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|title=Scaredy Rat
|title=Scaredy Rat
|image=[[File:DMW-ScaredyRat.png|200px]]<br>In-game artwork of a Scaredy Rat from ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''.
|image=[[File:Scaredy Rat SMR.png]]<br>In-game artwork of a Scaredy Rat from ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|derived_species=[[Paper Scaredy Rat]]<br>[[Scaredy Rat 10-Stack]]
|variants=[[Paper Scaredy Rat]]<br>[[Scaredy Rat 10-Stack]]
}}
}}
{{quote|I SAID SQUEEEEK!|Scaredy Rat|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
{{quote|I SAID SQUEEEEK!|Scaredy Rat|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
A '''Scaredy Rat''' is a white rat creature that first appeared in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term ''scaredy cat'', which is a childish term for a coward.
A '''Scaredy Rat''' is a white rat creature that first appeared in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Scaredy Rats appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet, and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term "scaredy-cat," which is a childish term for a coward.


==History==
==History==
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====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Scaredy Rats reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' with the same features of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in the level [[Which-Way Labyrinth]], where in dark sections their eyes shine like a [[Swoop]]. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.
Scaredy Rats reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', with the same features of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in the level [[Which-Way Labyrinth]], where in dark sections their eyes shine like a [[Swoop]]. They can also be scared away by [[Glowing Baby Yoshi]]'s light. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.


====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
[[File:Scaredy Rat SMR.png|150px|thumb|In-game image of Scaredy Rat from ''[[Super Mario Run]]'']]
Scaredy Rats reappear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', only in the level [[Scaredy Rat Race]]. They behave identical to their appearance in previous platformers.
Scaredy Rats reappear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', only in the level [[Scaredy Rat Race]]. They behave identical to their appearance in previous platformers.


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====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the [[Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain]] board in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. They also appear in the [[minigame]] [[Rat-a-tat Flat]], which involves players having to [[Ground Pound]] the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in the minigame.
A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the [[Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain]] board in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' and in the [[minigame]]s [[Match Faker]] and [[Rat-a-tat Flat]], the latter of which involves players having to [[Ground Pound]] the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in Rat-a-tat Flat and are worth three points each.


===''Paper Mario'' series===
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
Scaredy Rats make their ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' debut in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' as enemies in [[The Enigmansion]] of World 4. They maintain their appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In battle, Scaredy Rats can perform one of two attacks. Their main attack involves ramming into Mario. The Scaredy Rat will sometimes delay its attack in order to trick the player into blocking early. Their other attack has them trot towards Mario and steal one of his [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|stickers]]. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the a Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, but doesn't prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, doing so ensures that a weaker sticker is stolen. If Mario has no stickers, or if the Scaredy Rat is currently carrying one, it will only use its ramming attack. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may begin to flee with a sticker, but suddenly turn around, giving Mario a chance to get it back.
Scaredy Rats make their ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' debut in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' as enemies in [[The Enigmansion]] of World 4. They maintain their appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In battle, Scaredy Rats can perform one of two attacks. Their main attack involves ramming into Mario. The Scaredy Rat will sometimes delay its attack in order to trick the player into blocking early. Their other attack has them trot towards Mario and steal one of his [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|stickers]]. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, but does not prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, doing so ensures that a weaker sticker is stolen. If Mario has no stickers, or if the Scaredy Rat is currently carrying one, it will only use its ramming attack. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may begin to flee with a sticker, but suddenly turn around, giving Mario a chance to get it back.


====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
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===''Dr. Mario World''===
===''Dr. Mario World''===
Scaredy Rats appear as assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. In stage mode, they add extra points to the base score whenever a light-blue [[virus]] is eliminated. In versus mode, they have a chance of changing the viruses from an opponent's attack so that they are all like-colored.
Scaredy Rats appear as assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. Their stage mode effect increases the player's base score for every light-blue [[virus]] that are eliminated, with the base score increase being greater at higher levels, starting from 50 points at the first level to 200 points at the maximum level. In versus mode, their effect has a chance to change the color of the viruses to be of the same color after the opponent attack each time, which excludes attacks caused by clearing all viruses on their side.
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====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
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*'''Shogakukan guide:'''「マリオの持っているコインを盗んでしまう。逃げられる前に倒せば取り返すことができる。」<br>(''He steals the coins that Mario has. If you defeat him before he escapes, you can get them back.'')<ref>''Paper Mario: The Origami King'' Shogakukan guide. [[:File:PMTOK RedBlue Shogakukan.jpg|Page 258.]]</ref>


