Editing Spooky Speedster

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Spooky Speedster Artwork.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|species=[[Big Boo]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
{{quote|Ehee hee hee! So you're after {{color link|red|Power Star|it}} too? Well, you'll have to {{color|blue|race}} me for it!|Spooky Speedster|[[Super Mario Galaxy]]}}
The '''Spooky Speedster''', referred to as '''Spooky''' for short in the description for his trading card, is a rival character in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. He is an [[Big Boo|Atomic Boo]] who wears a helmet and an orange visor. The Spooky Speedster is first encountered in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]], where [[Mario]] races him in the Boo Race Zone during "[[A Very Spooky Sprint]]," and reappears in [[Boo's Boneyard Galaxy]], where Mario races him while in [[Boo Mario|Boo form]]. When Mario meets the Spooky Speedster, he calls the [[Power Star]] "it," assuming Mario is also after "it," and when at the start of a race, the Spooky Speedster pulls his visor down over his eyes. In both cases, when Mario is first to cross the finish area, the Spooky Speedster gives him the Power Star, otherwise Mario loses a life.

Along with [[Cosmic Mario]], the Spooky Speedster is a rough equivalent to [[Koopa the Quick]] and [[Il Piantissimo]], characters who similarly race Mario for a reward.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card===
{{content description
|image=[[File:SpookySpeedsterTradingCard.png|150px]]
|name=Spooky Speedster
|description=''Mario encounters this restless spirit deep in the Ghostly Galaxy. Spooky Speedster is a Boo that challenges Mario to a race through the cosmos for a Power Star. Mario must use Pull Stars to navigate the creepy, bone-ridden course. If he beats him, Spooky will graciously award the celestial prize.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Spooky Speedster Render.png|Model
Spooky Speedster SMG screenshot.png|The Spooky Speedster races Mario in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]].
Spookyspeedsterrace.png|The Spooky Speedster begins racing [[Boo Mario]].
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy.png|Boo Mario is taking a shortcut.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
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 [[:MarioWiki:Article naming|concerns about circular reporting]], and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
{{foreign names
|Jpn=テレサレーサー
|JpnR=Teresa Rēsā
|JpnM=[[Boo]] Racer
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Aoyagi, Masayuki, editor|date=2007|title=『スーパーマリオギャラクシーコンプリートガイド』(''Super Mario Galaxy Complete Guide'')|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Enterbrain|isbn=978-4-7577-3943-7|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in 『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=126}}</ref>
|Fre=L'Esprit de la Traversée fantôme
|FreM=The Spirit of the Phantom Crossing
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|date=2010|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection]]''|format=French Edition|language=fr|location=Barcelona|publisher=E-max, EnterPLAY|page=11}}</ref>
|Fre2=Spooky Speedster
|Fre2M=-
|Fre2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Fre2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors|date=2018|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|translator=Fabien Nabhan|language=fr|location=Toulon|publisher=Soleil Productions|isbn=978-2-3020-7004-2|page=126}}</ref>
|Ger=Buu Huu Wettläufer
|GerM=Boo Racer
|GerC=<ref name=spooky>In-game name for "[[A Very Spooky Sprint]]" from ''Super Mario Galaxy''.</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|language=de|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=126}}</ref>
|Ita=Gara Boo
|ItaM=Race(r) Boo
|ItaC=<ref name=spooky/><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|isbn=889367436X|page=126}}</ref>
|Ita2=Fantasmagorico
|Ita2M={{iw|wiktionary|phantasmagorical|Phantasmagorical}}, likely ascribed in error from ''Tragitto Fantasmagorico'' ("[[Racing the Spooky Speedster]]")
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|date=2007|title=''Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale''|format=Premiere Edition|language=it|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-1-906064-03-7|page=143-45, 254}}</ref>
|Spa=Spooky Speedster
|SpaM=-
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|date=2009|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection]]''|format=Spanish Edition|language=es-es|location=Barcelona|publisher=E-max, EnterPLAY|page=11}}</ref>
|Spa2=Boo Corredor
|Spa2M=Boo Runner
|Spa2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Spa2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario Galaxy" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015]]''|translator=Yamada Hirofumi|language=de|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|isbn=978-3-8420-3653-6|page=126}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
*Though the Spooky Speedster says he is also racing for the Power Star, when Mario wins, he appears to already have it.
*The theme that plays when the Spooky Speedster is racing Mario is a {{time signature|3|4}}-time arrangement of the standard minigame theme.
*During the race, when the Spooky Speedster is close to Mario, drums play with the music.

==References==
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[[Category:Boos]]
[[Category:Racers]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy characters]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy trading cards]]
[[Category:Super Mario-kun characters]]

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