Chain Chomplet
| Chain Chomplet | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario Sunshine | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Sunshine (2002) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Chain Chomp | ||
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- “Oh my goodness! This is awful! Completely awful! My little darlings have nasty fevers and it's driving them mad! Normally, I grab their tails and spike them into the ground...but they're too hot to touch now! Ooh! It burns me up!”
- —Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine
Chain Chomplets, also referred to as Chain Chompers,[1] are young Chain Chomps (or relatives of them) owned by a female bright red Pianta at Pianta Village in Super Mario Sunshine. They behave similarly to their parent species, but make a noise that sounds like a puppy barking. Chain Chomplets are made up of two spherical sections with a collar dividing each part, and their chains appear to be their tails; contrarily, the head is the only part of a Chain Chomp's body. Chain Chomplets are of a silver color when permanently cooled off, orange when angry, and black when temporarily calmed by a barrel of water or FLUDD. While angry, Chain Chomplets leave a trail of burning goop and have small flames on their chains.
Chain Chomplets are the focus of Episode 1, where Mario has to calm them with water from FLUDD, since the Chain Chomplets are fevered. Once this is done, their tails can be grabbed. Releasing the tail slingshots the Chain Chomplet, hopefully into the river where they will cool off completely. If the player waits too long, the Chain Chomplets will fire back up.
Chain Chomplets might be related to the Chain Chomp in Episode 4, since it must be calmed and cooled in a similar fashion. Like the Chain Chomplets, this Chain Chomp's color changes when placed in a pool of water.
GalleryEdit
Mario dousing a Chain Chomplet
A Chain Chomplet with a fever
A calm Chain Chomplet
Mario standing near a Chain Chomplet.
Additional namesEdit
Internal namesEdit
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Sunshine | firewanwan[2] | Firewanwan | Fire Chain Chomp |
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | キャンキャン Kyan-kyan |
Japanese onomatopoeia for a puppy's yelping; following the format of「ワンワン」(Wanwan, "Chain Chomp") |
| French | Chompi |
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| German | Kettenhündchen |
Chain Chompy |
| Italian | Categnetto |
Little Chain Chomp |
TriviaEdit
- In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Chomplet's name can be seen in the score chart.
- The shark-like faces of the Chain Chomplets with the small lower jaw are shared with that of the Elder Princess Shroob's Chain Chomp in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time as well as the official artwork for Chain Chomp in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, but not the game's sprites.
- Chain Chomplets share their Japanese name with CiaoCiao and ChowChow, small Chain Chomp characters who appear in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1931886091. Page 98.
- ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/monte0.szs/scene/firewanwan