Grumblump
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| First appearance | Super Mario 3D World (2013) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021) | ||
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Grumblumps are large multicolored crystal blocks in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They appear only in Grumblump Inferno in the Super Mario 3D World campaign. They are shaped like rectangular prisms with various proportions, including cubes. Several Grumblumps appear waiting in lava throughout the level. Once the player steps on a Grumblump, its smiling faces on each side turn into frowning faces, and it starts gradually moving along a set path through the lava, turning over on one of its sides at a time. The player must move with it to stay on top of the side currently facing upward, and avoid falling into the lava until it reaches the end of its path.
As a Grumblump turns, the player can either jump to land on the topmost face or walk up its side like a Triangular Block. Towards the end of the level, two Skipsqueaks appear on either side of the final Grumblump as obstacles, running to stay on its center as it moves. If the player ground-pounds a Grumblump, its faces will turn angry, and it will move faster for a short period of time.
Although visually similar to Rhomps and Tox Boxes, Grumblumps have a different behavior, as they are constantly rotating objects used as platforms. They are unable to crush the player, as the lava beneath them instantly causes a life to be lost on contact.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 滚滚方块[?] Gǔngǔn Fāngkuài |
Rolling Cube | |
| French | Badabam[?] | From the onomatopoeia "badaboum" (badaboom) | |
| German | Wumpel[?] | From "würfel" (cube) | |
| Italian | Rimbomblocco[?] | From "rimbombare" (to rumble) and "blocco" (block) | |
| Korean | 덜컥덜컥[?] Deolkeok-deolkeok |
A Korean onomatopoeia for bumping between hard and big objects | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Volta-face[?] | From "voltar" (to turn) and "face" |
| 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) | |
| Species | Grindels | Grindel • Spindel |
| Pouncers | Omodon • Pouncer | |
| 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 | |
| Spiny Tromps | Spiky Tromp • Spiny Tromp | |
| Thwacks | Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack | |
| Wallops | Wallop • Walleye | |
| Whomps | Big Whomp • Whimp • Whomp • Whomp King | |
| Other | Bomp • Flomp • Grumblump • Rhomp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Tox Box • Tsubushi • Walking Block | |
