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{{species | {{species infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Pionpiartwork. | |image=[[File:Pionpiartwork.png]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[1989]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Game Boy (comic)|Game Boy]]'' - "[[Pipes is Pipes]]" (1990) | |||
|comparable=[[Dry Bones]]<br>[[Fighter Fly|Fly]]<br>[[Kumo]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
''' | '''Pionpi''',<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet. Page 17.</ref> also known as '''Pinopi''',<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide. Page 5.</ref> are undead enemies found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. They are based on {{wp|jiangshi}}, a mythical vampire and zombie-like creature from {{wp|Chinese folklore}}. Found in the [[Chai Kingdom]], they constantly try to [[jump]] on [[Mario]], and some appear from the air. They can be temporarily stunned by being jumped on, which will also award Mario with 800 points. To actually destroy them, Mario must lure them off the level, shoot them with two [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s or touch them while [[Invincible Mario|invincible]]. They act essentially as a faster, harder version of the [[Fighter Fly|Fly]] and [[Kumo]] found earlier in the game. They are also similar to the [[Dry Bones]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', being an undead enemy that soon resurrects upon being squashed. | ||
In the ''Game Boy'' comics published by [[Valiant Comics]], a Pionpi is shown to be [[Tatanga]]'s second-in-command and frequently rides around on a [[Yurarin Boo]]. In the issue "[[Team Play]]", this Pionpi leads Tatanga's invasion of the Great Wall of China and is also the only one of Tatanga's Elite Squadron to protest [[Herman Smirch]]'s joining of Tatanga's forces. | |||
In the ''Super Mario Land'' | In the ''[[Super Mario Land (manga)|Super Mario Land]]'' manga from the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe series]], Pionpi are depicted similar to zombies in an apocalypse. A trio of Pionpi attacks Mario and [[Mekakuribō]] (who is [[Princess Peach]] in disguise) as they arrive in Chai Kingdom. Mario shoots them down with a Superball, but they quickly rise back up. Running from them, Mario and Mekakuribō run into [[Nankin-kun]], who tells them to hide in a bush. The three Pionpi jump over the bush and right into a pit. Nankin explains that Tatanga cursed the kingdom's citizens, turning them into Pionpi, except for the local temple's residents, protected by a magic seal that also functions as a door latch. While Mario takes a rest in the temple, waiting for Mekakuribō to make a new seal for him, a [[Goombo]] manages to trick Nankin-kun into opening the door and destroys the temple's seal, letting the Pionpi swarm the temple. The residents are bitten by the Pionpi and turned into zombies, followed by Princess Peach right after she finishes the seal, which Mario uses to keep the Pionpi at bay while he takes the [[Sky Pop]] at the airport. Once Tatanga is defeated, all of the transformed Pionpi are immediately restored to normal. | ||
==Profiles== | |||
===''Super Mario Land''=== | |||
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''Hopping about and persistently dogging Mario, no matter how many times you jump on Pionpi, he keeps coming back to life. But you can defeat him with a superball.'' | |||
*'''3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''Hopping about persistently, Pionpi keeps coming back to life no matter how many times Mario jumps on him. He can be defeated by a Superball.'' | |||
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''=== | |||
{{PEGMCE profile | |||
|name=ピョンピー (JP) / Pionpi (EN) | |||
|shusshin=ゴースト族 | |||
|seikaku=執念深い | |||
|tojo_gemu=ランド1 | |||
|desc='''<big>中国風の幽霊ピョンピー</big><br> | |||
手を前にのばして、ピョンピョン跳ねながら近づいてくるキョンシーみたいなオバケ。踏んづけてもしばらくすると復活してしまうので、スーパーボールでやっつけよう。<ref>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''). [https://i.imgur.com/gWJAadV.jpeg Page 173.]</ref> | |||
|origin=Ghost clan | |||
|disposition=Spiteful | |||
|game_appearances=Land 1 | |||
|eng_desc='''''<big>Chinese-style apparition Pionpi</big><br> | |||
''This kyonshī-like monster approaches with its hands outstretched in front of it, bouncing and jumping around. Even if you step on it, it will come back to life after a while, so use a Superball to defeat it.'' | |||
}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | |||
Pionpiartwork2.PNG|Artwork of a Pionpi | |||
pionpisprite.png|Sprite of Pionpi | |||
</gallery | KC Mario PionPeach.jpg|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]] | ||
</gallery> | |||
==Names in | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{ | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ピョンピー | |Jap=ピョンピー<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet. Page 20.</ref> | ||
|JapR= | |JapR=Pyonpī | ||
|JapM= | |JapM=Play on「ピョンピョン」(''pyon-pyon'', onomatopoeia for hopping sound) and「{{hover|殭屍|キョンシー}}」(''kyonshī'', {{wp|jiangshi}}) | ||
|Dut=Pionpi<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''. Page 9.</ref> | |||
|Fre=Pionpi<ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet. [https://i.imgur.com/dw3iXFN.jpg Page 17].</ref> | |||
|Ger=Pionpi | |||
|Ita=Pionpi<ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual. Page 17.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual. Page 14.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 47.</ref> | |||
|Spa=Pionpi | |Spa=Pionpi | ||
}} | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Vampires]] | ||
[[Category:Super Mario Land | [[Category:Zombies]] | ||
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