Tryclyde

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Tryclyde
Tryclyde
Artwork for Super Mario Advance.
Species Cobrat
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Ultimate NES Remix (2014)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[1] (2001)
“Step right up, if you're ready to get... toasted!”
Tryclyde, Super Mario Advance

Tryclyde, also known as Triclyde, is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of Subcon, the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical Lernaean Hydra, a giant, multi-headed serpent.

History[edit]

Background[edit]

Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by Wart due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".[2]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Tryclyde from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Tryclyde's original appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2

In Super Mario Bros. 2, Tryclyde acts as the guardian of both World 2 and World 6. Upon sighting the player, he shoots fireballs at them. Tryclyde can take damage from a Mushroom Block being thrown at it, and they are resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde is defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit.

While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of Super Mario Bros. 2 included in Super Mario All-Stars, he is only the boss of World 2 in the Super Mario Advance version, his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by Mouser's own (originally from World 3). His color changes in the remakes, coloring him turquoise and orange. Upon defeat in Super Mario Advance, Tryclyde can be heard shouting, "Impossible!" In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most official artwork related to Super Mario Bros. 2 shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.

There are some unused sprites in Super Mario Advance of Cobrat with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like Fryguy and Clawgrip and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.[3]

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Tryclyde returned as a boss in BS Super Mario USA, and was fought similarly as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, closer to his in-game sprite reused from Super Mario All-Stars, but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up[edit]

Mario as a zookeeper.
Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page

In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. The description for the job is as follows:

Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Three heads are better than one!”
Tryclyde, "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"

Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for King Koopa as a member of his Koopa Pack, often appearing to help him, Mouser and Koopa Troopa in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled Princess Toadstool, who was usually able to defeat him. In "The Great Gladiator Gig", Tryclyde assumes the alter-ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's Roman motif, and in "Koopa Klaus", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif.

In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.[4]

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of Nintendo Comics System, one of the comics' Dear Princess Toadstool features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In one of the bad endings of Pipe Down!, Ludwig von Koopa plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack Mario and Luigi. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Tryclyde. Page 34, volume 8 from Super Mario-kun.

Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a Frog Suit. He gives Mario a Magical Potion. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.

Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.[2]
  • Instruction booklet bio (Game Boy Advance version): Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.[5]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゆつしん / 種族しゅぞく ビースト族 Place of origin/tribe Beast clan
性格せいかく 荒々しい Disposition Gruff
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
ガラゲーロたちのボスかな

火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。[6]

Maybe the boss of the Cobrats

A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.

Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. bio[edit]

  • Japanese:
    W2とW6のボス。3つの頭を持ち、口から炎を吐いてくる。[7]
    Translation:
    The boss of W2 and W6. It has three heads and spits fire from its mouth.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ガブチョ[8] (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic)
Gabucho
ガプチョ[9] (Super Mario USA)
Gapucho
トライクライド[9] (Super Mario USA)
Toraikuraido
Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(Garagēro, "Cobrat") and「部長ブチョウ」(buchō, "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(gabutto, onomatopoeia for chomping)

An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(Gabucho)

Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name

Chinese 三头蛇[10]
Sān-Tóu Shé
Three-Headed Snake

Dutch Tryclyde[11]
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French Tryclyde
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German Triclyde
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Italian Tryclyde[12][13]
Triciclo (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)
Tritesta[14]
Trezucche[15]
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Trike/Tricycle
Three-heads
Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; zucca ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
Korean 삼두사
Samdusa
Three-Headed Snake

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Super Mario Bros. 2 English instruction booklet. Page 27.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! writer's bible. worthpoint.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet (English). Page 12.
  6. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 54. Imgur. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Super Mario USA section. Page 67.
  8. ^ Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Page 36.
  9. ^ a b Super Mario USA instruction booklet. Page 30. nintendo.co.jp. November 17, 2022.
  10. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 35.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 27.
  13. ^ NES Remix 2 Super Mario Bros. 2 level 7-2, "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!"
  14. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 38.
  15. ^ Super Mario Advance European manual (Italian). Page 112.