Poplin

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Poplin
Artwork of a Poplin with a Wonder Seed
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Latest appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park (2026)
Portrayed by Christine Marie Cabanos
Comparable
Notable members

The Poplins are a race of humanoid beings seen with flower buds or blooming flowers on their heads who make their debut in Super Mario Bros. Wonder . Technically serving as counterparts to the Toads of the Mushroom Kingdom, they are inhabitants of the Flower Kingdom, ruled by Prince Florian. Poplins have olive skin and round black eyes, and wear what resembles a hijab under their flower caps.

History[edit ]

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit ]

Flower Kingdom from the August 31, 2023 Nintendo Direct
Poplins with the main characters of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Poplins appear throughout Super Mario Bros. Wonder and assist Mario and the other playable characters in their journey by hosting Poplin Shops and clearing paths in exchange for flower coins in various worlds. Others are imprisoned by Bowser at the end of courses. After reaching the Goal Pole, the Poplin is freed and will reward the player with a Wonder Seed as thanks. If the player completes a level in Elephant form with water stored in their trunk, they will water the Poplin, causing the bud on their head to bloom with a rainbow appearing.

Mario Tennis Fever[edit ]

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Multiple Poplins (using the color variations from Super Mario Bros. Wonder) appear as audience members on the Wonder Court in Mario Tennis Fever .

Profiles[edit ]

  • Trading card bio: These peaceful inhabitants of the Flower Kingdom are loyal subjects to Prince Florian. They can be found in some surprising places.

Color variations[edit ]

Poplins come in many different colors. The following is a list of all known Poplins and the first appearance of the respective Poplin.

Image Color First appearance
Artwork of a Poplin with a Wonder Seed Red-orange Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Angler Poplin Cyan Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Loyal Poplin Green Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Master Poplin Yellow Super Mario Bros. Wonder
A Poplin marching band from Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Dark-green Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Curious Poplin as seen in the trailer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park Grayish-brown Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
A screenshot of A Florist Poplin in Bellabel Park. Purple Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park

Gallery[edit ]

Naming[edit ]

Internal names[edit ]

Game File Name Meaning
Super Mario Bros. Wonder IconSpeakerHanapio Hanapio Portmanteau of「花」(hana, "flower") and「キノピオ」(Kinopio, "Toad")

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ポプリン
Popurin		 Portmanteau of「ポプリ」(popuri, "potpourri") and the diminutive endearing suffix「-りん」(-rin) [2] [3]
Chinese (Simplified) 苞普林
Bāopǔlín (Mandarin)
Bāaupóulàhm (Cantonese)		 Transliteration of the Japanese name; includes "苞" (bāo / bāau, "bud") [4]
Chinese (Traditional) 苞普林
Bāopǔlín (Mandarin)
Bāaupóulàhm (Cantonese)		 Transliteration of the Japanese name; includes「苞」(bāo / bāau, "bud") [5]
Dutch Poplin - [6]
French Poplin - [7] [8]
German Poplin - [9]
Italian Poplin - [10]
Korean 포플린
Popeullin		 Poplin [11]
Polish Poplin - [12]
Portuguese Poplin - [13] [14]
Russian Поплин
Poplin		 Poplin [15]
Spanish Poplin - [16] [17]
Thai ป็อปลิน
Bpɔplin		 Poplin [18]

Notes[edit ]

