Blooper Baby
Template:Species-infobox Blooper Babies, alternatively Bloober babies or Baby Bloopers[1], are infant Bloopers. In most of their appearances they are often seen alongside Blooper Nannies, a species of female Bloopers who release multiple Blooper Babies when they glow, afterwards Blooper Babies will follow their mother and help her pursue Mario.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they are children of Bloobers with kids and swim in a straight line when released by Scattering Bloobers.
New Super Mario Bros.
They appear in New Super Mario Bros. along with Blooper Nanny where they behave exactly the same as in Super Mario Bros. 3. They only appear in large numbers in a bonus room of World 3-3.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Blooper Babies and Blooper Nanny reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they behave in the same way as in New Super Mario Bros. In this appearance they appear to lack pupils. They can only be found in World 4-4.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Blooper Babies reappear World 3-5 of New Super Mario Bros. 2 along with Blooper Nannies. They behave the same way as in preceding titles.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Blooper Babies, as well as Blooper Nannies, appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, being featured prominently in the level Blooper's Secret Lair. They behave the same as in past games. As Blooper Nannies do not appear in New Super Luigi U, Blooper Babies are absent as well.
Super Mario Maker series
Blooper Babies reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS and Super Mario Maker 2 along with Blooper Nannies. Unlike previous games, the Blooper Nannies do not release them at Mario.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Bloober babies make a few rare appearances on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear alongside their parents. In "Oh, Brother!", a Bloober with kids is seen in Pipe Land, just like in the game. In "Recycled Koopa", a Koopa Zombie releases Bloober babies from a ketchup bottle after squeezing it.
Nintendo Adventure Books
In Leaping Lizards, Luigi can spot some Bloober babies if he falls into a body of water, and is pulled under by an Anchor he picked up.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Bloober babies appear again alongside a Bloober with kids in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Touching one of them starts a battle with a normal Bloober.
Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Blooper Babies are released in pairs by the Super Blooper. They attack in the same manner as Jungle Fuzzies and Swoopulas, draining health from Mario up to five times until an Action Command bar is filled. However, if Mario is electrified, they will not be able to latch on to him and will take damage whenever they try.
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Blooper Babies, referred to as mini-Bloopers, appear during the Big Blooper Battle of World 2-4. They can be stepped on if timed with the beat, but if missed, ink will spill to the bottom on the screen, hindering visibility of arrows.
Mario Kart Tour
In Mario Kart Tour, Blooper Babies makes a cameo appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda glider. This glider uses the same Blooper artwork from Mario Hanafuda.
Other appearances
In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, the original game's Ink Sacs are replaced by a Blooper Baby item.
Profiles and statistics
Paper Mario
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooper Baby | |||||||||
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Max HP | 6 | Attack | 2 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Support | Type | Flying | Level | 1 | ||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Kissy-Kissy (2x5, recovers health according to damage) | ||||
| Sleep? | 100%, -1 | Dizzy? | 100%, 0 | Shock? | 100%, -1 | ||||
| Shrink? | 0%, -1 | Stop? | 100%, -2 | Fright? | 0% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 0% | Hurricane? | 0% | Coins | N/A | ||||
| Items | N/A | Run | N/A | Location(s) | Toad Town Tunnels | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Blooper Baby. Super Blooper spits 'em out and they come to drain you. Max HP: 6, Attack Power: 2, Defense Power: 0 We need to beat 'em quickly so they can't drain us dry. They're so cute, though! | ||||||||
Gallery
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario World style)
Super Mario Maker (New Super Mario Bros. U style)
Super Mario Maker idea book
Talking Super Mario Animated Stickers from LINE
The August 2018 LINE calendar
Play Nintendo
Blooper Hanafuda sprite from Mario Kart Tour
Blooper Babies appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda from Mario Kart Tour
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 乌贼宝宝[?] Wūzéi Bǎobǎo |
Squid Baby | |
| French | Blooper Bébé[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| German | Blooper Baby[?] | - | |
| Italian | Baby Calamako Bebè (P&D:SMBE)[?] |
Baby Blooper Baby |
Trivia
- In Super Paper Mario, Blooper Baby graphics exist unused. Both it and the normal Blooper are labeled as test enemies.
References
- ^ "The most miniscule meanies that you'll come across in any Super Mario adventure are Super Mario Bros. 3's Micro Goombas, Baby Bloopers and Baby Cheeps, measuring only eight pixels by eight pixels." - Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide, page 156.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet, page 37.
- Bloopers
- Babies
- Parasites
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix enemies
- Leaping Lizards enemies
- Mario Party 3
- New Super Mario Bros. enemies
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 enemies
- New Super Mario Bros. U enemies
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii enemies
- Paper Mario bosses
- Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition bosses
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies
- Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies
- Super Mario Maker enemies
- Super Mario Maker 2 enemies
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies
