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|image=[[File:Blargg SMW artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Blargg from ''[[Super Mario World]]''

'''Blarggs''' are large creatures commonly found inhabiting pools of [[lava]] in underground caverns. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and resemble lazy-eyed lava dinosaurs, but ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' depicts them as blobby beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes, while numerous other games involve an assortment of similarly derived blobby species.

{{multiframe|[[File:BlarggSMW.png]]|''Super Mario World'' sprite|bg=gray}}

In ''Super Mario World'', Blarggs (also named '''Munchers'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|page=16|date=September 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref>) are fairly rare enemies, encountered primarily in the [[Vanilla Dome]]. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approach a Blargg on a [[Lava Lift|Skull Lift]], the eyes of the Blargg will be visible before they dip back into the lava, moments before lunging. [[Yoshi]] is capable of jumping on them and, with some difficulty, eating them. The player can also opt to [[Spin Jump]] if lacking a Yoshi, although this method only prevents one from taking damage if landing on a Blargg or its eyes. They are mainly seen in [[Vanilla Dome 3]], though they make their first appearance in [[Vanilla Dome 1]] and later reappear in [[Chocolate Secret]]. It is possible for [[Invincible Mario]] to defeat one in Vanilla Dome 1 before falling into the lava. [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] can also defeat it with a Body Press attack before falling into the lava. These methods reveal a glitched sprite.

As shown by graphics in the source code of pre-release builds, Blargg went through many design iterations of varying sizes, as both a dinosaur like in the final and as a shark.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/GamingAlexandri/status/1286735053180018688|title=X post showing early SMW tiles|author=Gaming Alexandria|publisher=X|accessdate=July 25, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:SMKun Blargg.png|thumb|300px]]

After a friendly [[Mega Mole]] leads Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi towards the underground exit, they travel on a [[Lava Lift]] where they are immediately attacked by the Blargg, who was given the order to kill the Mega Mole as well due to his betrayal. The Blargg attacks the protagonists by spitting fire. Mario tries to hurt it with a fireball, but ends up making it stronger due to its fire affinity. Mega Mole, meanwhile, cowers in fear and uses Mario as a shield and, when Mario asks him what a Blargg's weakness is, he reads the ''Super Mario World'' manual and finds out that Blarggs cannot be defeated. When the Blargg is about to kill Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, Mega Mole jumps on the Blargg, attacking it and landing right in its mouth, clogging it. The Blargg falls back into the lava, and while Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi mourn the death of their friend, they meet Mega Mole on shore, where he managed to survive from the lava and with Blargg's mouth still stuck on his forehead, pleading to be put back into the lava. In this shot, the Blargg's body is show: the neck is the entire body, and it has little arms and legs.

While no Blarggs appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' or in its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], [[Czar Dragon]], the lava-dwelling boss of [[Barrel Volcano]], resembles their ''Super Mario World'' design.

[[File:YS Blargg.png|thumb|200px|A Blargg in ''Yoshi's Story'']]

In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Blarggs are altered, being larger, and given small arms with a blobby appearance. They appear in only one level, [[Blargg's Boiler|Stage 2-2: Blargg's Boiler]]. In this game, Blarggs do not harm a [[Baby Yoshi]] when touched, although the Yoshi gets a forceful push from them. While they cannot be harmed, the Yoshi can throw an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] at one to force it back into the lava. There is also one Blargg unaffected by eggs which will briefly pursue the Baby Yoshi.

 

Due to their large size and blobby appearance, these Blarggs appear to be visually based off of the [[Gargantua Blargg]]s in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. However, they lack eyebrows and have a pair of small reptilian nostrils.

Their artwork from ''Yoshi's Story'' is reused as a stamp in ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''.

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', a [[Sammer Guy]] named Raging Blargg can be fought. Additionally, in the Japanese versions of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''Super Paper Mario'', the "-tail" dragon bosses [[Hooktail]], [[Gloomtail]], [[Bonetail]], [[Fracktail]], and [[Wracktail]] instead have names that are based off Blargg's Japanese name, ''Unbaba''.

Blarggs are referenced in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', where they are mentioned by [[Kylie Koopa]] using "in a Blargg's age" as a figure of speech, after [[Yoob]] spit her out in [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]].

A Blargg [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] can be collected in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and a Blargg [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Both use their ''Yoshi's Story'' artwork.

Blarggs, with their appearance resembling how they appeared in ''Super Mario World'', were [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|originally going to appear]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as enemies in [[Lethal Lava Land]], [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], and even [[Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]] as they were found in the game's coding. With a {{wp|Cheating in video games|cheating device}}, the player can make them appear on the level, being fully functional and with a complete model (aside from a lack of eyes).

*'''''[[Mario Mania]]'':''' ''Blargg gets hot under the collar when intruders enter his cavern. He pops out of the molten lava and tries to snatch you off your skull raft.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|date=August 1991|page=51|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

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|seikaku=いたずら好き

|desc='''<big>マグマのしぶきに{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}</big>'''<br>

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===''Yoshi's Story''===

*'''Shogakukan guide:''' バブルの親玉、溶岩オバケに立ちおうじょう。しばらく待って、ようすを見よう。<ref name=Sho/> (''The master of the [[Lava Bubble|Spark Spook]]s, this lava monster stalls. Let's wait for a while to see what happens.'')

*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Der rote Lavasack findet sich todkomisch, deswegen lacht er immer und streckt mir die Zunge raus!'' <ref name=German/> (''The red lava bag thinks he's hilarious, that's why he's always laughing and sticking his tongue out at me!'')

*'''Level appearance'''

**[[Blargg's Boiler]]

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

{{SSBB sticker

|name=Blargg

|image=[[File:Blargg Sticker.png]]

|game=''Yoshi's Story''

|effect=['''Specials:''' Direct] - Attack +13

}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===

{{spirit

|no=315

|name=Blargg

|image=[[File:Blargg YS.png|100px]]

|series=''Yoshi'' Series

|type=Support

|slots=2

|class=Advanced

|effects=Mouthful of Curry

|obtain=Spirit Board

|opponents=Curry [[Bowser]]

|conditions=

|stage=[[Castle Siege]] (volcanic area)

|song=Melty Monster

 

|title5=''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 1]]''

}}

Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle. Unlike the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] and [[Dolphin]]s, the lower half of the Blargg's body cannot be seen underwater.

Mario Puzzle Artwork 2.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.

Mario Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.

1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''

YSBlaarg.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''

YS-Blargg'sBoiler-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Story''

|Jap=ウンババ<ref name=SMWSho>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|page=29|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref><ref name=Sho>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[Media:Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref>

|JapM=Possibly from「ウンウン」(''un'un'', onomatopoeia for groaning sound) and「婆」(''baba'', hag), referencing their teeth gaps, bulging eyes, and large nose resembling a wicked witch, or possibly an allusion to「バブル」(''Baburu'', [[Lava Bubble]]) or the ancient mythological monster {{wp|Humbaba}}

|Ger=Feuerdrache

|Ger2=Dudel Sprudel<ref name=German>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|page={{media link|Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png|19}}|language=German}}</ref>

|Ger3=Blargg (newer games)

|GerM=Fire dragon

|Ger2M=Fizzy doodle

|FreE=Blargg

|KorM=Korean exclamation equivalent to "ta-da!"

|Chi=乌巴巴<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}</ref>

|ChiM=From the Japanese name

|RusM=From ''cтудень'' (''studen'', "aspic") and ''-завр'' (''-zavr'', a suffix used for creating dinosaur names)

|Spa=Blargg

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