Cheep-Cheep

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Cheep-Cheep
Affiliation(s)	Mushroom Kingdom, Koopa Troop
First Appearance	Super Mario Bros.
Latest Appearance	Mario Super Sluggers
Sub-Species
???? Baby Cheep Big Bertha Blurp Boss Bass Bub Bubba Cheep-Chomp Deep-Cheep Goby Mega Cheep-Cheep Mega Deep-Cheep Porcu-Puffer Puffer-Cheep Rip Van Fish Sharkbone Spike Bass Spiny Cheep-Cheep
Notable Members
Sushie Chef Shimi Stewart Cheepskipper Bessie Bass Sashimie Cheep-Cheep Pufferfish

Cheep-Cheeps (Japanese プクプク Pukupuku) are fish that made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros. in the underwater levels. They are common recurring enemies throughout the Mario series. They are found mostly in the water but they can jump out of the water as well like in Mario Super Sluggers. There are many different species of Cheep-Cheeps. Cheep-Cheeps come in different colors, such as gray and green.

[edit] History

[edit] Super Mario series

[edit] Super Mario Bros.

A Cheep-Cheep from Super Mario Bros.

In Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Cheep-Cheeps are found in the underwater levels, swimming towards the player, where they can only be defeated with a fireball. They are found in all of the water levels, and can usually be seen with Bloopers. In some levels, red Cheep-Cheeps jump up from the bottom of the screen, creating random obstacles. These can be killed in a single jump, but it is hard to do it as they jump very high.

There are two kinds of Cheep-Cheeps in the game. One of them is colored red and moves moderately fast. The other is colored gray (green in Super Mario All-Stars) and moves more slowly.

[edit] Super Mario Bros. 3

In Super Mario Bros. 3, Cheep-Cheeps act the same, although they can also jump out of water and lava. They are mainly seen in World 3. Also, around this time, Cheep-Cheep's tail fin color change from white to yellow, and the slow-moving Cheep-Cheeps were recolored green (instead of gray). The game was also to include yellow Cheep-Cheeps, which were to move even faster than red Cheep-Cheeps and appear in trios, but they were taken out due to unknown reasons.

[edit] Super Mario World

In Super Mario World, they posed a numerous threat as the white, slow-moving fish found underwater and in floating bubbles, although they were only found in bubbles when they appeared on land. Those can be killed easily by simply touching them which makes them easy Points. They can be killed with a flick of the Cape, a lick from Yoshi, and smothering them in Fireballs. For some reason, like the Ninjis, they weren't included in the credits.

[edit] Super Mario Sunshine

Cheep-Cheeps are found in Ricco Harbor and Noki Bay in the game Super Mario Sunshine. While they mostly just flail, they cause Mario to spin when they touch him. They can be defeated with F.L.U.D.D, but will reappear almost instantly. Yoshi can turn them into platforms by spraying them with certain fruit juice.

[edit] New Super Mario Bros.

In New Super Mario Bros., Cheep-Cheeps behave the same way as in other platformers, and have a larger version. (Mega Cheep-Cheep). However, two subspecies were introduced: The Deep-Cheep and the Cheep-Chomp. Deep-Cheeps and Cheep-Chomps chase Mario when they appear on-screen. Deep-Cheeps can't turn around, but Cheep-Chomps can . In Level 2-4, a strange Cheep-Cheep appears in a bonus area. It swims in a wavy line and trails six coins behind it.

[edit] Super Mario Galaxy

Cheep-Cheeps reappeared in Super Mario Galaxy acting the same way as before in old games. They were killed by a Green Shell or a red or a Gold Shell or by Star Spinning them. They are also seen in the video at the end of the game jumping out of the water near Peach's Castle.

[edit] Mario Kart series

Cheep-Cheeps are also found in many Mario Kart courses. These include Peach Beach (Mario Kart: Double Dash!!), and Cheep-Cheep Beach (Mario Kart DS) .In Super Mario Kart, they are referred to as Flopping Cheep-Cheeps. In the mission 1-4 in Mario Kart DS, the player's task is to defeat five Cheep-Cheeps. In Mario Kart Wii, there is a kart called the Cheep Charger. It resembles a Cheep-Cheep with a seat, steering wheel, and wheels. In Koopa Cape, in underwater tunnel Cheep-Cheeps are swiming around in the water.

