Straw Head

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Straw Head
Straw Head
First appearance Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of Hobgoblin

Straw Heads are undead scarecrow-like enemies encountered on the Sunken Ship in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. They are a variation on the Hobgoblin enemy found earlier in the game. Their name likely comes from Rawhead, an entity in folklore similar to a hobgoblin. Straw Heads are very uncommon to encounter. They are fairly weak, though they have are not weak to fire despite being scarecrows. They attack with Stench and Scarecrow Funk, which can inflict the Poison and Scarecrow status effects respectively.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

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

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Straw Head
Battle idle animation of a Straw Head from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars HP 131 FP 100 Speed 9
Location(s) Sunken Ship Attack 80 Magic attack 18
Role Common Defense 63 Magic defense 12
Bonus Flower Attack Up! (30%) Yoshi Cookie Pure Water Morph rate 100%
Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Spells None
Weak Thunder Strong None Sp. attacks Stench, Dark Claw, S'crow Funk, Mush Funk
Coins 12 Exp. points 17 Items Pure Water (25%), Pure Water (5%)
Psychopath "Gotta press this shirt!"

Japanese Psychopath quote[edit]

  • 最近、おもうんだよね。いっそ、土にかえろうかなって [1] (Lately, I've been thinking: maybe I should just go back into the ground.)

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]

Straw Head
Image of a Straw Head from the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario RPG
HP 131
Exp. 17
Weak Elements Lightning
Weak Statuses FearPoisonSleepMute
Drops Pure Water
Rare Drops N/A
Found In Sunken Ship
Monster List profile
The book Psycho Analysis theorizes that their use of moves that transform others into mushrooms and scarecrows reveals their own desire to transform.
Thought Peek
More and more, I've been thinking about returning to the soil.
Animations
  • Thought Peek quote in other languages:
    • Japanese:
      最近、おもうんだよね。いっそ、土にかえろうかなって
      Translation:
      Lately, I've been thinking: maybe I should just go back into the ground.

Gallery[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • In the Japanese version of the remake, and the English translation thereof, Straw Head's Thought Peek quote has been switched with Reacher's from the original game. This error is fixed in the 1.0.1 version patch.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese エドワード
Edowādo
Edward

Chinese (simplified) 爱德华
Àidéhuá
Edward; from the Japanese name

Chinese (traditional) 愛德華
Àidéhuá
Edward; from the Japanese name

Dutch Strohoofd
Portmonteau of stro ("straw") and hoofd ("head")
French Croquemitard
From Croquemiteux ("Hobgoblin") and mitard ("slammer")
German Strohkopf
Straw Head
Italian Lanternio
From lanterna ("lantern") and Italian adjective/noun-deriving suffix -io
Korean 에드워드
Edeuwodeu
Edward; from the Japanese name

Spanish Cabezahueca
Emptyhead, expression meaning "airhead"

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