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[[Image:MnL2_Shroob.jpg|thumb|250px|A '''Shroob''' holding a ray gun.]]
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The '''Shroobs''' are a race of [[Poison Mushroom]]-like [[alien]]s that attacked the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] when [[Baby Mario|Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi|Luigi]] were babies. These events take place in the game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. They are a purple, [[mushroom]]-like species ruled by [[Princess Shroob]] and [[Elder Princess Shroob|her older sister]]. They are from the [[Shroob Planet]] and most Shroobs carry ray guns with them. Unlike [[Toad (species)|Toads]], who are seemingly more [[human]] than mushroom, Shroobs seem to have retained most of their fungus ancestry.
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|image=[[File:Shroob MLPiT artwork.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variants=[[Blazing Shroob]]<br>[[Dr. Shroob]]<br>[[Guardian Shroob]]<br>[[Intern Shroob]]<br>[[RC Shroober]]<br>[[Shroid]]<br>[[Shroob saucer]]<br>[[Shrooba Diver]]<br>[[Shrooblet]]<br>[[Shroobsworth]]<br>[[Support Shroob]]
|relatives=[[Shroob mushroom]]<br>[[Shroob Rex]]<br>[[Shroob-omb]]<br>[[Spiny Shroopa]]<br>[[Sunnycide]]<br>[[Swiggler]]<br>[[Tashrooba]]<br>[[Yoob]]
|comparable=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]<br>[[Poison Mushroom]]
|notable=[[Commander Shroob]]<br>[[Elder Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Elder Shrooboid]]<br>[[Junior Shrooboid]]<br>[[Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Shrooboid Brat]]
}}
[[File:Shroobraygunsprite.png|frame|left]]
The '''Shroobs''' are a race of aliens from the [[Shroob planet]] that appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and serve as the main antagonists. The Shroobs invaded the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] when [[Baby Mario|Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi|Luigi]] were babies. They are a purple, [[mushroom]]-like species ruled by [[Princess Shroob]] and [[Elder Princess Shroob|her older twin sister]]. They have short limbs attached to their mushroom stalks, bluish-white spots in a Toad-like pattern on their caps, hands with pincers at the ends, gaping mouths with a pair of fangs on the top, and black eyes with red pupils. Their name is a corruption of the shortened word for mushroom, "shroom".


They possess a massive fleet of flying saucers, which are powered by the [[vim]] of Toads. The saucers are capable of shooting energy bolts that turn people into [[Shroob Mushroom]]s, as well as causing devastating damage to houses and buildings. The Shroob military is very complex in their processes. Unlike the [[Koopa Troop]], the Shroobs have everything laid out in advance so that they could both protect vital operations and invade enemy regions at the same time.
The Shroobs rely primarily on ray guns as weapons and they employ fleets of [[Shroob saucer|flying saucer]]s, powered by the [[vim]] of [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, which is collected by capturing the Toads and draining their vim through the Shroobs' tree network that leads to the [[Vim Factory]]. The saucers are capable of shooting destructive energy bolts that can turn people into [[Shroob mushroom]]s. They are vulnerable to [[Ice Flower|Ice Flowers]].
[[Image:Shroob World.jpg|thumb|left|The Shroobs' home planet.]]
==History==
They first started their invasion by destroying [[Toad Town]] and capturing many Toads. These Toads were taken to [[Toadwood Forest]], where their vim was drained by the forest's genetically-altered trees. The vim was then collected at the [[Vim Factory]], where [[Dr. Shroobs]] gave the vim to [[Swiggler]], a terrifying, bio-engineered [[Wiggler]]. While guarding a [[Cobalt Star]] shard, Swiggler also drinks the vim and powers the [[Shroob UFOs]].
===[[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]]===
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
[[File:Shroob World M&L.png|thumb|left|The Shroobs' previous home planet.]]
[[File:Castle Invasion.png|thumb|The Shroobs taking over [[Peach's Castle]].]]
According to the prologue of the game, the Shroobs invaded the Mushroom Kingdom because they were "searching for a new home," though their reason for this is unclear. The Shroobs start their invasion by destroying [[Toad Town]] and capturing many Toads. These Toads are taken to [[Toadwood Forest]], where their vim is drained by the forest's genetically-altered trees. The vim is then collected at the [[Vim Factory]], which is guarded by mind-controlled [[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Hammer Bros]]; [[Dr. Shroob]] then feeds the vim to [[Swiggler]], a bio-engineered [[Wiggler]] that drinks the vim to power the [[Shroob saucer]]s.


Soon after, they started the creation of the mechanical [[Yoob]] and attacked [[Yoshi's Island]]. Yoob would eat any [[Yoshi]] it could find. These Yoshis would then be converted into more monstrous Yoobs and be used to attack the Mushroom Kingdom. During the invasion, Princess Shroob disguised herself as Peach to see the Mushroom Kingdom of the future and make sure her plan would succeed.
While attacking Toad Town, they also attack [[Peach's Castle]] in hopes of capturing [[Baby Peach|the Princess Peach of the past]], but she has left alongside with Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and [[Toadsworth the Younger|past Toadsworth]] in the [[Koopa Cruiser]] by the time they get in the castle, thanks to [[Baby Bowser]]. They instead find the [[Princess Peach]] of the present and her subjects, [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]], who have traveled back in time using [[Professor E. Gadd|E. Gadd]]'s [[Prof. E. Gadd's time machine|time machine]]. Princess Peach manages to trap the Elder Princess Shroob in the [[Cobalt Star]], the time machine's power source, and then shatter it and scatter the shards around the kingdom, before getting captured by the younger Princess Shroob. The Shroobs take Toadiko to Toadwood Forest, and Toadbert ends up getting eaten by [[Yoob]] and suffering from amnesia after ending up on [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]. Meanwhile, the [[Junior Shrooboid]] uses the time machine in the castle to travel back to the present, ending up at the throne room of the present-time Peach's Castle and inadvertently alerting the Mario Bros. that something was amiss.


A reference to Shroobs was made in the ''[[Mario Hoops 3 on 3]]'' website where one of the player's baller names (determined by a five-question quiz) could be "'''Shroob Showstopper'''". In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' one appears as a [[sticker]] that raises launch power by seven.
When present-time Mario and Luigi travel back to the past via a [[time hole]] and reach [[Hollijolli Village]], they see the town being attacked by Shroob saucers, and they encounter some Shroobs for the first time. Unfortunately, during the battle the Bros. are knocked out by a huge energy ball sent down by a Shroob saucer, which prompts their past selves to go down to the village and save them, bringing them back to Baby Bowser's Koopa Cruiser. However, the cruiser is later attacked by Princess Shroob via a [[Shroob missile]], causing the vehicle to crash into [[Bowser's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Baby Bowser's Castle]].


Three Shroobs appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi RPG 3]]'' as optional bosses. They were inside blocks of ice, and when Mario and Luigi melted the ice, they once again tried to defeat the bros and once again they were beaten.  
Soon after, Yoob, a Yoshi-like monster of the Shroobs' creation, is unleashed on Yoshi's Island. Yoob starts to eat any [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s it can find. It is heavily implied that these Yoshis will be converted into other monstrous Yoobs, to be used to attack the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi go to stop it, but are eaten in the process after the Shroobs use their Shroob saucers to make Yoob grow to colossal proportions. Inside, they find the eaten Yoshis, Toadbert (who has lost his memory), Baby Bowser (stuck inside of an [[Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|egg]]), and [[Sunnycide]], who blocks the exit of [[Yoob's Belly|Yoob's belly]]. The bros. are able to defeat Sunnycide and free the trapped Yoshis as well as Toadbert and Baby Bowser, causing Yoob to stop functioning in the process.


