Blargg

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A Blargg in Super Mario World.

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A Blargg in Yoshi's Story.

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Two Blarggs, as they appear in Yoshi's Island

Blarggs are large, lava-dwelling monsters, commonly found in underground caverns in which magma is abundant. Originally, Blarggs resembled lazy-eyed dragons, but more recent depictions show them as being anything from blob-like beings with large mouths and beady eyes to humanoid, limbed creatures.

Blarggs first appeared in Super Mario World as fairly rare enemies, encountered primarily in the Vanilla Dome these Blarggs resembled the aforementioned draconic version of the creatures. In this appearance, Blargg, upon seeing Mario or Luigi approach on a Skull Raft, would try to lunge at them, roaring menacingly. Blarggs could not be defeated by any conventional means and for the most part, can only be avoided, though Yoshi is capable of jumping on them and, with some difficulty, eating them.

In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Island DS, Blarggs were changed completely in appearance, but retained their attack pattern of lunging at the player, but now could not be jumped on by a Yoshi, but could be subdued by having a Yoshi Egg thrown at them. In Yoshi's Story, Blarggs were once again altered, being made larger and given small arms and appeared in only one level, Stage 2-2: Blargg's Boiler.

Appearances in Other Media

Cartoons

Blarggs, their appearance based off their Super Mario World interpreation, appeared in the animated series of the same name twice; appearing in the episodes "The Wheel Thing" and "Mama Luigi", the former of which, had a Blargg actually emerge from it's lava pit, revealing it possessed a large, Tyrannosaurus Rex-like body.

Comics

Several Blarggs make a minor appearance in Nintendo Power's Super Mario Adventures comic, appearing in the lava flooded basement of Bowser's Castle. These Blarggs are used as stepping stones by Mario to reach a Warp Pipe leading to another level of Bowser's Castle.

Sub-Species

• Crusher Blargg – Blarggs enormous in proportions, they have the ability to crush normally unbreakable stones.
• Gargantua Blargg / Super Big Blargg – Extremely large Blarggs.
• Nep-Enut – A possible relative of Gargantua Blarggs, they are blue in color and found inhabiting rivers.

Trivia

• The Czar Dragon, the boss of Barrel Volcano in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, resembles a Super Mario World Blargg; likewise, the Red Dragon appearing in Stage 6-4: Magma Castle of Yoshi's Story bears a large resemblance to Super Mario World Blarggs as well.

• Blarggs are referenced to in both Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Super Paper Mario; in the first game, they are mentioned by Kylie Koopa while in the other, a Sammer Guy named Raging Blargg can be fought.

• Blarggs, their appearance resembling the Super Mario World version, were originally going to appear in Super Mario 64 as enemies in Lethal Lava Land, or another lava filled area.