Big Blooper (Super Paper Mario)
| Big Blooper | |
|---|---|
 Sprite from Super Paper Mario | |
| Species | Big Blooper |
| First appearance | Super Paper Mario (2007) |
- “Bloobloobloobloop! (Hey, land freaks! How'd you like a tentacle sandwich?!)”
- —Big Blooper, Super Paper Mario
Big Blooper is a boss who fights the protagonists in Super Paper Mario during Chapter 3-2. Its theme is an arrangement of the underwater music from Super Mario Bros. 3.
This gigantic Blooper blocks the way through the Tile Pool and prevents Mario, Princess Peach and Bowser, from moving on to Fort Francis. There are a few options for offense against it. The player may jump on the tentacles when they are sticking up out of the water. The player may also use Thudley to ground-pound the tentacles or use Bowser's Fire Breath to singe them. The fiery-breath may be the safer choice, as the player will lose Heart Points if they miss when ground pounding, but it takes longer. Slamming or burning the blue tentacles makes the more-sensitive red tentacles bob upward with more frequency. If Mario goes into 3D and tries to leave, the Big Blooper's tentacles will block the way.
Defeating Big Blooper does not earn the player any points, and the giant squid is not killed by the encounter. If the player enters the area where the Blooper's tentacles come out of the floor and ceiling, Big Blooper can be tattled using Tippi or Tiptron.
Profiles and statistics
Super Paper Mario
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Big Blooper | |||||||||
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Max HP | ?? (3 hits) | Role | Boss | Location(s) | The Tile Pool (3-2) | |||
| Attack | 2 | Card type | Uncommon | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Map 20 | |||||
| Score | 0 | ||||||||
| Card description | It's a giant, ten-tentacled squid! That's right...ten. How'd it get so big? Must be something in the water. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 183 184 185 |
Tattle | That's Big Blooper, a titanic squid that lurks under the waves of the Tile Pool... Max HP is ??. Attack is 2. This many-tentacled sea beast clobbers its prey... But that red tentacle is its weak spot... Try attacking it... | |||||||
Gallery
Bowser fighting Big Blooper.
Big Blooper's weak spot (the red tentacle) seen on the far right.
Peach, Tippi and the cut Pixl battling the Big Blooper in a pre-release screenshot.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ダイオーゲッソー[?] Daiō Gessō |
Great King Blooper; possibly a reference to「大王イカ」(daiō ika, giant squid) | |
| French | Méga Bloups[?] | Mega Blooper | |
| German | Mega-Blooper[?] | Mega Blooper | |
| Italian | GigaCalamako[?] | GigaBlooper | |
| Korean | 거대징오[?] Geodae Jing-o |
Giant Blooper | |
| Spanish | Blooper Gigante[?] | Giant Blooper |
| Bloopers | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Big Blooper (Super Paper Mario) • Blooey • Blooper (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) • Electro Blooper • Gooper Blooper • King Calamari • King Gessō • Legendary Blooper • Paper Macho Gooper Blooper • Stone Blooper • Super Blooper |
| Species | Big Blooper • Bloopad • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Blooper Racer • Blooper 10-Stack • Bloopurn • Bubble Blooper • Dried Blooper • Glad Blooper • Mecha-Blooper • Poison Blooper • Takko |
| Blooper-based items | Blooper • Blooper Chopper • Blooper Diver • Blooper-Go-Round • Blooper Hanafuda • Blooper Shuttle • Blooper Wingtip • Super Blooper |
