Blooper

"Bloopy! Bloopity bloo!"

- Blooper

Bloopers (also known as Bloobers) are squid-like creatures that are found in the ocean. They made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros., and various kinds of them have appeared in most Mario games since, normally as enemies. Mario Party 8 was the first game to feature a Blooper as a playable character. Bloopers come in different sizes and colors, though the original variety shown in Super Mario Bros. is white and roughly the size of a Koopa Troopa. They possess varying numbers of tentacles (ranging from four to up to ten visible limbs) of various lengths, which help them move and are in some of their appearances used directly to attack the player. As shown in some games, like the Mario Kart series, Bloopers can survive in and out of the water.

''Super Mario Bros.
Bloopers are one of the most resistant enemies in Super Mario Bros.. They only appear in underwater levels, and will follow Mario relentlessly. They can only be defeated by a Fireball, which, considering the fact that Bloopers are always fought in the water, is ironic. It appears that bloopers cannot touch the ground in Super Mario Bros., making it easy to avoid the Bloopers as Small Mario.

''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels featured an extremely odd type of Blooper that could fly through the air the same way it swims through the water. This Blooper can be jumped on for 1000 points. They also looked slightly different than their seafaring relatives - they took on a pink or peach color rather than their usual white. In Super Mario All-Stars, all the Bloopers are pink instead of white. They act the same way as they did in Super Mario Bros., however, some Bloopers are found in harder places.

''Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 featured two new types of Bloopers: Blooper Nannies and Baby Bloopers. Blooper Nannies behave like an average Blooper, but are followed by three or four Baby Bloopers. She can send her children in every direction making it more difficult to swim, but the children will return to her after a short time. The original Bloopers also appear in the same attack pattern they had in Super Mario Bros..

''Super Mario Sunshine
Bloopers reappeared in Super Mario Sunshine, but had a different look. This was the first game in which the Bloopers are able to stand on dry land and spit out goop. In fact, Bloopers only appear on dry land. Being sprayed with water caused them to be stunned for a short time. Mario can simply jump onto Bloopers to defeat it. If one of these Bloopers happened to fall in water, they would disappear in a cloud of smoke. This is quite ironic because they lived in the water in previous games. After a Blooper is defeated, it will drop a coin. Bloopers can only be found in Ricco Harbor and Noki Bay. Jumping Bloopers make their first and (so far) only appearance in this game as well.

In addition, a special variety of rideable Bloopers appear. These do not attack Mario and are owned by Big Daddy. Green Bloopers are the slowest, but best at steering. Yellow Bloopers have average speed and average steering. Purple Bloopers are the fastest but have terrible steering. These rideable Bloopers are only found in Ricco Harbor. On a side note, if any of these Bloopers run into a wall, Mario will lose a life, regardless of his current health.

An extremely large, pollutant spitting Blooper, known as Gooper Blooper, also appears in Super Mario Sunshine as a boss in the areas Ricco Harbor and Noki Bay.

''New Super Mario Bros.
In New Super Mario Bros. they use the same movements as they did in Super Mario Bros., and still can only be defeated by getting hit with a fireball or Star. They only appear in World 3-3. Blooper Nannies and Baby Bloopers also appear in this game.

''Super Mario Galaxy
Bloopers reappear in Super Mario Galaxy, where they are found in the Buoy Base Galaxy and the Deep Dark Galaxy. If Mario approaches them, they will start chasing him swimming irregularly, like in the other games. They could even chase him to the surface of the water. If they hit Mario, they will damage him and release ink. They could be defeated with a Spin or a Koopa Shell, but could not be jumped on.

''New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Bloopers appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii at World 4-4 and World 8-4. This game introduces a new ability for Bloopers; they are able to hide behind scenery and in pipes. When the player passes by a Blooper, it will quickly shoot out of its hiding spot. Blooper Nannies also appear in this game, and also have this ability. Strangely, Bloopers are immune to being frozen; if hit by an ice ball, they'll easily break free from the ice.

''Super Mario Galaxy 2
Bloopers re-appeared in Super Mario Galaxy 2, behaving the same way as in the prequel. They only appear in Starshine Beach Galaxy. They are found in the deepest body of water that surrounds the largest tower in both missions.

''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Bloopers, known by their original name of Bloobers, appeared in two episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea" and "Mario of the Deep". In these episodes, they were portrayed as King Koopa's primary aquatic minions and carried out the bulk of his duties.

''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Bloopers, as well as Blooper Nannies and Baby Bloopers, appeared in several episodes of the show, such as in "Mush-Rumors", "Oh, Brother!" and "Recycled Koopa".

Nintendo Comics System
Several Bloopers made a small appearance in the Nintendo Comics System story "Love Flounders", where they are among the group of sea creatures trying to get Mario to become Big Bertha's boyfriend, so one of them will not have to.

