Stork: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
mNo edit summary
m (per proposal (via JWB))
 
(175 intermediate revisions by 91 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:stork2.jpg|thumb|right|The Stork delivering the Baby Bros.]]
{{character infobox
'''The Stork''' was given the assignment of delivering [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] to the home of [[Mr. and Mrs. Mario]] in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] during the events of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. However, he was attacked by [[Kamek]], who wanted to kidnap the babies before they matured and doomed the future of the [[Koopas]]. However, only Baby Luigi was kidnapped.  The other baby fell to the open sea. Soon afterwards, The Stork was kidnapped as well.
|image=[[File:Stork and Babies Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Yoshi's New Island''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[New Year's Tour (2020)|New Year's Tour]], cameo) (2020)
}}
The '''stork''' is a supporting character in the [[Yoshi (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]. He is responsible for delivering [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] to the home of their mother and father. This is a reference to the myth of real-life storks delivering babies to young couples. His design is also based on the {{wp|white stork}}, the same stork told in folklore.
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
[[File:BluigiSMW2.png|thumb|left|Yoshi rescuing the stork and Baby Luigi.]]
In the prologue ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', on his way to deliver [[Baby Mario|the]] [[Baby Luigi|babies]], the stork is attacked by [[Kamek]], who wants to kidnap the young brothers before they mature and cause trouble to the [[Koopa clan|Koopas]]. Kamek succeeds in kidnapping only Baby Luigi and the stork.


Fortunately, Baby Mario did not drown in the ocean; he actually fell on top of [[Yoshi]]. Using his instincts, Baby Mario tracked down the location of his brother. After Yoshi defeated [[Baby Bowser]], Baby Luigi and The Stork are rescued. The Stork then carried out his assignment. Flying through the clouds and above the mountains, he eventually reaches the Mushroom Kingdom, and successfully delivers the babies to their parents.
After [[Yoshi]] defeats [[Baby Bowser]], Baby Luigi and the stork are rescued. The stork then carries the babies to their parents.


In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', The Stork appears helping the babies plus [[Baby Donkey Kong]], [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Wario]] and [[Baby Bowser]]. It was a major character. Also in the end in the game it was revealed that The Stork is a species.  
====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', the stork is not only helping the [[Baby Mario]] [[Baby Luigi|Brothers]], but also [[Baby DK]], [[Baby Peach]], [[Baby Wario]], and [[Baby Bowser]]. The stork is more of a major character in this game as he is shown traveling with the babies in cut-scenes, and he helps even more by bringing babies to [[Stork Stop]]s. In the end, several storks carry the babies back to their homes.


The Stork is mentioned in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' about bringing [[Captain Gills]] his own children.
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
[[File:YNI StorkInaFightCloud.png|thumb|The stork getting himself in a fight.]]
In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', the stork discovers that the parents he delivered the babies to in the original game are not Mario's and Luigi's. While he tries to find their real parents, he is attacked by [[Kamek]] and drops them again. Baby Mario is saved by Yoshi while Baby Luigi is captured by Kamek again. It is also revealed that the stork and other storks deliver infants from a magic land in the sky.


[[Category: Characters]]
===''Yoshi Touch & Go''===
[[Category: Allies]]
The stork plays a similar role in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' in that he is a goal of Score Attack that Yoshi needs to reach. Every time a mode is selected in the main menu of the game, Kamek swoops in and hits the stork, causing him to drop the babies. In Score Attack, if the player achieves a high score and reaches the goal, Baby Luigi can be seen riding the stork.
[[Category: Damsels]]
 
[[Category: Species]]
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[Category: Birds]]
A few items of the Stork appear in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] of the Stork that shows it carrying [[Baby Peach]], and in [[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], it can be applied to any character to raise their body- and spin-based attack power by 21 points. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', there is an Ace-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] of a Stork that, when used, grants immunity against strong winds to players.
 
===''Mario Kart Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', the stork makes a cameo appearance on the [[Baby Mario Hanafuda]] [[glider]], which uses the same artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].
 
===Other appearances===
The first actual mention of a baby-carrying stork in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise is in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario of the Apes]]". When the gorilla couple [[June and Ward]] are waiting for a child of their own, they mistake an [[Albatoss]] that drops Mario on their porch for the actual stork.
 
The stork is mentioned again in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' about bringing [[Captain Gills]] his own children.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Stork
|image=[[File:Stork Sticker.png|x100px]]
|game=''Yoshi's Island DS''
|effect=[Body, Spin] - Attack +21
}}
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{Spirit
|no=302
|name=Stork
|image=[[File:Stork and Babies Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|100px]]
|series=''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' Series
|type={{iw|smashwiki|Support spirit|Support}}
|slots=2
|class=Ace
|effects=Strong-Wind Immunity
|obtain=Beedle's Tent
}}
 
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Stork and babies YTnG artwork.jpg|''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''
Stork and Baby Mario YIDS art.jpg|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
Stork and Baby Peach YIDS art.jpg|''Yoshi's Island DS''
Hung Stork.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' sprite
YT&G Stork.png|''Yoshi Touch & Go'' sprite
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=コウノトリさん
|JpnR=Kōnotori-san
|JpnM=Mr. Stork
|Spa=Cigüeña
|SpaM=Stork
|Fre=Cigogne
|FreM=Stork
|Dut=Ooievaar
|DutM=Stork
|Ger=Storch
|GerM=Stork
|Ita=Cicogna
|ItaM=Stork
|Por=Cegonha
|PorM=Stork
|Rus=Аист
|RusR=Aist
|RusM=Stork
|Kor=황새
|KorR=Hwangsae
|KorM=Stork
|Chi=信使鸟
|ChiR=Xìnshǐ Niǎo
|ChiM=Messenger Bird
}}
{{YI}}
{{YT&G}}
{{YIDS}}
{{YNI}}
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Brawl stickers]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
[[Category:Yoshi Touch & Go characters]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island]]
[[de:Storch]]
[[it:Cicogna]]

Latest revision as of 23:00, April 27, 2025

Stork
Artwork of the Stork carrying Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in Yoshi's New Island
Artwork from Yoshi's New Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Mario Kart Tour (New Year's Tour, cameo) (2020)

The stork is a supporting character in the Yoshi's Island series. He is responsible for delivering Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to the home of their mother and father. This is a reference to the myth of real-life storks delivering babies to young couples. His design is also based on the white stork, the same stork told in folklore.

History

Yoshi's Island series

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

Finding Baby Luigi and the captured Stork in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi rescuing the stork and Baby Luigi.

In the prologue Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, on his way to deliver the babies, the stork is attacked by Kamek, who wants to kidnap the young brothers before they mature and cause trouble to the Koopas. Kamek succeeds in kidnapping only Baby Luigi and the stork.

After Yoshi defeats Baby Bowser, Baby Luigi and the stork are rescued. The stork then carries the babies to their parents.

Yoshi's Island DS

In Yoshi's Island DS, the stork is not only helping the Baby Mario Brothers, but also Baby DK, Baby Peach, Baby Wario, and Baby Bowser. The stork is more of a major character in this game as he is shown traveling with the babies in cut-scenes, and he helps even more by bringing babies to Stork Stops. In the end, several storks carry the babies back to their homes.

Yoshi's New Island

The stork getting into a fight with Kamek and the Toadies
The stork getting himself in a fight.

In Yoshi's New Island, the stork discovers that the parents he delivered the babies to in the original game are not Mario's and Luigi's. While he tries to find their real parents, he is attacked by Kamek and drops them again. Baby Mario is saved by Yoshi while Baby Luigi is captured by Kamek again. It is also revealed that the stork and other storks deliver infants from a magic land in the sky.

Yoshi Touch & Go

The stork plays a similar role in Yoshi Touch & Go in that he is a goal of Score Attack that Yoshi needs to reach. Every time a mode is selected in the main menu of the game, Kamek swoops in and hits the stork, causing him to drop the babies. In Score Attack, if the player achieves a high score and reaches the goal, Baby Luigi can be seen riding the stork.

Super Smash Bros. series

A few items of the Stork appear in the Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, there is a sticker of the Stork that shows it carrying Baby Peach, and in The Subspace Emissary, it can be applied to any character to raise their body- and spin-based attack power by 21 points. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there is an Ace-class support spirit of a Stork that, when used, grants immunity against strong winds to players.

Mario Kart Tour

In Mario Kart Tour, the stork makes a cameo appearance on the Baby Mario Hanafuda glider, which uses the same artwork from Mario Hanafuda.

Other appearances

The first actual mention of a baby-carrying stork in the Super Mario franchise is in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario of the Apes". When the gorilla couple June and Ward are waiting for a child of their own, they mistake an Albatoss that drops Mario on their porch for the actual stork.

The stork is mentioned again in Super Paper Mario about bringing Captain Gills his own children.

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sticker
Stork
A sticker of the Stork from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Artwork from: Yoshi's Island DS
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Body, Spin] - Attack +21
Usable by: Anyone

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit
#302 Stork
Artwork of the Stork carrying Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in Yoshi's New Island Series/game Yoshi Series
Type Support
Slots 2
Class Ace
Strength / effect(s) Strong-Wind Immunity
How to obtain Beedle's Tent

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Stork.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese コウノトリさん[?]
Kōnotori-san
Mr. Stork
Chinese 信使鸟[?]
Xìnshǐ Niǎo
Messenger Bird
Dutch Ooievaar[?] Stork
French Cigogne[?] Stork
German Storch[?] Stork
Italian Cicogna[?] Stork
Korean 황새[?]
Hwangsae
Stork
Portuguese Cegonha[?] Stork
Russian Аист[?]
Aist
Stork
Spanish Cigüeña[?] Stork