Mandibug Stack

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Mandibug Stack
Artwork of the Mandibug Stack from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Member of Mandibug clan
Variant of Mandibug

The Mandibug Stack[1][2] is a mini-boss introduced in Super Mario Galaxy. It is a normal-sized Mandibug with a smaller Mandibug on its back.

History[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

A Mandibug Stack in Honeyhive Galaxy.
The Mandibug Stack on the Tower

The Mandibug Stack is a mini-boss in Super Mario Galaxy. It is encountered in the Honeyhive Galaxy mission "Trouble on the Tower." When Mario or Luigi performs a Ground Pound on the smaller Mandibug atop it, the Mandibug Stack becomes enraged and approaches the player character faster than a regular Mandibug. When the Mandibug Stack itself is ground-pounded, it is defeated, revealing the mission's Power Star.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

The Puzzling Picture Block from Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Mandibug Stack on the Picture Block
Angry, unstacked Mandibug Stack
The Mandibug Stack turns red in its second phase.

The Mandibug Stack is a mini-boss in Super Mario Galaxy 2. It is encountered in the Puzzle Plank Galaxy mission "The Puzzling Picture Block." The Mandibug Stack behaves and is defeated the same as in the predecessor. It shares its boss theme with King Lakitu and Boulder Bowl Galaxy's Prankster Comet mission, which in turn is a variation of Baron Brrr's boss theme from Super Mario Galaxy, unlike in the first game, where it has no theme at all. Along with Bugaboom, the Mandibug Stack is one of the only two bosses originating from Super Mario Galaxy that reappear in the sequel not to be fought in the Boss Blitz Galaxy.

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Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Mandibug Stack
Rendered model of the Mandibug Stack in Super Mario Galaxy.
Dome Terrace Galaxy Honeyhive Galaxy
Mission Trouble on the Tower Reward Power Star

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Mandibug Stack
Artwork of the Mandibug Stack from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
World World 2 Galaxy Puzzle Plank Galaxy
Mission The Puzzling Picture Block Reward Power Star

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Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/StinkBugParent.arc StinkBugParent Stink Bug Parent
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl
子連れカメムシ (Kodzure Kamemushi) Child-bearing Stink Bug

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 親子クワカブト[3][4][5]
Oyako Kuwakabuto
Parent and Child Mandibug
French Famille Skarabée[6]:127 Mandibug family
Famille Skaraboss[6]:159 Bugaboom family
German Stinkkäfer-Familie[7] Mandibug Family
Italian Scarafetor Madre[8] Mandibug Mother
Spanish Escarabajo madre[9] Mother Mandibug

References[edit]

  1. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)
  2. ^ English Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)
  3. ^ Kashima, Aya, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Kushima No, Itaru Nakatani, Hiroshi Hirata, Kimiyasu Hongo, Yoji Watanabe, Ayoka Kojima, and Daisaku Sato (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』(Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo Game Strategy Guide). Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-2700-4. Page 40.
  4. ^ 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 21.
  5. ^ 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 127, 159.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ 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 127.
  8. ^ 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. Page 127, 159.
  9. ^ 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 127.