Hoppo
- Not to be confused with Hippo.
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| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) | ||
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Hoppos are purple hippos with a flower-like pattern on top that first appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They appear in the levels Here Come the Hoppos, Cosmic Hoppos, Break Time! Pop Up, Hoppo!, Pipe-Rock Plateau Special Bounce, Bounce, Bounce, and The Final Test Wonder Gauntlet. The player can stomp on them to make them start rolling and bounce off of them. Hoppos can also roll into and get stuck in gaps. Hoppos are completely harmless to the player, though they can defeat other enemies while rolling.
During the Wonder Effect in Here Come the Hoppos, the player has to bounce off of rolling Hoppos to reach a big one carrying a Wonder Seed.
Their name is a portmanteau of "hop" and "hippo".
Profiles[edit]
- Trading card bio: A Hoppo starts rolling when Mario or his friends jump on it and can make for a great bouncy platform
Gallery[edit]
A walking Hoppo
A rolling Hoppo
A big rolling Hoppo during Here Come the Hoppos's Wonder Effect
Hoppos during Here Come the Hoppos's Wonder Effect
Hoppos floating in space, as seen in Cosmic Hoppos
Additional names[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | G:/romfs/Model/EnemyKoropon.bfres.zs | Koropon | From「ころころ」(koro-koro, onomatopoeia for rolling) and "hippo";「~ぽん」(-pon) is also a Japanese endearing diminutive suffix |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | コロンポリン Koronporin |
Portmanteau of「ころころ」(korokoro, onomatopoeia for rolling) and「トランポリン」(toranporin, "trampoline") |
| Chinese (simplified) | 弹滚波铃 Tángǔn Bōlíng |
"Bounce and roll" + a transliteration of「ポリン」 |
| Chinese (traditional) | 彈滾波鈴 Tángǔn Bōlíng |
"Bounce and roll" + a transliteration of「ポリン」 |
| Dutch | Hoppo |
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| French | Roulipo |
Portmanteau of rouler ("to roll") and "hippo" |
| German | Rollf |
Play on rollen ("to roll") and the male given name "Rolf" |
| Italian | Rotopoppo |
From rotolare ("to roll") and ippopotamo ("hippopotamus") |
| Korean | 데굴펄린 Degulpeollin |
Portmanteau of "데굴데굴" (degul-degul, onomatopoeia for rolling) and "trampoline" |
| Portuguese | Hipobólamo |
Play on hipopótamo ("hippopotamus") and bola ("ball") |
| Russian | Гиппопом Gippopom |
Portmanteau of гиппопотам (gippopotam, "hippopotamus") and пом (pom, onomatopoeia for bouncing) |
| Spanish | Hipobótamo |
Pun on hipopótamo ("hippopotamus") and botar ("to bounce") |
