Talk:Giant Stu

Real Name
Anyone have an official name for this Stu? I'm sure its official name has to do with it doing something, such as strollin' in Strollin' Stu. --Fake dino rules.
 * ... I alway thought those were simply normal stues' and that the one stacked on top of it are just really small. --Blitzwing 19:19, 7 March 2008 (EST)
 * Anyone agree? --Blitzwing 14:02, 11 October 2008 (EDT)

Here's a question. Is the Giant Stu ever found by itself without the Strollin' Stus on its head? If not then I think it should just be called the Stackin' Stu. WolfenSage (talk) 01:05, 6 April 2016 (EDT)

Merge with Stackin' Stu
The Giant Stu and Stackin' Stu appear to be one and the same. They both only appear in Pinna Park as one enemy group; they aren't seen without one another. I'm not sure if Stackin' Stu's name is official (there's no ref on that page and I can't find one myself), but the Giant Stu's name isn't. Makes sense to me that the Giant Stu page should be merged with the Stackin' Stu one. Should Giant Stu be merged, it's page should be deleted due to an unofficial name.

Proposer: Deadline: Wednesday, December 21st, 2016, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) - Look up a bit.

Oppose

 * 1) The Strollin' Stus can be separated and killed off where only Giant Stu remains. That would be like merging Red Koopa Troopa with Red Koopa Paratroopa. No change.
 * 2) - This would be like merging Goomba Tower with Goomba or merging the giant version of an enemy with its standard form and I'm against that.
 * 3) Per all.
 * 4) Per all.
 * 5) Per all.

Comments
As a side note, I think Parentin' Stu might be a better name for this variation of Strollin' Stu. It also matches better the naming scheme motif. It also makes more sense as well because if you kill the Giant Stu before the Strollin' Stus when they are knocked off, they all die. Also Strollin' Stus piggy-back the Giant Stu, something that is somewhat common for a mother's young to do in general. -- 23:02, 6 December 2016 (EST)
 * That could work as well. I don't see a on the Stackin' Stu page, though, so is its name official or no?  23:06, 6 December 2016 (EST)
 * I mean Giant Stu --> Parentin' Stu. Nothing to do with Stackin' Stu. -- 23:09, 6 December 2016 (EST)
 * ...The point I'm trying to make, though, is both types of enemies seem to be the same; one isn't seen without the other. Ergo a merge. Simply renaming Giant Stu would defeat the point of this. 23:12, 6 December 2016 (EST)

@Wildgoosespeeder: The two Koopas, while of the same "breed", are completely different and are classified as such. They have different attributes, therefore they have their own page. 00:44, 7 December 2016 (EST)

@LudwigVon: Yes, the Goomba Tower is simply a stack of Goombas, but a regular Goomba can be found everywhere, separate from the Goomba Tower. Both of which have, albeit slightly, different properties from each other. The Giant and Stackin' Stus here are essentially one enemy, found only in one place and are grouped together. 00:44, 7 December 2016 (EST)

What's wrong with the Goomba Tower analogy is that they don't have an enemy unique to Goomba Tower. What would be your thoughts if the Goomba Tower had a, say, large Rainbow Goomba at the bottom? 13:58, 8 December 2016 (EST)
 * If that "Rainbow Goomba" was only seen as part of the Goomba Stack, I'd classify it as part of that. If it is seen separate from the Goomba Stack, then I would classify it as a different enemy. 14:03, 8 December 2016 (EST)

I'm still iffy on this. There isn't anything to lose category-wise if we merge, but this still resembles an enemy, though without an official name apparently. I'm a bit inclined toward merge, but its appearance being different from the rest of the Stacked Stus is a thing. 19:40, 11 December 2016 (EST)

Name
Does the Super Mario Encyclopedia has a name for it? Like Big Kurin, Kyodai Kurin, Deka Kurin or something like that? -- 07:41, 2 December 2018 (EST)
 * No, although it describes and pictures the tower type right in the Strollin' Stu entry, which shows the giant holding the stack. LinkTheLefty (talk) 08:32, 2 December 2018 (EST)
 * You mean that it makes no mention of it? The internal filename is our only lead. Internal filenames can be used for things that are unnamed. -- 08:35, 2 December 2018 (EST)
 * Thing about Stus is that if you pay close attention, there are actually about 4 or 5 size variations at different points in the game, and when alone, they always have the same behavior. Because it's the same coded object with a different size parameter. N64 and GCN games loved to do that. I could rattle off several instances if asked. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:12, 2 December 2018 (EST)