Volbonan

Volbonan
First appearance	Super Mario Odyssey (2017)

“Welcome! Head to Peronza Plaza for our Cooking Carnival! We prepared our Stupendous Stew for the fest. Thanks to our volcano, it’s never turned out better!”

—Volbonan, Super Mario Odyssey

Volbonans are fork-like creatures with eyes from Super Mario Odyssey. These creatures reside in the Luncheon Kingdom, and their culture revolves around food and cooking. They appear in different bright colors, wearing chef hats and neckerchiefs, and their tines can function as both arms and legs. The Volbonans are experts at cooking Stupendous Stew, which Bowser steals from them to serve at his upcoming wedding to Princess Peach. They are menaced by a giant bird named Cookatiel, who takes over making the stew from them.

Some hatless Volbonans can be found stuck to walls. Mario can capture them with Cappy and use them to shoot himself in the direction the player aims with the left analog stick, flicking him across gaps or up sheer walls, very similarly to Poles. Some sequences in the game involve flinging Mario from one captured Volbonan to another. Strangely, these Volbonans are usually more restricted in their movements than Poles, being unable to move horizontally, but this does not apply to those in the Metro Kingdom, which can rotate a full 360 degrees just like Poles.

At the game's finale, in the Moon Kingdom, a few Volbonans can be found in attendance of the wedding between Bowser and Princess Peach. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully. After beating the game, they can be found at the entrance of the Moon Kingdom near the Odyssey, and in the start of Darker Side.

Like many of the supporting characters, Volbonans will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless of whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not.

Gallery

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  Pink and green Volbonans

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  Mario with a green Volbonan

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  A tall yellow+green Volbonan

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  A tall pink+orange Volbonan

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  A tall cyan+turquoise Volbonan

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  A tall scarlet+yellow Volbonan

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  A tall purple+magenta Volbonan

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  A short yellow+green Volbonan in the Seaside Kingdom

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  A short pink+orange Volbonan in the Sand Kingdom

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  A short cyan+turquoise Volbonan

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  A short purple+magenta Volbonan

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  A short scarlet+yellow Volbonan

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  A captured Volbonan functioning as a Volbonan Pole

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  Volbonans employed at Crazy Cap shop.

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  A group artwork for the party in order to welcome the candidate staff of 1-UP Studio in 2019.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Dutch	Vorkaniër[?]	From "Vorkaanland" (the Dutch name of "Mount Volbono") and "-er" (Dutch suffix used for denoting male residents of a place)
French	Frouchotte[?]	From "fourchette" (fork) with "-otte" (feminine form of diminutive "-ot")
German	Schlemmerling[?]	Diminutive of "Schlemmer" (a slang term for "gourmet" or "glutton")
Italian	Vulcanbonese[?]	From "(Monte) Vulcanbon" (the Italian name of "Mount Volbono") and "-ese" (Italian adjective suffix that relates to people)
Korean	볼보노인[?] Bolbono'in	From the Japanese name
Russian	Волбонец[?] Volbonets	From "Волбоно" (Volbono) and "-ец" (-ets, Russian nominal suffix used for designating persons)
Spanish	Delisubiano[?]	From "(Monte) Delisubio" (the Spanish name of "Mount Volbono") and "-ano" (Spanish suffix used for forming adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun)