Sockop
| Sockop | |||
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| Sprite of a Sockop from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | |||
| First appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018) | ||
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- “So hungry... That shabby green thing... I so want to chug that...”
- —Sockop, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Sockops are walking pitcher plant enemies encountered in Dimble Wood during Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story . They enjoy consuming anything they can digest. Sockops are sock-shaped, green with a purple fringe around the opening on top, and feature yellow two feet and two black beady eyes. In the field, Sockops wander their territory and will throw yellow balls of slime at passers-by.
If Mario or Luigi try to jump on them, he is sucked into the hole on the top of the Sockop's head. The player then has to mash A Button for Mario or B Button for Luigi repeatedly in order to escape; otherwise, the brother may be poisoned, or the Sockop will drain their HP. However, if the brothers do a First Strike jump or use the Bros. Attacks Jump Helmet, Spin Pipe, or Magic Window, Sockops will take damage instead of draining their HP. They attack by tackling the brothers, normally running at one brother, then turning around and running at them again. However, if some sap-like saliva comes out from the hole at the top, they charge at the first brother and go offscreen, coming back to hit the other brother from behind. As plant enemies, Sockops take extra damage from fire-based weapons.
Later on, Mario is captured by the Sockops and Luigi has to rescue him, getting stuck inside a Sockop in the process. While he is stuck inside the Sockop, Luigi can communicate with them, and does not have to fight them, as the Sockops will all think Luigi is being swallowed. He can also traverse the bramble patches spread throughout the wood. Luigi then finds an unconscious Mario next to three Sockops, all fighting over an Attack Piece Block (with the one hogging the block named Kuribo, probably named after the Goomba's Shoe, kuribo being the Japanese name for the Goomba). The Sockops have a boss, the giant Sockop; it is shrunk down to normal size during the events in the game, and is the Sockop that Luigi ends up using as a "puppet". Kuribo, the two other Sockops fighting for the Attack Piece Block in his opening, and the now-not-so-giant Sockop boss must be fought in a required encounter when Luigi accidentally exposes his identity upon finding Mario and the boss recovers from his faint.
Sockops reappear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey , also appearing as enemies in the Bowser Jr.'s Journey mode, only during levels taking place in Dimble Wood. Sockops are melee troopers, and are weak against fire attacks from minions such as Fire Bros. and Fire Stalking Piranha Plants. Their Special Skill is Mega Tackle.
Profiles and statistics[edit ]
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story[edit ]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story enemy | ||||||||
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| Sockop | ||||||||
| Sockop | HP | 110 (165) | POW | 63 (158) | DEF | 57 (86) | SPEED | 37 |
| Coins | 55 (83) | Level | 22 | Fire | Critical | Burn? | Normal | |
| Role | Common | Battled by | Mario & Luigi | Location(s) | Dimble Wood | Dizzy? | Normal | |
| Stat down? | Normal | KO? | Normal | Experience | 240 | Item drop | Refreshing Herb - 9.5% Tip-Top Boots - 0.5% | |
| Notice: The second set of numbers next to the enemy's HP, POW, DEF, SPEED and Coins are stat increases from the Challenge Medal accessory; a 50% increase for HP, DEF, SPEED and Coins earned, and a 150% increase for POW. | ||||||||
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit ]
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey enemy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sockop | ||||||||||
| Sockop from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | HP | 110 | POW | 99 | DEF | 67 | SPEED | 37 | Experience | 240 |
| Fire | Critical | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Battled by | Mario & Luigi | Coins | 55 | |
| Burn | Normal rate | Dizzy | Normal rate | Stat down | Normal rate | Speed down | Item drop | Refreshing Herb - 40% Tip-Top Boots - 20% | ||
| Level 22 | Location(s) | Dimble Wood | ||||||||
- Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: They may look cute, but don't let your guard down. They are weak against fire attacks.
Naming[edit ]
"Sockop" is derived from "sock" and possibly the dance style "sock hop".
Names in other languages[edit ]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ショクチュ Shokuchu |
From「食虫」(shokuchū, "insectivore"); also possibly a corruption of「ソックス」(sokkusu, "socks") and/or「靴」(kutsu, "shoe") | [?] | |
| French (Canadian) | Bottinet | From bottine ("ankle boot") and "-et" (a French suffix used for indicating diminution or affection) | [?] | |
| French (European) | Chochette | From chaussette ("sock") | [?] | |
| German | Strumpfrose | From Strumpf ("stocking/sock") and Rose ("rose"); a play on Strumpfhose ("tights") | [?] | |
| Italian | Calzasacco | From calza ("sock") and sacco ("sack") | [?] | |
| Spanish (Latin American) | Brincalcetín | From brincar ("to leap about") and calcetín ("sock") | [?] | |
| Spanish (European) | Plancetín | From planta ("plant") and calcetín ("sock") | [?] |
Notes[edit ]
- Sockops are similar to the Goomba's Shoe, a power-up found in Super Mario Bros. 3 . One of the Sockops is even revealed to be named Kuribo (the Japanese name for Goomba), likely in reference to "Kuribo's Shoe", the original name for Goomba's Shoe. At a certain point, another Sockop is even ridden and used to hop on thorns.
- Sockops are one of the few non-boss enemies that are known to speak. Despite this, Sockop captains in Bowser Jr.'s Journey are still silent when using Captain Commands like most enemies, as indicated by ellipsis in the textbox.