Sewer rat
- "Rat" redirects here. For the animal from Super Mario Odyssey, see small animal.
| Sewer rat | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins | |
| Species | Rat |
| First appearance | Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (1992) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin (1995) |
- “I'll teach you to come poking around where you don't belong!”
- —Sewer rat, Mario vs. Wario
The sewer rat,[1][2] also referred to as a rat[1][3] or mouse,[4] is the boss of the Macro Zone in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins. It is a rat with a rather prominent nose that it apparently uses for defense.
History[edit]
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins[edit]
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins, the sewer rat lives in the Macro Zone (in the Attic Course) and guards one of the six Golden Coins. The sewer rat fights in a similar manner to Morton and Roy in Super Mario World: the sewer rat runs up walls and into pipes, and it eventually crawls to the top of the ceiling and falls straight onto Mario. If he jumps on top of the sewer rat three times or hits it with six fireballs, it is defeated. The rat then falls off the screen, and Mario gets the Golden Coin.
Mario vs. Wario[edit]
The sewer rat also appears in the first Mario vs. Wario comic. On Mario's way to visit Wario, the sewer rat is the first enemy Mario encounters. Mario does not pick up on the sarcastic threats the sewer rat makes and leaves. The rat then charges at him, but Mario accidentally gets hold of his nose and detaches it from the rat's face. Noticing a string on the nose, Mario pulls it, revealing it to be a party-popper, which explodes right on the sewer rat's face, causing it to faint. Mario then leaves, explaining he has no time to party around.
Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]
In the Super Mario Kodansha manga, sewer rat appears in Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, as the second boss encountered. Wario uses dark magic to summon five guardians to guard the Six Golden Coins (giving the sixth one to Tatanga after convincing him to join his cause). The summoned bosses are represented by a lit candle in Wario's summoning circle. When a candle goes out, it signifies that the corresponding boss has died.
Following Big Bird's defeat, Wario goes to check on sewer rat, telling him to get ready. While he shows off his drill nose, sewer rat falls down the roof and into the Macro Zone's house library, where he picks up the book Thumbelina and starts crying, hoping one day to get his own little cute bridge. While Wario is shaking his head at this, the Witch, disguised as the collector, offers to help him, by shrinking Mario, Princess Peach, and Battle Beetle to miniscule sizes, then tries to lure them into traps. After they all fail, the collector casts a spell on Mario's heart to make him fall for whoever holds it, so Peach storms off when Mario takes care of the collector, ending up in sewer rat's clutches, ready to make her his Thumbelina-like wife. Battle Beetle intervenes, stealing Mario's heart (forcing the Witch to retreat) and throwing it to Peach's, so Mario goes to help her. Mario chases sewer rat to the dark attic, where he takes advantage of the dark to hit Mario. Using his bunny ears, Mario hears sewer rat coming and breaks his drill nose with a kick, causing him to jump into the air from the pain, leaving the Golden Coin behind.
In Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 3, Wario uses dark magic to resurrect his army with more magic candles, including the bosses, but despite appearing during the final chapter, most of them have no relevant role during the fight. Battle Beetle, under Bear's instructions, blows out with his flapping wings the candles, causing all of the fallen enemies to disappear, including the bosses and Bear herself.
In Daimaru Roketto's chapter in Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin, Mario mocks sewer rat by pretending to be a bullfighter while dodging him. Upset, the sewer rat stabs Mario in the behind.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
In Super Mario-kun, sewer rat appears in chapter 11 of volume 7. Mario manages to avoid its charges, and after gaining the Bunny form, he leaps over the boss, making it crash into a wall, breaking its nose and revealing a pig-like snout. He grows another one, this time shaped like an eggplant. Mario makes fun of him, and sewer rat crushes him under it. Mario asks for help, and collector passes him what he claims to be a Super Mushroom. Sewer rat intercepts it and eats it, only to discover it was tricked: that was a Poison Mushroom, shrinking down. Mario grabs it and demands the Macro Coin, but sewer rat explains he was recently robbed and no longer has it. Mario turns around to his friend collector, and he admits he was the one that stole from the boss and forgot to mention it the whole time, much to Mario's frustration.
Sewer rat reappears in chapter 7 of volume 10, when Luigi brings all of the freed Mario Land's creatures to witness the final battle.
Sewer rat is turned into a spinning top by Wario in the second bonus chapter of volume 12.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| リッキー (JP) / Sewer rat (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| ビースト |
Tribe | Beast clan | |
| Disposition | Headstrong | ||
| ランド２ | Game appearances | Land 2 | |
| It rushes at you with a sharp drill The boss of the Macro Zone that protects the Golden Coin. It is a large rat with a sharp drill on its nose. It is ferocious, and will mercilessly attack intruders with its drill, as if the attic is its own territory. | |||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Boss fight in Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins
Mario vs. Wario
A commercial for Game Boy introduced by Mani
Alternate artwork
Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1
Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1
Names in other languages[edit]
Unless they are the only ones available, names unique to the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are denoted as such in the "Note(s)" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リッキー Rikkī |
Ricky | [6][7] | |
| French | Ricky | Translation of the Japanese name | [8] | |
| La souris | The mouse | Club Nintendo | [9] | |
| German | Riesenmaus | Giant Mouse | [10][11][12] | |
| Italian | Topo | Mouse | Club Nintendo | [13] |
| Ratto della fogna | Sewer rat | [13] | ||
| Topo di fogna | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | [14][15] | ||
| Spanish | Rata de alcantarilla | Sewer rat | [16] | |
| Swedish | Råttbossen | The Rat Boss | [17] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b August 1993. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #5. Page 54.
- ^ English Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins entry on the official Mario Portal. nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived December 21, 2025, 19:32:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "Eek! A rat runs through the last room of the zone." – December 1992. Nintendo Power Volume 43. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 47.
- ^ Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt (1994). Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
- ^ 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 230.
- ^ Itoi, Shigesato; Watanabe, Takashi; Jinnai, Hiroyuki (APE), Kobayashi, Jin; Osawa, Ryuji; Tanabe, Shigeo – Editors (1992). 『スーパーマリオランド2 - 6つの金貨任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-102413-0. Page 9.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 July 1993). Super Mario Land 2 - 6-tsu no Kinka 1, Super Mario, vol. 18. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319398-5. Page 6.
- ^ Super Mario-kun Volume 7 French translation. Page 149.
- ^ Smith, Mark – Editor (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1, ed. 7. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (French). Page 28.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M.; Kämmerer, Andreas G.; Menold, Marcus – Editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Der Offizielle Nintendo Super Game Boy-Spieleberater. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 23.
- ^ Pohlmann, Susanne (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 6, is. 1. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 54.
- ^ Moyes, Claude M.; Kämmerer, Andreas G.; Menold, Marcus – Editors (1994). "Super Mario Land 2" in Offizielle Game Boy Spieleberater 2. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 21.
- ^ a b Fletcher, John – Editor in chief (1993). "Super Mario Land 2" in Club Nintendo, vol. 1. Linea Gig S.p.a., Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Italian). Page 24.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai; Sao, Akinori; Fukuda, Junko; Takayama, Kunio; Nakahara, Ko (Shogakukan); Figini, Marco – Editors (2018). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 76.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 76.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai; Sao, Akinori; Fukuda, Junko; Takayama, Kunio; Nakahara, Ko (Shogakukan); Figini, Marco – Editors (2017). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" 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 76.
- ^ Bjarneby, Tobias (1993). "Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins" in Power Player, no. 30. Atlantic Förlags AB (Swedish). Page 2. Supplemental for Nintendo-Magasinet, vol. 1.
