Thropher
| Thropher | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
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Throphers[1] (originally known as Mukumuku, and also called Muku for short)[2] are gophers found on Star Hill in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Throphers fight alongside Mastadooms, Geckos and Sackits, and attack by hitting a party member with their hands. Throphers can also throw an assortment of random objects used in other enemy attacks, ranging from normal projectiles such as bones and non-explosive Microbombs, to odd objects like coins, to nonsensical visual effects like musical notes and tiny birds to attack the team; this is similar to the special attack Monster Toss used by Croco and Lakitus.
Thropher Cookies can be used to summon Throphers themselves to battle. These cookies can only be obtained by using a Yoshi Cookie on a Thropher, or by buying from the Seaside Town shop before fighting Speardovich.
Its name in the remake is a portmanteau of "throw" and "gopher".
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Mukumuku | |||||||||
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HP | 108 | FP | 100 | Speed | 11 | |||
| Location(s) | Star Hill | Attack | 60 | Magic attack | 22 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 47 | Magic defense | 30 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Lucky! (20%) | Yoshi Cookie | Muku Cookie | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 80% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Fire | Strong | Thunder | Sp. attacks | Missed me! | ||||
| Coins | 1 | Exp. points | 8 | Items | Maple Syrup (25%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Ya trying to bug me?!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Thropher | |||||||||
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HP | 108 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | Maple Syrup | |||
| Exp. | 8 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Star Hill | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | Whenever the Throphers living on Star Hill look at the shooting stars that fall around them, they wish that the world was theirs. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Why are you picking on me?" | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ムクムク[?] Mukumuku |
Japanese ideophonic word for "chubby" or "shaggy", as well as heightened emotion, thinking of an idea, or burst of inspiration | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 姆库姆库[?] Mǔkù Mǔkù |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 姆庫姆庫[?] Mǔkù Mǔkù |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Troffer[?] | Portmanteau of treffen ("to strike") and goffer ("gopher") | |
| French | Marmoufle[?] | Portmanteau of marmotte ("marmot") and possibly maroufle ("rogue") | |
| German | Ziesling[?] | Diminutive form of Ziesel ("gopher") | |
| Italian | Rodenzo[?] | From roditore ("rodent") and the common name "Lorenzo" | |
| Korean | 통통[?] Tong-tong |
Korean ideophone meaning "chubby" | |
| Spanish | Rodente[?] | Pun on roer ("to knaw") and "rodent" (in Spanish reading) |
References
- ^ Official United Kingdom game page
- ^ Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide. Page 61. " If you use Yoshi’s Cookie on the Muku, Yoshi converts the enemy into a Muku Cookie."
