Nep-Enut

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Nep-Enut
A Nep-Enut from Yoshi's Island DS
First appearance	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance	Yoshi's Crafted World (2019)
Variant of	Blargg
Variants Egg-enut
Comparable Blarggwich Gargantua Blargg Red Blargg

Nep-Enut, also known as Nep-enut, Super Big Nep-Enut, Super Big Nep-enut, or Giant Nep-Enut, is a water-based, blue counterpart to Gargantua Blargg that hides underwater in the games Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Yoshi's Island DS, Yoshi's New Island, Yoshi's Woolly World, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World and Yoshi's Crafted World. Nep-Enut will remain submerged until Yoshi approaches it. Then, the monster will rise, blocking Yoshi's path. Yoshi must shoot inside Nep-Enut's mouth with an egg for it to submerge in the water (and only its eyebrows will remain visible). If Yoshi jumps over the giant monster, Nep-Enut will give chase.

A particular Nep-Enut in the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island level What's Gusty Taste Like? lives in a secret underground area, and is located entirely underneath terrain and Semisolid Platforms, making it untouchable when it is not in its risen form. The Nintendo Player's Guide specifies this one as a Submarine Nep-Enut, though the actual behavior between the two is the same.

In Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Nep-Enuts only appear in the course, Frozen Solid and Chilled. By tossing three yarn balls into them, Yoshi is able to stun the Nep-Enuts for a few moments. They spit out Shy Guys at Yoshi, which is likely done to give Yoshi an infinite supply of yarn balls to stun the Nep-Enut with. Nep-Enuts can be instantly frozen with an ice watermelon. They can be climbed on during their frozen state, but will release themselves from the ice after a short while. However, Nep-Enuts can be defeated permanently if Yoshi pounds them while they are frozen.

At least one Nep-Enut was originally going to appear in Paper Mario, but was removed from the game for unknown reasons.

Gallery

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  Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Box art for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

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  Early development of Paper Mario

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  Yoshi's New Island

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  Yoshi's New Island

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  Yoshi's Woolly World

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  Nep-Enut costume from Yoshi's Crafted World

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ビッグウンババ(青) / ビッグウンババ(あお) Biggu Unbaba (ao)	Big Blargg (blue)
Spanish	Nep-Onut	-
French (NOA)	Maxi Blop Aqua
French (NOE)	Huba-Huba
German	Riesen-Wasser-Blargg	Giant Water Blargg
Italian	Pos'Adone	Portmanteau of Poseidone (Poseidon) and Adone (Adonis)
Russian	Нептун Neptun	Neptune
Chinese	烏巴巴/乌巴巴 Wūbābā	Transliteration of the Japanese name

Trivia

• The Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island box art and game cover shows Yoshi about to cross a gap with a Nep-Enut in the background.
• Nep-Enut is an anagram of "Neptune", the Roman god of the sea.
• It is possible to go inside a Nep-Enut in Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, because of invincibility frames. Yoshi can stay inside the Nep-Enut if there is a platform underneath it, but will lose health when it moves its mouth to spit out Shy Guys.