Editing Blargg

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Blargg SMW artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Blargg from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|variants=[[Blargg (small)]]<br>[[Blarggwich]]<br>[[Egg-enut]]<br>[[Gargantua Blargg]]<br>[[Magmaargh]]<br>[[Nep-Enut]]
|notable=[[Gattai monster]]
}}
'''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.

==History==
===''Super Mario World''===
{{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>
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===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:BlarggCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|A Blargg from the ''Super Mario World'' animated series]]
Blarggs, though never referred to as such onscreen, appeared in two episodes of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. 

In the episode "[[The Wheel Thing]]", Mario and Luigi, having been banned to the [[Lava Pits (Super Mario World television series)|Lava Pits]], begin attempting to cook a pizza over a fire. The smell from this cooking pizza causes a Blargg to emerge from a nearby lake of lava and begin to chase Luigi, attempting to eat the plumber. Luigi is rescued from being devoured as Mario swoops down and saves his brother as [[Cape Mario]]. 

In a later episode titled "[[Mama Luigi]]", a Blargg makes a brief appearance. Luigi and Yoshi, while running away from a pair of [[evil dinosaur]]s, use a Blargg's head as a stepping stone to cross a river of lava.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
A Blargg, which lived in water, appears in one of the bad endings in ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', eating Mario if he falls into a pit while fleeing from some [[Mega Mole]]s.
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===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:SMKun Blargg.png|thumb|300px]]
A Blargg appears from the 9th chapter of the first volume as the chapter's main baddie.

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.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
Several Blarggs make a minor appearance in ''[[Nintendo Power]]''{{'}}s ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, appearing in the lava flooded basement of [[Bowser's Castle]]. These Blarggs are used as stepping stones by Mario to reach a [[Warp Pipe]] leading to another part of the castle.
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===''Mario & Wario''===
[[File:M&W Level 5-4 Map.png|thumb|left|200px|Blargg in LEVEL 5-4]]
A Blargg appears in [[Honō no Dōkutsu]], the fifth stage of ''[[Mario & Wario]]''. It is nearly identical to its appearance in ''Super Mario World'', but unlike its previous appearance, it is docile and merely part of the scenery.
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===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[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]]''.

===Other appearances and references===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
Although no Blarggs themselves appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', four varieties are introduced: [[Gargantua Blargg]]s, giant varieties of Blarggs; [[Blargg (small)|Red Blargg]]s, small varieties of Gargantua Blarggs; [[Nep-Enut]]s, big, blue Blarggs that rather live in water than in lava; and [[Blarggwich|Support Ghost]]s, Blargg ghosts that carry [[Lift|Flatbed Ferries]].

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
While Blarggs do not appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' or in its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], [[Czar Dragon]], a lava-dwelling [[Lava Babble]] known as the boss of [[Barrel Volcano]], resembles their ''Super Mario World'' design.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In the Japanese version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', the "-tail" dragon bosses [[Hooktail]], [[Gloomtail]], and [[Bonetail]] instead have names that are based off Blargg's Japanese name, ''Unbaba''.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
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]].

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
No actual Blarggs appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''; however, in addition to small Blarggs, Gargantua Blarggs, and Nep-Enuts returning from its predecessor, a new Blargg variant is introduced: [[Egg-enut]]s, which dangles a fake [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] and attacks Yoshi by flailing when approached.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', a [[Sammer Guy]] named Raging Blargg can be fought. Additionally, in the Japanese version, the "-tail" dragon bosses [[Fracktail]] and [[Wracktail]] instead have names that are based off Blargg's Japanese name, ''Unbaba''.

====''Super Smash Bros.'' series====
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.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' introduced a new variety of Blarggs known as [[Magmaargh]]s, which mostly appear in [[Melty Monster Galaxy]]—being the titular monster—and also appear in [[Fleet Glide Galaxy]] and [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]].

====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Magmaarghs, the variety of Blarggs, make a return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Magmaarghs, the variety of Blarggs, return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', appearing only during the boss battle with {{Iggy}} in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' level [[Iggy's Volcanic Castle]] and the ''New Super Luigi U'' level [[Iggy's Swinging-Chains Castle]].

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
Though no regular Blarggs make a direct appearance in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', small Blarggs, Gargantua Blarggs, Nep-Enuts, and Blarggwiches return.

====''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''====
Although Blarggs themselves are not in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', Gargantua Blarggs and Nep-Enuts merely appear as an outline composed of orange and blue scarves respectively.

====''Yoshi's Crafted World''====
Though normal Blarggs never show up in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', Gargantua Blarggs and Nep-Enuts made of bubbled slime have the same behavior as in the ''[[Yoshi's Island (series)|Yoshi's Island]]'' games.

====''Mario Golf: Super Rush''====
The Blargg variants Magmaarghs appear in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'', especially in [[Bowser Highlands]] and the Volcano course of Trick Golf. It attracts a one-stroke penalty and also makes a sound when the ball hits one.

====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
In ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', a mountain-sized Nep-Enut based off of its sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' appears in the background of the [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] course.

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
The mountain-sized Nep-Enut appears in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', with the return of the Yoshi's Island, and behaves identically to how it did in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''.

