Sniffle Thwomp

A Sniffle Thwomp is a type of Thwomp with a cold that appears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. It takes 13 damage (10 in the remake) after every attack it makes, but if Bowser inhales the ice pack on its head, the Sniffle Thwomp's fever will rise and it will take 26 damage (20 in the remake) two times (which is a total of 52 damage in the original, and 40 in the remake).

A Sniffle Thwomp has several attacks. It can jump into the sky and try landing on the character like other Thwomps do. If it sees Bowser in his shell, it will stop in mid-air and wait for Bowser to retreat. Bowser must withdraw into his shell at the very last moment. Alternately, Bowser can trick the Thwomp by immediately withdrawing repeatedly. Neglecting to do this or delaying the withdraw at the wrong time results huge damage and possibly the dizzy status. If Bowser is fighting, it will sometimes land in front of Bowser and sneeze on him to inflict the Sick status. Bowser has to dodge this move by punching the Thwomp away. Sniffle Thwomp will also faint sometimes and be picked up by a group of White Shy Guys. The Shy Guys walk in a zig-zag path at the character. Bowser and the Mario Bros. must punch and hammer the enemy, respectively, to counter before the Shy Guys ram the character with the Sniffle Thwomp. If a Sniffle Thwomp's eye glints, it will jump up off the Shy Guys to try to smash the character, defend as if it did a regular smash. If the Thwomp was wearing an ice pack when it faints, the ice pack will stand off to the side on a pair of yellow legs until the attack is complete, or, if the Thwomp is defeated by the counter-attack, the ice pack will run away. If Mario and Luigi fight Sniffle Thwomp, it has the same moves, but have to be countered by their hammer. Instead of the Sick status, Mario and Luigi will get poisoned instead.

Bowser can use the Vacuum Block to inhale a Blitty from the Sniffle Thwomps in Bowser Castle.

In the remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, Sniffle Thwomps have the normal coloration of regular Thwomps, use the Thwomps' design from Super Mario Galaxy, and its ice pack no longer applies feet. Furthermore, they no longer try to land on Mario and Luigi in the overworld, and only one Sniffle Thwomp can be encountered rather than being fought alongside Magifoofas when battling them.

Profiles and statistics

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy
Sniffle Thwomp
	HP	256 (384)	POW	194 (485)	DEF	125 (188)	SPEED	23 (35)
	Coins	60 (90)	Level	28	Fire	Half	Burn?	Immune
	Role	Common	Battled by	Anyone	Location(s)	Bowser's Castle	Dizzy?	Double
	Stat down?	Half	KO?	Half	Experience	400	Item drop	Supersyrup Jar - 10% Glutton Ring - 20%
Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Sniffle Thwomp
	HP	256	POW	221	DEF	144	SPEED	23	Experience	400
	Fire	Weak	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Battled by	Anyone	Coins	60
	Burn	Immune	Dizzy	2x	Stat down	0,5x	Speed down	0,5x	Item drop	Super Cheese - 30% Glutton Ring - 20%
Level           18	Location(s)	Bowser's Castle

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy
Sniffle Thwomp (Ice Pack)
	HP	156	POW	39	DEF	31	SPEED	30	Experience	0
	Fire	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Battled by	Anyone	Coins	0
	Burn	1x	Dizzy	1x	Stat down	1x	Speed down	1x	Item drop	None - 0% None - 0%
Level           1	Location(s)	Bowser's Castle

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヅッツン Dzuttsun	A pun on zutsū (headache) and dossun, Thwomp's Japanese name.
German	Fieberblock	"feverthwomp'"
Italian	Ecciomp	Put on Ecciù (Sneeze sound) and Thwomp
Spanish (NOA)	Thwomp Resfriado	Sniffle Thwomp
Spanish (NOE)	Roca Resfriacuda	Pun on Roca Picuda, which is Thwomp's Spanish name and Resfriado, which means cold (illness)

Trivia

• If a Sniffle Thwomp is left alone while it has its ice pack, it will instantly be defeated after 20 turns (26 in the remake). But if it does not have its ice pack, it will instantly be defeated within 5 turns (7 in the remake).
• Sniffle Thwomps are one of the few enemies to not appear in Bowser Jr.'s Journey.