Monty Mole (Wonderland)

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Monty Mole

The Monty Mole as seen in both "Welcome to Wonderland" (top) and "Wonderland again" (bottom).
General information
Species Monty Mole
Rotating Block (briefly)
Appearances
First appearance Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (volume 1) (1991)
Latest appearance Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (volume 3) (1992)

Monty Mole is a major recurring character of the species with the same name who appears in the Wonderland series from volumes 1 and 3 of Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater. The Monty Mole at first looks exactly like an ordinary Monty Mole. However, after his third appearance in the "Monty Mole Last Crusade" (チョロプー最後の聖戦) strip, the Monty Mole would have visible bandages on his head after getting a head injury from being hit by a Banzai Bill (and later being crushed by a Thwomp as well). In "Welcome to Wonderland" from volume 1, the Monty Mole wears sunglasses like most depictions of Monty Moles in other media. However, in "Wonderland again" from volume 3, the Monty Mole does not wear sunglasses to more closely resemble the other Monty Mole design seen in games such as Super Mario Kart. However, the Monty Mole still keeps his proportions from his earlier design.

History

"Welcome to Wonderland"

The "Monty Mole Strikes Back" (right) and "Monty Mole Last Crusade" (left) strips seen in the first volume.
The "Monty Mole's Home Visit" (right) and "Sky Flying Magic" (left) strips seen in the first volume.

In the "Welcome to Wonderland" (ようこそワンダーランドへ) set of strips from volume 1, the Monty Mole first appears in the "Monty Mole Appears" (チョロプー登場) strip. In this strip, the Monty Mole has a plan to ambush Mario from jumping out of the ground, but he flees as Mario was underwater, causing the tunnel he dug to be flooded.

In the "Monty Mole Strikes Back" (チョロプーの逆襲) strip, the Monty Mole attempts to ambush Mario again, but gets hit by a Banzai Bill upon jumping out of the ground.

In the "Monty Mole Last Crusade" (チョロプー最後の聖戦) strip, the Monty Mole tries to ambush Mario once more, making sure that no incoming Banzai Bills hit him while doing so this time. As the Monty Mole jumps out of the ground, he then gets crushed by an incoming Thwomp.

In the "Constant Effort" (たえまない努力) strip, the Monty Mole listens to several Eeries sing while sitting on a cliff.

In the "Disappearing Trick 2" (消える魔法2) strip, the Monty Mole meets the Dino Torch, offering it a magic trick. The Monty Mole then pretends the Dino Torch is not there to make it believe that the Monty Mole made it disappear, with the Monty Mole walking away in the process.

In the "How to Fly in the Sky" (空とぶ方法) strip, the Monty Mole asks the Dino Torch how it knows how to fly, but they are unable to do it due to them not having wings. The Monty Mole then chases after the Dino Torch after seeing two pieces of paper with cutout shapes of wings that the Dino Torch dropped, likely worried that they will harm themselves.

In the "Who Are You?" (あんただれ?) strip, the Monty Mole meets a Paragoomba, who angrily tells him that they got stuck in one of their holes and needs help to get out.

In the "I Have Objections in Participating" (参加することに異議がある) strip, the Monty Mole is wondering why the Dino Torch is following the Eeries.

In the "Laughing" (笑うカにン) strip, a Dry Bones tells the Monty Mole a joke, which he finds somewhat annoying.

In the "Monty Mole's Home Visit" (のお宅拝見チョロプー) strip, the Monty Mole goes into Kamek's house to visit him, but he is then accidentally turned into a block while Kamek was practicing his magic.

In the "Sky Flying Magic" (空とぶ魔法) strip, Dry Bones asks Kamek if he is able to fly. Kamek says it would be difficult, with Monty Mole then reminding Kamek that he was turned into a block the other day (as shown in the previous strip). Kamek then claims that he would need a test subject, with Monty Mole then saying to Dry Bones that Kamek would love his jokes to secretly make him the test subject.

In the "Bad People" (人の悪い人々) strip, Monty Mole asks Kamek to change Dry Bones into something more interesting. Kamek first suggests a block like what happened to Monty Mole the other day, but they then agree upon changing Dry Bones into an earthworm instead.

In the "I Wonder If There is a Lid." (ミもフタもないかと。) strip, the Dry Bones cries because Monty Mole chose him specifically to become a worm, even saying that they would probably make him a slug next. The Monty Mole then says that being a slug would be funnier than his jokes.

In the "Life-Threatening Art" (命をかけた芸) strip, Monty Mole claims that Dry Bones would probably die one day, after he got beaten up by Boom Boom for telling him another bad joke.

