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|image=[[File:SMA Tryclyde Artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork for ''Super Mario Advance''.
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|species=[[Cobrat]]
|species=[[Cobrat]]
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Mario'' franchise)
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml The Voice of Mario]. ''GameSpy''. Retrieved January 6, 2024.</ref> ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
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{{quote2|Step right up, if you're ready to get... toasted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
{{quote2|Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''', is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical [[Wikipedia:Lernaean Hydra|Lernaean Hydra]], a giant, multi-headed serpent.
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''', is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical {{wp|Lernaean Hydra}}, a giant, multi-headed serpent.
 
==History==
==History==
===Background===
===Background===
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by [[Wart]] due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".<ref name=SMB2>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by [[Wart]] due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".<ref name=SMB2>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet. Page 27.</ref>


===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Tryclyde acts as the guardian of [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. Upon sighting the player, he shoots [[fireball]]s at them. In order to injure Tryclyde, the player needs to throw three [[Mushroom Block]]s at him, which are resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde is defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit.
[[File:SMB2 Tryclyde.png|thumb|x200px|Tryclyde's original appearance from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Tryclyde acts as the guardian of both [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. Upon sighting the player, he shoots [[fireball]]s at them. Tryclyde can take damage from a [[Mushroom Block]] being thrown at it, and they are resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde is defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit.


While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', he is only the boss of World 2 in the ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' port, his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by [[Mouser]]'s own (originally from World 3). His color changes in the remakes; in ''Super Mario All-Stars'', he is turquoise and orange, and a lighter shade of those colors in ''Super Mario Advance''. He was voiced by Charles Martinet in the latter game, owing to the addition of voice acting to the characters. Upon defeat in ''Super Mario Advance'', Tryclyde can be heard shouting, "Impossible!"
While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', he is only the boss of World 2 in the ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' version, his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by [[Mouser]]'s own (originally from [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 3]]). His color changes in the remakes, coloring him turquoise and orange. Upon defeat in ''Super Mario Advance'', Tryclyde can be heard shouting, "Impossible!" In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most official artwork related to ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.
 
There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario Advance#Unused Enemies|Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 25, 2013.</ref>


====''BS Super Mario USA''====
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
[[File:Tryclyde BS SuperMario.png|left|thumb]]
Tryclyde returned as a boss in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', and was fought similarly as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from ''Super Mario All-Stars'', but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.
Tryclyde returns with the other bosses from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Tryclyde serves as a boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
 
Tryclyde appears to have a lime green coloration in this game.


===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|left|Zookeeper coloring page.]]
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|left|Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page]]
In the coloring book game, ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. The description for the job is as follows:
In the coloring book game ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. The description for the job is as follows:


:''Mario the zoo keeper think's he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.''
:''Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.''
{{br}}
{{br}}


===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote2|Three heads are better than one!|Tryclyde|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"}}
{{quote2|Three heads are better than one!|Tryclyde|</span>"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"<span>}}
[[File:CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tryclyde in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode, "[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]".]]
[[File:CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|200px|Tryclyde in the episode "[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]" in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
Tryclyde (voiced by [[Harvey Atkin]]) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him. In "[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]", Tryclyde assumes the alter-ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa|Roman motif]], and in "[[Koopa Klaus]]", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus (alter ego)|Santa Claus motif]].
Tryclyde (voiced by [[Harvey Atkin]]) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him. In "[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa|Roman motif]], and in "[[Koopa Klaus]]", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus|of the same name]].


In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible]</ref>
In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible]. worthpoint.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.</ref>


===Nintendo Comics System===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of [[Nintendo Comics System]], one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're".
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."


===Nintendo Adventure Books===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
In one of [[Game Over|the bad endings]] of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears, and drags them off to his lair.
In one of the [[Game Over|bad ending]]s of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.


===''Super Mario-Kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left]]
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and it's a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other, when this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magical Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magical Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.


Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
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===''Super Mario Advance''===
===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.''<ref>[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf ''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet,] page 12.</ref>
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12].</ref>


===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>ガプチョ</big>'''<br>
{{PEGMCE profile
'''種族''' ビースト族<br>
|name=ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
'''性格''' 荒々しい<br>
|shusshin=ビースト族
'''登場ゲーム''' USA<br>
|seikaku=荒々しい
'''<big>ガラゲーロたちのボスかな</big>'''<br>
|tojo_gemu=USA
火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'', [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP page 54.]</ref>
|desc='''<big>ガラゲーロたちのボスかな</big>'''<br>
 
火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 54]. ''Imgur''. Retrieved April 6, 2022.</ref>
'''''<big>Tryclyde</big>'''''<br>
|origin=Beast clan
''Tribe: Beast clan''<br>
|disposition=Gruff
''Disposition: Gruff''<br>
|game_appearances=USA
''Game appearances: USA''<br>
|eng_desc='''''<big>Maybe the boss of the Cobrats</big>'''''<br>
'''''<big>Maybe the boss of the Cobrats</big>'''''<br>
''A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.''
''A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.''
}}


===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]'' bio===
'''Bio:''' W2とW6のボス。3つの頭を持ち、口から炎を吐いてくる。<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section, page 67.</ref> (''The boss of W2 and W6. It has three heads and spits fire from its mouth.'')
{{Multilang profile
|Jap=W2とW6のボス。3つの頭を持ち、口から炎を吐いてくる。<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''. ''Super Mario USA'' section. Page 67.</ref>
|JapM=The boss of W2 and W6. It has three heads and spits fire from its mouth.
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''/''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' instruction booklet
TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
SMB2_Tryclyde.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''/''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
DokiTriclyde.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
Tryclyde SMB2 NES sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMUSA Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet
SMUSA Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet
SMB2 Tryclyde Nintendo Power.jpg|''Mario Mania
SMB2 Tryclyde Nintendo Power.jpg|''Mario Mania
Tryclyde SMB2 NES sprite.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMB2 Club Nintendo Magazine.jpg|''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]''
SMB2 Club Nintendo Magazine.jpg|''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]''
SMB2 Nintendo Promotional Artwork.jpg|''[[Club Nintendo Classic]]''
SMB2 Nintendo Promotional Artwork.jpg|''[[Club Nintendo Classic]]''
Tryclyde SMAS SMB2 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Tryclyde SMAS SMB2 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Tryclyde BS SuperMario.png|''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''
Tryclyde SMA1 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
Tryclyde SMA1 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
SMB2 World 6-3 Tryclyde Battle.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMB2 World 6-3 Tryclyde Battle.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガブチョ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 36.</ref> <small>(''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'')</small>
|Jap=ガブチョ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet. Page 36.</ref> <small>(''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'')</small>
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapM=Likely from「ガラゲーロ」(''Garagēro'', [[Cobrat#Names in other languages|Cobrat]]) and「{{hover|部長|ブチョウ}}」(''buchō'', chief)
|JapM=Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(''Garagēro'', "[[Cobrat#Names in other languages|Cobrat]]") and「{{ruby|部長|ブチョウ}}」(''buchō'', "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(''gabutto'', onomatopoeia for chomping)
|Jap2=ガプチョ<ref name=SMUSA>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf ''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet,] page 30.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario USA'')</small>
|Jap2=ガプチョ<ref name=SMUSA>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf ''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet]. Page 30. nintendo.co.jp. November 17, 2022.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario USA'')</small>
|Jap2R=Gapucho
|Jap2R=Gapucho
|Jap2M=Likely from「ガラゲーロ」(''Garagēro'', Cobrat) and「{{hover|部長|ブチョウ}}」(''buchō'', chief)
|Jap2M=An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(''Gabucho'')
|Jap3=トライクライド<ref name=SMUSA/> <small>(''Super Mario USA'')</small>
|Jap3=トライクライド<ref name=SMUSA/> <small>(''Super Mario USA'')</small>
|Jap3R=Toraikuraido
|Jap3R=Toraikuraido
|Jap3M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap3M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Fra=Tryclyde
|FraM=-
|Ger=Triclyde
|GerM=-
|Ita=Tritesta <small>(''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and ''Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition'')</small><br>Trezucche <small>(''Super Mario Advance'')</small><br>Triciclo <small>(''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'')</small>
|ItaM=Threeheads<br>Threeheads (''zucca'', pumpkin, is figuratively used for head)<br>Trike
|Dut=Tryclyde<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 35.</ref>
|DutM=-
|Chi=三头蛇<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|Chi=三头蛇<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|ChiR=Sān-Tóu Shé
|ChiR=Sān-Tóu Shé
|ChiM=Three-Headed Snake
|ChiM=Three-Headed Snake
|Dut=Tryclyde<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''. Page 35.</ref>
|Fre=Tryclyde
|Ger=Triclyde
|Ita=Tryclyde<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual. Page 27.</ref><ref>''[[NES Remix 2]]'' ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' level 7-2, "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!"</ref>
|Ita2=Triciclo <small>(''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'')</small>
|Ita2M=Trike/Tricycle
|Ita3=Tritesta<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual. Page 38.</ref>
|Ita3M=Three-heads
|Ita4=Trezucche<ref>''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual (Italian). Page 112.</ref>
|Ita4M=Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; ''zucca'' ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
|Kor=삼두사
|Kor=삼두사
|KorR=Samdusa
|KorR=Samdusa
|KorM=Three-Headed Snake
|KorM=Three-Headed Snake
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*Official artwork only shows visible bottom teeth, yet in the game he has sharp, prominent upper teeth. He is also depicted with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.
*There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario Advance#Unused Enemies|Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved October 25, 2013.</ref>
*In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' ports of the game, Tryclyde was recolored turquoise in the game, yet official artworks still depict him in red like the original NES version. Similarly, the [[Phanto]] is yellow and golden in its sprite, yet retains its white and red coloration in artwork.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 01:41, April 13, 2024

