List of misconceptions

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This is a list of misconceptions throughout the Mario franchise and related media. This could range from considering different species (related or not) as being identical to other species, or information that is dubious. Most of these misconceptions either come from fans, YouTube videos, or the Super Mario Wiki.

Big Monty Mole and Mega Mole being the same

Shortly after the release of Super Mario Maker, the Super Mario Wiki treated the big Monty Moles in the game as Mega Moles and put them in the same page as them up until sometime in 2019, when Yoshi's Crafted World released. This misconception was also briefly seen in the Wikia/Fandom Mario Wiki as well, when both big Monty Moles and Mega Monty Mole were put in the same page. However, they would later be split into two separate pages.

Big Monty Moles and Mega Moles share nothing in common besides being enlarged Monty Moles. While Mega Moles have unique properties such as being able to be stood on and not chasing the player, big Monty Moles in Super Mario Maker function the exact same as their regular counterparts, only bigger. Additionally, big Monty Moles look like normal Monty Moles in the Super Mario World style, further proving that they are not Mega Moles. It was also further proven that big Monty Moles and Mega Moles were separate

Blue tuxedo Monty Moles

For the longest time up until mid-late 2021, the Super Mario Adventures section on the Monty Mole page in the Super Mario Wiki incorrectly claimed that there were Monty Moles wearing blue tuxedos that appeared in the penultimate issue. However, these were Mega Moles wearing blue tuxedos and not Monty Moles as they were bigger and had the Mega Mole design features. Notably in the first page of the issue, one of the Mega Moles wearing blue tuxedos can be seen along with a Monty Mole wearing a red tuxedo.

Cheep-Chomps, Boss Basses, and other large Cheep-Cheeps

On the Super Mario Wiki, the Bubba, the Super Mario 64 DS variation of the Big Bertha, and the Mario Kart DS/Yoshi's Island DS variation of the Boss Bass were merged with the Cheep-Chomp (mostly due to the enemies sharing similar Japanese names (although this can only go so far as it would mean that the enemies could share the same name but are a separate species as we've seen several times in English releases)). Despite the fact that not only do all the enemies have different appearances, they also have different names. The Super Mario Bros. 3 version of the Boss Bass remained it's own page (despite the other renditions of the Boss Bass being confirmed to be Boss Basses by the games, guides, and even Nintendo Power). Big Bertha was also merged with Boss Bass despite her Japanese name being slightly different.

Later, Boss Bass, Big Bertha, and Big Blurp were all merged with the Mega Cheep-Cheep article (or Big Cheep Cheep as it's called there). This was an even bigger stretch as not only do the Japanese names differ, but don't even look and act the same (Boss Basses attempt to eat their targets while Mega Cheep Cheeps behave like normal Cheep Cheeps only larger). This created even more disorder as both Boss Bass and Big Bertha renditions are merged with two different articles. Not only do the enemies have different names but they also look different so they can't be the same, not to mention that Nintendo Power, the guides for the games as well as the game's themselves have confirmed the Cheep-Cheeps' true names in each game.

Dry Bowser

On the Super Mario Wiki, it is stated that Dry Bowser is merely a skeletal form for Bowser, this, however, is only true for one game and this is his debut New Super Mario Bros. (although Bowser did briefly assume the form in the ending of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey), (in this game, he is merely referred to as "Bowser Bones" and "the Skeletal version of Bowser" in the Official Guide), in all other games (especially in spin offs such as the Mario Kart series and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games), he is shown to be a separate character, even a few mainline games such as Super Mario 3D Land, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam have shown Dry Bowser to appear separately from the regular Bowser, there is no way that this Dry Bowser could be Bowser as in the endings of the respective games, Bowser was shown to be alive and well and never turned into a skeleton. Additionally, the main Dry Bowser appears to breathe blue fire while the "skeletal version of Bowser" breathes red fireballs like his fleshy counterpart. Additionally, Dry Bowser's appearance in Mario Party: Island Tour confirmed the two to be separate with Bowser referring to Dry Bowser as a "close family friend".

