Pendril

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Pendril
Sprite of a Pendril from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Subject origin Penguin
Comparable

Pendrils are penguins with dentistry drills instead of beaks who appear at Plack Beach in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. They resemble Bumpties from the Yoshi franchise save for their beaks, and also have a similar body and eye shape to Monty Moles.

Pendrils battle Mario and Luigi. Bowser never sees the Pendril because he never enters battles with Drillbit Crabs nor can he explore the cliffside of Plack Beach where Pendrils are most common. They attack by diving underground and then popping out of the ground before nose diving into one of the Mario Bros. Sometimes when they resurface, a rock will be stuck on their nose. If one of the Mario Bros. attack them with the rock stuck on them, the rock will shatter and a Bob-omb will run at the one who attacked. Eventually, the Pendril will dive back into the ground and have the rock off them. Pendrils do not appear in the overworld at all and can only be encountered if Mario and Luigi fight a Drillbit Crab, but only in the cliffside area of Plack Beach where Chakron resides.

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, they can be counterattacked upon being hit by one of the Bros.'s hammers. They also appear in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode as enemies, although they only appear in Drill Storm for one round.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Pendril
Pendrils seen in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story HP 157 (236) POW 60 (150) DEF 57 (86) SPEED 88 (132)
Coins 55 (83) Level 22 Fire Half Burn? Double
Role Common Battled by Mario and Luigi Location(s) Plack Beach Dizzy? Normal
Stat down? Normal KO? Normal Experience 260 Item drop Super Nut - 5%
Lazy Scarf - 30%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Pendril
Sprite of a Pendril from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 157 POW 108 DEF 80 SPEED 88 Experience 260
Fire Weak Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Mario & Luigi Coins 55
Burn 2x Dizzy 1x Stat down 1x Speed down 1x Item drop Super Nut - 35%
Lazy Scarf - 30%
Level           22 Location(s) Plack Beach
  • Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They attack by spinning the drill on their mouth. Their powerful charge makes it seem like they're sliding across the ground.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ドリペン
Doripen
Portmanteau of "drill" and "penguin"

French (NOA) Pinperce
From "pingouin" (penguin) and "perce" (pierce)
French (NOE) Pingouvrille
From "pingouin" (penguin) and "vrille" (tendril)
German Bohr-Pingu
From "bohrer" (drill) and "pinguin" (penguin)
Italian Trivellino
Li'l Drill; shared with Digga
Spanish (NOA) Pinforador
Portmanteau of "pingüino" (penguin) and "perforador" (drill)
Spanish (NOE) Talagüino
Portmanteau of "taladro" (drill) and "pingüino" (penguin)

Trivia[edit]

  • If the player hacks the game with Bowser battling one, when it attacks, as the Pendril ends the attack, the game will freeze, forcing the player to reset.