Pokey: Difference between revisions

====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====

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{{quote|10,000 [[coin|gold pieces]]?! I'm taking you crooks to jail, and that there gold to the bank!|Pokey|Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid}}

Pokeys are seen infrequently on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', where they typically appear in episodes that have a Western setting or take place in a desert, often appearing as antagonists. In the show, Pokeys are portrayed as being capable of speaking, making themselves resemble ordinary cacti to blend in. They also possess primitive, arm-like protrusions. In "[[The Provolone Ranger]]", one is depicted to even have legs. One also makes a cameo in "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]," where it is part of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury at the beginning of the episode.

*[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid]]

*[[The Provolone Ranger]]

===''Mario Party'' series===

Pokeys appear in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]] since the third installment, and have mostly been featured in [[minigame]]s throughout the series.

====''Mario Party 7''====

====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====

====''Mario Party: The Top 100''====

====''Super Mario Party''====

In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', Pokeys appear as enemies in the minigames [[Metal Detectors]], and the players must take them out in [[Home on the 'Rang]].

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===

Outside of battle, Pokeys will chase the trio at high speed eventually hitting or falling on a bro. Both of these can cause [[trip]] when the battle starts. Due to their spikes, Pokeys cannot be jumped on, but hammering them will make them lose their segments. When a Pokey gets a turn, it will gain two or three segments and initiate an attack. A Pokey may come up to a bro and attempt to fall on him. The player must hammer the Pokey to avoid damage. Sometimes one falls in front of a bro, launching its head; hammer countering is still necessary. Sometimes a Pokey will step up and launch its segments at the bros. The bros will need to knock the segments back to avoid damage. If the Pokey spins a segment clockwise, it will hit Mario, whereas a counter-clockwise spinning segment will hit Luigi. One that doesn't spin will go for [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]]. Their last attack only involves Paper Mario. A Pokey will attempt to hit Paper Mario, who must jump or flutter jump to avoid. If the Pokey's head is upside-down, Paper Mario can land on it for damage. Papercraft Pokeys are also present. Aside from [[Tower Power Pokey]], the Pokeys' paper counterparts do not appear.

===''Super Princess Peach''===

[[File:Underground Pokey Patrol.png|thumb|Yoshi eating the head of a Pokey]]

While only [[Pokey (projectile)|Pokey]] [[Pokey (heading)|variant]]s appeared in previous [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' games]], regular Pokeys appear for the first time in the ''Yoshi'' series in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. In this game, Yoshi can swallow individual segments to reduce the Pokey's height, or eat its head to fully defeat it, as in ''Super Mario World''. Upon eating a segment, Yoshi automatically ingests it and produces an egg without the player's input. A white variant of Pokeys also appears in [[Punkey the Pokey Prince's Castle]], which move along the ceiling rather than on the ground. As the stage name implies, a large white Pokey, [[Punkey the Pokey Prince]], is the boss of the stage.

===''Dr. Mario World''===

===Other appearances===

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[[File:TLOZ LA remake Pokey.jpg|thumb|80px|A Pokey in the ''Link's Awakening'' remake]]

In ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'', Pokeys are found in [[zeldawiki:Yarna Desert|Yarna Desert]]. If [[Link]] strikes them with his sword, sections of their body will fly off while the remaining segments get faster, similar to the [[zeldawiki:Hokkubokku|Bouncer]]s from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''. In the remake, a Pokey figure can be won in the [[zeldawiki:Trendy Game|Trendy Game]] after clearing [[zeldawiki:Turtle Rock (Link's Awakening)|Turtle Rock]] and placed in the [[zeldawiki:Quadruplet|Quadruplet]]s' house. The text that appears upon acquiring the figure reads, "''You got a Pokey figure! The memory of meeting these still stings...''"

In ''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons'', Pokeys are found in [[zeldawiki:Samasa Desert|Samasa Desert]]. Unlike in ''Link's Awakening'', attacking a Pokey with a sword does not cause sections of its body to fly off and is instead defeated outright. Hitting one with a [[zeldawiki:Mystery Seed|Mystery Seed]] causes it to grow a segment, with up to five total segments being growable from the default three.

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==Profiles and statistics==

|Jap2R=Pōkī

|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name

|ChiT=刺球丸子

|ChiTR=Cìqiú Wánzi

|Fre=Pokey

|Ger=Pokey

|Kor=선인

|KorR=Seon'in

|PorA=Cactubola

|PorE=Catubola

|Rus=Поки

|RusR=Poki

==References==

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