Also, as of 2017, the Super Mario Wiki even states Dry Bowser to be apart of the regular (organic) Koopa species stating that he is not a Dry Bones, despite the fact that he has been confirmed to be a Dry Bones and that Dry Bones are technically skeletons of Koopa Troopas which thereby makes him a Dry Bones and not a regular Koopa. Additionally, the official guide for Mario Kart Wii has expanded on Dry Bowser's background not only confirming him to be separate but also referring to him as the King of the Dry Bones rather than merely being the King of the Koopas.

English Mario Portal: reliable or unreliable?

Main article: Mario Portal

On mid-2022, the English Mario Portal was released on Nintendo's Japanese website displaying the "English names" and descriptions for several enemies from various games such as Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and more.

However the names displayed were unofficial and illegitimate as the site has given many enemies outdated or outright false names (such as naming Swoopin' Stu as "Gooble" (which was used on the Super Mario Wiki from 2015-2019 due to a hasty rename)), the site has been shown calling enemies either by names that were not for the game they appeared in (such as naming all of the Super Mario Galaxy enemies by their names from Super Mario Galaxy 2), enemies inconstantly being called generic names (such as naming the Starbags as "Tracks"), or flat out calling an enemy using the name of an entirely separate species regardless of if they are a part of the same species or not. (A couple examples of this include the Monty being incorrectly called Rocky Wrench or Prickly Piranha Plant being incorrectly called Spiny Piranha Plant).

It was later discovered that about 89% of the names were taken from the Super Mario Wiki (both old versions and new versions), 4% were taken from MarioWiki (on Fandom/Wikia), and the other 7% were names that are either outright false or names that were lost in translation a similar thing that happened with the English Super Mario Encyclopedia in late 2018.

Despite being proven to be an illegitimate source with multiple errors, the Super Mario Wiki incorrectly renamed some pages for certain enemies based on their incorrect Mario Portal names (or sourced the Mario Portal as an alternate name) sometime around mid-2022 (such as Swoopin' Stu being incorrectly renamed into "Gooble" as well as plenty of enemies from the Super Mario Land games).

Enlarged Goomba merges

On the Super Mario Wiki, most of the larger Goomba varieties (such as Grand Goomba and Mega Goomba) all share the same page and are treated as the same species with "Big Goomba" (one of the alternate names) being used as the standard name. The two pages were originally split before being merged on May 2015.

However Grand Goombas and Mega Goombas are completely separate as not only do they have different names in most other languages, the Mega Goombas are confirmed in Paper Mario: Color Splash and Mario Party: Star Rush to be standard Goombas enlarged by Kamek (in New Super Mario Bros., it is stated that the Mega Goomba was enlarged by eating a Mega Mushroom) while the Grand Goombas appear to be naturally large, additionally, while Mega Goomba's appear to be larger than Grand Goombas, the Grand Goomba's trophy description in Super Smash Bros. Brawl has confirmed that Grand Goombas and Mega Goombas are different. The Hefty Goomba was also merged with the "Big Goomba" page before getting it's own page in early 2019.

Enlarged Monty Mole merges

In the Super Mario Wiki, most of the enlarged Monty Moles (mainly big Monty Mole, Mega Monty Mole, and Super Choropū) all share the same page and treated like they are all the same, with Mega Monty Mole being used as the standard name.

However, big Monty Moles and Mega Monty Mole are completely separate as they both have different names in other languages (besides their Chinese names), with big Monty Moles seemingly being a natural species while Mega Monty Mole is confirmed in Mario Party: Star Rush to being a standard Monty Mole who was enlarged by Kamek. Super Choropū also seems to be an individual big Monty Mole (like Choropūko) rather than being a generic big Monty Mole due to their different name. Big Monty Mole was also merged with Mega Mole before getting their own page on the Super Mario Wiki.

