Spring Topman
| Spring Topman | |||
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| Spring Topman Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) | ||
| Member of | Topman Tribe | ||
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A Spring Topman[1] [2] is an enemy introduced in Super Mario Galaxy and a green member of the Topman Tribe.
History[edit ]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit ]
Spring Topmen appear as uncommon enemies in Super Mario Galaxy and its Nintendo Switch port. Like Spiky Topmen, they charge at Mario (or Luigi) while spinning rapidly, causing him to get knocked away dizzily if they hit him, but getting knocked away themselves if he spins against them. Their upper half juts up on a spring and blinks orange when one is stunned by being hit with a jump or a spin, allowing Mario to bounce extra high off them and gently spin downwards, like with Spindrifts from Super Mario 64 . Unlike most other enemies in the game, Spring Topmen respawn if defeated, specifically by reappearing from a small black circle resembling a black hole; the only way for them to be defeated in the first place is to be spun into an electric rail.
A Spring Topman first appears in the Buoy Base Galaxy, near the area with the Water Shooters after Mario spins a valve to turn the Water Shooters off. A similar robot known as a Sentry Garage appears atop the tower, and it can spawn Topminis. Spring Topmen later appear as part of the Dreadnought Galaxy's Topman Tribe; one here can spawn a Topmini if stomped on.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit ]
Spring Topmen return in Super Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switch port. They are encountered only in the Space Storm Galaxy's second mission. One of them at the top of the tower replaces the Sentry Garage.
Gallery[edit ]
Model from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
A Spring Topman spawning a Topmini in Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Switch
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Names in other languages[edit ]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "Notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | バネベーゴマン Bane Bēgoman |
Spring Topman | [3] [4] | |
| French (European) | Begoressort | Portmanteau between Begoman ("Topman") and ressort ("spring") | [5] | |
| Bego-ressort | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | [6] | ||
| German | Sprungfeder-Begoman | Spring Topman | [7] | |
| Italian | Robomolla | Portmanteau between "robot" and molla ("spring"); comparable to Robopunta ("Spiky Topman") | [8] [9] [10] | |
| Robopunta Verde | Green Spiky Topman | Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Guide | [11] | |
| Spanish | Trompo Boing | Boing Topman | [12] |
References[edit ]
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved May 29, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived July 15, 2024, 07:34:20 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 entry on the official Mario Portal. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (English). Retrieved May 29, 2026 from nintendo.com (Japan). (Archived January 20, 2025, 19:24:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-227115-9. Page 404.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 128, 161.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 32.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia . Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 128, 161.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015 . Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 128.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (2007). Super Mario Galaxy - la Guida Ufficiale (Premiere Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 159, 269, 273-74.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia . Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 128, 161.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 128, 161.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 30.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30a Aniversario . Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 128.