[edit] Super Mario Land series

[edit] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins again featured Cheep-Cheeps. Cheep-Cheeps impeded Mario's progress through the Macro and Turtle Zones by swimming back and forth in the water, like a Goomba. Among the other fish, they were accompanied by similar-looking Blurps. They could be destroyed by a tossed Green Shell or a fireball.

[edit] Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Main article: Goby

Cheep-Cheeps appeared in this game as weak underwater enemies. However, in the English version, they were renamed as Goby.

[edit] Paper Mario series

Super Paper Mario Enemy
Cheep-Cheep
Max HP	2
Attack	1
Defense	N/A
Card Type	Common
Card Description These odd fish hurl themselves out of water. For a fish, it's not the safest hobby.
Tattle
List of Catch Cards 68           69           70

In the Paper Mario series, Cheep-Cheeps are considerably more intelligent than their predecessors, and are able to speak, as well as, strangely enough, safely live and travel about on land. As indicated in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, many even have jobs, such as blimp conductor and chef. The most significant of these land-dwelling fish is Sushie, a female Cheep-Cheep who was among Mario's many partners in Paper Mario. Cheep-Cheeps also appear as enemies in Super Paper Mario, though they were allies in the first two games.

[edit] Mario & Luigi series

[edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Cheep-Cheeps appeared as enemies at the Oho Ocean. They had the same coloration of Goby, from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. If the player jump on them, they turn at Puffer-Cheeps, Cheep-Cheeps full of spines.

[edit] Mario Party series

[edit] Mario Party 7

In Mario Party 7, Cheep-Cheeps appear in many Mini-Games, including Fish & Cheeps, Bridge Work, and Be My Chum. There is also a Cheep-Cheep in the Grand Canal that will squirt the player back to the start who lands on the ? space in front of what looks like the leaning tower of Pisa.

[edit] Mario Party DS

There is a mini-game called Cheep Chump, where the player must prevent their character getting sucked up by a Cheep-Cheep.

[edit] Mario Party 8

They make two cameo appearances in Mario Party 8. One is in the Minigame Rowed to Victory. They appear in the background watching the players row their muscles out. After that they assist a Mega Cheep-Cheep in chasing the losers. Also they appear as one of the Pictures in Picture Perfect.

[edit] Mario Baseball series

[edit] Mario Super Sluggers

They also appear in Mario Super Sluggers at Daisy Cruiser and jump on the deck at night. Gooper Blooper appears with the Cheep-Cheeps.

[edit] Language

According to Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Cheep-Cheeps have their own language, which is also called "Cheep-Cheep". This language is presumably spoken natively by Cheep-Cheeps, and it is only partly heard through the character Chef Shimi (who often mixes words, such as "saved" and "shaved", up due to his unique language knowledge). However, in Paper Mario, the letter Sashimie wrote to Sushie is written in Mario's language.

[edit] Gender

In the Super Mario Bros. instruction booklet, Cheep-Cheeps are explicitly referred to as female. This makes her the first generic Mario enemy to be female. However, this has changed since the Paper Mario series, in which both male and female members of the Cheep-Cheep species have appeared.

[edit] Notable Cheep-Cheeps

• Sushie
• Chef Shimi
• Stewart
• Cheepskipper
• Bessie Bass
• Sashimie
• Cheep-Cheep Pufferfish

[edit] Cheep-Cheep Sub-Species

• ????
• Baby Cheep
• Big Bertha
• Blurp
• Boss Bass
• Bub
• Bubba
• Cheep-Chomp
• Deep-Cheep
• Goby
• Mega Cheep-Cheep
• Mega Deep-Cheep
• Porcu-Puffer
• Puffer-Cheep
• Rip Van Fish
• Sharkbone
• Spike Bass
• Spiny Cheep-Cheep

[edit] Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

"A round fish with big eyes. Although mainly aquatic, Cheep Cheeps sometimes attack above land like flying fish, at which point Mario can stomp on them. There are a wide variety of Cheep Cheep variations, including spiked ones and enormous ones.''