''Yoshi's Safari
In Yoshi's Safari, yellow-colored Bloopers appear as flying enemies who will try to harm Mario and Yoshi by ramming them; these Bloopers must be defeated by blasting them repeatedly with Mario's Super Scope. Also of note, the mech built and utilized by Iggy Koopa in Yoshi's Safari resembles a large Blooper.

''Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's Island DS features Bloopers appearing in early stages of World 3, where they will try to attack a Yoshi by hopping up and down in bodies of water. Bloopers can be easily defeated by being eaten, hit by an egg, or jumped upon. Three of them appear in the Aquatic Enemy Exhibit of the Island Museum. Eating them won't make Yoshi produce an egg.

''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bloopers can be encountered as enemies in The Sea and in and near the Sunken Ship and are called Bloobers, their original name. An extremely large Bloober, known as King Calamari, also appears as a boss in the Treasure Room of the Sunken Ship. In battle, Bloobers have low defense but high attack. As such, they can be easily defeated, but can do a good amount of damage. They also use their Ink Blast ability to do big damage. Bloobers have a high tendency to flee from battle.

''Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, three large Bloopers appear in the Toad Town Tunnels. Each one is guarding a Badge, or a similar treasure, and each one is optional: The regular Blooper is the weakest and smallest of the three Bloopers in the game. One of its more notable features is that it floats. meaning it will have to be jumped on.
 * Blooper
 * Super Blooper
 * Electro Blooper

''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
A Blooper appears as the second mandatory boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. This Blooper's tentacles are blocking the way to Petalburg, and Mario has to hit its visible tentacle with his Hammer or jump on it. This makes the Blooper angry, causing it to attack Mario. During battle, it hangs off the ceiling, leaving the player to attack its tentacles, thus making this the first game in which a Blooper's tentacles are referred to as such and fought separately. After both the L. Tentacle and R. Tentacle are defeated, it will fall to the ground.

Although Bloopers do not appear as regular enemies in the game, they do appear in Bowser's underwater level. They are enemies that can simply be taken care of by breathing flames at them. After Bowser gets out of the water and is talking to Kammy Koopa, he can be heard saying, "I swallowed a dang Blooper!"

Luigi also has a partner named Blooey, who is a tough Blooper that Luigi accidentally threw into lava during his journey, thinking nothing of it. Blooey was afterward fried as a red, stiff Blooper for, most likely, the rest of his life. Blooey supposedly will keep following Luigi around until he gets his revenge, as he states. Blooey appears in Chapter 3. He surprisingly appears in Chapter 8 before the Shadow Queen is beaten, being darker and more forgiving to Luigi. Goombella notes that Blooey is a strange Blooper for the fact that he can live on land. However, Bloopers being able to live on land previously appeared in Super Mario Sunshine.

''Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Bloopers appear as somewhat common enemies in the Tile Pool, where they will attack the player by persistently following them and trying to touch them; as Mario and Princess Peach have no useful underwater attacks when the Tile Pool is first ventured through, players will need to use a Pixl or Bowser's fire breath to defeat Bloopers. A very large Blooper known as Big Blooper appears as a final boss in the Tile Pool as well. It uses its tentacles to attack and can be defeated by having Bowser breathe fire on the red tentacles.

Mario Party series
In Mario Party, Bloopers appears in the mini-games Mushroom Mix-Up, Bumper Balls and Bombs Away, taking away any losing characters who fall into the water. In Mario Party 2, Bloopers carry off players that fall in the ocean in certain mini-games. In Mario Party 3, two giant Bloopers (a child and its mother) appear on the board Deep Bloober Sea as obstacles, moving the player's character to different spaces all over the game's board. A giant Blooper also appears in Mario Party 6 in the mini-game Blooper Scooper. Here, players have to avoid the whirl pool that the giant blooper creates.

In Mario Party 8, one Blooper is a playable character, unlocked by completing the Star Arena Mode and having Blooper as the opponent in Bowser's Warped Orbit. However, if Hammer Bro. is unlocked instead, the player must play through the Star Arena once more as Hammer Bro. In the game, Blooper floats like Boo, and uses two of his tentacles as arms.

In Mario Party DS, a Blooper was mentioned briefly in the board feature Kamek's inkwell's description, which stated that Kamek squeezed the ink from a Blooper.

''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Bloopers make an appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in the Oho Ocean Seabed, they use their classic style of moving: a zigzagging, odd pattern. These Bloopers attack by running into Mario or Luigi and damaging them. To defend, the Bros. need to Hammer the bloopers that they encounter.

A new type of robotic Bloopers, called Mecha-Blooper, also appear in this game. These bloopers attack with their tentacles, which are actually five Bullet Bills that are launched at Mario and Luigi.

''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
While no Bloopers actually appeared in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, in the beta version of the game, there was going to be a Shroobified version of Bloopers wearing shoes, but it was removed for unknown reasons.