The enlarged Monty Mole in the second Mario Kart 64 volume in 4koma Manga Kingdom and the regular Monty Moles in Hole 7 of Wiggler Park from Mario Golf: World Tour are also labeled as Mega Monty Moles on the Super Mario Wiki, which is likely false as the name Mega Monty Mole was only used for the Mario Party boss and never used for standard enlarged Monty Moles. However, it is unknown if the enlarged Monty Mole in the second Mario Kart 64 volume in 4koma Manga Kingdom is meant to be a big Monty Mole, as they have a completely different design and appear larger. while the latter are far larger than standard big Monty Moles. As for the Monty Moles in Hole 7 of Wiggler Park from Mario Golf: World Tour, it is likely that those Monty Moles are just normal sized Monty Moles that appear larger due to the player being smaller in Wiggler Park.

Gooble Name

Two Screenshots of the Scoreboard from MGTT, the left image shows the "Gooble" name where the misconception originated while the right image shows various other random names found on the Scoreboard showing that "Gooble" is merely another one of those names.

The Super Mario Wiki's "Gooble" page (as of February 2015) with them sourcing the scoreboard as their finding of the name.

Some fans believe that the Swoopin' Stu enemy from Super Mario Sunshine is actually named "Gooble" despite the fact that no official sources have ever referred to it as such. This error was most likely taken from the Super Mario Wiki as the "Swoopin' Stu" page on the site was renamed to Gooble in February 2015, the source given was from the scoreboard of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour as "Gooble" was one of the names listed on the scoreboard this was a stretch as while the scoreboard does list the names of characters, enemies, and species in the franchise we've seen before, it also lists some random names we've never seen before as well (such as "Akiko", Lillygreen", "Dano", etc.) and someone thought that "Gooble" was the name for "Swoopin' Stu" without considering the possibility that "Gooble" may've been one of those random names.

This caused widespread confusion in the community however on March 2019, the page's name was renamed back to "Swoopin' Stu" and it remained this way until August 2022 where it was renamed back to "Gooble" with the unfurling of the English Mario Portal a month prior however it has been established that the English Mario Portal is not a legitimate or reliable source and therefore none of the names on there should be taken as official. External sources such as Nintendo Power, Prima Games, and several others have all used "Swoopin' Stu" (and none have used "Gooble") as the name which pretty much confirms that Swoopin' Stu is the correct name and "Gooble" is merely another random name seen on the scoreboard of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Kersti's "Unused" Dialogue

The Super Mario Wiki making the error of thinking that Kersti's Wiggler Segement text is unused.

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, there are two different blocks of dialogue used by Kersti when Mario tries to obtain the two Comet Pieces in Wiggler's Treehouse without having first returned the respective Wiggler Segments to Wiggler. Many fans believe that these texts are unused and are impossible to see in the game without exploiting glitches (as typically, Mario is forced to battle the Wiggler Segments and beat them in battle in order to reach the Tree Stump scraps to begin with). This is actually false as Mario can also leave the Wiggler Segments hiding in Strike Lake and Rustle Burrow (Scuttlebug Burrow in Europe) respectively and obtain the Tree Stump scraps in the next respective levels (without having to battle the Segments as they're still hiding in their respective levels) and paste down the tree stumps and see the text normally that way.

Typically, Mario isn't able to go after another segment without having first returned the proceeding one, for example, trying to get the second Comet Piece in Strike Lake whilst still with the third Wiggler Segment will cause the Segment to get in the way of the Bowling Ball knocking it off course.

Masato Mizuta voicing Monty Mole

Some people and sources believed that Masato Mizuta is the voice actor for Monty Mole. However, this is incorrect as technically Charles Martinet is the current voice actor for Monty Mole, due to Monty Mole's sounds being proven to just be heavily edited and distorted Mario voice clips taken from Super Mario 64.

IMDb states that the two games that Masato Mizuta voiced Monty Mole in were Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and Mega Monty Mole in Mario Party 10. Although Masato Mizuta does provide voice work in these games (though it is unknown who he does voice) and these games do feature Monty Mole, he is not credited for voice work in other Mario games that feature Monty Mole. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games reused Monty Mole's voice clips from Mario Kart Wii (though a few of the voice clips from Mario Kart Wii are also reused Monty Mole voice clips from Super Mario Sunshine), which although does have a different Monty Mole voice than the typical normal one seen in most games, it was not credited to be done by Masato Mizuta as he is not a voice actor in Mario Kart Wii (rather a sound director), and it is still likely to have been done by Charles Martinet. Additionally, Mega Monty Mole uses the voice clips that are usually given by Monty Moles in most games (which are proven to be done by Charles Martinet), making Mega Monty Mole not having any unique voice clips. IMDb also only credits Mega Monty Mole's voice in Mario Party 10 and not Mario Party: Star Rush, despite Mega Monty Mole sharing the same voice in both games. Additionally, Masato Mizuta is not credited for voice work in Mario Party: Star Rush, further proving that he does not voice Monty Mole.

Moneybags and Coin Coffers being the same

Back when Super Mario 3D Land was first released, fans thought that Coin Coffers were the same as the Moneybags which debuted in Super Mario 64 due to them possessing similar traits and behaviors despite their drastically different appearances and being referred to as a different species altogether by Prima Games and Nintendo Power respectively.

Monty Mole Swoopers falling into lava

Proof that the Monty Mole Swoopers did not fall in lava, and rather Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi fell into the lava instead

When the sections on the Monty Mole page discussing the Mario manga were summarized, one piece of info it stated was the Monty Mole Swoopers from volume 5 of Super Mario-kun falling into the lava after being defeated by Mario and his friends. This is false however, as the Monty Mole Swoopers forfeited their fight with Mario when him and his friends backed them into a corner. The Monty Mole Swoopers then told Mario and his friends where the pipe to Bowser's Castle is, with the Monty Mole Swoopers staying back at their farm.

However, other pages on the Super Mario Wiki discussing the Monty Mole Swoopers do not mention them falling in lava, as the Monty Mole Swoopers never fell in the lava. This misinterpretation was likely caused from the editor not reading through the manga or skimming through the original section prior to them summarizing the events. It could have also been confused with the part at the end of the chapter where Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi fell into the lava after going in the pipe, and confusing that part for the Monty Mole Swoopers falling in the lava instead.

Morty Moles and Mega Moles being the same

Back when Super Mario 3D Land first released, fans mistaken the Morty Moles who appear in that game as Mega Moles due to the both of them being enlarged Monty Moles. However, Morty Moles have a different way of being defeated and extremely different designs to that of Mega Mole and have completely different designs and different names in most languages. However, Morty Moles seem to have been based on Mega Moles during development, as their filename is the Japanese name for Mega Mole, being "Indy."

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Bowser's Castle Ending

A screenshot of Bowser's Castle collapsing (taken the instant before the screen fades to black) showing that it is unclear whether Bowser Jr. and especially Larry where crushed as well.

Some believe that in the ending of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Bowser's Castle falls on and crushes Bowser, Bowser Jr., and all 7 of the Koopalings after the six Koopalings around him help him back up. This is however unclear as the screen fades to black before the castle lands therefore it isn't clear if all 9 of them were crushed. Bowser and the six Koopalings around him were most definitely squashed by the Castle but some claim that Larry and Bowser Jr. were crushed as well despite standing further away from the Castle's fall-radius than the others (especially Larry who was heaps far away), whether or not the Castle landed on them as well is debatable.

Para-Beetles and Parabuzzies being the same

On the left and right respectively is the clear difference between a Para-Beetle and a Parabuzzy and in the middle is an image of the Rogueport Sewers fountain which has some Para-Beetle statues and it is also worth noting that Parabuzzies appear in the same game.

On the Super Mario Wiki (since late 2018), it is stated that Para-Beetles and Parabuzzies are the same exact creatures just with a different name (with “Parabuzzy” apparently being their name from the Paper Mario series). This is false however as both species have drastically different looks as well. Para-Beetles are leg-less and their heads are tucked in their sturdy shells for the most part while Parabuzzies have legs and their heads stick out of their shells (almost resembling a regular Buzzy Beetle with wings). Additionally, Para-Beetles are invincible in most games they appear in while Parabuzzies can typically be beaten with stomps and other attacks and power-ups such as the Starman. Also, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, in the Rougeport Sewers, there is a ruined fountain with two statues of Para-Beetles attached to it and these Para-Beetles possess their Super Mario Bros. 3 appearance looking rather different to the Parabuzzies which also appear in the game.

