Porcupinefish

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Porcupinefish
A porcupinefish about to be stepped on by Princess Toadstool.
Appears in Super Mario World – "Fire Sale" (1991)
Relatives
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“They stung by porcupinefish! That mean they won't be able to move until it wears off!”
Yoshi, "Fire Sale"
Yoshi passing the porcupinefish.
Mario and Luigi paralyzed by porcupinefish

Porcupinefish are dark-blue, spiked fish seen in the first episode of Super Mario World, "Fire Sale." They are named after the real-life porcupinefish, a heavily-spiked group of fish closely related to the pufferfish. Due to their appearance, they may be based off the Spiny Cheep-Cheep or the Porcu-Puffer, though they more closely resemble Urchins. They pop out of the water, sometimes from beneath sheets of ice, to stab people with their paralyzing spines. During the episode, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Kootie Pie are paralyzed by porcupinefish.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Croatian Riba Dikobrazi Porcupine Fish [1]
French Poisson-globe Puffer Fish [2]
German Stachelschweinfisch Porcupine Fish [3]
Greek Σκαντζόχοιρος Ψαριού
Skantzóchoiros Psarioú
Porcupine Fish [4]
Hungarian Sertéshal Porcupine Fish [5]
Italian Porcopesce Porcufish [6]
Portuguese Porco-Espinho Peixe Porcupine Fish [7]
Romanian Pește spinos Spiny fish [8]
Russian Рыба Дикобраз
Ryba Dikobraz
Porcupine Fish [9]
Spanish Pez Puercoespín Porcupine Fish [10]
Turkish Kirpi Balığı Porcupine Fish [11]

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