Floro Sapien
| Floro Sapien | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sprite of a yellow Floro Sapiens fromSuper Paper Mario | |||
| Appears in | Super Paper Mario (2007) | ||
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- “Our super-mighty leader,King Croacus, will be STOKED to have a rare breed!”
- —Floro Sapien,Super Paper Mario
Floro Sapiens are a race of plant-like creatures that appear inSuper Paper Mario. Their name is derived from the scientific name for humans,Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man"), and flora, meaning "plant life". They slightly resembleCrazee Dayzees, except with stem-like bodies. Their faces are black and featureless except for a thin pie-cut mouth that is visible when they talk. Their leader isKing Croacus IV, who goes crazy after theCragnon race inadvertently pollutes the Floro Sapiens' water with their wastes. The pollution sickens other Floro Sapiens as well, and in retaliation, they begin to kidnap Cragnons, brainwashing them withFloro Sprouts and having them help mine theFloro Caverns for jewels for King Croacus' palace. Floro Sapiens appear to speak with typicalhippie accents, as well as share other counterculture mannerisms such as opposing pollution and being associated with flowers.
Floro Sapiens' petals come in three colors: yellow, orange, and purple. Statistic-wise, all Floro Sapiens are the same, however and are no stronger than any other. They attack by throwing their heads, and even if the head is destroyed, the bodies can continue functioning.
Throughout Chapters5-1 and5-2,Mario,Princess Peach,Bowser, andTippi find themselves chasing down a band of Floro Sapiens carrying Cragnon prisoners. The Floro Sapiens will attack the player unless they are wearing a dead Floro Sprout on their head, fooling the flowers into thinking they are brainwashed and harmless. Eventually, the party discovers the secret entrance to the Floro Caverns and eventually defeat King Croacus, uncovering the truth about the pollution. The entire story is recorded by the Cragnon documentarianFlint Cragley, who vows to show the footage to his people and put a stop to the pollution, thus ending the feud between the two races.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floro Sapien | |||||||||
  | Max HP | 12 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Downtown of Crag (5-1),Floro Caverns (5-3 and 5-4) | |||
| Attack | 3 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Sap Soup | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||||
| Score | 500 (body), 100 (head) | ||||||||
| Card description | Floro Sapiens serve their floral lord, King Croacus. Watch your head because they'll throw theirs at you! | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 152 153 154 | Tattle | That's a Floro Sapien. These flowery followers of King Croacus live underground... Max HP is 12 and Attack is 3. They can throw their head at enemies. Their stems will keep moving without a head, so watch out for that... No one knows if they think with their heads or bodies... A very mysterious species... | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Floro Sapiens depicted in a mural in theFlopside Pit of 100 Trials
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナーン[?] Hanān | Derived from「花」(hana, flower) | |
| French | Floro Sapiens[?] | - | |
| German | Florosapiens[?] | - | |
| Italian | Floro Sapiens[?] | - | |
| Korean | 화모사피[?] Hwamosapi | From "花", a Sino-Korean word for "flower", and "호모사피엔스" ("homo sapiens") | |
| Spanish | Floro Sapiens[?] | - |
