Polar bear
- This article is about the real life species of bear. For the enemy in Wario World, see Polar Bear. For the character from the Ice Climber series that has appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series as an enemy, see List of Adventure Mode enemies § Polar Bear and List of Smash Run enemies § Polar Bear.
| Polar bear | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Polar Bear TSMBSS.png | |||
| First appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Koopa Klaus") (1989) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2018) | ||
| Variant of | Bear | ||
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Polar Bears are a species of bear with white fur that first appear in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
History
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
In the episode "The Bird! The Bird!", Luigi tries to bail from climbing the dangerous snowy mountain, so Mario tells him he can rest there and he will deal with the polar bears. Hearing that, Luigi follows his brother and Princess Toadstool in fear.
In the episode "Koopa Klaus", after King Koopa is beaten and left on a floating iceberg, he laments on how can it get any worse, only to discover an angry polar bear on the iceberg.
Super Mario (Kodansha manga)
In Super Mario Land 3, seven Polar Bears aid King Tetris on the icy Tetris Shima. They first help King Tetris in tossing Tetriminos at Mario, Luigi, and Peach. After Chanchako help them to clear the blocks, King Tetris retreats inside the island, while two polar bears use their ice skates to separate the section where Mario and his friends are standing off the island. Chanchako tries to stop King Tetris from escaping by jumping at him, but two polar bears kick him off.
During the Ice Hockey Tetris match, King Tetris asks three polar bears to help him on the rink, leaving the remaining four on the reserve bench. Seeing as they are about to lose, King Tetris orders his polar bears to use their clone technique, but Peach quickly notices that the four reserves have disappeared: they simply came to the rink. Mario and his team accuse King Tetris of cheating and he, laughing at the idea that this will stop him, cockily reveals that his polar bears minions are just Tetris Ningen in disguise, to which the Mario team uses them as Tetriminos to finish the match and win.
Donkey Kong Country series
In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, three of the Brothers Bear are Polar Bears: the twins Benny and Björn, and the mountain climber Blizzard. In the Game Boy Advance remake, Blizzard is no longer a polar bear, but a grizzly bear. Benny was also considered to be one too, but was ultimately left as a polar bear.
In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, one of the generals of the Snowmads, and the second to last boss, is a Polar Bear named Bashmaster.
Minecraft
In the Minecraft Super Mario Mash-up pack, Polar Bears are one of the few mobs to not have a Super Mario counterpart, with the only difference from the main game being a differently textured fur.
Gallery
Minecraft (Super Mario Mash-up)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian | Orso polare[1] | Polar bear |
References
- ^ "O-o-orsi... P-p-polari?" -Luigi, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, "Vola! Vola!"
