Mother Penguin
| Mother Penguin | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of the Mother Penguin (center) with two baby penguins fromSuper Mario Party Jamboree | |
| Species | Penguin |
| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV (cameo) (2025) |
- “Egad!My baby!! Haveyou seen my baby??? She's the most precious baby in the whole world. (They say she has my beak...) I just can't remember where I left her. Let's see... I stopped for herring and ice cubes, then I... oohh! I just don't know!”
- —Mother Penguin,Super Mario 64
TheMother Penguin,[1][2] also calledMama Penguin,[3] is apenguin who appears onCool, Cool Mountain inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. She has lost her daughter,Tuxie, soMario,Luigi, orWario goes to look for her. Once Tuxie is returned, the Mother Penguin rewards the player character with aPower Star, completing the mission "Li'l Penguin Lost."
If the player character brings the Mother Penguin another baby penguin, she does not accept it. She insists that this baby penguin is not her daughter and that they look nothing alike.
If Tuxie is taken back after being delivered to the Mother Penguin, she follows the player character with a cross expression on her face until he drops Tuxie again. However, she does not seem to react in any way if the player character gets far enough away or drops Tuxie off the edge. The Mother Penguin also does not follow the player past the edge of the pond she is in.
The Mother Penguin appears alongside two baby penguins as a sticker inSuper Mario Party Jamboree.
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Mario delivering Tuxie to the Mother Penguin inSuper Mario 64 DS
Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario 64 DS | data/enemy/penguin/penguin.bmd | PENGUIN_MOTHER | Penguin Mother |
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Oyako Pengin | Parent and Child Penguins | |
| German | Mama Pinginola[5] | Mama Pingin ("mama penguin") with the feminine suffix-ola | |
| Italian | Mamma Pinguina[6] | Penguin Mama | |
| Mamma Pinguotta[7] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia (first edition) | ||
| Madre di Tuxie[8] | Tuxie's Mother | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia (second edition) | |
| Korean | 펭귄[9] Penggwin | Penguin | |
| Spanish | Madre del pingüino[10] | Penguin mother |
References[edit]
- ^Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996).Super Mario 64 Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 38 (map).
- ^Course 4 - Star 2: Li'l Penguin Lost.Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived June 10, 1998, 06:44:26 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^February 2005.Nintendo Power Volume 188.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 80.
- ^Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Nov. 1996).Super Mario 64 1,Super Mario, vol. 36.Kodansha (Japanese). Page6Media:SM64 Character Info Book.jpg.
- ^Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997).Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim:Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 7.
- ^Roberto Ferri (April 1999).Official Nintendo Magazine issue 6. Milan:Xenia Edizione S. r. L. (Italian). Page 72.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 93.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario 64" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN979-1259575760. Page 85.
- ^2007.기본코스 4 : 추워추워 마운틴.슈퍼 마리오 64 DS (Korean). Tab 2. Archived September 22, 2008, 18:24:18 UTC from theoriginal via Wayback Machine.
- ^Guías Nintendo (2007).Li'l penguin lost (Pequeño pingüino perdido).Guía Super Mario 64 (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:13:56 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
