Golden Monty Mole

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Golden Monty Mole
General information
Variant of	Monty Mole
Appearances
First appearance	Mario Party 6 (2004)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024)
Similar entities
Variants Golden big Monty Mole

Golden Monty Moles are a golden variant of Monty Mole that debuted in Mario Party 6. As their name suggests, Golden Monty Moles are more elusive Monty Moles with gold colored fur that tend to award the player more points or coins compared to their regular counterparts.

History

Mario Party series

Mario Party 6

Golden Monty Moles make their debut in Mario Party 6, making their only appearance in the minigame Mole-it!. In the minigame, Golden Monty Moles function identically to the normal Monty Moles that also appear in the minigame, as they peek their heads out of the pipes, allowing the players to earn points from them by hitting them. While Golden Monty Moles appear a lot less frequently than their normal counterparts, they in turn award the player three points when being hit instead of the one point given when hitting the regular Monty Moles.

Super Mario Party Jamboree

In Super Mario Party Jamboree, mechanical Golden Monty Moles appear exclusively in the Koopathlon minigame Noggin Knock. In this game, the Golden Monty Moles were redesigned to look nearly identical to Monty Mole's post-Super Mario 64 DS redesign, with the only difference between them and their regular counterparts being their golden color scheme.

During the minigame, mechanical Golden Monty Moles will appear alongside their regular counterparts, where they can be hammered by the player in order to gain coins. Similar to their previous appearance, Golden Monty Moles appear a lot less frequently than their regular counterparts and must be hammered multiple times before they can get the chance to go back into their hole. Despite this, Golden Monty Moles give 5 coins to the player upon being successfully whacked opposed to the single coin given when whacking a regular Monty Mole. In addition, a more bulkier and rarer enlarged variant of the Golden Monty Mole will sometimes appear in the back row. If the player manages to quickly whack the enlarged Golden Monty Mole enough times, the player will be awarded with 20 coins opposed to the 5 coins given by the regular Golden Monty Moles.

Trivia

• In Super Mario Party, the playable Monty Mole can drink the Golden Drink item to become golden. Unlike the Golden Monty Moles however, this is simply just a temporary form change rather than being a unique variant of the species.
• Coincidentally, Golden Monty Moles share somewhat similar characteristics to real life golden moles due to their namesake gold colored fur.