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[[Image:WL_Penkoon.jpg|frame|A '''Penkoon'''.]]
{{distinguish|Pengoon}}
'''Penkoons''' are bulky, part-[[penguin]], part-raccoon<ref name="WL_manual">As told in the ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' manual.</ref> soldiers that patrol areas in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. When [[Wario]] comes too close to them, they'll make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can jump on them; however, they should not be [[Body Slam|charged]] head on because of their stomach-mounted maces.
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|image=[[File:WL_Penkoon.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
}}
'''Penkoons'''<ref name=manual>{{cite|title=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' instruction booklet|page=19|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are bulky soldiers that patrol areas in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. When [[Wario]] comes too close to them, they make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can harm them by jumping on them; however, due to the spikes on their stomach, they cannot be harmed by charging head on by the [[Dash Attack|Body Slam]].
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===
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|Eng=This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.<ref name=manual/>
|Ita=Questo pirata è in parte pinguino ed in parte procione. Sta attento al suo stomaco prominente ed appuntito!<ref name=ITAmanual>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' European manual|page=117|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1994|language=it}}</ref>
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{{multilang profile
|type=vc_3ds
|Jap=タヌキやペンギンに見える、謎の海賊兵です。お腹のトゲ付きボールを蹴って攻撃してきます。<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_rbaj.pdf|title=Japanese ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' Virtual Console manual, section 15}}</ref>
|JapM=They are mysterious pirate soldiers that look like tanuki or penguins. They attack by kicking spiked balls attached from their bellies.
|Eng=This pirate is part penguin, part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach!<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) English e-manual|page=15}}</ref>
|Ita=Un pirata parte pinguino, parte procione. Attenzione all'aculeo sul suo stomaco!<ref name=ITAemanual>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=15}}</ref>
}}


==Trivia==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
*The name "Penkoon" is a portmanteau of "penguin" and "raccoon", the two species the Penkoons are hybrids of.
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*In the Penkoon entry of the ''Wario Land'' manual, the word "raccoon" is misspelled as "racoon".<ref name="WL_manual"/<
|name=ポコペン (JP) / Penkoon (EN)
*The Penkoon's head loosely resembles that of a [[Choppah]].
|shuzoku={{ruby|海賊|かいぞく}}
|seikaku=ひねくれ{{ruby|者|もの}}
|tojo_gemu=ランド３
|desc='''<big>お{{ruby|腹|なか}}のトゲつきボールに{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}</big></b><br>
トゲのついた{{ruby|大|おお}}きなお{{ruby|腹|なか}}が{{ruby|特徴|とくちょう}}のタヌキ？そのお{{ruby|腹|なか}}からトゲつきのボールを{{ruby|出|だ}}して{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}してくる。トゲつきボールをよけて、{{ruby|後|うし}}ろから{{ruby|体当|たいあ}}たりか、{{ruby|踏|ふ}}みつけで{{ruby|気絶|きぜつ}}させよう。<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/aBaG8Dg.jpeg 205]}}</ref>
|tribe=Pirate
|disposition=Sourpuss
|game_appearances=Land 3
|eng_desc='''''<big>Note the spiked ball on the belly.</big>'''''<br>
''A tanuki with a large spiked belly? It attacks with a spiked ball protruding from its belly. Dodge the spiked balls and hit the raccoon dog from behind or stomp on it to knock it out.''
}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Penkoon.png|Sprite from ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
Penkoon KC Mario Artwork.png|A Penkoon as depicted in ''KC Deluxe''
</gallery>