Petey Piranha's sludge balls being Glorpedos

On the Super Mario Wiki, the Glorpedos from Noki Bay in Super Mario Sunshine are treated the same as the sludge balls which Petey Piranha barfs during his second fight in Bianco Hills and his fight in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. This however is false, as the sludge balls and Glorpedos have no design similarities and function completely differently. Additionally, the Prima guide refers to the balls of goop that Petey barfs as "sludge balls" while giving the correct name for Glorpedo. The Prima Guide alongside other guidebooks also claim that Glorpedos only appear in Noki Bay and not in Bianco Hills. The Prima Guide has also stated that the Glorpedos were created by the Monty Mole to use for his cannon.

Presenters being the same as Monty Moles

For a long time, the Presenters from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga were mistakenly considered the exact same as standard Monty Moles by fans. However, Presenters were later found out to be their own species of Monty Mole, as they have a unique Japanese name. Additionally, Presenters have a strong resemblance to Mega Moles (more so than Monty Mole), but with additional yellow fur and a red bowtie. However, in the 3DS remake, Presenters were replaced with bowtie wearing Monty Moles that serve the same function. For a long time, people thought that these Monty Moles were a redesign to Presenters rather than being generic Monty Moles (similar to what later happened with Mawful Mole in the 3DS remake of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story). However, it was later discovered that Play Nintendo confirmed that these were just regular Monty Moles in the remake and not Presenters.

Puffer Fish enemy from Super Mario Galaxy

On the Super Mario Wiki, it is stated that the Puffer Fish enemy appearing in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 is actually a Spiny Cheep-Cheep, this is false as the two enemies barely look alike, not to mention their behaviors are very different. Spiny Cheep-Cheeps usually home in on the plumbers and attempt to hit them upon sight (similar to a Rip Van Fish) while Puffer Fish attempt to charge at them before self destructing. Previously, it was mistaken for a Porcupuffer (another Puffer Fish found throughout the series). The official guide by Prima Games for Super Mario Galaxy 2 also made this mistake, however, the official guide by Prima Games for Super Mario Galaxy as well as Nintendo Power simply refer to it as a Puffer Fish confirming it to be a separate enemy. The English Mario Portal also incorrectly referred to the Puffer Fish as Spiny Cheep Cheeps (though this source has been proven to be unreliable as it gave enemies the wrong names or referring to them as the incorrect species such as it incorrectly calling the Super Mario Galaxy Monty a Rocky Wrench).

Rocky Wrench being a part of the Koopa species

In the Super Mario Wiki, Rocky Wrench is listed as being a species of Koopa. Although in various early sources for Rocky Wrench called them a turtle (such as many official Super Mario Bros. 3 related media and even the Writers Bible for The Adventure of Super Mario Bros. 3), Rocky Wrenches were never called a Koopa in any of these sources. Some people say the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet claimed that Rocky Wrench was a part of the Koopa species. However, it only said that Rocky Wrench was from the "Turtle Tribe" (which is likely just another name for the Koopa Troop).

Rocky Wrench in WarioWare: Twisted!

The Super Mario Wiki (up until late 2021) stated that Rocky Wrench appeared in WarioWare: Twisted! in the Super Mario Bros. 3-Lift. This however, is false, as Rocky Wrench is not seen in the original version of this microgame. However, Rocky Wrenches were added in the WarioWare: Gold version of the microgame as an additional enemy. It is likely that this misconception came from people mistakenly thinking Rocky Wrenches also appearing in the WarioWare: Twisted! version in the microgame by proxy, despite Rocky Wrenches being a later addition in the WarioWare: Gold version of the microgame.

Rocky Wrench not being a Monty Mole species

In the early days of the Super Mario Wiki, many fans debated on if Rocky Wrench is a Monty Mole species or not (with some claiming they are unrelated even with the similarities). Rocky Wrench being a turtle or a mole was also debated during this time.

