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| {{species infobox
| | [[File:Preying_Mantis.PNG|frame|right|A '''Preying Mantas'''.]] |
| |image=[[File:YNI Model PreyingMantas.png|150px]]<br>''Yoshi's New Island'' in-game model
| | [[File:Preying Manta SMG.jpg|thumb|190px|A Preying Mantas in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
| | [[File:Jammyfish Bigmouth SMG.png|frame|left|A Preying Mantas in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.]] |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| |subject_origin=[[Jellyfish]] | |
| |comparable=[[Jellybeam]] | |
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| A '''Preying Mantas'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=American English|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128]]}}</ref> is a [[jellyfish]] found underwater in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', its [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]], and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. Its name is a pun on {{wp|praying mantis}}, a kind of insect, and {{wp|manta ray}}, a kind of stingray. Preying Mantas move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their [[Submarine Yoshi|Submarine]] forms. | |
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
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| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 水中をユラユラと浮き沈みしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Sho/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
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| *'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Moving up and down, Preying Mantas feast on Yoshi submarines. Prey on them with torpedoes.''<ref name=NP/>
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| *'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' 水中をゆらゆらと浮きしずみしている。さわらなければ無害。<ref name=Advance/> (''Floats up and down in the water. Harmless if not touched.'')
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| ===''Yoshi's New Island''===
| | A '''Preying Mantas''' is a [[Jellyfish]] found underwater in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They move up and down in a small area, and therefore do not pose much of a threat to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]. The Yoshis can simply defeat them by shooting a torpedo at them in their [[Yoshi Submarine]] forms. |
| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 潜水艦に変身して水中を進むときに出現する。攻擊してくることはないが、上下にゆっくりと移動する。触れるとタイムロスとなるので、避けるか魚雷で倒そう。<ref name=YNI/> (''They appear when you transform into a submarine and proceed underwater. It does not attack, but moves slowly up and down. Touching it will cause time loss, so avoid it or use torpedoes to defeat it.'')
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| ==Gallery==
| | It is possible that the Preying Mantases are related to the salt-water dwelling Jellyfish from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Preying Mantases also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in the [[Deep Dark Galaxy]] and the [[Bigmouth Galaxy]]. They are found in groups of four swimming around, hurting Mario if he touches them. They can be defeated with a [[Spin]] or a [[Koopa Shell]] and give one [[Coin]] when defeated. They also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' in the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]]. |
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| Preying Mantas.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' | |
| SMAGPB Yoshi.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 4]]: Hang in There, Yoshi''
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| SMA3-PreyingMantas.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap={{ruby|海月|くらげ}}<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16]]}}</ref> / くらげ<ref name=Sho/><ref name=YNI>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[Media:Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P19.jpg|19]]}}</ref>
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| |JapR=Kurage
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| |JapM=Jellyfish
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *During the development of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', bony versions of Preying Mantas were considered, which would have apparently walked on land and acted like [[Dry Bones]].<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Skeleton Jellyfish|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites § Skeleton Jellyfish]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref> | | *"Preying Mantas" is a pun on [[Wikipedia:Praying mantis|praying mantis]], which is a kind of insect. |
| | | *Preying Mantas may be related to [[Jumping Blooper]]s. |
| ==References==
| | *In the Prima Official Game Guide for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Preying Mantas are called '''Jammyfish'''. |
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| | | {{Yoshi's Island}} |
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| {{YNI}} | | {{SMG2}} |
| | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Enemies]] |
| | [[Category:Species]] |
| | [[Category:Yoshi Species]] |
| | [[Category:Underwater Creatures]] |
| | [[Category:Yoshi Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Jellyfish]] | | [[Category:Jellyfish]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy]] |
| [[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]] |
| [[Category:Yoshi's New Island enemies]]
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