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|image=[[Image:Trouter.jpg|220px]]<br>An official artwork of a '''Trouter''' from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''.
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|comparable=[[Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Honen]]
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A '''Trouter''' is a red fish that jumps straight up out of water near waterfalls in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.


A '''Trouter''' is a red fish that jumps straight up out of water near waterfalls in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Their name is a pun on trout, a type of fish.
Their English name derives from "{{wp|trout}}", an animal that ascends rapids during its life cycle to spawn. Its design is invocative of a {{wp|Celestial Eye|celestial eye goldfish}}, a species of carp, which potentially indicates it conceptually derives from Chinese legends of {{wp|Longmen (mythology)|carps trying to ascended waterfalls to turn into dragons}}.
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:Trouter.gif|thumb]]
[[File:Trouter.gif|thumb]]
Trouters are used many times throughout the game as platforms in which to jump across a large body of water. Stopping time with the [[Stop Watch]] makes it much easier to cross them. Although not deadly from below, they are dangerous if touched from the sides. Not only this, but if [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] ride the Trouter back to the watery depths, they will lose a life.
Trouters are found many times throughout ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' as platforms in which to jump across a large body of water. Stopping time with the [[Stop Watch]] makes it much easier to cross them. Although not deadly from below, they are dangerous if touched from the sides. Not only this, but if [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], or [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] ride the Trouter back to the watery depths, they lose a life. In the original versions, their fin, tail, and eyelids are black. In subsequent remakes, they are white with lavender shading.


====''BS Super Mario USA''====
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Trouters made return in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', when they have the same role in the predecessor.
Trouters made return in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', when they have the same role in the predecessor.
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:MarineBiologist.png|thumb|A Trouter in the Marine Biologist page of ''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up'']]
In the coloring book game ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Marine Biologist has a Trouter swimming with other underwater enemies and [[Frog Mario]].<ref>{{cite|quote=Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few.|author=Marine Biologist description|title=''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''}}</ref>
{{br}}


===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[Image: TrouterSMBSS.jpg|thumb|left|A Trouter from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
[[File:TrouterSMBSS.jpg|thumb|left|A Trouter from the ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[Mario and Joliet]]"]]
On ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', Trouters made appearances in numerous episodes, where they were portrayed as being far more vicious than they were in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Rather than merely hopping in and out of water, Trouters were shown to be fairly carnivorous with sharp teeth, and would try to eat anyone who fell into their water. In this, they behave more like [[Cheep-Cheep]]s (especially the flying variant), and are likely a combination of the characters. A running gag throughout the show was that Trouters were usually swimming in whatever body of water that Mario and his friends either had to cross or fell into, often appearing as an unwanted surprise and scaring the group. Sometimes, to show their appetite, Trouters were depicted by wearing bibs, and holding knives and forks.
{{quote|Watch out for killer Trouter fish!|[[Mario]]|"[[King Mario of Cramalot]]"}}
On ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', Trouters make appearances in numerous episodes, where they are portrayed as being far more vicious than they are in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Their eyelids are orange, instead of yellow, have a shark-like dorsal fin, and are shown to have purple lips with yellow teeth. Rather than merely hopping in and out of water, Trouters are shown to be fairly carnivorous with sharp teeth, and try to eat anyone who fall into their water. In this, they behave more like [[Cheep Cheep|Cheep-Cheep]]s (especially the flying variant), and are likely a combination of the enemies. A running gag throughout the show was that Trouters are usually swimming in whatever body of water that Mario and his friends either have to cross or fall into, often appearing as an unwanted surprise and scaring the group. Sometimes, to show their appetite, Trouters are depicted by wearing bibs, and holding knives and forks.
 
Trouters are not shown to be minions of [[Bowser|King Koopa]], as they attempt to eat him if given the opportunity. However, it is not uncommon for King Koopa to use Trouters to his advantage, as he sometimes has them guard the waters surrounding his bases in certain episodes. In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]] is given a similar role, and in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "[[Mama Luigi]]," a [[Blurp]] is also given a similar role and design.
 
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
In ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', Trouters appears in the stories "[[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]]" and "[[Beauty and the Beach]]." In the comics, the Trouters featured resemble and act like their cartoon counterparts, but are also depicted as capable of speaking. [[Stanley the Talking Fish]] seems to be a Trouter himself, as he is drawn the same other than fin color and expression.
 
