Spring Topman
| Spring Topman | |||
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 Artwork fromSuper Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
| Member of | Topman Tribe | ||
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ASpring Topman[1][2] is anenemy introduced inSuper Mario Galaxy and a green member of theTopman Tribe.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
Spring Topmen appear as uncommon enemies inSuper Mario Galaxy and itsNintendo Switchport. LikeSpiky Topmen, they charge atMario (orLuigi) while spinning rapidly, causing him to get knocked away dizzily if they hit him, but getting knocked away themselves if hespins against them. Their upper half juts up on a spring and blinks orange when one is stunned by being hit with ajump or a spin, allowing Mario to bounce extra high off them and gently spin downwards, like withSpindrifts fromSuper Mario 64. Unlike most other enemies in the game, Spring Topmen respawn if defeated, specifically by reappearing from a small black circle resembling ablack hole; the only way for them to be defeated in the first place is to be spun into anelectric rail.
A Spring Topman first appears in theBuoy Base Galaxy, near the area with theWater Shooters after Mario spins avalve to turn the Water Shooters off. A similar robot known as aSentry Garage appears atop the tower, and it can spawnTopminis. Spring Topmen later appear as part of theDreadnought Galaxy's Topman Tribe; one here can spawn a Topmini ifstomped on.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Spring Topmen are also enemies inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switchport. They are encountered only in theSpace Storm Galaxy.
Gallery[edit]
Model fromSuper Mario Galaxy
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Galaxy
Screenshot fromSuper Mario Galaxy 2
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Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of theSuper Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due toconcerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バネベーゴマン[3][4] Bane Bēgoman | SpringTopman | |
| French(European) | Begoressort[5] | Portmanteau betweenBegoman ("Topman") andressort ("spring") | |
| Bego-ressort[6] | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | ||
| German | Sprungfeder-Begoman[7] | Spring Topman | |
| Italian | Robomolla[8][9] | Portmanteau between "robot" andmolla ("spring"); comparable toRobopunta ("Spiky Topman") | |
| Robopunta Verde[10] | Green Spiky Topman | Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Guide | |
| Spanish | Trompo Boing[11] | Boing Topman |
References[edit]
- ^EnglishSuper Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].)
- ^EnglishSuper Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal.nintendo.co.jp (English). Retrieved August 13, 2022. (Archived August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today[deprecated link].)
- ^Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-227115-9. Page 404.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN978-4-09-106569-8. Page 128, 161.
- ^Browne, Catherine (2010).Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé:Prima Games (French). ISBN978-2-952-67394-5. Page 32.
- ^Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018).Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon:Soleil Productions (French). ISBN978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 128, 161.
- ^Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" inSuper Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg:Tokyopop (German). ISBN978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 128.
- ^Black, Fletcher (2007).Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville:Prima Games (Italian). ISBN978-1-906064-03-7. Page 159, 269, 273-74.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy" inSuper Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan:Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN889367436X. Page 128.
- ^Browne, Catherine (2010).Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni:Multiplayer Edizioni,Prima Games (Italian). ISBN9788863551198. Page 30.
- ^Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" inEnciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona:Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN978-84-9146-223-1. Page 128.