==Language==
The Shroobs later commandeer the [[Koopaseum]] in [[Gritzy Desert]], using it as a stadium in order to celebrate the conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. On stage, Princess Shroob feeds Princess Peach to the monstrous [[Petey Piranha]]. Mario and company chase it [[Gritzy Caves|under the colosseum]] after taking out the [[Shrooboid Brat]], and defeat Petey, though they learn that Princess Peach was spat out by Petey Piranha earlier and taken deeper inside the cave. Before the four can save her, however, Princess Shroob disguises herself as Princess Peach, with the intention of fooling them into taking her into the Mushroom Kingdom of the present, so that she could take it over and make sure her plan would succeed.
The Shroob language as it appears in the text bubbles in the game is just a bunch of nonsensical small picture text. When the Shroobs talk in the game, they make gibberish sounds. However, they do sometimes use the Latin alphabet, as seen in the battle against [[Shrooboid Brat]]. When the Shrooboid Brat was about to attack, the Shroob crowd raised up signs that said either "M" or "L", signifying who to attack. The Elder Shroob Princess can also speak English. Later on, the language is shown to players using subtitles in parentheses. Whether or not this means that Mario and Luigi begin to understand the language or is just for purposes of clarification is unknown.


==Shroob Leadership==
The disguise also manages to fool [[Bowser]], who came to Peach's Castle to kidnap Princess Peach again, taking Princess Shroob with him through a time hole to [[Thwomp Volcano]]. After he and Baby Bowser are defeated by the bros. in [[Thwomp Caverns]], the [[Shroob Mother Ship]] comes and takes back Princess Shroob, with Mario, Luigi and their baby counterparts in pursuit. During their search for the princess inside the ship, they are surrounded by a group of Shroobs in a room. Princess Shroob then approaches them and takes off her disguise, revealing herself. Before she can do anything about the quartet, a disguised [[Kylie Koopa]] saves them, though they are ejected out of the Mother Ship shortly after.
*[[Elder Princess Shroob]]
*[[Princess Shroob]]
*[[Commander Shroob]]


==Shroob Monsters==
Eventually, the Bros. collect five of the Cobalt Star shards and gain access to [[Shroob Castle|the now-conquered Princess Peach's Castle]]. Higher up in the castle, they manage to corner Princess Shroob by shooting down the Shroob Mother Ship. They then defeat both her and the Elder Princess Shroob, who had been unintentionally freed from her imprisonment in the Cobalt Star by Baby Bowser. Afterwards, E. Gadd uses the [[Hydrogush 4000]] to create a rain of artificial baby tears to wilt the [[Shroob mushroom|purple mushroom]]s the Shroobs left all over the Mushroom Kingdom, restoring anyone who was turned into a mushroom in the process. However, the Elder Princess Shroob - who turned into a Shroob mushroom following her defeat - was swallowed by an unconscious Bowser, turning him into [[Shrowser]], who was quickly defeated by the adult and baby Mario brothers. What became of the Shroobs after this is unknown, but ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' shows that [[Bowser's Minions]] managed to capture and cryogenically freeze some Shroobs, as they are seen in a hidden preservation chamber in [[Bowser's Castle]].
*[[Swiggler]]
*[[Yoob]]
*[[Sunnycide]]


==Shrooboids==
Despite the standard purple Shroob variant seemingly being the most common type, as they are seen in large numbers in cutscenes, they are rarely ever fought in the game. Three of them are fought during the scripted unwinnable battle in [[Hollijolli Village]], and two are later defeated by the baby Mario Bros. Other than that, only a few more fight the heroes during [[Commander Shroob]]'s boss battle, as his [[Support Shroob]]s. When fought in Hollijolli Village, they use the same defeat animation as normal enemies despite being considered bosses, a trait shared with the [[Junior Shrooboid]], the [[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|L33T HAMM3R BROZ.]], and [[Kamek]]. Also, in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], the word "boss" is missing from their stat box.
*[[Junior Shrooboid]]
*[[Shrooboid Brat]]
*[[Elder Shrooboid]]


==Shroobs==
Even if the player somehow wins the initial battle against the Shroobs that is programmed to be lost for storyline purposes, the story will continue as normal as though Mario and Luigi lost the battle, though Mario and Luigi do gain EXP for winning.<ref> D2RCR (February 8, 2010). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHvZqYDV-j8 Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - The Shroob Logic Error]</ref>
*[[Shroob UFO]]
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*[[Shrooblet]]
*[[Dr. Shroob]]
*[[RC Shroober]]
*[[Shrooba Diver]]
*[[Guardian Shroob]]
*[[Blazing Shroob]]
*[[Shroid]]
*[[Support Shroob]]
*[[Shroobsworth]]
*[[Intern Shroob]]


==Shroob Creatures==
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
*[[Spiny Shroopa]]
[[File:Mario vs shroobs.png|thumb|[[Mario]] & [[Luigi]] battling Shroobs in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'']]
*[[Lakitufo]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', while Bowser is looking for a seat in the [[Fawful Theater]], a Shroob can be seen in a seat on the lower right-hand corner. If Bowser tries to speak to it, it stares blankly without saying anything. Much later in the game, a group of three Shroobs appears as an optional boss. They are found in the preservation room in Bowser's Castle, which needs a password to be accessed. The password of the cold room is □, □, ○, △, △, △, followed by hitting the switch on the door itself, with signposts that are found in Bowser's Castle hinting at what the password is. Once inside, the Bros. can hit a red switch that causes three of the Shroobs to thaw out. As Mario and Luigi begin to explain their history to Starlow, the three Shroobs wake up and attack the brothers.
*[[Shroob-omb]]
*[[Tashrooba]]
*[[Shroob Rex]]
*[[Shroob Chomp]]


==Foreign Names==
They have two attacks that were very similar to the ones they used in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' (especially the [[Guardian Shroob]]s). For the first, the attacker will flag down a companion, and they will each shoot a laser at Mario and Luigi. The other attack is a simple laser blast, delivered to only one brother. Before executing this attack, the attacker will always pirouette; in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', they would pirouette only before attacking Luigi, and spark before attacking Mario. Here, the brother being targeted is indicated by the spin's direction: a Shroob spins clockwise to attack Mario, and counterclockwise to attack Luigi. In the remake, each of the Shroobs gain the [[Fury]] status after losing half their HP, like other bosses, and will fire lasers much faster. These Shroobs have an idle animation in battle where they will taunt Mario and Luigi by making a face and sticking their tongue out at them; this is entirely original to ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
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|Jap=ゲドンコ<br />''Gedonko''
|Fra=Xhampi
|FraM= Pun on "champi", short for "champignon" (mushroom)}}


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Various other frozen Shroobs are visible in the background of the battle, including broken [[Shroid]]s, [[Junior Shrooboid]]s, [[Shrooba Diver]]s, [[Commander Shroob]]s, and even the [[Elder Princess Shroob]]; in the remake, a frozen [[Princess Shroob]] can now be seen alongside the Elder Princess Shroob. Also, if a player uses the [[Jump Helmet]] attack, a single [[RC Shroober]] is seen as Mario and Luigi walk back in order to commence the attack.
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{{PiT}}
After defeating them, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] receive all ten [[Attack Piece]]s for the [[Magic Window]] [[Bros. Attack|Special Attack]]. They also may receive the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story gear#Shroob Boots|Shroob Boots]], which may [[POW-Down|lower the attack power]] of [[stomp]]ed enemies. Starlow then compliments Mario on stopping the invasion as a baby; when he explains that Luigi fought hard as well, Starlow sarcastically remarks that he did so by "ferociously crying", a reference to the baby tears clearing the [[Shroob mushroom]] infestation. When she learns that it was indeed Luigi who ultimately trumped the Shroobs, she apologizes to him and calls him "super". Despite being bosses, the Shroobs use the same death animation as normal enemies; this also occurs with [[Bowser Memory M and Bowser Memory L]].
{{Alien}}
 
