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-{{italic title|Bat (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}}
+{{italic title|id=yes}}
-{{Species-infobox
+{{species infobox
-|title=Bat
 |image=[[File:SMG Bat Artwork.png|190px]]
 |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
-|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
-|parent_species=[[Swoop]]
+|variant_of=[[Swoop]]
-|derived_species=[[Ice bat]]
+|variants=[[Ice bat]]
 }}
+A '''bat'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 134–135.</ref><ref>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 237.</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/IMSwG Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/2UaOd Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> is a [[Swoop]]-like enemy from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Bats have pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble [[zeldawiki:Keese|Keese]] from the series ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', particularly their incarnation from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.
+==History==
+===''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
 [[File:SMG2 Bats Attacking.png|thumb|left|Two bats attacking Luigi in the [[Slimy Spring Galaxy]]]]
-A '''bat'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 134 and 135.</ref><ref>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 237.</ref> is a [[Swoop]]-like enemy from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They resemble brown bats with pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble [[zeldawiki:Keese|Keese]] from the ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Legend of Zelda]]'' series, particularly a cartoonish version of their ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'' incarnation; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.
+Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a [[spin]] or [[stomp]], and they release either three [[Star Bit]]s or one [[coin]], respectively, depending on which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. They are also found flying around the arm of [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] sometimes contain an icy variant called an [[ice bat]], which will freeze Mario or Luigi if he makes contact with it, and can be defeated only with a [[Fire Flower]].
+{{br|left}}
-Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When [[Mario]] approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a [[spin]] or [[stomp]], and will release either three [[Star Bit]]s or one [[coin]], respectively, depending of which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. They are also found flying around the arm of [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] sometimes contain an icy variant called an [[ice bat]], which will freeze Mario if he makes contact with it, and can only be defeated with a [[Fire Flower]].
+===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
+[[File:TSMBM Bat.jpg|thumb|Bats in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]
+In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', bats appear as one of the enemies inhabiting the [[Dark Land]]s. They also appear during the [[Koopa Troop]]'s celebration of obtaining the [[Super Star]] and in one of the film's posters, which depicts the scene where Luigi is captured by [[Shy Guy]]s.<ref>{{media link|The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|Poster for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' featuring bats in the background}}</ref> Unlike in the games, bats have visible mouths with fangs, and their eyes are spinning swirls rather than concentric rings.
+{{br}}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-SMG Bat Model.png|Data-rendered model of a bat
+SMG Bat Model.png|Data-rendered model of a bat from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
+The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' poster
 </gallery>
-==Names in other languages==
+==Additional names==
+===Internal names===
+{{internal names
+|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
+|file1=<tt>ObjectData/BasaBasa.arc</tt>
+|name1=BasaBasa
+|meaning1=Transliteration of below
+|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
+|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt><br><tt>SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
+|name2=バサバサ (''Basa Basa'')
+|meaning2=[[Swoop#Names in other languages|Swoop]]
+}}
+===Names in other languages===
 {{foreign names
-|Jap=Basa Basa<ref name=internal>''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' internal filename (<tt>BasaBasa</tt>)</ref><br>(internal)<br>バットン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 128 and 160.</ref><br>''Batton''
+|Jap=バットン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''. Pages 128 and 160.</ref>
-|JapM=[[Swoop]]<br><br>Variation on the English word "bat"
+|JapR=Batton
-|Spa=Vampílago
+|JapM=Derived from "bat" and possibly「豚」(''ton'', "pig" in the on'yomi reading), most likely because of their pig-like nose; shared with [[Enigma]]'s Japanese name
-|SpaM=From ''murciélago vampiro'', Spanish name of the vampire bat
+|Fre=Chauve-souris
+|FreM=Bat
 |Ger=Flappflapp
-|GerM=Flutterflutter (same German name as [[Swoop]])
+|GerM=Same as [[Swoop]]
 |Ita=Pippy
-|ItaM=From ''pipistrello'', Italian name of bats.
+|ItaM=Diminutive of "pipistrello" (bat)
+|Spa=Vampílago
+|SpaM=Same as Swoop
 }}
-==Trivia==
-*The internal filename for this enemy in both games is a romanization of the Japanese name for Swoop.<ref name=internal/> This indicates that early in development for the first game, the enemy was intended to be a traditional Swoop, and it kept the internal name when the files were reused in the sequel. The official Japanese name for bat is shared with [[Enigma]], another pig-nosed bat, from ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''; however, due to the rights for Enigma being held by [[Square Enix]]{{ref needed}} as well as Enigma's distinct hive-minded behavior, it is unlikely that this was intentional.
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{br}}
 {{Swoops}}
 {{SMG}}
 {{SMG2}}
+{{TSMBM}}
 [[Category:Bats]]
-[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Enemies]]
+[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]]
-[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 Enemies]]
+[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 enemies]]
-[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Trading Cards]]
+[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy trading cards]]
+[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Movie characters]]
 [[it:Pippy]]