relatives=[[Big Monty Mole]]
|comparable=[[Rex]]<br>[[Splunkin]]
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'''Morty Moles''',<ref>''Super Mario 3D Land'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] eGuide, Enemies tab.</ref> formerly known as '''Mega Moles''', are a giant species of [[Monty Mole]]s. They originally appeared as oversized light brown Monty Moles that wear sunglasses, but later appearances depict that they have reddish-brown fur color, do not wear sunglasses, and are susceptible to [[stomp]]ing.  
'''Morty Moles'''<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=15|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 13, 2011|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4}}</ref> are a giant species related to [[Monty Mole]]s that appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They resemble [[Mega Mole]]s, but have a mahogany fur color, tan belly, do not wear sunglasses, and are susceptible to [[stomp]]ing.
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Megamolessm3dland.png|thumb|left|Mario stomping on a Morty Mole]]
[[File:Mega_Mole.PNG|frame|left]]
In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', Morty Moles are fought similarly to [[Rex]]es; they get shorter and faster after the first stomp, and are defeated on the second stomp. However, they will revert back to their regular size if they manage to hit Mario while they are short, or after a short time. A [[Ground Pound]] will defeat them in one hit. When defeated, Morty Moles will sometimes give [[Super Mushroom]]s. Morty Moles inhabit narrow tunnels in levels such as [[World 5-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 5-4]] and [[World 7-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|7-4]] along with Monty Moles in the former.
In ''Super Mario World'', Mega Moles are exclusively found underground, debuting in [[Chocolate Island 4]]. They are invulnerable to [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s stomping or spin-jumping moves as well as [[Fire Mario]] or Luigi's fireballs, but can be defeated by using the [[Cape]]'s spinning attack, a [[Star]], a [[Grab Block]], or a [[Shell]]. Like other enemies, they are also immune to hazards such as [[Muncher]]s and spikes. By standing on a Mega Mole's head, Mario or Luigi can get a free ride. Unlike regular Monty Moles, their bigger cousins do not pop out of holes in the ground. Despite their size, they can be eaten and swallowed by [[Yoshi]]. Morty Moles are among the few foes that can hurt Mario while he is riding Yoshi. Most enemies merely result in the loss of Yoshi, while a few others both hurt Mario and force Yoshi to run away.
 
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:Megamolessm3dland.png|thumb|right|Mario stomping on a Morty Mole.]]
After a 10-year absence, Morty Moles appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''; they now have reddish-brown fur color, no longer wear sunglasses, and are now susceptible to [[stomp]]ing, however. Morty Moles inhabit cave levels such as [[World 5-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 5-4]] and [[World 7-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|7-4]] along with Monty Moles. They are defeated by two stomps on the head, similar to a [[Rex]], and after [[Mario]] stomps one once, the mole gets shorter and faster; on the second stomp, the mole is defeated. A ground pound will defeat them in one hit. However, they will grow back to regular size if they manage to hit Mario while they are short, or after a short time. When defeated, Morty Moles will sometimes give [[Super Mushroom]]s.
 
====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS''====
Morty Moles reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''. The player can enlarge a normal Monty Mole with a [[Super Mushroom]], and it will transform into its larger variant.
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===''Mario Family''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
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[[File:Morty Mole Super Mario-kun.png|thumb|150px|The Morty Mole from volume 46 of ''Super Mario-kun'']]
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Morty Mole is shown to be more aggressive in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' than in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They also have constant open eyes (like Monty Moles after volume 18) and more muscular arms.
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|footer=A Morty Mole in ''Mario Family''.