[[Category:Species]]
The Shroobs, along with the [[Elite Goombule]] and [[Bowser X]], were not in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] Guide Enemy Compendium; however, the Shroobs were mentioned in the walkthrough.<ref>''[[Prima_Games#Nintendo_DS|Prima Guide: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', pages 145 and 146</ref>
[[Category:Major Races]]
 
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[File:MLBISBJJShroobOverworld.png|frame|left]]
In addition to reprising their roles in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', multiple Shroobs appear as ranged enemies in the ''[[Bowser Jr.]]'s Journey'' mode, where they attack using their ray guns and are weak to [[Swoop]]s. The Shroobs battle Bowser Jr. in [[Chilling Magma]] after he, [[Kamek]], and [[Morton]] go into the basement of Bowser's Castle to retrieve [[Ever Ice]]. After the Shroobs are defeated, Bowser Jr. is able to collect the Ever Ice. Several Shroobs also appear in later missions such as [[The Lost Alien]], [[The Power of the Koopalings]] and [[The Best Beast]], with some under the effects of [[Malatone Formula:X]].
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', a photo of a lone Shroob is seen in [[Kylie Koopa]]'s office in [[Wakeport]].
 
Although they do not make an actual appearance, the ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' sprites for Shroobs can be [[List of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team pre-release and unused content#Unused data|found in the game's files]] alongside other leftovers.
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', a picture of a Shroob in a saucer can be found in the [[Mario Bros.' House]], and a poster for a Shroob movie can be seen in the [[Yoshi Theater (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Yoshi Theater]].
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''====
[[File:MLB Mushroob Reef.png|thumb|The Mushroob Reef in ''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'', resembling a Shroob]]
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'', the [[Mushroob Reef]] resembles a Shroob.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a Shroob appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] that raises launch power by seven.
{{br}}
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
Shroobs appear in volumes 35, 36, and 37 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. They retain their look from the games, and can speak human language.
 
==List of Shroob forces==
[[File:Princess_Shroob.jpg|thumb|Princess Shroob with some Shroobs.]]
{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 margin=0 padding=0 style="text-align:center;overflow-x:scroll"
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shroob leadership
|-
|[[File:Elder Princess Shroob Animated.gif]]<br>[[Elder Princess Shroob|Princess Shroob]] (elder)
|The stronger and elder of the twin sisters, who rules over the Shroobs.
|-
|[[File:Princess Shroob Animated.gif]]<br>[[Princess Shroob]] (younger)
|The younger of the twin sisters, who leads the Shroobs in her sister's absence.
|-
|[[File:Commander Shroob Idle.gif]]<br>[[Commander Shroob]]
|A commander in the Shroob army.
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shrooboids
|-
|[[File:Shrooboid Idle.gif]]<br>[[Junior Shrooboid]]
|A weak green Shroob monster that travels to the present in E. Gadd's time machine.
|-
|[[File:Shrooboid Brat Idle.gif]]<br>[[Shrooboid Brat]]
|A gluttonous blue Shroob monster that battles at the [[Koopaseum]] in front of a crowd.
|-
|[[File:Elder Shrooboid.gif]]<br>[[Elder Shrooboid]]
|A strong red Shroob monster that attacks the [[Star Shrine]].
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shroob types
|-
|[[File:MLPITShrooblet.gif]]<br>[[Shrooblet]]
|Small [[Goomba]]-like Shroobs.
|-
|[[File:M&L-PiT Shroob Idle.gif]]<br>Shroob
|Regular Shroobs that act as the grunts of the army.
|-
|[[File:Dr. Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Dr. Shroob]]
|Bespectacled yellow Shroobs encountered at the Vim Factory.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT RC Shroober.gif]]<br>[[RC Shroober]]
|Blue Shroobs who use remote control devices to attack.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Shrooba Diver.gif]]<br>[[Shrooba Diver]]
|Green Shroobs who swim through the sand as if it was water.
|-
|[[File:Blazing Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Blazing Shroob]]
|Red Shroobs with flaming heads that use fireballs to attack.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Guardian Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Guardian Shroob]]
|White Shroobs that guard the [[Shroob Mother Ship|mother ship]].
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Shroid.gif]]<br>[[Shroid]]
|Shroob robots wandering the ruins of [[Toad Town]].
|-
|[[File:Support Shroob Idle.gif]]<br>[[Support Shroob]]
|Shroobs that aid the Commander Shroob in battle with massive [[Shroob-omb]]s.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Shroobsworth.gif]]<br>[[Shroobsworth]]
|Elderly Shroobs that defend [[Shroob Castle]] along with Intern Shroobs.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Intern Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Intern Shroob]]
|Little Shroobs that piggyback on Shroobsworths and aid them in battle.
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shroob-like creatures
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Spiny Shroopa.gif]]<br>[[Spiny Shroopa]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Spiny|Spinies]]. They are thrown by [[Lakitufo]]s.
|-
|[[File:M&L-PiT Swiggler Idle.gif]]<br>[[Swiggler]]
|The Shroob equivalent of a [[Wiggler]] that powers Shroob saucers by drinking [[vim]] and sending it to the flying saucers.
|-
|[[File:Yoob Sprite.PNG]]<br>[[Yoob]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s, who is gigantic in size and eats normal Yoshis to encase them in [[Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|egg]]s.
|-
|[[File:Sunnycide Idle.gif]]<br>[[Sunnycide]]
|An egg-like monster that dwells within and guards Yoob from attack.
|-
|[[File:Shroob-omb.gif]]<br>[[Shroob-omb]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Bob-omb]]s, which are massive in size and are carried by Support Shroobs.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Tashrooba.gif]]<br>[[Tashrooba]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Tanoomba]]s.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Shroob Rex.gif]]<br>[[Shroob Rex]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Rex]]es.
|-
|[[File:ShroobChomp.png]]<br>[[Kyankyan]]
|The Shroob equivalent of [[Chain Chomp]]s, used by Elder Princess Shroob during her boss battle.
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Allies
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Lakitufo.gif]]<br>[[Lakitufo]]
|Alien [[Lakitu]]s that ride flying saucers and drop Spiny Shroopas.
|-
|[[File:Petey Piranha Ground Idle.gif]]<br>[[Petey Piranha]]
|A large [[Piranha Plant]] kept in the [[Koopaseum]] as a monster to entertain the Shroobs.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Snoozorb.gif]]<br>[[Snoozorb]]
|Large, sleepy robot guards of [[Shroob Castle]].
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Soul Bubble.gif]]<br>[[Soul Bubble]]
|Spherical winged enemies that are fought in Shroob Castle.
|-
|[[File:Ghoul Guy.gif]]<br>[[Ghoul Guy]]
|Grey [[Boo Guy]]s fought in Shroob Castle.
|-
|[[File:MLPiT Lethal Bob-omb.gif]]<br>[[Lethal Bob-omb]]
|Purple Bob-ombs found in the sewers of [[Shroob Castle]].
|-
!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Controlled
|-
|[[File:M&LPiT L33t Hamm3r Bros. Idle Battle Sprite.gif]][[File:M&LPiT L33t Hamm3r Bros. Idle Battle Sprite.gif]]<br>[[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|L33T HAMM3R BROZ.]]
|[[Hammer Bro]]s. that have been brainwashed by the Shroobs via the mind-control helmets they wear.
|}
 
==General information==
===Language===
The Shroob language is displayed as nonsensical small picture text, with one phrase in particular being repeated throughout the game. The Shroobs' voice clips consist mostly of gibberish sounds. The actual audio for them speaking is usually either a low-pitched and sped up text scrolling sound or a higher-pitched laugh. Some of the Shroobs, such as the ones in the crowd watching the [[Shrooboid Brat]] fight, do occasionally show the letters "M" and "L", likely associating them with Mario and Luigi due to the letters on their caps. The Elder Shroob Princess is a notable exception, as she mostly speaks clear English (albeit in all capital letters) during her scenes, while her younger sister only ever speaks the Shroob language. During the game, the language is occasionally shown to players using subtitles in parentheses to clarify; this reveals that the phrase constantly repeated by the Shroobs translates to "Destroy!"
 
