Blorbs
From the Super Mario Wiki
The blorbs is a mysterious disease that appears in the events of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. This disease has spread all over the Mushroom Kingdom and infected the Toads. Fortunately, humans like Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach are apparently immune to the disease. Those Toads that have the illness are taken aback as they grow large and round. It is caused by Blorb Mushrooms that Fawful sold to Toads, similar to how he sold the Vacuum Mushroom to Bowser. (The vacuum mushroom only makes your insides bigger, and gives you an extremely powerful vacuum breath.) The entire case of the blorbs are wiped out by the Miracle Cure.
[edit] Trivia
- Although the Blorbs are cured after Mario and Luigi use the power of the Miracle Cure, there is, humorously, one Toad that still has a blorb-like condition in Toad Town, saying that it is what he normally looks like.
[edit] Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メタコロ病 Metakoro byou | "Meta" likely from the Greek, can mean "very" in Japanese. "Koro" is likely derived from "korokoro," meaning "rolling." "Byou" simply means disease. |
| Spanish (NOA) | Globus | Literal translation of Blorbs |
| Spanish (NOE) | Redonditis | Pun of redondo (something circular) and the suffix -itis with is used for diseases. |
| French (NOA) | Bloubb | Literal translation of Blorbs |
| French (NOE) | Rouliboulite | Pun on "rouler" (means "roll") and "boule" (means "ball"). The suffix -ite is used for diseases. |
| German | Metabowlie | From the Japanese name; also a possible pun on "Bowlingkugel" (means "bowling ball") |
