Tryclyde
| Tryclyde | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Advance | |
| Species | Cobrat |
| First appearance | Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall) Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise) |
| Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES EDITION (2024) |
| Latest portrayal | Charles Martinet[1] (2001) |
- “Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!”
- —Tryclyde, Super Mario Advance
Tryclyde, also known as Triclyde, is a boss introduced in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of Subcon, the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical Lernaean Hydra, a giant, multi-headed serpent.
History
Background
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by Wart due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".[2]
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 2
Tryclyde is a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is red with black stripes or wrinkles. His color changes in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance remakes. In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise and orange, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most artwork in relation to Super Mario Bros. 2 shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes. There are some unused sprites in Super Mario Advance of Cobrat with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like Fryguy and Clawgrip and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.[3]
In gameplay, Tryclyde is the guardian of both World 2 and World 6. He shoots fireballs at the player character on sight. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit. Tryclyde can take damage from a Mushroom Block being thrown at it. After three hits, Tryclyde is defeated. In Super Mario Advance, Tryclyde is fought only once, with his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by Mouser's own (originally from World 3); in said version, Tryclyde shouts "Impossible!" when defeated.
BS Super Mario USA
Tryclyde returned as a boss in BS Super Mario USA, and was fought similarly as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from Super Mario All-Stars, but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up
In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. He is mentioned in the job description.[4]
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- “Three heads are better than one!”
- —Tryclyde, "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"
Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for King Koopa as a member of his Koopa Pack, often appearing to help him, Mouser and Koopa Troopa in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled Princess Toadstool, who was usually able to defeat him. In "The Great Gladiator Gig", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's Roman motif, and in "Koopa Klaus", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif of the same name.
In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.[5]
Nintendo Comics System
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of Nintendo Comics System, one of the comics' Dear Princess Toadstool features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."
Nintendo Adventure Books
In one of the bad endings of Pipe Down!, Ludwig von Koopa plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack Mario and Luigi. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.
Super Mario-kun
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a Frog Suit. He gives Mario a Magical Potion. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.
Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Bros. 2
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.[2] - German:
Früher war er mal ein Außenseiter, doch jetzt ist er einer von Wart's Helfern, den er mit seiner Verschlagenheit und Angriffslust beeindruckt hat. Seine Angriffstärke ist dreimal so stark wie normal.[6]
- English:
Super Mario Advance
- Instruction booklet description:
- English (British):
Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.[7] - French:
Tryclyde a été enrôlé par Wart pour son intelligence maléfique et son attaque triple force.[8] - German:
Der einstige Außenseiter ist nun einer von Warts Helfershelfern. Seine Verschiagenheit und Dreifach-Attacke gefielen Wart.[9] - Italian:
Abbandonato il suo ruolo di emarginato, il trezucche è ora uno scagnozzo di Wart per il quale sferra i suoi alefici attacchi.[10] - Spanish:
Tryclyde, que en su tiempo fue un intruso, fue reluctado por Wart debido a su malvada astucia y su poderoso ataque.[11]
- English (British):
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Tryclyde.
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Super Mario USA instruction booklet
Super Mario Bros. USA (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガブチョ[12] (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic) Gabucho |
Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(Garagēro, "Cobrat") and「 |
|
| ガプチョ[13] (Super Mario USA) Gapucho |
An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(Gabucho) | ||
| トライクライド[13] (Super Mario USA) Toraikuraido |
Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 三头蛇[14] Sān-Tóu Shé |
Three-Headed Snake | |
| Dutch | Tryclyde[15] | - | |
| French | Tryclyde[8] | - | |
| German | Tryclyde[6] | - | |
| Triclyde[9] | |||
| Italian | Tryclyde[16][17] | - | |
| Triciclo (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)[?] | Trike/Tricycle | ||
| Tritesta[18] | Three-heads | ||
| Trezucche[10] | Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; zucca ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head" | ||
| Korean | 삼두사[?] Samdusa |
Three-Headed Snake | |
| Spanish | Tryclyde[11] | - |
References
- ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy (English). Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 27.
- ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit." – Zoo Keeper description. Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.
- ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! writer's bible. worthpoint.com (English). Retrieved October 5, 2020.
- ^ a b 1990. Super Mario Bros. 2 Spielanleitung. Nintendo (German). Page 28.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
- ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 52.
- ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 32.
- ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
- ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 92.
- ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 36.
- ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "Tryclyde, de heerser van Wereld 2-3, is een lastig heerschap." – 1990. Club Nintendo Classic. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 35.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 27.
- ^ "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!" – Super Mario Bros. 2 level 7-2. NES Remix 2.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
