Dr. Shroob

Dr. Shroob
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Variant of	Shroob

Dr. Shroobs are yellow Shroobs that appear in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. They wear thick, swirly glasses. Dr. Shroobs are found in the Vim Factory, where they presumably monitored the factory's vim transformation process.

Battle

In battle, Dr. Shroobs attack with a ray gun, just like a regular Shroob. The energy blasts can be jumped over. Dr. Shroobs also use two items in battle: red Mushrooms and gray Mushrooms. The Dr. Shroob will hold its Mushroom out for a turn before using the item; if attacked while holding a mushroom, it drops the item.

The red Mushrooms make Dr. Shroob gigantic, while gray Mushrooms make Dr. Shroob tiny. After eating a Mushroom (regardless of color), the Dr. Shroob then attacks by charging into its opponent, inflicting more damage if big or less damage if small. Dr. Shroob's charge attack can be countered with a Hammer. During the boss fight against Swiggler, when Dr. Shroobs are attacked, their mushrooms fall into the Swiggler's drink; red mushrooms heal Swiggler, and gray mushrooms weaken it.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy
Dr. Shroob
	HP	46 (45)	POW	40	Defense	32 (29)
	Experience	18	Coins	10	Speed	23
	Location(s)	Vim Factory	Role	Common, support	Item drop	Mushroom Drop – 12% Bro Flower – 3%
	Level	8	Battled by	Anyone
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release).

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゲドンコドクター[?] Gedonko Dokutā	Shroob Doctor
French	Dr Xhampi[?]	Dr. Shroob
German	Dr. Shroob[?]	-
Italian	Dottore shroob[sic][?]	Doctor shroob
Korean	게돈코닥터[?] Gedonko Dakteo	Shroob Doctor
Spanish	Dr. Shroob[?]	-

Trivia

• During the battle with Swiggler, the four Mario Bros. are 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 coin amount and increase their experience levels.