Jean de Fillet
- This article is about an enemy in the Yoshi's Island series. For a similar enemy fromSuper Mario World, seeFish Bone.
| Jean de Fillet | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | Yoshi's New Island (2014) | ||
| Variant of | Cheep Cheep | ||
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Jeans de Fillet[1] are skeletalCheep Cheeps (albeit slightly larger than them) that live in both water andlava. They only appear in theYoshi's Island subseries, debuting inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and returning in its remakeYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 and inYoshi's New Island.
Jeans de Fillet stick their heads out of the water or lava, thenjump out, knockingYoshi away if they touch him. Yoshi cannot eat them, but they can be defeated with anegg or another object thrown at them.
Jeans de Fillet are seldomly encountered inlevels. InSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Jeans de Fillet appear in two levels:The Impossible? Maze andTap-Tap The Red Nose's Fort. InYoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, they additionally appear in theEndless World of Yoshis stage.Yoshi's New Island features a Jean de Fillet boss,Furious Fred de Fillet, fought inFurious Fred de Fillet's Castle, where Jeans de Fillet are also encountered.
Profiles[edit]
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: 同じところを行ったり来たりしながら飛びはねる。タマゴで倒せる。[2] (It jumps back and forth in the same place. It can be defeated with an egg.)
- Player's Guide:Jean adapted himself to a life in lava lakes by going on a serious diet.[1]
- Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): 同じ所を行き来しながら飛びはねる。タマゴを当てて倒そう。[3] (It jumps back and forth in the same place. Hit it with an egg and defeat it.)
Yoshi's New Island[edit]
- Shogakukan guide: ホネだけになったプクプク。溶岩から山なりの軌道で飛び出してくる。タマゴを当てると倒せるが、避けて進むほうが楽。プクプク（あか）と異なり、食べられない。[4] (A Cheep Cheep that is now only a skeleton. They pop out from the lava in a hill-like trajectory. You can defeat them by hitting them with an egg, but it is easier to avoid them. Unlike Cheep Cheep (red), they cannot be eaten.)
Gallery[edit]
Super Mario Game Picture Book 4: Hang in There, Yoshi
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island sprite
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 sprite
Naming[edit]
Jeans de Fillet's name comes from "fillet", a boneless cut of meat (usually fish). Their English name possibly references the 1986 French period dramaJean de Florette.
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ほねプクプク[2][3][4] Hone Pukupuku | BoneCheep Cheep | |
| French(Canadian) | Aquaz'os[a][5] | FromAquazo ("Cheep Cheep") andos ("bone") | |
| German | Knochen-Cheep[a][5] | Bone Cheep | |
| Skelett-Fisch[6] | Skeleton Fish | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island | |
| Italian | Pesce Liscasmack[a][5] | FromPesce Smack ("Cheep Cheep") andlisca ("fishbone") | |
| Korean | 뼈닥뽀꾸뽀꾸[a][5] Ppyeodak Ppokkuppokku | Bone Cheep Cheep | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Cheep malaespina[7] | Badbone Cheep; the termmala espina is also used to denote mistrust | |
| Spanish(European) | Cheep espina[8] | Fishbone Cheep |
- ^abcdAttribution of this specific name to Jean de Fillet is an extrapolation derived from the localized name ofFurious Fred de Fillet.
References[edit]
- ^abMiller, Kent, and Terry Munson (1995).Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page127Media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg.
- ^abOkeya, Noriko, Mitsuharu Orihara, and Yuji Kigen, editors (1995). 『スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-1025-234. Page8.
- ^abWatanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Mitsuharu Orihara, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, and Yasushi Nakahara, editors (2002). 『スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN4-09-106071-4. Page23.
- ^abIwaya, Kiyotaka, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yasuyuki Kato, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Yasushi Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2014). 『ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106542-1. Page25.
- ^abcdIn-game name ofFurious Fred de Fillet's Castle fromYoshi's New Island.
- ^Menold, Marcus, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Görg, editors (1995).Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World 2 – Yoshi's Island". Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 18.
- ^"¿Ves a ese cheep malaespina? Con un poco de magia... ¡Acabará contigo!" –Kamek inFurious Fred de Fillet's Castle (14 May 2014).Yoshi's New Island byArzest.Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish).
- ^Guías Nintendo (2014).Mundo 4-8: El Castillo de Cheep Malaespina.Guía Yoshi's New Island (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:04:05 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
