Cherbil

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Super Paper Mario enemy
Cherbil
Sprite of a Cherbil from Super Paper Mario.
Location(s) Yold Desert (1-3), Gloam Valley (2-1), Gap of Crag (5-2), Castle Bleck Foyer (8-2), Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 6, 23, 47 and 83)
Role Common
Max HP 5
Attack 2
Defense 0
Score 400
Items Peachy Peach
Card type Common
Card location(s) Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
Card description
This odd floating beast strikes with sleeping gas. One whiff of that gas and it's sweet dreams...
Tattle
That's a Cherbil. It's a nasty gasbag that spews a plume of sleepy gas... Max HP is 5. Attack is 2. That gas will put you to sleep, so don't go sniffing it... Some say the gas comes from their mouths. Some say it comes from elsewhere... ...Oh, dear...
List of Catch Cards
87           88           89
Mario put to sleep by a Cherbil

A Cherbil is a floating enemy found in Super Paper Mario. They are one of the more common enemy species in the game, appearing in various locations such as Yold Desert, the Gap of Crag or the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in room 6. They have the ability to put the player to sleep by spewing pink gas at them.

Cherbils and their cousins could be named after the city of Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of a nuclear disaster in the 1980s that caused noxious radioactive clouds to hang over the city for months. Their names can also be derived from gerbil, a small rodent. Their appearance is likely inspired by a molecule - seemingly water (two hydrogen, and one oxygen) or carbon dioxide (one carbon and two oxygen) - another nod to the chemical fallout of Chernobyl.

Related species

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese チェリリン
Cheririn
Pun on Cherry Person.

German Bäckchen
Diminutive of the German word Backe (cheek) because of its shape.
Italian Nuvio
From nuvola (cloud)
Korean 체링
Chering
Cherryn, from fruit 'cherry'

Spanish Narkela
A given name

Trivia

  • O'Chunks mentions Cherbils when he wants to get Count Bleck to get him to fight Mario. He supports their bottom-like appearance by saying he'll "Spank 'em like naughty little Cherbils". Tippi's tattle on the Cherbils also supports this claim.