Eyerok
- “Now battle... ... hand... to... hand!”
- —Eyerok, Super Mario 64
Eyerok is a golem-like entity who appeared as a boss in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. He is composed of two massive, stone hands with eyeballs in the palms.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario 64
In Super Mario 64, Eyerok is the boss of Shifting Sand Land and resides in the central pyramid where he guarded one of the Power Stars. His chamber is a platform with a pit on three sides, which is inside a large red brick block in the pyramid. He slams down his fists and tries to push the player off the platform. When hit, the player will lose three bars in the power meter. The player must punch their eyes, when exposed, a few times to defeat him, though the player needs to destroy each hand.
Super Mario 64 DS
In Super Mario 64 DS, Eyerok makes an appearance. Like in his original appearance, he appears in Shifting Sand Land, in the level, Stand Tall On The Four Pillars. When Mario enters his chamber and disturbs him, they go right to battle with him. Eyerok's strategy remains unchanged: attacking Mario while leaving an eye exposed.
Mario Kart series
Mario Kart DS
Eyerok also appears in Mario Kart DS, as the second boss in Mission Mode. He appears in the Sand Arena. There is three Item Boxes where Mario collects one green shell. Eyerok moves up and down trying to dodge the upcoming shell. After being hit one time, they jump around, while making fists. Then, he opens his fists, exposing their eye. After being hit a second time, he stomps around again. When they are hit a third time, he disappear.
Super Mario-Kun
Eyerok appears in one of the Super Mario-Kun comics. He appears on the cover of the sixteenth issue. This issue is based on the game, Super Mario 64. His role throughout the comic mimics his role in the game. Though, more Super Mario 64 issues exist, Eyerok only appears in one.
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Trivia
- Eyerok is a pun of "eye" and "rock".
- If Mario stands on the tomb where the Power Star is in, Eyerok will keep banging on the ground with its fists until Mario gets off the tomb.
- Eyerok's behavior during the battle is somewhat similar to the behavior of Bouldergeist's hands when he uses them to attack Mario during the second half of the battle in the Ghostly Galaxy and the Boss Blitz Galaxy.
- It is possible to get into Eyerok's chamber an alternate way in Super Mario 64 DS with Luigi by backflipping off of the cube Eyerok resides in, punching the brick covering the hole, and entering the chamber.
- Eyerok bears some resemblance to Master Hand and Crazy Hand