Editing Ring-a-Ding

{{merge to|Count Down|Count Down#Merge potential?}}
{{distinguish|Ding-a-Ring}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Ring-a-Ding.png|150px]]<br>A Ring-a-Ding from ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
{{quote2|Wake up sleepy heads!|Ding-A-Ling|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
'''Ring-a-Ding''', originally known as '''Ding-A-Ling''', is a pair of small bell-like creatures and a member of the [[Smithy Gang]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]].

Mario and his allies encounter Ring-a-Ding in [[Smithy]]'s [[Factory (Super Mario RPG)|Factory]]. They, along with [[Count Down]], guard an early part of the factory. 

Ring-a-Ding can attack physically or use special moves, such as [[Dark Star (move)|Dark Star]], which is similar to the special attack used by [[Mallow]], but targets a single character for high damage, [[Doom Reverb]], which casts [[Mute (status effect)|Mute]] against a single character and [[Fear Roulette]], which KOs a party member at random. It can also chant "Time is marching on!" which will cause Count Down to skip ahead hours. Immediately before an attack, stars will shine in front of the bell that is initiating the next attack. A line indicates "Time is marching on!", a circle indicates a physical attack, a flashing star indicates Dark Star, a triangle indicates Doom Reverb / [[Spore Chimes]] / [[Scarecrow Bell]], and a flashing circle indicates Fear Roulette.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
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===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=リンリン
|JapR=Rinrin
|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for a bell's jingling, and a reduplication of「鈴」(''rin'', "bell" in the on'yomi reading)
|Jap2=リンリン　({{ruby|時計|とけい}}のベル)<ref>''Super Mario RPG'' Final Edition, page 102.</ref>
|Jap2R=Rinrin (Tokei no Beru)
|Jap2M=Ring-Ring (Watch's Bell)
|ChiS=铃铃
|ChiSR=Líng líng
|ChiSM=Chinese onomatopoeia for a bell's jingling; and a reduplication of「铃」(''líng'', "bell")
|ChiT=鈴鈴
|ChiTR=Líng líng
|ChiTM=Chinese onomatopoeia for a bell's jingling; and a reduplication of「鈴」(''líng'', "bell")
|Dut=Klingaling
|DutM=Corruption for "klingeling" (Dutch onomotopoeia for a bell ringing), partially based on the English name 
|FreA=Dingue dong
|FreAM=From "dingue" (crazy) and "ding dong" (onomatopoeia for a bell ringing)
|FreE=Ding dingue
|FreEM=From "ding dong" (onomatopoeia for a bell ringing) and "dingue" (crazy)
|Ger=Klingelinger
|GerM=From "Klingeling" (onomatopoeia for a bell ringing)
|Kor=딸랑딸랑
|KorR=Ttallang-ttallang
|KorM=Korean onomatopoeia for a bell's jingling
|Spa=Tilintín
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "tilín" and "tin" (onomatopoeias for a bell ringing)
|Ita=Dling Ling
|ItaM=Onomatopoeia for bell's jingling
}}

==References==
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{{SMRPG}}
[[Category:Animate objects]]
[[Category:Smithy Gang]]
[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bosses]]