Editing Big Pokey

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Big Pokey Artwork.png|120px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|variant_of=[[Pokey]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|notable=[[Mega Paper Macho Pokey]]<br>[[Punkey the Pokey Prince]]
}}
'''Big Pokeys''' are larger varieties of [[Pokey]]s first appearing in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Big Pokeys appear as obstacles alongside normal-sized Pokeys in [[Dry Dry Desert (GCN)|Dry Dry Desert]]. They are positioned in place and put their head on the ground at regular intervals, forming a hoop shape that the racer can drive through. They do not appear in the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' rendition of the course.

====''Mario Kart Wii''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', a single Big Pokey appeared in [[Thwomp Desert]] exclusively in the tournaments of October 2008 and September 2009. The players had to battle the Pokey, which was located at the center of the course, using [[Bob-omb]]s to attack it; running into any part of the Pokey would stun players for several seconds, and as it got damaged, body segments would move around.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', only two Big Pokeys (known as '''Pokeynuts'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|date=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en|language=en|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref> or simply '''Pokeys''')<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=53 and 202|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-7615-5643-5}}</ref><ref>[[List of Super Mario Galaxy trading cards|''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card]]</ref> appear in the entire game. One appears on one of the [[Good Egg Galaxy#Tropic planets|tropic planets]] in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]], and the other appears on one of another [[Dusty Dune Galaxy#Pokey Planets|pair of planets]] in the [[Dusty Dune Galaxy]]. To defeat one, Mario or Luigi must spin a [[coconut]] into one to knock all of its segments down, and jump on its head to finish it off. Doing so will make a [[Launch Star]] appear.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
[[File:MariovsMortonNSMBU.png|thumb|200px|A Big Pokey in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'']]
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', Big Pokeys appear in [[Morton Koopa Jr.]]'s boss fight. Morton uses his [[hammer]] to knock the invulnerable Pokey segments at the player. Big Pokeys appear also in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

===''Yoshi's New Island''===
In ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', a regular Pokey named [[Punkey the Pokey Prince|Punkey]] is transformed by [[Kamek]] into a giant-sized Pokey as a boss of [[World 5 (Yoshi's New Island)|World 5]].

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', Big Pokey appears as a boss in [[Doop Doop Dunes Grotto]] alongside [[Tower Power Pokey]]. In battle, it attacks by lying sideways and rolling forwards and backwards, an attack which can potentially damage Mario, Luigi, and [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]] based on how many segments the Big Pokey currently has. Destroying the Big Pokey's segments will deplete its range, although it can grow these segments back if Paper Tower Power Pokey has more. The only way to defeat Big Pokey is by attacking its head.

Big Pokey has a substantial amount of health and attack power, and will become enraged when Paper Tower Power Pokey is defeated (and vice versa).

===''Paper Mario: The Origami King''===
{{main|Mega Paper Macho Pokey}}
At least one Big Pokey, known as [[Mega Paper Macho Pokey]], makes an appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', marking the enemy's first appearance in a ''Paper Mario'' game. He is a Paper Macho variant, and is fought in the [[Scorching Sandpaper Desert]].

==Stats==
===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
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{{:Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam bestiary|transcludesection=Big Pokey (body segment)|align=horizontal}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam bestiary|transcludesection=Big Pokey (Boss Battle Ring)|align=horizontal}}
{{:Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam bestiary|transcludesection=Big Pokey (body segment) (Boss Battle Ring)|align=horizontal}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Big Pokey Screenshot.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
TournamentOctober1.jpg|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
MLPJBigPokey.png|The assembled Big Pokey sprite from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ココサンボ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section|page=127|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Galaxy'')</small>
|JapR=Koko Sanbo
|Jap2=でかサンボ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=210|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Deka Sanbo
|JapM=From「ココナッツ」(''kokonattsu'', "coconut") and「サンボ」(''Sanbo'', "[[Pokey#Names in other languages|Pokey]]"), possibly referring to how the player must defeat them by using coconuts.
|Jap2M=Big Pokey
|Ita=Marghibulbo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' PRIMA Guide|page=53}}</ref>/Marghibulbo gigantesco<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' PRIMA Guide|page=202}}</ref>
|Ita2=Marghibruco tropicale<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=127}}</ref>
|Ita3=Mega Marghibruco<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=210}}</ref>
|Ita4=Marghibruco gigante <small>(''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.'')</small>
|ItaM=[[Pokey]]/Gigantic Pokey
|Ita2M=Tropical Pokey
|Ita3M=Mega Pokey
|Ita4M=Giant Pokey
|SpaE=Pokey Cocotero
|SpaEM=Pokey Coconut Tree
}}

==References==
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