Uproot

Uproot
First appearance	Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Latest appearance	Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Nether Update) (2020)

Uproots are enemies from Super Mario Odyssey that can be controlled with Cappy. In their natural state, Uproots have flower pots on their heads, and have red eyes. They are shown to resemble onions when their flower pots are knocked off. They can stretch their legs, which, according to the Bonneter biologist, telescope outward, to reach high places.

Uproots can be found in the Wooded Kingdom, a secret, lava-filled area in the Seaside Kingdom, and the Darker Side. In order to break the flower pots on their heads, Mario needs to throw Cappy at them, allowing him to take control of the Uproot. They can be used to reach places Mario normally could not reach as well as raising certain platforms. They are also needed to defeat the boss Torkdrift through smashing both blocks and the boss's core.

A concept design for the Uproot depicted them as mushroom type enemies.

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, Striders are replaced by Uproots.

Gallery

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  An Uproot captured by Mario

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  A potted Uproot

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	セノビー Senobī	From 背伸び (senobi), to stretch one's back to make oneself appear taller
Spanish	Cebolleto	Diminutive of cebolla (onion)
French	Poupousse	Portmanteau of pousse (bud) and pousser (to stretch)
Dutch	Uproot	-
German	Mieswurz	Portmanteau of mies (bad) and Wurzel (root)
Italian	Bulbotto	Diminutive of bulbo (bulb)
Russian	Корняк Kornyak	From корень (koren', root) and сорняк (sornyak, weed or unwanted plant)
Korean	쭈우키 Jju'uki	From 쭈욱 (jju'uk, stretching) and probably 키 (ki, height)
Chinese (Simplified)	腿伸伸 Tuǐ shēn shēn	From 腿 (tuǐ, leg) and 伸 (shēn, to stretch)
Chinese (Traditional)	賽諾比 Sài nuò bǐ	Transliteration of the Japanese name