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{{articleabout|the boss from World 2 appearing in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''|the parrot character from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series|[[Polly Roger]]}}
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{{redirect|Roger|the parrot character from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series|[[Polly Roger]]}}
|image=[[Image:SMW2_RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>'''Roger the Potted Ghost'''.
{{character infobox
|full_name=Roger the Potted Ghost
|image=[[File:SMW2 RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|species=[[Potted Ghost]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|affiliation=[[Kamek]], [[Green Shy Guy]]s
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' (cameo) ([[2006]])
}}
}}
'''Roger the Potted Ghost''' (initially just '''the Potted Ghost''') is a boss character from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and is located in the final castle of World 2. Roger started out as a lifeless [[Vase|flower pot]], but was transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost named Roger. He's amorphous, but his face resembles [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s.
'''Roger the Potted Ghost''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282|title={{!}} Artwork - Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Games - Nintendo {{!}}|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref> or simply '''The Potted Ghost'''<ref>{{cite|date=March 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 42|page=70}}</ref> or '''Potted Ghost''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 40|page=21|date=January 1996}}</ref> is a [[List of bosses|boss]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. He is the second main world boss of the game and appears in [[The Potted Ghost's Castle]] at the end of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]. Roger starts out as a lifeless [[vase|pot]], but is transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.


To defeat him, the [[Blue Yoshi]] had to push Roger and his pot over the edge of the platform. This was a difficult process, as two green [[Shy Guy]]s were pushing Roger in the opposite direction. Throughout the battle, Roger will lunge at the Blue Yoshi, knocking him or her away. He also shot blue flames which home in, forcing the blue dinosaur to stop pushing and get out of the way. If the Shy Guys are pushed off the edge before Roger himself, he will be helpless and won't be able to move.
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Roger and the other bosses from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.


In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s. They look much like Roger, only much smaller.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a {{iw|smashwiki|support spirit}} which grants resistance against strong winds. The [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of [[Shy Guy]] and [[Boo Mario]].


He may or may not be the inspiration of [[Jarvis]], a ghost similar to him in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' つぼから煙のように現れる。ヨッシーをはじきとばしたり、青い炎を吐いたりするが、つぼから出られないのが悲しいサガ。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg|9}}|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref> (''It appears like smoke from a pot. It can repel Yoshi and spit blue flames, but it is a sad fact that it cannot get out of its pot.'')
*'''Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
*'''Super Power Club Cards bio:'''<ref>{{file link|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island}}</ref>
**'''Description:''' ''Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.''
**'''Favorite Saying:''' ''"Faster, you fools, faster!"''
**'''How to Beat Him:''' ''Push him until he falls off the edge to the right. Avoid the blue fireballs he shoots at you. Keep pushing, because the little Shy Guys are keeping up the pressure, too!''
*'''Shogakukan guide''' ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|17}}}}</ref> (''The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.'')


==Trivia==
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
*The blue flames he shoots are based on the [[wikipedia:hitodama|hitodama]], a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.
{{Spirit
*Roger is also the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss.
|no=310
|name=Roger the Potted Ghost
|image=[[File:SMW2_RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|x100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=[[smashwiki:Support spirit|Support]]
|slots=1
|class=Advanced
|effects=Strong-Wind Resist
|obtain=[[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]] ([[smashwiki:The Light Realm|The Light Realm]]); Summoned with a Shy Guy and Boo Mario core
|opponents=Giant [[Wii Fit Trainer]] (♂), [[Meta Knight]] ×2
|conditions='''Rule:''' Hard to Launch; Jump Power ↓<br>'''Hazard:''' High Gravity
*Defeat the main fighter to win
*All fighters have reduced jump ability
|stage=[[smashwiki:Dracula's Castle|Dracula's Castle]] (Ω)
|song=Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
The Potted Ghost.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Roger the Potted Ghost chiaroscuro art.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI - Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Vs Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Icon SMW2-YI - The Potted Ghost's Castle.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Yossy Island Carddass2 Back.png|''Yossy Island'' Jumbo Carddass 2
SMA3 Roger.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
YIDS-Intro Background.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname|
{{foreign names
|Fra=Pouss'Pot
|Jap=つぼおばけ
|FraM= Push'Pot (the French name hints at the way Roger can be defeated)
|JapR=Tsubo Obake
|JapM=Vase {{iw|wikipedia|obake}}
|Spa=Fantasbote
|SpaM=From ''fantasma'' ("ghost") and ''bote'' ("pot")
|Fre=Pouss'Pot
|FreM=Push'Pot  
|Ger=Nebulo
|Ger=Nebulo
|GerM=From "Nebel" (fog, mist)
|GerM=From ''Nebel'' ("mist")
|Ita=Fantasma Invasato
|Ita=Fantasma Invasato
|ItaM=Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on "vaso" (vase)}}
|ItaM=Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on ''vaso'' ("vase")
<br clear=all>
|Rus=Призрак Вазя
{{Yoshi's Island}}
|RusR=Prizrak Vazya
{{Yoshi}}
|RusM=Vase Ghost
[[Category:Yoshi Characters]]
|Chi=坛中幽灵
[[Category:Yoshi Bosses]]
|ChiR=Tán zhōng Yōulíng
[[Category:Koopa Troop]]
|ChiM=Ghost in jar
[[Category:Undead]]
}}
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]
 
