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'''Smeeches'''<ref>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 29.</ref> are flying [[List of enemies|enemies]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are pink spherical creatures with a pair of beady eyes and plump lips, and they are related to the [[Poink]] enemy from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of the words "smooch" and "leech." Smeeches are first encountered in the [[Yoshi Star Galaxy]], starting with the first mission, [[Saddle Up with Yoshi]]. They are encountered later on in the [[Hightail Falls Galaxy]], the [[Haunty Halls Galaxy]], the [[Sweet Mystery Galaxy]], and the [[Starshine Beach Galaxy]]. Smeeches flee from [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] if they encounter them. However, if either brother is riding [[Yoshi]], they float towards him, eventually kissing Yoshi and attaching to his mouth. This prevents Yoshi from using his tongue or eating [[fruit (Yoshi food)|fruit]]s, and Smeeches also latch on to his mouth if he tries to eat one. A Smeech remains attached to Yoshi's mouth for as long as it can, even when the player uses a [[Launch Star]]. The Smeech can be defeated with a [[spin]] or a [[jump]] from the unmounted Mario or Luigi; Yoshi can also perform a [[Head Shake]] to remove the Smeech, causing it to vanish and drop [[Star Bit]]s. If Mario or Luigi dismounts or is knocked off Yoshi, the Smeech detaches from Yoshi's mouth and begins to hover away.

Smeeches behave similarly to the [[wikirby:Leap|Leap]]s from the [[wikirby:Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]] and the [[Subspace Army#Bucculus|Bucculus]] enemy from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

|JapM=From「ブチュッ」(''buchu'', onomatopoeia for smooching sound)

|ItaM=Diminutive form of "sbaciucchiare" (to smooch)

|Fre=Podkol

|FreM=From the idiom "pot de colle" (literally "jar of glue"), used to refer to someone who leeches off others

|GerM=From "knutschen" (to smooch) and "Poink"

*If the player goes into first-person mode while riding Yoshi with a Smeech attached, they are able to see inside the Smeech, though only its lips are visible.