Gringill
| Gringill | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
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- “Can you beat those Gringills by hitting them with shells?”
- —Penguin, Super Mario Galaxy
Gringills are enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. These huge orange eels have large eyes and teeth. Much like Maw-Rays, they attack by trying to bite Mario or Luigi. Gringills can be defeated by throwing a Koopa Shell at them. An even larger version called Big Gringill also exists.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy, Gringills come in two varieties, being ones in caves and ones that swim freely. Caved ones' behavior also has two variations: Some become visible only if Mario gets close, at which point they emerge and bite whenever he approaches but remain visible in their caves regardless; others constantly emerge, bite, and retract regardless of what Mario does. Free-swimming Gringills always swim in wide, medium-speed loops similarly to the Sushi enemy in Super Mario 64. The latter type is the focus of "Giant Eel Outbreak," where Mario must defeat three Gringills that are menacing the Drip Drop Galaxy.
Appearances[edit]
marks missions where Gringills are completely absent.
marks missions where Gringills are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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| Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy |  |
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| Engine Room | Sea Slide Galaxy | |
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| Kitchen | Drip Drop Galaxy |
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| Bedroom | Bigmouth Galaxy |
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| Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy | |
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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Gringills are a lot less common, with only the caved versions making occasional appearances. This variety still has its behavioral variation from the first game.
Appearances[edit]
- marks missions where Gringills are completely absent.
- marks missions where Gringills are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
| Caved, emerges when approached | ||||
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| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions | ||
| World 2 | Cosmic Cove Galaxy | |
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| World 6 | Slimy Spring Galaxy | |
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Profiles[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy trading card[edit]
| Image | Name | Description |
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Gringill | With their large eyes, and even larger, more terrifying teeth, Gringills would like nothing more than to have Mario for lunch! Mario must fight these gigantic eel-like creatures in several galaxies — some enemies just don't know when to quit. Gringills can be defeated by throwing a Koopa shell at them while underwater. |
Gallery[edit]
Model of a swimming Gringill from Super Mario Galaxy
Gringills hide amongst the seaweed in the Bigmouth Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy.
Thumbnail from Mario Portal
Naming[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The "grin" part in "Gringill" is likely in reference to the enemy's exposed teeth. It is one of the few discrete names to be mentioned directly in Super Mario Galaxy, in which penguins apply it to the enemy during "Giant Eel Outbreak." In the original Japanese release, they instead nondescriptly refer to it as an「アナゴ」(anago, "conger").[1] The enemy is more specifically referred to by the respective common names for whitespotted congers in the Korean and Simplified Chinese localizations. It is generically referred to as an "eel" in most of the non-English European localizations.[2][3][4] The North American and Italian localizations of Super Mario Galaxy refer to the enemy by discrete names.
The European French version of the Prima Games guidebook refers to the enemy by its Canadian French name, Anguillon, which was followed suit in the guidebook for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia. The Italian name, Pesce Boa, may be a deliberate connection to the initial intent to base Gringills on snakeheads, as conveyed by the internal file designations for the enemy. The German name Schlangenfisch, introduced in the Prima Games guidebook for Super Mario Galaxy 2, has similar connotations.
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/SnakeheadSmall.arc | SnakeheadSmall | Small Snakehead (nested variant) |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | 雷魚（小） (Raigyo (shō)) | Snakehead (small) | |
| ObjectData/SnakeFish.arc | Snake Fish | Snake Fish (swimming variant) |
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 |
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| Japanese | アナゴン[5][6][7] Anagon |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 星鳗[8] Xīngmán (Mandarin) Sīngmaahn (Cantonese) |
Whitespotted conger | |
| French (NOA) | Anguillon[9] | From anguille ("eel") and diminutive suffix -on | |
| French (NOE) | Anguillon[10][11][12] | From anguille ("eel") and diminutive suffix -on | |
| Super aigle[13] | Super eagle; likely a mistranslation of the Spanish Superágila | Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection | |
| German | Schlangenfisch[14] | Snakefish, as well as a synonym for Bartmännchen ("cusk-eel") | |
| Gringill[15] | - | Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection | |
| Aal[16] | Eel | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Pesce Boa[17][18][19] | Boa Fish | |
| Pesce boa[20]:126 | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| Mordorena[20]:159 | Maw-Ray | ||
| Korean | 붕장어[21] Bungjang'eo |
Whitespotted conger | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Morduçum[22] | Portmanteau between morder ("bite") and muçum ("marbled swamp eel"), also known as peixe-cobra ("cobra-fish") | |
| Spanish | Anagorn[23][24] | Derived from the Japanese name | |
| Superágila[25] | Portmanteau between "super," ágil ("agile"), and anguila ("eel") | Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection |
References[edit]
- ^ 「あのアナゴに、コウラ ぶつけて やっつけられねーか？」– Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (1 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese).
- ^ « On pourrait peut-être se débarrasser de ces anguilles en leur lançant des carapaces? » – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (16 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French).
- ^ „Kannst du nicht einen Panzer in diese Aale schleudern und sie erledigen?“ – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (16 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German).
- ^ «¿Te importa acabar con las anguilas usando los caparazones?» – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (16 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).
- ^ 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 406.
- ^ Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 18.
- ^ 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 126, 159.
- ^ "你能用龟壳打败那些星鳗仔吗？" – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (22 Mar. 2018). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
- ^ « Peux-tu battre ces Anguillons en les frappant avec des carapaces? » – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (12 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of America (Canadian French).
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy Le Guide Officiel (French Edition). Translated by Mathieu Daujam and Calude-Olivier Eliçabe. Roseville: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-1-906064-02-0. Page 165.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 29.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 126.
- ^ 2010. Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection (French Edition). Barcelona: E-max, EnterPLAY (French). Page 13.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Das offizielle Lösungsbuch. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Lübbecke: Grinning Cat Productions, Prima Games (German). ISBN 402-0-628-08787-6. Page 27.
- ^ 2009. Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection (German Edition). Barcelona: E-max, EnterPLAY (German). Page 13.
- ^ 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 126.
- ^ «Ultimamente dei Pesci Boa stanno minacciando queste acque! Che possiamo fare?» – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (16 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^ «Black, Fletcher» – 2007. Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 165, 137, 264.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "저 붕장어한테 등껍질을 던져서 쓰러뜨릴 수는 없을까?" – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (4 Sept. 2008). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
- ^ "Esses Morduçuns podem nos engolir em uma só bocada!" – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (2 Oct. 2025). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo STC and Nintendo EPD Tokyo. Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). (Archived 7 Oct. 2025 via YouTube by Hagazo.)
- ^ "¿Puedes derrotar a esos Anagorn golpeándolos con caparazones?" – Penguin during "Giant Eel Outbreak" (12 Nov. 2007). Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 126.
- ^ 2009. Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection (Spanish Edition). Barcelona: E-max, EnterPLAY (European Spanish). Page 13.
