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[[image:Wobble_Launcher.jpg|thumb|right|A sticky white '''Sling Pod''' on a small cube floating around in space.]]
{{item infobox
A '''Sling Pod''' is a rather silly alternative to a [[Boost Star]] that gets [[Mario]] around in some areas of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to [[Tarantox]] in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]].
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Sling Pod.png|100px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Help! I'm stuck! Aim your {{icon|SMG-Pointer|link=Star Pointer}} at me, and press {{button|wii|a}} to {{color|red|pull me out}}!|Mailtoad|Super Mario Galaxy}}
A '''Sling Pod''' is an object in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Being alternatives to [[Launch Star]]s, Sling Pods are sticky, rubbery, white wobbly balls of web that can easily entrap [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to [[Tarantox]] in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]], and their most prominent appearance is in the [[Sling Pod Galaxy]].


Sling Pods are sticky rubbery white wobbly poles with a soft spiky orb on top of them that Mario and [[Toad]]s can easily get stuck in. When there are no Boost Stars, there will probably be Sling Pods, if not [[Float Star]]s.
To use a Sling Pod, Mario must [[jump]] into or be near the sticky orb on the top and get stuck in it. With the [[Star Pointer]], the player must then grab on to the top part and hold down {{button|wii|a}}, dragging it far to the side of the area. After the player lets it go, the Sling Pod sends Mario flying out of it in the direction it was aimed. A noise begins sounding if the player ends up pointing offscreen while holding on to the Sling Pod.
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To use a Sling Pod, Mario must [[Jump|jump]] into the sticky orb on the top, get stuck in it, then with the [[Star Cursor]], the player must grab onto the wobbly thing and hold the button down, dragging it far to the side, then letting it go. The Sling Pod will send Mario flying out of it wherever it was aiming for, then wobble a bunch.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:SMG Sling Pod.png|Mario in a Sling Pod
File:SMG A Very Sticky Situation.png|Mario about to be launched by a Sling Pod
</gallery>


Mario often has to help [[Cosmic Toad]]s get free from Sling Pods by wobbling them back and forth, then flinging the Toads off out of them to safety.
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name1=SpaceCocoon
|meaning1=Space Cocoon
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=宇宙まゆ (''Uchū Mayu'')
|meaning2=Space Cocoon
}}


== Look-a-Likes ==
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ひっぱりマユ
|JapR=Hippari Mayu
|JapM=Stretching Cocoon
|SpaE=Larva Elástica
|SpaEM=Elastic Larva
|Ita=Larva Elastica
|ItaM=Elastic Larva
|Chi=拉力茧
|ChiR=Lālì Jiǎn
|ChiM=Elastic Cocoon
|Ger=Klebe-Kokon
|GerM=Sticky-Cocoon
|Kor=당기는고치
|KorR=Danggineun Gochi
|KorM=Pulling Cocoon
|Fre=Cocon<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 97</ref>
|FreM=Cocoon
|Fre2=Cocon catapulte<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 126</ref>
|Fre2M=Catapult cocoon
}}


The [[Sticky Planet]] looks almost exactly like the top of a Sling Pod, before it is shattered. (Using a Sling Pod to shatter it.)
==Trivia==
*During development, Sling Pods were originally known as '''Wobble Launchers'''.<ref>[[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#E3 2006 (May 10-12)]]</ref>{{better source}}


[[Category:Items]]
==References==
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[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy objects]]
[[it:Larva Elastica]]

Latest revision as of 22:53, October 18, 2024

Sling Pod
Rendered model of a Sling Pod in Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Help! I'm stuck! Aim your Star Pointer at me, and press A Button to pull me out!”
Mailtoad, Super Mario Galaxy

A Sling Pod is an object in Super Mario Galaxy. Being alternatives to Launch Stars, Sling Pods are sticky, rubbery, white wobbly balls of web that can easily entrap Mario, Luigi, and Toads. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to Tarantox in the Space Junk Galaxy, and their most prominent appearance is in the Sling Pod Galaxy.

To use a Sling Pod, Mario must jump into or be near the sticky orb on the top and get stuck in it. With the Star Pointer, the player must then grab on to the top part and hold down A Button, dragging it far to the side of the area. After the player lets it go, the Sling Pod sends Mario flying out of it in the direction it was aimed. A noise begins sounding if the player ends up pointing offscreen while holding on to the Sling Pod.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SpaceCocoon Space Cocoon
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 宇宙まゆ (Uchū Mayu) Space Cocoon

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ひっぱりマユ[?]
Hippari Mayu
Stretching Cocoon
Chinese 拉力茧[?]
Lālì Jiǎn
Elastic Cocoon
French Cocon[1] Cocoon
Cocon catapulte[2] Catapult cocoon
German Klebe-Kokon[?] Sticky-Cocoon
Italian Larva Elastica[?] Elastic Larva
Korean 당기는고치[?]
Danggineun Gochi
Pulling Cocoon
Spanish (NOE) Larva Elástica[?] Elastic Larva

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 97
  2. ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 126
  3. ^ List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#E3 2006 (May 10-12)