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In volume 45, what appears to be the face of a Morty Mole can be seen on [[Choropū the Picasso]]'s Road Roller.
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|image2=MegaMole MarioFamily.png
In volume 46, a Morty Mole is the main antagonist of a chapter. The Morty Mole starts destroying the Mogura Matsuri and attacks Mario. After Mario puts on the ancient Monty Mole knight armor given by [[Pūko]] and attempts to hide in a [[barrel]], he continues to be attacked by the Morty Mole. After [[Luigi]] wins two [[Statue Leaf|Statue Leaves]] from a raffle, the Morty Mole attempts to attack Mario and Luigi, but they counterattack the Morty Mole in their Statue forms and defeat it, saving the Mogura Matsuri.
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A Morty Mole appears in ''[[Mario Family]]'', as one of the sewing designs.
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===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
In volume 47, a Morty Mole can be seen laughing at [[Yoshi]] amongst other enemies in the [[Screwtop Tower]].
In the [[Nintendo Adventure Books|Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', if Mario offers apples to Yoshi and some dinosaurs he finds near Lake Trilobite, the dinosaurs will turn out to be Morty Moles in disguise, and will swarm Mario after removing their costumes, leading to a [[Game Over]]. Some more Morty Moles can be encountered in a decrepit mansion, and Mario can escape them by stepping to the side as they give chase, causing the nearsighted creatures to obliviously charge past him. Attempting to outrun the Morty Moles will lead to a Game Over, when Mario blindly falls into a watery pit inhabited by a [[Blargg]].


Some Morty Moles appear among the crowds at the International Dino-Flying Derby in ''[[Flown the Koopa]]'', and eye Mario and his friends hungrily when the show ends. Later, if Mario and Luigi don some Morty Mole costumes, some real ones will approach the two with gifts, and take them to their cave lair if the Mario Bros. choose to follow them. Once in the caves, the Morty Moles continue stuffing the plumbers with food, before weighing them down with "gifts" and swarming them, as Mario discovers too late by skimming through a book called ''Mega Moles in the Mist''. Finally, another group of Morty Moles will attack Mario and Luigi, causing a Game Over, if they decide to explore a dark portion of [[Magikoopa]]'s [[Fortress]] with a [[flashlight]], which quickly dies on them.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Morty Mole Model.png|Rendered model of a Morty Mole in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
Road Roller.png|The face of a Morty Mole seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller from volume 45 of ''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>


In ''[[Unjust Desserts]]'', some Morty Moles are shrunk by Magikoopa, and sent into Yoshi's body after Mario, though the hero never encounters any inside the dinosaur, just in the palace garden when he and all the creatures Yoshi and Luigi had eaten are spat up by them.
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
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|name1=Indy
|meaning1=[[Mega Mole#Names in other languages|Mega Mole]]
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==Names in other languages==
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=インディー<br>''Indī''<br>ゴロプー{{ref needed}}
|Jpn=ゴロプー
|JapR=Goropū
|JpnR=Goropū
|JapM=Indy<br>Goropu
|JpnM=Play on「ゴロゴロ」(''gorogoro'', onomatopoeia for rumbling or rolling noise) and「チョロプー」(''Choropū'', "[[Monty Mole#Names in other language|Monty Mole]]")
|Ger=Riesen-Monty
|Ger=Morty Maulwurf
|GerM=Giant [[Monty Mole|Monty]]
|GerM=Morty Mole
|Chi=大鼹鼠<ref>无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|Ita=Tantatalpone
|ChiR=Dà Yǎnshǔ
|ItaM=From ''Tantatalpa'' ("[[Monty Mole#Names in other language|Monty Mole]]") and the augmentative suffix ''-one''
|ChiM=Big Mole
|Spa=Megatopo
|SpaM=Mega Mole
}}
}}
==Notes==
*In the files for ''Super Mario 3D Land'', Morty Mole is labeled as "Indy", which is the Japanese name for [[Mega Mole]]; however, it is unknown if Morty Moles are intended to be redesigned Mega Moles or were merely based on them during development, as the only other connection between the two is a shared Spanish name in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''


==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:57, February 2, 2025

Not to be confused with Monty Mole.
Morty Mole
Morty Mole
Artwork of a Morty Mole from the Super Mario 3D Land Shogakukan guidebook
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun (volume 47) (2013)
Variant of Mega Mole
Relatives
Comparable

Morty Moles[1] are a giant species related to Monty Moles that appear in Super Mario 3D Land. They resemble Mega Moles, but have a mahogany fur color, tan belly, do not wear sunglasses, and are susceptible to stomping.

