Sherm
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| 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 
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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.
Gallery
A Sherm while under the control of Mario
A photo in Nintendo E3 2017 from Nintendo's Instagram account
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Odyssey | Tank | Tank | - |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | タンクロー[1] Tankurō |
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 |
| Chinese | 坦克仔 Tǎnkè Zǎi |
Tank Guy |
| Dutch | Sherm |
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| German | Shermützler |
From "Sherm" (transliteration of the English name) + pun on "mütze" (cap) and "scharmützel" (skirmish) with name ending "-er" |
| Italian | Carlo Armato[2] |
Pun on "Carlo" and "carro armato" (tank) |
| Korean | 탱크로 Taengkeuro |
From the Japanese name |
| Russian | Шерм[3] Sherm |
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| Spanish | Sherm |
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