===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario 64''====
[[File:Blargg 64.png|thumb|left|A Blargg with unfinished textures in ''Super Mario 64'']]
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).
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 火の海に生きるワニに似た敵。ガイコツいかだの近くに潜み、海面から目だけを出してマリオを待ち伏せ。タイミング良く、ジャンプでかわせ。<ref name=SMWSho/> (''An enemy resembling a crocodile that lives in a sea of fire. It lurks near the raft and ambushes Mario with only its eyes above the surface of the sea. Dodge them with a well-timed jump.'')
*'''''[[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>
*'''Level appearances'''
**[[Vanilla Dome 1]]
**[[Vanilla Dome 3]]
**[[Chocolate Secret]]

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
|name=ウンババ (JP) / Blargg (EN)
|shusshin={{ruby|恐竜族|きょうりゅうぞく}}
|seikaku=いたずら好き
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>マグマのしぶきに{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}</big>'''<br>
マグマの{{ruby|海|うみ}}にいる、{{ruby|火炎恐竜|かえんきょうりゅう}}。{{ruby|普段|ふだん}}は{{ruby|隠|かく}}れ ているが、{{ruby|近|ちか}}づくと{{ruby|顔|かお}}を{{ruby|出|だ}}しておそつてくる。どんな{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}も{{ruby|通|つう}}じない{{ruby|無敵|むてき}}キャラだ。{{ruby|出現前|しゅつげんまえ}}にしぶきが{{ruby|上|あ}}がるので、それを{{ruby|目印|めじるし}}にしよう。<ref>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg 46]|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|date=1994}}</ref>
|origin=Dinosaur clan
|disposition=Mischievous
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>Watch out for magma spray</big>'''''<br>
''A flaming dinosaur in the sea of magma. It is usually hidden, but when you approach it, it will show its face and attack you. It is an invincible enemy that cannot be defeated by any attack. Before it appears, it makes a splash, so use that as a warning sign.''
}}

===''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=
*The enemy breathes fire
|stage=[[Castle Siege]] (volcanic area)
|song=Melty Monster
}}

==List of appearances==
{{appearances list
|title1=''[[Super Mario World]]''
|role1=Enemy
|release1=1990
|format1=[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|title2=''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' - "[[The Wheel Thing]]"
|role2=Character
|release2=1991
|format2=TV episode
|title3=''Super Mario World'' - "[[Mama Luigi]]"
|role3=Character
|release3=1991
|format3=TV episode
|title4=''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]''
|role4=Character
|release4=1991
|format4=Book
|title5=''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 1]]''
|role5=Character
|release5=1991
|format5=Manga
|title6=''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' - Issue 42
|role6=Character
|release6=1992
|format6=Comic
|title7=''[[Mario & Wario]]''
|role7=Background appearance in [[Honō no Dōkutsu]]
|release7=1993
|format7=Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|title8=''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 9]]''
|role8=Character
|release8=1993
|format8=Manga
|title9=''[[Wario's Woods]]'' Japanese commercial
|role9=Character
|release9=1994
|format9=TV advertisment
|title10=''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|role10=Enemy in ''Super Mario World''
|release10=1994
|format10=Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|title11=''[[Mario Bowl]]''
|role11=Background appearance in the lava level
|release11=1995
|format11=Arcade
|title12=''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4: Princess Peach Disappeared]]''
|role12=Character
|release12=1995
|format12=Book
|title13=''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Pocket Picture Book Number 3: Quizbook]]''
|role13=Character
|release13=1995
|format13=Book
|title14=''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|role14=Enemy
|release14=1997
|format14=[[Nintendo 64]]
|title15=''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''
|role15=Stamp
|release15=1999
|format15=[[Nintendo 64DD]]
|title16=''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday]]''
|role16=Character
|release16=1999
|format16=Book
|title17=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
|role17=Enemy
|release17=2001
|format17=[[Game Boy Advance]]
|title18=''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''
|role18=Mentioned
|release18=2005
|format18=[[Nintendo DS]]
|title19=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|role19=Sticker
|release19=2008
|format19=[[Wii]]
|title20=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|role20=Spirit
|release20=2018
|format20=[[Nintendo Switch]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2 Blargg alternate artwork.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Blargg.jpg|''Super Mario World''
Smws blargg.jpg|A Blargg revealing its body in the ''Super Mario World'' animated series
Mario Undōkai card 07.jpg|''[[Mario Undōkai]]'' trading card
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.
SMK Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', where Blargg is erroneously colored green
SMMPB4 Activity6.jpg|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4]]: Princess Peach Disappeared''
SuperMarioEhon2.jpg|''Quizbook Number 3: Super Mario Pocket Picture Book''
SMPBS5.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday''
1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''
M&W-Level5BG.png|''[[Mario & Wario]]''
Famicom Wario's Woods commercial 04.png|Japanese commercial for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version of ''[[Wario's Woods]]''
Mario Bowl Screen 4.jpg|''[[Mario Bowl]]''
YSBlaarg.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
StorybookBlaarg.png|''Yoshi's Story''
YS-Blargg'sBoiler-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Story''
SMA2 Blargg sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|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>
|JapR=Unbaba
|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
|Ita=Blargg
|Kor=짜자잔
|KorR=Jjajajan
|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>
|ChiR=Wūbābā
|ChiM=From the Japanese name
|Rus=Студнезавр
|RusR=Studnezavr
|RusM=From ''cтудень'' (''studen'', "aspic") and ''-завр'' (''-zavr'', a suffix used for creating dinosaur names)
|Spa=Blargg
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Dinosaur Dilemma enemies]]
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[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
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[[Category:Super Mario World (television series)]]
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