Morty Mole

Not to be confused with Monty Mole.

Morty Mole
Rendered model of a Morty Mole in Super Mario 3D Land
General information
Variant of	Monty Mole
Appearances
First appearance	Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance	Super Mario-kun Volume 47 (2013)
Similar entities
Relatives Big Monty Mole Mega Mole
Comparable Rex

Morty Moles are a giant species related to Monty Moles that appear in Super Mario 3D Land. They resemble Mega Moles, but have a mahogany fur color, tan belly, do not wear sunglasses, and are susceptible to stomping.

History

Super Mario 3D Land

Mario stomping on a Morty Mole

In Super Mario 3D Land, Morty Moles are fought similarly to Rexes; they get shorter and faster after the first stomp, and are defeated on the second stomp. However, they will revert back to their regular size if they manage to hit Mario while they are short, or after a short time. A Ground Pound will defeat them in one hit. When defeated, Morty Moles will sometimes give Super Mushrooms. Morty Moles inhabit narrow tunnels in levels such as World 5-4 and 7-4 along with Monty Moles in the former.

Super Mario-kun

The Morty Mole from volume 46 of Super Mario-kun

Morty Mole has made appearances in Super Mario-kun. They are shown to be more aggressive than in Super Mario 3D Land. They also have constant open eyes (like Monty Moles after volume 18) and more muscular arms.

In volume 45, what appears to be the face of a Morty Mole can be seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller.

In volume 46, a Morty Mole is the main antagonist of the fourth chapter. The Morty Mole starts destroying the Mogura Matsuri due to it being located in his home, before then attacking Mario. Mario attempts to put on the ancient Monty Mole knight armor given by Pūko and also to hiding in a barrel, but the Morty Mole continues to attack Mario. After Luigi wins two Statue Leaves from a raffle held by a Monty Mole with glasses, Pūko explains that the Statue Leaves can be used to defeat the Morty Mole. When the Morty Mole attempts to attack Mario and Luigi when they are in their statue forms, Mario and Luigi quickly counterattack the Morty Mole in their statue forms and defeat the Morty Mole, and saving the Mogura Matsuri in the process.

In volume 47, a Morty Mole can be seen laughing at Yoshi amongst other enemies in the Screwtop Tower despite Morty Moles not appearing in New Super Mario Bros. U. The Morty Mole strongly resembles the one from the previous volume.

Gallery

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  Artwork of a Morty Mole from the Super Mario 3D Land Shogakukan guidebook

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  Morty Moles in the world map icon for 5-4 in Super Mario 3D Land

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  The face of a Morty Mole seen on Choropū the Picasso's Road Roller from volume 45 of Super Mario-kun

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File name	Name	Meaning
Super Mario 3D Land	Indy	Indy	Mega Mole

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゴロプー Goropū	Play on「ゴロゴロ」(gorogoro, onomatopoeia for rumbling or rolling noise) and「チョロプー」(Choropū, Monty Mole)
German	Morty Maulwurf	Morty Mole
Italian	Tantatalpone	Mega Monty Mole
Spanish	Megatopo	Mega Mole

Trivia

• In the files for Super Mario 3D Land, Morty Mole is labeled as "Indy", which is the Japanese name for Mega Mole; however, it is unknown if Morty Moles are intended to be redesigned Mega Moles or were merely based on them during development, as the only other connection between the two is a shared Spanish name in Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.