Sand Cheep

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Sand Cheep

A Sand Cheep inMario & Luigi: Partners in Time

First appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)

Latest appearance

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

Variant of

Blurp

Relatives
Sharkbone

Comparable
Flounderflage Gnarantula

TheSand Cheep (written as "Sand-Cheep" in the European release's German-language version of theunused enemy name text^[1]) is a type ofBlurp that first appears inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake,Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, where it is found inGwarhar Lagoon. TheNintendo Power guide refers to it asPuffer-Cheep^[2] orPuffer Cheep;^[3] the name actually belongs to a variant ofCheep Cheep encountered on theSeabed. The Puffer-Cheep is, itself, erroneously referred to as "Puffy Cheep" in the same guide.^[4] The easy mode hints inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions officially refers to them as "Sand Cheeps".

Sand Cheeps appear asBlurps with the dorsal fin of a shark strapped to their back, and are always found withSharkbones; both remain submerged up to their dorsal fin in the sands in order to disguise themselves, though Sand Cheeps may leap atMario orLuigi in the overworld. Both enemies are also often fought withBeanerang Bros.

Sand Cheeps also make a brief appearance inMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where they are used as projectiles byShrooba Divers and bounce over the Mario Bros. when thrown.

Battle[edit]

In battle, Sand Cheeps and Sharkbones appear under the name????, and only their dorsal fins are visible, making it hard to tell them apart. InMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, the tops of any Sand Cheeps present are visible for a few seconds at the start of the battle, hinting at their position. Sand Cheeps attack by swimming through the sand to approach one of the Mario Bros.; unlike Sharkbones, they immediately leap out of the sand and over the target brother. This contrasts with the Sharkbone, whose attack can only be dodged or countered byjumping; Mario or Luigi will take damage if they jump into the Sand Cheep. Any Sharkbones and Sand Cheeps that have attacked and were not defeated will promptly shuffle positions after their turns, making it harder to track them.

If the brothers perform aThunder Bros. attack or anAdvanced Fire Bros. attack on a group of Sand Cheeps and Sharkbones, any Sharkbones that are hit will immediately attack, indirectly revealing the non-attacking fish to be Sand Cheeps. In addition, targeting one of the underground enemies with the Advanced Thunder Bros. andChopper Bros. attacks will reveal their identity as Luigi uppercuts them out of the ground.

InMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Sand Cheeps are level 24, which makes them more distinguishable from the level 25 Sharkbones. TheEasy Mode hints will also show which of the enemies named "????" are Sand Cheeps.

Statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
???? (Sand Cheep)
	HP	50	POW	72	Defense	40
	Speed	80	Experience	80 (50)	Coins	10
	Location	Gwarhar Lagoon	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal
	Hand	Normal	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal
	Stat down?	100%	Stun?	30%	Burn?	60%
	Level	28 (26)	Role	Common	Item drop	Super Syrup – 12.9% (Super Mushroom - 19.35%) None – 0% (Green Pepper - 38.71%)
Notice Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats). Stats ingray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
???? (Sand Cheep)
	HP	89	POW	88	DEF	82	SPEED	70	Experience	70
	Fire	Normal	Thunder	Normal	Jump	Normal	Hammer	Normal	Coins	12
	Stat down	100%	Dizzy	60%	Burn	0%	Speed down	60%	Item drop	Super Syrup (20%) Ultra Mushroom (12%) Ultra Mushroom (40%)
Level 24	Location(s)	Gwarhar Lagoon

Gallery[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Names in other languages[edit]

????[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	????^[?]	-
French(Canadian)	????^[?]	-
French(European)	????^[?]	-
German	????^[?]	-
Italian	????^[?]	-
Spanish	¿¿¿¿????^[?]	????	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Spanish	(?)^[?]	-	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Sand Cheep[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スナプク^[?] Suna Puku	Sand Cheep
French(Canadian)	Gobiquazo^[?]	Portmanteau ofgobie ("goby") andAquazo ("Cheep-Cheep")
Italian	Pesce Sabbia^[?]	Sand Fish

References[edit]

^Lost Bytes:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.The Mushroom Kingdom (English). Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^Thomason, Steve (2003).Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-43-7. Page 88.
^Thomason, Steve (2003).Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-43-7. Page 127.
^Thomason, Steve (2003).Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide.Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN1-930206-43-7. Page 86.

[Edit] Cheep Cheeps
Characters	Bessie Bass •Cheepskipper •Chef Shimi •Coach •Furious Fred de Fillet •Kipp •Legendary Cheep Cheep •Lightning Cheep Chomp •Porcupuffer •Sashimie •Sushie •Stewart •Ultra Pukupuku
Variants	Air Cheep •Baby Cheep •Big Cheep Cheep •Big Deep Cheep •Big Eep Cheep •Blurp •Cheep Cheep •Cheep Cheep (Snow Kingdom) •Cheep Chomp •Deep Cheep •Eep Cheep •Fish Bone •Gold Cheep Cheep •Honebon •Jean de Fillet •Lava Cheep Cheep •Mad Blurp •Mecha Cheep •Mega Cheep Chomp •Mr. Kipper •Needle Bomb •Porcupuffer •Puffer-Cheep •Rip Van Fish •Sad Cheep Cheep •Sand Cheep •Small Cheep Cheep •Spike Bass •Spiny Cheep Cheep
Vehicles	Cheep Blimp •Cheep Charger •Cheep Snorkel •Fish Bone Ferry •Gold Cheep Charger •Gold Cheep Snorkel •Gold Fish Bone Ferry •Green Cheep Charger

[Edit] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga /Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions /Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
Characters (Superstar Saga)	Protagonists	Mario^1,2 •Luigi^1,2 •Princess Peach^1,2 •Prince Peasley •Bowser^1,2
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) •Fawful •Popple •Bowser (Rookie)^1,2
	Supporting characters	Beanbean troops^1,2 •Bink^1,2 •Blablanadon^1,2 •Bloat^1,2 •Boddle^1,2 •Border Bros^1,2 •Bubbles •Chuckleroot^1,2 •Chuckleroot's granddaughter^1,2 •Cork and Cask •Doctor^1,2 •Dr. Toadley² •Fava^1,2 •Firebrand and Thunderhand^1,2 •Hammerhead Bros.^1,2 •Harhall^1,2 •Hermie III •Hoohoo civilization^1,2 •Jellyfish Sisters^1,2 •Lady Lima^1,2 •Miles Tones^1,2 •Moai^1,2 •Mole^1,2 •Pea^1,2 •Peach-bot^1,2 •Photographer (Koopa Troopa)^1,2 •Pipeman^1,2 •Professor E. Gadd •Prospector^1,2 •Psycho Kamek¹ •Queen Bean^1,2 •Soybean civilization^1,2 •Spangle •Starshade Bros.^1,2 •Toadsworth^1,2 •Tolstar^1,2 •Tuki^1,2 •Yoshi Fan Club^1,2
	Species	Ankoopa¹ •Beanish^1,2 •Beanlet^1,2 •Big Koopa Troopa² •Designbomb^1,2 •Ghost^1,2 •Hoohooligan^1,2 •Kurako^1,2 •Lagoon-dweller^1,2 •Oho Jee •Sailor^1,2 •Thwomp •Toad^1,2 •Winkle^1,2 •Yoshi^1,2
Characters (The Search for Bowser)	Protagonists	Captain Goomba³ (Gold³) •Captain Shy Guy³ •Captain Boo³ (Gold³) •Captain Koopa Troopa³ (Gold³) •Koopalings (Iggy ·Morton ·Lemmy ·Ludwig ·Roy ·Wendy ·Larry)
	Antagonists	Cackletta (Bowletta) •Fawful •Popple
	Supporting characters	Bowser³ •Corporal Paraplonk³ •Private Goomp³ •Sergeant Guy³ •Prince Peasley •Bubbles •Cork and Cask •Hermie III •Professor E. Gadd •Spangle •Starlow³
Special moves	Overworld/solo attacks	Dash^1,2 •Dunk Hammer^1,2 •Firebrand^1,2 •Hammer^1,2 •High Jump^1,2 •Jump^1,2 •Mini-Mario^1,2 •Pump Mario^1,2 •Spin Jump^1,2 •Surfboard^1,2 •Tickle^1,2 •Thunderhand^1,2
	Bros. Attacks^1,2	Bounce Bros. •Chopper Bros. •Cyclone Bros. •Fire Bros. •Knockback Bros. •Splash Bros. •Swing Bros. •Thunder Bros.
	Captain Commands³	Deny •Rally •Chance •Play Dead •Lightning •Parry •Pass the Bob-omb •Thwomp Thump •Clash of Captains •Call for Backup •Sneak Attack •Shell Shock
Bosses	Superstar Saga	Birdo •Bowletta^1,2 •Bowser^1,2 •Cackletta^1,2 •Chuckolator^1,2 •Dragohoho^1,2 •Fawful •Flaret^1,2 •Hermie III^1,2 •Hoohooros^1,2 •Jojora^1,2 •Jojora's friends^1,2 •Koopalings (Iggy ·Morton ·Lemmy ·Ludwig ·Roy ·Wendy ·Larry) •Mom Piranha^1,2 •Popple •Queen Bean^1,2 •Rookie^1,2 •Tolstar^1,2 •Trunkle^1,2 •Wiggler^1,2
Bosses	The Search for Bowser	Birdo •Corporal Paraplonk³ •Fawful •Koopalings (Iggy ·Morton ·Lemmy ·Ludwig ·Roy ·Wendy ·Larry) •Popple •Private Goomp³ •Sergeant Guy³
Locations		Beanbean Airport^1,2 •Beanbean Borderland^1,2 •Beanbean Castle^1,2 •Beanbean Castle Sewers/Beanbean Castle Sewer^1,2 •Beanbean Castle Town^1,2 •Beanbean Outskirts/Beanbean Fields •Beanbean Kingdom •Bowser's Castle •Castle Town Item Shop^1,2 •Chateau de Chucklehuck^1,2 •Chucklehuck Woods •Fire Palace^1,2 •Guffawha Ruins^1,2 •Gwarhar Lagoon •Harhall's Studio^1,2 •Hoohoo Mountain •Hoohoo Village^1,2 •Information Booth^1,2 •Joke's End •Koopa Cruiser •Little Fungitown^1,2 •Little Fungitown Item Shop^1,2 •Mario and Luigi's house^1,2 •Mushroom Kingdom^1,2 •Oho Oasis^1,2 •Oho Ocean^1,2 •Pipe House^1,2 •Princess Peach's Castle^1,2 •Relaxation Room^1,2 •S.S. Chuckola^1,2 •Seabed^1,2 •Starbeans Cafe^1,2 •Stardust Fields^1,2 •Teehee Valley •Thunder Palace^1,2 •Toadtown Square/Peach's Castle^1,2 •Winkle Colosseum^1,2 •Woohoo Hooniversity^1,2 •Yoshi Theater^1,2
Enemies	Superstar Saga	Anuboo^1,2 •Beanerang Bro •Beanie •Bill Blaster^1,2 •Blooper^1,2 •Bob-omb •Boo •Cheep Cheep¹ •Chomp Bro^1,2 •Chuck Guy •Chuckorok^1,2 •Clumph •Dry Bones⁴ •Eeker^1,2 •Elite Chuck Guy •Elite Dry Bones^1,2 •Elite Gritty Goomba^1,2 •Elite Limbo Bro •Elite Pestnut •Elite Troopea •Fighter Fly^1,2 •Fuzzbush •Fuzzy^1,2 •Glurp^1,2 •Gold Beanie •Goomba •Goomdiver^1,2 •Gritty Goomba •Gunner Guy^1,2 •Hammer Bro •Ice Snifit •Lakipea •Laser Snifit^1,2 •Limbo Bro •Magikoopa •Malibut^1,2 •Mecha-Blooper^1,2 •Mecha-Chomp¹ •Mechakoopa •Oucher Glass^1,2 •Parabeanie •Paratroopea •Pestnut •Piranha Bean •Piranha Plant^1,2 •Puffer-Cheep¹ •Rex •Roto-Disc^1,2 •Sand Cheep^1,2 •Scaratroopea •Sharkbone^1,2 •Sharpea •Sniper Bill^1,2 •Spiky Snifit^1,2 •Spiny⁴ •Spiny Cheep Cheep² •Starkiss •Super Fly^1,2 •Sworm^1,2 •Tanoomba •Time Bob-omb^1,2 •Troopea •Virus^1,2 •Yo Bro^1,2
