Pipegunk
Appears in	Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)

“You're gonna learn about power from THIS thing... It's taken in plenty ofSpite Bulbs! Go, Pipegunk!”

—Shun,Mario & Luigi: Brothership

Pipegunk is a boss who appears inMario & Luigi: Brothership, inside theBrrrning Sea, Great Lighthouse Island. It is a slug-like glob of toxic goo who is unleashed byShun to preventMario andLuigi from stopping theZok Troops' plans to take overConcordia withGlohm. Pipegunk has four pipes in its body: two on top of the creature's head (which it can use as cannons in its powered-up forms) and two at its sides. The creature's name is compounded from "pipe" and "gunk".

Battle[edit]

At the start of the battle, Pipegunk attacks by charging into one of the Mario Bros., which the targeted Bro. must counter with ahammer. Before attacking, it will wind up by stretching its body in the direction opposite to its target, with stretching southeast implying thatMario will have to counterattack it, and northeast implying thatLuigi is being targeted. Pipegunk can also fire bouncy poison balls at the Bros., so the targeted Bro. must jump on them with good timing to pop them. Pipegunk will then transform into a large poison ball, which the Bros. must counterattack with a jump when it strikes the floor and its body stretches upon impact, damaging it if their counter succeeds.

When its HP gets dropped in a quarter, Shun will appear in the background of the stage and use his remote control to rotate the stage into the Magma Area, which changes Pipegunk's appearance to resemble magma and gives it a significant defense boost, after which he jumps off-screen for a number of turns. Its head also bursts into flames, which functions as a spike so it cannot be jumped on. While in the Magma Area, Pipegunk can restore 68 HP each turn and attacks the Bros. with an array of different fireball attacks. It can shoot balls of hot lava at the Bros, who must jump to avoid getting damage or burned. The lava creates a molten puddle under each Bro., so Mario and Luigi must continuously jump to avoid taking damage. Pipegunk can also shoot volleys of fireballs at the Bros., which Mario and Luigi must avoid by jumping over them. Pipegunk may also move behind the Bros. for an attack that launches several fireballs into the air, which the Bros. must counter with hammer strikes as the fireballs rain down; Pipegunk may occasionally shoot aMushroom in place of a fireball.

When Shun reappears, Luigi can engage in a tug of war with him throughLuigi Logic to steal the remote; if successful, he throws Shun into the lava and incapacitates him. If Luigi chooses to move from the Magma Area immediately into the Ice Area, Pipegunk takes 300 HP of damage and becomes stunned and vulnerable to critical attacks. If Luigi chooses to move the stage from the Magma Area into the Normal Area, Pipegunk returns to its regular form and its defense returns to normal. Due to his position in the background, this is the only way Shun can be hurt. When Shun gets back up, he shouts angrily and immediately switches the stage into the Ice Arena, buffing Pipegunk before he jumps off-screen again. Shun will continue to alternate the stage between the two areas (while pausing in the Normal Area to allow Pipegunk to acclimate) until Pipegunk is defeated. If Luigi selected the Normal Area once and then incapacitates Shun a second time,Snoutlet will suggest swapping to the opposite side while Shun exclaims not to make sudden temperature changes as Pipegunk is "delicate", hinting to swap between the Magma and Ice Areas.

When exposed to the Ice Area, Pipegunk's body freezes over and becomes a large, spiky block of ice. Like its fiery state, its conical head makes it spiny. Pipegunk can restore a little HP each turn similarly as before and has a slightly different attack pattern. In this form, Pipegunk can ram into its target. During this attack, it will cover the screen in frost that obscures it, requiring the Bros. to counterattack it with the hammer in careful timing as the monster slowly moves towards its target. It can also launch volleys of fast thin icicles and slow spiky chunks of ice, which the Bros. must jump to avoid. Like before, Pipegunk can move behind the Bros. and shoot large chunks of ice at them from the pipes on its head which they must counter with hammer strikes; the ice falls down more slowly than the fireballs do and may also occasionally be replaced by a Mushroom. Luigi can use Luigi Logic again to obtain the remote from Shun. Similarly as before, moving the arena directly from the Ice Area to the Magma Area will deal damage it for 300 HP and make it prone to critical attacks. If the arena moves from the Ice Area to the Normal Area, Pipegunk returns to normal without being incapacitated. Defeating Pipegunk rewards the Pipegunk Boots for the Bros. and 60Sprite Bulbs forSnoutlet to collect.

Eventually, a stronger and Glohm-infused form of Pipegunk,Glohm Pipegunk, can be fought.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Brothership enemy
Pipegunk
	HP	4500	POW	129	Defense	83
	Experience	6600	Coins	900	Speed	285
	Location(s)	Brrrning Sea, Great Lighthouse Island	Role	Boss	Item drop(s)	Pipegunk Boots (100%)
	Level	27	Type	Spiked
Notes: This enemy is not spiked in the normal area nor when stunned. This enemy becomes temporarily dizzy after switching to the opposite temperature area during Luigi Logic.

Gallery[edit]

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  Pipegunk in its ice form

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  Pipegunk in its fiery form

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  Pipegunk in its fiery form attacking by shooting fireballs that leave behind lava puddles

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  Pipegunk's charge attack while in its ice form

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  Shun explaining to the Bros. that Pipegunk gets stronger when hot or cold

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  Luigi attempting to steal the remote from Shun during the Luigi Logic

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  A choice that appears after a successful Luigi Logic

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  Pipegunk melted after switching to the opposite temperature from a successful Luigi Logic

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• Pipegunk's fireball puddle attack is similar to that of thePi'illodactyl fromMario & Luigi: Dream Team.

References[edit]

• Slimes
• Fire creatures
• Ice creatures
• Poisonous creatures
• Zok Troops
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership characters
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names