Woohoo Hooniversity

Woohoo Hooniversity
Artwork from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
Greater location	Beanbean Kingdom
Inhabitants	Beanish researchers, Laser Snifits, Yo Bros, Viruses, Eekers, Mecha Chomps / Mechakoopas

“Woohoo Hooniversity is the center of all scientific research in the Beanbean Kingdom. Apparently it's southeast of the town... not that I've been there.”

—Beanish, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Woohoo Hooniversity is a university in the Beanbean Kingdom that appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, dedicated to the study of laughter. It is located near Beanbean Fields. When the Mario Bros. arrive, looking for the Beanstar, Cackletta and Fawful have taken over the building, severely damaging it and transforming the research teams and faculty.

Cackletta and Fawful take over the university and transform many of its scientists into Laser Snifits. Mario and Luigi soon arrive to stop Cackletta after Prince Peasley mentions that she is there. Once there, they find that Cackletta has locked herself behind a door opened only by light. By positioning certain mirrors, they reroute a beam of light to open various shutters and the door. When Cackletta activates the Peach-bots that are supposed to contain Princess Peach's voice, however, they enrage the Beanstar, crashing it into the university's basement (this is because the voice they stole was actually Birdo's voice). Mario and Luigi arrive shortly after this happens, and Luigi drives Fawful into the ground using his hammer.

Mario and Luigi fight and defeat Cackletta, though with Fawful's help, she lives on as a spirit inside his Headgear. Before they finish off the brothers, however, Prince Peasley appears and knocks them out of the university and into Stardust Fields. The brothers promptly go to the basement of the university to collect the Beanstar. However, Popple and Rookie find it first, and prevent them from collecting it. After Popple and Rookie are defeated, a Peach-bot falls down and emits the voice again, causing the Beanstar to fly up into the air and out of Woohoo Hooniversity in rage, with Mario, Luigi, Popple, and Rookie in tow. They all fall off the Beanstar (with Mario and Luigi landing in Oho Oasis, Popple presumably landing in Chucklehuck Woods and Rookie, who remembers who he really is before landing in Stardust Fields) before it explodes into four pieces.

Block research rooms

One of the rooms featuring some ? Blocks from the previous Super Mario games and a ! Block.

Three rooms in the Hooniversity are dedicated to studying blocks. Block-like robot characters can be found here and explain each of the blocks. All of the blocks featured in the rooms are prototype versions of the blocks that do not give rewards when struck. A Bros. Block, Rally Block, and Random Block can be found and tested here, as well as four blocks from previous games in the Super Mario franchise. In the remake, an extra robot is added that names the blocks from previous games as Blocks of Nostalgia and describes them as "Blocks featured in past adventures."

GBA	3DS	Intro note	In-game description
		Bros. Block	Moves in the arrow's direction when the character matching the color of the block hits it.
		Rally Block	Hit this moving block in pairs to rally with it.
		Random Block	When the character matching the block's color strikes the block, the block produces coins.
		GBA: "Block Used in Super Mario Bros." 3DS: "A block from Super Mario Bros."	GBA: "Made of secret materials from the Mushroom Kingdom. Metallic appearance is quite popular." 3DS: "It's made of secret materials from the Mushroom Kingdom. The metallic appearance is quite fashionable."
		GBA: "Block Used in Super Mario World" 3DS: "A block from Super Mario World."	GBA: "Made of light, shiny materials. Somewhat shock absorbent." 3DS: "It's made of a special, extra shiny material. It is proven to be quite shock resistant."
		GBA: "Block Used in Super Mario 64" 3DS: "A block from Super Mario 64."	GBA: "Currently analyzing the new technology that makes it vanish when struck..." 3DS: "Smarty-pants scientists are currently studying the mysterious technology that causes it to vanish when struck..."
		GBA: "Block Used in Paper Mario" 3DS: "A block from Paper Mario."	GBA: "Appears to be made of soft materials but is actually quite hard. For professionals only." 3DS: "It appears to be made of soft material, but in actuality it is quite sturdy. For professional use only."

