Extension Corps

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Extension Corps
Artwork of the Extension Corps from Mario & Luigi: Brothership
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Leader Zokket
Members
“Full Extension!”
Extension Corps, Mario & Luigi: Brothership

The Extension Corps is an army of sentient electrical cord-like beings who are depicted as villains in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. The three members are named Ecks, Ten, and Shun,[1] a pun on the word "extension".

Description

Members of the Extension Corps are based on different types of electrical connectors, which is reflected by their collective name, a pun on "extension cord". Among its members is the apparent leader of the group wearing a cloak held together by what appears to be a wire cutter, a tall hat that has two cables coming out of it with one being red and the other green, and a masquerade mask, three high-ranking members which include a lanky purple one resembling a headphone jack with their head resembling a male connector and one of their arms resembling a female connector, overall giving the appearance of a stereotypical Japanese delinquent, a stout turquoise/blue one whose body resembles a VGA connector, Ecks[2], a floating magenta one who has arms that resemble coaxial cables and wearing a yellow cape, and lastly, small, bluish gray footsoldiers that resemble either male or female USB cables. In the game's announcement trailer, one of the higher-ups attacks Mario and Luigi with an electrical orb in battle.

The trio of higher-ups in particular share many similarities to the Best Fitness Friends from the Bowser Jr.'s Journey side mode of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, and have a similar eye design to Antasma from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the Dark Star from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and Princess Shroob from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (traditional) 波魯多魯多隊[3]
Bōlǔduōlǔduō Duì
Derived from the Japanese name
Dutch Extensiegroep[?] Extension group; pun in that a groep is also a circuit in an electrical installation
French (NOE) Disjoncteur[4] Circuit breaker
German Ausfall-Brigade[?] Outage Brigade, possibly referring to power outages.
Italian Skonnettieri[?] Portmanteau of sconnettere ("to disconnect") and possibly moschettieri ("musketeers") or guerrieri ("warriors")
Korean 볼티지 부대[6]
Bortiji Budae
Voltage Squad
Portuguese (NOE) Batalhão de Extensão[5] Extension Batallion
Spanish (NOE) Comando Alargador[?] Extension Cord Commando

References