Trouter
| Trouter | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Advance | |||
| 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) | ||
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A Trouter is a red fish that jumps straight up out of water near waterfalls in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.
Their English name derives from "trout", an animal that ascends rapids during its life cycle to spawn. Its design is invocative of a celestial eye goldfish, a species of carp, which potentially indicates it conceptually derives from Chinese legends of carps trying to ascended waterfalls to turn into dragons.
History
Super Mario series
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2
Trouters are found many times throughout Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 as platforms in which to jump across a large body of water. Stopping time with the Stop Watch makes it much easier to cross them. Although not deadly from below, they are dangerous if touched from the sides. Not only this, but if Mario, Luigi, Toad, or Princess Toadstool ride the Trouter back to the watery depths, they lose a life. In the original versions, their fin, tail, and eyelids are black. In subsequent remakes, they are white with lavender shading.
BS Super Mario USA
Trouters made return in BS Super Mario USA, when they have the same role in the predecessor.
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 Marine Biologist has a Trouter swimming with other underwater enemies and Frog Mario.[1]
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- “Watch out for killer Trouter fish!”
- —Mario, "King Mario of Cramalot"
On The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Trouters make appearances in numerous episodes, where they are portrayed as being far more vicious than they are in Super Mario Bros. 2. Their eyelids are orange, instead of yellow, have a shark-like dorsal fin, and are shown to have purple lips with yellow teeth. Rather than merely hopping in and out of water, Trouters are shown to be fairly carnivorous with sharp teeth, and try to eat anyone who fall into their water. In this, they behave more like Cheep-Cheeps (especially the flying variant), and are likely a combination of the enemies. A running gag throughout the show was that Trouters are usually swimming in whatever body of water that Mario and his friends either have to cross or fall into, often appearing as an unwanted surprise and scaring the group. Sometimes, to show their appetite, Trouters are depicted by wearing bibs, and holding knives and forks.
Trouters are not shown to be minions of King Koopa, as they attempt to eat him if given the opportunity. However, it is not uncommon for King Koopa to use Trouters to his advantage, as he sometimes has them guard the waters surrounding his bases in certain episodes. In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Boss Bass is given a similar role, and in the Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi," a Blurp is also given a similar role and design.
Nintendo Comics System
In Nintendo Comics System, Trouters appears in the stories "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away" and "Beauty and the Beach." In the comics, the Trouters featured resemble and act like their cartoon counterparts, but are also depicted as capable of speaking. Stanley the Talking Fish seems to be a Trouter himself, as he is drawn the same other than fin color and expression.
Other appearances
In Ultimate NES Remix, Trouters appear in challenges based on Super Mario Bros. 2, behaving identically as in their original appearance.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance
- Instruction booklet bio: It's a fish which lives in the world of dreams. You'll find it in waterfalls and rivers. He interferes with Mario.[2]
- Instruction booklet bio (Game Boy Advance version): Trouters inhabit waters in the land of dreams. They'll try to block your path rear rivers and waterfalls.[3]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Trouter.
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トトス[4][5] Totosu |
From「とと」(toto, a childish word meaning "fishie") and possibly "toss" | |
| トラウター[5] Torautā |
Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name | ||
| German | Trouter[?] | - | |
| Italian | Trouter[6] | - | |
| Trota assassine/Piranha[7] | Killer trout/Piranha | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| Trotano[8] | Portmanteau of trota ("trout") and totano ("squid" or "tattler") | ||
| Trotone[9][10] | Portmanteau of trota ("trout") and tritone ("triton") | ||
| Portuguese | Truta[11] | Trout |
References
- ^ "Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few." – Marine Biologist description. Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.
- ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
- ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 33.
- ^ a b 1993. Super Mario USA instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 28.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 25.
- ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x02 Re Mario di Cramalot
- ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 67.
- ^ July 2, 2021. Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Os Piratas de Koopa / Você Acredita em Mágica? (Dublado). YouTube (Portuguese). Retrieved June 26, 2024.[timestamp needed]
