Prongo

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Not to be confused with Pronto.
Prongo
Prongo artwork from Super Mario 3D Land
Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land
Appears in Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Comparable

Prongos[1] are Goombeetle-like enemies in Super Mario 3D Land. Prongos each have a large blue box object with golden spikes surrounded by orange markings sticking out along the sides and the top. The blue box covers most of a Prongo's body, except its green feet and yellow underside and a hole at the front showing a pair of small red eyes.

Prongos appear in later levels of normal worlds, but they become common enemies in the Special Worlds. When a Prongo spots Mario or Luigi, it runs after him, similarly to a Goomba. If the Prongo gets close enough, it dives and tries to headbump the player character, similarly to Spiked Goombas from the Paper Mario series. If the Prongo misses, it becomes stuck in the ground due to its spikes, leaving it open for attack. This is the only opportunity when a Prongo can be defeated from one of Fire Mario's fireballs or one of Boomerang Mario's boomerangs. After a few seconds, the Prongo frees itself from the ground and continues its pursuit of the player character. Prongos cannot be defeated when they are upright, except with the use of a Super Star. Tail whips flip a Prongo over, making it vulnerable to any attack.

Profiles[edit]

  • European website bio: "Prongos have a spike growing out of their head, so don't jump on them whatever you do! You'll just have to find other ways of dealing with them..."

Gallery[edit]

  • Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land

    Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land

  • Model from Super Mario 3D Land

    Model from Super Mario 3D Land

  • Screenshot from Super Mario 3D Land

    Screenshot from Super Mario 3D Land

  • Super Mario 3D Land Japanese trading card

    Super Mario 3D Land Japanese trading card

  • A keychain of Prongo

    A keychain of Prongo

Naming[edit]

Prongos are named after the word "prong," meaning each pointed part of a fork. Their internal name implies they might have been initially designed as a spiky variant of Goombeetles.

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 3D Land romfs/ObjectData/TogeMetbo.szs TogeMetbo Spiked Goombeetle

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ツノへい[2][3]
Tsuno Hei 		Horned Trooper; officially romanized as "Tsuno-Hei"
Chinese (simplified) 刺角兵[4]
Cìjiǎobīng (Mandarin)
Chigokbīng (Cantonese) 		Spike Horn Trooper
Chinese (traditional) 刺角兵[5]
Cìjiǎobīng (Mandarin)
Chigokbīng (Cantonese) 		Spike Horn Trooper
Dutch Prongo[6] -
French (NOE) Soldapointe[7][8] Portmanteau between soldat ("soldier") and pointe ("point")
German Stachelrekrut[9][10] Portmanteau between Stachel ("spike") and Rekrut ("recruit" or "trainee")
Italian Soldaspino[11][12] Portmanteau between soldato ("soldier") and the masculine form of spina ("spike")
Korean 뿔뿔병[13]
Ppulppulbyeong 		Horned Soldier
Portuguese (NOE) Soldado Espinho[14] Thorn Soldier
Spanish (NOE) Guardaespín[15][16] From guardia ("guard") and espina ("spike"); evocative of puercoespín ("porcupine")

References[edit]

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 16.
  2. ^ 2011. 冒険の舞台. Super Mario 3D Land (Japanese). (Archived March 29, 2012, 08:11:04 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 3D Land" in『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 180.
  4. ^ 2012. 冒险的舞台. Super Mario 3D Land (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 21 Dec. 2019. (Archived March 26, 2016, 21:43:57 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  5. ^ 2012. 冒險的舞台. Super Mario 3D Land (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 20 Dec. 2019. (Archived March 27, 2025, 00:03:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  6. ^ 2011. De spelwereld. Super Mario 3D Land (Dutch). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:04:22 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2025. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  7. ^ 2011. L'univers deu jeu. Super Mario 3D Land (French). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:06:33 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2025. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  8. ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D Land" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 180.
  9. ^ 2011. Die Spielwelt. Super Mario 3D Land (German). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:08:36 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2025. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  10. ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D Land" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 180.
  11. ^ 2011. Il Mondo di gioco. Super Mario 3D Land (Italian). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:10:30 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 8 Apr. 2024. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  12. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 3D Land" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 180.
  13. ^ 2012. 모험의 무대. Super Mario 3D Land (Korean). Archived August 5, 2019, 11:10:26 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 Jul. 2024.
  14. ^ 2011. O mundo do jogo. Super Mario 3D Land (European Portuguese). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:02:03 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2025. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  15. ^ 2011. Mundo del juego. Super Mario 3D Land (European Spanish). Archived 8 Apr. 2024, 22:00:02 UTC from the original via archive.today. Retrieved 16 Oct. 2025. (Note: In the archive, the description is only accessible in the web page's source code.)
  16. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 3D Land" 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 180.
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