Editing Shroob

{{Species-infobox

|title=Shroob

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|image=[[File:ShroobAlien Pits.png|250px|A '''Shroob''' holding a ray gun.]]

|derived_species=[[Shroob UFO]]<br>[[Shrooblet]]<br>[[Dr. Shroob]]<br>[[RC Shroober]]<br>[[Shrooba Diver]]<br>[[Guardian Shroob]]<br>[[Blazing Shroob]]<br>[[Shroid]]<br>[[Support Shroob]]<br>[[Shroobsworth]]<br>[[Intern Shroob]]

|notable=[[Elder Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Commander Shroob]]<br>[[Junior Shrooboid]]<br>[[Shrooboid Brat]]<br>[[Elder Shrooboid]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])

The '''Shroobs''' are a race of [[Poison Mushroom]]-like aliens from the [[Shroob Planet]] that invaded in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] when [[Baby Mario|Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi|Luigi]] were babies, as shown in the game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. They are a purple, [[mushroom]]-like species ruled by [[Princess Shroob]] and [[Elder Princess Shroob|her older sister]]. Unlike the similar, yet much more benevolent [[Toad (species)|Toads]], who are seemingly more [[human]] than mushroom, Shroobs seem to have retained most of their fungus ancestry.

They possess very advanced technology, such as ray guns and a massive fleet of flying saucers, powered by the [[vim]] of Toads, which is collected by capturing the Toads and draining the vim through the Shroobs' Tree Network, all leading to the Vim Factory. The saucers are capable of shooting energy bolts that turn people into [[Shroob Mushroom]]s, as well as causing devastating damage to buildings. The Shroob military is very complex in their processes. They come in different colors and have different attacks. Unlike the [[Koopa Troop]], the Shroobs have everything laid out in advance so that they could both protect vital operations and invade enemy regions at the same time, suggesting they are very intelligent.

 

The Shroobs look similar to the Toads, except they are dark purple with bluish-white spots at the top, have very stubby bodies and limbs, have hands with pincers at the ends, have gaping mouths with a pair of fangs on the top, and have black eyes with red pupils.

[[File:Shroobs.jpg|thumb|left|Some Shroobs from ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''.]]

|title='''''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Partners in Time]]'' Enemy'''

|image=[[File:M%26L-PiT_Shroob_Idle.gif]]

|location=[[Hollijolli Village]]

|notice=Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions of the game if they differ from the original American stats.<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/mlpit_guide.shtml TMK Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Enemy Guide]. Some stats were changed from the original American version of the game to the Japanese and European versions.</ref>

The Shroobs first started their invasion by destroying [[Toad Town]] and capturing many Toads. These Toads were taken to [[Toadwood Forest]], where their vim was drained by the forest's genetically-altered trees. The vim was then collected at the [[Vim Factory]], where [[Dr. Shroobs]] gave the vim to [[Swiggler]], a terrifying, bio-engineered [[Wiggler]]. While guarding a [[Cobalt Star]] shard, Swiggler also drinks the vim and powers the [[Shroob UFOs]] which he will use to attack Mario and Luigi.

While attacking Toad Town, they also attacked [[Princess Peach's Castle]] in hopes of capturing [[Baby Peach]], but she had left by the time they got in the castle, and instead found the [[Princess Peach]] of the future, who had traveled back in time using [[E. Gadd's Time Machine]]. They also took [[Toadiko]] to Toadwood Forest, and, oddly enough, put [[Toadbert]] inside [[Yoob]]. Princess Peach, however, did manage to trap Elder Princess Shroob in the Colbalt Star and then shattered the shards around the kingdom before getting captured by the younger Princess Shroob.

Soon after, they started the creation of the mechanical [[Yoob]] and attacked [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]]. Yoob would eat any [[Yoshi]] it could find. These Yoshis would then most likely be converted into more monstrous Yoobs and be used to attack the Mushroom Kingdom, preventing the Yoshis from helping the kingdom in the process. However, Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi went to go stop it, being eaten in the process after the Shroobs had used their Shroob UFOs to make Yoob grow to monstrous proportions.

The Shroobs later commandeered the [[Koopaseum]], using it as a stadium in order to celebrate the conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. On stage, Princess Shroob fed Princess Peach to the monstrous [[Petey Piranha]]. Mario and Company gave chase to the large [[Piranha Plant]] under the museum.

Princess Shroob had disguised herself as Peach to take over the Mushroom Kingdom of the future and thus make sure her plan would succeed. She managed to fool everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom until [[Bowser]] came to kidnap Princess Peach again, taking Princess Shroob with him to [[Thwomp Volcano]]. After being defeated, though, the [[Shroob Mothership]] came and took back Princess Shroob.

