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|image=[[File:SpikeEelSM3DL.png|200px]]<br>A '''Spike Eel''' from ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|image=[[File:SpikeEelSM3DL.png|200px]]<br>A '''Spike Eel''' from ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
|related=[[Unagi]]<br>[[Gringill]]
|variant_of=[[Unagi]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' (2011)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[2011]])
|latest_appearance=[[''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 46|Super Mario-kun Volume 46]] ([[2013]])
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'''Spike Eels'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 14.</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] found in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are magenta colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth, a white lip and a single sharp tooth.


==History==
'''Spike Eels''' are enemies found in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are purple colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth, a white lip and a single sharp tooth.
===''Super Mario 3D Land''===
Spike Eels appear only in underwater tropical levels, notably in [[World 3-2 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 3-2]], [[World 7-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-1]] and [[Special 2-2]]. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, like [[Maw-Ray]]s and [[Gringill]]s. They take 15 hits to defeat with the [[Fire Flower]] or [[Boomerang Flower]], but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into [[Statue Mario]] and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.


===''Super Mario-kun''===
Spike Eels appear only in underwater tropical levels, notably in World 7-1, World 3-2 and Special World 2-2. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, not unlike [[Unagi]]s and [[Gringill]]s. They take 15 hits to defeat with the [[Fire Flower]] or [[Boomerang Flower]], but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into [[Statue Mario]] and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.
A Spike Eel made a brief appearance in the fourth chapter in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 46|volume 46]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', where it would be cooked inside a giant pot during the [[Mogura Matsuri]].
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==See also==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
*[[Unagi]]
{{internal names
*[[Mega Unagi]]
|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
*[[Maw-Ray]]
|file1=<tt>Utsubo</tt>
|name1=Utsubo
|meaning1=Romanization of「ウツボ」(moray eel)<br>Also the Japanese name of Maw-Ray, which otherwise usually goes by the internal filename "moray"
}}


==Names in Other Languages==
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{Foreignname
|Jap=トゲトゲウオ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'' section, page 181.</ref>
|Por= Peixe-Espinho
|JapR=Togetoge Uo
|JapM=Portmanteau of「トゲトゲ」(''togetoge'', spiky) and「魚」(''uo'', fish)
|Ita=Anguillo Spino
|ItaM=Spike Eel; ''anguillo'' come from ''anguilla'' (eel) with the male suffix ''-o''
|Por=Peixe-Espinho
|PorM=Spike-Fish
|PorM=Spike-Fish
|Ger=Dornenaal
|GerM=From "dornen" (thorn) and "aal" (eel)
|Chi=尖刺鱼<ref>https://www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/index.html</ref>
|ChiR=Jiān Cì Yǘ
|ChiM=Sharp Spike Fish
|SpaE=Peciespino
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Although Spike Eels do not appear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', they appeared in concept artwork for the [[Seaside Kingdom]].<ref>[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]], page 228</ref>
*Maw-Rays from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' behave similarly to Spike Eels.

==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:16, December 29, 2022

Spike Eel

A Spike Eel from Super Mario 3D Land.
General information
Variant of Unagi
Appearances
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun Volume 46 (2013)

Spike Eels[1] are enemies found in Super Mario 3D Land. They are magenta colored eels with purple spikes on their back and three big yellow spikes on their head, that slightly resemble hair. They have a big mouth, a white lip and a single sharp tooth.

History

Super Mario 3D Land

Spike Eels appear only in underwater tropical levels, notably in World 3-2, World 7-1 and Special 2-2. They stay in holes and swim in Mario's way, like Maw-Rays and Gringills. They take 15 hits to defeat with the Fire Flower or Boomerang Flower, but can be defeated in a single hit with invincibility or by transforming into Statue Mario and crushing them. They can also be attacked from the front or behind. Their tails are also spiked.

Super Mario-kun

A Spike Eel made a brief appearance in the fourth chapter in volume 46 of Super Mario-kun, where it would be cooked inside a giant pot during the Mogura Matsuri.

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Additional names

Internal names

Game File name Name Meaning
Super Mario 3D Land Utsubo Utsubo Romanization of「ウツボ」(moray eel)
Also the Japanese name of Maw-Ray, which otherwise usually goes by the internal filename "moray"

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese トゲトゲウオ[2]
Togetoge Uo
Portmanteau of「トゲトゲ」(togetoge, spiky) and「魚」(uo, fish)
Chinese 尖刺鱼[3]
Jiān Cì Yǘ
Sharp Spike Fish
German Dornenaal From "dornen" (thorn) and "aal" (eel)
Italian Anguillo Spino Spike Eel; anguillo come from anguilla (eel) with the male suffix -o
Portuguese Peixe-Espinho Spike-Fish
Spanish (Europe) Peciespino

Trivia

References

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick. Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide, page 14.
  2. ^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario 3D Land section, page 181.
  3. ^ https://www.ique.com/3ds/arej/screenshot/index.html
  4. ^ The Art of Super Mario Odyssey, page 228