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|image=[[File:Phanto.jpg]]
|image=[[File:Phanto SMA 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]]'')
|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_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' (cameo) ([[List of Mario games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they are found guarding [[key]]s. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
|[[File:Calmmask.png]] [[File:Madmask.png]]
==History==
|'''Phanto''' differences.
===''Super Mario'' series===
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====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
|align=left
[[File:DDP Phanto.png|thumb|left|160px|Original artwork of Phanto from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
}}
Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and subsequent [[reissue]]s. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in [[jar]]s. They first appear in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including [[Subspace]]; they cannot be permanently defeated, either&mdash;a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Super Star|Starman]], but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.
'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living masks that can often be found guarding various treasures, most often [[key]]s. Its name appears to be a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or spectre. Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', often in caves or in [[vase]]s. Phantos simply remain immobile unless the key they are guarding moves. Once this happens, a Phanto will ceaselessly chase whoever stole its key. Phantos cannot be avoided and can only be escaped by using the key it was guarding to unlock a door. If the player simply drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, the creature will fly away and leave them alone, at least until the key is picked up again. Phanto can even follow the player into [[Subspace]]. Phantos can only be defeated with a combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Star]]; having only a Star will not affect it. After destroying a Phanto, however, a new one will replace it if the player enters another room while still carrying the key.
 
A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in [[Wart]]'s room.
 
In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', the Phanto sprite's expression and color scheme most resemble its original artwork (which its artwork for all iterations of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' would also be based on); starting with ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', its sprite is given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign it to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict it without a visible nose. Additionally, in remakes, large structures resembling Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In the [[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance remake]], if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. Furthermore, Phantos can be defeated in said version from an [[Invincible Mario|invincible]] character.
 
In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' manual, Phanto is mistakenly depicted using its ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' graphic.
 
A photo officially posted by Nintendo of America on Facebook references Phanto's behavior of chasing the player character with the key, dramatized to the point of it demanding that that they do not touch the key.<ref name=Facebook>{{cite|url=www.facebook.com/Nintendo/photos/a.120520318032430/723672304383892|publisher=Facebook|title=“Find something to unlock that door!” he said. “What could possibly go wrong?” he said. #NintendoHalloween|author=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 26, 2024 ({{file link|Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|image}})|archive=archive.today/2021.10.25-233638/https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/photos/723672304383892}}</ref>
 
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s [[Love-Love Fire]] even when they are inactive. A big Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Phantos appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, attacking players when a [[Cursed Key]] is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the [[Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)|Moon]], [[Super Star]]s, [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shell]]s and [[Dry Bones Shell]]s. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a [[Warp Door]] with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote|Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a [[Goomba Mummy|mummy]] and a weird face!|[[Toad]]|"[[The Ten Koopmandments]]"}}
[[File:SMBSSPhanto.jpg|thumb|150px|A Phanto from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".]]
Phantos are enemies in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. One appears in "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]," where it chases [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside a pyramid after the four had been caught by [[Bowser|Koop Tut]]; the chase continues until the characters escape from the pyramid. In "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]," a Phanto is a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.
 
===''Super Paper Mario''===
In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".
 
===''Mario Kart'' series===
Sprites of Phantos, taken from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
 
===Other appearances===
In ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star Ultra}}'', the '''Phanto Mask''' appears as a {{iw|wikirby|Treasure#Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra|treasure}} in {{iw|wikirby|The Great Cave Offensive}} in place of the '''Zebra Mask''' from the original ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star}}''. In the original Japanese, both iterations are called しろくろマスク (''Shiro Kuro Masuku'', "White-Black Mask").


Phanto is depicted in two ways; originally, Phanto sported a very solemn demeanor in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', while in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', it is given an evil grin. The former representation is often used in character art.  
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|language=en|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|website=nintendo.co.jp|page=24}}</ref>


Two Phantos made appearances on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' The first one appeared in the episode "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]". This Phanto lived in a pyramid that [[Bowser|Koop Tut]] had trapped [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside. Upon discovering the four heroes, it proceeded to chase them until they managed to escape from the pyramid. Another Phanto made a brief cameo appearance in the episode "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]", as a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.
===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Phantos comes{{sic}} to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|format=PDF|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|url=www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf|website=thegameisafootarcade.com|page=12|date=2001}}</ref>


Sprites of Phantos, taken from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of [[Shy Guy Bazaar]] from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Phanto Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|執念|しゅうねん}}ぶかい
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＵＳＡ|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>カギはときどき{{ruby|手放|てばな}}そう</big>'''<br>
{{ruby|扉|とびら}}のカギを{{ruby|守|まも}}る{{ruby|番人|ばんにん}}だ。カギを{{ruby|持|も}}って{{ruby|行|い}}こうとすると{{ruby|動|うご}}き{{ruby|始|はじ}}め、どこまででも{{ruby|追|お}}いかけてくる。カギから{{ruby|手|て}}を{{ruby|離|はな}}すと{{ruby|遠|とお}}ざかるので、{{ruby|近寄|ちかよ}}ってきたら、いったんカギを{{ruby|下|した}}に{{ruby|置|お}}こう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/aNvk8LY.jpg 55]|website=Imgur|date=1994}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Tenacious
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let go of the key from time to time.</big>'''''<br>
''He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.''
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
DokiPhanto.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Phanto Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Mario and Phanto Nintendo Power.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration
SMUSA Phanto.png|''Super Mario USA''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
Phanto.jpg|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>
===Sprites===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Phantomask.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' manual.
Calmmask.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
Mariophanto.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration.
Madmask.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMBSSPhanto.jpg|<center>A Phanto from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''</center>
Phanto SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
BSSMUSA Giant Phanto.png|Big Phanto (''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'')
Smas phanto.png|<center>Phanto background object in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''.</center>
SMA Phanto sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
SMA1 Phanto Large.png|Large sprite (''Super Mario Advance'')
Kirby Super Star Ultra Phanto Mask.png|''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star Ultra}}''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.gif|''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|Defeating a Phanto in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
BS Super Mario USA Giant Phanto.png|Big Phanto in ''BS Super Mario USA''
</gallery>
 
===Miscellaneous===
<gallery widths=180>
Smas phanto.png|The background of [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-3]]'s key room in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMMPB6 Activity5.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|Nintendo of America Facebook image<ref name=Facebook/>
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=カメーン<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 32.</ref>
|Jap=カメーン
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapM=From ''kamen'', "mask".
|JapM=Comes from「{{ruby|仮面|かめん}}」(''kamen'', "mask")
|Ita=Spettrino
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=32|date=1987}}</ref>
|ItaM=From the word ''spettro'' ("spectre")}}
|Jap2=ファント
|Jap2R=Fanto
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]|website=Imgur}}</ref>
|ChiS=面具
|ChiSR=Miànjù
|ChiSM=Mask
|ChiSN=''Super Mario Advance'' in-game name
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''Super Mario Advance'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba}}</ref>
|ChiS2=面具怪
|ChiS2R=Miànjù Guài
|ChiS2M=Mask Monster
|ChiS2N=''Super Mario Advance'' demo play video
|ChiS2C=<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hans|url=www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332|title=小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=Bilibili|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=iQue}}</ref>
|ChiT=卡面<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo HK官方頻道|language=zh-hant|date=April 20, 2020|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrImKD0V0PQ|title=《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Kǎmiàn
|ChiTM=Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(''miànjù'', "mask")
|ChiTN=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Dut=Phanto
|DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=33}}</ref>
|Fre=Phanto
|Ger=Phanto
|Ita=Phanto
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=24}}</ref>
|Ita2=Faccia Fantasma
|Ita2M=Ghost Face
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita3=Spiritello
|Ita3M=Small Spirit
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European manual|page=112|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=67}}</ref>
|Ita4=Spettro
|Ita4M=Specter
|Ita4N=''Kirby Super Star Ultra''
|Ita5=Spettrino
|Ita5M=Li'l specter
|Ita5C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=38|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|url=youtu.be/bwG9HHqtXC4|title=''Super Mario Maker 2'', version 3.0.0 Italian trailer|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=NintendoItalia|date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
|Kor=카면
|KorR=Ka'myeon
|KorM=From "{{hover|假面|가면}}" (''ga'myeon'', "mask" in Sino-Korean)
|KorC=<ref>{{cite|language=ko|author=한국닌텐도 공식 채널|url=youtu.be/Z7Tc25Oxzio|date=April 22, 2020|title=슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
|Rus=Привидение
|RusN=''Super Mario Maker 2'' version 3.0.0 update trailer
|RusR=Privideniye
|RusM=Ghost
|Rus2=Фанто
|Rus2N=''Super Mario Maker 2'' version 3.0.2
|Rus2R=Fanto
|Rus2M=Phanto
|Spa=Fantasma
|SpaM=Phantom
|SpaN=''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Spa2=Fantasmáscara
|Spa2M=Portmanteau of ''fantasma'' ("phantom") and ''máscara'' ("mask")
|Spa2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Phanto's appearance was unaltered in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet.
*An enemy called [[wikirby:Two Face|Two Face]] appears in ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby's Dream Land}}'' and ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Star Allies}}'', behaving in a similar way, although it can be destroyed.
*In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".
*The ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' sprite of Phanto can be spotted in the ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' course [[Shy Guy Bazaar]], stitched into a rug on the ground along with the sprites of other characters.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:28, December 20, 2024

Not to be confused with Phantom.
Phanto
Artwork of a Phanto for Super Mario Advance
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
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)

Phantos are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, where they are found guarding keys. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to The Phantom of the Opera.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Artwork of Phanto from the Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic manual (pg. 32).
Original artwork of Phanto from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Super Mario Bros. 2, and subsequent reissues. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in jars. They first appear in World 1-2. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including Subspace; they cannot be permanently defeated, either—a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a Stop Watch and a Starman, but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.

A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in Wart's room.

In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the Phanto sprite's expression and color scheme most resemble its original artwork (which its artwork for all iterations of Super Mario Bros. 2 would also be based on); starting with Super Mario Bros. 2, its sprite is given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign it to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict it without a visible nose. Additionally, in remakes, large structures resembling Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In the Game Boy Advance remake, if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. Furthermore, Phantos can be defeated in said version from an invincible character.

In the original Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, Phanto is mistakenly depicted using its Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic graphic.

A photo officially posted by Nintendo of America on Facebook references Phanto's behavior of chasing the player character with the key, dramatized to the point of it demanding that that they do not touch the key.[1]

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

In BS Super Mario USA, Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like Peach's Love-Love Fire even when they are inactive. A big Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Phantos appear in Super Mario Maker 2 in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the Super Mario Bros. style, attacking players when a Cursed Key is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the Moon, Super Stars, Spiny Shells and Dry Bones Shells. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a Warp Door with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a mummy and a weird face!”
—Toad, "The Ten Koopmandments"
Phanto
A Phanto from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".

Phantos are enemies in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. One appears in "The Ten Koopmandments," where it chases Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad inside a pyramid after the four had been caught by Koop Tut; the chase continues until the characters escape from the pyramid. In "Escape from Koopatraz," a Phanto is a member of Judge Koopa's jury.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

In Chapter 6-3 of Super Paper Mario, the Sammer Guy of the 63rd gate is named "Phanto Grin".

Mario Kart series[edit]

Sprites of Phantos, taken from Super Mario Bros. 2, are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of Shy Guy Bazaar in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour.

Other appearances[edit]

In Kirby Super Star Ultra, the Phanto Mask appears as a treasure in The Great Cave Offensive in place of the Zebra Mask from the original Kirby Super Star. In the original Japanese, both iterations are called しろくろマスク (Shiro Kuro Masuku, "White-Black Mask").

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.[2]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: Phantos comes[sic] to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.[3]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
A Phanto from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ゴースト族ぞく Tribe Ghost clan
性格せいかく 執念しゅうねんぶかい Disposition Tenacious
登場とうじょうゲーム ＵＳＡユーエスエー Game appearances USA
カギはときどき手放てばなそう

扉とびらのカギを守まもる番人ばんにんだ。カギを持もって行いこうとすると動うごき始はじめ、どこまででも追おいかけてくる。カギから手てを離はなすと遠とおざかるので、近寄ちかよってきたら、いったんカギを下したに置おこう。[4]

Let go of the key from time to time.

He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.

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Artwork[edit]

Sprites[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

  • Defeating a Phanto in Super Mario Bros. 2

    Defeating a Phanto in Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Big Phanto in BS Super Mario USA

    Big Phanto in BS Super Mario USA

Miscellaneous[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カメーン[5]
Kamēn 		Comes from「仮面かめん」(kamen, "mask")
ファント[6]
Fanto 		Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
Chinese (simplified) 面具[7]
Miànjù 		Mask Super Mario Advance in-game name
面具怪[8]
Miànjù Guài 		Mask Monster Super Mario Advance demo play video
Chinese (traditional) 卡面[9]
Kǎmiàn 		Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(miànjù, "mask") Super Mario Maker 2
Dutch Phanto[10] -
French Phanto[?] -
German Phanto[?] -
Italian Phanto[11] -
Faccia Fantasma[?] Ghost Face The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Spiritello[12][13] Small Spirit
Spettro[?] Specter Kirby Super Star Ultra
Spettrino[14][15] Li'l specter
Korean 카면[16]
Ka'myeon 		From "假面" (ga'myeon, "mask" in Sino-Korean)
Russian Привидение[?]
Privideniye 		Ghost Super Mario Maker 2 version 3.0.0 update trailer
Фанто[?]
Fanto 		Phanto Super Mario Maker 2 version 3.0.2
Spanish Fantasma[?] Phantom Super Mario Bros. 2
Fantasmáscara[?] Portmanteau of fantasma ("phantom") and máscara ("mask") Super Mario Maker 2

