Pendril
| Pendril | |||
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 Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | |||
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018) | ||
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Pendrils are penguins with dentistry drills instead of beaks who appear at Plack Beach in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. They resemble Bumpties save for their beaks, and also have a similar body and eye shape to Monty Moles. Their name is a pun on "penguin" and "drill."
Only Mario and Luigi can fight the Pendril. Bowser never sees them because he never enters battles with Drillbit Crabs nor can he explore the cliffside of Plack Beach where Pendrils are most common. They attack by diving underground and then popping out of the ground before nose diving into one of the Mario Bros. Sometimes when they resurface, a rock will be stuck on their nose. If one of the Mario Bros. attack them with the rock stuck on them, the rock will shatter and a Bob-omb will run at the one who attacked. Eventually, the Pendril will dive back into the ground and have the rock off their beak. Pendrils do not appear in the overworld at all and can only be encountered if Mario and Luigi fight a Drillbit Crab, but only in the cliffside area of Plack Beach where Chakron resides.
In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, they can be counterattacked upon being hit by one of the Bros.'s hammers. They also appear in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode as enemies, although they only appear in Drill Storm for one round.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy | ||||||||
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| Pendril | ||||||||
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HP | 157 (236) | POW | 60 (150) | DEF | 57 (86) | SPEED | 88 (132) |
| Coins | 55 (83) | Level | 22 | Fire | Half | Burn? | Double | |
| Role | Common | Battled by | Mario and Luigi | Location(s) | Plack Beach | Dizzy? | Normal | |
| Stat down? | Normal | KO? | Normal | Experience | 260 | Item drop | Super Nut - 3.5% Lazy Scarf - 1.5% | |
| Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW. | ||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy | ||||||||||
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| Pendril | ||||||||||
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HP | 157 | POW | 108 | DEF | 80 | SPEED | 88 | Experience | 260 |
| Fire | Weak | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Battled by | Mario & Luigi | Coins | 55 | |
| Burn | 2x | Dizzy | 1x | Stat down | 1x | Speed down | 1x | Item drop | Super Nut - 35% Lazy Scarf - 30% | |
| Level 22 | Location(s) | Plack Beach | ||||||||
- Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They attack by spinning the drill on their mouth. Their powerful charge makes it seem like they're sliding across the ground.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドリペン[?] Doripen |
Portmanteau of "drill" and "penguin" | |
| French (NOA) | Pinperce[?] | From pingouin ("penguin") and perce ("pierce") | |
| French (NOE) | Pingouvrille[?] | From pingouin ("penguin") and vrille ("tendril") | |
| German | Bohr-Pingu[?] | From bohrer ("drill") and pinguin ("penguin") | |
| Italian | Trivellino[?] | Li'l Drill, from trivella ("drill") and the diminutive suffix -ino, could also be a portmanteau of trivella and pinguino ("penguin"); shared with Digga | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Pinforador[?] | Portmanteau of pingüino ("penguin") and perforador ("drill") | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Talagüino[?] | Portmanteau of taladro ("drill") and pingüino ("penguin") |
Trivia[edit]
- If the player hacks the original Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story with Bowser battling one, when it attacks, as the Pendril ends the attack, the game will freeze, forcing the player to reset.
