Rat Funk
| Rat Funk | |||
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
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- “I've been all around the world. But the strangest person, is thisold geezer inRose Town. He really is weird, but definitely worth meeting.”
- —Rat Funk,Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Rat Funks are blue-colored rodents that reside inKero Sewers and theForest Maze inSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars andits remake. They are cowardly creatures, and will oftenflee from battle. Rat Funks are also extremely fast, allowing them to attack before the party. Since these rodents are fairly weak, they tend to travel in numbers or with stronger monsters, includingHobgoblins. In battle, a Rat Funk attacks by slapping its tail at aparty member. Their tails can also be used topoison their enemies. These rodents are relatives to the brown-coloredAlley Rats.
One friendly Rat Funk who lives inMonstro Town guides Mario to his hometown when he is met inLand's End.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat Funk | |||||||||
 | HP | 32 | FP | 100 | Speed | 21 | |||
| Location(s) | Kero Sewers,Forest Maze | Attack | 20 | Magic attack | 0 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 14 | Magic defense | 6 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Once Again! (40%) | Yoshi Cookie | Mushroom | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
| Evade | 30% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Escape | ||||
| Weak | Fire | Strong | None | Sp. attacks | Poison | ||||
| Coins | 6 | Exp. points | 2 | Items | Able Juice (5%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Squeek, squeek..." | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rat Funk | |||||||||
| HP | 32 | Weak Elements |  | Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 2 | Weak Statuses |     | Rare Drops | Cleansing Juice | ||||
| Found in | Kero Sewers | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | They live underground or in other damp places. But they're actually sticklers for cleanliness, so they wear white gloves to keep their hands germ-free. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Sing along with the rat funk, everybody!" | ||||||||
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Gallery[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Naming[edit]
Rat Funks' name is most likely a reference toRat Fink, a line of grotesque cartoon characters popular in the 1960's and 80's.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チュータロウ[1](label) チュータロー(thought) Chūtarō | From「ちゅう」(chū, Japanese onomatopoeia for mouse squeaking) and「太郎」(Tarō, a common Japanese given name suffix for males) | |
| Chinese | 吱太郎[?] Zhī Tàiláng | Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Ratjetoe[?] | Pun onrat and likelyratjetoe ("ratatouille") | |
| French | Ratatam[?] | Pun onrat and possiblyratatam (a meaningless word from the counting-out rhymeAm stram gram) | |
| German | Rattini[?] | FromRatte ("rat") and-ini (the plural form of Italian diminutive-ino) | |
| Italian | Topastro[?] | Ugly mouse; shared withMouser inSuper Mario Advance | |
| Korean | 찍돌이[?] Jjikdori | From "찍찍" (jjik-jjik, Korean onomatopoeia for mouse squeaking) and "~돌이" (-dori, a suffix used to denote "guy" friendly) | |
| Spanish | Ramatón[?] | Portmanteau ofrata ("rat") orratón ("mouse") andmatón ("brute") |
Notes[edit]
- Rat Funk's Japanesethought parodies a line from the theme song to the 1971 anime adaptation ofShin Obake no Q-tarō.[2] This reference is removed in the English translations of the SNES and Nintendo Switch versions; however, the latter's script alludes to the quote's origins by encouraging the reader to "sing along with the rat funk."
References[edit]
- ^Super Mario RPG trading card
- ^Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020).The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG.Legends of Localization. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
