Editing Whacka

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|image=[[File:Whacka_PMTTYD.png|100px]]<br>A Whacka from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
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{{quote|Whack-OOOWWWWWWW!!! Don't hit me!|Whacka|Paper Mario}}

'''Whackas''' are rare, blue mole-like creatures that first appeared in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]]. Their name and appearance are derived from the popular arcade game "{{wp|Whac-A-Mole}}." Attacking them in any way makes a [[Whacka Bump]] appear. However, if they are attacked eight times, they die, releasing a few coins.

They are some of the few original ''Paper Mario'' series characters to reappear in other ''Super Mario'' games, along with [[Tweester]]s, [[Koopatrol]]s, [[Goomboss]], and the [[Star Spirits]].

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:WhackaMtRuggedPM.png|thumb|200px|left|A Whacka from [[Mt. Rugged]] talking to [[Mario]]]]
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Whackas first appear in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' where only one lives on the west side of [[Mt. Rugged]]. Due to the Whacka's only appearance in the game, [[Russ T.]] attributes their rarity to the hunting of their bumps. At one point, the Whacka on Mt. Rugged sends [[Parakarry]] a [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Whacka|letter]] stating he one day dreams of flying. Whacka is one of the few friendly characters that get hurt when hit in ''Paper Mario''.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Whackas reappear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' near the shore of [[Keelhaul Key]], behaving alike as their incarnation in ''Paper Mario''. According to [[Wonky]], there is only one Whacka left in the world, which confirms Russ T.'s rarity of them.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
Whackas reappear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' near [[Downtown of Crag]], also behaving identically as their earlier incarnations. When the Whacka disappears in ''Super Paper Mario'', a female Cragnon named [[Norite]] appears where Whacka once popped out, who claims that the Whacka was her friend. The Whacka also appears as a [[Catch Card]] that can be obtained by collecting 300 shop points and plushies of Whacka can been seen inside [[Fort Francis]]. There is also a [[Sammer Guy]] by the name of [[List of Sammer Guys#Wrath of Whacka|Wrath of Whacka]] in the game, who says he hopes to avenge the smitten Whackas of the dimensions.

===''Mario Party 6''===
[[File:SnowflakeLake-Whacka2.png|thumb|A Whacka in ''Mario Party 6'']]
Whackas make a cameo in ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' on the [[Snowflake Lake]] board, where they can be seen popping up out of the snow.
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==Profiles==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''Tattle:''' "''He's a Whacka. When you hit Whackas, they get Bumps that fall off. I heard that they're yummy. You know, I'm not normally into hitting Whackas, but once I heard of their tasty Bumps... I got the urge to whack' em!''"

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
*'''Tattle:''' "''That's a rare Whacka. I don't think you see many of his kind anymore, nope. If you whack a Whacka, they drop a Whacka Bump. Those are supposed to be delicious. They fetch a high price in gourmet auctions, too. Yup, super-precious delicacies. Still, whacking a defenseless creature to get one... You'd never do that, right, Mario?''"

===''Super Paper Mario''===
*'''Tattle:''' "''That’s Whacka... It’s very rare to see one... It’s delicate and easily harmed... Don’t hit it or stomp on it...''"

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!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
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|[[File:SPM Whacka Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
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*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''This odd guy sprouts pastries when whacked on the head. Sadly, his kind is on the verge of extinction. Please headwhack in moderation.''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=コブロン
|JapR=Koburon
|JapM=From「瘤」(''kobu'', "bump") with name ending "-ron"
|Chi=哇咔鼹鼠
|ChiR=Wākā Yǎnshǔ
|ChiM=Whacka Mole
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Whacka
|Ger=Whacka
|Ita=Whacka
|Kor=혹혹이
|KorR=Hokhok-i
|KorM=From "혹" (''hok'', "bump") and "~이" (''-i'', a Korean noun-deriving suffix)
|Spa=Guaka
|SpaM=Whacka
}}

==Trivia==
*Whacka has an unused entry in the enemy list of ''Paper Mario'', in addition to an unused tattle: "This is a Whacka. That Bump on his head looks like a donut hole. / You probably shouldn't have hit him so much. He looks a little peeved." This implies that at one point, Whacka was intended to be a fightable enemy, only occurring after he is hit too many times.
**In the Japanese version, the unused tattle compares the bump on Whacka's head to takoyaki (octopus dumplings) rather than a donut hole.
*Although the description of the Whacka Catch Card in the NTSC English version of ''Super Paper Mario'' states that Whacka "sprouts pastries" when whacked, any reference to "pastries" is absent from the Japanese and PAL English versions of ''Super Paper Mario'', where the bumps are referred to as bumps.

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