Jelectro

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Jelectro
Jelectro artwork from Super Mario Bros. 3
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. 3
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
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Notable members

Jelectros are enemies introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. Their name is based on jellyfish and electricity. They are glowing, electric jellyfish that slightly bob in place underwater, utilizing the common cartoon trope of depicting the painful sensation of jellyfish stings as being caused by an electric shock instead of venom.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Jelectros appear in Super Mario Bros. 3. Jelectros are invincible to all attacks, even Invincible Mario and hammers. Jelectros are first encountered in World 3-5, being spread throughout, while in World 7-4, a large swarm of them is encountered in the middle of the level; this group appears to bob due to the level's scenery moving up and down when they appear. Jelectros are like Munchers in that the game programs them as damaging, animated scenery tiles, making them an indestructible solid surface. Artwork of the Jelectros depict them as smooth, as opposed to the gray spots on their sprites. Additionally, the remakes recolor the Jelectros to be blue, instead of black.

Jelectros bob up and down in place in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, rather than staying completely still. They also appear in one World-e level, Sea to Sky.

Super Mario Maker series[edit]

Jelectros are course elements in Super Mario Maker, its Nintendo 3DS version, and Super Mario Maker 2. They replace the Spike Traps when creating a course in the Super Mario Bros. 3 underwater theme, keeping their properties from Super Mario Bros. 3. In Super Mario Maker, they are only identified as Spike Traps, but Super Mario Maker 2 calls them by their actual name. Despite their luminous appearance, they do not produce light in the nighttime underwater theme.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

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Several Jelectros as they appear in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Ugly Mermaid"

Jelectros also make appearances in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. Here they are similar to their game appearances, except they have glowing red eyes and yellow tentacles. They appear in episodes such as "Reptiles in the Rose Garden", where they can actually move, and "The Ugly Mermaid", where they stand still like they originally do in Super Mario Bros. 3.

Super Mario Bros. Print World[edit]

A Jelectro appears in the printing software, Super Mario Bros. Print World, in the artwork entitled "Swimming Mario" alongside Mario.

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

A Jelectro makes a cameo appearance on the Marine Biologist page in Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, and is even mentioned in the description.[1]

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In the Nintendo Adventure Book Leaping Lizards, Luigi spots some Jelectros through a window while exploring Iggy Koopa's secret underwater lab in Water Land. Three weeks later, some Jelectros appear in the swimming portion of the International Mushroom Games obstacle course. If the reader chooses Luigi to compete in the course, one of the Jelectros will shock and briefly stun him as soon as he enters the water.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      This electric jellyfish may sit still anywhere in the sea to get in Mario's way. They are invincible!
    • Other languages:
      • Japanese:
        海の中の至る所で、立ち往生して、マリオの通行の邪魔をしている。絶対死なない無敵キャラクタ。
        (Translation: All over the ocean, they stand still, blocking Mario's passage. They're invincible characters that absolutely cannot die.)

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

しびれくらげ (JP) / Jelectro (EN)
A Jelectro from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく アクア族 Tribe Aqua clan
性格せいかく おしついている Disposition Calm
登場とうじょうゲーム 3 Game appearances 3
無敵のクラゲ軍団登場

どんな攻撃も通じない無敵の電気クラゲ。げんぜん動こうとしないが、やたら大勢で登場するので間を抜けるだけでもたいへん。カエルスーツなら、楽に泳げる。[2]

The invincible jellyfish army!

An invincible electric jellyfish that cannot be harmed by any attack. They do not move at all, but they appear in such large numbers that it is very difficult just to get between them. If you wear a Frog Suit, you can swim easily.

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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 しびれくらげ[3][4][5][6]
Shibire Kurage
Numbness Jellyfish
Dutch Jelectro[7] -
French Médusélectrique[7] Portmanteau of électrique ("electric") and méduse ("jellyfish")
German Jelectro[8] -
Geelectro[9][10] Transliteration of English name; potentially incorporates gelee ("jelly") Super Mario Bros. 3
Italian Elettromedusa[11][12] Electromedusa; shared with Jam-o'-War
Jelectro[13] - Super Mario Bros. 3
Korean 찌릿해파리[14]
Jjirit Haepari
Shocking Jellyfish
전기해파리[15]
Jeongi Haepari
Electric Jellyfish Super Mario Bros. 3
Spanish Electromedusa[16] Electric Jellyfish
Jelectro[17] - Super Mario Bros. 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few." – Marine Biologist page description (1992). Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up. Merit Software (English).
  2. ^ November 20, 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). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 89.
  3. ^ 1988. 『Super Mario Bros. 3 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 37.
  4. ^ 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 203.
  5. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Bros. 3" 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. Page 36.
  6. ^ Nintendo (2020). CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. 3. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  7. ^ a b 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Handleiding / mode d'emploi. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch, French). Page 42.
  8. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Bedienungsanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 28.
  9. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 36.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars – Edizione per il 25° Anniversario Manuale di Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 28.
  12. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 36.
  13. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Libretto d'Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 36.
  14. ^ 2010. "슈퍼 마리오 컬렉션". Seoul: Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean). Page 30. Retrieved from Naver.
  15. ^ 1990. "슈퍼 마리오 브라더즈 3 사용 설명서". Icheon: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Korean). Page 36. (Archived 29 Mar. 2007 via Naver by togepi1125.)
  16. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Bros. 3" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 35.
  17. ^ 1991. Super Mario Bros. 3 Manual de Instrucciones. Großostheim: Nintendo (Spanish). Page 36.