Editing Hippo

{{distinguish|[[Hoppo]]}}

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|image=[[File:SML2 Artwork - Hippo.png|180px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
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{{about|the hippo statue from ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''|the stage featuring the same hippo|[[Hippo (level)]]}}
[[File:SML2 Hippo.png|frame|left|Mario inside a Bubble released by the Hippo]]
The '''Hippo'''<ref>''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' English instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> is a big, statue-like animal found in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' and it appears in its [[Hippo (level)|own level]]. This creature releases [[Bubble|soap bubbles]] from one of its nostrils when [[Mario]] approaches it. Then, Mario can go into the Bubble and be able to "swim" in air. The Hippo is not a true enemy; it only releases bubbles.

The Hippo appears in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' volumes 9 and 10. It helps Mario, [[Carrot]] and [[Yokkī]] reach the Space Zone, but the [[Unibō]] pop their bubbles. The Hippo comes to life and arrives to help them by defeating the Unibō and creating one last bubble that takes them to space. The Hippo reaches them with a rocket (much to the three heroes' frustration) and guides them through the Space Zone. Later, it accompanies them to Wario's Castle, explains the function of the Golden Coins and turns back into a statue. After defeating [[Wario]] with an electric bomb, the castle is destroyed, so Mario builds a new one out of the Hippo itself, much to his and the freed Mario Land inhabitants' joy.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カバ<ref>''Super Mario Land 2: 6-tsu no Kinka'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 11.</ref><br>''Kaba''<br>ヒポポンの像<ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオランド２ ６つの金貨」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''), page 42.</ref><br>''Hipopon no Zō''<br>ヒポポン<ref>''Super Mario-kun'' volume 9, page 153.</ref><br>''Hipopon''
|JapM=Hippo<br><br>A derivation between "hippo" and「~ぽん」(''-pon'', a cutesy suffix applied to names as a form of endearment) +「像」(''zō'', statue)<br><br>Hipopon<ref>''Super Mario-kun'' volume 9, page 171.</ref>
|Ger=Nilpferd<ref>''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' spieleanelitung, page 17.</ref>
|GerM=Hippo
|Ita=Ippopotamo<ref>''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' Italian manual, pagg. 15-16</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual, pag. 12</ref><br>Statua di Hippo<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 78</ref>
|ItaM=Hippo<br>Hippo's Statue
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==References==
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[[Category:Hippos]]
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[[Category:Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]