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Topmaniac
Topmaniac
Artwork of Topmaniac
Species Topman
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

Topmaniac is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy. He is simply a larger Topman. Most Topmen have spikes on their tops, but Topmaniac has ten yellow blades around his edge and a flat red top. He has two robotic-looking yellow eyes on his front along with a couple green arrows pointing in the direction of his rotation. Topmaniac is fought up to four times when Prankster Comets are taken into account: twice in the Battlerock Galaxy and twice in the Dreadnought Galaxy, making him the most fought boss in the game. His name is a combination of "Topman," which is his species, and "maniac," possibly referring to his buzz saw and aggressive behavior. Topmaniac shares the same boss music as King Kaliente and Bugaboom.

Battle[edit]

Battlerock Galaxy[edit]

Mario in a boss fight against Topmaniac in Super Mario Galaxy.
Topmaniac and two Spiky Topmen battling Mario

Topmaniac is fought for the first time in the Battlerock Galaxy, in the level Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe at the very end on the Topman Planet. In this battle, Mario must hit Topmaniac three times, each time getting harder, to finally knock him out and win the battle. The location of the battle is an arena with electric barriers on the side for Mario to hit if he gets blasted off to the side. At the beginning of the battle, Topmaniac falls from the sky with three Topminis and tries to either hit Mario with his spikes or get the Topminis to ram him into a wall.

To hit Topmaniac, Mario must jump on top of him, which forces him to retract his spikes and spin closer to the walls. Mario must then spin into him, knocking him into the wall, damaging him in the process. Mario must do this three times to win. However, if Mario defeats the enemies Topmaniac summons, Topmaniac will go for Mario instead of just spinning around randomly. On the third time, instead of Topminis, Topmaniac uses Spiky Topmen, who also attack Mario. After Topmaniac is defeated, he releases his Power Star and the level is completed.

Topmaniac is fought again in this galaxy when a Daredevil Comet comes, which forces Mario to defeat it with only one point of health.

Dreadnought Galaxy[edit]

Topman
Topmaniac's second fight

In the Dreadnought Galaxy, Topmaniac is battled again. This time, the level is called Revenge of the Topman Tribe, and Topmaniac is fought in a different location. In this location, there are, once again, electric barriers, but this time, they are moving. In battle, Topmaniac must be hit three times once again, and he has the same basic strategy as the time before with one minor difference: In this battle, Topmaniac begins with two Spiky Topmen instead of Topminis as before.

Once again, Topmaniac is battled when a Prankster Comet arrives. However, this time, the comet is the Speedy Comet, which forces Mario to defeat him within six minutes.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Topmaniac
Topmaniac
Dome Fountain
Garden
Galaxy Battlerock Galaxy
Dreadnought Galaxy
Mission Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe
Topmaniac's Daredevil Run
Revenge of the Topman Tribe
Topman Tribe Speed Run
Reward Power StarDaredevil CometPower StarSpeedy Comet

Super Mario Galaxy trading card[edit]

Image Name Description

TopmaniacTradingCard.png Topmaniac The leader of the Topmen Tribe, Topmaniac is king of Battlerock Galaxy. This boss resembles a large, red spinning top with spikes on its side that it tries spinning into Mario. To beat him, Mario must jump on top of him, which causes his spikes to retract. Spin Topmaniac into the electrical barriers and win the Power Star!

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy ObjectData/BossBegoman.arc BossBegoman Boss Topman
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl ボスベーゴマン (Bosu Bēgoman) Boss Topman

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ベーゴマンキング[?]
Bēgoman Kingu
Topman King
French (NOA) Toupimaniaque[?] Topmaniac
French (NOE) Begoman[?] Topman
German Begomankönig[?] Topmen King
Italian Roboboss[?] Topman-boss
Robopunta Regina[1] Topman Queen
Korean 팽이킹[?]
Paeng-i King
Topman King
Spanish Rey Trompo[?] Top King

Trivia[edit]

  • During production of Super Mario Galaxy, Topmaniac was seemingly originally going to be fought in the Melty Molten Galaxy, which had several elements from the Dreadnought Galaxy. Here, he was actually gray with light gray stripes, instead of blue arrows. His head was rounded at the top like a normal Topman (instead of the big red light), and his head would rise up like one too.

References[edit]

  1. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 128.