Flomp
| Flomp | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Party: Island Tour (2013) | ||
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Flomps (also called floating plates[1] or flipping panels[2]) are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Their name is a portmanteau of "flip" and "Thwomp," alluding to their behavior and appearance. These Thwomp-like creatures appear as green platforms with spikes on their sides and have similar faces to Bomps.
History
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Flomps mostly act as ordinary platforms, with some revolving mildly in one spot and others moving from side to side. However, at set intervals, they make a rattling sound, their faces become angry, and then they quickly flip over. If Mario or Luigi is on one of these platforms when they flip, he will be knocked high into the air. They appear only in Bowser's Lava Lair and the Grandmaster Galaxy.
Mario Party: Island Tour
Flomps are obstacles in the minigame Flip Out in Mario Party: Island Tour. Flomps act and look like they did in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Flomps are used by the player characters as regular platforms to cross a chasm to the finish line, though characters that stay on a Flomp as it flips are flung three spaces backwards.
Gallery
A Flomp's angry face, seen right before it flips
Flomps in Mario Party: Island Tour
Flomp in Mario Party: Island Tour
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | ObjectData/Foomin.arc | Foomin | Transliteration of below |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | フーミン (Fūmin) | Derived from「踏み」(fumi, stomp) |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | クルンパ[?] Kurunpa |
From「クルン」(kurun, onomatopoeia for something spinning) and「パ」(pa, a mimetic word for a sudden action) | |
| French (NOA) | Floup[?] | - | |
| French (NOE) | Flomp[?] | - | |
| German | Grummelchip[?] | Grumble chip | |
| Italian | Tipestello[?] | Portmanteau of teppistello ("hooligan") and ti pesto ("I stomp you") | |
| Portuguese | Flomps[?] | - | |
| Spanish | Giralosa[?] | Portmanteau of girar ("to spin") and losa ("slab") |
References
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 106.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 272.
| Thwomps | ||
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| Characters | Dossunmengyo • Gattai monster • Head Thwomp • Mr. Thwomp • Mrs. Thwomp • Sphinx Zō • Super Dossun • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Waruiwa-gumi (leader) • Whomp King | |
| Species | Grindels | Grindel • Spindel |
| Pouncers | Omodon • Pouncer | |
| Whomps | Big Whomp • Whimp • Whomp | |
| Miscellaneous | Big Thwomp • Bone Thwomp • Karamenbo • Kongā • Mega Thwomp • Security Thwomp • Shoomp • Sniffle Thwomp • Star Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Tail Thwomp • Thwimp • Thwomp • Thwomp Platform | |
| Relatives | Grrrols | Grrrol • Mega Grrrol |
| Ka-thunks | Ka-thunk • King Ka-thunk | |
| Konks | Konk • Wonder Konk[derived] | |
| Spiny Tromps | Spiky Tromp • Spiny Tromp | |
| Thwacks | Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack | |
| Wallops | Wallop • Walleye | |
| Other | Bomp • Flomp • Grumblump • Rhomp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Tox Box • Tsubushi • Walking Block | |
