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|image=[[File:SMBW Hoppycat.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:SMBW Hoppycat.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|comparable=[[Spiny Skipsqueak]]
|comparable=[[Dropper]]<br>[[Spiny Skipsqueak]]<br>[[Wallop]]
|variants=[[Deka Hoppin]]<br>[[Wonder Hoppin]]
}}
}}
'''Hoppycats''' are green mollusks with spikes on their backs and mouths on their undersides that appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. Similar to [[Spiny Skipsqueak]]s in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', they attack by jumping when the player(s) also jump. There is also a red log-like [[lift]] that shoots out a Hoppycat from the side whenever the player jumps while riding it, which can be used to hit blocks.<ref>Nintendo of America (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0m_uNaSres Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> Their name is a portmanteau of "hop" and "copycat". One [[Wonder Effect]] turns the characters into Hoppycats, though this form is quite different from the enemy Hoppycats - it has four spikes instead of three, is larger, doesn't appear to have teeth on the underside, and can leap incredibly high into the air all on its own. Giant Hoppycats can also appear during another Wonder Effect.
{{quote|Ha! They're copying you.|[[Talking Flower]]|Super Mario Bros. Wonder}}
'''Hoppycats''' are green mollusk-like enemies with spikes on their backs and large mouths with retractable sharp teeth on their undersides that appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are primarily found in [[Shining Falls]], and attack by jumping whenever the player jumps, similar to [[Spiny Skipsqueak]]s in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', before descending slowly back to the ground, during which the player can pass underneath them. They sometimes jump up into the level from underneath, while others can be found attached to the ceiling, jumping with reversed gravity. They can hit and activate blocks just like the player. There is also a red log-like [[lift]] that shoots out a Hoppycat from the side whenever the player jumps while riding it, which can be used to hit blocks to the right.<ref>Nintendo of America (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0m_uNaSres Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> One [[Wonder Effect]] turns the characters [[Hoppycat Mario|into Hoppycats]] (with [[Luigi]]'s Hoppycat form bearing the most resemblance to regular Hoppycats), though this form is different from the enemy Hoppycats in that it can leap incredibly high into the air, not unlike the [[Wonder Hoppin|expert]]. It also starts with four spikes instead of three and is larger, though if the player takes damage, they will shrink to the normal Hoppycat size. [[Deka Hoppin|Big Hoppycat]]s also appear during another Wonder Effect, which will destroy anything above them when they jump.


Their English name comes from "hop" and "copycat".<ref>[https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/3c24e9ec-6583-401a-a5ab-818180c2c0a8 マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。~その2~【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.14】]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved February 9, 2024.</ref>
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SMBW Spiky Shell Wonder Effect.png|[[Mario]] under the [[Wonder Flower]] Hoppycat transformation
SMBW Normal Hoppycat.jpg|A Hoppycat as it appears in game
WonderEffectHoppycat.jpg|A Deka Hoppin under the effect of a Wonder Flower
SMBW Hoppycat Mario.png|Artwork of [[Mario]] under the [[Wonder Flower]] Hoppycat transformation
Giant Hoppycat model SMBW.png|Deka Hoppin model
Standee Hoppycat Mario.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Mario]]
Standee Hoppycat Mario.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Mario]]
Standee Hoppycat Luigi.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Luigi]]
Standee Hoppycat Luigi.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Luigi]]
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==Names in other languages==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
|file1=<tt>Model/EnemyJumpUni.bfres.zs</tt>
|name1=JumpUni
|meaning1=From "jump" and「{{ruby|海胆|うに}}」(''uni'', "sea urchin"); compare [[Zip-Zap#Internal names|JumpToge]]
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ホッピン<ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh4-g-7U9w スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー Direct 2023.8.31]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref>
|Jap=ホッピン<ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh4-g-7U9w スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー Direct 2023.8.31]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref>
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|Dut=Hoppycat
|Dut=Hoppycat
|Fre=Bondiss
|Fre=Bondiss
|FreM=From "bondisse", an inflection of "bondir" (to jump)
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''bondir'' ("to jump") and possibly a nod to ''Hériss'' ("[[Spiny#Names in other languages|Spiny]]")
|Ger=Hüpfer
|Ger=Hüpfer
|GerM=Hopper
|GerM=Hopper
|Ita=Salterino
|Ita=Salterino
|ItaM=Jumpy/Jumping
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''saltare'' ("to jump")
|Kor=호핑
|KorR=Hoping
|KorM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Por=Pulusco
|Por=Pulusco
|PorM=Portmanteau of "pular" (to jump) and "molusco" (mollusk)
|PorM=Portmanteau of ''pular'' ("to jump") and ''molusco'' ("mollusk")
|Rus=Прыггер
|RusR=Prygger
|RusM=From ''прыгать'' (''prygat'', "to leap") and the English agentive suffix "-er"
|Spa=Saltamanta
|Spa=Saltamanta
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "saltar" (to hop) and "manta", as well as a play on "saltamontes" (grasshopper)
|SpaM=Portmanteau of ''saltar'' ("to hop") and ''manta'' ("blanket"), as well as a play on ''saltamontes'' ("grasshopper")
|Kor=호핑
|KorR=Hoping
|KorM=Hopping
}}
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Latest revision as of 17:07, September 7, 2024

