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|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]]) | ||
|variants=[[Chow]] | |variants=[[Chow]] | ||
|comparable=[[Bowbow]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''K-9s''' are basic [[List of enemies|enemies]] that are found in [[Bandit's Way]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. The enemy's name is a pun on the word "{{wp|Caninae|canine}}". A stronger variant called [[Chow]] is found in [[Land's End]]. | '''K-9s''' are basic [[List of enemies|enemies]] that are found in [[Bandit's Way]] in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. The enemy's name is a pun on the word "{{wp|Caninae|canine}}", and is also the nickname of police dogs and the police dog unit. A stronger variant called [[Chow]] is found in [[Land's End]]. | ||
In the overworld, K-9s tend to walk slowly, either in random paths or slowly following [[Mario]] and his party. In the second area of Bandit's Way, two K-9s wander the grounds underneath the flying [[block (Super Mario RPG | In the overworld, K-9s tend to walk slowly, either in random paths or slowly following [[Mario]] and his party. In the second area of Bandit's Way, two K-9s wander the grounds underneath the flying [[block (Super Mario RPG)|block]] path. If Mario and his party defeat one, another one replaces it. A K-9 in the third area guards a [[treasure chest|treasure box]], while four K-9s in the fourth area of the level chase Mario. As the K-9s of the second area, another K-9 respawns. | ||
Mario can acquire an invincibility [[Super Star|star]] in the fourth area, which causes all the K-9s to move faster, including the pursuing ones. | Mario can acquire an invincibility [[Super Star|star]] in the fourth area, which causes all the K-9s to move faster, including the pursuing ones. | ||
K-9s fight in groups of two or three and are often fought alongside [[Spikey (Super Mario RPG | K-9s fight in groups of two or three and are often fought alongside [[Spikey (Super Mario RPG)|Spikey]]s or [[Frogog]]s. In battle, they attacks by biting, and have a couple of special attacks. They can use the [[Howl]] attack to inflict the [[Fear]] status condition, or the [[Fangs]] attack that deals 50% more damage than usual. | ||
In the remake's [[Monster List]] entry, it states that the species is officially named "Blueish-Tinged Gray K-9", though its name is simply displayed as "K-9" in battle. This is also referenced in the Monster List entry for Chow. | |||
An unused enemy, [[Reacher|Juju]], mentions K-9 in its [[Thought Peek|thought]]. | |||
==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=K-9|image=[[File:SMRPG K-9 idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}} | {{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=K-9|image=[[File:SMRPG K-9 idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}} | ||
===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)=== | ===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)=== | ||
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=K-9}} | {{:Monster List|transcludesection=K-9}} | ||
{{Multilang profile | {{Multilang profile | ||
|type=Thought | |type=Thought in other languages | ||
|Jap=‥‥かんでもいい？ | |Jap=‥‥かんでもいい？ | ||
|JapM=...Can I | |JapM=...Can I have a bite? | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Multilang profile | {{Multilang profile | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
===K-9=== | |||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ハイイヌ | |Jap=ハイイヌ | ||
|JapR=Haiinu | |JapR=Haiinu | ||
|JapM=Play on「{{ | |JapM=Play on「{{ruby|灰色|はいいろ}}」(''haiiro'', "gray") and「{{ruby|犬|いぬ}}」(''inu'', "dog") | ||
|Chi=灰狗狗 | |Chi=灰狗狗 | ||
|ChiR=Huī Gǒugǒu | |ChiR=Huī Gǒugǒu | ||
|ChiM=Gray Doggy | |ChiM=Gray Doggy | ||
|Dut=Lupo | |||
|DutM=From ''lupo'' (Italian for "wolf") | |||
|Fre=Griffard | |Fre=Griffard | ||
|FreM= | |FreM=Portmanteau of ''griffe'' ("claw"), the pejorative suffix ''-ard'', and possibly ''gris'' ("gray") | ||
|Ita=K-Nino | |Ger=Hunderlich | ||
|ItaM=Pun on | |GerM=Pun on ''Hund'' ("dog") and ''wunderlich'' ("bizarre") | ||
|Ita=K-Nino | |||
|ItaM=Pun on ''canino'' ("canine") | |||
|Kor=하이도그 | |||
|KorR=Haidogeu | |||
|KorM=From part of the Japanese name and English word "dog" | |||
|Spa=K-Nino | |Spa=K-Nino | ||
|SpaM=Pun on | |SpaM=Pun on ''canino'' ("canine") | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Blueish-Tinged Gray K-9=== | |||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=アオミガカッタハイイロイヌ | |Jap=アオミガカッタハイイロイヌ | ||
|JapR=Aomigakatta Haiiro Inu | |JapR=Aomigakatta Haiiro Inu | ||
|JapM=Blueish-Tinged Gray Dog | |JapM=Blueish-Tinged Gray Dog | ||
|ChiS=带蓝色调的灰狗狗 | |||
|ChiSR=Dài lán sèdiào de Huī Gǒugǒu | |||
|ChiSM=Blueish-Tinged K-9 | |||
|ChiT=帶有藍色調的灰狗狗 | |||
|ChiTR=Dài lán sèdiào de Huī Gǒugǒu | |||
|ChiTM=Blueish-Tinged K-9 | |||
|Dut=Grijsblauw getinte Lupo | |||
|DutM=Gray-blue-tinged K-9 | |||
|Fre=Griffardeus caeruleum grignotici | |||
|FreM=Pseudo-Latin name using ''Griffard'' ("K-9"), ''caeruleum'' (Latin for "blue"), and ''grignoter'' ("to nibble") | |||
|Ger=Hungerlichus Hunderlichus | |||
|GerM=Pseudo-Latin name using ''Hunger'' and ''Hunderlich'' ("K-9") | |||
|Ita=K-Nino grigio-blu-argento | |||
|ItaM=Gray-blue-silver K-9 | |||
|Kor=푸르스름한 희색빛 하이도그 | |||
|KorR=Puleuseuleumhan Huinsaeg Bich Haidogeu | |||
|KorM=Blueish Gray-Tinged K-9 | |||
|SpaE=K-Nino de color gris tirando a azul | |||
|SpaEM=Blue-tinged gray-colored K-9 | |||
|SpaA=K-Nino de color gris azulado | |||
|SpaAM=Blueish gray-colored K-9 | |||
}} | }} | ||
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[[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies]] | [[Category:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemies]] | ||
[[de:K-9]] | [[de:K-9]] | ||
[[it:K- | [[it:K-Nino]] | ||