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{{distinguish|Potted Ghost}}
{{redirect|Roger|the parrot character from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series|[[Polly Roger]]}}
{{redirect|Roger|the parrot character from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series|[[Polly Roger]]}}
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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>Roger the Potted Ghost
|image=[[File:SMW2 RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
}}
[[File:Vs Roger the Potted Ghost.png|thumb|left]]
'''Roger the Potted Ghost''',<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282</ref> or simply '''The Potted Ghost'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 42. Page 70.</ref> or '''Potted Ghost''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 40. Page 21.</ref> is the second boss of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. He is located in [[The Potted Ghost's Castle]], the castle of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]. Roger starts out as a lifeless [[vase|pot]], but is transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.
'''Roger the Potted Ghost'''<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282</ref> is a boss character from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and is located in [[The Potted Ghost's Castle]], the castle of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]. Roger starts out as a lifeless [[vase|pot]], but is transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. His face is the same as those of [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s, and like them, he is amorphous.


To defeat him, [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] has to push Roger and his pot over the right edge of the platform in the same manner as pushing a regular pot. This process is complicated by two green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. Throughout the battle, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away. He also breathes blue flames which home in, forcing the blue dinosaur to stop pushing and get out of the way to avoid taking a hit. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge and do not return, allowing Blue Yoshi to push him the final distance without facing resistance from them.
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Roger and the other bosses from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.


In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', he makes a cameo in the game's introduction, which briefly shows some of the bosses from ''Yoshi's Island''. Additionally, there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s. They look vaguely similar to Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] which grants resistance against strong winds. It is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of [[Shy Guy]] and [[Boo Mario]].


In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Roger the Potted Ghost appears as a support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] which grants resistance against strong winds. It is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of [[Shy Guy]] and [[Boo Mario]].
==Profiles and statistics==
{{br}}
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' つぼから煙のように現れる。ヨッシーをはじきとばしたり、青い炎を吐いたりするが、つぼから出られないのが悲しいサガ。<ref>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). {{media link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg|Page 9}}.</ref> (''It appears like smoke from a pot. It can repel Yoshi and spit blue flames, but it is a sad fact that it cannot get out of its pot.'')
*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.''<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 17.</ref>
*'''Super Power Club Cards bio:'''<ref>{{media link|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island}}</ref>
**'''Description:''' ''Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.''
**'''Favorite Saying:''' ''"Faster, you fools, faster!"''
**'''How to Beat Him:''' ''Push him until he falls off the edge to the right. Avoid the blue fireballs he shoots at you. Keep pushing, because the little Shy Guys are keeping up the pressure, too!''
*'''Shogakukan guide''' ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。<ref>「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|Page 17]].</ref> (''The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.'')


==''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit==
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
The Potted Ghost.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Roger the Potted Ghost chiaroscuro art.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI - Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Vs Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Icon SMW2-YI - The Potted Ghost's Castle.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Yossy Island Carddass2 Back.png|''Yossy Island'' Jumbo Carddass 2
SMA3 Roger.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
YIDS-Intro Background.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=つぼおばけ
|Jap=つぼおばけ
|JapR=Tsubo Obake
|JapR=Tsubo Obake
|JapM=Pot ghost. From 「壺」''tsubo'' (pot, vase) and 「お化け」''obake'' (apparition, ghost).
|JapM=Vase {{wp|obake}}
|Spa=Fantasbote
|Spa=Fantasbote
|SpaM=From ''Fantasma'' (Ghost) and ''Bote'' (Boat and Pot).
|SpaM=From "fantasma" (ghost) and "bote" (pot)
|Fra=Pouss'Pot
|Fre=Pouss'Pot
|FraM= Push'Pot  
|FreM=Push'Pot  
|Ger=Nebulo
|Ger=Nebulo
|GerM=From "Nebel" (fog, mist)
|GerM=From "nebel" (mist)
|Ita=Fantasma Invasato
|Ita=Fantasma Invasato
|ItaM=Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on "vaso" (vase)
|ItaM=Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on "vaso" (vase)
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The blue flames he shoots are based on the [[wikipedia:hitodama|hitodama]], a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.  
*The blue flames Roger shoots are based on the {{wp|hitodama}}, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.  
*Some stones are seen when he is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
*Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
*Roger's body was originally intended to be a static sprite; the final game would instead render it using the Super FX2 chip.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Sprites Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 27, 2023.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
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Latest revision as of 10:30, January 27, 2024

Not to be confused with Potted Ghost.
"Roger" redirects here. For the parrot character from the Donkey Kong Country TV series, see Polly Roger.
Roger the Potted Ghost
Roger the Potted Ghost's art from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit cameo) (2018)

Roger the Potted Ghost,[1] or simply The Potted Ghost[2] or Potted Ghost,[3] is the second boss of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He is located in The Potted Ghost's Castle, the castle of World 2. Roger starts out as a lifeless pot, but is transformed by Kamek's magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of Dangling Ghosts and Caged Ghosts, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if Blue Yoshi pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green Shy-Guys that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.

In Yoshi's Island DS, Roger and the other bosses from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called Potted Ghosts, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a support spirit which grants resistance against strong winds. It is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of Shy Guy and Boo Mario.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Shogakukan guide: つぼから煙のように現れる。ヨッシーをはじきとばしたり、青い炎を吐いたりするが、つぼから出られないのが悲しいサガ。[4] (It appears like smoke from a pot. It can repel Yoshi and spit blue flames, but it is a sad fact that it cannot get out of its pot.)
  • Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.[5]
  • Super Power Club Cards bio:[6]
    • Description: Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.
    • Favorite Saying: "Faster, you fools, faster!"
    • How to Beat Him: Push him until he falls off the edge to the right. Avoid the blue fireballs he shoots at you. Keep pushing, because the little Shy Guys are keeping up the pressure, too!
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。[7] (The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit[edit]

Name Image Game Type Class Effect How to obtain Spirit battle
Opponents Battle conditions Stage Song
Roger the Potted Ghost Roger the Potted Ghost's art from Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Yoshi Series Support (1) Advanced Strong-Wind Resist World of Light (Light Realm); Summoned with a Shy Guy and Boo Mario core Giant Wii Fit Trainer (♂), Meta Knight ×2 Rule: Hard to Launch; Jump Power ↓
Hazard: High Gravity
  • Defeat the main fighter to win
  • All fighters have reduced jump ability
 Dracula's Castle (Ω) Yoshi's Island (Brawl)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese つぼおばけ
Tsubo Obake
 Vase obake

Chinese 坛中幽灵
Tán zhōng Yōulíng
 Ghost in jar

French Pouss'Pot
 Push'Pot
German Nebulo
 From "nebel" (mist)
Italian Fantasma Invasato
 Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on "vaso" (vase)
Russian Призрак Вазя
Prizrak Vazya
 Vase Ghost

Spanish Fantasbote
 From "fantasma" (ghost) and "bote" (pot)

Trivia[edit]

  • The blue flames Roger shoots are based on the hitodama, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.
  • Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
  • Roger's body was originally intended to be a static sprite; the final game would instead render it using the Super FX2 chip.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282
  2. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 42. Page 70.
  3. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 40. Page 21.
  4. ^ 「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 9Media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg.
  5. ^ Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Page 17.
  6. ^ Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's IslandMedia:Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg
  7. ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 17.
  8. ^ Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
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