Editing Hoot

{{distinguish|Hoo|Hootz}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SM64 Asset Model Hoot.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario 64''
|species=Owl
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Whooo's there? Whooo woke me up? It's still daylight--I should be sleeping! Hey, as long as I'm awake, why not take a short flight with me?|Hoot|Super Mario 64}}
'''Hoot''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=29}}</ref> or the '''Owl''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064302/http://www.nintendo.com:80/n64/super_mario64/2-4.html|title=Course 2 - Star 4: Red Coins on the Floating Isle|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=February 23, 2018}}</ref> is a friendly owl first appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
In ''Super Mario 64'', Hoot roosts in the sole [[tree]] of [[Whomp's Fortress]]. When [[Mario]] climbs the tree, Hoot complains that Mario woke him up when it is still during the day, but he then offers to give Mario a ride to the top of the fortress. The player character can ride Hoot by by grabbing his talons and holding the {{button|n64|a}} button ({{button|ds|b}} in the remake) on the controller. If the player wants Mario to let go, they should simply let go of the {{button|n64|a}}/{{button|ds|b}} button, and Hoot then returns near his tree (and remains awake for the rest of the mission). If Mario hangs on to Hoot for too long, Hoot complains that Mario's weight is making it difficult for him to continue carrying him. He then drops Mario, telling him to "lay off the pasta," and returns near his tree. Depending on where in the sky Mario is, Hoot's action of letting him go could cause Mario to lose a life. Hoot appears in Whomp's Fortress only during missions 3–6 (or missions 3–7 in the remake). If Mario is in this course during missions 1–2 and climbs Hoot's tree, Hoot does not appear. In the [[Super Mario 64 DS|Nintendo DS remake]], Hoot additionally appears on [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] during all missions; in [[Snowman's Land]] and on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] during all but the first mission; and on the huge part of [[Tiny-Huge Island]] during all but the first two missions.

===''Mario Party'' series===
Two owls resembling Hoot appear in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' on the board [[Woody Woods]]; one is mid-flight, and the other is sleeping within a tree. 

Hoot appears as an unlucky gambler in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. Hoot tells the player that he has a losing streak at the [[Jungle Game Hut]], and he needs the player to help him. Once the player wins, the reward is the [[minigame]] [[Stop 'Em]]. The ending states that he cannot stop shaking his head.

==Media==
Although the music does not change when the player flies with Hoot in ''Super Mario 64'', in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', a variation of the [[Wing Cap]]/[[Vanish Cap]] theme is played.
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|file1=SM64DS Hoot Theme.oga
|title1=Hoot Fly
|length1=0:30
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
HoottheOwlSM64.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
FallOntoTheCagedIsland.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
SM64DS Asset Model Hoot.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
Hootds.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
MPAHoot.png|Sprite from ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''
MPA Hoot Icon.png|Dialgoue icon from ''Mario Party Advance''
MPA Debts a Hoot Dialogue.png|Screenshot from ''Mario Party Advance''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フクロウ
|JapR=Fukurō
|JapM=Owl; shared with the ''[[Wario Land II]]'' [[owl (species)#Names in other languages|owl]] and ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' [[Owl (character)#Names in other languages|Owl]]
|Fre=Hiboulul
|FreM=From ''hibou'' ("owl") and ''hululer'' ("to hoot")
|Fre2=Hibou<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/NM6401/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Nintendo official French magazine N1|page=85|accessdate=May 12, 2023}}</ref>
|Fre2M=Owl
|Ita=Guffy
|ItaM=From ''gufo'' ("owl")
|Ita2=Hoot<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=85}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
*[[Fluzzard]] – a large bird in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' with which the player character can glide
*[[Heavy Zed]] – a friendly species of owl in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' that carries Mario on its head

==References==
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