Enemies

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  Laser Snifit

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  Red Virus

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  Blue Virus

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  Yellow Virus

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  Yo Bro

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  Eeker

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  Mecha-Chomp (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)

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  Mechakoopa (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions)

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  Cackletta (boss)

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  Popple (boss)

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  Rookie (boss)

Items

Dropped Item (Remake Only)

Item	Location	Image
Jumping Boots	Dropped after defeating the Laser Snifit in the first scene.

Beanholes

Every Beanhole contains one Chuckle Bean.

Location	Image	Image (Remake)
From the entrance, the player should work their way north up the first hallway, head southwest in the starry room to the second hallway. The beanhole is northwest of the mirror, next to the machine.
In the same area, the player should head south until they see a green Beanbean statue on the eastern wall. Performing Luigi Dunk in front of it will uncover a bean.
Heading west in the same area, to the next hallway, the player should move south and west until they see low elevated ground. The beanhole is at the southernmost edge.
In the same area, the player should head north to the next hallway, and continue doing so until they see a green Beanbean statue on the eastern wall. Performing Luigi Dunk in front of it will uncover a bean.
In the same area, the player should head northeast into a room with several ? Blocks. There are two beanholes in this room; the first one is on the low ground, slightly northwest of the large ? Block's shadow. The second beanhole is on the higher elevated floor, all the way to the back of the room, directly south of the smaller bookshelf.
Back into the hallway, the player should head north to yet another hallway, and continue doing so until they see a green Beanbean statue on the western wall. Performing Luigi Dunk in front of it will uncover a bean.
In the same area, the player should High Jump up the platform and through the shutter door into the next area. The beanhole is in the southwest corner. Then, the player should perform Luigi Dunk in front of the green Beanbean statue on the eastern wall to uncover another bean.
Going northwest, and into the room just before the Generator Service Room, this beanhole is in the southwest, on the low elevated floor.
In the Generator Service Room, the player should head all the way south until they see a beanhole in the corner.
Going all the way back to the second hallway from the entrance, the player should head south through the shutter door to the next area. There are two Beanbean statues; the player should perform Luigi Dunk in front of the statue on the eastern wall to uncover a bean.
In the same area, the player should head southeast until they find a beanhole in the low elevated ground.
Back into the hallway, the player should make their way to the Main Lab, where the Bros. fight Cackletta, and work their way down the stairs to the basement. In the fourth passageway to the basement, the beanhole is in plain sight on the low elevated ground, directly next to the ? Block's shadow.
Going west into the next area, the beanhole is found in the southwestern corner closest to the passageway.
In the next area, the beanhole is located in the southwestern corner.
In the Generator Room, where the Bros. fight Popple and Rookie a second time, there are two beanholes; the first one is found all the way on the western side, on the furthest most corner.
In the same area, the second beanhole is on the opposite side, on the furthest most corner.

Blocks

Item	Location	Image	Image (Remake)
10x 10 Coins and Super Syrup	Outside Woohoo Hooniversity, in the northwest of the screen.
10x 10x 2x 10 Coins 1-Up Mushroom and Super Mushroom	Same area, left of the wooden bridge.
Super Mushroom and Syrup Super Mushroom and Super Syrup	In the first purple room near the entrance.
Hoo Bean	In the second purple room near the entrance, it is in the ? Block in the southwest.
Mushroom Super Mushroom	Same room, it is in the ? Block in the southeast.
40x 40 Coins	In the first room to the right of the road to the sun door, in the lower part of the room.
Hoo Bean, Mushroom and Nut Hoo Bean, Nut and Super Syrup	Same room but upper part.
3-300x 3-300 Coins	In the room just before the Generator Service Room, in the upper west part.
Mushroom 1-Up Mushroom	In the generator service room, it is in the ? Block in the southwest room.
40x 40 Coins, Hoo Bean, Mushroom, Super Mushroom and Syrup 40x 40 Coins, Hoo Bean, Super Mushroom, Super Nut and Syrup	In the room before the southwest barrel area.
Mushroom, Refreshing Herb and Syrup Heart Jeans, Refreshing Herb and Syrup	In the room in the northwest of the barrel area.
Hoo Bean and Super Mushroom	In the room to the north of the purple rooms.
Hoo Bean	At the top of the same room, in the northeastern corner.
Nut Nut and Super Syrup	In the first room to the basement area, in the northeastern corner.
20x 20 Coins	In the second room to the basement area, in the southeastern corner.
40x 40 Coins	In the third room to the basement area, in the northwestern corner.
Super Mushroom	In the final room to the basement, it is in the ? Block in the northwest.
Super Nut	Same room, it is in the ? Block in the southeast.
Super Syrup	In the third room in the snowy basement, it is in the ? Block in the southwest.
Super Mushroom	In the fourth room in the snowy basement, it is in the ? Block in the north corner.

