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|Jap=タンクロー<ref>[https://twitter.com/mario_odysseyJP/status/900474789642371075 Official Japanese Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|Jap=タンクロー<ref>[https://twitter.com/mario_odysseyJP/status/900474789642371075 Official Japanese Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|JapR=Tankurō
|JapR=Tankurō
|JapM=From "tank" and「九郎」(''-kurō'', an old-fashioned male given name suffix, such as「宮藤 官九郎」(''Kudō Kankurō''); generally, the kanji that precedes「九郎」is a number up to ten
|JapM=Portmanteau of "tank" and「九郎」(''kurō'', an old-fashioned male given name)
|Fra=Charlu
|Fra=Charlu
|FraM=From "char" (chariot or tank)
|FraM=From "char" ("chariot" or "tank")
|Ger=Shermützler
|Ger=Shermützler
|GerM=From "Sherm" (transliteration of the English name) + pun on "mütze" (cap) and "scharmützel" (skirmish) with name ending "-er"
|GerM=Pun on the agentive form of "scharmützel" (skirmish), as well as a combination of "Sherm" and "mütze" (cap)
|Spa=Sherm
|Spa=Sherm
|SpaM=-
|SpaM=
|Ita=Carlo Armato<ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_ITA/status/911168209998319616 Official Italian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|Ita=Carlo Armato<ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_ITA/status/911168209998319616 Official Italian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|ItaM=Pun on "Carlo" and "carro armato" (tank)
|ItaM=Pun on "Carlo" and "carro armato" (tank)
|Dut=Sherm
|Dut=Sherm
|DutM=-
|DutM=
|Rus=Шерм<ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_RUS/status/910896466067120128 Official Russian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|Rus=Шерм<ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_RUS/status/910896466067120128 Official Russian Super Mario Odyssey Twitter]</ref>
|RusR=Sherm
|RusR=Sherm
|RusM=-
|RusM=
|Chi=坦克仔
|Chi=坦克仔
|ChiR=Tǎnkè Zǎi
|ChiR=Tǎnkè Zǎi

Revision as of 20:26, March 2, 2023

Sherm
Artwork of a Sherm from Super Mario Odyssey.
First appearance Super Mario Odyssey (2017)

Sherms are tank enemies that appear in Super Mario Odyssey. They are green with a white Bowser's emblem printed on them, fire pearlescent blue explosives, and can be found in the Wooded Kingdom, the Metro Kingdom at nighttime, the Underground Moon Caverns in the Moon Kingdom, and the Mechawiggler rematch in the Mushroom Kingdom. They can be beaten with a ground pound or a shot fired by a captured Sherm. When captured with and controlled by Cappy, the player can aim its cannon with the right Control Stick (as well as by tilting the Joy-Con/Pro Controller), and fire explosives with Y Button. The explosives can also be used to collect items. They are used to defeat Mechawiggler.

The name "Sherm" is a reference to the famous American M4 Sherman tank, which was one of the most common tanks in World War II - the hat they wear in the Metro Kingdom even resembles the Ascot top hat worn in depictions of Uncle Sam. Despite this, their shape seems to be based on the World War II-era tanks used by the Imperial Japanese Army (particularly the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank) - ironically with the chassis and turret being dark green in color alongside the white Bowser emblem, akin to its American namesake.

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Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Odyssey Tank Tank -

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese タンクロー[1]
Tankurō
Portmanteau of "tank" and「九郎」(kurō, an old-fashioned male given name)

Chinese 坦克仔
Tǎnkè Zǎi
Tank Guy

Dutch Sherm
 
German Shermützler
Pun on the agentive form of "scharmützel" (skirmish), as well as a combination of "Sherm" and "mütze" (cap)
Italian Carlo Armato[2]
Pun on "Carlo" and "carro armato" (tank)
Korean 탱크로
Taengkeuro
From the Japanese name

Russian Шерм[3]
Sherm
 

Spanish Sherm
 

References