#splunkin

Benchwarmers

The Super Mario platformers introduced a lot of enemies, yet some of them are only used once and no other game (except ports or remakes, but they still only appear in one specific title).

Enemies shown include: Buster Beetle, Tweeter, Hot Foot, Ostro, Strollin' Stu, Dino Torch, Mega Mole, Digga, Plurp, Flaptack, Spindrift, Electrokoopa, Splunkin, Chuckya, Snailicorn, Bonefin, Poink, Smeech, Klamber, and Wallop. That's a lot of enemies that only saw a single use! In terms of games, Super Mario Galaxy has to have the toughest to pick, only because many were reused in Super Mario Galaxy 2, so that's why there's only one. Also, I wanted to stop at Super Mario Galaxy 2 but I remembered I wanted to include Wallop, so it ended up being Super Mario 3D Land. Boom Boom was added because I can't find an enemy that was gone for so long but revived, except Boom Boom who came back in said 3D Land. I feel like I am straddling the line of inconsistency, but I hope it's not too bad.

Name: splukin

Name: Splunkin

Debut: New Super Mario Bros.

The day has come! Halloween! And here he is, the man of the hour, the one you’ve all been waiting for... Jack O. Lantern! What does the O stand for? Oscar? Obake? Orange? He sure is orange! Or maybe it’s just there to look like a spooky ghost mouth... BOO! Are you scared yet?

Jack is what is known as a Splunkin! This picture is somewhat related. It would be nice if it was more related. We’ll get to that. Splunkins only appear in World 8 of New Super Mario Bros., and wow! What a World 8 that is! Sure, some of it is a typical lava land, but it starts off really strong with a spooky forest, with crows and waddling pumpkins! Beautiful. That’s where Halloween lives. Or maybe a vacation home when it’s not living in Pumpkin Zone.

When Splunkins are jumped on, they’ll crack a bit, making a kind of uncomfortable sound, and then get ANGRY! You just jumped on Halloween, and it’s gonna get you! Will you run? Or will you defeat it, and become the new Halloween? I hope you like eating cereal!... Where the cereal is spiders and the milk is blood and the bowl is a skull and the spoon is a snake or something! Boogity boogity!

Name: Jack O’Goomba

Debut: Super Mario Galaxy

But Splunkin is not the only waddling jack o’lantern creature! Maybe the only one in town, but not the only one around! This is a pumpkin-clad Goomba... from space! Look, the eyes are even stars! And this is no ordinary pumpkin... the pumpkin allows the Goomba to produce blue flames! Will o’ the wisps, y’know? The magic of Halloween lurks within THIS pumpkin!

...So I guess it is an ordinary pumpkin now that I think about it.

We at Silly Mario Creatures hope you have a super spooktacular Halloween! And, just between you and me... don’t look any further, okay? For your own good.