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|image=[[Image:Tryclydeadvance.jpg|100px|'''Tryclyde''']]
|image=[[File:SMA Tryclyde Artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])<br>(''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'')
|species=[[Cobrat]]
|latest_appearance=''[[NES Remix 2]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]])
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] ([[List of Mario games by date#2001|2001]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2024]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]]<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml|title=The Voice of Mario|publisher=GameSpy|language=en|accessdate=January 6, 2024}}</ref> ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
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{{LLQuote|Ssstep right up, if you're ready to get toasssted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
{{quote|Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
 
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''', is a [[List of bosses|boss]] introduced in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. He is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical {{wp|Lernaean Hydra}}, a giant, multi-headed serpent.
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''', is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical [[Wikipedia:Lernaean Hydra|Lernaean Hydra]], a giant, multi-headed serpent.


==History==
==History==
[[Image:TryclydeArt.jpg|100px|thumb]]
===Background===
===Background===
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast. Due to his cunning mind and thrice-times strength, Tryclyde was recruited by [[Wart]] in his plot to take over Subcon.<ref>"''He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 27 (Tryclyde description).</ref>
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by [[Wart]] due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".<ref name=SMB2>{{cite|date=1988|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=27}}</ref>


===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Tryclyde acts as the guardian of [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. Upon sighting the player, will shoot [[fireball]]s at them. In order to injure Tryclyde, the player would need to throw several [[Mushroom Block]]s at him, which were resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde would be defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles.
[[File:SMB2 Tryclyde.png|thumb|x200px|Tryclyde's original appearance from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
Tryclyde is a boss in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. He is red with black stripes or wrinkles. His color changes in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' remakes. In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise and orange, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most artwork in relation to ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes. There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|language=en|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance#Unused Enemies|''Super Mario Advance'' § Unused Enemies]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>


While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', he is only the boss of World 2 in the ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' port, having been replaced by a [[Mouser]] boss in World 6. His color changes in the remakes; in ''All-Stars'', he is blue and orange, and a lighter shade of blue in ''Advance''.
In gameplay, Tryclyde is the guardian of both [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. He shoots [[fireball]]s at the player character on sight. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit. Tryclyde can take damage from a [[Mushroom Block]] being thrown at it. After three hits, Tryclyde is defeated. In ''Super Mario Advance'', Tryclyde is fought only once, with his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by [[Mouser]]'s own (originally from [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 3]]); in said version, Tryclyde shouts "Impossible!" when defeated.


====''BS Super Mario USA''====
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
[[File:Trycycle BS SuperMario.png|left|thumb]]
Tryclyde returned as a boss in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', and was fought similarly as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from ''Super Mario All-Stars'', but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.
Tryclye returns with the other bosses from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Tryclyde serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.


Tryclyde appears to have a green coloration in this game, though he has been updated to being a shade of blue in the other remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|left|Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page]]
In the coloring book game ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. He is mentioned in the job description.<ref>{{cite|quote=Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.|author=Zoo Keeper description|title=''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''}}</ref>
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|200px|Tryclyde in the episode "[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]" in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
{{quote|Three heads are better than one!|Tryclyde|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"}}
Tryclyde (voiced by [[Harvey Atkin]]) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him. In "[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa|Roman motif]], and in "[[Koopa Klaus]]", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus|of the same name]].


===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.<ref>{{cite|language=en|url=www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible|publisher=worthpoint.com|accessdate=October 5, 2020}}</ref>
[[Image: CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Tryclyde''' in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. Instead of working for Wart, as he does in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Tryclyde works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. Also, despite his middle head being shown to talk in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', Tryclyde rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him.


===Nintendo Comics System===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of [[Nintendo Comics System]], one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're".
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."


===Nintendo Adventure Books===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
In one of [[Game Over|the bad endings]] of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears, and drags them off to his lair.
In one of the [[Game Over|bad ending]]s of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig|Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.


===''Super Mario-Kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|Appearance in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are also given distinct personalities, and one even wears a pair of glasses. The two smaller heads are seen bickering while annoying the middle head. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounters Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magic Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magical Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.


Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.<ref name=SMB2/>
|Ger=Früher war er mal ein Außenseiter, doch jetzt ist er einer von Wart's Helfern, den er mit seiner Verschlagenheit und Angriffslust beeindruckt hat. Seine Angriffstärke ist dreimal so stark wie normal.<ref name="smb2de">{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Spielanleitung|page=28|date=1990|url=archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-2-nes-spielanleitung/page/n13/mode/2up|publisher=Nintendo|language=de}}</ref>}}
===''Super Mario Advance''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|EngE=Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.<ref>{{cite|date=2001|language=en-gb|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=12|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Fre=Tryclyde a été enrôlé par Wart pour son intelligence maléfique et son attaque triple force.<ref name="smafr">{{cite|date=2001|language=fr|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ger=Der einstige Außenseiter ist nun einer von Warts Helfershelfern. Seine Verschiagenheit und Dreifach-Attacke gefielen Wart.<ref name="smade">{{cite|date=2001|language=de|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=32|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita=Abbandonato il suo ruolo di emarginato, il trezucche è ora uno scagnozzo di Wart per il quale sferra i suoi malefici attacchi.<ref name="smait">{{cite|date=2001|language=it|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Spa=Tryclyde, que en su tiempo fue un intruso, fue reluctado por Wart debido a su malvada astucia y su poderoso ataque.<ref name="smaes">{{cite|date=2001|language=es-es|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=92|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
}}
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
|shuzoku=ビースト族
|seikaku=荒々しい
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>ガラゲーロたちのボスかな</big>'''<br>
火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 54]|isbn=4-09-259067-9}}</ref>
|tribe=Beast clan
|disposition=Gruff
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Maybe the boss of the Cobrats</big>'''''<br>
''A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.''
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
File:Tryclyde-SMB2-NES.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
DokiTriclyde.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
File:Tryclyde-SMAS.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Tryclyde SMB2 NES sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
File:Tryclyde-SMA.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMUSA Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet
Image:Tryclydius.jpg|"[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]" (Tryclydius)
FC40 SMB2 Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario Bros. USA'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Image:BicycleTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Great BMX Race]]"
Image:BritGuardTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"
Image:PriestTryclyde.jpg|"[[Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?]]"
Image:JawsTryclyde.jpg|"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"
Image:ReindeerTryclyde.jpg|"[[Koopa Klaus]]" ([[Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde]])
Image:CriminalTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Unzappables]]"
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*Official artwork only shows visible bottom teeth, yet in the game he has sharp, prominent upper teeth. He is also depicted with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.
*There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette, indicating that he started out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation, much like [[Fryguy (boss)|Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]].<ref name="Super Mario Advance- The Cutting Room Floor">[http://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance#Unused_Enemies] (accessed October 25, 2013)</ref>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガブチョ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 36.</ref>
|Jap=ガブチョ
|JapN=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapM=From ''gaburi'', biting sound.
|JapM=Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(''Garagēro'', "[[Cobrat#Names in other languages|Cobrat]]") and「{{ruby|部長|ブチョウ}}」(''buchō'', "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(''gabutto'', onomatopoeia for chomping)
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=36|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jap2=ガプチョ
|Jap2N=''Super Mario USA''
|Jap2R=Gapucho
|Jap2M=An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(''Gabucho'')
|Jap2C=<ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|date=1992|language=ja|format=PDF|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|page=30|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=November 17, 2022}}</ref>
|Jap3=トライクライド
|Jap3N=''Super Mario USA''
|Jap3R=Toraikuraido
|Jap3M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap3C=<ref name=SMUSA/>
|ChiS=三头蛇
|ChiSR=Sān-Tóu Shé
|ChiSM=Three-Headed Snake
|ChisC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
|Dut=Tryclyde
|DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo Classic''|language=nl|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1990|page=35|quote=Tryclyde, de heerser van Wereld 2-3, is een lastig heerschap.}}</ref>
|Fre=Tryclyde
|FreC=<ref name="smafr"/>
|Ger=Tryclyde
|GerC=<ref name="smb2de"/>
|Ger2=Triclyde
|Ger2C=<ref name="smade"/>
|Ita=Tryclyde
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' manual|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[NES Remix 2]]''|author=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' level 7-2|quote=Sconfiggi Tryclyde!}}</ref>
|Ita2=Triciclo
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita2M=Trike/Tricycle
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fp3u9OkpUE&list=PLzdGkSFOQCDiMpQsKDlJs56dBhm4TBcoq&index=4 Super Mario - Attila Natale]</ref>
|Ita3=Tritesta
|Ita3M=Three-heads
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' manual|page=38|date=2010|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita4=Trezucche
|Ita4M=Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; ''zucca'' ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
|Ita4C=<ref name="smait"/>
|Kor=삼두사
|KorR=Samdusa
|KorM=Three-Headed Snake
|Spa=Tryclyde
|SpaC=<ref name="smaes"/>
|Swe=Tryclyde
|SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfv37XTnn6I&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=29 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 29 - Swedish]</ref>
}}
}}


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Tryclyde
Tryclyde
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
Species Cobrat
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[1] (2001)
“Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!”
—Tryclyde, Super Mario Advance

Tryclyde, also known as Triclyde, is a boss introduced in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of Subcon, the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical Lernaean Hydra, a giant, multi-headed serpent.

History[edit]

Background[edit]

Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by Wart due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".[2]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Tryclyde from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Tryclyde's original appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2

Tryclyde is a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is red with black stripes or wrinkles. His color changes in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance remakes. In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise and orange, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most artwork in relation to Super Mario Bros. 2 shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes. There are some unused sprites in Super Mario Advance of Cobrat with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like Fryguy and Clawgrip and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.[3]

In gameplay, Tryclyde is the guardian of both World 2 and World 6. He shoots fireballs at the player character on sight. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit. Tryclyde can take damage from a Mushroom Block being thrown at it. After three hits, Tryclyde is defeated. In Super Mario Advance, Tryclyde is fought only once, with his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by Mouser's own (originally from World 3); in said version, Tryclyde shouts "Impossible!" when defeated.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Tryclyde returned as a boss in BS Super Mario USA, and was fought similarly as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from Super Mario All-Stars, but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up[edit]

Mario as a zookeeper.
Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page

In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. He is mentioned in the job description.[4]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Tryclyde
Tryclyde in the episode "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
“Three heads are better than one!”
—Tryclyde, "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"

Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for King Koopa as a member of his Koopa Pack, often appearing to help him, Mouser and Koopa Troopa in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled Princess Toadstool, who was usually able to defeat him. In "The Great Gladiator Gig", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's Roman motif, and in "Koopa Klaus", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif of the same name.

In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.[5]

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of Nintendo Comics System, one of the comics' Dear Princess Toadstool features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In one of the bad endings of Pipe Down!, Ludwig von Koopa plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack Mario and Luigi. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Tryclyde. Page 34, volume 8 from Super Mario-kun.
Appearance in Super Mario-kun

Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a Frog Suit. He gives Mario a Magical Potion. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.

Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.[2]
    • German:
      Früher war er mal ein Außenseiter, doch jetzt ist er einer von Wart's Helfern, den er mit seiner Verschlagenheit und Angriffslust beeindruckt hat. Seine Angriffstärke ist dreimal so stark wie normal.[6]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (British):
      Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.[7]
    • French:
      Tryclyde a été enrôlé par Wart pour son intelligence maléfique et son attaque triple force.[8]
    • German:
      Der einstige Außenseiter ist nun einer von Warts Helfershelfern. Seine Verschiagenheit und Dreifach-Attacke gefielen Wart.[9]
    • Italian:
      Abbandonato il suo ruolo di emarginato, il trezucche è ora uno scagnozzo di Wart per il quale sferra i suoi malefici attacchi.[10]
    • Spanish:
      Tryclyde, que en su tiempo fue un intruso, fue reluctado por Wart debido a su malvada astucia y su poderoso ataque.[11]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ビースト族 Tribe Beast clan
性格せいかく 荒々しい Disposition Gruff
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
ガラゲーロたちのボスかな

火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。[12]

Maybe the boss of the Cobrats

A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.

Gallery[edit]