===''Dr. Mario World''===
===''Dr. Mario World''===
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
LilMouserNSMBW.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBU Asset Model Scaredy Rat.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
PMCS Scaredy Rat card unpainted.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
PMCS Scaredy Rat card unpainted.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
KingdomBuilderItem169.png|Scaredy Rat Statue in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
KingdomBuilderItem169.png|Scaredy Rat Statue in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
DMW-ScaredyRat.png|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
Nintendo TOKYO PMTOK Merchandise Promotional Artwork.png|Promotional artwork for merchandise featuring ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' from Nintendo TOKYO
Nintendo TOKYO PMTOK Merchandise Promotional Artwork.png|Promotional artwork for merchandise featuring ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' from Nintendo TOKYO
Lego Mario Promo from Lego Website (2).png|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
LSM Character Pack Series 4.png|LEGO ''Super Mario''
PMTOK Musee Champignon art 128.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
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|Jap=チュウチュウ
|JapR=Chūchū
|JapR=Chūchū
|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for both the squeak of a mouse and kissing sound
|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouse's squeak
|SpaA=Ratacante
|ChiS=吱吱
|SpaAM=Pormanteau of ''rata'' (rat) and ''atacante'' (attacker)
|ChiSR=Zhīzhī
|SpaE=Aterrata
|ChiSM=Onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse
|SpaEM=Pormanteau of ''aterrador'' (frightening) and ''rata'' (rat)
|ChiS2=吱吱鼠 (since ''Dr. Mario World'')
|FraA=Souriboo
|ChiS2R=Zhīzhī Shǔ
|FraAM=Pormanteau of ''souris'' (mouse) and ''Boo''  
|ChiS2M=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (''shǔ'', "mouse")
|FraE=Raplapla
|ChiT=吱吱鼠
|FraEM=Pun with ''rat'' (rat) and ''raplapla'' (worn out)
|ChiTR=Zhīzhī Shǔ
|ChiTM=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (''shǔ'', "mouse")
|Dut=Scaredy Rat
|Dut=Scaredy Rat
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|FreA=Souriboo
|FreAM=Pormanteau of ''souris'' ("mouse") and "boo"
|FreE=Raplapla
|FreEM=Pun on "rat" and ''raplapla'' (a colloquialism meaning "worn out")
|Ger=Gratterich
|Ger=Gratterich
|GerM=Pun on ''Grattler'' (a condescending term from bavaria), ''Ratte'' (Rat) and the suffix ''-rich''
|GerM=Pun on ''grattler'' (a derogatory term from Bavaria, equivalent to English word "bum") and ''ratte'' ("rat"), with ''-rich'' (a German noun-forming suffix for male animals)
|Ita=Ratton
|Ita=Ratton
|ItaM=From ''ratto'' (rat)
|ItaM=From ''ratto'' ("rat")
|Kor=츄츄
|KorR=Chyu-chyu
|KorM=Derived from the Japanese name
|PorA=Ratacante
|PorA=Ratacante
|PorAM=Pormanteau of ''ratazana'' (rat) and ''atacante'' (attacker)
|PorAM=Pormanteau of ''ratazana'' ("rat") and ''atacante'' ("attacker")
|PorE=Aterrato
|PorE=Aterrato
|PorEM=Pormanteau of ''aterrado'' (frightened) and ''rato'' (mouse)
|PorEM=Play on ''aterrado'' ("frightened") and ''rato'' ("mouse")
|Rus=Крыса-страшилка
|Rus=Крыса-страшилка
|RusR=Krysa-strashilka
|RusR=Krysa-strashilka
|RusM=Scary rat
|RusM=Scary rat
|ChiS=吱吱<br>''Zhīzhī''<br>吱吱鼠 (since ''Dr. Mario World'')<br>''Zhīzhī Shǔ''
|SpaA=Ratacante
|ChiSM=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse)<br><br>From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "" (''shǔ'', mouse)<br><br>
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|ChiT=吱吱鼠
|SpaE=Aterrata
|ChiTR=Zhīzhī Shǔ
|SpaEM=Pormanteau of ''aterrado'' ("frightened") and ''rata'' ("rat")
|ChiTM=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (''shǔ'', mouse)
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|KorM=Derived from the Japanese name
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Scaredy Rat
Scaredy Rat
In-game artwork of a Scaredy Rat from Super Mario Run
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020)
Variants
“I SAID SQUEEEEK!”
Scaredy Rat, Paper Mario: Color Splash

