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'''Shroob mushrooms''' are light-purple [[mushroom]]s with white dots that appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. The [[Shroob]]s have the ability to fire purple energy bolts that turn anything they touch into Shroob mushrooms in a process; [[Toadiko]], [[Toadbert]], [[Kylie Koopa]], and [[Baby Bowser]] are all known to suffer this fate. Characters who turn into Shroob mushrooms are said to be '''Shroobified'''.<ref>"''At last! Mario has all five Cobalt Star shards! Now you can enter Peach's Castle at the past from the third floor of the present-day Peach's Castle! You must hurry and save the Shroobified Toadbert and Kylie!''" &ndash; '''[[Save Album]]''', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</ref> These victims are all reverted when [[Professor E. Gadd]] spreads the tears of babies from the [[Hydrogush 4000]] across the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] (in a process that [[Stuffwell]] describes as being able to '''re-Toadify''' them,<ref>"''If we rescue Princess Peach and defeat the Shroobs... We may be able to re-Toadify these two!''" &ndash; '''[[Stuffwell]]''', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</ref> even if not all of them are [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s). Some Shroobs are also known to turn into these purple mushrooms when defeated, such as the [[Elder Princess Shroob]]. When [[Princess Shroob]] is disguised as [[Princess Peach]], she holds a Shroob mushroom to her face. Shroob mushrooms have been rarely able to speak, such as after the Elder Princess Shroob gets defeated. Shroob Mushrooms surround the conquered [[Toad Town]] and [[Shroob Castle]], appearing in various shapes and sizes; it is not clear if these are all transformed Toads or simply planted by the Shroobs as part of their conquest. They are a reference to the {{wp|red weed}}s in ''{{wp|The War of the Worlds}}''.