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'''Wigglers''' (also known as '''Caterpillars''') are a species resembling large real-world caterpillars. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where they have a yellow coloration when calm, but turn red and run angrily about quickly if [[jump]]ed on. Wigglers, in all their types are easily identifiable by the characteristic flower or other plant growing from their head.

 

 

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====

Wigglers return in the side-scroller ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', where they can be found in [[World 4 (NSMB)|4-4]] and [[World 7 (NSMB)|World 7-3]]. The only way to defeat them is to use a Shell, a [[Mega Mushroom]], or a [[Star]], although a ground pound is able to flip them over and stun them. A sub-species known as [[Squiggler]]s is also introduced in this game. Furthermore, World 7-3 is notable for taking place on a giant Wiggler with twenty-nine body segments, including its head. The [[Which Wiggler?]] minigame from ''Super Mario 64 DS'' also reappears.

 

 

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===

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====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====

A "[[Swiggler]]" appears as the first boss, a robotic Shroob (alien) variant of the Wiggler. The Swiggler regularly drinks glasses of green goo that contain [[Vim]] (energy) drained from the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s [[Toad (species)|Toad]] population. The Swiggler attacks by extending tubes from its hind-gut which plug into Shroob saucers flying overhead, which use the Swiggler's supply of Vim to shoot beams of energy at Mario, Luigi, and their baby counterparts.

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====''Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====

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===''Paper Mario'' series===

====''Super Paper Mario''====

[[File:Wiggler Beta.png|thumb|160px|The unused sprite of a Wiggler from ''Super Paper Mario''.]]

Wigglers were originally going to appear in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' but were [[List of Super Paper Mario beta elements|taken out for unknown reasons]]. Their noses were supposed to be pink rather than brown, making them more so resemble Flutters.

 

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

Wiggler appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] and [[Trophy|trophy]], but doesn't actually appear in the game.

 

Wiggler is a team player for [[Yoshi]]'s team, the [[Yoshi Eggs]]. Wiggler is shown to be pretty strong in this game, not only with an above average batting and running rating, but also with his close plays, in which he turns red if successful and smashes into the baseman. Of course, his pitching and fielding skills are rather weak. He has the Same Look as Mario Power Tennis, So that he Can Hold A baseball Bat.

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==Notable Wigglers==

**'''Off-Road''': 3.75

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==Gallery==

 

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==Trivia==

*In the first ''Super Mario Galaxy'', if one flips a Wiggler over and stomps one of the body segments, only that body segment will flatten and it will explode into Star Bits. However, in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', if one does the same thing, the whole Wiggler gets flattened rather than just one body segment.

*In ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'', the Wiggler boss can change his front two feet into hands to use a watering can for one of his attacks, possibly implying that Wigglers can switch their front two feet between feet and hands whenever they want.

*In Wiggler's artwork for ''Mario Kart 7'', it has two hands, 6 feet, and 5 body sections, but in the game, when it is driving, it has four hands, 2 feet, and only 4 body sections. This is because its artwork is reused from ''Mario Super Sluggers''.

*In all seven installments in the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'' series]], a Wiggler boss is fought in a forest type area: [[Chucklehuck Woods]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga]]'', [[Vim Factory]] located in [[Toadwood Forest]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi Partners in Time]]'', [[Dimble Wood]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', [[Wakeport]] in''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', [[Gloomy Woods]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', Chucklehuck Woods in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', and [[Dimble Wood]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''.

 

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