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|image=[[File:Phanto SMA artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork of a Phanto from ''Super Mario Advance''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])<br>(''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'')
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2010|2010]])
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'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they are found guarding [[key]]s. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
|[[File:Calmmask.png]] [[File:Madmask.png]]
 
|'''Phanto''' differences.
In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', the Phanto's expression and color scheme most resembles its original artwork; starting with the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', they are given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign them to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict them without a visible nose.
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==History==
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===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
[[File:DDP Phanto.png|thumb|left|160px|Original artwork of Phanto from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and subsequent [[reissue]]s. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in [[jar]]s. They first appear in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including [[Subspace]]; they cannot be permanently defeated, either&mdash;a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Super Star|Starman]], but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.
 
A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in [[Wart]]'s room in all versions of the game. In the SNES and [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] versions of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', larger Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. In the GBA remake, [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] alone is all that is needed to defeat one.
 
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like Peach's {{media link|BSSMUSA Love Love Fire.png|Love Love Fire}} even when they are inactive. A giant Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Phantos appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, attacking players when a [[Cursed Key]] is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the [[Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)|Moon]], [[Super Star]]s, [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shell]]s and [[Dry Bones Shell]]s. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a [[Warp Door]] with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote2|Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a [[Goomba Mummy|mummy]] and a weird face!|[[Toad]]|"[[The Ten Koopmandments]]"}}
[[File:SMBSSPhanto.jpg|thumb|150px|A Phanto from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".]]
Phantos make two appearances on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', with the first one making its debut in "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]". After [[Bowser|Koop Tut]] had trapped [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside a pyramid, the four heroes encounter the Phanto, which proceeded to chase them until they managed to escape from the pyramid. Another Phanto made a brief cameo appearance in "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]" as a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.
 
===''Mario Kart'' series===
Sprites of Phantos, taken from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet. [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf Page 24].</ref>
*'''Instruction booklet bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''Phantos comes{{sic}} to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12].</ref>
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
|name=カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
|shusshin=ゴースト族
|seikaku=執念ぶかい
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>カギはときどき手放そう</big>'''<br>
扉のカギを守る番人だ。カギを持って行こうとすると動き始め、どこまででも追いかけてくる。カギから手を離すと遠ざかるので、近寄ってきたら、いったんカギを下に置こう。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 55].</ref>
|origin=Ghost clan
|disposition=Tenacious
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let go of the key from time to time.</big>'''''<br>
''He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.''
}}
}}
'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living  masks that can often be found guarding various treasures, most often [[key]]s. Its name appears to be a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or spectre. Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', often in caves or in [[vase]]s. Phantos simply remain immobile unless the key they are guarding moves. Once this happens, a Phanto will ceaselessly chase whoever stole its key. Phantos cannot be avoided and can only be escaped by using the key it was guarding to unlock a door. If the player simply drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, the creature will fly away and leave them alone, at least until the key is picked up again. Phanto can even follow the player into [[Subspace]]. Phantos can only be defeated with a combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Star]]; having only a Star will not affect it. After destroying a Phanto, however, a new one will replace it if the player enters another room while still carrying the key.


Phanto is depicted in two ways; originally, Phanto sported a very solemn demeanor in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', while in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', it is given an evil grin. The former representation is often used in character art.
===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
 
'''Bio:''' カギを守る番人。カギを持っている間、マリオを追いかけてくる。<ref>''Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section. Page 67.</ref> (''The guardian of the key. He will chase Mario while he has the key.'')
Two Phantos made appearances on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' The first one appeared in the episode "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]". This Phanto lived in a pyramid that [[Bowser|Koop Tut]] had trapped [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside. Upon discovering the four heroes, it proceeded to chase them until they managed to escape from the pyramid. Another Phanto made a brief cameo appearance in the episode "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]", as a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Phantomask.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' manual.
DokiPhanto.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
Mariophanto.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration.
SMB2 Phanto Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMBSSPhanto.jpg|<center>A Phanto from ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''</center>
SMB2 Mario and Phanto Nintendo Power.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration
SMUSA Phanto.png|''''Super Mario USA''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
Smas phanto.png|<center>Phanto background object in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''.</center>
Phanto.jpg|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>
 
