Rip Van Fish: Difference between revisions

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'''Rip Van Fish'''<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 106.</ref> (also pluralized '''Rip Van Fishes'''<ref name=Prima>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 14.</ref> and parsed as '''Rip van Fish''')<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en English ''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/yutSZ Archived] August 13, 2022 14:17:58 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> are fish enemies who spend most of their time sleeping. They make their first and main appearance in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Rip Van Fish are large blue fish with orange fins, tail, and lips as well as a pair of big eyes.

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In ''Super Mario World'', if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] swims too close to a Rip Van Fish, it wakes up and starts to chase after him. Like Cheep Cheeps, a Rip Van Fish can be defeated if Mario and Luigi either shoot a [[fireball]] at it while under the effects of a [[Fire Flower]], swim into one while under the [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] effect of a [[Super Star]], or have [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] swallow one. If Mario or Luigi is invincible, the Rip Van Fish acts the opposite and tries to swim away from them. Once Mario or Luigi swim a far enough distance from the Rip Van Fish, it goes back to sleep.

 

In [[Forest of Illusion 2]], all Rip Van Fish within range can be awakened by the whistle of a [[Chargin' Chuck]].

The Rip Van Fish reappear in the underwater portions of the [[World-e]] level [[Sea to Sky]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They act the same as in ''Super Mario World''.

[[File:RipVanFishCartoon.jpg|thumb|A Rip Van Fish from the ''Super Mario World'' cartoon series episode, "King Scoopa Koopa".]]

In "King Scoopa Koopa", after leaping down a [[Warp Pipe]] in the [[Star Road (Super Mario World)|Star Path]] to escape several cave people transformed into [[Chickadactyl]]s, Mario and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] end up in the ocean. Seeing a Rip Van Fish near, Mario and Princess Toadstool attempt to tiptoe past the Rip Van Fish, only for it to wake up, leading to the latter chasing them. Fortunately, Mario and Princess Toadstool struck into the Warp Pipe before the Rip Van Fish can get them.

In "Mama Luigi", [[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]], after falling into the ocean, end up waking a nearby Rip Van Fish, which proceeds to chase Luigi and Yoshi. Attempting to escape the Rip Van Fish, Luigi and Yoshi enter a nearby, underwater tunnel and begin swimming furiously, avoiding obstacles such as [[? Block]]s and [[Urchin]]s. Eventually, the Rip Van Fish, having apparently grown bored of chasing Luigi and Yoshi, quickly stops and begins to nap once again, allowing Luigi and Yoshi to get away.

 

[[File:RipVanFish MarioFamily.png|thumb|A Rip Van Fish in ''Mario Family'']]

===''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''===

Rip Van Fish reappears in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] remake of ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' in ''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'', as the second opponent in the game's VS. Mode if the player plays on Hard mode.

 

 

 

 

|JapM=A Japanese term for sleeping heavily; officially romanized as "Gooska".

|FreA=Rip Van Poisson

|FreAM=Rip Van Fish

 

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