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ポコペン
|Jap=ポコペン<ref name=Pokopen>{{cite|quote=「タヌキ？ペンギン？{{ruby|謎|なぞ}}の{{ruby|海賊兵|かいぞくへい}}。お{{ruby|腹|なか}}のトゲ{{ruby|付|つ}}きボールを{{ruby|蹴|け}}って{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}してくる。」(''Tanuki? Penguin? A mystery among pirate men. It attacks by kicking a spiked ball from its stomach.'')|title=''Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land'' instruction booklet|page=20|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|date=1994}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
|JapR=Pokopen
|JapR=Pokopen
|JapM=
|JapM=Possibly a portmanteau of「ぽんぽこ」(''ponpoko'', onomatopoeia for the sound a tanuki's belly makes) and「ペンギン」(''pengin'', penguin)
|Ger=Penkoon
|Ger=Penkoon
|GerM=-}}
|Ita=Pinguone<ref name=ITAmanual/>
|Ita2=Pronguino<ref name=ITAemanual/>
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''pinguino'' ("penguin") and ''procione'' ("raccoon"); also could mean "Big penguin", from ''pinguino'' ("penguin") and the augmentative suffix ''-one''
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''procione'' ("raccoon") and ''pinguino'' ("penguin")
|ItaN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' instruction booklet
|Ita2N=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' Virtual Console e-manual
}}
 
==Trivia==
*In the manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a [[penguin]] is noted, but their species remains a mystery.<ref name=Pokopen/> In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon,"<ref name=manual/> likely since the latter is more familiar to {{wp|Western world|Western}} audiences than tanukis.


== References ==
==References==
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[[Category:Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 enemies]]
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Latest revision as of 19:49, October 7, 2024

Not to be confused with Pengoon.
Penkoon
A Penkoon, as seen in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 artwork.
Artwork from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
First appearance Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)

Penkoons[1] are bulky soldiers that patrol areas in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. When Wario comes too close to them, they make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can harm them by jumping on them; however, due to the spikes on their stomach, they cannot be harmed by charging head on by the Body Slam.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.[1]
    • Other languages:
      • Italian:
        Questo pirata è in parte pinguino ed in parte procione. Sta attento al suo stomaco prominente ed appuntito![2]
  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      This pirate is part penguin, part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach![3]
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        タヌキやペンギンに見える、謎の海賊兵です。お腹のトゲ付きボールを蹴って攻撃してきます。[4]
        (Translation: They are mysterious pirate soldiers that look like tanuki or penguins. They attack by kicking spiked balls attached from their bellies.)
      • Italian:
        Un pirata parte pinguino, parte procione. Attenzione all'aculeo sul suo stomaco![5]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ポコペン (JP) / Penkoon (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく 海賊かいぞく Tribe Pirate
性格せいかく ひねくれ者もの Disposition Sourpuss
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド３ Game appearances Land 3
お腹なかのトゲつきボールに注意ちゅうい

トゲのついた大おおきなお腹なかが特徴とくちょうのタヌキ？そのお腹なかからトゲつきのボールを出だして攻撃こうげきしてくる。トゲつきボールをよけて、後うしろから体当たいあたりか、踏ふみつけで気絶きぜつさせよう。[6]

Note the spiked ball on the belly.

A tanuki with a large spiked belly? It attacks with a spiked ball protruding from its belly. Dodge the spiked balls and hit the raccoon dog from behind or stomp on it to knock it out.

Gallery[edit]

  • Sprite from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

    Sprite from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

  • A Penkoon as depicted in KC Deluxe

    A Penkoon as depicted in KC Deluxe

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ポコペン[7][6]
Pokopen 		Possibly a portmanteau of「ぽんぽこ」(ponpoko, onomatopoeia for the sound a tanuki's belly makes) and「ペンギン」(pengin, penguin)
German Penkoon[?] -
Italian Pinguone[2] Portmanteau of pinguino ("penguin") and procione ("raccoon"); also could mean "Big penguin", from pinguino ("penguin") and the augmentative suffix -one Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet
Pronguino[5] Portmanteau of procione ("raccoon") and pinguino ("penguin") Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console e-manual

Trivia[edit]

  • In the manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a penguin is noted, but their species remains a mystery.[7] In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon,"[1] likely since the latter is more familiar to Western audiences than tanukis.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 19.
  2. ^ a b 1994. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 117.
  3. ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) English e-manual. Page 15.
  4. ^ Japanese Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console manual, section 15.
  5. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 15.
  6. ^ a b 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 205.
  7. ^ a b 「タヌキ？ペンギン？謎なぞの海賊兵かいぞくへい。お腹なかのトゲ付つきボールを蹴けって攻撃こうげきしてくる。」(Tanuki? Penguin? A mystery among pirate men. It attacks by kicking a spiked ball from its stomach.) – 1994. Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 20.
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