Ant Trooper

Ant Trooper
First appearance	Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Variants Big Ant Trooper Horned Ant Trooper

Ant Troopers are ant enemies debuting in Super Mario 3D World. They are indigo-colored and have a pair of antennae, a striped body, yellow eyes, and red feet.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Ant Troopers in Ant Trooper Hill

Ant Troopers make their first appearance in Super Mario 3D World, and they reappear in its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They appear uncommonly throughout the game, and are introduced in World 4-1, Ant Trooper Hill. They attack by marching, sometimes emerging from holes or pipes, and keep walking on walls. They cannot be defeated by jumping, but are vulnerable to Ground Pounds, Cat Mario's, Tanooki Mario's and Rosalina's attacks, and projectiles as well. Ant Troopers sometimes carry items on their backs, mainly coins and power-ups.

Big Ant Troopers are an Ant Trooper subspecies. As their name implies, they are larger than common Ant Troopers, and are also rarer. They cannot be defeated by any attack.

Horned Ant Troopers are Ant Troopers wearing an orange helmet with a spike over their body. The helmets prevent their heads from being stomped, making them very similar to Spike Tops, but only if the helmet is facing upward; if they are walking along a vertical surface, they become safe to jump on.

Super Mario Maker 2

Ant Troopers appear as course elements in Super Mario Maker 2 in the Super Mario 3D World level style. Big Ant Troopers and Horned Ant Troopers return as well. When given wings, an Ant Trooper flies in a horizontal line, switching directions when it hits a wall. When given a parachute, an Ant Trooper glides to the ground while flailing its feet. Ant Troopers can be defeated with a Super Star or Builder Mario's hammer. They may also walk on Builder Mario's crates.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Ant Troopers return in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, behaving like they do in Super Mario 3D World. While interacting with them using the pointer or touch screen, they do not stop like regular enemies. If pointed at for enough time, they reward the player with one coin.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Ant Troopers appear alongside Horned Ant Troopers in battle in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon and in Neo Bowser Castle during the Final Smash mission. If Horned Ant Troopers take enough damage, they lose their spike helmets, turning them into normal Ant Troopers (despite still being named as Horned Ant Troopers) and lowering their defense. While in this state, they attack the Mario Bros. by dashing into them instead.

Mario Tennis Aces

In Mario Tennis Aces, Ant Troopers appear as spectators in Bask Ruins.

Dr. Mario World

Ant Troopers appear in Dr. Mario World as obtainable assistants. When equipped in stage mode, the doctor's skill gauge will further increase by a percentage if four or more viruses are simultaneously eliminated. For example, with a level 3 Ant Trooper (fills skill by 50% more), if a row of four viruses is eliminated with one half-capsule, there will be five objects (four viruses + one half-capsule) eliminated but the skill gauge will fill by 7.5 points: 5 points from the match and 2.5 extra points (50% of 5 points) through this assistant. In versus mode, they grant doctors a chance to cancel an opponent's doctor's skill that targets the user, such as 8-bit Dr. Mario's half-capsule lock effect. They are a clear reward bonus for completing the first area of World 12 and appear in the same world's background once an area has been cleared.

Profiles and statistics

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy
Horned Ant Trooper (no helmet)
	HP	88	POW	132 (114)	Defense	135 (130)	Speed	91
	Role	Common	Type	Normal	Weakness	None	Location(s)	Twinsy Tropics Dungeon, Final Smash
	Level	22	Experience	46 (41)	Coins	20	Item drop	Ultra Nut - 3% 1-Up DX - 2%
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode.

Dr. Mario World

• Stage mode: "Fills skill meter 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% more when four or more viruses are eliminated at the same time."
• Versus mode: "If targeted by opponent's skill, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance of canceling skill effects."

Gallery

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  Super Mario 3D World (stamp)

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  Illustration containing concept artwork of key art for Super Mario Maker 2

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  LEGO Super Mario

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  LEGO Super Mario

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  Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (stamp)

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario 3D World Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	Crawler	Crawler	-

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	アリへい[?] Arihei	Ant Soldier
Chinese (simplified)	蚂蚁兵[?] Mǎyǐ Bīng	Ant Soldier
Chinese (traditional)	螞蟻兵 Mǎyǐ Bīng	Ant Soldier
Dutch	Ant Trooper[?]	-
German	Trupp-Krabbel[?]	Crawling Trooper
Italian	Formico[?]	Masculine adaption of "formica" (ant)
Korean	개미병[?] Gaemi Byeong	Ant Soldier
Portuguese (NOA)	Forminimiga[?]	From "formiga" (ant) and "inimiga" (enemy)
Portuguese (NOE)	Formilitar[?]	From "formiga" (ant) and "militar" (military)
Russian	Муравей-пехотинец[?] Muravey-pekhotinets	Ant Trooper
Spanish	Hormigoide[?]	From "hormiga" (ant) and the suffix "-oide" (-oid)