===Sprites===
<gallery>
Calmmask.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
Madmask.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Phanto SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
BSSMUSA Giant Phanto.png|Giant Phanto (''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'')
SMA Phanto sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
SMA1 Phanto Large.png|Large sprite (''Super Mario Advance'')
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.gif|''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|Defeating a Phanto in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
BS Super Mario USA Giant Phanto.png|Giant Phanto in ''BS Super Mario USA''
</gallery>
 
===Miscellaneous===
<gallery widths=180>
Smas phanto.png|The background of [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-3]]'s key room in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMMPB6 Activity5.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|A #NintendoHalloween photo, originally posted to Nintendo's Facebook in October 2014, showing a large Phanto (more specifically an enlargement of its ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' sprite) breaking through a brick wall. The caption below says, "Don't. Touch. The. Key."
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=カメーン<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 32.</ref>
|Jap=カメーン<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet. Page 32.</ref>
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapM=From the word ''kamen'' ("mask")
|JapM=From「{{hover|仮面|かめん}}」(''kamen'', mask) lengthened
|Ita=Spettrino
|Jap2=ファント<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg Page 225].</ref>
|ItaM=From the word ''spettro'' ("spectre")}}
|Jap2R=Fanto
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Spa=Fantasma <small>(''Super Mario Bros. 2'')</small><br>Fantasmáscara <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|SpaM=Phantom<br>Portmanteau of ''fantasma'' ("phantom") and ''máscara'' ("mask")
|Fre=Phanto
|Rus=Привидение <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'' ver. 3.0.0 update trailer)</small>
|RusR=Privideniye
|RusM=Ghost
|Ger=Phanto
|Ita=Phanto<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual. Page 24.</ref>
|Ita2=Fantasma/Faccia Fantasma <small>(''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'')</small>
|Ita3=Spiritello<ref>''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual. Page 112.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 67.</ref>
|Ita4=Spettro <small>(''Kirby Super Star Ultra'')</small>
|Ita5=Spettrino<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual. Page 38.</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/bwG9HHqtXC4''Super Mario Maker 2'', version 3.0.0 Italian trailer]</ref>
|Ita2M=Ghost/Ghost Face
|Ita3M=Small Spirit
|Ita4M=Specter
|Ita5M=Li'l specter
|Dut=Phanto<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 33.</ref>
|DutM=-
|Chi=面具<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Advance'' in-game name)</small>
|ChiR=Miànjù''
|Chi2=面具怪<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332 iQue's promotional demo play videos of ''Super Mario Advance'' and ''Wario Land 4'']. Retrieved February 9, 2020.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Advance'' demo play video)</small>
|Chi2R=Miànjù Guài
|Chi3=卡面<ref>Nintendo (April 20, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrImKD0V0PQ 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片] ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 21, 2020.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|Chi3R=Kǎmiàn
|ChiM=Mask
|Chi2M=Mask Monster
|Chi3M=Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(''miànjù'', "mask")
|Kor=카면<ref>한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (April 22, 2020). [https://youtu.be/Z7Tc25Oxzio 슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 12, 2022.</ref>
|KorR=Ka'myeon
|KorM=From {{hover|假面|가면}} (''ga'myeon'', "mask" in Sino-Korean)
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Phanto's appearance was unaltered in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet.
*In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".
*[[Dimentio|Dimentio's]] mask (or quite possibly his face) has a similar appearance to a Phanto.
*In ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star Ultra|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', the '''Phanto Mask''' appears as a [[wikirby:Treasure#Kirby_Super_Star.2FKirby_Super_Star_Ultra|treasure]] in [[wikirby:The Great Cave Offensive|The Great Cave Offensive]] in place of the '''Zebra Mask''' from the original ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star]]''. In the original Japanese, both iterations are called しろくろマスク (''Shiro Kuro Masuku'', White-Black Mask).
*In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".
*An enemy called [[wikirby:Two Face|Two Face]] appears in ''[[wikirby:Kirby's Dream Land|Kirby's Dream Land]]'' and ''[[wikirby:Kirby Star Allies|Kirby Star Allies]]'', behaving in a similar way, although it can be destroyed.
*The ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' sprite of Phanto can be spotted in the ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' course [[Shy Guy Bazaar]], stitched into a rug on the ground along with the sprites of other characters.
[[File:ZebraMask-KSS.png|frame|right]]
*A Zebra Mask resembling a Phanto is one of many collectible treasures featured in "The Great Cave Offensive" sub-game of ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star]]'' and its remake, ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star Ultra|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. The Zebra Mask is located in the Sub-Tree Area, and is worth 278,000 Gold. In the English version of ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', it is renamed the Phanto Mask.
*In ''[[wikirby:Kirby's Return to Dream Land|Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', a special [[wikirby:Scarfy|Scarfy]] appears to have striking similarities to Phanto's behavior, as they chase the player if they hold a key.


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Not to be confused with Phantom.
Phanto
Artwork of a Phanto for Super Mario Advance
Artwork of a Phanto from Super Mario Advance.
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (version 3.0.0) (2020)

Phantos are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, where they are found guarding keys. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to The Phantom of the Opera.

In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the Phanto's expression and color scheme most resembles its original artwork; starting with the original NES version of Super Mario Bros. 2, they are given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign them to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict them without a visible nose.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Artwork of Phanto from the Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic manual (pg. 32).
Original artwork of Phanto from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Super Mario Bros. 2, and subsequent reissues. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in jars. They first appear in World 1-2. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including Subspace; they cannot be permanently defeated, either—a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a Stop Watch and a Starman, but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.

A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in Wart's room in all versions of the game. In the SNES and GBA versions of Super Mario Bros. 2, larger Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In Super Mario Advance, if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. In the GBA remake, invincibility alone is all that is needed to defeat one.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

In BS Super Mario USA, Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like Peach's Love Love FireMedia:BSSMUSA Love Love Fire.png even when they are inactive. A giant Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Phantos appear in Super Mario Maker 2 in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the Super Mario Bros. style, attacking players when a Cursed Key is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the Moon, Super Stars, Spiny Shells and Dry Bones Shells. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a Warp Door with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a mummy and a weird face!”
—Toad, "The Ten Koopmandments"
Phanto
A Phanto from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".

Phantos make two appearances on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, with the first one making its debut in "The Ten Koopmandments". After Koop Tut had trapped Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad inside a pyramid, the four heroes encounter the Phanto, which proceeded to chase them until they managed to escape from the pyramid. Another Phanto made a brief cameo appearance in "Escape from Koopatraz" as a member of Judge Koopa's jury.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Sprites of Phantos, taken from Super Mario Bros. 2, are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of Shy Guy Bazaar in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.[1]
  • Instruction booklet bio (Game Boy Advance version): Phantos comes[sic] to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.[2]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん ゴースト族 Place of origin Ghost clan
性格せいかく 執念ぶかい Disposition Tenacious
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
カギはときどき手放そう

扉のカギを守る番人だ。カギを持って行こうとすると動き始め、どこまででも追いかけてくる。カギから手を離すと遠ざかるので、近寄ってきたら、いったんカギを下に置こう。[3]

Let go of the key from time to time.

He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.

Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Bio: カギを守る番人。カギを持っている間、マリオを追いかけてくる。[4] (The guardian of the key. He will chase Mario while he has the key.)

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

Sprites[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

  • Defeating a Phanto in Super Mario Bros. 2

    Defeating a Phanto in Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Giant Phanto in BS Super Mario USA

    Giant Phanto in BS Super Mario USA

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • The background of World 1-3's key room in Super Mario All-Stars

    The background of World 1-3's key room in Super Mario All-Stars

  • A #NintendoHalloween photo, originally posted to Nintendo's Facebook in October 2014, showing a large Phanto (more specifically an enlargement of its Super Mario Bros. 2 sprite) breaking through a brick wall. The caption below says, "Don't. Touch. The. Key."

    A #NintendoHalloween photo, originally posted to Nintendo's Facebook in October 2014, showing a large Phanto (more specifically an enlargement of its Super Mario Bros. 2 sprite) breaking through a brick wall. The caption below says, "Don't. Touch. The. Key."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese カメーン[5]
Kamēn
ファント[6]
Fanto
 From「仮面」(kamen, mask) lengthened

Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name

Chinese 面具[13] (Super Mario Advance in-game name)
Miànjù''
面具怪[14] (Super Mario Advance demo play video)
Miànjù Guài
卡面[15] (Super Mario Maker 2)
Kǎmiàn
 Mask

Mask Monster

Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(miànjù, "mask")

Dutch Phanto[12]
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French Phanto
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German Phanto
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Italian Phanto[7]
Fantasma/Faccia Fantasma (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)
Spiritello[8][9]
Spettro (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
Spettrino[10][11]
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Ghost/Ghost Face
Small Spirit
Specter
Li'l specter
Korean 카면[16]
Ka'myeon
 From 假面 (ga'myeon, "mask" in Sino-Korean)

Russian Привидение (Super Mario Maker 2 ver. 3.0.0 update trailer)
Privideniye
 Ghost

Spanish Fantasma (Super Mario Bros. 2)
Fantasmáscara (Super Mario Maker 2)
 Phantom
Portmanteau of fantasma ("phantom") and máscara ("mask")

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 English instruction booklet. Page 24.
  2. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet (English). Page 12.
  3. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 55.
  4. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario USA section. Page 67.
  5. ^ Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Page 32.
  6. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 225.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 24.
  8. ^ Super Mario Advance European manual. Page 112.
  9. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 67.
  10. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 38.
  11. ^ Super Mario Maker 2, version 3.0.0 Italian trailer
  12. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic, page 33.
  13. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  14. ^ iQue's promotional demo play videos of Super Mario Advance and Wario Land 4. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  15. ^ Nintendo (April 20, 2020). 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片 YouTube. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  16. ^ 한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (April 22, 2020). 슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0. YouTube. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool • Subcon
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdoa • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coina • Bomb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platforma • Flying carpet • Grass • Hidden Item Containera • Jar • Key • Key Door • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chasera • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Egga
Subcon World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • Subspace
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Shy Guya • Big Ninjia • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladea • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.a • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Yoshi Challengea
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated episodes)
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad
Major antagonists King Koopa (alter egos) • Mouser • Tryclyde
Minor antagonists Beetle • Big bad wolf • Crocodiles • Hildy • King Koopa's mother • Queen Rotunda • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White
Koopa Pack minions Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Birdo • Birdoroo • Black Pit Bob-Omb • Bloober • Bob-Omb • Bomb Net • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flaky • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Goomba (zombie) • Goomba Mummy • Greaser Goombas • Grunt • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mousersaurus Rex • Ninji • Ostro • Phanto • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupo • Robo Shyguy • Robo Koopa • Shyguy • Shyguy Lion • Snifit • Space Troopa • Spark • Spider • Spiny • Spiny Egg • State Troopa • Stormtroopa • Super Troopa • Thunderbirdo • Trouter • Tweeter • Tweeter Bat • Wereturtle
Other characters Bingo • Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Bunsen • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Caveman • Cheepy • Cowazaurus • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elves • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • George Washingtoad • Giant Birdo • Goosey • Gramma Toadstool • Gramps • Harry • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hooded Robin • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • June and Ward • Killer Kitty of the Kaskervilles • King James • King Neptune • Mark Twang • Mayor Fettuccine • Mermushrooms • Mervin • Misaki • Mouth of the River • Mr. President • Mr. Mayor • Mugga • Murphy • Mushroom People • Mushroom Rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Patches • Pine • Prince Pompadour • Pronto • Quirks • Romano • Romano's father • Royal Cow • Salvador Drainotto • Sam Shalam • Santa Claus • Scooter • Secret Agent N • Slammer • Stool Pigeon • The Three Mushrooms • Waldo the Wizard • Whale • Zero
Locations Regions Amazon Jungle • Aqua Land • Brooklyn • Brooklyn Bridge • Car Land • Caveman Land • Cloud Land • Coney Island • Cramalot • Crime Land • Desert Kingdom • Down Under Land • El Desertland • Flatbush • Grand Koopa Canyon • Happy Harbor • Jungleland • Kingdom of Youth • Koopos • Land of Ice • Land of Romance • Lava Land • Linguini Empire • Lonesome Mushroom • Mushridge • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Planet • Mythis • North Pole • Oceanworld • Pastaland • Pirate's Port • Pirate Waters • Pirate World • Pyramid Land • Quirk • Rap Land • River World • Robo Land • Rotundaland • Sayonara • Shamrock Kingdom • Sharewood Forest • Sharewood Village • Snow World • Sock Hop Land • Spy Land • Sudden Death Valley • Swiss Cheese Alps • Trouter Bay • Turtlevania • Victoria • Winterland • Waki-Waki • Warp Zone • Wild West
Landmarks Bonkers Street • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cramalot Castle • Double Cross Ranch • First Mushroom Bank • Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers • Fort Hard Knox • Fountain of Youth • George's Gorge • King Koopa's Castle • Koopacropolis • Koopa Klub • Koopatraz State Prison • Linguini Empire Colosseum • Mushroom Colony • Outback • Pasta Pit • Quirk Factory • Rebel Fort • Rotunda Castle • Santa's workshop • Shamrock Inn • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tower of Victoria • Tunnel of Doom
Items, objects,
vehicles, and misc. 		All Purpose Portable Plumber's Helper • Aladdin's Lamp • Beanstalk • Birdo Ray • Blackbeard Koopa's ship • Bomb Plant • Ding Bell • Excalibur • Fireball • Fire Flower • Fireproof Lava Boat • Flagpole • Flying carpet biplane • Flying Pizza • Freeze Gun • Garbage Pod • Gold Coin • Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot) • Golden Plumber's Helper (Plummers Academy) • Great Balls of Fire • Heat Gun • Industrial Strength Itching Potion • Intergalactic InSinkErator • Koopa-Kola • Koop Star • Koopa Scepter • Koopa Strength Itching Powder • Koopa Surprise • Koopa's rocket • Koopilus • Lava Machine • Lightplunger • Lost Mushroom • Magic carpet • Magic doodad • Magic flute • Magic Growing Potion • Magic Shrink Potion • Magic Statue • Magical Potion • Mario's rocketship • Mushroom Starfighter • Passion Potion • Peapod • Plumb-Fu • Plumber's Log • Plumbinator • Pot of Gold Coins • Power block • Red-Hot Pepper Detector • Retro Router • Robot Monster Troopa • Robo-suit • Royal Plug • Sacred Sink of Cramalot • Shrinking Sukiyaki • Sinister Star • Space Raft • Spaghetti • Spymobile • Starman • Stereo Gun • Stormtroopa Starfighter • Super Sushi • Super Sushi Shrinker • Unzappable Hat • Vegetable • Wicked Weather Satellite
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Super Mario Maker 2
Characters Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Toad • Toadette
Supporting characters Coursebot • Worldbotb • Mr. Eraser • Nina • Princess Peach • Undodog • Yamamura • Partrick • Soundfrog • Toads • Yoshi/Red Yoshi
Course elements Game styles Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U • Super Mario 3D World
Themes Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle • Desert • Snow • Forest • Sky
Terrain ? Block • Brick Block/Rotating Block • Bridge • Clear Pipe • Cloud Block • Crystal Block • Donut Block • Frozen Coina • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Platform • Note Block/Music Block • P Blocka • Warp Pipe • Rock Block • Semisolid Platform • Slope • Spike Block • Spike Trap
Items 1-Up Mushroom/Rotten Mushroom • 10-Coin/30-Coin/50-Coin • Big Mushroom • Boomerang Flowerb • Bullet Bill Maskb • Cannon Boxb • Coin • Cape Feather • Fire Flower • Frog Suitb • Goomba Maskb • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto • Master Sworda • Pink Coin • Power Balloonb • Propeller Boxb • Propeller Mushroom • Red POW Boxb • SMB2 Mushroomb • Super Acornb • Super Bell • Super Hammer • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Superball Flower • Yoshi's Egg/Big Red Yoshi's Egg
Enemies Angry Sun/Moon • Ant Trooper/Big Ant Trooper • Unshelled Koopa Troopa • Blooper/Big Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb/Parabomb • Boo/Big Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch • Boom Boom • Bowser/Meowser • Bowser Jr. • Bully/Big Bully • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle/Buzzy Shell • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep/Big Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Big Dry Bones/Parabones/Dry Bones Shell • Fire Bro/Heavy Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant/Big Fire Piranha • Fish Bone • Goomba/Big Goomba/Paragoomba/Big Paragoomba/Galoomba (SMW)/Big Galoomba (SMW)/Flying Goomba (SMW)/Para-Goomba (SMW)/ Goombrat/Kodeka Kakibō/Goombud (SMW)/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Hop-Chops • Horned Ant Trooper • Jelectro • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa Car • Koopalingsb (Larry · Morton · Wendy · Iggy · Roy · Lemmy · Ludwig) • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Mechakoopab/Blasta Mechakoopab/Zappa Mechakoopab/Mega Mechakoopab • Monty Mole/Big Monty Mole • Muncher • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant • Pokeya/Snow Pokeya • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Rocky Wrench • Skipsqueak • Spikea/Mega Spikea • Spike Balla/Giant Spiked Balla/Snowballa • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Shell • Spiny Egg • Spiny Skipsqueak • Stingby • Thwomp/Big Thwomp • Wiggler/Big Wiggler
Gizmos ! Block • Arrow Sign • Banzai Bill • Bill Blaster/Bull's-Eye Blaster • Blinking Block • Bumper • Bull's-Eye Banzai/Cat Banzai Bill • Bull's-Eye Bill/Cat Bullet Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cannon/Giant cannon • Conveyor Belt/ON/OFF Conveyor Belt • Checkpoint Flag • Crate • Dash Blocka • Fire Bar • Grinder • Icicle • Mushroom Trampoline/ON/OFF Trampolineb • Key/Cursed Keyb • Lava Lift • Lift/Flimsy Lift/Cloud Lift • ON/OFF Switch/Dotted-Line Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • POW Block • Red POW Block • Seesaw • Skewer • Snake Block • Swinging Claw • Track • Track Block • Trampoline • Tree • Twister • Vine • Warp Box/Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door/P Warp Door/Key Door
Miscellaneous Starting blocks • Stone (Story Mode) • Toad (Story Mode) • Wings
Mario's moves Charge jumpb (SMB) • Crawl (SM3DW) • Crouch • Crouch Jump (SM3DW) • Dash • Dive (SM3DW) • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU & SM3DWb) • Ground Pound (NSMBU & SM3DW) • Jump • Long Jump (SM3DW) • Midair Spin (NSMBU) • Roll (SM3DW) • Slide (all except SMB) • Spin Jump (SMW, NSMBU, & SM3DW) • Swim • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU & SM3DW)
Miscellaneous Assist parts • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Mii outfits • Minigamesb (Catch & Win! • Match & Win! • Pop & Win!) • Ninji* • Peach's Castle • Phantob • Quotes • Sound effects • Staff • Yamamura's Dojo
a In version 2.0 or later
b In version 3.0 or later
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