===Technology===
*[[Shroob saucer]] - Small flying saucers that carry a single Shroob each.
**A larger saucer resembling the [[Shroob Mother Ship]] is used by the bros. in [[Shroob Castle]].
**A floating grey saucer-like ship is also located at the top of the Shroob Castle, and is used by the bros. against the Shroob Mother Ship.
*[[Shroob missile]] - An aerial weapon launched from the Shroob Castle.
*[[Shroid]] - Shroob-like robots that are found in [[Toad Town]].
*[[Shroob-omb]] - Large purple Bob-ombs used by the [[Commander Shroob]].
*[[Snoozorb]] - Large, sleepy robots that patrol Shroob Castle.
*Yellow ray guns that shoot pink energy blasts.
*Grey [[Nintendo DS]]-like devices with a large antenna, used to transmit signals.
*Special [[Hammer Bro]] helmets with an antenna that can be used to mind-control the [[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|wearer]].
*Small robotic bombs and miniature Shroob saucers that are controlled remotely by [[RC Shroober]]s, using the antennae on their heads.
*A levitating throne with three large retractable metal limbs and a forcefield, used by [[Princess Shroob]] during her boss battle.
 
===Colonies, settlements, and structures===
*[[Toadwood Forest]] - A forest genetically modified by the Shroobs to drain [[Toad (species)|Toads]] of their [[vim]].
*[[Vim Factory]] - A factory where the Shroobs collect vim and convert it into fuel.
*[[Yoob's Belly]] - A factory inside the giant [[Yoob]] that turns [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s into other Yoobs.
*[[Koopaseum]] - A conquered colosseum in [[Gritzy Desert]] that the Shroobs use for entertainment.
*[[Shroob Mother Ship]] - A large flying saucer owned by [[Princess Shroob]].
*[[Shroob Castle]] - The conquered [[Peach's Castle]], used as the Shroobs' capitol.
*[[Shroob planet]] - The dying Shroob home planet.
 
==List of appearances==
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|-
!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Role
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=20%|System/Handheld
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''
|Enemy
|2005
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|Cameo as sticker
|2008
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
|Boss
|2009
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''
|Cameo
|2013
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''
|Cameo
|2017
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
|Boss
|2018
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''
|Cameo
|2024
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|}
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
{{:Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time bestiary|transcludesection=Shroob|align=horizontal|image=[[File:M&L-PiT Shroob Idle.gif]]}}
 
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story bestiary|transcludesection=Shroob|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Shroob.gif]]}}
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
{{:Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey bestiary|transcludesection=Shroob|align=horizontal|image= [[File:Shroob MLBISBJJ.gif]]}}
*'''''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' profile:''' ''Servants of the Shroob Princess who once attacked the Mushroom Kingdom. It seems that the <font color=Blue>sound of flapping wings</font> makes their weapons malfunction.''
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Shroob
|image=[[File:Shroob Sticker.png]]
|game=''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
|effect=Launch Power +7
}}
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゲドンコ星人
|JapR=Gedonko-seijin
|JapM=Literally "people of [[Shroob planet|Planet ''Gedonko'']]"
|Jap2=ゲドンコ
|Jap2R=Gedonko
|Jap2M=Possibly from「外道」(''gedō'', fiend) and「ウドンコカビ」(''udonko-kabi'', a term for a parasitic fungus that leaves white spots on plant leaves)
|FreA=Champiz
|FreAM=From ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' ("mushroom")
|FreE=Xhampi
|FreEM=Corruption of ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' ("mushroom")
|SpaA=Champizoide
|SpaAN=
|SpaAM=From ''champiñón'' ("mushroom") with suffix ''-zoide''
|SpaE=Shroob
|Ger=Shroob
|Ita=Shroob
|Kor=게돈코
|KorR=Gedonko
|KorM=From the Japanese name
|Kor2=게돈코성인
|Kor2R=Gedonko-seong'in
|Kor2M=Shroob planet people
|Rus=Хомор
|RusR=Khomor
|RusM=Clipping of "мухомор" (''mukhomor'', "[[wikipedia:Amanita muscaria|fly agaric]]")
}}
 
==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Shroob MLPiT artwork 3.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''
Shroob holding Shroob Blaster MLPiT artwork.png|''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
Shroob2.jpg|''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
Normal chompattack.png|''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
Shroob.png|''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''
MLBISBJJShroob.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''
</gallery>
 
==Trivia==
*A reference to the Shroobs was made in the ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' website, where one of the player's baller names (determined by a five-question quiz) could be "Shroob Showstopper".
*The Shroobs may have been directly inspired by the [[wikipedia:Martian_(The_War_of_the_Worlds)|Martians]] from ''[[wikipedia:The War of the Worlds|The War of the Worlds]]'' by H. G. Wells, an alien invasion novel where many of the genre's tropes originate from. Both species possess highly advanced technology and left behind their old, dying planet to conquer a defenseless world, whose inhabitants they drain of their life force; the Shroobs siphon [[vim]] from [[Toad (species)|Toads]] while the Martians siphon blood from humans and animals. Both cover their conquered areas with flora from their homeworld, with the Martians planting red weeds and the Shroobs leaving behind purple mushrooms. They both appear to made up of large heads directly attached to their limbs, with no apparent "body". Both are defeated by something harmless in the end; in the Martians' case, bacteria, and in the Shroobs' case, baby tears.
**[[Princess Shroob]]'s three-legged throne that she uses in her boss battle resembles the Martians' fighting machines from the novel, being a very tall walking tripod that shoots lasers. Her throne also floats and has a forcefield, similar to the fighting machines in the [[wikipedia:The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|1953 film adaptation]].
 
==References==
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Shroob
Artwork of a Shroob from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (cameo) (2024)
Variants
Relatives
Comparable
Notable members
A Shroob fiting a Shroob Blaster.

The Shroobs are a race of aliens from the Shroob planet that appear in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and serve as the main antagonists. The Shroobs invaded the Mushroom Kingdom when Mario and Luigi were babies. They are a purple, mushroom-like species ruled by Princess Shroob and her older twin sister. They have short limbs attached to their mushroom stalks, bluish-white spots in a Toad-like pattern on their caps, hands with pincers at the ends, gaping mouths with a pair of fangs on the top, and black eyes with red pupils. Their name is a corruption of the shortened word for mushroom, "shroom".

The Shroobs rely primarily on ray guns as weapons and they employ fleets of flying saucers, powered by the vim of Toads, which is collected by capturing the Toads and draining their vim through the Shroobs' tree network that leads to the Vim Factory. The saucers are capable of shooting destructive energy bolts that can turn people into Shroob mushrooms. They are vulnerable to Ice Flowers.

History[edit]

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

The home planet of the Shroobs.
The Shroobs' previous home planet.
The Shroobs taking over Peach's Castle.

According to the prologue of the game, the Shroobs invaded the Mushroom Kingdom because they were "searching for a new home," though their reason for this is unclear. The Shroobs start their invasion by destroying Toad Town and capturing many Toads. These Toads are taken to Toadwood Forest, where their vim is drained by the forest's genetically-altered trees. The vim is then collected at the Vim Factory, which is guarded by mind-controlled Hammer Bros; Dr. Shroob then feeds the vim to Swiggler, a bio-engineered Wiggler that drinks the vim to power the Shroob saucers.

