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[[Image:Battlebeetleart.PNG|frame|Official artwork of a '''Battle Beetle'''.]]
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Battle Beetle.png|170px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
}}
A '''Battle Beetle'''<ref name=ENG>''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref> is a flying beetle (identified as a {{wp|Japanese rhinoceros beetle}} in the Japanese version<ref name=JPN>''Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> and an {{wp|Atlas beetle}} in the English version<ref name=ENG/>) in the [[Tree Zone]] level [[The Exit]] and the [[Macro Zone]] level [[In the Syrup Sea]] found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''.


A '''Battle Beetle''' is a hopping stag [[beetle]] in the [[Tree Zone]] and [[Macro Zone]] found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. Battle Beetle attack by [[jump]]ing in the air and slowly coming down, in a similar pattern to [[Fighter Fly|Fighter Flies]]. [[Mario]] can avoid this by running under the Battle Beetle at the peak of its jump. A simple jump on the head or a [[fireball]] attack are enough to finish it off. Battle Beetles look much like generic stag beetles, but are roughly Mario's size.
Battle Beetles simply walk forward until they reach a ledge. When they do, they fly straight up, then slowly hover down at an angle towards [[Mario]]. A Battle Beetle can be defeated with a [[jump]] on the head or with a [[fireball]]. Battle Beetles look much like {{wp|Hercules beetle}}s, but are roughly Mario's size.
 
A Battle Beetle also appears in volume 7 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', where Mario gets robbed by it and, while engaging a battle with it, the Battle Beetle hits a branch from which a [[Heavy Zed]] falls, squashing and defeating it. In volume 9, another Battle Beetle appears and is defeated by [[Bunny Mario]].
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''This is an Atlas beetle that stomps around as it comes after Mario.''<ref name=ENG/>
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>ヘラクレス</big><br>
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}''' クリープ族<br>
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}''' ニ重人格<br>
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム''' ランド2<br>
'''<big>2つの顔をもつかぶと虫</big><br>
はっ葉の上をのんびり歩いている時はやさしい顔をしているのだが、歩くところがなくなると突然恐い顔をして飛び出し、攻撃してくる。飛び出す前に踏んずけてしまおう。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/Z6Iudls.jpeg page 201.]</ref>
 
'''''<big>Battle Beetle</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Creep clan''<br>
''Disposition: Split personality''<br>
''Game appearances: Land 2''<br>
'''''<big>The two-faced rhinoceros beetle</big><br>
''When they are walking leisurely on the leaves, they have a gentle face, but when they run out of places to walk, they suddenly turn scary and jump out to attack. Try to step on them before they jump out.''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Battlebeetle.png|Sprite
SML2 Artwork - Battle Beetle.png|Shogakukan artwork
SML2 Artwork Battle Beetle 2.png|Website artwork
SML2 commercial Tree Zone.jpg|Japanese commercial
BattleBeetle SuperMarioKun.jpg|''Super Mario-kun'' appearance
</gallery>
 
==See also==
*[[Waddlewing]]
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヘラクラス<ref name=JPN/><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. ''KC Mario Vol. 18: Super Mario Land 2 Part 1''. [[Media:KC Mario Super Mario Land 2 Enemies.jpg|Page 6]].</ref>
|JapR=Herakurasu
|JapM=Corruption of "{{wp|Heracles}}", in reference to the {{wp|Hercules beetle}}
|Jap2=ヘラクレス<ref>''Super Mario-kun'' volume 7, page 40, and volume 9, page 12.</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>
|Jap2R=Herakuresu
|Jap2M=Heracles
|Spa=Ciervo Volante
|SpaM=Flying Stag
|Ger=Kampf-Käfer
|GerM=Battle Beetle
|Ita=Battle Beetle<ref>''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 13</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual, pag. 13</ref><br>Coleottero da guerra<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 76</ref>
|ItaM=-<br>War(rior) Beetle
}}
 
==References==
<references/>


==Trivia==
* Battle Beetles bear a strong resemblance to the Pokémon {{bp|Heracross}}.
== Gallery ==
<Gallery>
Image:Battlebeetle.PNG|A sprite of a Battle Beetle gliding down.
</Gallery>
<br clear=all>
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