Tryclyde
Tryclyde
Artwork for Super Mario Advance.
Species Cobrat
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Ultimate NES Remix (2014)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[1] (2001)
“Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!”
—Tryclyde, Super Mario Advance

Tryclyde, also known as Triclyde, is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of Subcon, the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical Lernaean Hydra, a giant, multi-headed serpent.

History[edit]

Background[edit]

Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by Wart due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".[2]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Tryclyde from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Tryclyde's original appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2

In Super Mario Bros. 2, Tryclyde acts as the guardian of both World 2 and World 6. Upon sighting the player, he shoots fireballs at them. Tryclyde can take damage from a Mushroom Block being thrown at it, and they are resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde is defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit.

While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of Super Mario Bros. 2 included in Super Mario All-Stars, he is only the boss of World 2 in the Super Mario Advance version, his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by Mouser's own (originally from World 3). His color changes in the remakes, coloring him turquoise and orange. Upon defeat in Super Mario Advance, Tryclyde can be heard shouting, "Impossible!" In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most official artwork related to Super Mario Bros. 2 shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.

There are some unused sprites in Super Mario Advance of Cobrat with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like Fryguy and Clawgrip and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.[3]

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Tryclyde returned as a boss in BS Super Mario USA, and was fought similarly as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from Super Mario All-Stars, but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up[edit]

Mario as a zookeeper.
Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page

In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. The description for the job is as follows:

Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Three heads are better than one!”
—Tryclyde, "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"
Tryclyde
Tryclyde in the episode "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for King Koopa as a member of his Koopa Pack, often appearing to help him, Mouser and Koopa Troopa in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled Princess Toadstool, who was usually able to defeat him. In "The Great Gladiator Gig", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's Roman motif, and in "Koopa Klaus", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif of the same name.

In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.[4]

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of Nintendo Comics System, one of the comics' Dear Princess Toadstool features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In one of the bad endings of Pipe Down!, Ludwig von Koopa plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack Mario and Luigi. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Tryclyde. Page 34, volume 8 from Super Mario-kun.

Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a Frog Suit. He gives Mario a Magical Potion. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.

Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.[2]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.[5]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん ビースト族 Place of origin Beast clan
性格せいかく 荒々しい Disposition Gruff
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
ガラゲーロたちのボスかな

火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。[6]

Maybe the boss of the Cobrats

A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.

Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. bio[edit]

  • Japanese:
    W2とW6のボス。3つの頭を持ち、口から炎を吐いてくる。[7]
    (Translation: The boss of W2 and W6. It has three heads and spits fire from its mouth.)

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ガブチョ[8] (Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic)
Gabucho
ガプチョ[9] (Super Mario USA)
Gapucho
トライクライド[9] (Super Mario USA)
Toraikuraido
 Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(Garagēro, "Cobrat") and「部長ブチョウ」(buchō, "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(gabutto, onomatopoeia for chomping)

An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(Gabucho)

Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name

Chinese 三头蛇[10]
Sān-Tóu Shé
 Three-Headed Snake

Dutch Tryclyde[11]
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French Tryclyde
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German Triclyde
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Italian Tryclyde[12][13]
Triciclo (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)
Tritesta[14]
Trezucche[15]
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Trike/Tricycle
Three-heads
Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; zucca ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
Korean 삼두사
Samdusa
 Three-Headed Snake

