Can you name the Super Mario Bros enemies (1985 edition)?

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Super Mario Bros Enemies (1985) Quiz

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Created by: JayHankEdLyon -
Contributed: September 26th, 2009
Published: December 2nd, 2009
Category: Gaming
Plays: 70,177

Tags: Mario Quizzes, super, bro, edition, 1985, enemy, Super Mario, foe, Editor Pick

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	Barbaloot:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	12 points
	Agree with the color comment - it took me over a minute to figure out that you wanted the colors for the Koopas. One possible option is to put "Be more specific" as a bonus answer which is activated if you type "Koopa Troopa" or "Koopa Paratroopa". Also, "Bloober" should count for Blooper, as that is how it is spelled in the instruction booklet if I remember correctly.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	17 points
	I'll fix that around. However, Petey Piranha is NOT the name of the Piranha Plant, it's the name of a mutated one in Sunshine. Anyway, good idea, Barbaloot, I'll fix that up now. Hope you understand my reasoning, though.

	IHateRegistering:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 08:34 GMT	1 point
	I had the same problem as barbaloot. I do understand and agree with your separation of the two colors.

	matellis123:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT	1 point
	I do agree with separation of colors, because there actually are differences. But I REALLY like the idea of the bonus hint. That is amazing and sporcle needs to learn to use that.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 12:55 GMT	2 points
	Sporcle uses bonus answers all the time.

	viperkirby:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 03:11 GMT	11 points
	No podoboos (jumping fireballs)? They ARE considered a living enemy and not merelly an obstacle.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 15:27 GMT	4 points
	If you can't kill them, they aren't an enemy, but an obstacle, regardless if they have a name. I think I'll put them as a bonus answer, but yeah.

	Rockdan:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 10:00 GMT	1 point
	I spent about half the time trying to spell podoboo right, before it occurred to me that it probably just wasn't there. A bonus answer for them would be a good idea.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 18:55 GMT	2 points
	There already is a bonus answer. See my previous comment.

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 02:30 GMT	11 points
	I'm...sorry? I mean, I guess I could just take them away and let people figure out that I want the individual colors via trial and error, but I can't imagine too many people would be thrilled with that, chief.

	Platypus222:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 07:19 GMT	0 points
	Since you separated the Koopas with their colors, I like what you did with the bonuses to let me know what you were going for, though maybe "Which color?" would work better. It was still very helpful. Good quiz!

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 15:52 GMT	5 points
	I feel like "which color" makes it a bit TOO easy. I can't imagine too many people who've played the game wouldn't get that I want colors after I ask which one. If I get more complaints then I'll change it, but still, I think that it's explicit enough for people to get it but vague enough that it isn't just telling you.

	Robert_Seth:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 05:09 GMT	1 point
	I like it this way Jay, great quiz btw!

	dlh1231:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, love the bonus answers.

	buppyspek:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 18:44 GMT	5 points
	"which one" worked for me. Fun quiz!

	adamsydor:	Nov 2nd, 2009 at 20:47 GMT	2 points
	Nice, although Podoboos have been classified as enemies in most Mario games, including this one (in the instruction booklet). Indestructible enemies are enemies too!

	CommodoreAmazing:	Nov 4th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	1 point
	Agree that podobos should be on there. Also, I think it was "Little Goomba" in the instruction manual, and "Spiny Egg" was also considered a separate enemy.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 4th, 2009 at 22:37 GMT	1 point
	I included the Podoboos, but it really shouldn't count as enemies in the full sense if they're indistinguishable from other fire-based attacks. If you count everyone under the "enemies" section of the booklet, Princess Toadstool and Jumping Boards would also count. In any case, Spiny Eggs will be added as a bonus, and I'll add "Little Goomba" as counting for the Goomba.

	shadowscookie:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	1 point
	Good Quiz. I enjoy the bonus answers, which I admit that I got :P

	rand0mnez:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	1 point
	Loved that you put in the bonus answers to clarify, unlike some quizzes on here.

	Buckley:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 07:44 GMT	1 point
	Yeah I don't understand the complaints about colors, any mario fan knows there's red and green ones, and they act differently.

	PhilSandifer:	Nov 28th, 2009 at 21:56 GMT	0 points
	That said, the piranha plants also come in different colored varieties.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 15:36 GMT	3 points
	Not in the original SMB. Red Piranhas only came into play in SMB2 (or the Lost Levels) alongside the poison mushrooms. In 85 there was only one type.

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	Exodiafinder687:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 21:57 GMT	4 points
	It's hard to believe that Bob-ombs weren't in the original Mario game.

	Phil_Rose:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 22:28 GMT	1 point
	I got the last one with two seconds to go...couldn't remember the name of the buzzy beetle for the life of me.

	Edge578:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 22:42 GMT	8 points
	wasn't bowser referred to as King Koopa in the original game?

	mrgenova:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 23:16 GMT	-2 points
	Don't usually like to post urls (and not sure if it's frowned upon here), but I feel like it would be a disservice to this quiz to not include a link to this video about Mario's enemies: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1824771

	Alecto:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 23:25 GMT	1 point
	Loved it! This is one quiz that's better without the pictures, it's a test of memory.

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	Alecto:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 23:33 GMT	3 points
	sato14: Chain Chomp wasn't introduced until Super Mario Bros 3.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 00:10 GMT	3 points
	I'd be interested to see WHY color separation is a bad thing. The two varieties act in different ways, and in a game with enemies as simplistic as SMB's every difference counts. In any case, Mark, I used the modern names as the placeholders but I made sure that alternatives made answers such as King Koopa count.

	mfel:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 00:51 GMT	2 points
	fun quiz, but can you accept hammer bro (or brother) for hammer bros?

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	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 00:59 GMT	3 points
	No, but different colors and different attack patterns DO make them different types of enemies. Mfel, I can't change the quiz now that it's published, but I agree that this should count (despite the unlikelihood of someone not guessing "bros" after bro doesn't work) so I'm sorry for the oversight.

	cavsfan:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 01:15 GMT	1 point
	wasnt there flying cheep cheeps in the orginal game? Although im not sure if techically you could actually count them as being different from the normal ones in the water.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 01:29 GMT	2 points
	In the original manual there's no distinction between two kinds of Cheep Cheeps (like there is for the Koopas) and moreover there's no reason to think that the ones in the underwater levels aren't identical to those above water and aren't jumping because there's no motivation to do so. Grade A nitpicking (and I mean that in a good way) but I don't think there's a difference.