  • The concept of a floral Toad counterpart dates back to the development of Super Mario World . Among the development materials included in the 2020 Nintendo data leak is a sprite from June 7, 1990, depicting a Toad-like humanoid with a tulip on its head instead of a mushroom cap. The character appears identical to Hanazukin-chan, the mascot of Expo '90.[19]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ a b Nintendo of America (March 10, 2026). Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park — Overview Trailer. YouTube. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  2. ^ 「ポプリンは フラワー王国の住人。驚いて頭の花が咲いてしまうことも!」– Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Japanese).
  3. ^ Kazuma, Sakurai, Sato Tomoya, Nakatani Itaru, Kojima Katsuyuki, and Hashiguchi Yuya (2023). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー かんぺき攻略本』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-047337-02-1. Page 2.
  4. ^ "苞普林是花花王国的居民。有时候会吃惊得头上的花都开了!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Simplified Chinese).
  5. ^ 「苞普林是花花王國的居民,他們頭上的花有時候會因為驚訝而盛開喔!」– Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Traditional Chinese).
  6. ^ "De bewoners van het Bloemenrijk heten Poplins. Wanneer ze verrast worden, schieten ze spontaan in bloei!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Dutch).
  7. ^ « Les Poplins sont les habitants du royaume des Fleurs. Sous le coup de la surprise, leur tête peut fleurir! » – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Canadian French).
  8. ^ « Les Poplins sont les habitants du Royaume des Fleurs. Sous le coup de la surprise, leur tête peut fleurir ! » – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (French).
  9. ^ „Poplins sind die Einwohner des Blumenkönigreichs. Werden sie überrascht,können die Knospen auf ihren Köpfen aufblühen!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (German).
  10. ^ «I Poplin sono abitanti del Regno dei Fiori. Quando sono sorpresi, il fiore che hanno in testa può sbocciare!» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Italian).
  11. ^ "포플린은 플라워 왕국의 주민이다. 깜짝 놀라면 머리의 꽃이 피어 버릴 때도 있다!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Korean).
  12. ^ "Popliny są mieszkańcami Kwietnego Królestwa. Kiedy coś ich zaskoczy, ich kwiaty mogą zakwitnąć!" – Loading-screen tip (19 Mar. 2026). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.1.0). Nintendo (Polish).
  13. ^ "Poplins são os habitantes do Reino Flor. Quando estão surpresos, as flores deles desabrocham!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese).
  14. ^ «Os Poplins são os habitantes do Reino Flor. Quando estão surpresos, as suas flores podem desabrochar!» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (European Portuguese).
  15. ^ «Поплины живут в Цветочном королевстве. Если они удивляются, цветок у них на голове распускается.» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Russian).
  16. ^ "Los Poplins son los residentes del Reino Flor.¡A veces florecen de sorpresa o de alegría!" – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (Latin American Spanish).
  17. ^ «Los Poplins son los residentes del Reino Flor.¡A veces florecen de sorpresa o de alegría!» – Loading-screen tip (20 Oct. 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.0.2). Nintendo (European Spanish).
  18. ^ "ป็อปลินเป็นผู้อยู่อาศัยในอาณาจักรดอกไม้ เมื่อพวกเขารู้สึกประหลาดใจ ดอกไม้บนหัวจะบานออก!" – Loading-screen tip (25 Mar. 2026). Super Mario Bros. Wonder by Nintendo EPD (Ver. 1.2.0). Nintendo (Thai).
  19. ^ Development:Super Mario World (SNES)/Sprites. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder / Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Daisy • Rosalina* • Co-Star Luma* • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit • Captain Toad* • Plucky*
Forms Power-ups Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Invincible Mario • Elephant Mario • Bubble Mario • Drill Mario • Flower Mario*
Wonder Effect forms Hoppycat Mario • Goomba Mario • Balloon Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Wubba Mario • Sproing Mario b • Puffy Lift Mario a • Metal Mario
Other Ghost
Non-playable characters Ancient Dragon • Baby Yoshi* • Luma* • Poplins • (Angler Poplin · Curious Poplin* · Florist Poplin* · Loyal Poplin · Master Poplin · Poplin Band* · Recruit Poplin*) • Prince Florian • Professor Connect • Talking Flowers • Tip-Tap* • Toad Brigade (Brigade Blue Toad* · Brigade Green Toad* · Brigade Purple Toad* · Brigade Yellow Toad* · Captain Toad)
Enemies Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fiery Note Piranha a • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Big Goomba • Big Hoppycat • Big Piranha Plant • Big Seeker Bullet Bill • Big Shoomp • Big Smogrin • Big Snootle • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo (Roy's Showdown!*) • Bull's-Eye Billet Train • Bull's-Eye Gnawsher • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Buzzy Beetle • Castle Bowser • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Cheep Cheep* • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Cross Bob-omb* • Dry Bones • Fiery Note Piranha • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Spike • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hefty Goombrat • Hefty Smogrin • Hefty Swirlypod • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hothead • Kamek • Kerpop • King Boo • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trio a • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Li'l Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Gamboo • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Racing Wiggler • Revver • Rift Koopa • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Swirlypod • Sugarstar • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Bone Piranha Plant • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Anglefish • Wonder Blewbird • Wonder Bloomp • Wonder Bulrush herd • Wonder Fish Bone* • Wonder Gnawsher • Wonder Hoppo • Wonder Hoppycat • Wonder Konk • Wonder Missile Meg • Wonder Piranha b • Wonder Shova • Wonder Smackerel • Wubba • Zip-Zap
