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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|comparable=[[Monty Mole]]<br>[[Ratooey]]
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'''Throphers'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-RPG-2403952.html Official United Kingdom game page]</ref> (originally known as '''Mukumuku''', and also called '''Muku''' for short)<ref>Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller. ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Player's Guide. Page 61. "'' If you use Yoshi’s Cookie on the Muku, Yoshi converts the enemy into a Muku Cookie.''"</ref> are gophers found on [[Star Hill]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. Throphers fight alongside [[Mastadoom]]s, [[Gecko]]s and [[Sackit]]s, and attack by hitting a party member with their hands. Throphers can also throw an assortment of random objects used in other enemy attacks, ranging from normal projectiles such as bones and non-explosive [[Microbomb]]s, to odd objects like [[coin]]s, to nonsensical visual effects like musical notes and tiny birds to attack the team; this is similar to the special attack [[Monster Toss]] used by [[Croco]] and [[Lakitu]]s.


'''Throphers'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-RPG-2403952.html Official United Kingdom game page]</ref> (originally known as '''Mukumukus''') are gopher-like creatures found on [[Star Hill]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. Throphers fight alongside [[Mastadoom]]s, [[Gecko]]s and [[Sackit]]s, and attack by hitting a party member with their hands. Throphers can also throw an assortment of random objects used in other enemy attacks, ranging from normal projectiles such as bones and non-explosive [[Microbomb]]s, to odd objects like [[coin]]s, to nonsensical visual effects like musical notes and tiny birds to attack the team; this is similar to the special attack [[Monster Toss]] used by [[Croco]] and [[Lakitu]]s.
[[Thropher Cookie]]s can be used to summon Throphers themselves to battle. These cookies can only be obtained by using a [[Yoshi Cookie]] on a Thropher, or by buying from the [[Seaside Town]] shop before fighting [[Speardovich]].
 
[[Muku Cookie]]s can be used to summon Throphers themselves to battle. These cookies can only be obtained by using a [[Yoshi Cookie]] on a Throphers, or by buying from the [[Seaside Town]] shop before fighting [[Speardovich]].
 
Its new name is a portmanteau of “throw” and “gopher”.


Its name in the remake is a portmanteau of "throw" and "gopher".
==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Mukumuku|image=[[File:SMRPG Mukumuku idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Mukumuku|image=[[File:SMRPG Mukumuku idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Thropher}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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|Jap=ムクムク
|Jap=ムクムク
|JapR=Mukumuku
|JapR=Mukumuku
|JapM=A Japanese term meaning "chubby"
|JapM=Japanese ideophonic word for "chubby" or "shaggy", as well as heightened emotion, thinking of an idea, or burst of inspiration
|ChiS=姆库姆库
|ChiSR=Mǔkù Mǔkù
|ChiSM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|ChiT=姆庫姆庫
|ChiTR=Mǔkù Mǔkù
|ChiTM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Dut=Troffer
|Dut=Troffer
|DutM=Possibly from "treffen" (to strike) and the English name
|DutM=Portmanteau of ''treffen'' ("to strike") and ''goffer'' ("gopher")
|Fre=Marmoufle
|Fre=Marmoufle
|FreM=From "marmotte" (marmot) and possibly "maroufle" (rogue)
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''marmotte'' ("marmot") and possibly ''maroufle'' ("rogue")
|Ger=Ziesling
|Ger=Ziesling
|GerM=Diminutive form of "ziesel" (gopher)
|GerM=Diminutive form of ''Ziesel'' ("gopher")
|Ita=Rodenzo
|Ita=Rodenzo
|ItaM=From "roditore" (rodent) and the common name "Lorenzo"
|ItaM=From ''roditore'' ("rodent") and the common name "Lorenzo"
|Kor=통통
|KorR=Tong-tong
|KorM=Korean ideophone meaning "chubby"
|Spa=Rodente
|Spa=Rodente
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "roer" (to knaw) and the suffix -ente, also sounds similar to “rodent”
|SpaM=Pun on ''roer'' ("to knaw") and "rodent" (in Spanish reading)
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