Mushroom Starfighter
| Mushroom Starfighter | |
|---|---|
| Appears in | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Star Koopa") (1989) |
Mushroom Starfighters are small, one-seated spacecrafts created for outer space combat, owned by theMushroom Colony. They appear to be made out of large pipes. Mushroom Starfighters only appeared inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Star Koopa".
Mario,Luigi,Princess Toadstool, andToad arrive at the Mushroom Colony with only fifteen minutes left before the colony'sentire planet was to be destroyed byDarth Koopa'sBirdo Ray. With little time left to react, head colonistObi-Wan Toadi suggests that Mario and his friends each take control of a Mushroom Starfighter, in order to breach theKoop Star.
After agreeing, Mario and his friends take off in Mushroom Starfighters, where they fight againstStormtroopa Starfighters in outer space. Mario's group succeeds in defeating theStormtroopas, all while staying alive. Mario then braves a trench indentation along the surface of the Koop Star in his Mushroom Starfighter, evading enemy attacks with some help from Toad. Mario then enters the Koop Star, and blows up the foundation with aBob-omb, which ultimately blows up the Koop Star as a whole.
Afterward, Mario and his friends fly back in their Mushroom Starfighters to the Mushroom Colony, where they are congratulated by Obi-Wan Toadi and the other colonists.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese(Simplified) | 蘑菇歼[1] Mógu Jiān | Mushroom Fighter | |
| French | Chasseur Champignonneux[2] | Mushroom Fighter | |
| German | Starfighter[3] | - | |
| Italian | Caccia stellare dei Funghi[4] | Mushroom starfighter | |
| Spanish | Hongo de Combate[5] | "Fighter Mushroom," portmanteau ofhongo ("mushroom") andavión de combate ("fighter jet") |
Notes[edit]
- Mushroom Starfighters resemble Star Wars'sX-wings with their wings (interpreted as the Mushroom Starfighter's flame-emitting pipes) locked in attack position.