While attacking Toad Town, they also attack Peach's Castle in hopes of capturing the Princess Peach of the past, but she has left alongside with Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and past Toadsworth in the Koopa Cruiser by the time they get in the castle, thanks to Baby Bowser. They instead find the Princess Peach of the present and her subjects, Toadiko and Toadbert, who have traveled back in time using E. Gadd's time machine. Princess Peach manages to trap the Elder Princess Shroob in the Cobalt Star, the time machine's power source, and then shatter it and scatter the shards around the kingdom, before getting captured by the younger Princess Shroob. The Shroobs take Toadiko to Toadwood Forest, and Toadbert ends up getting eaten by Yoob and suffering from amnesia after ending up on Yoshi's Island. Meanwhile, the Junior Shrooboid uses the time machine in the castle to travel back to the present, ending up at the throne room of the present-time Peach's Castle and inadvertently alerting the Mario Bros. that something was amiss.

When present-time Mario and Luigi travel back to the past via a time hole and reach Hollijolli Village, they see the town being attacked by Shroob saucers, and they encounter some Shroobs for the first time. Unfortunately, during the battle the Bros. are knocked out by a huge energy ball sent down by a Shroob saucer, which prompts their past selves to go down to the village and save them, bringing them back to Baby Bowser's Koopa Cruiser. However, the cruiser is later attacked by Princess Shroob via a Shroob missile, causing the vehicle to crash into Baby Bowser's Castle.

Soon after, Yoob, a Yoshi-like monster of the Shroobs' creation, is unleashed on Yoshi's Island. Yoob starts to eat any Yoshis it can find. It is heavily implied that these Yoshis will be converted into other monstrous Yoobs, to be used to attack the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi go to stop it, but are eaten in the process after the Shroobs use their Shroob saucers to make Yoob grow to colossal proportions. Inside, they find the eaten Yoshis, Toadbert (who has lost his memory), Baby Bowser (stuck inside of an egg), and Sunnycide, who blocks the exit of Yoob's belly. The bros. are able to defeat Sunnycide and free the trapped Yoshis as well as Toadbert and Baby Bowser, causing Yoob to stop functioning in the process.

The Shroobs later commandeer the Koopaseum in Gritzy Desert, using it as a stadium in order to celebrate the conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. On stage, Princess Shroob feeds Princess Peach to the monstrous Petey Piranha. Mario and company chase it under the colosseum after taking out the Shrooboid Brat, and defeat Petey, though they learn that Princess Peach was spat out by Petey Piranha earlier and taken deeper inside the cave. Before the four can save her, however, Princess Shroob disguises herself as Princess Peach, with the intention of fooling them into taking her into the Mushroom Kingdom of the present, so that she could take it over and make sure her plan would succeed.

The disguise also manages to fool Bowser, who came to Peach's Castle to kidnap Princess Peach again, taking Princess Shroob with him through a time hole to Thwomp Volcano. After he and Baby Bowser are defeated by the bros. in Thwomp Caverns, the Shroob Mother Ship comes and takes back Princess Shroob, with Mario, Luigi and their baby counterparts in pursuit. During their search for the princess inside the ship, they are surrounded by a group of Shroobs in a room. Princess Shroob then approaches them and takes off her disguise, revealing herself. Before she can do anything about the quartet, a disguised Kylie Koopa saves them, though they are ejected out of the Mother Ship shortly after.

Eventually, the Bros. collect five of the Cobalt Star shards and gain access to the now-conquered Princess Peach's Castle. Higher up in the castle, they manage to corner Princess Shroob by shooting down the Shroob Mother Ship. They then defeat both her and the Elder Princess Shroob, who had been unintentionally freed from her imprisonment in the Cobalt Star by Baby Bowser. Afterwards, E. Gadd uses the Hydrogush 4000 to create a rain of artificial baby tears to wilt the purple mushrooms the Shroobs left all over the Mushroom Kingdom, restoring anyone who was turned into a mushroom in the process. However, the Elder Princess Shroob - who turned into a Shroob mushroom following her defeat - was swallowed by an unconscious Bowser, turning him into Shrowser, who was quickly defeated by the adult and baby Mario brothers. What became of the Shroobs after this is unknown, but Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story shows that Bowser's Minions managed to capture and cryogenically freeze some Shroobs, as they are seen in a hidden preservation chamber in Bowser's Castle.

Despite the standard purple Shroob variant seemingly being the most common type, as they are seen in large numbers in cutscenes, they are rarely ever fought in the game. Three of them are fought during the scripted unwinnable battle in Hollijolli Village, and two are later defeated by the baby Mario Bros. Other than that, only a few more fight the heroes during Commander Shroob's boss battle, as his Support Shroobs. When fought in Hollijolli Village, they use the same defeat animation as normal enemies despite being considered bosses, a trait shared with the Junior Shrooboid, the L33T HAMM3R BROZ., and Kamek. Also, in the Player's Guide, the word "boss" is missing from their stat box.

Even if the player somehow wins the initial battle against the Shroobs that is programmed to be lost for storyline purposes, the story will continue as normal as though Mario and Luigi lost the battle, though Mario and Luigi do gain EXP for winning.[1]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi battling Shroobs in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, while Bowser is looking for a seat in the Fawful Theater, a Shroob can be seen in a seat on the lower right-hand corner. If Bowser tries to speak to it, it stares blankly without saying anything. Much later in the game, a group of three Shroobs appears as an optional boss. They are found in the preservation room in Bowser's Castle, which needs a password to be accessed. The password of the cold room is □, □, ○, △, △, △, followed by hitting the switch on the door itself, with signposts that are found in Bowser's Castle hinting at what the password is. Once inside, the Bros. can hit a red switch that causes three of the Shroobs to thaw out. As Mario and Luigi begin to explain their history to Starlow, the three Shroobs wake up and attack the brothers.

They have two attacks that were very similar to the ones they used in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (especially the Guardian Shroobs). For the first, the attacker will flag down a companion, and they will each shoot a laser at Mario and Luigi. The other attack is a simple laser blast, delivered to only one brother. Before executing this attack, the attacker will always pirouette; in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, they would pirouette only before attacking Luigi, and spark before attacking Mario. Here, the brother being targeted is indicated by the spin's direction: a Shroob spins clockwise to attack Mario, and counterclockwise to attack Luigi. In the remake, each of the Shroobs gain the Fury status after losing half their HP, like other bosses, and will fire lasers much faster. These Shroobs have an idle animation in battle where they will taunt Mario and Luigi by making a face and sticking their tongue out at them; this is entirely original to Bowser's Inside Story.

Various other frozen Shroobs are visible in the background of the battle, including broken Shroids, Junior Shrooboids, Shrooba Divers, Commander Shroobs, and even the Elder Princess Shroob; in the remake, a frozen Princess Shroob can now be seen alongside the Elder Princess Shroob. Also, if a player uses the Jump Helmet attack, a single RC Shroober is seen as Mario and Luigi walk back in order to commence the attack.

After defeating them, Mario and Luigi receive all ten Attack Pieces for the Magic Window Special Attack. They also may receive the Shroob Boots, which may lower the attack power of stomped enemies. Starlow then compliments Mario on stopping the invasion as a baby; when he explains that Luigi fought hard as well, Starlow sarcastically remarks that he did so by "ferociously crying", a reference to the baby tears clearing the Shroob mushroom infestation. When she learns that it was indeed Luigi who ultimately trumped the Shroobs, she apologizes to him and calls him "super". Despite being bosses, the Shroobs use the same death animation as normal enemies; this also occurs with Bowser Memory M and Bowser Memory L.

