Cackletta: Difference between revisions

{{character infobox

|species=[[Beanish]]

|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])

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{{quote|Hah! Hmph! Well, won't this be fun! Oh, yes! If that's how it is, I'm ready for you! I'm going to knock you all the way back to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]!|Cackletta|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}}

==History==

An injured Fawful lands in the Mushroom Kingdom side of [[Stardust Fields]] and sees an unconscious [[Bowser]] lying on the ground. He releases Cackletta's ghost from his headgear, which goes into Bowser's body and possesses him in the process. This causes Cackletta to become a fusion of herself and Bowser, called [[Bowletta]]. With the fact that Bowletta can control Beanbean and [[Koopa Troop|Koopa]] minions, she becomes more powerful and plans to steal the Beanstar again and get the real Princess Peach. She succeeds in [[Little Fungitown]] while Mario is sick with [[Bean Fever]] and Luigi is searching for the [[Crabbie Grass|antidote]] in [[Guffawha Ruins]], offering a request for the Bros. that they will find the Beanstar pieces and repair them with the exchange for the Peach. Prince Peasley has a plan to give Cackletta a fake Beanstar and meet her at the top of [[Joke's End]]. Then, Luigi tries to give Fawful the fake Beanstar, but the latter realizes that the Star is fake, knocking down the Bros'. [[suitcase]] and stealing the real Beanstar.

Mario and Luigi come to Bowletta, who refuses to release Peach. Later, another Princess Peach, who is holding her mouth, comes out along with Mario, who tricks Bowletta and Fawful into thinking that they are holding a "fake" Princess Peach. Bowletta drops the Peach she was holding and grabs the "real" one. In the Koopa Cruiser, Fawful and Bowletta ask the princess why she is holding her mouth, but she does not respond. In response, Bowletta scares her to reveal a big mustache, and she turns out to be Luigi, forcing him to make a getaway and eventually return the Beanstar to Prince Peasley.

In the meantime, Bowletta plans to destroy the Beanbean Kingdom and then, after the Bros. are destroyed, the Mushroom Kingdom. She enters [[Bowser's Castle]] and attacks [[Beanbean Castle Town]] again. After this, the Bros. go to [[Hoohoo Village]] and tell [[Blablanadon]] that Bowser's Castle is overhead and he should take them. [[Fawful]] informs Bowletta that the brothers are coming, so Bowletta orders the seven [[Koopalings]] and Fawful to guard her castle. The Bros. fight them all and eventually fight Bowletta, but just as it looks like they have defeated her, it turns out Bowletta pretended to be defeated and as this is happening, a [[Time Bob-omb]] comes into view, exploding and knocking the Bros. out cold. She then proceeds to swallow them. Inside Bowletta's stomach, Mario and Luigi with 1 HP find Cackletta's spirit inside the body and fight her. After Cackletta is defeated, her spirit leaves Bowser's body, disappearing afterwards and Bowser returns to his original form.

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*Her Fawful mirage attack starts off slower, but when enraged, the attack speeds up and Fawful will quickly dart away after approaching a brother, requiring much more precise timing.

*Her aura balls now have rings that tilt in different directions, most likely to assist those with color-blindness. Red balls with rings tilted left target Mario, green balls tilted right target Luigi, and blue balls with no tilt are harmless. The balls also no longer will hit Cackletta when hammered.

==Profiles and statistics==

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====

*'''Instruction booklet bios'''  

{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga bestiary|transcludesection=Cackletta|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Cackletta.gif]]}}

{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga bestiary|transcludesection=Cackletta (Fake)|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Cackletta.gif]]}}

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====

{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Cackletta|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Cackletta MLSSBM.gif]]}}

{{:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions bestiary|transcludesection=Bowletta|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Bowletta MLSSBM.gif]]}}

|JapR=Geragemōna

|JapM=Derived from「ゲラゲラ」(''geragera'', an onomatopoeia for derisive laughter), possibly「欺罔」(''gimō'', deception), and「な」(''-na'', Japanese name ending)

|FreA=Caquetlina

|FreAM=From ''caquet'' ("cackle") and Lina

|GerM=From the German name "Ludmilla"

|Ita=Strega Ghignarda

|Rus=Каклетта

|RusR=Kakletta

|ChiR=Gēgēmònà

|ChiM=「咯咯」is an onomatopoeia for laughing, and「莫纳」is a transliteration of the Japanese name.

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==Trivia==

*While preparing for the second fight with Fawful in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', when he mentions Cackletta, her name is misspelled "Cakletta." This error is fixed in the remake.

==References==