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{{distinguish|Cobra}}
{{distinguish|Cobra}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Cobrat SMB2.jpg|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|image=[[File:Cobrat SMB2.jpg|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|notable=[[Tryclyde]]
|notable=[[Tryclyde]]
|comparable=[[Serpont]]
|comparable=[[Serpont]]
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'''Cobrats''', also named '''Snakes''',<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 185|page=116|date=November 2004}}</ref> are large desert-dwelling serpents which first appeared as enemies in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In those games, they would pop out of [[jar]]s or sand and spit bullets at the player character. [[Tryclyde]], a boss in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' resembles a three-headed Cobrat.
'''Cobrats''', also named '''Snakes''',<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 185|page=116|date=November 2004}}</ref> are large desert-dwelling serpents which first appeared as enemies in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In those games, they would pop out of [[jar]]s or sand and spit bullets at the player character. [[Tryclyde]], a boss in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' resembles a three-headed Cobrat.


Their English name is a portmanteau of "brat" and "{{wp|cobra}}," snakes known for being {{wp|snake charming|charmed}} out of baskets through the use of an instrument called a {{wp|pungi}}. An association with snake charming is conveyed in the original Japanese text, in which Cobrats are said to be under the control of [[Wart]].<ref name=charmer>{{cite|quote=「いつもは{{ruby|壺|つぼ}}の{{ruby|中|なか}}で{{ruby|寝|ね}}ているがマムーの{{ruby|命令|めいれい}}で{{ruby|動|うご}}き{{ruby|出|だ}}す。へび{{ruby|使|うか}}いの{{ruby|夢|ゆめ}}によく{{ruby|現|あらわ}}れる。」 ("''Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Mamu's command. Often appears in the dreams of snake charmers.'')|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34 (ガラゲーロ)}}</ref><ref name=Toad>{{cite|quote=Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.|language=en-us|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=25 (Cobrat description)}}</ref>
Their English name is a portmanteau of "brat" and "{{wp|cobra}}," snakes known for being {{wp|snake charming|charmed}} out of baskets through the use of an instrument called a {{wp|pungi}}. An association with snake charming is conveyed in the original Japanese text, in which Cobrats are said to be under the control of [[Wart]].<ref name=charmer>{{cite|quote=「いつもは{{ruby|壺|つぼ}}の{{ruby|中|なか}}で{{ruby|寝|ね}}ているがマムーの{{ruby|命令|めいれい}}で{{ruby|動|うご}}き{{ruby|出|だ}}す。へび{{ruby|使|うか}}いの{{ruby|夢|ゆめ}}によく{{ruby|現|あらわ}}れる。」|translation=Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Mamu's command. Often appears in the dreams of snake charmers.|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34 (ガラゲーロ)}}</ref><ref name=Toad>{{cite|quote=Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.|language=en|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=25 (Cobrat description)}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
[[File:SMB2 Cobrat Artwork.png|thumb|left|100px|Original artwork used for ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
[[File:SMB2 Cobrat Artwork.png|thumb|left|100px|Original artwork used for ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Cobrats [[jump]] out of the sand or [[jar]]s to attack, and most of them can spit out black projectiles similar to [[Snifit]]s. They appear in the desert levels and are easy to defeat if in a line; the player can throw one and cause a domino effect. They can be avoided easily and only pose a threat when in large numbers.
In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Cobrats [[jump]] out of the sand or [[jar]]s to attack, and most of them can spit out black projectiles similar to [[Snifit]]s. Cobrats that hide in jars attack immediately when they appear on the screen. They appear in the desert levels and are easy to defeat if in a line; the player can throw one and cause a domino effect. They can be avoided easily and only pose a threat when in large numbers.


In the ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, it is said that Cobrats often appear in snake charmers' dreams.<ref name=charmer/> In the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, this was inexplicably changed to [[Toad]]'s dreams.<ref name=Toad/>
In the ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, it is said that Cobrats often appear in snake charmers' dreams.<ref name=charmer/> In the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, this was inexplicably changed to [[Toad]]'s dreams.<ref name=Toad/>
[[File:SMA Unused Snake.gif|thumb|right]]
A striped, greenish Cobrat appears in [[List of Super Mario Advance pre-release and unused content|unused content]] in ''Super Mario Advance''. As it has about the same color pattern as [[Tryclyde]], this suggests a connection, and that Tryclyde was going to be introduced the same way [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] are introduced in the final game.<ref>{{cite|language=en|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance#Unused Enemies|''Super Mario Advance'' § Unused Enemies]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=February 21, 2025}}</ref>


