Eggplant Man
- Not to be confused with Eggplant Warrior.
- “I could never beat you back then... But not anymore! Now I'm back and powered up by Bowser! Ha ha ha... You won't get in my way this time!”
- —Eggplant Man, Wrecking Crew '98
Eggplant Men[1][2], or Egg Plant Men[3], are eggplants with masks covering a pair of white eyes (resembling welding masks or sandblasting masks) found in the Wrecking Crew series.
History
Wrecking Crew series
Wrecking Crew
Eggplant Men first appear on the second stage of the construction site in the game Wrecking Crew. An Eggplant Man runs around in a predictable pattern - he runs straight until he hits a Dead-End Drum and has to turn around. He climbs up or down any ladder he comes across in his path. If both a ladder up and a ladder down are in his path, he goes down if moving left and up if moving right.
Wrecking Crew '98
In the sequel Wrecking Crew '98, an Eggplant Man is the second 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.
WarioWare: Twisted!
Eggplant Men made an appearance in the microgame Wrecking Crew, found in 9-Volt's stage. Here, Mario has to hit all of them with his hammer. If they touch Mario, the player loses the game.
Super Smash Bros. series
An Eggplant Man appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a collectible trophy.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, an Eggplant Man appears as a Shield-type, Novice-class, primary spirit. The image used for his spirit is simply a scaled-up sprite from Wrecking Crew.
Other appearances
The Template:Wikia enemy from Nintendo's 1986 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."[4]
One also appears in Chibi-Robo! (Nintendo GameCube 2005) 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.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Type | Image | First Game | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eggplant Man | File:Trophy279.PNG | Wrecking Crew 10/85 |
Eggplant Man debuted as an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew. Even though his movement pattern was very simple, he was a fairly formidable foe, since Mario and Luigi had limited means of attack. You could beat this enemy by dropping a Dead-End Drum on him or by trapping him behind a door and blowing up the room. |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナスビ仮面 Nasubi Kamen |
Eggplant Mask |
| German | Aubergine |
Eggplant |
References
- ^ "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 the box.
- ^ Wrecking Crew instruction booklet, pg. 5 & 8.
- ^ Wrecking Crew instruction booklet, pg. 2.
- ^ Making of a Myth: The Grueling Development of the Original Kid Icarus. Nintendo World Report. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
| VS. Wrecking Crew / Wrecking Crew | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Luigi |
| Items and objects | Coin • Door • Druma • Dynamite • Floor • Golden Hammera • Ladder (Ladder wall) • Lettera • Pillara • Wall |
| Enemies | Eggplant Mana • Fireball • Foreman Spikea • Gotchawrench |
| Wrecking Crew '98 | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Mario • Eggplant Man • Koopa Troopa • Gotchawrench • Foreman Spike • Bowser • Princess Peach • Luigi • Onigiri • Onnanoko • Oyazi • Dogu |
| Enemies | Forkun • Blonya • Buruccho • Burnya • Dumpty • Jenya • Kanbank • Guruccho • Gata Gata • Poles • U Dokun |
| Objects | Floor • Handle • Panels (Block • Bomb) • Warp Pipe |
