Skedaddler

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Skedaddler
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

Skedaddlers are enemies appearing in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are mammalian creatures resembling ground squirrels, covered in mainly orange and white fur, and sporting a black shell on their back. Their name comes from "skedaddle", a slang term meaning "to run away". Skedaddlers are introduced in the eponymous level Scram, Skedaddlers! of Pipe-Rock Plateau, the first world of the game.

Skedaddlers' attack method is to spit seed-like projectiles at the player, which fly horizontally until they hit something. These projectiles can interact with other objects, such as breaking Peanut Blocks. Skedaddlers stand in place until approached (either by a player or by an incoming Koopa Shell), at which point they flee to the opposite direction, running until they meet a wall or dead end, hence their name. If they get sufficiently away from the player, they stop and start shooting again. Some Skedaddlers also hold items over their heads or have coins trailing behind them. In Scram, Skedaddlers!, one holds the level's Wonder Flower over its head, while another holds a Wonder Seed.

A character in Elephant form can use their trunk to hit a Skedaddler's projectiles, which will cause it to spit faster and darker projectiles. After hitting five in a row, coins will fall from above, and the Skedaddler will reset to its usual projectiles.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ズラカル Zurakaru	Katakana spelling of「ずらかる」(to flee)
Chinese (simplified)	逃跑卡尔[?] Táopǎo Kǎěr	"Run away" + a transliteration of「カル」
Chinese (traditional)	逃跑卡爾 Táopǎo Kǎěr	"Run away" + a transliteration of「カル」
French	Carapatte[?]	Portmanteau of "carapace" (shell) and "patte" (paw); also a pun on "carapater" (to run away)
Italian	Smammolo[?]	Portmanteau of "smammare" (to vamoose) and "scoiattolo" (squirrel)
Korean	줄행랑쥐 Julhaengrangjwi	Portmanteau of "줄행랑치다" (julhaengrang-chida, to flee) and "다람쥐" (daramjwi, chipmunk/squirrel)
Portuguese	Atirifoge	Contraction of the phrase "atira e foge" (shoots and runs)
Russian	Гнуслик[?] Gnuslik	Combination of "cуслик" (suslik, gopher) and "гнусный" (gnusnyy, abominable)
Spanish	Correveitire	Portmanteau of "correveidile" (meaning "tattler"; literally meaning "run, go and tell him/her), "correr" (to run), and "tire", one of the conjugations of the verb "tirar" (to shoot)