Remake Only

Item	Location	Image
Recording	In the third room with block prototypes, in the southwest.
Recording	In the Mini-Mario only room south of the previous one, in the southwest corner.

Hidden Blocks

Every Hidden Block contains one Hoo Bean.

Location	Image	Image (Remake)
In the northeastern area of the first starry room, on the low platform, the Mario Bros. should jump in the spot directly southwest of the small lone star to reveal the hidden block.
In the Generator Service Room, Luigi should hammer Mario from behind to make him small. As Small Mario, he should go through the hole in the southeast and climb up the steps then continue all the way north on a path that encompasses the entire room until he reaches the small red arrow leading him to the next area. Down the steps to the lowest ground in the seemingly "empty" room are four hidden blocks. Starting from the second cross pattern from the central-most pattern in the south, Small Mario should jump at the latter, then at the patterns east, north and west of the former to reveal the blocks.
In the first room past the third shutter, from the first starry area, is a lone platform in the southwest. Jumping at the center of the spot will uncover another hidden block.

Profiles

• English (United States):
  People say this is where the chemistry of laughter is researched...
• Other languages:
  • Japanese:
    笑いを科学的に研究する施設、といわれているが⋯？
    (Translation: A facility for the scientific study of laughter, it is said...?)

Gallery

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  Screenshot of Woohoo Hooniversity.

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  A professor lying on the ground after the others flee.

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  The inside of the Hooniversity.

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  The Donkey Kong-inspired area.

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  Cackletta activating the Peach-bots in the Hooniversity's main lab.

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  The door leading to Popple and Rookie's room in the basement.

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  Popple and Rookie encountered at the Hooniversity's basement.

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  The Beanstar is enraged by a Peach-bot's voice.

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  Woohoo Hooniversity's in-game map.

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  Woohoo Hooniversity's full layout.

Multimedia

Woohoo Hooniversity - Plays in Woohoo Hooniversity in the original game.

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Woohoo Hooniversity DX - Plays in Woohoo Hooniversity in the remake.

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Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	アハハ・アハデミー[?] Ahaha Ahademī	Pun on「アハハハ」(ahahaha, a type of loud laughter) and "academy"
Chinese	哈哈大学[?] Hāhā Dàxué	Haha University
Dutch	Woehoeniversiteit[?]	Portmanteau on woe hoe (onomatopoeia similar to "woohoo") and universiteit ("university")
French	Hahadémie[?]	Pun on "ha ha" (onomatopoeia hinting at a laugh) and académie ("academy")
German	Lachhochschule[?]	Portmanteau of lachen ("to laugh") and Fachhochschule (German type of tertiary education institution)
Italian	Accademia Crepapelle[?]	"Accademia" means "academy"; "crepapelle" comes from the common expression "ridere a crepapelle", which means laughing uproariously
Korean	하하하 하카데미[?] Hahaha Hakademi	Hahaha Hacademy; "Hacademey" a portmanteau of "Ha" and "academy"
Spanish	Academia Jajá[?]	Haha Academy