Big Montgomery

Big Montgomery
Species	Monty Mole
First appearance	Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
Latest appearance	Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017)

“Is that you, Yoshi baby? You can chase me, but you're not getting the yarn back! Say hello to Big Montgomery, and say good bye to your chances of winning!”

—Kamek, Yoshi's Woolly World

Big Montgomery is a enlarged Monty Mole who appears as the first mid-boss in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, appearing in Big Montgomery's Fort in World 1. Big Montgomery uses his digging skills, Ground Pounds and Spiked Balls to attack. Big Montgomery later reappears as the mid-boss of World 3 in Big Montgomery's Bubble Fort and World 5 in Big Montgomery's Ice Fort. He has additional abilities and a new attack cycle in each battle.

Battles

Big Montgomery, Round 1

Big Montgomery about to confront Yoshi for the first time.

In Big Montgomery's Fort, Big Montgomery is battled against a large sheet of brown wool suspended in the background, which drapes so far that it is also the platform for the battle. His first attack is to dig into the floor and burrow up into the wall, visible as a large bulge in the fabric. If Yoshi touches the bulge while it is in the ground, Yoshi is bounced high into the air. Big Montgomery tracks Yoshi while inside the wall, albeit loosely. After some time he bursts out of the wall and performs a Ground Pound to hit Yoshi. After landing, he roars then chases Yoshi across the ground with a slow laggy turn. If Yoshi gets hit by Big Montgomery, he is knocked back a sizable distance while Big Montgomery goes back to digging. Thrown yarn balls and shockwaves from the "Power up Ground Pound!" Power Badge at any point during or after Big Montgomery roars cause him to stop chasing Yoshi and go back to digging. He also stops chasing after some time has passed.

If Yoshi jumps on Big Montgomery's head, pelts him with sufficient seeds from a watermelon, uses ice breath from an ice watermelon, or fire breath from a fire watermelon, Big Montgomery flips over and gets stuck halfway in the ground. This can happen at any point in his attack cycle, but note that Big Montgomery stops taking damage the second he begins entering the ground. If Yoshi flipped him over by jumping, the resulting bounce is partially fixed. This leaves his weak spot open: the two bandages in an "x" shape on his bottom. Yoshi must ground-pound on these bandages to deal damage; all other attacks are ineffective. Bumping into Big Montgomery while he is in this state does not inflict damage, instead slightly bouncing Yoshi into the air to set up a Ground Pound. Once hit, he flips a full 360 degrees, lands back in the ground, and digs away. Left alone, Big Montgomery will burrow into the ground fully, then repeat his attack.

After taking damage once, Big Montgomery adds a new attack to the start of his cycle. He digs into the ground to reach one of the edges of the screen. He pops out holding a blue Spiked Ball over his head. He rears back just far enough to expose his head, then throws it at Yoshi. It rolls along the floor quickly and leaves the screen. Big Montgomery digs into the ground to repeat the wall climb and ground-pound soon after throwing the Spiked Ball, not when it leaves the screen. The Spiked Ball can knocked out of his hands by hitting him with a yarn ball or the shockwaves from the "Power up Ground Pound!" Power Badge. It falls away from the center of the arena, and therefore off the screen. It is also dropped in a similar way if Big Montgomery is flipped over. After getting hit again, the blue spiked ball is replaced by a red Spiked Ball at Yoshi. The red Spiked Ball is thrown up into the air in a high arc, and it bounces along the ground instead of rolling. These bounces reach the top of the screen, and the ball is slow enough that it persists as Big Montgomery tracks Yoshi inside the wall. Once Big Montgomery takes damage for a third time, the battle ends. He bounces into the foreground and out of the course.

Big Montgomery, Round 2

Big Montgomery's second battle.

“Hrm? This tangle of yarn here looks familiar... ...AH! IT'S A YOSHI! I'm tired of Yoshis ruining my plans! Hey, you! Minion! I need you to stop this Yoshi from getting past here!”

—Kamek, Yoshi's Woolly World

In Big Montgomery's Bubble Fort, Big Montgomery is battled in a very similar arena to the first. This time, the arena is a large sheet of woven pink wool. Big Montgomery now wears a helmet, so jumping over his head does not have any effect. Yoshi can bounce on it to gain some extra height. Big Montgomery's first attack is similar to his one from the previous battle, except that this time, he emerges with a red Spiked Ball on his hands and throws it at Yoshi. He also stands on top of three Monty Moles. Yoshi can swallow the Monty Moles to make yarn balls. Yoshi must shoot one at Big Montgomery to make his Monty Mole tower collapse, revealing his weak spot again. After getting hit once, Big Montgomery will dive into the wool and burrow up the wall. He again bursts out trying to land on Yoshi. This time, however, shockwaves that hurt Yoshi will ripple across the wool when he lands. Yoshi must jump to avoid them. Big Montgomery repeats his first attack, except he throws three blue Spiked Balls instead. After getting hit again, Big Montgomery will again burrow up the wall, but this time he emerges in the center shortly after two Monty Moles burst out from either side of him. Yoshi must dodge the Monty Moles and the shockwaves after Big Montgomery lands. He then repeats his first attack, only with three red Spiked Balls instead.

Big Montgomery, Round 3

Big Montgomery's third and final battle.

“You again... Of COURSE it's you again! OK, time to chill out, Yoshi-kins!”

—Kamek, Yoshi's Woolly World

In Big Montgomery's Ice Fort, Big Montgomery is battled in a very different stage to the previous two stages. The floor is made of ice blocks. Yoshi will slide if he tries to walk or run. The background wall of wool is now at an angle, resembling a ski slope. Big Montgomery's first attack is to attack Yoshi from beneath the ice blocks. When he pushes up two ice blocks and he is visible, a ground pound on these ice blocks causes him to reveal his weak spot on his bottom. After getting hit once, Big Montgomery will burrow up to the top of the wool slope and order Monty Moles to roll down the hill. As they roll, they gather fiber and enlarge like snowballs. After all the Monty Moles have rolled off the arena, Big Montgomery will again try to attack Yoshi from beneath the ice blocks. After the second hit, Big Montgomery will again make his way to the top of the hill, this time ordering seven Monty Moles to roll down the hill; first a wave of four, then a wave of three. He will then roll down the hill himself forming a massive snowball for Yoshi to dodge. Instead of reappearing under the ice blocks as previously, he burrows halfway back up the hill, bursts out, and ground pounds the ice blocks himself. This will cause a massive shockwave on either side of him, which will smash Yoshi into the ceiling, causing damage if not avoided.

He then chases Yoshi around the stage, and because he has his helmet on, Yoshi can only avoid him and wait. Also, more Monty Moles are rolling down the hill at Yoshi. Once Big Montgomery has crossed the screen two or three times, he will again try to attack Yoshi from under the ice blocks. Yoshi now must ground pound a third time to end the battle.

Boss Tent

Big Montgomery, wearing his helmet on the boss tent screen.

All of Big Montgomery's battles appear in the Boss Tent, where he is fought the same way; however, he moves and attacks faster than in the main game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ビッグチョロブー[?] Biggu Chorobū	Big Monty Mole
French (NOA)	Topulente la tapie[?]	Portmanteau of taupe ("mole") and "corpulent" (in feminine form), combined with "tapie" (hidden)
French (NOE)	Topulente[?]	Portmanteau of taupe ("mole") and "corpulent" (in feminine form)
German	Monty der Große[?]	Monty the Great
Italian	Tantatalpona[?]	Big-Monty Mole
Korean	거대쪼르뚜[?] Geodae Jjoreuttu	Big Monty Mole
Spanish	Monty el Grande[?]	Big Monty