The Shroobs were apparently melted away when the brothers and Princess Peach discovered the Shroobs' weakness (babies' tears), although it was possible that they simply left the Mushroom Kingdom to look for another place to call home. However, the Koopa Troop seems to have managed to capture various Shroobs and kept them in cold storage, forgetting about them.

Despite regular Shroobs being the main kind of Shroob seen in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', only three are fought in the entire game (early on, in [[Hollijolli Village]]).

|title='''''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|Bowser's Inside Story]]'' Enemy'''

|image=[[File:Shroob.gif]]

|location=[[Bowser's Castle]]

|gear=[[Clothing|Shroob Boots]]

[[File:Mario vs shroobs.png|thumb|left|[[Mario]] & [[Luigi]] battling Shroobs in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''.]]

In the lobby of [[Bowser's Castle]], as a hidden Easter Egg, just before Bowser fights [[Midbus]], a Shroob can be seen in the seat on the lower right-hand corner. If Bowser tries to speak to it, it stares blankly and says ".....".

Much later in the game, a group of three Shroobs appears as an optional boss in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. They are found in the cold room in Bowser's Castle which needs a password to be accessed. The password of the cold room is □, □, ○, △, △, △.

They have two attacks that were very similar to the ones (especially the [[Guardian Shroob]]s) they used in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''. For the first, the attacker will flag down a companion, and they will each shoot a laser at a Mario brother. The other attack is a simple laser blast, delivered to only one brother. Before executing this attack, the attacker will always pirouette, unlike in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', in which they would pirouette only before attacking Luigi, and spark before attacking Mario. So instead, the player must see the way it's spinning. It spins clockwise to attack Mario, and counterclockwise to attack Luigi.  

After defeating them, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] receive all ten [[Special Attack (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)|Attack Parts]] for [[Magic Window]]. They may also receive the Shroob Boots, which cause jumped-on enemies to suffer a 50% reduction in attack. Various other Shroobs are visible in the background of the battle, including broken [[Shroid]]s, [[Junior Shrooboid]]s, [[Shrooba Diver]]s, [[Commander Shroob]]s and even [[Elder Princess Shroob]]. Also, if one uses the [[Jump Helmet]] attack and Mario and Luigi walk back in order for the attack to take effect, a single [[RC Shroober]] is seen.

The secret battle with the Shroobs is accompanied by several recaps from ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' as Mario and Luigi explain their history to Starlow. After hearing that it was Luigi who ultimately trumped the Shroobs, Starlow sarcastically remarks that he did so by "ferociously crying," referencing the baby tears that were ultimately the aliens' downfall.

It is presumed that the three Shroobs fought, the Shroob in the audience, and Junior Shrooboid are the only survivors of the ending of ''Partners in Time''. Although Elder Princess Shroob and multiple Commander Shroobs and Junior Shrooboids appear frozen in the background of the battle, they may only be a part of the battle comparable to the audience in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', as Junior Shrooboid is the only other Shroob in the room outside the battle. After the three Shroobs are defeated, the Shroob race is apparently extinct (excluding that one in the audience).

These enemies along with the [[Elite Goombule]] were not in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] Guide Enemy Compendium.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', a lone Shroob makes a cameo on a photo in [[Kylie Koopa]]'s office in [[Wakeport]].

===Super Mario-Kun===

Shroobs appear in volumes 35, 36, and 37 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. They retain their look from game artwork, and can speak human language.

==Language==

[[File:Castle Invasion.png|thumb|The Shroobs taking over [[Princess Peach's Castle]]. ]]

The Shroob language as it appears in the text bubbles in the game is just a bunch of nonsensical small picture text. Only one phrase, which translates to "Destroy!", is repeated throughout the game. When the Shroobs talk in the game, they make gibberish sounds. However, they do sometimes use the Latin alphabet, as seen in the battle against [[Shrooboid Brat]]. When the Shrooboid Brat was about to attack, the Shroob crowd raised up signs that said either "M" or "L", signifying who to attack. Also, whenever a [[Shroid]] uses its iron ball attack, it has the letter M on it for [[Mario]], or L on it for [[Luigi]], although it is vice versa when the Shroid has sparks flying out from its body. A similar thing goes for [[Elder Shrooboid]], when he uses the crystal attack. The Elder Shroob Princess can also speak English. Later on, the language is shown to players using subtitles in parentheses. Whether or not this means that Mario and Luigi begin to understand the language or is just for purposes of clarification is unknown.

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==The Shroobs==

[[File:Shroob World M&L.png|thumb|The Shroobs' home planet.]]

