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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Swoopula.png]]<br>A Swoopula in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image=[[File:Swoopula.png]]<br>A Swoopula in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|parent_species=[[Swoop]]
|variant_of=[[Swoop]]
|derived_species=[[Swampire]]
|variants=[[Swampire]]
}}
}}
'''Swoopulas''' are a more powerful variety of [[Swoop]]ers found in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. They attack by leeching hit points from [[Mario]] or his [[partner]] in a similar manner to a [[Fuzzy]]'s attack. Their name is based off {{wp|Count Dracula}}.
A '''Swoopula''' is a bat like creature. It is a more powerful variety of a [[Swoop]]er found in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. It attacks by leeching hit points from [[Mario]] or his [[partner]] in a similar manner to a [[Fuzzy]]'s attack. Its name is based off {{wp|Count Dracula}}.


==History==
==History==
===''Paper Mario''===
===''Paper Mario''===
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Swoopulas appear in the [[Crystal Palace]]. At the start of battle, Swoopulas are perched on the ceiling and can be knocked down with an item, [[List of special moves|Special Move]], certain partner moves, or the [[Quake Hammer]] or [[Hammer Throw (badge)|Hammer Throw]] abilities. They fly down briefly to attack, but return to their roost unless previously knocked down. They leech two hit points at a time up to five times unless an [[Action Command]] gauge is filled up first, similar to [[Jungle Fuzzy]].
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Swoopulas appear in the [[Crystal Palace]]. At the start of battle, Swoopulas are perched on the ceiling and can be knocked down with an item, [[List of moves|Special Move]], certain partner moves, or the [[Quake Hammer]] or [[Hammer Throw (badge)|Hammer Throw]] abilities. They fly down briefly to attack, but return to their roost unless previously knocked down. They leech two hit points at a time up to five times unless an [[Action Command]] gauge is filled up first, similar to [[Jungle Fuzzy]].


===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
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|Jap=バサバサチュルル
|Jap=バサバサチュルル
|JapR=Basabasa Chururu
|JapR=Basabasa Chururu
|JapM=''Basabasa'' (Swoop) + ''Chururu'' (Likely a slurping sound)
|JapM=Compound of「バサバサ」(''Basabasa'', "[[Swoop]]") and「ちゅるる」(''chururu'', onomatopoeia for slurping)
|SpaE=Súpula
|SpaEM=An adaption of the English Name to Spanish pronunciation.
|Ger=Swoopula
|GerM=-
|Fra=Swoopula
|FraM=-
|Chi=啪萨嗦噜
|Chi=啪萨嗦噜
|ChiR=Pāsà Suōlū
|ChiR=Pāsà Suōlū
|ChiM=Transliteration from the Japanese name
|ChiM=Transliteration from the Japanese name
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Swoopula
|Ger=Swoopula
|Ita=Pipistrex
|Ita=Pipistrex
|ItaM=Bat-rex
|ItaM=From ''pipistrello'' ("bat") and ''rex'' ("king" in Latin)
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|SpaE=Súpula
|SpaEM=An adaption of the English Name to Spanish pronunciation
}}
}}


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[[Category:Bats]]
[[Category:Bats]]
[[Category:Parasites]]
[[Category:Parasites]]
[[Category:Paper Mario Enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies]]
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