Mandibug Stack
| Mandibug Stack | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) (2025) |
| Member of | Mandibug clan |
| Variant of | Mandibug |
The Mandibug Stack[1][2] is a mini-boss introduced in Super Mario Galaxy. It is a normal-sized Mandibug with a smaller Mandibug on its back.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
The Mandibug Stack is a mini-boss in Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port. It is encountered during the Honeyhive Galaxy mission "Trouble on the Tower". When Mario or Luigi performs a Ground Pound on the smaller Mandibug atop the Mandibug Stack, the larger Mandibug becomes enraged, turns red, and approaches the player character faster than a regular Mandibug. When the larger Mandibug itself is ground-pounded, it is defeated, revealing the mission's Power Star.
Though the Mandibug Stack appears only in the Honeyhive Galaxy, the top of the final planet of the Honeyclimb Galaxy has five Mandibugs that are roughly the same size as and act in a similar way to the Mandibug Stack, rotating in place instead of staying still like normal Mandibugs. However, those Mandibugs do not have a smaller Mandibug on their backs, are not treated as bosses, and otherwise make the same sounds as normal Mandibugs.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
The Mandibug Stack is a mini-boss in Super Mario Galaxy 2. It is encountered during the Puzzle Plank Galaxy mission "The Puzzling Picture Block", where it has a new animation for falling from the sky. It appears after the picture block’s puzzle is solved. The Mandibug Stack behaves and is defeated the same as in the predecessor. It shares its boss theme with King Lakitu and Boulder Bowl Galaxy's Prankster Comet mission, which in turn is a variation of Baron Brrr's boss theme from Super Mario Galaxy, unlike in the first game, where it has no theme at all.
Gallery[edit]
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/StinkBugParent.arc | StinkBugParent | Stink Bug Parent |
| StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
子連れカメムシ (Kodzure Kamemushi) | Child-bearing Stink Bug |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 親子クワカブト Oyako Kuwakabuto | Parent and Child Mandibug | [3][4][5] | |
| French | Famille Skarabée | Mandibug family | [6]:127 | |
| Famille Skaraboss | Bugaboom family | [6]:159 | ||
| German | Stinkkäfer-Familie | Mandibug Family | [7] | |
| Italian | Scarafetor Madre | Mandibug Mother | [8][9] | |
| Spanish | Escarabajo madre | Mother Mandibug | [10] |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved May 30, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived July 15, 2024, 07:34:20 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved May 30, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived January 20, 2025, 19:24:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Kashima, Aya, Mitsuhiro Kitamura, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Kushima No, Itaru Nakatani, Hiroshi Hirata, Kimiyasu Hongo, Yoji Watanabe, Ayoka Kojima, and Daisaku Sato (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』(Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo Game Strategy Guide). Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-2700-4. Page 40.
- ^ Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 21.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『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 127, 159.
- ^ a b Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127, 159.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 127, 159.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" 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 127.
