Jelectro
| Jelectro | |||
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 Artwork fromSuper Mario Bros. 3 | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024) | ||
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Jelectros areenemies introduced inSuper Mario Bros. 3. Their name is based onjellyfish and electricity. They are glowing, electricjellyfish that slightly bob in place underwater, utilizingthe common cartoon trope of depicting the painful sensation of jellyfish stings as being caused by an electric shock instead of venom.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3 /Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Jelectros appear inSuper Mario Bros. 3. Jelectros are invincible to all attacks, evenInvincible Mario andhammers. Jelectros are first encountered inWorld 3-5, being spread throughout, while inWorld 7-4, a large swarm of them is encountered in the middle of the level; this one appears to bob due to the level's scenery moving up and down when they appear. Jelectros are likeMunchers in that the game programs them as damaging, animated scenery tiles, making them an indestructible solid surface. Artwork of the Jelectros depict them as smooth, as opposed to the gray spots on their sprites. Additionally, the remakes recolor the Jelectros to be blue, instead of black.
Jelectros bob up and down in place inSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, rather than staying completely still. They also appear in oneWorld-e level,Sea to Sky.
Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS /Super Mario Maker 2
Jelectros are course elements inSuper Mario Maker,its Nintendo 3DS version, andSuper Mario Maker 2. They replace theSpike Traps when creating a course in theSuper Mario Bros. 3 underwater theme, keeping their properties fromSuper Mario Bros. 3. InSuper Mario Maker, they are only identified as Spike Traps, butSuper Mario Maker 2 calls them by their actual name.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Jelectros also make appearances inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. Here they are similar to their game appearances, except they have glowing red eyes and yellow tentacles. They appear in episodes such as "Reptiles in the Rose Garden", where they can actually move, and "The Ugly Mermaid", where they stand still like they originally do inSuper Mario Bros. 3.
Super Mario Bros. Print World
A Jelectro appears in the printing software,Super Mario Bros. Print World, in the artwork entitled "Swimming Mario" alongsideMario.
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up
A Jelectro makes a cameo appearance on the Marine Biologist page inSuper Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, and is even mentioned in the description.[1]
Nintendo Adventure Book
In theNintendo Adventure BookLeaping Lizards,Luigi spots some Jelectros through a window while exploringIggy Koopa's secret underwater lab inWater Land. Three weeks later, some Jelectros appear in the swimming portion of the International Mushroom Games obstacle course. If the reader chooses Luigi to compete in the course, one of the Jelectros will shock and briefly stun him as soon as he enters the water.
Profiles and statistics
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
| しびれくらげ (JP) / Jelectro (EN) | |||
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アクア族 | Tribe | Aqua clan | |
| おしついている | Disposition | Calm | |
| 3 | Game appearances | 3 | |
| 無敵のクラゲ軍団登場 どんな攻撃も通じない無敵の電気クラゲ。げんぜん動こうとしないが、やたら大勢で登場するので間を抜けるだけでもたいへん。カエルスーツなら、楽に泳げる。[2] | The invincible jellyfish army! An invincible electric jellyfish that cannot be harmed by any attack. They do not move at all, but they appear in such large numbers that it is very difficult just to get between them. If you wear a Frog Suit, you can swim easily. | ||
Gallery
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (unused)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (unused)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (unusedcoin transformation)
Super Mario All-Stars (Super Mario Bros. 3)
Super Mario Maze Picture Book 5: Adventure in the Land of Rainbows
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | しびれくらげ[3][4] Shibire Kurage | Numbness Jellyfish | |
| French | Médusélectrique[5] | Portmanteau ofélectrique ("electric") andméduse ("jellyfish") | |
| German | Geelectro[6][7] | Transliteration of English name | |
| Quallektro[?] | Electro-Jellyfish | ||
| Italian | Jelectro[8] | - | Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Elettromedusa[9][10] | Electro-jellyfish; shared withJam-o'-War | Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition | |
| Korean | 찌릿해파리[11] Jjirit Haepari | Shocking Jellyfish | |
| Spanish | Electromedusa[?] | Electric Jellyfish |
References
- ^"Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few." – Marine Biologist page description (1992).Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.Merit Software (English).
- ^November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten).Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-259067-9. Page89.
- ^1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet.Nintendo (Japanese). Page 37.
- ^Nintendo (2020).CHARACTERS ofSuper Mario Bros. 3.Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet.Nintendo (French). Page 42.
- ^Nintendo of Europe GmbH (1991).Super Mario Bros. 3 Spielanleitung. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 36.
- ^Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992).Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN3-929034-02-6. Page 15.
- ^Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet.Nintendo (Italian). Page 36.
- ^2010.Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition manual.Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 28.
- ^November 15, 2018.Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia.Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 36.
- ^2010. 슈퍼 마리오 25주년 스페셜 에디션 (Syupeo Mario 25-junyeon Seupesyeol edisyeon) instruction booklet.Nintendo of Korea (Korean). Page 30.
