Shroid

Shroid
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) (cameo)
Variant of	Shroob

Shroids are gray Shroob robots with yellow spots and green photoreceptors. They appear in the game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and they are found in Toad Town. Their name is a portmanteau of "Shroob" and "android".

In battle, Shroids use a variety of attacks; first, a Shroid can trap Mario and Luigi in crystals in a manner similar to the Elder Shrooboid as it charges up an energy blast in its arm cannon. The brothers can break these crystal prisons by constantly jumping. After breaking the crystals, one of the brothers has to jump over the charged energy blast after the Shroid stops to fire it. The brother it shoots at can be predetermined by looking at who it first traps in a crystal.

A Shroid can also summon a Shroob saucer to bring a spiked ball to the battlefield. This spiked ball either has a red "M" or a green "L" printed on it, indicating which Mario Bro the weapon will be used against. The Shroob saucer drops the spiked ball on top of the Shroid. It then throws the spiked ball at the appropriate Mario Bro. This spiked ball can be deflected with a hammer strike from one of the baby Mario Bros. The weapon then bounces back and hits the Shroid, damaging it and causing it to malfunction if it still has HP left, which means all future attacks will be reversed (an attack that should normally hit Mario will hit Luigi instead, or vice versa). This attack can cause the dizzy status if not countered properly.

The Shroid's last technique is less of an attack and more of a test of the Mario Bros.' skill; it holds up a series of flags: either a red flag, a green flag or both flags each time. Depending on what color the flag is, the corresponding Mario Bro has to quickly jump (if the Shroid holds up both flags, both Mario Bros. have to immediately jump). The Shroid repeats this process from two to six times. If the brothers mess up (either by missing a jump or by having the wrong brother jump), the Shroid throws both flags at the Mario Bros. The flag-throw is very hard to dodge. If done correctly, the Shroid will not attack. In rare instances, the flags can be jumped on. Sometimes, the Shroid attempts to fake out the brothers, causing them to jump prematurely (and thus be damaged).

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, while Mario and Luigi battle the Shroobs, some broken Shroids are seen in the background.

Mecha-Chomps from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mechakoopas in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam malfunction in a way similar to a Shroid and are battled in a very similar way.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy
Shroid
	HP	105	POW	130	Defense	108
	Experience	140	Coins	15	Speed	50
	Location(s)	Toad Town	Role	Common	Item drop	Ultra Drop – 15% None – 0%
	Level	21	Battled by	Anyone
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release).

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゲドンコマシーン Gedonko Mashīn	Shroob Machine
French	Xhampoïde	Portmanteau of Xhampi ("Shroob") and androïde ("android")
German	Shroid	-
Italian	Shroide	Portmanteau of "Shroob" and androide ("android")/droide ("droid")
Korean	게돈코머신 Gedonko Meosin	Shroob Machine
Spanish (NOA)	Shroide	Portmanteau of "Shroob" and androide ("android")/droide ("droid")
Spanish (NOE)	Mecashroob	Portmanteau of mecánico ("mechanical") and "Shroob"

Trivia

• The flag attack is similar to the Shy Guy Says minigame from Mario Party and Mario Party 2.