Hooski

Hooski
Two types of Hooski
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
Variant of	Hoohooligan
Variants Hooraw
Notable members Big Massif Lil' Massif Heavy Zest Hoola Hoolo Sorrow Fist Thunder Sass Beef Cloud

Hooskis are characters that first appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They appear as brown variants of Hoohooligan from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and bear a strong resemblance to Haniwa, clay figures buried with the dead during Japan's Edo period. Their name is a portmanteau of "Hoo", an onomatopoeia for laughter, and "-ski", which is a Slavic suffix; it is also a pun on the term "Ruski", slang for a Russian individual. Hooskis tend to sprinkle the word "hoo" throughout their sentences. Dialogue indicates they are normally mountain-dwellers.

A pair of Hooskis in Wakeport, Big Massif and Lil' Massif, teach Mario and Luigi various techniques for use in the field, such as the Spin Jump and Side Drill. Big Massif and his apprentices also serve as bosses in Dreamy Wakeport. Another Hooski, Hoolo, is the subject of a trading quest in Wakeport; Mario and Luigi must trade items with the inhabitants of Wakeport in order to acquire an appropriate proposal gift for him so he can propose to his girlfriend, Hoola.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ハニーワァ族[?] Hanīwā Zoku	Corruption of「埴輪」(haniwa) +「族」(zoku, tribe)
German	Terratone[?]	From "terra" (Latin word meaning "earth") and "tone"
Italian	Urigan[?]	-
Korean	토용족[?] Toyong Jok	Possibly from「土竜」(mogura, Japanese word meaning "mole"), referring to their round shape. It can be read as "토용" (toyong) in Korean, and "족" (jok, tribe)
Russian	Ухихинец[?] Ukhikhinets	From "хи-хи" (khi-khi, onomatopoeia for laughing)
Spanish (NOA)	Juajuaense[?]	From "juajuá" (hoohoo in Spanish) with the demonym suffix "-ense"
Spanish (NOE)	Terracota[?]	From "terracotta"