| Three Little Pigheads | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Mario vs. Wario (1993) |
| Species | Pigs |
The Three Little Pigheads,[1] also known as the Three Little Pigs,[2] or simply the Pigs,[3] are a trio of pig siblings[4] who are the bosses of the Mario Zone in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, fought at the end of the Block Course. Each pig has a different "house" they reside in and have their own attack patterns. The first, Buro,[5] has a straw house and attacks by rolling back and forth along the screen. The second, Bucho,[5] has a wooden house and tries to pounce on Mario by jumping around the screen. The third, Bupon,[5] has a brick house and attacks by jumping, too, but leaps a bit higher every time. All three pigs were waiting their entire lives for a huffing and puffing wolf, and believe that Mario is after their home.[6] Each can be defeated by jumping on them three times or hitting them with six fireballs, and once one is defeated, the next one starts attacking. Each of the pigs' abodes are based on the classic fairy tale The Three Little Pigs.
The Three Little Pigheads are antagonists in the Mario vs. Wario comic. Wario orders them to attack Mario with other enemies from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Mario is oblivious to the monsters wanting to defeat him and mistakes them for a bowling game. The Three Little Pigheads are defeated from Mario knocking one of the enemies (which he uses as a ball) into the other "pins".
ProfilesEdit
Perfect Ban Mario Character DaijitenEdit
| ブーロ (JP) / Buro (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ビースト族 | Tribe | Beast clan | |
| くいしん坊 | Disposition | Glutton | |
| ランド2 | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| すばやい3匹の子ブタ マリオゾーンのボスは3匹の子ブタ、ブーロ、ブーチョ、ブーポン兄弟だ。わらの家、木の家、レンガの家からそれぞれ様子をうかがっている。3匹ちいるので計9回も踏みつけなくては勝てないのだ。[7] |
Three quick little pigs The bosses of the Mario Zone are the three little pigs: the siblings Buro, Bucho, and Bupon. They look after each other from a straw house, a wooden house, and a brick house, respectively. There are 3 of them, so you cannot win without stomping on them a total of 9 times. | ||
GalleryEdit
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Buro)
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Bucho)
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (Bupon)
Screenshot from Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Mario vs. Wario
Names in other languagesEdit
Three Little PigheadsEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーロ／ブーチョ／ブーポン[8] Būro / Būcho / Būpon |
Buro / Bucho / Bupon | |
| ブー Bū Kyōdai |
Oink-Siblings | ||
| ３ 3-hiki no Kobuta |
Three Little Pigs | ||
| French | 3 frères Cochons[12] | 3 Pig brothers | |
| Les cochons[13] | The pigs | Club Nintendo | |
| German | Wilde Schweine[14][15][16] | Wild Pigs | |
| Italian | Tre piccoli porcellini[17] | Three little piglets | |
| Tre porcellini[18] | Three piglets | Club Nintendo |
BuroEdit
"Buro" is the name of the first pig.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーロ[8][19] Būro |
From「ブーブー」(būbū, "oink") and possibly「ごろごろ」(gorogoro, "rolling"), referring to its means of attack | |
| French | Grouin[12] | Portmanteau between grogne ("oink") and un ("one") | |
| Buro[20] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Buro[21] | - | |
| Spanish | Bûro[22] | - |
BuchoEdit
"Bucho" is the name of the second pig.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーチョ[8][19] Būcho |
From「ブーブー」(būbū, "oink") and probably the endearing diminutive「~ちょ」(-cho); shared with Pigarithm | |
| ブーチェ[23] Būche |
From「ブーブー」(būbū, "oink") and the suffix「~チェ」(-tse) | ||
| French | Grouideux[12] | Portmanteau between grogne ("oink") and deux ("two") | |
| Bucho[20] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Bucho[21] | - | |
| Spanish | Bûcho[22] | - |
BuponEdit
"Bupon" is the name of the final pig.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブーポン[8][19] Būpon |
From「ブーブー」(būbū, "oink") and likely the affectionate suffix「~ぽん」(-pon) | |
| French | Grouitrois[12] | Portmanteau between grogne ("oink") and trois ("three") | |
| Bupon[20] | - | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Bupon[21] | - | |
| Spanish | Bûpon[22] | - |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Mario! We are the Three Little Pigheads. You won't have such an easy time with us!" – Three Little Pigheads (1993). Mario vs. Wario. Page 5.
- ^ August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 55.
- ^ "Three big Pigs leap from their hanging houses in the Mario Zone finale. Hit them each three times to be victorious." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 48.
- ^ 「任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 9.
- ^ a b c English Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 13, 2022, 13:51:45 UTC via archive.today.)
- ^ "Waiting for Mario at the end of the Mario Zone are three not-so-little pigs. Each of these pigs has lived his entire life waiting for a huffing and puffing wolf, so they’re a little paranoid. Now, they think that Mario is out to take their home. So what do they do? Go after Mario! The first piggy is relatively tame, but the second has dangerous teeth. The third one is just plain mean. With fireballs and some quick jump moves, you can make all three squeal." – Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt (1994). Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 22.
- ^ 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 188.
- ^ a b c d Itoi, Shigesato, Takashi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Jinnai (APE), Jin Kobayashi, Ryuji Osawa, and Shigeo Tanabe, editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2: 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 9.
- ^ Super Mario-kun volume 7. Page 4.
- ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. KC Deluxe vol. 20 - Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka 2. Page 13.
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- ^ a b c d Sawada, Yukio (2018). Super Mario Manga Adventures. Translated by Florent Gorges. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-30206-555-0. Page 118.
- ^ Smith, Mark, editor (1993). "Super Mairo Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1, ed. 7. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (French). Page 28.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Der Offizielle Nintendo Super Game Boy-Spieleberater. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 24.
- ^ Pohlmann, Susanne (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 6, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 55.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M., Andreas G. Kämmerer, and Marcus Menold, editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 22.
- ^ «Mario! Siam i tre piccoli porcellini! Contro di noi non te la caverai così facilmente!» – Kentaro Takezuma (2017). Super Mario Adventures. Translated by Federico Salvan. Edizioni BD (Italian). Page 104.
- ^ Fletcher, John, editor in chief (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1. Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 24.
- ^ a b c Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Jul. 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 6.
- ^ a b c Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 76.
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
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