Enemies	The Search for Bowser	Bandit³ •Beanerang Bro •Beanie •Big Boo³ •Big Tail Goomba³ •Bob-omb •Bomb Boo³ •Boo •Boomerang Bro³ •Broozer³ •Buzzy Beetle³ •Chain Chomp³ •Chargin' Chuck³ •Chuck Guy •Clumph •Dry Bones⁴ •Elite Captain Quartet³ •Elite Chuck Guy •Elite Limbo Bro •Elite Pestnut •Elite Troopea •Fire Bro³ •Fire Stalking Piranha Plant³ •Fly Guy³ •Fuzzbush •Gold Beanie •Goomba •Goomba Tower³ •Green Magikoopa³ •Gritty Goomba •Hammer Bro •Ice Bro³ •Ice Snifit •Koopa Paratroopa³ •Koopa Troopa³ •Lakipea •Lakitu³ •Limbo Bro •Magikoopa •Mechakoopa •Mechawful³ •Para-Beetle³ •Parabeanie •Paragoomba³ •Paratroopea •Pestnut •Piranha Bean •Pokey³ •Red Magikoopa³ •Rex •Scaratroopea •Sharpea •Shy Guy³ •Spear Guy³ •Spike³ •Spiny⁴ •Spiny Cheep Cheep² •Starkiss •Tail Boo³ •Tanoomba •Troopea •White Magikoopa³
Items	Consumables	1-Up Mushroom^1,2 •1-Up Super^1,2 •100 Coin² •10 Coin² •50-Coin² •Boo Biscuit² •Coin^1,2 •Five Coin^1,2 •Golden Mushroom^1,2 •Green Pepper^1,2 •Max Mushroom^1,2 •Max Nut^1,2 •Max Syrup^1,2 •Mushroom^1,2 •Nut^1,2 •Red Pepper^1,2 •Refreshing Herb^1,2 •Super Mushroom^1,2 •Super Nut^1,2 •Super Syrup^1,2 •Syrup^1,2 •Ultra Mushroom^1,2 •Ultra Nut^1,2 •Ultra Syrup^1,2
	Key items	Bean Fruit^1,2 •Beanbean Brooch^1,2 •Beanbean Map^1,2 •Beanstar^1,2 •Beanstar piece^1,2 •Beanstone^1,2 •Chuckola Fruit^1,2 •Chuckola Reserve^1,2 •Crabbie Grass^1,2 •Face^1,2 •Fake Beanstar^1,2 •Flaming statue^1,2 •Hoohoo Spirit^1,2 •Invincishroom •Membership Card^1,2 •Neon Egg^1,2 •Peach's Extra Dress^1,2 •Pearl Bean^1,2 •Peasley's Rose^1,2 •Precious belonging^1,2 •Red and Green Goblets^1,2 •Secret Scroll 1^1,2 •Secret Scroll 2^1,2 •Suitcase^1,2 •Winkle Card^1,2
	Bean Juice^1,2	Chuckle Blend •Chuckoccino •Hoohoo Blend •Hoolumbian •Teehee Blend •Teeheespresso •Woohoo Blend
	Special items	Bonus Ring^1,2 •Cobalt Necktie^1,2 •Excite Spring^1,2 •Game Boy Horror SP^1,2 •Great Force^1,2 •Greed Wallet^1,2 •Power Grip¹ •Secret Specs²
	Blocks^1,2	! Block •? Block •Bros. Block •Command Block •Hidden Block •Hoohoo Block •L Block •M Block •Rally Block •Random Block •Recovery block •Save Album •Simu-Block •Spin Block
	Other	Axe^1,2 •Badge^1,2 •Bean^1,2 •Bike Pads^1,2 •Black Rock^1,2 •Boo Statue^1,2 •Brown Rock^1,2 •Button^1,2 •Cart^1,2 •Gold ring •Chuckola Cola^1,2 •Clothing^1,2 •Conductor^1,2 •Gown^1,2 •Gray Rock^1,2 •Headgear^1,2 •Invincibility Mushroom³ •Koopa Clown Car^1,2 •Lift^1,2 •Poison Mushroom^1,2 •Poltergust 3000^1,2 •Pressure Plate^1,2 •Recording² •Region map¹ •Rolling Bar Defense System^1,2 •Spiky Stardust Defense System^1,2 •Spring Pad^1,2 •Super Poltergust 3001^1,2 •Surfing Spot^1,2 •Toad Express^1,2 •Torch^1,2 •Wall Face^1,2 •Warp Pipe^1,2 •Watering hole^1,2 •Waterspout^1,2 •Whirlwind^1,2
Game mechanics	Stats	Bros. Point^1,2 •Defense •Experience Point •Heart Point •Level up •Power •Speed^1,2 •Spirit³ •Stache^1,2