====''Super Mario All-Stars'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
====''Super Mario All-Stars'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
In the [[reissue|remakes]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Kings|king]] who rules [[Grass Land]] is changed into a Cobrat by [[Larry Koopa]].
In the [[reissue|remakes]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Kings|king]] who rules [[Grass Land]] is changed into a Cobrat by [[Larry|Larry Koopa]].
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
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;List of episodes featuring Cobrats
;List of episodes featuring Cobrats
{{columns|
*[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid]]
*[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid]]
*[[The Great BMX Race]]
*[[The Great BMX Race]]
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*[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]
*[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]
*[[Star Koopa]]
*[[Star Koopa]]
}}


===''Nintendo Comics System''===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:Snakes MK7.jpg|thumb|left|Snakes springing out of a jar as it breaks in ''Mario Kart 7'']]
Within the course [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', red Cobrat sprites from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' make up some of the motifs decorating the red-colored carpets found throughout the course&mdash;specifically, those covering the market stalls.
Cobrat-like snakes appear on the course [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. They hide in [[Jar (Mario Kart series)|snake jar]]s, which move around in attempt to delay the racers. When crashed into, several snakes spring out. The jar immediately reappears after the shattered jar vanishes. As in ''Mario Pinball Land'', the snakes are colored green rather than red, and they make squawking noises when they leave their jars. Within the same course, red Cobrat sprites from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' make up some of the motifs decorating the red-colored carpets found throughout the course&mdash;specifically, those covering the market stalls. In this game, they have a smiling expression.{{br}}
 
Additionally, [[jar|snake jars]] appear among regular jars in the same course, revealing many green snakes when shattered; these may potentially be homages to Cobrats, given the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' theme of Shy Guy Bazaar.
{{br}}


==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Bio:''' ''Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.''<ref name=Toad/>
*'''Bio:''' ''Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.''<ref name=Toad/>
*'''Bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''You'll find Cobrats hidden in jars. When you approach, these troublesome little snakes will pop right out to attack. Think twice when jumping into jars.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12]. Retrieved March 28, 2022.</ref>


===''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia|Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
===''Super Mario Advance''===
{{PEGMCE profile
*'''Bio:''' ''You'll find Cobrats hidden in jars. When you approach, these troublesome little snakes will pop right out to attack. Think twice when jumping into jars.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|url=www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf|format=PDF|page=12|accessdate=March 28, 2022|website=thegameisafootarcade.com}}</ref>
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ガラゲーロ (JP) / Cobrat
|name=ガラゲーロ (JP) / Cobrat
|artwork=[[File:Cobrat Perfect.png|x200px]]
|shuzoku=ビースト族
|shuzoku=ビースト族
|seikaku=陰険
|seikaku=陰険
|tojo_gemu=USA
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>流砂やツボにひそむヘビ</big>'''<br>
|desc='''<big>流砂やツボにひそむヘビ</big>'''<br>
夢の世界の砂漠にいる大きなヘビ。ムーチョ(P215)と同じように、悪夢の玉口から撃ってくる。大きいから、ジャンプの足場として捉うにはとてもつゴうがいい。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 57]}}</ref>
夢の世界の砂漠にいる大きなヘビ。ムーチョ(P215)と同じように、悪夢の玉口から撃ってくる。大きいから、ジャンプの足場として捉うにはとてもつゴうがいい。<ref name=daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 57] and [http://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]|accessdate=April 6, 2022 and September 27, 2019, respectively,|website=Imgur}}</ref>{{ref page|57}}
|tribe=Beast clan
|tribe=Beast clan
|disposition=Treacherous
|disposition=Treacherous
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
DokiCobrat.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
Super Mario Bros. 2 Cobrat.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Super Mario Bros. 2 Cobrat.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMUSA Cobrat.png|''Super Mario USA''
Cobrat.jpg|''[[Mario Mania]]''
</gallery>
===Sprites and models===
<gallery>
CobratL.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
CobratL.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMBPW Cobrat.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''
Cobrat SMAS SMB2.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
Cobrat SMAS SMB2.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'')
GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'')
SMA Cobrat sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMA Cobrat sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMA4 King Cobrat sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMA4 King Cobrat sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
MPL-Cobrat.png|''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''
MKT Jar Snake.png|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
</gallery>
===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
SMMPB6 Activity5.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
Short Shirt Inc 07.jpg|Short Shirt Inc. t-shirt
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガラゲーロ<ref name=charmer/><ref>{{cite|author=Sawada, Yukio|language=ja|title=''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 8|page=28}}</ref><ref name=daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=Shogakukan|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[http://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jpn=ガラゲーロ
|JapR=Garagēro
|JpnR=Garagēro
|JapM=From「ガラガラ{{hover|蛇|ヘビ}}」(''garagara hebi'', "{{iw|wikipedia|rattlesnake}}") and possibly「ゲロ」(''gero'', "spew")
|JpnM=From「ガラガラ{{ruby|蛇|ヘビ}}」(''garagara hebi'', "{{iw|wikipedia|rattlesnake}}") and possibly「ゲロ」(''gero'', "spew")
|Jap2=コブラ<ref name=daijiten/><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmvj/time_s3.html|title=スーパーマリオボール 砂漠ステージ|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=i.imgur.com/fOYyN97.jpg|title=''Super Mario Ball'' Shogakukan book}}{{page needed}}</ref>
|JpnC=<ref name=charmer/><ref>{{cite|author=Sawada, Yukio|language=ja|title=''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 8|page=28}}</ref><ref name=daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}
|Jap2R=Kobura
|JpnN=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Jap2M=Cobra
|Jpn2=コブラ
|ChiS=咔啦蛇<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=June 27, 2024}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Kobura
|Jpn2M=Cobra
|Jpn2C=<ref name=daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmvj/time_s3.html|title=スーパーマリオボール 砂漠ステージ|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=September 30, 2016|archive=web.archive.org/web/20050302012917/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmvj/time_s3.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=i.imgur.com/fOYyN97.jpg|title=''Super Mario Ball'' guide book (scan)|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|accessdate=September 30, 2016|website=Imgur}}{{page needed}}</ref>
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Bros. 2'', ''Mario Pinball Land''
|ChiS=咔啦蛇
|ChiSR=Kǎlā Shé
|ChiSR=Kǎlā Shé
|ChiSM=From the Japanese name +「蛇」(''shé'', "snake")
|ChiSM=From the Japanese name +「蛇」(''shé'', "snake")
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=June 27, 2024}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|Fre=Cobrat
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|language=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=29|accessdate=March 14, 2025|website=Google Drive}}</ref>
|Ger=Kobra
|Ger=Kobra
|GerM=Cobra
|GerM=Cobra
|Ita=Cobrat<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' instruction booklet|page=112}}</ref>
|Ger2=Cobrat
|Ger2C=<ref name=smb2fgs/><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref>
|Ita=Cobrat
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=112}}</ref>
|Rus=Кобрат
|RusR=Kobrat
|RusM=Cobrat
|RusC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TeUVs-g9M|title=Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 11 серия|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
|Spa=Cobrat
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8kUoIurFmU|title=Fiebres tropicales <nowiki>|</nowiki> Dibujos Para Niños|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
|Swe=Cobrat
|SweC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqBEx-x5vXU&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=51|title=Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 51 - Swedish|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
}}
}}


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{{MPL}}
{{MPL}}
{{TSMBSS animation}}
{{TSMBSS animation}}
{{MK7}}
{{NCS}}
{{MKT}}
{{NAB}}
[[Category:Snakes]]
[[Category:Snakes]]
[[Category:Leaping Lizards enemies]]
[[Category:Leaping Lizards enemies]]
[[Category:Mario Pinball Land enemies]]
[[Category:Mario Pinball Land enemies]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 7 species]]
[[Category:Nintendo Comics System]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 enemies]]

Latest revision as of 17:29, April 15, 2025

Not to be confused with Cobra.
Cobrat
Cobrat
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

Cobrats, also named Snakes,[1] are large desert-dwelling serpents which first appeared as enemies in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. In those games, they would pop out of jars or sand and spit bullets at the player character. Tryclyde, a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 resembles a three-headed Cobrat.

Their English name is a portmanteau of "brat" and "cobra," snakes known for being charmed out of baskets through the use of an instrument called a pungi. An association with snake charming is conveyed in the original Japanese text, in which Cobrats are said to be under the control of Wart.[2][3]

History

Super Mario series

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance

Cobrat
Original artwork used for Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, Cobrats jump out of the sand or jars to attack, and most of them can spit out black projectiles similar to Snifits. Cobrats that hide in jars attack immediately when they appear on the screen. They appear in the desert levels and are easy to defeat if in a line; the player can throw one and cause a domino effect. They can be avoided easily and only pose a threat when in large numbers.

In the Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet, it is said that Cobrats often appear in snake charmers' dreams.[2] In the Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet, this was inexplicably changed to Toad's dreams.[3]

An edited Cobrat from Super Mario Advance

A striped, greenish Cobrat appears in unused content in Super Mario Advance. As it has about the same color pattern as Tryclyde, this suggests a connection, and that Tryclyde was going to be introduced the same way Fryguy and Clawgrip are introduced in the final game.[4]

Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

In the remakes of Super Mario Bros. 3 included in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the king who rules Grass Land is changed into a Cobrat by Larry Koopa.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Cobrat
A typical Cobrat from the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "The Ten Koopmandments"

Cobrats appear several times on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where their size varies from minuscule to exceptionally large. The role of Cobrats in the show varies, as they occasionally appear as enemy monsters and on other occasions are used as handheld weaponry, capable of firing small, exploding black orbs. They are used as transportation in the episode "Star Koopa."

