Not to be confused with Pom Pom.
Pompon Flower
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First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Relatives
Comparable

Pompon Flowers,[1][2] also known as Pom Pom Flower[3] or PomPom,[4] are flower enemies found in Super Mario Land. They walk around, shooting poisonous pollen upwards. Mario can defeat a Pompon Flower by jumping or shooting a Superball at one, obtaining 800 points. Pompon Flowers only appear in World 4-2 of the Chai Kingdom. Pompon Flowers look very similar to the Pansers from Super Mario Bros. 2 and to a lesser extent the Lava Lotuses from Super Mario Bros. 3, and may be related to them.[5]

In the Super Mario Land manga, a single Pompon Flower appears in the last chapter at the Chai Kingdom airport, with a Goombo and a Nyololin.

ProfilesEdit

Super Mario LandEdit

  • 3DS Virtual Console manual bio: This flower shoots poisonous pollen into the air as it moves around.

Perfect Ban Mario Character DaijitenEdit

ポンポンフラワー
種族しゅぞく フラワーぞく
性格せいかく お調子ちょうしもの
登場とうじょうゲーム ランド1
迷惑めいわくあるまわどくはな
そのとおり、どくのある花粉かふんをポンポンばしてくるポンポンフラワー。しかも、フラワーぞくのくせにこいつはあるまわるからこまってしまう。できるだけ近寄ちかよらないことが大切たいせつだ。[6]

Pompon Flower
Tribe: Flower clan
Disposition: Person who gets carried away easily
Game appearances: Land 1
Nuisance! Poisonous flower walking around
As its name suggests, the Pompon Flower shoots out poisonous pollen. Moreover, even among the flower tribe, this one walks around, which is a problem. It is important to stay away from them as much as possible.

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ポンポンフラワー[7]
Ponpon Furawā
Popping Flower; may also be a combination of "Ponkey" and/or "Pakkun Flower"

Dutch Pom Pom Flower[8]
Pomponbloem[9]
Pom Pom Flower
Pompon flower
French Fleur Pompon[10]
Pompon Flower
German Pompon-Blume
Pompom Flower
Italian Pompom Flower[11]
Pompon Flower[12]
Fiore Pompon[13]
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Pompon Flower
Spanish Pompon Flower
Pom Pom[14]
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Pom Pom

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Super Mario Land English instruction booklet, page 13.
  2. ^ M. Arakawa. Nintendo Game Boy Player's Guide. Page 5.
  3. ^ Club Nintendo (UK) Classic, page 9.
  4. ^ Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt. Super Game Boy Player's Guide. Page 19.
  5. ^ Page 50Media:SMBD page 50.png of 「スーパーマリオ大図鑑」 (Super Mario Bros. Daizukan, or "Super Mario Great Picture Book") states of Ponpon Flower: 「『ランド』 で発見されたへんな。スイチューカとポンキーの親戚らしい。」 (A strange flower found in "Land". A seeming relative of Suichūka and Ponkeys.)
  6. ^ 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), page 210.
  7. ^ Super Mario Land Japanese instruction booklet, page 13.
  8. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic, page 9.
  9. ^ Super Mario Land Dutch Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, tab 14: "Personages".
  10. ^ Super Mario Land French instruction booklet, page 13.
  11. ^ Super Mario Land Italian manual, pag. 13
  12. ^ Super Mario Land (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual, pag. 14
  13. ^ Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 47
  14. ^ Club Nintendo (Mexico) Año 1 No. 1, page 32.