A Scaredy Rat is a white rat creature that first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Scaredy Rats appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet, and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term "scaredy-cat," which is a childish term for a coward.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Scaredy Rats in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
NSMBW Scaredy Rat Render.png

Scaredy Rats first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they are only found in World 4-Ghost House. They are defeated the same way that Goombas are. However, the difference between the two is that Scaredy Rats are troublesome and run quite fast. When Mario or a teammate approaches, they stop scuttling and start jumping in place. When the player leaves, the Scaredy Rats continue scuttling. If one is stomped, all nearby Scaredy Rats will run in panic. However, if running Scaredy Rats encounter a calm rat, the frightened rats will become calm as well.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Scaredy Rats reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, with the same features of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in the level Which-Way Labyrinth, where in dark sections their eyes shine like a Swoop. They can also be scared away by Glowing Baby Yoshi's light. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Scaredy Rats reappear in Super Mario Run, only in the level Scaredy Rat Race. They behave identical to their appearance in previous platformers.

Mario Party series[edit]

Mario Party 9[edit]

A Scaredy Rat appears in a Captain Event known as Scaredy Rat Race in the portal-like tower near the final area of the board Boo's Horror Castle. The Scaredy Rat steals some Mini Stars from each player and scuttles each turn some spaces ahead using a dice block. The current captain has to choose a player who must roll a Dice Block. The player who actually reaches the Scaredy Rat defeats it and receives all the Mini Stars the Scaredy Rat has stolen.

Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]

A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain board in Mario Party: Island Tour and in the minigames Match Faker and Rat-a-tat Flat, the latter of which involves players having to Ground Pound the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in Rat-a-tat Flat and are worth three points each.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Scaredy Rats make their Paper Mario debut in the Nintendo 3DS game Paper Mario: Sticker Star as enemies in The Enigmansion of World 4. They maintain their appearance from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In battle, Scaredy Rats can perform one of two attacks. Their main attack involves ramming into Mario. The Scaredy Rat will sometimes delay its attack in order to trick the player into blocking early. Their other attack has them trot towards Mario and steal one of his stickers. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, but does not prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, doing so ensures that a weaker sticker is stolen. If Mario has no stickers, or if the Scaredy Rat is currently carrying one, it will only use its ramming attack. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may begin to flee with a sticker, but suddenly turn around, giving Mario a chance to get it back.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Scaredy Rats return in Paper Mario: Color Splash with the same appearance and behavior they had in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and can be fought in Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn and Toad Trainworks. There is a Scaredy Rat 10-Stack in Toad Trainworks. They steal Battle Cards in this entry rather than stickers.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

An origami Scaredy Rat from Paper Mario: The Origami King.
An origami Scaredy Rat

Scaredy Rats make a return in Paper Mario: The Origami King, with origami variants of them acting as enemies in Graffiti Underground, Picnic Road, Ninja Attraction and Shroom City. Similar to the Bandits from the first two Paper Mario games, they now steal coins since neither stickers nor Battle Cards are present.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

Sprite of a Scaredy Rat from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.

A Scaredy Rat sets off the plot of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam by scaring Luigi into knocking over a book containing the Paper Mario universe. Later in the game, only Paper Scaredy Rats appear as enemies. They appear only in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon.

Dr. Mario World[edit]

Scaredy Rats appear as assistants in Dr. Mario World. Their stage mode effect increases the player's base score for every light-blue virus that are eliminated, with the base score increase being greater at higher levels, starting from 50 points at the first level to 200 points at the maximum level. In versus mode, their effect has a chance to change the color of the viruses to be of the same color after the opponent attack each time, which excludes attacks caused by clearing all viruses on their side.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Run[edit]

  • Notebook bio: "This foe lives in groups in towers. If you defeat one the rest will panic and scatter!"

Item description[edit]

  • Scaredy Rat Statue: "A statue of a Scaredy Rat. Those ears are a bit spooky, aren't they?"

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemy
Scaredy Rat
Scaredy Rat PMSS.png Max HP 10 Role Common Location(s) The Enigmansion
Attack 5 Stickers Hammer, Jump
Defense 0 Moves Ram (5), Steal (steals a Sticker), Run (flees battle)

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy
Scaredy Rat
Scaredy Rat sprite from Paper Mario: Color Splash HP 8 Type Normal Role Common Card
Strong None Weak None Card drop rate 3
A Scardey Rat card from Paper Mario: Color Splash
Moves Body Attack (3), Steal Attack (1, steals a Battle Card), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8)
Location(s) Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn, Toad Trainworks
Quotes Usual: "Squeek!" ~ "I SAID SQUEEEEK!" ~ "Squeek, squeek!" ~ "Squeeeek!"
Enemy class
ENEMY_MANY_COIN - TRE_NOTHING (when joining a battle started against a Dry Bones)
Dropped items
Hammer Scraps 1 Red paint 4 Yellow paint 4 Blue paint 6 Orange paint 0 Green paint 0 Purple paint 0

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy
Scaredy Rat
An origami Scaredy Rat from Paper Mario: The Origami King. HP 9 Moves Location(s)
Type Normal Rattack (3), Stacked Rattack (base 3 for one Scaredy Rat, 6 for two, 8 for 3, 5 + amount for more; range starts at 0 and increases by 1 for each additional Scaredy Rat after the first two), Steal (1, steals coins), Stacked Steal (1 per Scaredy Rat, steals coins), Loose Change (1 per Scaredy Rat) Graffiti Underground, Picnic Road, Ninja Attraction, Shroom City
Role Common
Item drops Mushroom
They adore dark corners. If they nab your coins in battle, defeat them before your gold is as good as gone.
  • Shogakukan guide:「マリオの持っているコインを盗んでしまう。逃げられる前に倒せば取り返すことができる。」
    (He steals the coins that Mario has. If you defeat him before he escapes, you can get them back.)[1]

Dr. Mario World[edit]

  • Stage mode: "Increases base score by 50/70/100/150/200 points for every light-blue virus eliminated."
  • Versus mode: "If opponent attacks, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance received virus will be matching-color."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チュウチュウ[?]
Chūchū
Japanese onomatopoeia for a mouse's squeak
Chinese (simplified) 吱吱[?]
Zhīzhī
Onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse
吱吱鼠 (since Dr. Mario World)[?]
Zhīzhī Shǔ
From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (shǔ, "mouse")
Chinese (traditional) 吱吱鼠[?]
Zhīzhī Shǔ
From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (shǔ, "mouse")
Dutch Scaredy Rat[?] -
French (NOA) Souriboo[?] Pormanteau of souris ("mouse") and "boo"
French (NOE) Raplapla[?] Pun on "rat" and raplapla (a colloquialism meaning "worn out")
German Gratterich[?] Pun on grattler (a derogatory term from Bavaria, equivalent to English word "bum") and ratte ("rat"), with -rich (a German noun-forming suffix for male animals)
Italian Ratton[?] From ratto ("rat")
Korean 츄츄[?]
Chyu-chyu
Derived from the Japanese name
Portuguese (NOA) Ratacante[?] Pormanteau of ratazana ("rat") and atacante ("attacker")
Portuguese (NOE) Aterrato[?] Play on aterrado ("frightened") and rato ("mouse")
Russian Крыса-страшилка[?]
Krysa-strashilka
Scary rat
Spanish (NOA) Ratacante[?] Pormanteau of rata ("rat") and atacante ("attacker")
Spanish (NOE) Aterrata[?] Pormanteau of aterrado ("frightened") and rata ("rat")

References[edit]

  1. ^ Paper Mario: The Origami King Shogakukan guide. Page 258.