The Shroobs, along with the Elite Goombule and Bowser X, were not in the Prima Guide Enemy Compendium; however, the Shroobs were mentioned in the walkthrough.[2]

Shroob's overworld sprite from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

In addition to reprising their roles in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, multiple Shroobs appear as ranged enemies in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode, where they attack using their ray guns and are weak to Swoops. The Shroobs battle Bowser Jr. in Chilling Magma after he, Kamek, and Morton go into the basement of Bowser's Castle to retrieve Ever Ice. After the Shroobs are defeated, Bowser Jr. is able to collect the Ever Ice. Several Shroobs also appear in later missions such as The Lost Alien, The Power of the Koopalings and The Best Beast, with some under the effects of Malatone Formula:X.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, a photo of a lone Shroob is seen in Kylie Koopa's office in Wakeport.

Although they do not make an actual appearance, the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story sprites for Shroobs can be found in the game's files alongside other leftovers.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, a picture of a Shroob in a saucer can be found in the Mario Bros.' House, and a poster for a Shroob movie can be seen in the Yoshi Theater.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

The Mushroob Reef in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, referencing a Shroob.
The Mushroob Reef in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, resembling a Shroob

In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, the Mushroob Reef resembles a Shroob.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Shroob appears as a Sticker that raises launch power by seven.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Shroobs appear in volumes 35, 36, and 37 of Super Mario-kun. They retain their look from the games, and can speak human language.

List of Shroob forces[edit]

Princess Shroob and some Shroobs
Princess Shroob with some Shroobs.
Shroob leadership
The Elder Princess Shroob in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Princess Shroob (elder) 		The stronger and elder of the twin sisters, who rules over the Shroobs.
Princess Shroob
Princess Shroob (younger) 		The younger of the twin sisters, who leads the Shroobs in her sister's absence.
Commander Shroob Idle.gif
Commander Shroob 		A commander in the Shroob army.
Shrooboids
The Junior Shrooboid's idle animation from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Junior Shrooboid 		A weak green Shroob monster that travels to the present in E. Gadd's time machine.
Shrooboid Brat Idle.gif
Shrooboid Brat 		A gluttonous blue Shroob monster that battles at the Koopaseum in front of a crowd.
The Elder Shrooboid
Elder Shrooboid 		A strong red Shroob monster that attacks the Star Shrine.
Shroob types
A Shrooblet from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Shrooblet 		Small Goomba-like Shroobs.
An animated gif of the Shroobs' idle in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Shroob 		Regular Shroobs that act as the grunts of the army.
Dr. Shroob.gif
Dr. Shroob 		Bespectacled yellow Shroobs encountered at the Vim Factory.
Animated idle of a RC Shroober
RC Shroober 		Blue Shroobs who use remote control devices to attack.
Animated idle of a Shrooba Diver
Shrooba Diver 		Green Shroobs who swim through the sand as if it was water.
Blazing Shroob.gif
Blazing Shroob 		Red Shroobs with flaming heads that use fireballs to attack.
Animated idle of a Guardian Shroob
Guardian Shroob 		White Shroobs that guard the mother ship.
Animated idle of a Shroid
Shroid 		Shroob robots wandering the ruins of Toad Town.
Support Shroob idle animation
Support Shroob 		Shroobs that aid the Commander Shroob in battle with massive Shroob-ombs.
Animated idle of a Shroobsworth and an Intern Shroob ride on its back
Shroobsworth 		Elderly Shroobs that defend Shroob Castle along with Intern Shroobs.
Animated idle of an Intern Shroob
Intern Shroob 		Little Shroobs that piggyback on Shroobsworths and aid them in battle.
Shroob-like creatures
Animated idle of a Spiny Shroopa
Spiny Shroopa 		The Shroob equivalent of Spinies. They are thrown by Lakitufos.
Swiggler
Swiggler 		The Shroob equivalent of a Wiggler that powers Shroob saucers by drinking vim and sending it to the flying saucers.
Sprite of Yoob
Yoob 		The Shroob equivalent of Yoshis, who is gigantic in size and eats normal Yoshis to encase them in eggs.
Sunnycide Idle.gif
Sunnycide 		An egg-like monster that dwells within and guards Yoob from attack.
Shroob-omb
Shroob-omb 		The Shroob equivalent of Bob-ombs, which are massive in size and are carried by Support Shroobs.
Animated idle of a Tashrooba
Tashrooba 		The Shroob equivalent of Tanoombas.
Animated idle of a Shroob Rex
Shroob Rex 		The Shroob equivalent of Rexes.
The Elder Princess Shroob's Chain Chomp
Kyankyan 		The Shroob equivalent of Chain Chomps, used by Elder Princess Shroob during her boss battle.
Allies
Animated idle of a Lakitufo
Lakitufo 		Alien Lakitus that ride flying saucers and drop Spiny Shroopas.
Petey Piranha Ground Idle.gif
Petey Piranha 		A large Piranha Plant kept in the Koopaseum as a monster to entertain the Shroobs.
Animated idle of a Snoozorb
Snoozorb 		Large, sleepy robot guards of Shroob Castle.
Animated idle of a Soul Bubble
Soul Bubble 		Spherical winged enemies that are fought in Shroob Castle.
Ghoul Guy
Ghoul Guy 		Grey Boo Guys fought in Shroob Castle.
Animated idle of a Lethal Bob-omb
Lethal Bob-omb 		Purple Bob-ombs found in the sewers of Shroob Castle.
Controlled
Hammer BroHammer Bro
L33T HAMM3R BROZ. 		Hammer Bros. that have been brainwashed by the Shroobs via the mind-control helmets they wear.

General information[edit]

Language[edit]

The Shroob language is displayed as nonsensical small picture text, with one phrase in particular being repeated throughout the game. The Shroobs' voice clips consist mostly of gibberish sounds. The actual audio for them speaking is usually either a low-pitched and sped up text scrolling sound or a higher-pitched laugh. Some of the Shroobs, such as the ones in the crowd watching the Shrooboid Brat fight, do occasionally show the letters "M" and "L", likely associating them with Mario and Luigi due to the letters on their caps. The Elder Shroob Princess is a notable exception, as she mostly speaks clear English (albeit in all capital letters) during her scenes, while her younger sister only ever speaks the Shroob language. During the game, the language is occasionally shown to players using subtitles in parentheses to clarify; this reveals that the phrase constantly repeated by the Shroobs translates to "Destroy!"

Technology[edit]

  • Shroob saucer - Small flying saucers that carry a single Shroob each.
    • A larger saucer resembling the Shroob Mother Ship is used by the bros. in Shroob Castle.
    • A floating grey saucer-like ship is also located at the top of the Shroob Castle, and is used by the bros. against the Shroob Mother Ship.
  • Shroob missile - An aerial weapon launched from the Shroob Castle.
  • Shroid - Shroob-like robots that are found in Toad Town.
  • Shroob-omb - Large purple Bob-ombs used by the Commander Shroob.
  • Snoozorb - Large, sleepy robots that patrol Shroob Castle.
  • Yellow ray guns that shoot pink energy blasts.
  • Grey Nintendo DS-like devices with a large antenna, used to transmit signals.
  • Special Hammer Bro helmets with an antenna that can be used to mind-control the wearer.
  • Small robotic bombs and miniature Shroob saucers that are controlled remotely by RC Shroobers, using the antennae on their heads.
  • A levitating throne with three large retractable metal limbs and a forcefield, used by Princess Shroob during her boss battle.

