Belome

Belome
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)

“C-can't s-stand it! The hunger-the HUNGER!”

—Belome, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Belome is a dog-like monster that is perpetually hungry and a minor boss featured in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. He is encountered by Mario and Mallow in Kero Sewers and by the whole party in Land's End. During the first battle, the monster will eat Mallow after a few turns. Mario can rescue Mallow by attacking Belome continuously, although Belome may still eat him subsequent times. If Mario falls while Mallow is in Belome's stomach, the game will end. Besides eating Mallow, Belome attacks by licking his opponents and casting S'crow Funk.

In the rematch, Belome trades the S'crow Funk attack for more sleeping spells, including Light Beam and Aurora Flash. He also not only eats party members, but also creates clones of them. If Mallow uses Psychopath on the clones, their thoughts reflect the actual characters' thoughts, with the exception of Mario, whose "....." is a reference to his role as a silent protagonist in the game. In the English version, all the clones are known as "X Clone", with X as the character's name, except for Toadstool's "Toadstool 2" clone, to stay under the character limit.

History

Before entering Kero Sewers, Mallow advises Mario that his grandfather told him to "watch out for Belome", although Mallow does not appear to know what Belome is beyond his name.

Belome battling Mario and Mallow in Kero Sewers

After exploring the sewers, Mario and Mallow enter a large, mostly empty room with Belome standing in the center. Mallow panics upon realizing the monster before them is Belome, who then attacks them. After battling and defeating him, he tells the heroes the cryptic message: "If you defeat me, you still won't beat me. Beware the flood!" and warps away. When he leaves, the switch he stands on is released, causing the floodgate to open, with the water sweeping Mario and Mallow into Midas River.

Later in the game Mario and his allies travel to Land's End, where they discover Belome Temple and find Belome in it. Mario's party again battles Belome and defeat him. After this battle, Belome declares he is starving and disappears for the rest of the game. However, if Mario and his party travel back to Belome Temple, they will discover a golden Belome statue guarding a room full of treasure. If Mario presents the statue the key from Monstro Town, the golden effigy will eat the key and disappear, allowing him to claim the treasure for himself.

Profiles and statistics

The taste of Mario's party (According to Belome)

• "Ack! Sour!" (Mario)
• "YES! THIS is YUMMY~" (Mallow)
• "Bitter, but not bad..." (Geno)
• "Yuck! How repulsive!" (Bowser)
• "Mmm, tastes peachy..." (Toadstool) (A reference to her Japanese name, Peach.)

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Belome
	HP	500	FP	30	Speed	4
	Location(s)	Kero Sewers	Attack	30	Magic attack	15
	Role	Boss	Defense	25	Magic defense	20
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	10%	Spells	None
	Weak	Thunder	Strong	Sleep, Critical	Sp. attacks	S'crow Funk, Sleep-Sauce
	Coins	40	Exp. points	30	Items	None
Psychopath	"I just...wanna sleep."

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Belome (Temple)
	HP	1200	FP	250	Speed	4
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	120	Magic attack	20
	Role	Boss	Defense	80	Magic defense	40
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	25%	Spells	Aurora Flash, Light Beam, Lulla-Bye
	Weak	None	Strong	Sleep, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	20	Exp. points	80	Items	None
Psychopath	"Gotta yummy in my tummy!"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Mario Clone
	HP	200	FP	25	Speed	20
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	100	Magic attack	33
	Role	Support	Defense	90	Magic defense	50
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	Jump, Fire, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	10	Items	None
Psychopath	"......"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Mallow Clone
	HP	150	FP	80	Speed	14
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	80	Magic attack	70
	Role	Support	Defense	65	Magic defense	80
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Static E!, Electroshock, Bolt
	Weak	None	Strong	Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	60	Items	None
Psychopath	"Ma? Pa? Where are ya?"

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Geno Clone
	HP	250	FP	40	Speed	30
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	120	Magic attack	60
	Role	Support	Defense	80	Magic defense	30
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Flame Stone
	Weak	Fire	Strong	Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	40	Items	None
Psychopath	"Star Pieces...Star..."

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Bowser Clone
	HP	300	FP	1	Speed	12
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	130	Magic attack	12
	Role	Support	Defense	100	Magic defense	0
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	Ice	Strong	Jump, Fire, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Spike Shot
	Coins	0	Exp. points	100	Items	None
Psychopath	"Grr...my castle..."

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Toadstool 2
	HP	120	FP	80	Speed	20
	Location(s)	Belome Temple	Attack	90	Magic attack	62
	Role	Support	Defense	60	Magic defense	70
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Recover, Mega Recover
	Weak	None	Strong	Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	0	Exp. points	1	Items	None
Psychopath	"It's tough to be pretty!"

Gallery

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  Artwork from the Nintendo Switch remake

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  Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

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  Artwork of Venom and Belome by Kazuyuki Kurashima

Names in other languages

Belome

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ベロ～ム[?] Bero~mu	From「ベロ」(bero, a colloquialism for "tongue") and possibly a corruption of「呑む」(nomu, to swallow), with a nonstandard wave dash like in the character's dialog (not reflected in translation); rendered "Berom" in the Shogakukan guide
Spanish	Canvoraz[?]	From "can" (dog) and "voraz" (greedy)

Clones

Mario Clone

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせマリオ[?] Nise Mario	Fake Mario; similar to another subject
	コピーマリオ Kopī Mario	Copy Mario

Mallow Clone

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせマロ[?] Nise Maro	Fake Mallow
	コピーマロ Kopī Maro	Copy Mallow

Geno Clone

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせジーノ[?] Nise Jīno	Fake Geno
	コピージーノ Kopī Jīno	Copy Geno

Bowser Clone

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせクッパ[?] Nise Kuppa	Fake Bowser; shared with another subject
	コピークッパ Kopī Kuppa	Copy Bowser

Toadstool 2

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	にせピーチ[?] Nise Pīchi	Fake Peach
	コピーピーチ Kopī Pīchi	Copy Peach