In the "It Cannot Be Helped" (しょうがねえ) strip, the Monty Mole notices how Dry Bones, Dino Torch, Para-Beetle, and Ptooie were all beaten up by Boom Boom. Monty Mole claims that they were all beaten up by him for being idiots, before he claims that he could not help himself to not say it (and is sorry for saying the insult).

In the "Time For Confrontation" (対決の時) strip, Boom Boom tells Monty Mole that he needs to fight him in order to avenge his friends, or take everything he has if he loses. However, Monty Mole claims that they only have a stone.

In the "One Shot" (一発狙い) strip, Boom Boom tells Monty Mole to not move as he climbs up a tree in order to kick him. Monty Mole easily avoids Boom Boom's attack to then claim it was a waste of stamina to do that.

In the "Soaring Mosquitos" (舞いあがるカ口ン) strip, Monty Mole falls onto the ground unconscious as Dry Bones tries to tell him another joke.

In the "For The Time Being" (とりあえず大団円) strip, everyone cheers as the Dino Torch is carried in a basket by several Eeries and a Banzai Bill. Monty Mole then says that it is the end of "Welcome to Wonderland".

"Wonderland again"

The "Helping" strip from the third volume.

The Monty Mole would return once again in the "Wonderland again" (ワンダーランドふたたび) set of strips from volume 3, now without sunglasses (though the Monty Mole still keeps the bandages on his head).

In the "Helping" (人助け) strip, the Monty Mole comes across a Mechakoopa. The Monty Mole kindly helps the Mechakoopa by winding the key on its back. However, the Mechakoopa continuously follows the Monty Mole much to his annoyance.

In the title page for "Wonderland again", the Monty Mole relaxes by sitting on a hill due to having a lot of free time. The Dry Bones then tells Monty Mole that something happened to Kamek, but a pebble that the Monty Mole threw in the air earlier accidentally hits the Dry Bones in the head, making him not remember what happened to Kamek. The Monty Mole then shakes the Dry Bones in order for them to remember what he was going to say, but it does not work.

In the "4 people watching over" (見守る4人) strip, the Monty Mole meets up with everyone as he heard that Kamek lost his wand. Although the Monty Mole feels bad that Kamek lost his wand, he admits that it is pretty boring.

In the "What is Seiza" (正座オニゴッコとは) strip, the Monty Mole, Dry Bones, Dino Torch, and Paragoomba play Seiza for 30 minutes straight, which then makes the Monty Mole realize how bad of an idea it was as the experience was painful.

In the "Squirt" (吹く) strip, Monty Mole, Paragoomba and Dry Bones all drink and spit water.

In the "Adventures" (冒険野郎) strip, the Monty Mole enjoys some free time and sleeps on a hill. However, the Monty Mole nearly falls off of a cliff, but the Monty Mole's friends manage save him.

In the "apparently is "covering"" (カづく) strip, Paragoomba asks Monty Mole if he wants some fun in his free time by gathering people. Monty Mole happily agrees and sets up a trap which Dry Bones gets caught in. Monty Mole then asks Dry Bones if he wants to play hide and seek, which Dry Bones agrees to.

The "Who are you?/Who am I?" (right) and "Enough motivation" (left) strips from the third volume.

In the "Rules" (ルール) strip, Monty Mole tells everyone the rules of the mega hide-and-seek match. This includes not having characters using abilities to make it harder for them to be found (such as Kamek not using his magic or Paragoomba and Para-Beetle flying in the sky to hide). Kamek also says that Monty Mole cannot hide in the ground to hide either, as that would also technically count as cheating.

In the "Smart" (達人) strip, Monty Mole attempts to find Eerie, but they both keep looping around a tree.

In the "Thrilling" (スリル満点) strip, Monty Mole sees a bamboo shoot in the river and assumes it is one of the hiders. The Monty Mole drops a worm into the bamboo shoot, only to realize that it was not a hider. The Monty Mole then continues searching for other people, with a Koopa Troopa near by being relieved that he did not hide in the river.

In the "What wrong?" (さもありなん) strip, Monty Mole finds Dry Bones hanging on a cliff, due to accidentally falling. Dry Bones then asks the Monty Mole if he can have help climbing back up.

In the "Who are you?/Who am I?" (私はだれ?) strip, Kamek decides to transform himself into a Monty Mole to help him get an advantage in the hide and seek match. Kamek attempts to seem like a normal Monty Mole, but the Monty Mole quickly sees through Kamek's disguise. Kamek then realizes it was that particular Monty Mole.

In the "Enough motivation" (やる気充分) strip, Monty Mole finds both Wiggler and Dino Torch, wondering why the latter had to copy Wiggler.

In the "Well then everyone, let's say goodbye" (それでは皆さんお別れしましょ) strip, Monty Mole finds everyone (including Eerie) and ultimately ends the hide-and-seek match. Everyone then goes home, hoping that they could play some other time.