*[[Elder Princess Shroob]] - The stronger and elder of the two sisters that rule over the Shroobs.

*[[Princess Shroob]] - The younger of the two sisters, she leads the Shroobs in her sister's absence.

*[[Commander Shroob]] - The head of the Shroob army.

 

*[[Swiggler]] - A shroobified [[Wiggler]] that turns [[Toad (species)|Toad]] [[vim]] into fuel for the Shroob UFOs.

*[[Yoob]] - A giant, shroobified [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] that eats normal Yoshis and other creatures and encases them in eggs, possibly to turn them into monsters as well.

*[[Sunnycide]] - An egg-like monster that dwells within and guards Yoob from attack.

 

===Shrooboids===

*[[Junior Shrooboid]] - A weak Shroob that travels to the present in E. Gadd's time machine.

*[[Shrooboid Brat]] - A Shroob that battles at the [[Koopaseum]] in front of a crowd.

*[[Elder Shrooboid]] - A strong Shroob that attacks the [[Star Shrine]].

 

===Shroobs===

[[File:Shroobstand.jpg|thumb|Artwork of a Shroob.]]

*[[Shrooblet]] - Goomba-like Shroobs.

*[[Dr. Shroob]] - Bespectacled Shroobs encountered at the Vim Factory.

*[[RC Shroober]] - Shroobs who use remote control devices to attack.

*[[Shrooba Diver]] - Shroobs who swim through sand as if it was water.

*[[Blazing Shroob]] - Shroobs with flaming heads that use fireballs to attack.

*[[Guardian Shroob]] - Shroobs that guard the [[Shroob Mother Ship|mother ship]].

*[[Shroid]] - Shroob robots.

*[[Support Shroob]] - Shroobs that aid the Shroob Commander in battle with massive [[Shroob-omb]]s.

*[[Shroobsworth]] - Elderly Shroobs that defend [[Shroob Castle]] along with Intern Shroobs.

*[[Intern Shroob]] - Little Shroobs that piggyback on Shroobsworths and aid them in battle.

 

===[[Shroobified]] Creatures===

*[[Spiny Shroopa]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Spiny|Spinies]].

*[[Lakitufo]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Lakitu]]s.

*[[Swiggler]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Wiggler]].

*[[Shroob-omb]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Bob-omb]]s.

*[[Tashrooba]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Tanoomba]]s.

*[[Shroob Rex]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Rex]]es.

*[[Yoob]] - The Shroob equivalent of Giant [[Yoshi]]s.

*[[Chain Chomp#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Shroob Chomp]] - The Shroob equivalent of [[Chain Chomps]].

===Slaves===

*[[Hammer Bro (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|Hammer Bros.]] - [[Hammer Bro]]s. that have been brainwashed by the Shroobs.

==Technology==

*[[Shroob UFO]]

*Shroob Missile

*Shroob Bob-omb

==Colonies, Settlements, and Structures==

*[[Vim Factory]]- A factory that the [[Shroobs]] keep the [[Toads]] in

*[[Shroob Mother Ship]]- A ship that [[Princess Shroob]] owns

*[[Shroob Castle]]- Home to the not pure [[Shroobs]]

*[[Shroob Planet]]- The [[Shroob]] home planet

==Game appearances==

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| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''

| Enemy

| 2005

| [[Nintendo DS]]

| ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''

| Cameo as sticker

| 2008

| [[Wii]]

| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''

| Boss

| 2009

| [[Nintendo DS]]

| ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''

| Cameo

| 2013

| [[Nintendo 3DS]]

{{Foreignname

|JapR=Gedonko seijin

|JapM=Alien from Planet Shroob; ''Gedonko'' is probably a portmanteau of ''gedou'' meaning "unorthodoxy" and "''udonko'' disease", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powdery_mildew powdery mildew].

|FraE=Xhampi

|FraEM=Pun on ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' (mushroom)

|FraA=Champiz

|FraAM=Pun on ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' (mushroom)

|SpaAM=From ''Champiñón'' (Mushroom) and the suffix ''-zoide''.

|ItaM=-

|Kor=게돈코

|KorR=Gedonko

|Chi=毒菇

|ChiR=DúGū

|ChiM=Poison Mushroom

*A reference to Shroobs was made in the ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' website where one of the player's baller names (determined by a five-question quiz) could be "Shroob Showstopper".

*It appears that the Shroobs (or most of the Shroobs) also have a weakness to the cold. This evident by the fact that nearly all Shroobs are weak against the Ice Flower. The fact that the remaining Shroobs are also frozen by Bowser may also be a subtle indication.

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