Chow
| Chow | |
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
| Variant of | K-9 |
Chows are a stronger variant of K-9s that appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake in Land's End. They have no weaknesses, although they are the most basic enemies in Land's End. In the English SNES version, Chows claim to have already fought Mario in their thought, which suggests that they may be the same as K-9s Mario fought previously.
Similar to K-9, Chows can use Howl to inflict Fear. However, in place of Fangs, Chows use the more powerful Claw, and can additionally attack with Poison.
A Chow also appears as a friendly character in Monstro Town, where he will keep track on the greatest number of consecutive Super Jumps performed by Mario. The Chow awards the Attack Scarf and Super Suit if Mario has performed at least 30 and 100 consecutive jumps respectively.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Chow | |||||||||
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HP | 80 | FP | 100 | Speed | 27 | |||
| Location(s) | Land's End, Belome Temple, Bean Valley, The Trial Course | Attack | 82 | Magic attack | 8 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 77 | Magic defense | 28 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (50%) | Yoshi Cookie | Fright Bomb | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | None | Strong | Fear, Sleep | Sp. attacks | Poison, Howl, Claw | ||||
| Coins | 3 | Exp. points | 15 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "Hey, I fought you already!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Chow
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| HP | 80 |
| Exp. | 15 |
| Weak Elements | N/A |
| Weak Statuses |  
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| Drops | N/A |
| Rare Drops | N/A |
| Found In | Land's End |
| Monster List profile | |
| When becoming a Chow, a Blueish-Tinged Gray K-9's fur changes from blueish-tinged gray, making it stronger than a Blueish-Tinged Gray K-9. | |
| Thought Peek | |
| Oh! It's Mario! I'm fighting Mario! Me! | |
| Animations | |
- Thought in other languages:
- Japanese:
あ！ マリオだ！ マリオと戦ってんだ。 おれ。
(Translation: Ah! It's Mario! I'm fighting Mario. Me.)
- Japanese:
Gallery
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ハイイヌドライ Haiinu Dorai |
K-9 Dry; a probable reference to Asahi Super Dry |
| Chinese | 高等灰狗狗 Gāoděng Huī Gǒugǒu |
High K-9 |
| Dutch | Gif-Lupo |
From gif ("poison") and Lupo ("K-9"); referring to it being poisonous |
| French | Crognard |
Portmanteau of croc ("fang") and grognard ("grumbler") |
| German | Köterlich |
From köter ("mutt") and Hunderlich ("K-9") |
| Italian | K-None |
Pun on cagnone ("big dog") |
| Korean | 하이도그드라이 Haidogeu Deurai |
K-9 Dry; from the Japanese name |
| Spanish | Mordiscón |
Pormanteau of mordisco ("chow") and the augmentative suffix -ón |