Colonies, settlements, and structures[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Title Role Release Date System/Handheld
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Enemy 2005 Nintendo DS
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Cameo as sticker 2008 Wii
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Boss 2009 Nintendo DS
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Cameo 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Cameo 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Boss 2018 Nintendo 3DS
Mario & Luigi: Brothership Cameo 2024 Nintendo Switch

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy
Shroob
An animated gif of the Shroobs' idle in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. HP 15 (28) POW 8 (7) Defense 23 (12)
Experience 3 Coins 2 Speed 16 (17)
Location(s) Hollijolli Village Role Boss Item drop Green Shell – 50%
None – 0%
Level 3 Battled by Anyone
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release).

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Shroob
A sprite of a Shroob. HP 500 (750) POW 168 (420) DEF 94 (141) SPEED 102 (153)
Coins 100 (150) Level 25 Fire Normal Burn? Immune
Role Boss Battled by Mario and Luigi Location(s) Bowser's Castle Dizzy? Immune
Stat down? Normal KO? Immune Experience 300 Item drop Star Candy - 35.0%
Shroob Boots - 15.0%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Shroob
A Shroob in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 500 POW 168 DEF 94 SPEED 102 Experience 300
Fire Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Mario & Luigi Coins 100
Burn Immune Dizzy Immune Stat down 0,5x Speed down 0,5x Item drop None - 0%
Shroob Boots - 100%
Level           22 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
  • Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: Servants of the Shroob Princess who once attacked the Mushroom Kingdom. It seems that the sound of flapping wings makes their weapons malfunction.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Shroob
Shroob Sticker.png
Artwork from: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: Launch Power +7
Usable by: Anyone

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゲドンコ星人[?]
Gedonko-seijin 		Literally "people of Planet Gedonko"
ゲドンコ[?]
Gedonko 		Possibly from「外道」(gedō, fiend) and「ウドンコカビ」(udonko-kabi, a term for a parasitic fungus that leaves white spots on plant leaves)
French (NOA) Champiz[?] From champi, short for champignon ("mushroom")
French (NOE) Xhampi[?] Corruption of champi, short for champignon ("mushroom")
German Shroob[?] -
Italian Shroob[?] -
Korean 게돈코[?]
Gedonko 		From the Japanese name
게돈코성인[?]
Gedonko-seong'in 		Shroob planet people
Russian Хомор[?]
Khomor 		Clipping of "мухомор" (mukhomor, "fly agaric")
Spanish (NOA) Champizoide[?] From champiñón ("mushroom") with suffix -zoide
Spanish (NOE) Shroob[?] -

Gallery[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

  • A reference to the Shroobs was made in the Mario Hoops 3-on-3 website, where one of the player's baller names (determined by a five-question quiz) could be "Shroob Showstopper".
  • The Shroobs may have been directly inspired by the Martians from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, an alien invasion novel where many of the genre's tropes originate from. Both species possess highly advanced technology and left behind their old, dying planet to conquer a defenseless world, whose inhabitants they drain of their life force; the Shroobs siphon vim from Toads while the Martians siphon blood from humans and animals. Both cover their conquered areas with flora from their homeworld, with the Martians planting red weeds and the Shroobs leaving behind purple mushrooms. They both appear to made up of large heads directly attached to their limbs, with no apparent "body". Both are defeated by something harmless in the end; in the Martians' case, bacteria, and in the Shroobs' case, baby tears.
    • Princess Shroob's three-legged throne that she uses in her boss battle resembles the Martians' fighting machines from the novel, being a very tall walking tripod that shoots lasers. Her throne also floats and has a forcefield, similar to the fighting machines in the 1953 film adaptation.

References[edit]

