Uproot
Artwork fromSuper Mario Odyssey
First appearance	Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Latest appearance	Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (Nether Update) (2020)
Comparable Sproing

“A creature that can stretch many times its height upward! I have been hoping to investigate one up close!”

—Bonneter biologist,Super Mario Odyssey

Uproots are enemies that can becaptured inSuper Mario Odyssey. Uproots are yellow onion-like creatures with red eyes. They usually have brown flowerpots over their heads with a broken opening to see from. They have green thorny legs, which, according to theBonneter biologist, telescope outward. They can use this ability to push their bodies into the air, then retract them in an instant to jump.

History[edit]

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Uproots can be found in theWooded Kingdom, in a secretlava-filled area in theSeaside Kingdom, and on theDarker Side. They spawn fromSenobi Generate Points, which are dirt patches in the ground. When an Uproot noticesMario, it stretches up and then leaps in his direction. If the Uproot hits Mario mid-stretch, it will stop, then finish its movement. Uproots respect invisible boundaries that generally prevent them from chasing Mario too far. Uproots are immune to beingjumped on and can be defeated only with aGround Pound.

In most cases, Uproots have flowerpots. To capture an Uproot, Mario needs to use aCap Throw to break the pot, allowing a second throw to capture the Uproot. If it was stretching, the Uproot will return to the ground when it is captured. A captured Uproot can be used to reach high platforms. Uproots can break blocks and pushmovable covers. Shaking the controller as an Uproot makes it stretch faster than normal, and briefly stay at a higher position before shrinking back to the normal maximum height. It can also stretch higher when two buttons are used at once. While stretched, Uproots walk more slowly than they do without stretching or by using repeated jumps. An Uproot (captured or not) can defeat other Uproots bystomping them, as though a Ground Pound was used.

An Uproot is required to defeatTorkdrift, a boss in the Wooded Kingdom, with its stretching power needed to reach the boss's weak points and strike from below. The height from stretching is also necessary to dodge one of Torkdrift's attacks. As such, an Uproot also appears in the rematch against the boss in theMushroom Kingdom.

A concept design for Uproots depicted them as mushroom-type enemies. More concepts for Uproots were partially based onPokeys andBramballs.^[1]

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack inMinecraft,Striders are replaced by Uproots.

Profiles[edit]

• Website description:
  • English:
    Reach new areas with this little guy's round, bouncy body and long, elastic legs.^[2]
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      まーるい体に長い足！高いところもびよーんと移動。^[3]
      (Translation:Round body and long legs! Can even move around high places with a boing.)

Gallery[edit]

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  Artwork of acaptured Uproot

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  Artwork of a captured Uproot

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  Artwork of a potted Uproot

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  Screenshot of a potted Uproot

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  An Uproot as a strider inMinecraft

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  A chilly Uproot (outside of the lava) inMinecraft

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  A saddled Uproot inMinecraft

Naming[edit]

"Uproot" is derived from a word referring to a plant being pulled from the ground, and their name also refers to their root-like legs.

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Flowers
• Capturable
• Super Mario Odyssey enemies

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