===Other appearances===
In ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'', Trouters appear in challenges based on ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', behaving identically as in their original appearance.


Trouters were not shown to be minions of [[Bowser|King Koopa]], as they would attempt to eat him if given the opportunity. However, it was not uncommon for King Koopa to use Trouters to his advantage, as he sometimes had them guard the waters surrounding his bases in certain episodes.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''It's a fish which lives in the world of dreams. You'll find it in waterfalls and rivers. He interferes with Mario.''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1988|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of America|format=PDF|accessdate=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
*'''Instruction booklet bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''Trouters inhabit the waters in the land of dreams. They'll try to block your path near rivers and waterfalls.''<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|url=www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf|format=PDF|page=12|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>


In ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', Trouters appear in the stories "[[The Fish That Should've Gotten Away]]" and "[[Beauty and the Beach]]." In the comics, the Trouters featured resembled and acted like their cartoon counterparts, but were also depicted as capable of speaking.
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=トトス (JP) / Trouter (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Trouter Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=アクア{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=いきがいい
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|USA|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|踏台|ふみだい}}にしてジャンプだ</big>'''<br>
{{ruby|滝|たき}}の{{ruby|中|なか}}から{{ruby|垂直|すいちょく}}に{{ruby|飛|と}}び{{ruby|出|だ}}してくる{{ruby|魚|さかな}}。かなりのスーピドで{{ruby|飛|と}}び{{ruby|上|あ}}がってくるので、{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}が{{ruby|必要|ひつよう}}だ。{{ruby|飛|と}}び{{ruby|上|あ}}がってきたトトスを{{ruby|踏台|ふみだい}}にしてジャンプすることもできる。<ref>{{cite|date=1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|page=[https://i.imgur.com/8CefBh4.jpg 128]}}</ref>
|tribe=Aqua clan
|disposition=Fresh
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Step up, and jump.</big>'''''<br>
''Fish jumping vertically out of the waterfall. It jumps up with considerable speed, so one must be careful. It is also possible to use the Trouters that jumped up as a springboard.''
}}


===''Ultimate NES Remix''===
==Gallery==
In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] title, ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'', Trouters are merely represented as enemies in challenges based on ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. They can be stepped on and crossed, acting just like platforms, in order to pass long cascade chasms.
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Troutsu.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
DokiTrouter.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Trouter.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Trouter SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMA Trouter.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=トトス<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 33.</ref>
|Jap=トトス
|JapR=Totosu
|JapR=Totosu
|JapM=Probably from "toss" and "trout".}}
|JapM=From「とと」(''toto'', a childish word meaning "fishie") and possibly "toss"
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|date=1987|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=33}}</ref><ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|date=1993|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|page=28}}</ref>
|Jap2=トラウター
|Jap2R=Torautā
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap2C=<ref name=SMUSA/>
|Ger=Trouter
|Ita=Trouter
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref>
|Ita2=Trota assassine/Piranha
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita2M=Killer trout/Piranha
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b44Ct3A_wVg&list=PLcGZc7g30V1szpfz3uw4SZIma9VbA33Bo&index=2 Super Mario bros super show ita 1x02 Re Mario di Cramalot]</ref>
|Ita3=Trotano
|Ita3M=Portmanteau of ''trota'' ("trout") and ''totano'' ("squid" or "tattler")
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=2001|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=112}}</ref>
|Ita4=Trotone
|Ita4M=Portmanteau of ''trota'' ("trout") and ''tritone'' ("triton")
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|date=2010|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' manual|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=38}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=67}}</ref>
|Pol=Trouter
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM_BvijP7oQ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Episode 5 | Rolling Down the River (Polish Voice-Over)]</ref>
|Por=Truta
|PorM=Trout
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|date=July 2, 2021|url=youtu.be/Yz6MTJIqWd8|title=''Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' - Os Piratas de Koopa / Você Acredita em Mágica? (Dublado)|publisher=YouTube|language=pt|accessdate=June 26, 2024}}{{timestamp needed}}</ref>
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:19, November 8, 2024

Trouter
Trouter
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)
Comparable
Notable members

A Trouter is a red fish that jumps straight up out of water near waterfalls in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

Their English name derives from "trout", an animal that ascends rapids during its life cycle to spawn. Its design is invocative of a celestial eye goldfish, a species of carp, which potentially indicates it conceptually derives from Chinese legends of carps trying to ascended waterfalls to turn into dragons.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

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

A Trouter from Super Mario Bros. 2

Trouters are found many times throughout Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 as platforms in which to jump across a large body of water. Stopping time with the Stop Watch makes it much easier to cross them. Although not deadly from below, they are dangerous if touched from the sides. Not only this, but if Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Princess Toadstool ride the Trouter back to the watery depths, they lose a life. In the original versions, their fin, tail, and eyelids are black. In subsequent remakes, they are white with lavender shading.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Trouters made return in BS Super Mario USA, when they have the same role in the predecessor.

