Thwomp

Thwomp
Species	Thwomp
Gender	None
Eye color	Red
Location(s)	Whomp's Fortress Tick Tock Clock
Damage	Considerable
Received When Killed	Cannot be killed.

Thwompss are enemies found in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

They are not to be mistaken for the tall, greyish Whomps.

Appearance

Thwomps are large, square, dark blue creatures that appear to be made of a type of stone. They have angry eyebrows (similar to Goombas), and white eyes with red pupils.

Attacks

Thwomps only have a single attack, which is trying to crush Mario, Luigi, Wario, or Yoshi when the latter is beneath one of the Thwomps. Although it seems weak, a successful hit on they player does deal a considerable amount of damage, so players should take caution near Thwomps.

Uses

If the player manages to get some high ground by, for example, climbing up a stair of the staircase seen in Whomp's Fortress next to a Thwomp, the player will be able to jump on top of the Thwomp by making a sidewards sommersault after the Thwomp has landed on the ground.

This way, the player is able to ride on top of the Thwomp which can be used as an elevator to give the player additional height, so he can reach higher up places with his jumps, which couldn't be reached otherwise.

Locations

Thwomps first appear in Whomp's Fortress. Another one appears in Tick Tock Clock.

Gallery

The Thwomp's ingame model from the original Super Mario 64.

The Thwomps in Whomp's Fortress, as they appeared in the beta of Super Mario 64.

The same Thwomps in the final game, if Mario approaches them from behind by running up the ramp on the other side of the level.

One of the Thomps as it is seen, when Mario choose an alternate, more difficult path featuring bottomless pits instead.

Trivia

• In the beta version of the original game, Thwomps had a darker shade of blue. They also had black pupils instead of red ones, but still had the angry eyebrows. They also had large lips.
  • Their appearance was likely changed due to the same reasons, why Jynx from Nintendo's Pokémon series was changed, which is due to avoid stereotype issues among cultures outside Japan, which might see the big lipped, dark shaded characters as an insult to dark skinned people.