Editing Bat (Super Mario Galaxy)

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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Bat Artwork.png|190px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|variant_of=[[Swoop]]
|variants=[[Ice bat]]
}}
A '''bat'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 134–135.</ref><ref>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 237.</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/IMSwG Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:09 UTC via archive.today.)</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/2UaOd Archived] August 12, 2022, 23:39:46 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> is a [[Swoop]]-like enemy from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Bats have pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble [[zeldawiki:Keese|Keese]] from the series ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', particularly their incarnation from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2 Bats Attacking.png|thumb|left|Two bats attacking Luigi in the [[Slimy Spring Galaxy]]]]
Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a [[spin]] or [[stomp]], and they release either three [[Star Bit]]s or one [[coin]], respectively, depending on which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. They are also found flying around the arm of [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] sometimes contain an icy variant called an [[ice bat]], which will freeze Mario or Luigi if he makes contact with it, and can be defeated only with a [[Fire Flower]].
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
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[[File:TSMBM Bat.jpg|thumb|Bats in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', bats appear as one of the enemies inhabiting the [[Dark Land]]s. They also appear during the [[Koopa Troop]]'s celebration of obtaining the [[Super Star]] and in one of the film's posters, which depicts the scene where Luigi is captured by [[Shy Guy]]s.<ref>{{media link|The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|Poster for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' featuring bats in the background}}</ref> Unlike in the games, bats have visible mouths with fangs, and their eyes are spinning swirls rather than concentric rings.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Bat Model.png|Data-rendered model of a bat from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' poster
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
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|name1=BasaBasa
|meaning1=Transliteration of below
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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|name2=バサバサ (''Basa Basa'')
|meaning2=[[Swoop#Names in other languages|Swoop]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=バットン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''. Pages 128 and 160.</ref>
|JapR=Batton
|JapM=Derived from "bat" and possibly「豚」(''ton'', "pig" in the on'yomi reading), most likely because of their pig-like nose; shared with [[Enigma]]'s Japanese name
|Fre=Chauve-souris
|FreM=Bat
|Ger=Flappflapp
|GerM=Same as [[Swoop]]
|Ita=Pippy
|ItaM=Diminutive of "pipistrello" (bat)
|Spa=Vampílago
|SpaM=Same as Swoop
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Bats]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy trading cards]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Movie characters]]
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