Bloopers (A.K.A. Bloobers) are squid-like creatures that are found in the ocean. They made their first
Blooper from Mario Party 8
appearance in Super Mario Bros., and various kinds of them have appeared in most Mario games since, normally as enemies. Mario Party 8 was the first game to feature a Blooper as a playable character. Bloopers come in different sizes and colors, though the original variety shown in Super Mario Bros. is white and roughly the size of a Koopa Troopa. They possess varying numbers of tentacles (ranging from four to up to ten visible limbs) of various lengths, which help them move and are in some of their appearances used directly to attack the player. As shown in some games, like the Mario Kart series, Bloopers can survive in and out of the water.
Mario Party apearences.[]
A Blooper appearing in Mario Party 8.In Mario Party, Bloopers appears in the minigames Mushroom Mix-Up, Bumper Balls and Bombs Away, taking away any losing characters who fall into the water. In Mario Party 2, Bloopers carry off players that fall in the ocean in certain minigames. In Mario Party 3, two giant Bloopers (a child and its mother) appear on the board Deep Bloober Sea as obstacles, moving the player's character to different spaces all over the game's board. A giant Blooper also appears in Mario Party 6 in the mini-game Blooper Scooper. Here, players have to avoid the whirl pool that the giant Blooper creates.
In Mario Party 8, a Blooper is a playable characters, unlocked by completing the Star Battle Mode and having Blooper as the opponent in Bowser's Warped Orbit. However, if Hammer Bro. is unlocked instead, the player must play through the Star Arena once more as Hammer Bro.. In the game, Blooper floats like Boo and uses two of his tentacles as arms.
In the upcoming Mario Party 9, a screenshot shows a new mini-game where the characters are aiming at a giant Blooper that jumps out of the ocean. It appears that the players will shoot Urchins at it.