  1. ^ D2RCR (February 8, 2010). Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - The Shroob Logic Error
  2. ^ Prima Guide: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, pages 145 and 146
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Shroobs
Characters Commander Shroob • Elder Princess Shroob • Elder Shrooboid • Junior Shrooboid • Princess Shroob • Shrooboid Brat • Shrowser • Sunnycide
Species Blazing Shroob • Dr. Shroob • Guardian Shroob • Intern Shroob • RC Shroober • Shroid • Shroob • Shrooba Diver • Shroob saucer • Shrooblet • Shroobsworth • Support Shroob
Relatives Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time) • Kyankyan • Shroob mushroom • Shroob Rex • Shroob-omb • Spiny Shroopa • Swiggler • Tashrooba • Yoob
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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi
Non-playable characters Baby Peach • Doctor • Fawful • Gramma Red and Gramma Green • Hollijolli Mayor • Koopa Cruiser crew • Kylie Koopa • Monty Mole • Mr. Thwomp • Princess Peach • Professor E. Gadd • Elvin Gadd (past) • Star Temple gate • Stuffwell • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Toad • Toads • Toadbert • Toadiko • Toadsworth • Toadsworth the Younger • Yoob • Yoshi • Yoshis
Bosses Baby Bowser • Bowser • Commander Shroob • Elder Princess Shroob • Elder Shrooboid • Hammer Bros. • Junior Shrooboid • Kamek • Mrs. Thwomp • Petey Piranha • Princess Shroob • Shroob • Shrooboid Brat • Shrowser • Sunnycide • Swiggler
Locations Baby Bowser's Castle • Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge • Gramma's Place • Gritzy Caves • Gritzy Desert • Hollijolli Village • Koopaseum • Monty Mart • Peach's Castle • Peach's Castle Dungeon • Princess Peach's room • Shroob Castle • Shroob Mother Ship • Shroob planet • Shroom Shop • Star Hill • Star Shrine • Thwomp Caverns • Thwomp Volcano • Toad Town • Toadwood Forest • Vim Factory • Yoob's Belly • Yoshi's Island
Enemies Blazing Shroob • Bob-omb • Boo • Boo Guy • Boom Guy • Bully • Coconutter • Dark Boo • Dr. Shroob • Dry Bones • Elasto-Piranha • Elite Boom Guy • Fly Guy • Ghoul Guy • Gnarantula • Gold Koopeleon • Goomba • Goombette • Guardian Shroob • Handfake • Intern Shroob • Koopeleon • Lakitufo • Lethal Bob-omb • Love Bubble • Pidgit • Piranha Planet • Pokey • RC Shroober • Red Coconutter • Shroid • Shrooba Diver • Shrooblet • Shroob-omb • Shroob Rex • Shroobsworth • Skellokey • Snifaro • Snoozorb • Soul Bubble • Spiny Shroopa • Support Shroob • Tanoomba • Tashrooba • Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack
Items Consumables 1-Up Mushroom • 1-Up Super • 10 Coin • 100 Coin • 20 Coin • Bean • Coin • Blue Pepper • Five Coin • Green Pepper • Max Mushroom • Mushroom • Mushroom Drop • Red Pepper • Refreshing Herb • Super Mushroom • Super Drop • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Drop
Blocks 4-Bros. Random Block • Adult Shine Block • Aurora Block • Command Block • Control Block • Empty Block • L Block • Laser Block • M Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simultaneous Block • Small Shine Block • Warp Block
Bros. Items Bros. Flower • Cannonballer • Copy Flower • Green Shell • Ice Flower • Mix Flower • Pocket Chomp • Red Shell • Smash Egg • Trampoline
Other 2-Person Panel • 4-Person Panel • Cobalt Star • Chomp Rock • DS time radar • Fireball • Hydrogush 4000 • Iceball • Koopa Cannon • Koopa Clown Car • Koopa Cruiser • Kyankyan • Pipe • Prof. E. Gadd's time machine • Shroob missile • Shroob mushroom • Shroob saucer • Spike Ball • Time hole • Toadbert's Drawing • Treasure Chest Block • Whirlwind
Stats Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Speed • Stache
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Level up • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Trip
Moves Baby Cakes • Baby Drill • Baby Pump • Baby Spin • Baby Toss • Bros. Ball • Counterattack • Flee • Hammer • Jump • Piggyback Jump • Spin Jump
Other Beanhole locations • Bestiary • Block locations • Gallery • Gear • Glitches • Level up progressions • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time clock • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Shops • Staff • Story summaries
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
Characters (Bowser's Inside Story) Protagonists Bowser • Luigi • Mario
Antagonists Dark Star (Dark Bowser) • Fawful • Midbus
Supporting characters Broggy • Broque Madame • Broque Monsieur • Chakron • Corporal Paraplonk • Dr. Toadley • Dr. Toadley's intern • Fawful • Giant Sockop • Guardian • Hide-and-seek Toad • Jerry • Kamek • Koopa Paratroopa Trio • Kuribo • Kuzzle • Monty Bros. • PR Toad • Princess Lipid • Princess Peach • Private Goomp • Sergeant Guy • Starlow • Toadbert • Toadsworth • Yikk
Species Bee • Blitty • Bob-omb • Brock • Emoglobin • Evoglobin • Goomba • Magikoopa • Malodorous Fibbian# • Nutsoglobin • Shy Guy • Totemglobin • Toad • Virus
Characters (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) Protagonists# Bowser Jr. • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa
Antagonists# Best Fitness Friends (Beef · Dieter · Kaley)
Supporting characters# Dry Bowser
Special Attacks Bowser Bob-omb Blitz • Broggy Bonker • Goomba Storm • Koopa Corps • Magikoopa Mob • Shy Guy Squad
Mario and Luigi Falling Star • Fire Flower • Green Shell • Jump Helmet • Magic Window • Mighty Meteor • Snack Basket • Spin Pipe • Super Bouncer • Yoo Who Cannon
Bosses Giant bosses Bowser's Castle • Fawful Express • Fawful Mountain • Super Peach's Castle of Fury • Tower of Yikk
Bosses Alpha and Beta Kretin • Biffidus • Blizzard Midbus • Bowser • Bowser Memory M and Bowser Memory L • Chakron • Dark Bowser • Dark Fawful • Dark Satellmite • Dark Star • Dark Star Core • Durmite • Junker • Junker Can • Leaf Guy • Midbus • Scutlet • Sea Pipe Statue • Shroob • Snawful • Vacuum Helmet • Wiggler • Wisdurm
X bosses Alpha and Beta Kretin X • Biffidus X • Bowser X • Bowser Memory MLX • Dark Satellmite X • Dark Star X • Durmite X • Junker X • Junker Can X • Wisdurm X
Bowser Jr.'s Journey# Beef • Kaley • Dieter • King Bob-Omb • Best Fitness Friends
Locations Mushroom Kingdom Badge Shop • Blubble Lake • Bowser Path • Bowser's Castle • Broggy's Shop • Broque Monsieur's Shop • Bumpsy Plains • Cavi Cape • Conference Hall • Dimble Wood • Fawful Theater • Gear Shop • Peach's Castle • Peach's Castle Garden • Princess Peach's room • Plack Beach • Project K • Star Shop • Tea Kiosk • Toad Town • Toad Town Caves • Toad Town Mall • Toadles Boutique • Toadley Clinic • Tower of Yikk • Treasure Chamber • Tunnel
Bowser's body Airway • Arm Center • Challenge Node • Chest Station • Cholesteroad • Energy Hold • Flab Zone • Flame Pipe • Funny Bone • Gut Check • Joint Tower • Leg Outpost • Lumbar Nook • Memory Banks • Nerve Cluster • Nose Deck • Pipe Yard • Pump Works • Rump Command • The Gauntlet • Toad Square • Trash Pit
Enemies Mushroom Kingdom Alarm Bob-omb • Beehoss • Borp • Broggy • Broque Monsieur • Chain Chawful • Choomba • Chuboomba • Coalbit • Crawful • Dark Fawful Bomb • Dark Fawful Guy • Dark Mechawful • Dark Mechawful.5 • Dark Trashure • Drillbit Crab • Fawflant • Fawflopper • Fawfulcopter • Fawful Guy • Flifit • Flying Snifit • Glam Lakitu • Jailgoon • Lakitu King • Magifoofa • Mawful Mole • Mechawful • Metal Mawful Mole • Naplock • Nooz • Pendril • Scutlet • Sneed • Sniffle Thwomp • Sockop • Toothy • Trashure • Treevil
Bowser's body Airnapse • Air Cannon • Air Cheep • Bone Thwomp • Bubble Blooper • Calorite • Cholesteron • Dried Blooper • Elite Goombule • Goombule • Napse • Pep • Piranha Plorp • Protobatter • Pwallop • Spike Blop • Stonk • Tenderling
Bowser Jr.'s Journey# Alarm Bob-omb • Bandit • Beehoss • Big Boo • Big Tail Goomba • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Borp • Broozer • Broque Madame • Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Captain Boo • Captain Goomba • Captain Koopa Troopa • Captain Shy Guy • Chain Chomp • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Choomba • Chuboomba • Crawful • Drillbit Crab • Dry Bones • Elite Captain Quartet • Fawflant • Fawful Guy • Fawfulcopter • Fire Bro • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant • Fly Guy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Ice Bro • King Bob-omb • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Paratroopa Trio • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu King • Magifoofa • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Nabbit • Ninji • Oho Jee • Para-Beetle • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Paragoomba • Pendril • Pokey • Red Magikoopa • Scutlet • Shroob • Shy Guy • Sockop • Spear Guy • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Swoop • Tail Boo • Toothy • Treevil • Urchin • White Magikoopa
Items Consumables 1-Up Deluxe • 1-Up Mushroom • Boo Biscuit# • Cheese# • Cheesy Drumstick# • Defense Bean# • Fiery Drumstick • Flex Bean# • Heart Bean • Hot Drumstick • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Syrup Jar • Miracle Cheese# • Mushroom • Nut • Power Bean • Refreshing Herb • Refreshroom • Retry Clock* • Special Bean • Speed Bean# • Star Candy • Super Cheese# • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Supersyrup Jar • Syrup Jar • TNT Drumstick • Ultra Cheese# • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultrasyrup Jar
Key items Attack Piece • Banzai Bill • Birdley • Blitty • Blue Key • Green Key • Hammers • Miracle Cure • Mushroom Ball • Puzzle Sack • Red Key • Star Cure • Star Panel • Stingler • Vacuum Block • Vacuum Shroom
Blocks 99 Block • Attack Piece Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Save Block • Shell block • Shop Block
Other 10 Coin • 50-Coin • Blorbs • Boo-ray Machine • Cake • Chakroad • Chombone • Donut • Ever Ice# • Five Coin • Giga-carrot • Launch Fit • Liftoglobin • Malatone Formula:X# • Meat • Mushroom Tea • Negative Ions • Nubbin • Omega-onion# • Poison Mushroom# • RenewaLeaf# • Scratch Card/Bonus Card • Seesaw Fit • Skeletone Formula:D# • Squid Fit • Vegetable • Whirlwind
Stats Bros. Point • Brawl Point • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Rank • Speed • Spirit# • Stache/Horn
Status Burn • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury • Invisible# • KO • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Sick • Trip
Moves Balloon Mario • Body Slam • Counterattack • Drill Bros. • Emergency Guard# • Finishing Move# • Fire Breath • Fire Mario • Flee • Hammer • Jump • Mini-Mario • Pump Mario • Punch • Shell defense • Shell Mario • Sliding haymaker • Spike Ball • Spin Jump
Other Beanhole locations (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Bestiary (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Block locations (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Bros. Badge • First officer# • Gallery (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Gear (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Glitches (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Shops (Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Sound test# • Special Skill# • Staff (Bowser Jr's Journey) • Star menu • Story summaries
* Exclusive to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
# Exclusive to Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
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