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{{distinguish|Tadpole}}
|image=[[File:Underwater Gobstoppers Screenshot - Super Mario 3D World.png|250px]]
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|species_origin=[[Tadpole]]
|image=[[File:Madpole SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]
|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=''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]''<br>(The Wild Update) (2022)
|subject_origin=[[Tadpole]]
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'''Madpoles''' are a species of bluish [[Tadpole]]s debuting in the [[Wii U]] game, ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. 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".


Madpoles are uncommon enemies that calmly swim on the water surface. As they spot [[Mario]], they swim at his direction, and will keep doing so if Mario dives into the water by trying to ram him. They can be defeated by almost any attack. Madpoles appear in [[Rammerhead Reef]], [[The Bowser Express]], [[Deepwater Dungeon]], [[Sprawling Savanna Rabbit Run]] and [[Pipeline Boom Lagoon]]. A Madpoles only attack is by ramming 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, 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]].


If Mario was swarmed by a lot of Madpoles the best way to take these pests out was the [[Cat Suit]] and the [[Fire Flower]].  
The [[stamp]] found in Deepwater Dungeon depicts a Madpole.


Since Madpoles reapper in Pipeline Boom Lagoon, these enemies are the replacement of the [[Goomba]]s in floaties and [[Cheep-Cheep]]s.
In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Tadpoles are replaced by Madpoles.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM3DW-MadpoleStamp.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' (stamp)
SM3DW BF MadpoleStamp.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' (stamp)
Minecraft Mario Mash-up Madpole.jpg|''[[Minecraft]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=タマオ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 226.</ref>
|JapR=Tamao
|JapM=Partial anagram of「{{hover|蝌蚪|オタマジャクシ}}」(''otamajakushi'', tadpole)
|Fre=Madpole
|Ita=Madpole<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 226</ref>
|Ger=Graulquappe
|GerM=Portmanteau of "graulen" (to dread) and "Kaulquappe" (tadpole)
|Spa=Enojacuajo
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "enojado" (angry) and "renacuajo" (tadpole)
}}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:55, April 23, 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 Edition
(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.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

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[edit]

  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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