Gobblick
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| Gobblick | |
|---|---|
| File:MLB Pitcher Plant.png | |
| Species | Pitcher plant |
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024) |
- “Instead...I have a counteroffer. Gobblick! Now that you've gorged on Spite Bulbs, show them your surging power! The three of us have a bigger fish to zap. Baaahahahahahah!”
- —Ecks, Mario & Luigi: Brothership[1]
Gobblick[2] is a boss from Mario & Luigi: Brothership. It is a massive pitcher plant with two vine-like tentacles for limbs extending from its body; upon becoming furious, the monster's lower body gets a red tint. Mario and Luigi encounter this monstrous beast in the Great Lighthouse of Lushgreen Sea, where Ecks sics it on the heroes before Shun can explain what the Extension Corps is up to. A stronger variant of it can be fought later in the game, empowered by the toxic substance Glohm.[3] Its name is a portmanteau of "gobble" and "lick." One of its primary attacks involves spewing Capnaps, Spikelies, and coins. It can also use its tentacles to constrict Mario and Luigi. During this attack, the Mario Bros. can counter the tentacles by using their Hammer attacks. Likewise, if the Bros. see updrafts coming from three fans in another battlefield, Luigi can use Luigi Logic to grab Gobblick's tongue and throw it into the updrafts, stunning the monster.
When Ecks calls Sharpcask down to battle Mario and Luigi in the Color-Full Sea's Great Lightouse, he compares the barrel-shaped monster to Gobblick, stating that Sharpcask is even stronger due to having more Spite Bulbs (a hostile, Glohm-infused variant of Sprite Bulbs).
Eventually, Gobblick can be fought again; this time, it is possessed by Glohm and goes by Glohm Gobblick.
At one point, Ten refers to the boss as "a Gobblick," implying that there is an entire Gobblick species.
Gallery
Mario and Luigi ready to fight Gobblick
Mario and Luigi attacking Gobblick with the 3D Red Shell
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 大口吞食草[?] Dàkǒu Tūnshícǎo |
From「大口」(dàkǒu, "big mouthful") and a portmanteau of「吞食」(tūnshí, "to devour") and「食草動物」(shícǎodòngwù, "herbivore") | |
| French | Gobéphar[4][5] | From gober ("to swallow") and nénuphar ("nenuphar"). It has possibly also a pun on phare ("lighthouse") | |
| German | Biotor[?] | Portmanteau of Biotop ("biotope") and Horror, and possibly a reference to Biollante | |
| Italian | Omnivor[6] | The word omnivoro ("omnivore") turned into a monster name | |
| Portuguese | Papatutu[7] | Possibly from the expression Papa-tudo (roughly translates to "glutton") | |
| Spanish | Deglupente[8][9] | Portmanteau of deglutir ("to swallow") and repelente ("repellent") |
References
- ^ https://youtu.be/Qjl20vuXXVY?si=c0ZNoj3-kUeOQwnV
- ^ October 21, 2024. We've Played EVEN MORE Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Nintendo Life via YouTube. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQM4xsW9UC8
- ^ Mario & Luigi: L'épopée fraternelle in-game name (European French localization)
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Brothership in-game name (Canadian French localization)
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Fraternauti alla carica - LIVE #2. By Mariuigi Khed on YouTube. Retrieved on November 12, 2024.
- ^ Mario & Luigi: Brothership in-game name (Brazilian Portuguese localization)
- ^ https://youtu.be/5yFdfcsMqjw?si=U4OpvQ89zLyYZUPm
- ^ https://youtu.be/k8BoSZerTo0?si=m1BQHd-mh7EzWBeC