Obstacles Bill Blaster • Bob-omb Cannon • Bowser statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Burner • Būsuke Hōdai c • Electricity Block • Electricity Cloud • Fire Bar • Fire Knuckle • Fire Wheel • Fireball • Flying battleship (Wonder Effect) • Giant Spiked Ball • Honey • Hot-Hot Rock • Ice • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Lightning • Mecha Maker • Moving torch • Ōgata no Burner c • Piston • Pit • Poison swamp • Poison tide • Rift • Sand • Spike-Ball • Spike Trap • Volcanic debris
Bosses Bowser Jr. / Wonder Bowser Jr. • Koopalings* (Wendy / Wendy (Wonder form) · Lemmy / Lemmy (Wonder form) · Larry / Larry (Wonder form) · Roy / Roy (Wonder form) · Iggy / Iggy (Wonder form) · Morton / Morton (Wonder form) · Ludwig / Ludwig (Wonder form)) • Bowser / Wonder Bowser
Items and power-ups Badges Parachute Cap • Wall-Climb Jump • Dolphin Kick • Floating High Jump • Crouching High Jump • Timed High Jump • Fast Dash • Grappling Vine • Boosting Spin Jump • Coin Reward • Auto Super Mushroom • Add ! Blocks • Safety Bounce • Rhythm Jump • Sensor • Coin Magnet • All Elephant Power • All Fire Power • All Bubble Power • All Drill Power • All Flower Power* • Jet Run • Spring Feet • Invisibility • Sound Off? • Fruit Lover* • Life Booster* • Zero Damage*
Other items 1-Up Mushroom • 10-Coin Balloon* • 10-flower coin • 30-Coin Balloon* • Bellabel Flower* • Bellabel Water* • Bellabel Water coin* • Big shell • Blue Coin • Bowser Balloon* • Bubble Flower • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Hidden Coin • Light Vase* • Jar • Key • Koopa Shell • Red POW Block • Royal Seed • Small flower coin b • Standee • Standee Surprise • Super Flower Pot* • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Swirlypod Shell b • Wonder Flower • Wonder Seed • Wonder Token
Objects Blocks ! Block • ? Block • 10-Coin Block • Brick Block • Cactus box • Cloud Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Hard block • Hidden Character Block • Icy block • Invisible block • Iron Block • Jewel block • Launching ? Block b • Launching Block • Light-Switch • Linking Block b • Linking Lift • Long Cloud Block • Long Donut Block • Long Rotating Block a • Marimba Block • ON/OFF Switch • Peanut box • POW Block • Pumpkin box • Race Block • Rhythm Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Block b • Snow Block • Spring Block b • Timer-Switch • Turn Around Block • Wonder POW Block • Yureru Block c
Other objects ! Switch • ? Capsule b • ? Switch • Aka-Ao Block c • Akatō Lift c • Arrow Sign • Beacon • Bomb • Bone Lift • Bridge • Bowser Switch • Bubble • Bumper • Cannon • Chandelier • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Coin blaster a • Conveyor Belt • Cork • Current • Door • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Downpour Cloud • Flower Pedestal* • Fossilized dragon • Fune • Goal (Wiggler Race) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Goo • Handle • Hip Tree • Inchworm Pipe • Item Balloon • Jet Pipe • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Large ! Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon c • Marui Ki c • Mienai Ashiba c • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • Oseru Ashiba c • Oseru Dokan c • P Switch • Pipe • Pole • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Rhythm Floor b • Semisolid Platform • Shikaku Trampoline c • Sign • Sinkin' Pipe • Spin Drill • Spotlight • Sprout* • Starpoint* • Topple Rock • Totchī c • Treasure chest • Triangoline • Ugoku Ashiba c • Vine • Water • Water tide • Wilted flower • Wow Bud • Zip Track
Locations Worlds Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World • Bellabel Park*
Level types Brigade tent* • Badge Challenge • Bonus • Break Time! • KO Arena • Poplin House • Search Party • Wiggler Race
Other Flower Castle • Flower Kingdom • Poplin Shop • Toad Brigade Training Camp*
Moves Boosting Spin Jump • Carry • Crouch • Crouching High Jump • Dash • Floating High Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Looking up • Midair Spin • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Beat • Coin Heaven • Completion • Extra life • Greeting • Heart Points • Player shadow • Secret exit • Sub-area • Wonder Effect
Music "Bendy-Boing Wonder" • "Coast Theme" • "Doomy-Gloom Wonder" • "Grassland Theme" • "Medley-Mix Wonder" • "Piranha Plants on Parade" • "Poplin House" • "Snowy-Mountain Theme" • "Starry-Staff Wonder" • "World Theme: Attraction Central"* • "World Theme: Pipe-Rock Plateau"
Further info 7-Eleven • Ask the Developer • Baskin-Robbins • Flowers* • Gallery • "Hop Chop Splat Oh-no! Song" • Glitches • Quotes • Prince Florian sprite sightings • Staff (Meetup in Bellabel Park ) • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Online Play Guide • Suntory • Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Trial Play Event • Super Mario Bros. Wonder Beginner Tips • Wonder no Sekai e (Wonder Challenge Special )
b Uses a derived name
c Uses a foreign name
* Exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
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