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[[image:Wobble_Launcher.jpg|thumb|right|A sticky white '''Wobble Launcher''' on a small cube floating around in space.]]
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Sling Pod.png|100px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
A '''Wobble Launcher''' is a rather silly alternative to a [[Boost Star]] that gets [[Mario]] around in some areas of [[Super Mario Galaxy]]. Wobble Launchers are first seen in the pathway to the [[Giant Space Spider]] boss.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Help! I'm stuck! Aim your [[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Star Pointer|16px]] at me, and press {{button|wii|a}} to {{color|pull me out|red}}!|Mailtoad|Super Mario Galaxy}}
A '''Sling Pod''' is an alternative to a [[Launch Star]] that gets [[Mario]] around in some areas of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. Sling Pods are sticky, rubbery, white wobbly balls of web that can easily entrap Mario, [[Luigi]], and [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to [[Tarantox]] in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]], and their most prominent appearance is in the [[Sling Pod Galaxy]].


Wobble Launchers are sticky rubbery white wobbly poles with a soft spikey orb on top of them that Mario and [[Toad|Toads]] can easily get stuck in. When there are no Boost Stars, there will probably be Wobble Launchers, if not [[Float Star|Float Stars]].
To use a Sling Pod, Mario must [[jump]] into or be near the sticky orb on the top and get stuck in it. With the [[Star Pointer]], the player must then grab on to the top part and hold down {{button|wii|a}}, dragging it far to the side of the area. After the player lets it go, the Sling Pod sends Mario flying out of it in the direction it was aimed. A noise begins sounding if the player ends up pointing offscreen while holding on to the Sling Pod.
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To use a Wobble Launcher, Mario must jump into the sticky orb on the top, get stuck in it, then with the [[Star Cursor]], the player must grab onto the wobbly thing and hold the button down, dragging it far to the side, then letting it go. The Wobble Launcher will send Mario flying out of it wherever it was aiming for, then wobble a bunch.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:SMG Sling Pod.png|Mario on a Sling Pod
File:SMG A Very Sticky Situation.png|Mario about to be launched by a Sling Pod
</gallery>


Mario often has to help [[Cosmic Toad|Cosmic Toads]] get free from Wobble Launchers by wobbling them back and forth, then flinging the Toads off out of them to safety.
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name1=SpaceCocoon
|meaning1=Space Cocoon
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=宇宙まゆ (''Uchū Mayu'')
|meaning2=Space Cocoon
}}


== Look-a-Likes ==
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ひっぱりマユ
|JapR=Hippari Mayu
|JapM=Stretching Cocoon
|SpaE=Larva Elástica
|SpaEM=Elastic Larva
|Ita=Larva Elastica
|ItaM=Elastic Larva
|Chi=拉力茧
|ChiR=Lālì Jiǎn
|ChiM=Elastic Cocoon
|Ger=Klebe-Kokon
|GerM=Sticky-Cocoon
|Kor=당기는고치
|KorR=Danggineun Gochi
|KorM=Pulling Cocoon
}}


The [[Sticky Planet]] looks almost exactly like the top of a Wobble Launcher, before it is shattered. (Using a Wobble Launcher to shatter it.)
==Trivia==
*During development, Sling Pods were originally known as '''Wobble Launchers'''.<ref>[[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content#E3 2006 (May 10-12)]]</ref>{{better source}}


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==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:09, April 24, 2024

Sling Pod
Rendered model of a Sling Pod in Super Mario Galaxy.
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“Help! I'm stuck! Aim your Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. at me, and press A Button to pull me out!”
Mailtoad, Super Mario Galaxy

A Sling Pod is an alternative to a Launch Star that gets Mario around in some areas of Super Mario Galaxy. Sling Pods are sticky, rubbery, white wobbly balls of web that can easily entrap Mario, Luigi, and Toads. Sling Pods are first seen in the pathway to Tarantox in the Space Junk Galaxy, and their most prominent appearance is in the Sling Pod Galaxy.

To use a Sling Pod, Mario must jump into or be near the sticky orb on the top and get stuck in it. With the Star Pointer, the player must then grab on to the top part and hold down A Button, dragging it far to the side of the area. After the player lets it go, the Sling Pod sends Mario flying out of it in the direction it was aimed. A noise begins sounding if the player ends up pointing offscreen while holding on to the Sling Pod.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SpaceCocoon Space Cocoon
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 宇宙まゆ (Uchū Mayu) Space Cocoon

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ひっぱりマユ
Hippari Mayu
Stretching Cocoon

Chinese 拉力茧
Lālì Jiǎn
Elastic Cocoon

German Klebe-Kokon
Sticky-Cocoon
Italian Larva Elastica
Elastic Larva
Korean 당기는고치
Danggineun Gochi
Pulling Cocoon

Spanish (NOE) Larva Elástica
Elastic Larva

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]