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|image=[[File:SpindelSM64DS.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Grindel]]
|relatives=[[Rhomp]]
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A '''Spindel'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 12.</ref> is a type of [[Grindel]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It is a cylindrical creature made of stone that continuously rolls over the same stretch of territory. Its name comes from "spindle", which is the part of a spinning wheel that holds the yarn that is being spun. A Spindel also resembles a giant cylinder with a thread of yarn spun around it but with a face.


A '''Spindel''' is the [[Grindel]]'s closest relative in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. A Spindel is a mummified rolling [[Thwomp]] that tries to run over [[Mario]]. There is a safe spot where Mario can hide, so he can avoid being squished. A Spindel has a devil grin and wide eyes.
Enemies with similar functions to Spindels, called [[Rhomp]]s, appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.


{{SM64 Characters}}
==History==
[[Category: Sub-Species]]
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[Category: Enemies]]
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|footer=Spindels as they appear in ''Super Mario 64'' (left) and ''Super Mario 64 DS'' (right)
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A lone Spindel appears exclusively in the [[Shifting Sand Land#Inside the pyramid|pyramid]] of [[Shifting Sand Land]], where it can be found rolling back and forth in one section of the pyramid. There is a safe spot where [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] can hide to avoid being squished, though if one of them does get squished, he loses three wedges from his [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]].
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===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:SpindelSuperMario-Kun.png|thumb|A Spindel in the pyramid in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
A Spindel appears in volume 16 of the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' manga. It tries squashing Mario and the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] accompanying him, but it fails and crashes.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SpindelSM64.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドングル
|JapR=Donguru
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ドン」(''don'', onomatopoeia for colliding) and「グルグル」(''guru-guru'', onomatopoeia for spinning); also follows the format of「ドンカク」(''Donkaku'', "[[Grindel]]")
|Ger=Walzen-Walter
|GerM=From ''walzen'' ("to roll") and the male given name "Walter"
|Ita=Spindel<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=86}}</ref>
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Mummies]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64 enemies]]
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Latest revision as of 13:30, May 4, 2024

Spindel
Spindel
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Grindel
Relatives

A Spindel[1] is a type of Grindel that appears in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. It is a cylindrical creature made of stone that continuously rolls over the same stretch of territory. Its name comes from "spindle", which is the part of a spinning wheel that holds the yarn that is being spun. A Spindel also resembles a giant cylinder with a thread of yarn spun around it but with a face.

Enemies with similar functions to Spindels, called Rhomps, appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Spindels as they appear in Super Mario 64 (left) and Super Mario 64 DS (right)
Spindels as they appear in Super Mario 64 (left) and Super Mario 64 DS (right)
Spindels as they appear in Super Mario 64 (left) and Super Mario 64 DS (right)

A lone Spindel appears exclusively in the pyramid of Shifting Sand Land, where it can be found rolling back and forth in one section of the pyramid. There is a safe spot where Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario can hide to avoid being squished, though if one of them does get squished, he loses three wedges from his Power Meter.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

A Spindel from the Super Mario-kun
A Spindel in the pyramid in Super Mario-kun

A Spindel appears in volume 16 of the Super Mario-kun manga. It tries squashing Mario and the Bob-omb Buddy accompanying him, but it fails and crashes.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ドングル
Donguru
Portmanteau of「ドン」(don, onomatopoeia for colliding) and「グルグル」(guru-guru, onomatopoeia for spinning); also follows the format of「ドンカク」(Donkaku, "Grindel")

German Walzen-Walter
From walzen ("to roll") and the male given name "Walter"
Italian Spindel[2]
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References[edit]

  1. ^ M. Arakawa. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Page 12.
  2. ^ (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-8893674362. Page 86.