	Elements	Fire •Thunder
	Status	Burn^1,2 •Charred^1,2 •DEF-Down •DEF-Up •Dizzy •Downed •Fury² •Heavy G^1,2 •Invisible² •Light G^1,2 •Poison^1,2 •POW-Down •POW-Up •Prohibited Command^1,2 •SPD-Down^1,2 •SPD-Up^1,2 •Trip^1,2
	Battle mechanics	Action Command •Advanced Command/Super Attack^1,2 •Counterattack^1,2 •Emergency Block² •First Strike •Flee^1,2 •Lucky hit
	Minigames^1,2	Border Jump •Mysterious Mine Carts •Star 'Stache Smash •Barrel •Chuckola Bounce •Surfing Game •Splart
Music		"A New Adventure Begins" • "We're Off Again!" • "Touch of Evil" • "Prince Peasley's Theme" • "Fawful Music" • "Bowser's Road" • "Cackletta, the Fiercest Foe" • "A Journey Full of Laughs" • "Going Home" • "Stardust Fields Area 64" • "Hoohoo Mountaintop" • "The Kingdom Called Beanbean" • "Beanish People" • "Castle of Beans" • "Chucklehuck Woods" • "Danger Abounds!" • "Woohoo Hooniversity" • "Sea... Sea... Sea..." • "Don't Dwell on Danger" • "Sweet Surfin'" • "Hold the Corny Jokes, Please!" • "Decisive Battleground" • "Let's Go!" • "We Can't Lose!" • "The Marvelous Duo" • "Fawful and Cackletta" • "Time to Settle This!" • "Showdown with Cackletta!" • "Win & Dance" • "Let's Kick it into High Gear!" • "Star 'Stache Smash!" • "To Challenge!" • "It's My Turn" • "This is Minion Turf!" • "Everyone, Attack!" • "Fighting Friends" • "Let's Talk Strategy" • "Bowser's Minions March"
Other		Battle Guide² •Bean Fever^1,2 •Beanbean Air •Beanhole locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Block locations¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Bestiary¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Enemy formations^1,2 •Gallery¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Gear¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Glitches¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Hidden Block locations¹ •Hooroglyphs^1,2 •Kingdom Courier^1,2 •Level up progressions^1,2 •Luigi-do Check •Mario & Luigi Moves Guide •Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection¹ •Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Trivia •Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Joke Spinner •Mario Bros.¹ •Multimedia¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Pre-release and unused content¹ •Quick Poll •Quotes¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Shops² •Special Skill³ •Sound test² •Staff¹ (Bowser's Minions²) •Story summaries²
¹Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga ²Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ³Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser ⁴ Enemy variants differ inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions