Eep Cheep

Artwork of an Eep Cheep from New Super Mario Bros. U

First appearance

New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)

Latest appearance

Mario Kart Tour (Summer Festival Tour, cameo) (2020)

Variant of

Cheep Cheep

Variants
Big Eep Cheep

Eep Cheeps^[1] are a variant of Cheep Cheeps first found in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are similar in appearance to Cheep Cheeps, although they are orange in color and have a lighter yellow color to their fins. Unlike other types of Cheep Cheeps, they swim away from Mario when he gets close. Their name is a combination of the species name "Cheep Cheep" and "eep", a short scream of fright in reference to their "cowardly" demeanor.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

New Super Mario Bros. WiiEdit

Eep Cheeps make their first appearance in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They swim away from the player whenever they get close, which is the opposite of Deep-Cheeps and their behavior. They only appear in World 1-4, and whenever there is a riff in the music, Eep Cheeps will twirl like their regular counterpart.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeEdit

Eep Cheeps return in New Super Mario Bros. U. They retain the same behavior and appearance.

New Super Luigi UEdit

Eep Cheeps also appear in New Super Luigi U, which also introduces larger versions of them.

Mario Kart TourEdit

While no actual Eep Cheeps make an appearance in Mario Kart Tour, one of the masks used in the Cheep Cheep Masks glider is designed after an Eep Cheep.

Other appearancesEdit

Though first seen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the concept of orange-colored Cheep Cheeps was originally meant to be in Super Mario Bros. 3 (as seen on the picture on the right), released 21 years prior, where these enemies would have come in groups of three and swum faster than green ones. While they are technically more of a tan color in the original due to sharing a palette with Goombas, Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 color it orange despite it still being unused. Eep Cheeps also go unused in New Super Mario Bros. 2, though they would function just as they do in the other games they appear in.^[2]

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Clownfish are replaced with Eep Cheeps.

The twelfth Fishing Tourney in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp that began on March 14, 2019 featured Eep Cheeps alongside regular Cheep Cheeps, Cheep Chomps, and Bloopers, owing to it being run on Mario Day. An Eep Cheep balloon attached to a Brick Block could also be obtained as special furniture after reaching the 800, 950, 1,100, or 1,300 cm milestone.

Eep Cheeps appear in the LEGO Super Mario Character Pack (Series 1) as one of nine possible blind bag characters.

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	にげプク Nige Puku	From「逃げる」(nigeru, "to escape") and「プクプク」(Pukupuku, "Cheep Cheep")
Chinese (simplified)	逃跑泡泡鱼 Táopǎo Pàopàoyú	Escape Cheep Cheep
Chinese (traditional)	逃跑泡泡魚^[3] Táopǎo Pàopàoyú	Escape Cheep Cheep
French (NOA)	Aquazo Réverso	Reverse Cheep Cheep
French (NOE)	Eep-Cheep	-
German	Irr-Cheep
Italian	Pesce Sguish	From pesce ("fish") and sgusciare ("to slip")
Korean	비켜뽀꾸 Bikyeo Ppokku	From "비켜" (bikyeo, "step aside") and "뽀꾸뽀꾸" (Ppokku-ppokku, "Cheep Cheep")
Portuguese	Foge Cheep	Escape Cheep
Spanish (NOA)	Cheep Cortés	Polite Cheep
Spanish (NOE)	Eep Cheep	-

ReferencesEdit

^ Stratton, Steve (November 18, 2012). New Super Mario Bros. U: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0307896902. Page 31.
^ New Super Mario Bros. 2/Unused Features. The Cutting Room Floor.
^ 夏天發售的「樂高®超級瑪利歐™」全系列介紹！. Nintendo.com.hk (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved June 17, 2020.