Hoppycat
Artwork of a Hoppycat from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Variants
Comparable
“Ha! They're copying you.”
Talking Flower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Hoppycats are green mollusk-like enemies with spikes on their backs and large mouths with retractable sharp teeth on their undersides that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are primarily found in Shining Falls, and attack by jumping whenever the player jumps, similar to Spiny Skipsqueaks in Super Mario Maker 2, before descending slowly back to the ground, during which the player can pass underneath them. They sometimes jump up into the level from underneath, while others can be found attached to the ceiling, jumping with reversed gravity. They can hit and activate blocks just like the player. There is also a red log-like lift that shoots out a Hoppycat from the side whenever the player jumps while riding it, which can be used to hit blocks to the right.[1] One Wonder Effect turns the characters into Hoppycats (with Luigi's Hoppycat form bearing the most resemblance to regular Hoppycats), though this form is different from the enemy Hoppycats in that it can leap incredibly high into the air, not unlike the expert. It also starts with four spikes instead of three and is larger, though if the player takes damage, they will shrink to the normal Hoppycat size. Big Hoppycats also appear during another Wonder Effect, which will destroy anything above them when they jump.

Their English name comes from "hop" and "copycat".[2]

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Model/EnemyJumpUni.bfres.zs JumpUni From "jump" and「海胆うに」(uni, "sea urchin"); compare JumpToge

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ホッピン[3]
Hoppin
From "hopping"; may involve "pin" (referring to their spikes)
Chinese 哈蹦[4]
Hābèng
Transliteration of the Japanese name;「蹦」also means "to jump".
Dutch Hoppycat[?] -
French Bondiss[?] Portmanteau of bondir ("to jump") and possibly a nod to Hériss ("Spiny")
German Hüpfer[?] Hopper
Italian Salterino[?] Diminutive of saltare ("to jump")
Korean 호핑[?]
Hoping
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Portuguese Pulusco[?] Portmanteau of pular ("to jump") and molusco ("mollusk")
Russian Прыггер[?]
Prygger
From прыгать (prygat, "to leap") and the English agentive suffix "-er"
Spanish Saltamanta[?] Portmanteau of saltar ("to hop") and manta ("blanket"), as well as a play on saltamontes ("grasshopper")

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo of America (August 31, 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023. YouTube. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。~その2~【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.14】. Nintendo. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (August 31, 2023). スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー Direct 2023.8.31. YouTube. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Nintendo HK官方頻道 (August 31, 2023). 《超級瑪利歐兄弟 驚奇》Direct 2023.8.31(中文字幕). YouTube. Retrieved September 8, 2023.