Big Gringill
- This article is about the extra-large cave-dwelling eel enemies. For the smaller eel enemies capable of freely swimming called "giant Gringills" by a Penguin, see Gringill.
| Big Gringill | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Gringill | ||
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Big Gringills,[1] also known as Giant Gringills,[2] are king-sized Gringills in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Unlike their smaller relatives, these massive eels are found only hiding in caves, usually themselves in dark areas. Compared to normal Gringills, they are a much darker brown in color, have dark stripes along their bodies, and have two feelers on their lower lips. Big Gringills move slower and make a straining noise when coming out of their holes, and they give a 1-Up Mushroom when defeated.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port, Giant Gringills are rare, with only one each appearing in each galaxy they inhabit. They are usually found in close proximity to other, smaller Gringills. Like normal Gringills, some appear and attack only when Mario approaches, while others constantly attack regardless of where Mario is.
Giant Gringills appear in the following list of galaxies and missions. If no mission is stated, Giant Gringills appear during all missions:
- Beach Bowl Galaxy (all missions but "Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone"; emerges when approached)
- Sea Slide Galaxy (emerges constantly)
- Deep Dark Galaxy ("The Underground Ghost Ship", "Bubble Blastoff", "Guppy and the Underground Lake", "Boo in a Box"; emerges when approached)
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, only two Big Gringills appear, both being across from one another in a cave in the Starshine Beach Galaxy. They emerge only when approached.
Gallery[edit]
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
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Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/Snakehead.arc | Snakehead | - |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | 雷魚（大） (Raigyo (dai)) | Snakehead (big) |
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | でかアナゴン[3]:160 Deka Anagon |
Big Gringill | |
| 大アナゴン[4][3]:127 Dai Anagon |
Super Mario Galaxy | ||
| French | Méga Anguillon[5] | Mega Gringill | |
| German | Riesenaal[6] | Giant Eel | |
| Italian | Pescione Boa[7] | Big Gringill | |
| Mega Pesce Boa[8]:127 | Mega Gringill | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Mega Mordorena[8]:160 | Mega Maw-Ray | ||
| Spanish | Gran Anagorn[9] | Giant Gringill |
References[edit]
- ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8.
- ^ Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-227115-9. Page 407.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 160.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 228.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 127, 160.