However, Rocky Wrench is likely both a turtle and a mole as they are confirmed to be so in several descriptions (with older descriptions of Rocky Wrench also calling them a "mole-like turtle"). Rocky Wrenches also have many connections to Monty Mole such as their redesign in New Super Mario Bros. Wii looking nearly the same as a Monty Mole, Rocky Wrenches being grouped with Monty Moles in various guidebooks which feature the both of them, Pūko from Super Mario-kun volume 46 being both a Monty Mole and a Rocky Wrench, Super Mario Maker and its 3Ds port having Rocky Wrench becoming a Monty Mole in the course maker when shaking them and vice versa, among other pieces of evidence.

Despite all the evidence, some people back then still said Rocky Wrenches were unrelated to Monty Moles, yet ironically said Undergrunts were Monty Mole species despite the Undergrunts having no reliable official confirmation on being a part of the Monty Mole species and them also having completely different designs and attack patterns as well.

Tick-Tock Clock Moving Bars being Bomps

On the Super Mario Wiki, the Moving Bars (the retractable platforms in Tick Tock Clock) are treated the same as the Bomps (at the time called "Pushy Walls") found in Whomp's Fortress and are even named as "Moving Bars" on the Super Mario 64/Super Mario 64 DS section of the Bomp page. This is however false as the Moving Bars look nothing like Bomps (especially as they don't have eyes, are thinner, and aren't made of stone), and the only similarity the two share is retracting from walls and even then, the Bomps move from their walls in a different manner to the Moving Bars, the Bomps/Pushy Walls behave more like obstacles to avoid while the Moving Bars behave like retractable platforms similar to those seen in other games. Even in Super Mario 64 DS, the Bomps (or Pushy Walls) had their appearance changed while the Moving Bars didn't. Additionally, Nintendo Power (and even Prima Games) has made no indication that the two are the same.

Turtle Tribe VS Koopa Troop

Some believe that the name "Turtle Tribe" is merely the Japanese name for the "Koopa Troop" (Bowser's Army) however factually, "Turtle Tribe" is actually the original name for the "Koopa Troop". In the Instruction Booklets for both Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3 Bowser's Army is referred to as the Turtle Tribe however later games have listed the army under different names (with the most common being the Koopa Troop). Some people also incorrectly believe that the Turtle Tribe is referring to the Koopa species (despite it being a name for the Koopa Troop). This misconception lead to the Super Mario Wiki incorrectly saying that Rocky Wrench is a part of the Koopa species due to the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet saying they were a part of the Turtle Tribe. However the instruction booklet was referring to the Koopa Troop (due to the Turtle Tribe being a name for the Koopa Troop) and not the Koopa species.

Undergrunts being Monty Moles/Montys being Rocky Wrenches

Back when Super Mario Galaxy first released, many fans mistaken the mole species from that game, the Undergrunts, as the exact same as Monty Moles (or a species related to them), due to the Undergrunts being the only mole species featured in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2 and having vague similarities. Monty was also mistaken for Rocky Wrench by fans as well, due to their similar wrench throwing behaviors. This misconception was mainly from older revisions of Super Mario Wiki (and various other Mario wikis) and some YouTube videos that are compilations of Monty Mole's evolution in the series which incorrectly showed Undergrunt species and treated them as a part of the Monty Mole species (with these videos usually also treating Major Burrows as a regular Monty Mole or the only mole in Super Mario Galaxy, despite both of those being incorrect).

