Gnarantula
| Gnarantula | |||
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 Sprite of a cloud-covered Gnarantula fromMario & Luigi: Partners in Time | |||
| Appears in | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) | ||
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Gnarantulas are cloud-covered arachnids found inMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, found in the skies or caves inYoshi's Island. Their name is a portmanteau of the words "gnaw" and "tarantula," though they more closely resemble ants, having only four visible legs, sideways jaws, and two antennae. OnlyBaby Mario andBaby Luigi can encounter them. The cloud hides their body; when attacked, a Gnarantula's unmasked form is revealed. There are two forms of Gnarantulas: the green, spiked Gnarantula, and the red, spike-less Gnarantula. AjumpFirst Strike is always effective and instantly removes the clouds from all Gnarantulas in the battle. Both varieties are vulnerable toIce Flowers. To attack, a Gnarantula jumps, then jumps again in mid-air, eventually falling to the ground and crushing an opponent. This attack can be countered with ahammer.
Gnarantulas can be fought alongsidePidgits. If there are four Gnaratulas with no other enemies in battle, all the Gnaratulas to the right will be green and all the Gnaratulas on the left will be red.
Gnarantulas seem to referenceLakitus andSpinies, with each of its three forms resembling the latter or the former in some way (red Gnarantulas resemble cloud-less Lakitus with the colours of Spinies, green ones resemble Spinies with the colours of Lakitus, and the clouds they have look like theclouds on which Lakitus are often seen). The Gnarantulas, particularly the red variant, also visually resemble theSpoing andSpangler enemies fromSuper Mario Galaxy.
Statistics[edit]
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy | ||||||||
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| Gnarantula | ||||||||
  | HP | 30 | POW | 34 (28) | Defense | 23 (24) | ||
| Experience | 15 | Coins | 5 | Speed | 34 | |||
| Location(s) | Yoshi's Island | Role | Common | Item drop | Smash Egg – 8% 1-Up Mushroom – 2% | |||
| Level | 9 | Battled by | Baby Mario & Baby Luigi | |||||
| Notice:Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release). | ||||||||
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クモンチュラ[?] Kumonchura | Portmanteau of「雲」(kumo, cloud),「蜘蛛」(kumo, spider), and "tarantula" | |
| French | Nebulantula[?] | From "nebula" and "tarantula" | |
| German | Gnarantula[?] | - | |
| Italian | Gnarantola[?] | Masculine form of English name "Gnarantula" | |
| Korean | 뭉게튤라[?] Munggetyulla | From "뭉게구름" (munggegureum, cumulus) and "타란튤라" (tarantyulla, tarantula) | |
| Spanish | Nuberántula[?] | From "nube" (cloud) and "tarántula" |
