Tenderling

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Tenderling
Sprite of a Tenderling from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Variants

Tenderlings are living pieces of meat that Mario and Luigi face inside Bowser's body in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, where they are encountered in the Flab Zone. They attack by rolling at one of the Mario brothers, jumping while spinning before they strike. Tenderlings can also jump over the bros., causing damage if they jump instead of standing still. Tenderlings will do this attack if they jump higher and spin faster than they would before a normal attack. If eaten by a Calorite, they will become another Calorite, making Tenderlings more of a threat when seen with Calorites.

If one of Nutsoglobin's questions is answered wrong, a Tenderling falls out of a pipe nearby and will have to be battled. Two Tenderlings are also fought when Mario and Luigi learn how to use Badges.

Statistics[edit]

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

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Tenderling
Tenderling's idle HP 45 (68) POW 25 (63) DEF 27 (41) SPEED 30 (45)
Coins 12 (18) Level 9 Fire Normal Burn? Normal
Role Common Battled by Mario and Luigi Location(s) Flab Zone Dizzy? Normal
Stat down? Normal KO? Normal Experience 30 Item drop Mushroom - 5%
1-Up Mushroom - 30%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Tenderling
Sprite of a Tenderling from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey HP 30 POW 25 DEF 22 SPEED 30 Experience 30
Fire Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Battled by Mario & Luigi Coins 12
Burn 1x Dizzy 1x Stat down 2x Speed down 1x Item drop Mushroom - 30%
Syrup Jar - 40%
Level           8 Location(s) Flab Zone

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ジューシー
Jūshī
Juicy

French (NOA) Gigotos
Pun on "Gigot" (leg of lamb) or "gigoter" (to wriggle)
French (NOE) Gigoto
Pun on "gigot" (leg of lamb) or "gigoter" (to wriggle)
German Cholhysterin
Pun on "cholesterin" (cholesterol) and "hysterisch" (hysterical)
Italian Carnoidrato
Portmanteau of "carne" (meat) and "carboidrato" (carbohydrate)
Spanish (NOA) Bocadín
From "bocado" (Mouthful) and the diminutive suffix "-ín"
Spanish (NOE) Manjario
From "manjar" (tasty meal) and Spanish given name ending "-io"

Trivia[edit]

  • Their name is a pun on "tenderloin", a piece of meat on a bone. However, its overall appearance bears a closer resemblance to a leg of lamb.