Cheep Cheeps
Characters	Bessie Bass • Cheepskipper • Chef Shimi • Coach • Furious Fred de Fillet • Kipp • Porcupuffer • Sashimie • Sushie • Stewart • Ultra Pukupuku
Species	Air Cheep • Baby Cheep • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Deep Cheep • Big Eep Cheep • Blurp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Cheep (Snow Kingdom) • Cheep Chomp • Deep Cheep • Eep Cheep • Fish Bone • Gold Cheep Cheep • Honebon • Jean de Fillet • Lava Cheep Cheep • Mad Blurp • Mecha Cheep • Mr. Kipper • Needle Bomb • Porcupuffer • Puffer-Cheep • Rip Van Fish • Sad Cheep Cheep • Sand Cheep • Small Cheep Cheep • Spike Bass • Spiny Cheep Cheep
Vehicles	Cheep Blimp • Cheep Charger • Cheep Snorkel • Fish Bone Ferry • Gold Cheep Charger • Gold Cheep Snorkel • Gold Fish Bone Ferry • Green Cheep Charger

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad
Supporting characters	Yoshi • Princess Peach • Toad
Bosses	Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Larry Koopa · Roy Koopa · Lemmy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Ludwig von Koopa) • Magikoopa • Bowser
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World Coin
Items and objects	? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow lift • Balance Lift • Barrel • Blue Coin • Bolt Lift • Brick • Chest • Cog • Coin • Current • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Flip Panel • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Glow Block • Half-circle rock • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Hidden goal • Ice Block • Ice Flower • Ice Snake Block • Ice Wall • Invisible Block • Iron Block • Light Block • Limited Lift • Midway point • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • P Switch • Paddle wheel • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pipe Cannon • Pole (goal) • Pole (object) • POW Block • Propeller Block • Propeller Mushroom • Quicksand • Red ! Switch • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Clown Car • Remote-Controlled Fence • Remote-Controlled Lift • Rolling log • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Screw • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom • Sinking and Rising Mushrooms • Slow falling platform • Small pipe • Spine Coaster • Square cloud • Star • Star Coin • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Super Mushroom • Swing • Swinging Hammer • Tilt Lift • Toad balloon • Trampoline • Turning Floor • Vine • Warp Cannon • Warp Pipe • Water Ball • Wind
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies	Amp • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Boo • Big Dry Bones • Big Fire Piranha • Big Fuzzy • Big Thwomp • Big Wiggler • Big Urchin • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro • Jellybeam • King Bill (World 9-3) • King Bill (World 9-8) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep-Cheep • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • Quartet-cannon • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Super Piranha Plant • Swoop • Thwomp • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler
Obstacles	Ash • Ball 'N' Chain • Burner • Circus ball • Fire Bar • Ghost Block • Ghost Vase • Giant Spiked Ball • Huge Icicle • Icicle • Jumbo Ray • Lava Geyser • Ring • Skewer • Spiked ball • Volcanic debris
Minigames	1-up Blast • Power-up Panels • Enemy Course
Further info	Paah • Coin Battle • Glitches • Hint movies • Media • New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Time Limit • Trading cards

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters	Mario^a • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^b • Toadette^c
Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon Baby Yoshi · Bubble Baby Yoshi · Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
Worlds and areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a
Items and objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Coin • Blue Ring^b • Boost Block • Boost Star • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Chest • Cloud Lift^a • Coin • Coin Block • Cross Lift^a • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring^a • Green Coin • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Ice Chunk^a • Ice Flower • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block^b • Mega ? Block • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • P-Acorn • Paddle Platform^a • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform^a • Rolling log^a • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom^a • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom^a • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Slide Lift^a • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom^a • Stone block • Super Acorn • Super Crown^c • Super Guide Block^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Switch-Lift^b • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Pipe • Water Ball^a • Wobble Rock^a • Yoshi egg
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles	Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap^b • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball^a • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Energy ring • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Clam^a • Goomba • Goomba (balloon)^a • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice Bro • Icicle • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser^a • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Rubber ball • Scaredy Rat^a • Skewer • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo tube^a • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted) • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Ash • Current • Enemy Course • Lava • Poison • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Stone-Eye • Time Limit • Water Geyser
Game modes	Boost Mode • Challenge Mode^a • Boost Rush^a • Coin Battle^a
Further info	Paah • Gallery (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) • Glitches • Media • New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
^a Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U ^b Exclusive to New Super Luigi U ^c Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe