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Not to be confused with Frame Chomp.
Flame Chomp
A Flame Chomp in New Super Mario Bros. 2
Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. 2
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
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Flame Chomps, originally called Fire Chomps,[1] are enemies first appearing in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are Chain Chomp-like creatures that float along with a trail of four fireballs each. At any time, a Flame Chomp may shoot a fireball from its "tail" at Mario or Luigi. When it runs out of fireballs, the Flame Chomp explodes, damaging the player if they are within the blast radius. Flame Chomps are not very durable, unlike Chain Chomps, because they are vulnerable to being stomped and having fireballs thrown at them.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Artwork of a Fire Chomp spiting out some fireballs from Super Mario Bros 3
Fire Chomp's original artwork for Super Mario Bros. 3

Fire Chomps are enemies in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are featureless black orbs that follow the player, occasionally stopping to reveal their face briefly and spit a fireball. After using up all their fireballs, Fire Chomps continue to follow the player, flashing red before exploding like Bob-ombs. They can be defeated with stomps, fireballs, hammers, invincibility, and Raccoon Mario or Tanooki Mario's tail whips, each of which causes them to flash before they fall off-screen. Regardless of how they are beaten, however, Fire Chomps always respawn if their initial spawn point is returned to until they self-destruct.

Level appearances

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Fire Chomp
Main article: Flame thrower (Flame Chomp)

In Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS, while no normal Fire Chomps appear in the game, a derivative is introduced. They are motionless and shoot a homing fireball when the player approaches. Unlike usual Fire Chomps, they do not self-destruct or run out of fire. These objects originally lacked faces or an explicit connection to Fire Chomps, which were given to them starting with the remake.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

A Flame Chomp

Flame Chomps are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. They are encountered in World 7-1 only. Flame Chomps act the same as before, but a difference with their appearance is that their face is now shown at all times. They use the same model and textures that flame throwers use in Super Mario 64 DS, though with an added fire tail.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Flame Chomps are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Compared to previous appearances, when a Flame Chomp has no more fireballs, it begins to go after the player much faster before exploding. As usual, they can be defeated with a stomp or fireballs, and can also be frozen with Ice Balls. Their look was further standardized from New Super Mario Bros. in that Flame Chomps now have five teeth.

Level appearances

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Flame Chomps are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. 2. Their characteristics and weaknesses are the same as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Level appearances

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Flame Chomp
The only Flame Chomp in New Super Mario Bros. U, guarding a Star Coin.

Only one Flame Chomp appears as an enemy in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is encountered in a hidden room in Rising Tides of Lava. Flame Chomps are also enemies in New Super Luigi U, this time as part of their own level, Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel, where a total of sixteen are encountered. Flame Chomps had their behavior modified: They now draw in their entire fiery "tail" to shoot out a massive fireball then chomp in place while flashing red and self-destructing eventually.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Screenshot of Flame Chomps from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Beauty of Kootie"
Fire Chomps from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode, "The Beauty of Kootie".

Fire Chomps make a few appearances in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, such as in the episode "The Beauty of Kootie", where several Fire Chomps act as crew members on the Doom Ship.

In the show, Fire Chomps do not have a fireball tail, and have flexible borders around their eyes (which this time are red) and mouth. Fire Chomps also appeared during the episode "Never Koop a Koopa". They tried to attack Mario inside Castle Koopa, but Toad and Princess Toadstool opened the window and let them fall into the water.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

A Fire Chomp appears in Koopa Capers, prowling a cave in the Magma Pits. While Luigi is fleeing from the Hot Feet that also live in the cave, he can choose to either rush blindly ahead, or take his time; if he chooses the latter, he will just narrowly avoid the Fire Chomp, but if he picks the former, he will run into and be scorched by the fireballs of the Fire Chomp, causing a Game Over.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up[edit]

A single Fire Chomp appears on the Homemaker page in Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

SmashWiki article: Flame Chomp

Flame Chomps are enemies in the Smash Run mode of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Like in previous games, they breathe fireballs at the player and explode shortly after losing all of their fireballs. The fire trail can also damage the player if they run into it. They are weak to the water effect.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

Flame Chomps are enemies who can become allies to the player in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. A Flame Chomp's attribute is Fire, meaning that it is powerless against Water, yet strong to Wood. Flame Chomps have relatively high HP and they are very efficient in regenerating their team's health points. Instead, their attack point rating is a little poor. The main skill of any Flame Chomp in the game is called Flame Dance, which increases the attack rating of every Fire-type team mate by 1.3 for five turns. Flame Chomps also have a secondary skill, the Skill Boost; when the player enters a course, this skill helps by reducing the number of turns till the main skill can be used.

In the game's commercial, Flame Chomps are used to demonstrate fusion between enemies.[2]

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, "Flame Chomp" can appear as a wrong answer when identifying a certain enemy in the Toad quizzes.

Minecraft[edit]

Minecraft asset
A Flame Chomp in Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, Blazes are replaced by Flame Chomps.

List of appearances[edit]

Title Description Release System/format
Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemy 1988 Family Computer/NES
Super Mario All-Stars Enemy 1993 SNES
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Enemy 1994 SNES
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemy 2003 GBA
New Super Mario Bros. Enemy 2006 DS
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Enemy 2009 Wii
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Enemy 2010 Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Enemy 2012 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U Enemy 2012 Wii U
New Super Luigi U Enemy 2013 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Enemy/Trophy 2013 3DS
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Enemy/Teammate 2015 3DS
Minecraft: Wii U Edition Enemy in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack 2016 Wii U
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Enemy in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack 2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Enemy in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack 2018 New 3DS
Mminecraft: Bedrock Edition Enemy in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack 2018 Nintendo Switch
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Enemy 2019 Nintendo Switch

Profiles[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ケロンパ (JP) / Flame Chomp (EN)
A Flame Chomp from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ウエポン族 Tribe Weapon clan
性格せいかく しゅうねん深い Disposition Profoundly tenacious
登場とうじょうゲーム 3 Game appearances 3
やっぱり爆弾だったなか

空中をふわふわ浮いて、マリオに近づく黒い玉。動きが止まると、口から炎を吐き出すぞ。踏むだけで倒せるが、最後に自爆してまきぞえにしようとするので注意しよう。[3]

I knew it was a bomb

The black ball floats in the air and approaches Mario. When it stops moving, it will spit flames from its mouth. You can defeat it by simply stepping on it, but beware that it will try to self-destruct and wreak havoc on you at the end.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

Trophy
Flame Chomp
A trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Category: Enemy
How to unlock:
Random
If you thought Chain Chomps were bad, wait till you meet Flame Chomps. They use the flames that make up their tail as ammo, and when they run out, they head straight for you and self-destruct. When you defeat one, it'll explode and take out any enemies nearby, and it'll leave a whole load of stat boosts behind, too. (American English)
If you thought Chain Chomps were bad, Flame Chomps are so much worse. They use the flames that make up their tail as ammo, and when they run out, they head straight for you and self-destruct. When you defeat one, it'll explode and take out any enemies nearby, and it'll leave a whole load of stat boosts behind too. (British English)

Gallery[edit]

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 they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ケロンパ[4][5][6]
Keronpa
Possibly derived from "kerosene;" shared with its variant flame thrower
Chinese (simplified) 火焰汪汪[7]
Huǒyàn Wāngwāng
Fire Chain Chomp
Chinese (traditional) 火焰汪汪[7]
Huǒyàn Wāngwāng
Fire Chain Chomp
Dutch Flame Chomp[8][9] -
Vuur-Chomp[10] Fire Chomp Super Mario Bros. 3
French (NOA) Croque-Flamme[11] Flame Chomp
French (NOE) Chomp Pyro[11] Pyro Chomp
Bouchée de feu[10] Fire bite Super Mario Bros. 3
Chomp de feu[12] Fire Chomp New Super Mario Bros.
German Flammenhund[13] Flame Dog
Feuer-Kanonenkugel[14][15] Fire Cannonball Super Mario Bros. 3
Italian Fiammorco[9][11] Portmanteau of fiamma ("flame") and orco ("ogre")
Magiafuoco[16] Magic-fire; was probably meant to be written as Mangiafuoco ("Fire-eater") Super Mario Bros. 3
Korean 화염폭탄[7]
Hwayeom Poktan
Flame Bomb
불 첨프[17]
Bul Cheompeu
"불" (bul, "fire") with a transliteration of the English "Chomp" Super Mario Bros. 3
Portuguese Chamiço[20] From chama ("flame") and -iço (adjective-creating ending)
Trinca Chamas[11] Flame Biter Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Portuguese (NOA) Comedor de Fogo[18] Fire Eater Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet
Fire Chomp[19] - Super Mario Bros. 3
Russian Огненный Кусалкин[21]
Ognennyy Kusalkin
Fire Chomp
Spanish Chomp Llamas1[9][11] Flame Chomp
Cabeza de Fuego[22] Head of Fire Super Mario Bros. 3

1 - This name was lowercased as "Chomp llamas" in Latin American localizations from 2012 to 2019.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 36.
  2. ^ EB Games Australia (May 11, 2015). Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Edition TV Commercial. YouTube. Retrieved January 18, 2025. (Archived January 19, 2025, 01:17:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  3. ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 80.
  4. ^ 1988. 『Super Mario Bros. 3 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 36.
  5. ^ Itoi, Shigesato, Ryo Kagawa (APE), Hideaki Nishitani, Masatoshi Watanabe, Koichi Sugiyama (Supersonic), Junichiro Okubo, and Shigeo Tanabe (Shogakukan), editors (1993). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオコレクション』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102444-0. Page 229.
  6. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『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. Page 36, 114, 145, 194, 209.
  7. ^ a b c In-game name for Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.
  8. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U-kanaal (29 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Peach' Kasteel-3 - Derde sterrenmunt (Wii U). YouTube (Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  9. ^ a b c In-game name for Flame Chomp Ferris Wheel in New Super Luigi U.
  10. ^ a b 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Handleiding / mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch, French). Page 42.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Trophy list (2014). Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Games. Nintendo.
  12. ^ Loe, Casey (2006). New Super Mario Bros., le guide de stratégie officiel. Hamburg: Future Press (French). ISBN 3-937336-61-3. Page 13.
  13. ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Kanal (29 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Peachs Schloss-3 - Dritte Sternenmünze (Wii U). YouTube (German). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  14. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 36.
  15. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 15.
  16. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Libretto d'Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 36.
  17. ^ 1990. "슈퍼 마리오 브라더즈 3 사용 설명서". Icheon: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Korean). Page 36. (Archived 29 Mar. 2007 via Naver by togepi1125.)
  18. ^ 1993. Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instruções. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 36.
  19. ^ Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors (1991). Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado. Rio de Janeiro: Multi Editora (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 9.
  20. ^ "Continue para cima e salte sobre o Chamiço, no momento exato, para obter a Moeda-Estrela!" – Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (January 29, 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Castelo da Peach-3 - Terceira Moeda-Estrela (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese). Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  21. ^ Канал New Super Mario Bros. U (29 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Peach's Castle-3 - Third Star Coin (Wii U). YouTube (Russian). Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  22. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instrucciones. Großostheim: Nintendo (Spanish). Page 36.