List of episodes featuring Cobrats

Nintendo Comics System

In the Nintendo Comics System story Just Deserts, two Cobrats, which are capable of speech, appear as inhabitants of Bowser's desert fortress; the story itself makes it ambiguous as to whether or not these two Cobrats are actually affiliated with Bowser or simply live in his pyramid fortress.

Nintendo Adventure Books

In Leaping Lizards, an unnamed Cobrat competes in the International Mushroom Games as a member of a team called the Sneaks. It participates in the Beetlebowl (an all-team event) and the Super Triple Jump, where it leaps by coiling its body up like a spring.

Super Mario-kun

Cobrat. Page 28, volume 8 of Super Mario-kun.

In volume 8 of Super Mario-kun, a Cobrat breaks out of a fake drink vending machine located in a desert. Yoshi shortly eats it. More Cobrats appear out of jars. Birdo tries shooting eggs at one, but the Cobrat eats them. Mario then dives into a jar to obtain a POW Block. He then uses it to defeat the Cobrats.

Mario Pinball Land

Snakes in Mario Pinball Land appear inside the pyramid in the Shifting Sands Stage, where they slither out of jars. In this game, they do not spit bullets and are green instead of red, but otherwise resemble their original sprite.

Mario Kart series

Within the course Shy Guy Bazaar in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour, red Cobrat sprites from Super Mario Bros. 2 make up some of the motifs decorating the red-colored carpets found throughout the course—specifically, those covering the market stalls.

Additionally, snake jars appear among regular jars in the same course, revealing many green snakes when shattered; these may potentially be homages to Cobrats, given the Super Mario Bros. 2 theme of Shy Guy Bazaar.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Bio: Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.[3]

Super Mario Advance

  • Bio: You'll find Cobrats hidden in jars. When you approach, these troublesome little snakes will pop right out to attack. Think twice when jumping into jars.[5]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ガラゲーロ (JP) / Cobrat
A Cobrat from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ビースト族 Tribe Beast clan
性格せいかく 陰険 Disposition Treacherous
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
流砂やツボにひそむヘビ

夢の世界の砂漠にいる大きなヘビ。ムーチョ(P215)と同じように、悪夢の玉口から撃ってくる。大きいから、ジャンプの足場として捉うにはとてもつゴうがいい。[6]:57

Snakes lurking in quicksand and jars

A large snake in the desert of the dream world. Like Snifit (P215), it shoots nightmare balls at you from its mouth. Because of its large size, it is very useful to use as a foothold for jumping.

Gallery

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

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガラゲーロ[2][7][6]:225
Garagēro
From「ガラガラヘビ」(garagara hebi, "rattlesnake") and possibly「ゲロ」(gero, "spew") Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Super Mario Bros. 2
コブラ[6]:225[8][9]
Kobura
Cobra Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario Pinball Land
Chinese (simplified) 咔啦蛇[10]
Kǎlā Shé
From the Japanese name +「蛇」(shé, "snake")
French Cobrat[11] -
German Kobra[?] Cobra
Cobrat[11][12] -
Italian Cobrat[13][14] -
Russian Кобрат[15]
Kobrat
Cobrat
Spanish Cobrat[16] -
Swedish Cobrat[17] -

References

  1. ^ November 2004. Nintendo Power Volume 185. Page 116.
  2. ^ a b c 「いつもはつぼなかているがマムーの命令めいれいうごす。へび使うかいのゆめによくあらわれる。」 ("Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Mamu's command. Often appears in the dreams of snake charmers.") – Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Japanese. Page 34 (ガラゲーロ).
  3. ^ a b c "Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 25 (Cobrat description).
  4. ^ Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  5. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12. Retrieved March 28, 2022 from thegameisafootarcade.com.
  6. ^ a b c 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 57 and 225. Retrieved April 6, 2022 and September 27, 2019, respectively, from Imgur.
  7. ^ Sawada, Yukio. Super Mario-kun Volume 8. Japanese. Page 28.
  8. ^ スーパーマリオボール 砂漠ステージ. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved September 30, 2016. (Archived March 2, 2005, 01:29:17 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  9. ^ Super Mario Ball guide book (scan). Shogakukan (Japanese). Retrieved September 30, 2016 from Imgur.[page number needed]
  10. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.[dead link]
  11. ^ a b Nintendo of Europe GmbH (1989). Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German and French). Page 29. Retrieved March 14, 2025 from Google Drive.
  12. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 118.
  13. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 25.
  14. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  15. ^ Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 11 серия. YouTube.
  16. ^ Fiebres tropicales | Dibujos Para Niños. YouTube.
  17. ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 51 - Swedish. YouTube.