Swiggler

Not to be confused with Squiggler.

Template:Pitenemy Swiggler is a large, Shroob-created, bio-mechanical Wiggler that is vital to the Shroob's conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. Swiggler has the unique ability to transform the vim sucked from Toads into a fuel source for the Shroob's flying saucers. The giant Wiggler resides in a special room in the Vim Factory. In his lair, Swiggler will drink vim and use special chemicals inside its body, transforming the vim into fuel. Shroob UFOs will then attach themselves to Swiggler with special conducts, powering up the flying saucers.

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Mario, Luigi, and their younger selves battling Swiggler.

During the events of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi confront the massive Swiggler inside the Vim Factory after Baby Mario hits his Glass of Vim with his Hammer. In battle, Swiggler can use vim to call Shroob Ufo's to kill the Bros. with bombs wich can be knocked to the Swiggler by hammering .

Attacking Swiggler proves to be relatively useless, as the monster has extremely high defense and will always counterattack by calling Lakitufos to aid him. Instead, the player must knock the bombs from the UFO's to the Swiggler with hammering.

During the fight, Swiggler is aided by two Dr. Shroob guards. If one is destroyed, another Dr. Shroob will appear to take its place. The Dr. Shroobs behave exactly as they always had prior to the quartet's encounter with Swiggler: they will use red and gray Shroob mushrooms to grow and shrink, respectively, attacking once they assume the new form. These Dr. Shroobs prevent Swiggler from it's demise. This is because, by attacking them, the heroes knock the Super Mushroom in it glass, the Swiggler will heal himself with 300 HP.If the gray one is knocked in , he will heal by 180.

After the long battle, the Mario Bros. counterparts emerge victorious. The vim-transforming monster is destroyed, and a Cobalt Star shard is discovered. However, the victory ends as a partial loss. In the end, Baby Bowser arrives and steals the Cobalt Shard, also the one the heroes got at Baby Bowser's Castle. He escaped in his Koopa Clown Car to Yoshi's Island.

Trivia

• Swiggler's name is a portmanteau of the word "Wiggler" and the word "swig," a small sip.
• During the battle, the four Mario Bros. will be awarded Experience Points and Coins for every Dr. Shroob that is defeated, meaning the player can delay the end of the fight to boost their coffers and maximize their EXP.
• Even though the Swiggler is a source of the Shroom UFOs' power, they continue to run even after he is defeated, meaning that he might be only one of the sources for energy.

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