Cherbil
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Super Paper Mario enemy | |||
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Cherbil | |||
Location(s) | Yold Desert (1-3), Gloam Valley (2-1), Gap of Crag (5-2), Castle Bleck Foyer (8-2), Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 6, 23, 47 and 83) | ||
Role | Common | ||
Max HP | 5 | ||
Attack | 2 | ||
Defense | 0 | ||
Score | 400 | ||
Items | Peachy Peach | ||
Card type | Common | ||
Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||
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List of Catch Cards 87 88 89 |
A Cherbil is a floating enemy found in Super Paper Mario. They are one of the more common enemy species in the game, appearing in various locations such as Yold Desert, the Gap of Crag or the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in room 6. They have the ability to put the player to sleep by spewing pink gas at them.
Cherbils and their cousins could be named after the city of Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of a nuclear disaster in the 1980s that caused noxious radioactive clouds to hang over the city for months. Their names can also be derived from gerbil, a small rodent. Cherbils' bodies are structured similarly to the faces of gerbils.
Related species
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | チェリリン[?] Cheririn |
Pun on Cherry Person. | |
German | Bäckchen[?] | Diminutive of the German word Backe (cheek) because of its shape. | |
Italian | Nuvio[?] | From nuvola (cloud) | |
Spanish | Narkela[?] | A given name |
Trivia
- O'Chunks mentions Cherbils when he wants to get Count Bleck to get him to fight Mario. He supports their bottom-like appearance by saying he'll "Spank 'em like naughty little Cherbils". Tippi's tattle on the Cherbils also supports this claim.