==Trivia==
*The blue flames Roger shoots are based on the {{iw|wikipedia|hitodama}}, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.
*Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
*Roger's body was originally intended to be a static sprite; the final game would instead render it using the Super FX2 chip.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Sprites|title=Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=October 27, 2023}}</ref>
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{YI}}
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island bosses]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
[[de:Nebulo]]
[[it:Fantasma Invasato]]

Latest revision as of 19:08, November 4, 2024

Not to be confused with Potted Ghost.
"Roger" redirects here. For the parrot character from the Donkey Kong Country TV series, see Polly Roger.
Roger the Potted Ghost
Roger the Potted Ghost's art from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit cameo) (2018)

Roger the Potted Ghost,[1] or simply The Potted Ghost[2] or Potted Ghost,[3] is a boss in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He is the second main world boss of the game and appears in The Potted Ghost's Castle at the end of World 2. Roger starts out as a lifeless pot, but is transformed by Kamek's magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of Dangling Ghosts and Caged Ghosts, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if Blue Yoshi pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green Shy-Guys that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.

In Yoshi's Island DS, Roger and the other bosses from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called Potted Ghosts, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a support spirit which grants resistance against strong winds. The spirit is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of Shy Guy and Boo Mario.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

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

  • Shogakukan guide: つぼから煙のように現れる。ヨッシーをはじきとばしたり、青い炎を吐いたりするが、つぼから出られないのが悲しいサガ。[4] (It appears like smoke from a pot. It can repel Yoshi and spit blue flames, but it is a sad fact that it cannot get out of its pot.)
  • Nintendo Player's Guide: Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.[5]
  • Super Power Club Cards bio:[6]
    • Description: Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.
    • Favorite Saying: "Faster, you fools, faster!"
    • How to Beat Him: Push him until he falls off the edge to the right. Avoid the blue fireballs he shoots at you. Keep pushing, because the little Shy Guys are keeping up the pressure, too!
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。[7] (The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Spirit
#310 Roger the Potted Ghost
Roger the Potted Ghost's art from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Series/game Yoshi Series
Type Support
Slots 1
Class Advanced
Strength / effect(s) Strong-Wind Resist
How to obtain World of Light (The Light Realm); Summoned with a Shy Guy and Boo Mario core
Spirit battle Opponent(s) Giant Wii Fit Trainer (♂), Meta Knight ×2
Conditions

Rule: Hard to Launch; Jump Power ↓
Hazard: High Gravity

  • Defeat the main fighter to win
  • All fighters have reduced jump ability
Stage Dracula's Castle (Ω)
Song Yoshi's Island (Brawl)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese つぼおばけ[?]
Tsubo Obake 		Vase obake
Chinese 坛中幽灵[?]
Tán zhōng Yōulíng 		Ghost in jar
French Pouss'Pot[?] Push'Pot
German Nebulo[?] From Nebel ("mist")
Italian Fantasma Invasato[?] Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on vaso ("vase")
Russian Призрак Вазя[?]
Prizrak Vazya 		Vase Ghost
Spanish Fantasbote[?] From fantasma ("ghost") and bote ("pot")

Trivia[edit]

  • The blue flames Roger shoots are based on the hitodama, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.
  • Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
  • Roger's body was originally intended to be a static sprite; the final game would instead render it using the Super FX2 chip.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ | Artwork - Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Games - Nintendo |. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived April 2, 2003, 15:19:00 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ March 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 42. Page 70.
  3. ^ January 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 40. Page 21.
  4. ^ 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 9Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg.
  5. ^ Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
  6. ^ Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's IslandMedia:Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg
  7. ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 17Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png.
  8. ^ Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
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