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

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガブチョ[13]
Gabucho 		Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(Garagēro, "Cobrat") and「部長ブチョウ」(buchō, "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(gabutto, onomatopoeia for chomping) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
ガプチョ[14]
Gapucho 		An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(Gabucho) Super Mario USA
トライクライド[14]
Toraikuraido 		Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name Super Mario USA
Chinese (simplified) 三头蛇[?]
Sān-Tóu Shé 		Three-Headed Snake
Dutch Tryclyde[16] -
French Tryclyde[8] -
German Tryclyde[6] -
Triclyde[9]
Italian Tryclyde[17][18] -
Triciclo[19] Trike/Tricycle The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Tritesta[20] Three-heads
Trezucche[10] Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; zucca ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
Korean 삼두사[?]
Samdusa 		Three-Headed Snake
Spanish Tryclyde[11] -
Swedish Tryclyde[21] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy (English). Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 27.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit." – Zoo Keeper description. Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.
  5. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! writer's bible. worthpoint.com (English). Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b 1990. Super Mario Bros. 2 Spielanleitung. Nintendo (German). Page 28.
  7. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
  8. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 52.
  9. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 32.
  10. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  11. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 92.
  12. ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 54.
  13. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 36.
  14. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  15. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tryclyde, de heerser van Wereld 2-3, is een lastig heerschap." – 1990. Club Nintendo Classic. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 35.
  17. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 27.
  18. ^ "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!" – Super Mario Bros. 2 level 7-2. NES Remix 2.
  19. ^ Super Mario - Attila Natale
  20. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  21. ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 29 - Swedish
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated episodes)
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad
Major antagonists King Koopa (alter egos) • Mouser • Tryclyde
Minor antagonists Beetle • Big bad wolf • Crocodiles • Hildy • King Koopa's mother • Queen Rotunda • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White
Koopa Pack minions Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Birdo • Birdoroo • Black Pit Bob-Omb • Bloober • Bob-Omb • Bomb Net • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flaky • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Goomba (zombie) • Goomba Mummy • Greaser Goombas • Grunt • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mousersaurus Rex • Ninji • Ostro • Phanto • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupo • Robo Shyguy • Robo Koopa • Shyguy • Shyguy Lion • Snifit • Space Troopa • Spark • Spider • Spiny • Spiny Egg • State Troopa • Stormtroopa • Super Troopa • Thunderbirdo • Trouter • Tweeter • Tweeter Bat • Wereturtle
Other characters Bingo • Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Bunsen • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Camel • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Caveman • Cheepy • Cowazaurus • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elves • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • George Washingtoad • Giant Birdo • Goosey • Gramma Toadstool • Gramps • Harry • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hooded Robin • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • June and Ward • Killer Kitty of the Kaskervilles • King James • King Neptune • Mark Twang • Mayor Fettuccine • Mermushrooms • Mervin • Misaki • Mouth of the River • Mr. President • Mr. Mayor • Mugga • Murphy • Mushroom People • Mushroom Rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Patches • Pine • Polar bear • Prince Pompadour • Pronto • Quirks • Romano • Romano's father • Royal Cow • Salvador Drainotto • Sam Shalam • Santa Claus • Scooter • Secret Agent N • Slammer • Stool Pigeon • The Three Mushrooms • Waldo the Wizard • Whale • Zero
Locations Regions Amazon Jungle • Aqua Land • Brooklyn • Brooklyn Bridge • Car Land • Caveman Land • Cloud Land • Coney Island • Cramalot • Crime Land • Desert Kingdom • Down Under Land • El Desertland • Flatbush • Grand Koopa Canyon • Happy Harbor • Jungleland • Kingdom of Youth • Koopos • Land of Ice • Land of Romance • Lava Land • Linguini Empire • Lonesome Mushroom • Mushridge • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Planet • Mythis • North Pole • Oceanworld • Pastaland • Pirate's Port • Pirate Waters • Pirate World • Pyramid Land • Quirk • Rap Land • River World • Robo Land • Rotundaland • Sayonara • Shamrock Kingdom • Sharewood Forest • Sharewood Village • Snow World • Sock Hop Land • Spy Land • Sudden Death Valley • Swiss Cheese Alps • Thirteen Mushroom Colonies • Trouter Bay • Turtlevania • Victoria • Winterland • Waki-Waki • Warp Zone • Wild West
Landmarks Bonkers Street • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cramalot Castle • Delawide River • Double Cross Ranch • First Mushroom Bank • Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers • Fort Hard Knox • Fountain of Youth • George's Gorge • King Koopa's Castle • Koopacropolis • Koopa Klub • Koopatraz State Prison • Linguini Empire Colosseum • Mushroom Colony • Outback • Parsley Land • Pasta Pit • Quirk Factory • Rebel Fort • Rotunda Castle • Santa's workshop • Shamrock Inn • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tower of Victoria • Tunnel of Doom
Items, objects,
vehicles, and misc. 		All Purpose Portable Plumber's Helper • Aladdin's Lamp • Beanstalk • Birdo Ray • Blackbeard Koopa's ship • Bomb Plant • Ding Bell • Excalibur • Fireball • Fire Flower • Fireproof Lava Boat • Flagpole • Flying carpet biplane • Flying Pizza • Freeze Gun • Garbage Pod • Gold Coin • Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot) • Golden Plumber's Helper (Plummers Academy) • Golden Wrench • Great Balls of Fire • Heat Gun • Industrial Strength Itching Potion • Intergalactic InSinkErator • Koopa-Kola • Koop Star • Koopa Scepter • Koopa Strength Itching Powder • Koopa Surprise • Koopa's rocket • Koopilus • Lava Machine • Lightplunger • Lost Mushroom • Magic carpet • Magic doodad • Magic flute • Magic Growing Potion • Magic Shrink Potion • Magic Statue • Magical Potion • Monster Robot Troopa • Mushroom Starfighter • Passion Potion • Peapod • Plumb-Fu • Plumber's Log • Plumbinator • Pot of Gold Coins • Power block • Red-Hot Pepper Detector • Retro Router • Robo-suit • Rocketship • Royal Plug • Sacred Sink of Cramalot • Shrinking Sukiyaki • Sinister Star • Space Raft • Spaghetti • Spymobile • Starman • Stereo Gun • Stormtroopa Starfighter • Super Sushi • Super Sushi Shrinker • Unzappable Hat • Vegetable • Wicked Weather Satellite
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