''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
A Blooper statue called the Sea Pipe Statue is the first boss battle for Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Two Blooper sub-species called Dried Blooper and Bubble Blooper are also encountered in the Pump Works in Bowser's body.

''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Bloopers also appear as enemies in the games Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix and Yoshi.

Mario Kart series
Bloopers are also used as an item in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii, and will also be in the upcoming Mario Kart for the Nintendo 3DS. After the player has launched it, the Blooper will create a large ink blot on the screen of all the drivers who are currently in a higher rank than the player, which obstructs the driving view of human opponents and causes CPU characters to swerve around on the track. The higher rank a player is, the more ink that gets splattered on them. If used while in first place, it can backfire and cause ink to block the driver's screen. To get rid of the ink, the player can use a mushroom, go on a rainbow colored speed boost or wait for it to go away. Also, in Mario Kart Wii, there is a medium-sized kart called the Super Blooper that is based on a Blooper.

''Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Bloopers made an appearance in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 in the unlockable Coin Hunter level World 2-2 and the court Bloocheep Sea.

''Mario Super Sluggers
Blooper continued its playable role in the baseball game Mario Super Sluggers as an unlockable character. To unlock Blooper in Challenge Mode, players should go to the top edge of the dock in Mario Stadium from where the warp pipe is and where they saved Baby Luigi. They have to use Princess Peach to find Blooper and for it to come out of the water. Blooper challenges players to a scouting mission before it joins their team roster. The scout mission is to get a double play with it at bat. It also can be unlocked by completing all the practice tutorials. Its bat is solid white with a picture of its eyes on it.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour
In Mario Golf: Advance Tour, a Blooper appears in the sea in the Palms Club Practice Center. The player must shoot three shots at him and a Custom Ticket B will be washed up on the shore.

''Super Princess Peach
Bloopers reappear in Super Princess Peach, where they are found in the Subrella sections of the game. They could be defeated simply by blasting a bubble at them with the submarine. There are also new sub-species of them called Glad Bloopers.

WarioWare: D.I.Y.
A Blooper appeared in its original Super Mario Bros. appearance in the microgame named after itself, Blooper. In the microgame, Mario must avoid the Blooper while collecting all the coins.

Cameos
Bloopers appear as enemies of the hero Link in the game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. These Bloopers look almost identical to the ones in the Mario series. More recently on the Nintendo 3DS, a fishing game played on an AR card includes a Lakitu fishing and catching a Blooper. The player can also catch Bloopers when Lakitu begins fishing.

Characteristics
Along with swimming through water, Bloopers have a variety of abilities, the first of which, flying, was shown in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and has appeared in several other games since. In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bloopers were shown to be capable of burrowing through the ground, shooting globs of ink and blasting opponents with energy beams.

Overworld Tattle in The Thousand-Year Door

 * Goombella (next to Tentacle): "Hmmm... It seems to be almost inviting us to do something, doesn't it? But what? You could jump on it, but you'd totally ruin your shoes, so I'd just hammer it!"

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Sub-Species

 * Baby Blooper - Small, juvenile Bloopers.
 * Blooper Nanny - Bloopers who are followed by Baby Bloopers.
 * Glad Blooper - Bloopers who are laid-back in nature and who swim happily.
 * Jumping Blooper - Flesh colored Bloopers who leap in and out of water.
 * Mecha-Blooper - Mechanical Bloopers who have launchable Bullet Bills in place of tentacles.
 * Dried Blooper - Thin Bloopers of an orange color that are found in Bowser's body.
 * Bubble Blooper - Dried Bloopers that are soaked with water.

Notable Bloopers

 * Big Blooper - Super Paper Mario
 * Blooey - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
 * Electro Blooper - Paper Mario
 * Gooper Blooper - Super Mario Sunshine
 * King Calamari - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
 * Super Blooper - Paper Mario

Trivia

 * A canceled type of Blooper were supposed to appear in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. These Bloopers were apparently Shroobified Bloopers and would've appeared in the Vim Factory; oddly, these Bloopers wore multiple red shoes.
 * Prior to their formal debut in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, flying Bloopers that could even be stomped (despite the fact that they seem to actually be underwater Bloopers misplaced) were unintentionally generated in World -3 of Super Mario Bros. 's Famicom Disk System version.
 * In the FR version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Blooper's name is not Bloups (the French name of the Bloopers), but Méga Bloups (the French name of Gooper Blooper).
 * In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, the name Blooper appears on the game's various score charts, though no Bloopers are never seen in the game, not even in Blooper Bay, a course named after them.
 * In Mario Super Sluggers, Blooper has the same stats as Baby Daisy.
 * Bloopers seem to have their own language, like Yoshis. It mainly consists of varieties of the word "bloop".
 * A Blooper can be caught using the Fishing mini-game included in the Augmented Reality Games software on the Nintendo 3DS.
 * Oddly enough in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show Bloopers are called Blooper Octopus.