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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft]]'' (Bedrock version)<br>(The Wild Update) (2022)
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'''Madpoles'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 26.</ref> are a species of turquoise tadpoles appearing in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. Their name is a combination of "mad" and "tadpole".
'''Madpoles'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 26.</ref> are a species of turquoise tadpoles appearing in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. Their name is a combination of "mad" and "tadpole".


[[File:SM3DW Madpoles.png|thumb|left|250px|Several Madpoles swimming towards Mario.]]
[[File:SM3DW Madpoles.png|thumb|left|250px|Several Madpoles swimming towards Mario.]]
Madpoles are uncommon enemies that calmly swim on the water surface. If they spot [[Mario]], they swim to him, and will keep doing so if Mario dives into the water, trying to ram him. They can be defeated by any attack. Madpoles appear in [[Rammerhead Reef]], [[The Bowser Express]], [[Deepwater Dungeon]], [[Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run]], and [[Pipeline Boom Lagoon]].
Madpoles are uncommon enemies that calmly swim on the water surface. If they spot [[Mario]], they swim to him, and will keep doing so if Mario dives into the water, trying to ram him. They can be defeated by any attack, with the [[Cat Mario|Cat]] and [[Fire Mario|Fire forms]] being useful against swarms of them. Madpoles appear in [[Rammerhead Reef]], [[The Bowser Express]], [[Deepwater Dungeon]], [[Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run]], and [[Pipeline Boom Lagoon]]; in the latter level, they replace the [[Goomba]]s [[Innertube Goomba|in floaties]] and [[Cheep Cheep]]s of [[Pipeline Lagoon|the original level]].


The [[Cat Mario|Cat]] and [[Fire Mario|Fire forms]] can be useful against swarms of Madpoles.  
The [[stamp]] found in Deepwater Dungeon depicts a Madpole.


In Pipeline Boom Lagoon, Madpoles replace the [[Goomba]]s in floaties and [[Cheep Cheep]]s of [[Pipeline Lagoon|the original stage]].
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Tadpoles are replaced by Madpoles.
 
The [[stamp]] found in Deepwater Dungeon depicts a Madpole.
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SM3DW BF MadpoleStamp.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' (stamp)
Minecraft Mario Mash-up Madpole.jpg|''[[Minecraft]]''
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|Jap=タマオ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 226.</ref>
|Jap=タマオ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 226.</ref>
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|JapM=A partial anagram of「オタマジャクシ」(''otamajakushi'', tadpole)
|JapM=Partial anagram of「{{hover|蝌蚪|オタマジャクシ}}」(''otamajakushi'', tadpole)
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|Ita=Madpole<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 226</ref>
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|GerM=Portmanteau of "graulen" (to dread) and "Kaulquappe" (tadpole)
|Spa=Enojacuajo  
|Spa=Enojacuajo  
|SpaM=From "enojado" (angry) and "renacuajo" (tadpole)
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "enojado" (angry) and "renacuajo" (tadpole)
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Revision as of 21:25, February 3, 2024

Not to be confused with Tadpole.
Madpole
A Madpole from Super Mario 3D World.
First appearance Super Mario 3D World (2013)
Latest appearance Minecraft (Bedrock version)
(The Wild Update) (2022)
Subject origin Tadpole

Madpoles[1] are a species of turquoise tadpoles appearing in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. Their name is a combination of "mad" and "tadpole".

Screenshot of Super Mario 3D World.
Several Madpoles swimming towards Mario.

Madpoles are uncommon enemies that calmly swim on the water surface. If they spot Mario, they swim to him, and will keep doing so if Mario dives into the water, trying to ram him. They can be defeated by any attack, with the Cat and Fire forms being useful against swarms of them. Madpoles appear in Rammerhead Reef, The Bowser Express, Deepwater Dungeon, Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run, and Pipeline Boom Lagoon; in the latter level, they replace the Goombas in floaties and Cheep Cheeps of the original level.

The stamp found in Deepwater Dungeon depicts a Madpole.

In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Tadpoles are replaced by Madpoles.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese タマオ[2]
Tamao
 Partial anagram of「蝌蚪」(otamajakushi, tadpole)

French Madpole
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German Graulquappe
 Portmanteau of "graulen" (to dread) and "Kaulquappe" (tadpole)
Italian Madpole[3]
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Spanish Enojacuajo
 Portmanteau of "enojado" (angry) and "renacuajo" (tadpole)

References

  1. ^ Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. Super Mario 3D World PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 26.
  2. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D World section, page 226.
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia, pag. 226
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