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 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-Enuts remain submerged until Yoshi approaches it. It then rises, blocking Yoshi's path. Yoshi must throw a egg for it to submerge in the water (and only its eyebrows remain visible). If Yoshi jumps over it, it chases.

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 Player's Guide specifies this one as a Submarine Nep-Enut, though the actual behavior between the two is the same.

In Yoshi's New Island, three Nep-Enuts appear in Rise of the Nasty Nep-Enuts, two in the first area and the third in the last area. They chase after Yoshi. They take three eggs to cause them to temporarily retract into the water rather than one.

In Yoshi's Woolly World and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World, Nep-Enuts appear only 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. Nep-Enuts can be instantly frozen with an ice watermelon. They can be climbed on during their frozen state, but 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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  Yoshi's Crafted World

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  Nep-Enut costume from Yoshi's Crafted World

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  Artwork used for a puzzle based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ビッグウンババ青 Biggu Unbaba Ao ビッグウンババ(青) / ビッグウンババ（あお） Biggu Unbaba (ao)	Big Blargg Blue Big Blargg (blue)
Chinese	大乌巴巴（蓝） (Simplified) 大烏巴巴（藍） (Traditional) Dà Wūbābā (lán)	Big Blargg (blue)
French (NOA)	Maxi Blop Aqua
French (NOE)	Huba-Huba
German	Riesen-Wasser-Blargg	Giant Water Blargg
Italian	Pos'Adone Enorme Pos'Adone (YWW)	Portmanteau of Poseidone (Poseidon) and Adone (Adonis) Giant Nep-Enut
Korean	거대짜자잔(파랑) GudaeJjajjajan(parang)	Big Blargg (blue)
Portuguese	Nep-Onut Colossal	Colossal Nep-Enut
Russian	Нептун Neptun	Neptune
Spanish	Nep-Onut Gigantón	Giant Nep-Enut

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.