Scaredy Rat
- “I SAID SQUEEEEK!”
- —Scaredy Rat, Paper Mario: Color Splash
A Scaredy Rat is a white rat creature that first appeared in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term scaredy cat, which is a childish term for a coward.
History
Super Mario series
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Scaredy Rats first appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they are only found in World 4-
Ghost House. They are defeated the same way that Goombas are. However, the difference between the two is that Scaredy Rats are troublesome and run quite fast. When Mario or a teammate approaches, they stop scuttling and start jumping in place. When the player leaves, the Scaredy Rats continue scuttling. If one is stomped, all nearby Scaredy Rats will run in panic. However, if running Scaredy Rats encounter a calm rat, the frightened rats will become calm as well.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Scaredy Rats reappear in New Super Mario Bros. U with the same features of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They appear in the level Which-Way Labyrinth, where in dark sections their eyes shine like a Swoop. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in New Super Luigi U.
Super Mario Run
Scaredy Rats reappear in Super Mario Run, only in the level Scaredy Rat Race. They behave identical to their appearance in previous platformers.
Mario Party series
Mario Party 9
A Scaredy Rat appears in a Captain Event known as Scaredy Rat Race in the portal-like tower near the final area of the board Boo's Horror Castle. The Scaredy Rat steals some Mini Stars from each player and scuttles each turn some spaces ahead using a dice block. The current captain has to choose a player who must roll a Dice Block. The player who actually reaches the Scaredy Rat defeats it and receives all the Mini Stars the Scaredy Rat has stolen.
Mario Party: Island Tour
A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain board in Mario Party: Island Tour. They also appear in the minigame Rat-a-tat Flat, which involves players having to Ground Pound the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in the minigame.
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Scaredy Rats make their Paper Mario debut in the Nintendo 3DS game Paper Mario: Sticker Star as enemies in The Enigmansion of World 4. They maintain their appearance from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In battle, Scaredy Rats can perform one of two attacks. Their main attack involves ramming into Mario. The Scaredy Rat will sometimes delay its attack in order to trick the player into blocking early. Their other attack has them trot towards Mario and steal one of his stickers. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the a Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, but doesn't prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, doing so ensures that a weaker sticker is stolen. If Mario has no stickers, or if the Scaredy Rat is currently carrying one, it will only use its ramming attack. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may begin to flee with a sticker, but suddenly turn around, giving Mario a chance to get it back.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Scaredy Rats return in Paper Mario: Color Splash with the same appearance and behavior they had in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and can be fought in Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn and Toad Trainworks. There is a Scaredy Rat 10-Stack in Toad Trainworks. They steal Battle Cards in this entry rather than stickers.
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Scaredy Rats make a return in Paper Mario: The Origami King, with origami variants of them acting as enemies in Graffiti Underground. They steal coins in this game since stickers nor Battle Cards are present.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
A Scaredy Rat sets off the plot of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam by scaring Luigi into knocking over a book containing the Paper Mario universe. Later in the game, only Paper Scaredy Rats appear as enemies. They appear only in the Twinsy Tropics Dungeon.
Dr. Mario World
Scaredy Rats appear as assistants in Dr. Mario World. In stage mode, they add fifty points to the base score whenever a light-blue virus is defeated. In versus mode, they have a 30% chance of turning an opponent's attack into a like-color virus. These skills can be leveled up by receiving duplicate assistants.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Run
- Notebook bio: "This foe lives in groups in towers. If you defeat one the rest will panic and scatter!"
Item description
- Scaredy Rat Statue: "A statue of a Scaredy Rat. Those ears are a bit spooky, aren't they?"
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
| Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaredy Rat | ||||||
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Max HP | 10 | Role | Common | Location(s) | The Enigmansion |
| Attack | 5 | Stickers | Hammer, Jump | |||
| Defense | 0 | Moves | Ram (5), Steal (steals a Sticker), Run (flees battle) | |||
Paper Mario: Color Splash
| Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaredy Rat | |||||||||||||||||||||
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HP | 8 | Type | Normal | Role | Common | Card | ||||||||||||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Card drop rate | 3 |  | |||||||||||||||
| Moves | Body Attack (3), Steal Attack (1, steals a Battle Card), Group Attack (3), Blowback Attack (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Marmalade Valley, Dark Bloo Inn, Toad Trainworks | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quotes | Usual: "Squeek!" ~ "I SAID SQUEEEEK!" ~ "Squeek, squeek!" ~ "Squeeeek!" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Enemy class | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ENEMY_MANY_COIN - TRE_NOTHING (when joining a battle started against a Dry Bones) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Paper Mario: The Origami King
| Paper Mario: The Origami King enemy | |||||||||||||||
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| Scaredy Rat | |||||||||||||||
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HP | 9 | Moves | Location(s) | |||||||||||
| Type | Normal | Rattack (3), Stacked Rattack (base 3 for one Scaredy Rat, 6 for two, 8 for 3, 5 + amount for more; range starts at 0 and increases by 1 for each additional Scaredy Rat after the first two), Steal (1, steals coins), Stacked Steal (1 per Scaredy Rat, steals coins), Loose Change (1 per Scaredy Rat) | Graffiti Underground, Picnic Road, Ninja Attraction, Shroom City | ||||||||||||
| Role | Common | ||||||||||||||
| Item drops | Mushroom | ||||||||||||||
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They adore dark corners. If they nab your coins in battle, defeat them before your gold is as good as gone. | ||||||||||||||
Dr. Mario World
- Stage mode: "Increases base score by 50/70/100/150/200 points for every light-blue virus eliminated."
- Versus mode: "If opponent attacks, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance received virus will be matching-color."
Gallery
Scaredy Rat Statue in Super Mario Run
Promotional artwork for merchandise featuring Paper Mario: The Origami King from Nintendo TOKYO
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チュウチュウ[?] Chūchū |
Squeak-squeak; chū is an onomatopoeia for crying of mice. | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 吱吱 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star) Zhīzhī 吱吱鼠 (Paper Mario: The Origami King) Zhīzhī Shǔ[?] |
From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (shǔ, mouse) |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 吱吱鼠[?] Zhīzhī Shǔ |
From "吱吱" (zhīzhī, an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (shǔ, mouse) | |
| Dutch | Scaredy Rat[?] | - | |
| German | Gratterich[?] | Pun on Grattler (a condescending term from bavaria), Ratte (Rat) and the suffix -rich | |
| Italian | Ratton[?] | From ratto (rat) | |
| Korean | 츄츄[?] chuchu |
Derived from the Japanese name | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Ratacante[?] | Pormanteau of rato (rat) and atacante (attacker) | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Aterrato[?] | Pormanteau of aterrado (frightened) and rato (mouse) | |
| Russian | Крыса-страшилка[?] Krysa-strashilka |
Scary rat | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Ratacante[?] | Pormanteau of rata (rat) and atacante (attacker) | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Aterrata[?] | Pormanteau of aterrador (frightening) and rata (rat) |
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