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nintendo of America. “Find something to unlock that door!” he said. “What could possibly go wrong?” he said. #NintendoHalloween. Facebook (American English). Retrieved June 26, 2024 (imageMedia:Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg). (Archived October 25, 2021, 23:36:38 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (English) via nintendo.co.jp. Page 24.
  3. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English) via thegameisafootarcade.com. Page 12.
  4. ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese) via Imgur. Page 55.
  5. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 32.
  6. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan via Imgur. Page 225.
  7. ^ 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). Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  8. ^ iQue (February 28, 2017). 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Nintendo HK官方頻道 (April 20, 2020). 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片. YouTube (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  10. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 33.
  11. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 24.
  12. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  13. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 67.
  14. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  15. ^ NintendoItalia (April 21, 2020). Super Mario Maker 2, version 3.0.0 Italian trailer. YouTube (Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  16. ^ 한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (April 22, 2020). 슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0. YouTube (Korean). Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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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 • 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 Bridge • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cow World • 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 • Half Life Malt Shop • 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 • Koopallac • 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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Super Mario Maker 2
Characters Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Toad • Toadette
Supporting characters Coursebot • Worldbotb • Mr. Eraser • Nina • Princess Peach • Undodog • Yamamura • Partrick • Soundfrog • Toads • Yoshi/Red Yoshi
Course elements Game styles Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U • Super Mario 3D World
Themes Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle • Desert • Snow • Forest • Sky
Terrain ? Block • Brick Block/Rotating Block • Bridge • Clear Pipe • Cloud Block • Crystal Block • Donut Block • Frozen Coina • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Platform • Note Block/Music Block • P Blocka • Warp Pipe • Rock Block • Semisolid Platform • Slope • Spike Block • Spike Trap
Items 1-Up Mushroom/Rotten Mushroom • 10-Coin/30-Coin/50-Coin • Big Mushroom • Boomerang Flowerb • Bullet Bill Maskb • Cannon Boxb • Coin • Cape Feather • Fire Flower • Frog Suitb • Goomba Maskb • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto • Master Sworda • Pink Coin • Power Balloonb • Propeller Boxb • Propeller Mushroom • Red POW Boxb • SMB2 Mushroomb • Super Acornb • Super Bell • Super Hammer • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Superball Flower • Yoshi's Egg/Big Red Yoshi's Egg
Enemies Angry Sun/Moon • Ant Trooper/Big Ant Trooper • Blooper/Big Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb/Parabomb • Boo/Big Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch • Boom Boom • Bowser/Meowser • Bowser Jr. • Bully/Big Bully • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle/Buzzy Shell • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep/Big Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Mega Dry Bones/Parabones/Dry Bones Shell • Fire Bro/Heavy Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant/Big Fire Piranha • Fish Bone • Goomba/Mega Goomba/Paragoomba/Big Paragoomba/Galoomba (SMW)/Big Galoomba (SMW)/Flying Goomba (SMW)/Para-Goomba (SMW)/ Goombrat/Kodeka Kakibō/Goombud (SMW)/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Hop-Chops • Horned Ant Trooper • Jelectro • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa Car • Koopalingsb (Larry · Morton · Wendy · Iggy · Roy · Lemmy · Ludwig) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Mechakoopab/Blasta Mechakoopab/Zappa Mechakoopab/Mega Mechakoopab • Monty Mole/Big Monty Mole • Muncher • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant • Pokeya/Snow Pokeya • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Rocky Wrench/Mega Rocky Wrench • Skipsqueak • Spikea/Mega Spikea • Spike Balla/Giant Spiked Balla/Snowballa • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Shell • Spiny Egg • Spiny Skipsqueak • Stingby/Mega Stingby • Thwomp/Big Thwomp • Unshelled Koopa • Wiggler/Big Wiggler
Gizmos ! Block • Arrow Sign • Banzai Bill • Bill Blaster/Bull's-Eye Blaster • Blinking Block • Bumper • Bull's-Eye Banzai/Cat Banzai Bill • Bull's-Eye Bill/Cat Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cannon/Giant cannon • Cannonball/Giant cannonball • Conveyor Belt/ON/OFF Conveyor Belt • Checkpoint Flag • Crate • Dash Blocka • Fire Bar • Grinder • Icicle • Mushroom Trampoline/ON/OFF Trampolineb • Key/Cursed Keyb • Lava Lift • Lift/Flimsy Lift/Cloud Lift • ON/OFF Switch/Dotted-Line Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • POW Block • Red POW Block • Seesaw • Skewer • Snake Block • Swinging Claw • Track • Track Block • Trampoline • Tree • Twister • Vine • Warp Box/Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door/P Warp Door/Key Door
Miscellaneous Starting blocks • Stone (Story Mode) • Toad (Story Mode) • Wings
Mario's moves Charge jumpb (SMB) • Crawl (SM3DW) • Crouch • Crouch Jump (SM3DW) • Dash • Dive (SM3DW) • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU & SM3DWb) • Ground Pound (NSMBU & SM3DW) • Jump • Long Jump (SM3DW) • Midair Spin (NSMBU) • Roll (SM3DW) • Slide (all except SMB) • Spin Jump (SMW, NSMBU, & SM3DW) • Swim • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU & SM3DW)
Miscellaneous Assist parts • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Mii outfits • Minigamesb (Catch & Win! • Match & Win! • Pop & Win!) • Ninji* • Peach's Castle • Phantob • Quotes • Sound effects • Staff • Yamamura's Dojo
a In version 2.0 or later
b In version 3.0 or later
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