History[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Tanooki Mario pounding Morty Moles in 5-4.
Mario stomping on a Morty Mole

In Super Mario 3D Land, Morty Moles are fought similarly to Rexes; they get shorter and faster after the first stomp, and are defeated on the second stomp. However, they will revert back to their regular size if they manage to hit Mario while they are short, or after a short time. A Ground Pound will defeat them in one hit. When defeated, Morty Moles will sometimes give Super Mushrooms. Morty Moles inhabit narrow tunnels in levels such as World 5-4 and 7-4 along with Monty Moles in the former.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

The Morty Mole from Volume 46 of Super Mario-kun
The Morty Mole from volume 46 of Super Mario-kun

Morty Mole is shown to be more aggressive in Super Mario-kun than in Super Mario 3D Land. They also have constant open eyes (like Monty Moles after volume 18) and more muscular arms.

In volume 45, what appears to be the face of a Morty Mole can be seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller.

In volume 46, a Morty Mole is the main antagonist of a chapter. The Morty Mole starts destroying the Mogura Matsuri and attacks Mario. After Mario puts on the ancient Monty Mole knight armor given by Pūko and attempts to hide in a barrel, he continues to be attacked by the Morty Mole. After Luigi wins two Statue Leaves from a raffle, the Morty Mole attempts to attack Mario and Luigi, but they counterattack the Morty Mole in their Statue forms and defeat it, saving the Mogura Matsuri.

In volume 47, a Morty Mole can be seen laughing at Yoshi amongst other enemies in the Screwtop Tower.

Gallery[edit]

  • Rendered model of a Morty Mole in Super Mario 3D Land

    Rendered model of a Morty Mole in Super Mario 3D Land

  • The face of a Morty Mole seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller from volume 45 of Super Mario-kun

    The face of a Morty Mole seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller from volume 45 of Super Mario-kun

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D Land romfs/ObjectData/Indy.szs Indy Mega Mole

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゴロプー[?]
Goropū 		Play on「ゴロゴロ」(gorogoro, onomatopoeia for rumbling or rolling noise) and「チョロプー」(Choropū, "Monty Mole")
German Morty Maulwurf[?] Morty Mole
Italian Tantatalpone[?] From Tantatalpa ("Monty Mole") and the augmentative suffix -one
Spanish Megatopo[?] Mega Mole

Notes[edit]

  • In the files for Super Mario 3D Land, Morty Mole is labeled as "Indy", which is the Japanese name for Mega Mole; however, it is unknown if Morty Moles are intended to be redesigned Mega Moles or were merely based on them during development, as the only other connection between the two is a shared Spanish name in Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.

References[edit]

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 15.
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Monty Moles and relatives
Characters Big Montgomery • Chitei Kaijū Indy • Choropū Chika Butai • Choropū (Haha) • Choropū (Kodomo-tachi) • Choropū-san • Choropū Shinrin-tai • Choropū the Picasso • Choropūko • Chorozairu • Gattai monster • Monty Bros. • Monty Mole auctioneer • Monty Tank • Pakkun Mogura • Pūko • Sphinx Zō
Species Big Monty Mole • Choropū Men'iwa • Mawful Mole • Mega Mole • Metal Mawful Mole • Mole (presenter) • Monty Mole • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Monty Mole Patch • Monty Mole Swooper • Morty Mole
Other relatives Ragumo • Rocky Wrench
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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Cosmic Clone • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Cannon (Spike Ball) • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups ? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Bowser Switch • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Golden Rock • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
Special worlds Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Further info Gallery • Glitches • "Ground Theme" • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
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