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

Mario as a marine biologist.
A Trouter in the Marine Biologist page of Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Marine Biologist has a Trouter swimming with other underwater enemies and Frog Mario.[1]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Trouter
A Trouter from the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario and Joliet"
“Watch out for killer Trouter fish!”
Mario, "King Mario of Cramalot"

On The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Trouters make appearances in numerous episodes, where they are portrayed as being far more vicious than they are in Super Mario Bros. 2. Their eyelids are orange, instead of yellow, have a shark-like dorsal fin, and are shown to have purple lips with yellow teeth. Rather than merely hopping in and out of water, Trouters are shown to be fairly carnivorous with sharp teeth, and try to eat anyone who fall into their water. In this, they behave more like Cheep-Cheeps (especially the flying variant), and are likely a combination of the enemies. A running gag throughout the show was that Trouters are usually swimming in whatever body of water that Mario and his friends either have to cross or fall into, often appearing as an unwanted surprise and scaring the group. Sometimes, to show their appetite, Trouters are depicted by wearing bibs, and holding knives and forks.

Trouters are not shown to be minions of King Koopa, as they attempt to eat him if given the opportunity. However, it is not uncommon for King Koopa to use Trouters to his advantage, as he sometimes has them guard the waters surrounding his bases in certain episodes. In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Boss Bass is given a similar role, and in the Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi," a Blurp is also given a similar role and design.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

In Nintendo Comics System, Trouters appears in the stories "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away" and "Beauty and the Beach." In the comics, the Trouters featured resemble and act like their cartoon counterparts, but are also depicted as capable of speaking. Stanley the Talking Fish seems to be a Trouter himself, as he is drawn the same other than fin color and expression.

Other appearances[edit]

In Ultimate NES Remix, Trouters appear in challenges based on Super Mario Bros. 2, behaving identically as in their original appearance.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: It's a fish which lives in the world of dreams. You'll find it in waterfalls and rivers. He interferes with Mario.[2]
  • Instruction booklet bio (Game Boy Advance version): Trouters inhabit the waters in the land of dreams. They'll try to block your path near rivers and waterfalls.[3]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

トトス (JP) / Trouter (EN)
A Trouter from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく アクアぞく Tribe Aqua clan
性格せいかく いきがいい Disposition Fresh
登場とうじょうゲーム USAユーエスエー Game appearances USA
踏台ふみだいにしてジャンプだ

たきなかから垂直すいちょくしてくるさかな。かなりのスーピドでがってくるので、注意ちゅうい必要ひつようだ。がってきたトトスを踏台ふみだいにしてジャンプすることもできる。[4]

Step up, and jump.

Fish jumping vertically out of the waterfall. It jumps up with considerable speed, so one must be careful. It is also possible to use the Trouters that jumped up as a springboard.

Gallery[edit]

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

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トトス[5][6]
Totosu
From「とと」(toto, a childish word meaning "fishie") and possibly "toss"
トラウター[6]
Torautā
Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
German Trouter[?] -
Italian Trouter[7] -
Trota assassine/Piranha[8] Killer trout/Piranha The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Trotano[9] Portmanteau of trota ("trout") and totano ("squid" or "tattler")
Trotone[10][11] Portmanteau of trota ("trout") and tritone ("triton")
Polish Trouter[12] -
Portuguese Truta[13] Trout

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few." – Marine Biologist description. Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.
  2. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  3. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
  4. ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 128.
  5. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 33.
  6. ^ a b 1993. Super Mario USA instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 28.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 25.
  8. ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x02 Re Mario di Cramalot
  9. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  10. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  11. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 67.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Episode 5 | Rolling Down the River (Polish Voice-Over)
  13. ^ July 2, 2021. Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Os Piratas de Koopa / Você Acredita em Mágica? (Dublado). YouTube (Portuguese). Retrieved June 26, 2024.[timestamp needed]