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Super Mario Bros. 2 English instruction booklet. Page 27.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! writer's bible. worthpoint.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet (English). Page 12.
  6. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 54. Imgur. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Super Mario USA section. Page 67.
  8. ^ Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Page 36.
  9. ^ a b Super Mario USA instruction booklet. Page 30. nintendo.co.jp. November 17, 2022.
  10. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  11. ^ Club Nintendo (Netherlands) Classic. Page 35.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 27.
  13. ^ NES Remix 2 Super Mario Bros. 2 level 7-2, "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!"
  14. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Page 38.
  15. ^ Super Mario Advance European manual (Italian). Page 112.
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool • Subcon
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdoa • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coina • Bomb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platforma • Flying carpet • Grass • Hidden Item Containera • Jar • Key • Key Door • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chasera • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Egga
Subcon World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • Subspace
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Shy Guya • Big Ninjia • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladea • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.a • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Yoshi Challengea
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated episodes)
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad
Major antagonists King Koopa (alter egos) • Mouser • Tryclyde
Minor antagonists Beetle • Big bad wolf • Crocodiles • Hildy • King Koopa's mother • Queen Rotunda • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White
Koopa Pack minions Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Birdo • Birdoroo • Black Pit Bob-Omb • Bloober • Bob-Omb • Bomb Net • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flaky • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Goomba (zombie) • Goomba Mummy • Greaser Goombas • Grunt • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mousersaurus Rex • Ninji • Ostro • Phanto • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupo • Robo Shyguy • Robo Koopa • Shyguy • Shyguy Lion • Snifit • Space Troopa • Spark • Spider • Spiny • Spiny Egg • State Troopa • Stormtroopa • Super Troopa • Thunderbirdo • Trouter • Tweeter • Tweeter Bat • Wereturtle
Other characters Bingo • Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Bunsen • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Caveman • Cheepy • Cowazaurus • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elves • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • George Washingtoad • Giant Birdo • Goosey • Gramma Toadstool • Gramps • Harry • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hooded Robin • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • June and Ward • Killer Kitty of the Kaskervilles • King James • King Neptune • Mark Twang • Mayor Fettuccine • Mermushrooms • Mervin • Misaki • Mouth of the River • Mr. President • Mr. Mayor • Mugga • Murphy • Mushroom People • Mushroom Rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Patches • Pine • Prince Pompadour • Pronto • Quirks • Romano • Romano's father • Royal Cow • Salvador Drainotto • Sam Shalam • Santa Claus • Scooter • Secret Agent N • Slammer • Stool Pigeon • The Three Mushrooms • Waldo the Wizard • Whale • Zero
Locations Regions Amazon Jungle • Aqua Land • Brooklyn • Brooklyn Bridge • Car Land • Caveman Land • Cloud Land • Coney Island • Cramalot • Crime Land • Desert Kingdom • Down Under Land • El Desertland • Flatbush • Grand Koopa Canyon • Happy Harbor • Jungleland • Kingdom of Youth • Koopos • Land of Ice • Land of Romance • Lava Land • Linguini Empire • Lonesome Mushroom • Mushridge • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Planet • Mythis • North Pole • Oceanworld • Pastaland • Pirate's Port • Pirate Waters • Pirate World • Pyramid Land • Quirk • Rap Land • River World • Robo Land • Rotundaland • Sayonara • Shamrock Kingdom • Sharewood Forest • Sharewood Village • Snow World • Sock Hop Land • Spy Land • Sudden Death Valley • Swiss Cheese Alps • Trouter Bay • Turtlevania • Victoria • Winterland • Waki-Waki • Warp Zone • Wild West
Landmarks Bonkers Street • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cramalot Castle • Double Cross Ranch • First Mushroom Bank • Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers • Fort Hard Knox • Fountain of Youth • George's Gorge • King Koopa's Castle • Koopacropolis • Koopa Klub • Koopatraz State Prison • Linguini Empire Colosseum • Mushroom Colony • Outback • Pasta Pit • Quirk Factory • Rebel Fort • Rotunda Castle • Santa's workshop • Shamrock Inn • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tower of Victoria • Tunnel of Doom
Items, objects,
vehicles, and misc. 		All Purpose Portable Plumber's Helper • Aladdin's Lamp • Beanstalk • Birdo Ray • Blackbeard Koopa's ship • Bomb Plant • Ding Bell • Excalibur • Fireball • Fire Flower • Fireproof Lava Boat • Flagpole • Flying carpet biplane • Flying Pizza • Freeze Gun • Garbage Pod • Gold Coin • Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot) • Golden Plumber's Helper (Plummers Academy) • Great Balls of Fire • Heat Gun • Industrial Strength Itching Potion • Intergalactic InSinkErator • Koopa-Kola • Koop Star • Koopa Scepter • Koopa Strength Itching Powder • Koopa Surprise • Koopa's rocket • Koopilus • Lava Machine • Lightplunger • Lost Mushroom • Magic carpet • Magic doodad • Magic flute • Magic Growing Potion • Magic Shrink Potion • Magic Statue • Magical Potion • Mario's rocketship • Mushroom Starfighter • Passion Potion • Peapod • Plumb-Fu • Plumber's Log • Plumbinator • Pot of Gold Coins • Power block • Red-Hot Pepper Detector • Retro Router • Robot Monster Troopa • Robo-suit • Royal Plug • Sacred Sink of Cramalot • Shrinking Sukiyaki • Sinister Star • Space Raft • Spaghetti • Spymobile • Starman • Stereo Gun • Stormtroopa Starfighter • Super Sushi • Super Sushi Shrinker • Unzappable Hat • Vegetable • Wicked Weather Satellite
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