However, none of the Undergrunt species have any reliable official sources that confirm them being a species or relative to Monty Moles. Additionally, Undergrunts bare little to no intentional design similarities to any of the Monty Mole species (despite some fans saying otherwise) and also having completely separate attack patterns as well that do not match any Monty Mole attack patterns in the series before and since. Undergrunt Gunners are also often compared to the Monty Moles from Super Mario Sunshine. However, the Undergrunt Gunner fights have completely different attacks and ways on being defeated to that of the Super Mario Sunshine Monty Mole battles, with the only similarity the Undergrunt Gunners share with the Monty Moles in Super Mario Sunshine being the both of them manning a cannon (although the cannons have completely different functions and designs). Major Burrows was also originally thought of to be the leader of the Monty Mole species or even just a regular Monty Mole. However, this is false since Major Burrows is the leader of the Undergrunt species (which people confused for Monty Moles) and shares no connection to the Monty Mole species whatsoever. It would also physically be impossible for Major Burrows to be a regular Monty Mole, due to how completely different he is. Additionally, the E3 2010 beta for Paper Mario: Sticker Star shows a King Monty Mole, which further proves that Major Burrows is not the leader of the Monty Mole species, as the King Monty Mole was made after Major Burrows was created and completely debunks Major Burrows being the leader of the Monty Mole species. Although the Super Mario Galaxy Monty has some similarities to Monty Mole and Rocky Wrench (such as having a similar name as the former and a similar attack pattern to the latter), Monty has no design resemblance to any of the Monty Mole species and has a different way on being defeated than to Rocky Wrench. Montys also hide in their holes if Mario gets too close to them, something that Rocky Wrenches do not do. Additionally, none of the Undergrunt species Japanese names bare any resemblance to the Japanese names for the Monty Mole species.

Some illegitimate official sources have given Montys from Super Mario Galaxy an incorrect name, such as the English Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia incorrectly naming them Monty Mole and the English Mario Portal incorrectly naming them Rocky Wrench.

Vibe and Colored Enemies in Super Princess Peach

A collage showing various screenshots regarding the whole thing from top left to bottom right, Picture A: Bowser and his goons are shown to be affected by the Vibe Scepter but then they're back to normal in the next screenshot (Picture B) showing that it's effects are temporary, next, on Picture C, it's shown that Peach also has her own Vibes but she wasn't on the Island when the Vibe Scepter was used by the Goomba, the next image, Picture D, shows a Mad Green Koopa (one of the vibe/colored enemies of the game) who looks different from an average Koopa Troopa (unlike those affected by the Scepter who look the same whilst infused) additionally, the vibe enemies have some extra abilities and are fully conscious of what they're doing meanwhile the Vibe Scepter sends those affected crazy (as seen in Picture A) and if it was the Vibe Scepter how come it only affected some of the enemies rather than every enemy (because the Vibe Scepter is shown to affected everyone within it's radius), Picture E shows that Vibe Island holds great power suggesting that the island is magical (hence it's name) and those that are on it are granted with Vibe Power (like Peach who can control her vibes) and the enemies who appear to naturally be like that, Picture F shows the Glossary description for the Sad Goomba which makes no indication of it's affected status, many more glossary descriptions treat them as separate sub-species rather than regular enemies affected by the scepter.

On the Super Mario Wiki, it is stated that all the enemies in Super Princess Peach that appear to be vibe infused or have different colors (such as the Red Paragoomba) are under the effects of the Vibe Scepter which was used at the beginning of the game by an affected Goomba. This however has been proven false as the effects of the Vibe Scepter were only shown to affect the room of Bowser's Villa rather than the whole island, additionally, the effects were shown to be temporary as those that were affected (such as Bowser and the Army Hammer Bro.) were shown to be back to normal later on, additionally, those that are affected by the Vibe Scepter look about the same whereas the vibe enemies look rather different to their species origin, especially in the Glossary where they're treated as a separate species rather than the same enemy. More likely the case is the enemies are naturally like that from the magic of Vibe Island (as the game's opening did state that the Island "holds great power") especially with Peach who can control her Vibes but she obviously wasn't affected as she wasn't on the Island when the Vibe Scepter was struck on Bowser's Villa. Additionally, it is shown that everyone within the radius of the Scepter was affected in both Peach's Castle and Bowser's Villa however there are several enemies that appear normal as well. It also has never officially been stated if the enemies are affected by the Scepter or not.

Wiggler Park enlarged enemies

The Super Mario Wiki treats the enemies that appear in Wiggler Park from Mario Golf: World Tour as their enlarged counterparts, rather than the normal versions of the enemies. This however, is likely false, as it is more likely that the player is depicted to be much smaller in Wiggler Park rather than the enemies being their enlarged variants. Further proof of this is the fact that the other parts of the course (such as the plants) also appear much larger than the player, not just the enemies. This makes it very likely that everything in Wiggler Park is normal sized and only appears much larger due to the player being shrunken.

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