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(Japanese version more or less confirms it by displaying equivalent 「クック」 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o3pt8vepB0&t=173s)
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{{about|the enemy from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''|the chicken enemy from ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''|[[Coo-Coo]]}}
{{about|the enemy from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''|the chicken enemy from ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''|[[Coo-Coo]]}}
{{distinguish|Purp}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Coocoo.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Coo Coo from ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
|image=[[File:Coocoo.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Coo Coo from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variants=[[Cluckboom]]
|variants=[[Cluckboom]]
|comparable=[[Nooz]]
}}
}}
'''Plurps''', also known as '''Plirps'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/M7LQb Archived] August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> and originally known as '''Coo Coos''',<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Page 39.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.</ref> are hen-like creatures that only appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They resemble large chickens with two beady, green eyes, and a star on their belly. They first make an appearance in [[Bianco Hills]], where they fly around randomly and drop splotches of [[goop]] whenever they get near [[Mario]]. They later appear in [[The Goopy Inferno|Episode 3]] of [[Pianta Village]], where they drop [[Goop#Burning goop|burning goop]]. Coo Coos can be defeated by jumping on them or spraying them to the ground with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. Coos Coos release several [[coin]]s with each spray, up to a [[1-Up Mushroom]].
'''Plurps''' (also spelled '''Plirps'''),<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/M7LQb Archived] August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> also known as '''Coo Coos''',<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Page 39.</ref><ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.</ref> are hen-like creatures that only appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They resemble large chickens, with two beady green eyes and a star on their bellies. Plurps first make an appearance in [[Bianco Hills]], where they fly around randomly and drop splotches of [[goop]] whenever they get near [[Mario]]. They later appear in [[The Goopy Inferno|Episode 3]] of [[Pianta Village]], where they drop [[burning goop]]. Plurps can be defeated by [[jump]]ing on them or by spraying them to the ground with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. They release several [[coin]]s with each spray, and can eventually drop a [[1-Up Mushroom]].


In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', the name "Plurp" can appear on the leaderboard.
In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', the name "Plurp" can appear on the leaderboard.


A variety of this enemy called [[Cluckboom]] appears in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. It behaves similarly but drops explosive bombs.
A variety of this enemy called [[Cluckboom]]s appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They behave similarly but drop explosive [[bomb]]s instead of goop.
==Gallery==
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===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クック<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section, page 99.</ref>
|Jap=クック<ref>Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). [https://i.imgur.com/cR55rqr.jpg Page 18.]</ref>
|JapR=Kukku
|JapR=Kukku
|JapM=From「コッコ」(''kokko'', an onomatopoeia for the peeps of a newborn chick and a childish term for a diminutive breed of chicken) and/or "cuckoo"; compare with [[Cucco#Names in other languages|Cucco]]
|JapM=From「コッコ」(''kokko'', an onomatopoeia for the peeps of a newborn chick and a childish term for a diminutive breed of chicken) and/or "cuckoo"; compare with [[zeldawiki:Cucco#Nomenclature|Cucco]]
|Ita=Plio<br>Coo Coo
|Ita=Plio<br>Coo Coo
}}
}}

Revision as of 16:11, May 9, 2024

This article is about the enemy from Super Mario Sunshine. For the chicken enemy from Virtual Boy Wario Land, see Coo-Coo.
Not to be confused with Purp.
Plurp
Coo Coo
Artwork of a Coo Coo from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variants
Comparable

Plurps (also spelled Plirps),[1] also known as Coo Coos,[2][3] are hen-like creatures that only appear in Super Mario Sunshine. They resemble large chickens, with two beady green eyes and a star on their bellies. Plurps first make an appearance in Bianco Hills, where they fly around randomly and drop splotches of goop whenever they get near Mario. They later appear in Episode 3 of Pianta Village, where they drop burning goop. Plurps can be defeated by jumping on them or by spraying them to the ground with FLUDD. They release several coins with each spray, and can eventually drop a 1-Up Mushroom.

In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, the name "Plurp" can appear on the leaderboard.

A variety of this enemy called Cluckbooms appear in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They behave similarly but drop explosive bombs instead of goop.

Gallery

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine tori[4] Tori Romanization of「鳥」(bird)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クック[5]
Kukku
From「コッコ」(kokko, an onomatopoeia for the peeps of a newborn chick and a childish term for a diminutive breed of chicken) and/or "cuckoo"; compare with Cucco

Italian Plio
Coo Coo
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References

  1. ^ English Super Mario Sunshine entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ Loe, Casey. Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Page 39.
  3. ^ Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 18.
  4. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/bianco2.szs/scene/tori
  5. ^ Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 18.