Eggplant Man: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:Eggplant man.png]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

'''Eggplant Men''',<ref>"''You’ll have hours of fun demolishing monsters like Gotchawrench and Eggplant Man, and blowing up a building you built yourself, in this off-the-wall demolition game!''" - ''Wrecking Crew'' back of NES box.</ref><ref>''Wrecking Crew'' NES instruction booklet. Pages 5 and 8.</ref> or '''Egg Plant Men''',<ref>''Wrecking Crew'' NES instruction booklet. Page 2.</ref> are eggplants with masks covering a pair of white eyes (resembling welding masks or sandblasting masks) found in the [[Wrecking Crew (series)|''Wrecking Crew'' series]].

Eggplant Men first appear in [[Phase 2 (Wrecking Crew)|Phase 2]] of the construction site in the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. An Eggplant Man runs around in a predictable pattern - it runs straight until it hits a [[drum (Wrecking Crew)|drum]] and has to turn around. It climbs up or down any ladder it comes across in its path. If both a ladder up and a ladder down are in its path, it goes down if moving left and up if moving right. Its behavior is similar to how [[Gotchawrench]]es behaved in ''[[VS. Wrecking Crew]]''.

In ''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]'', an Eggplant Man is the first challenger in puzzle mode. Unlike the Eggplant Men in the previous game, his feet are attached directly to his underside instead of having legs. Eggplant Men also appear in their original capacity in the port of the previous game featured on the cartridge.

 

 

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', an Eggplant Man is a Novice-class Shield-type primary [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], which simply depicts a scaled-up sprite of one from ''Wrecking Crew''. Equipping the Eggplant Man spirit simply increases the fighter's power without granting any particular effect. In the spirit battle, the player confronts a team of six [[Wario]]s on the [[Wrecking Crew (stage)|Wrecking Crew]] stage.

===''WarioWare: Twisted!''===

Eggplant Men made an appearance one of [[9-Volt]]'s [[microgame]]s, [[Wrecking Crew (WarioWare: Twisted! microgame)|Wrecking Crew]]. Here, [[Mario]] has to destroy all of their ladders with his [[hammer]]. If they touch Mario, the player loses the game.

===''NES Remix''===

Eggplant Men feature in several ''Wrecking Crew'' challenges in ''[[NES Remix]]''.

[[File:Kid Eggplant.jpg|thumb|Kid Eggplant in ''Chibi-Robo!''.]]

The [[icaruspedia:Eggplant Wizard|Eggplant Wizard]] enemy from Nintendo's 1986 game ''[[icaruspedia:Kid Icarus (game)|Kid Icarus]]'' were designed in part as a tribute to ''Wrecking Crew''{{'}}s Eggplant Men, as well as ''Kid Icarus'' graphics designer Toru Osawa's "passion for eggplants."<ref>Monnens, Devin (March 19, 2012). [http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/29565/making-of-a-myth-the-grueling-development-of-the-original-kid-icarus Making of a Myth: The Grueling Development of the Original ''Kid Icarus''.] ''Nintendo World Report''. Retrieved September 14, 2014. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005053/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/29565/making-of-a-myth-the-grueling-development-of-the-original-kid-icarus Archived] May 2, 2014, 00:50:53 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>

An Eggplant Man also appears in ''[[nwiki:Chibi-Robo!|Chibi-Robo!]]'' as Kid Eggplant, one of the three treasures Captain Plankbeard is searching for. The captain is wild about eggplants, and attempts to capture Kid Eggplant, but he does not succeed. For freeing him, Kid Eggplant rewards Chibi-Robo with a Super Eggplant and a Kid Eggplant Sticker, after Chibi kindly rejects Kid Eggplant's offer to turn him into an eggplant. Kid Eggplant's name in the Japanese version of ''Chibi-Robo!'' is "Nasubi Kamen", which is the same Japanese name as Eggplant Man.

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

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|game=''Wrecking Crew''<br>10/85

 

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===

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|''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' Series

|'''{{color|Shield|deepskyblue}}'''

|[[Wario]] x6

|align=left|'''Rule:''' Item: [[Golden Hammer]]

*Defeat an army of enemies

|Wrecking Crew Medley

 

==Names in other languages==

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|Jap=ナスビ{{ruby|仮面|かめん}}<ref>''Wrecking Crew'' Famicom instruction booklet. [https://archive.org/details/WreckingCrewFCManualOnlyHiResOz/Wrecking%20Crew%20manual%2007.jpg Page 7].</ref>

|JapR=Nasubi Kamen

|JapM=Eggplant Mask

|GerM=Eggplant

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==References==

[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Melee trophies]]

[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]

[[Category:Wrecking Crew]]

[[Category:Wrecking Crew '98 enemies]]