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Cackletta

Cackletta, as she appears in the Mario and Luigi seriesHP: 300 (Normal) (Game Boy Advance/Original Game) HP: 500 (Bowletta Form) (Game Boy Advance/Original Game) HP: 1200 (800) (Cackletta's Soul's Heart) (Game Boy Advance/Original Game) HP: 200 (180) (Cackletta's Soul's Head) (Game Boy Advance/Original Game) HP: 80 (90) (Arms) HP: 420 (Normal) (3DS Remake) HP: 1280 (Cackletta's Soul's Heart) (3DS Remake) HP: 320 (Cackletta's Soul's Arms) (3DS Remake)

Cackletta is a Beanish witch from the Beanbean Kingdom, making her debut in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. She had plans to awaken the Beanstar with Princess Peach's voice, however, her plans were foiled with the teamwork of Mario and Luigi. She only appears in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and is currently presumed dead.

Roles[]

Cackletta plays as the antagonist of Superstar Saga. She steals Princess Peach's voice in order to awaken the Beanstar. However, the Mario Bros. defeated her and regained the Beanstar. As she lay dying, her crazy sidekick, Fawful, sucks up her spirit. She is eventually revived when Fawful injects her into Bowser, who was knocked out, and she becomes Bowletta in the process.

As Bowletta, Cackletta instructs the Mario Bros. to find the Beanstar and give it to her and Fawful at Joke's End in exchange for Princess Peach (She was in truth going to take both.). The Mario Bros., however, once again foil her plans and end up leaving with the Beanstar and Princess Peach. She retreats to Bowser Castle to strike the Beanbean Kingdom as revenge for tricking her.

Later in the game, the Mario Bros. fight Bowletta in Bowser's Castle. They succeed in this, until they are tricked, blown up by a Time Bob-Omb, and inhaled by Bowletta. Inside her, they fight Cackletta's spirit. After she is destroyed, she disappears and never appears again in the Mario Series. It is likely she perished.

Powers and abilities[]

Magic: Cacketta is a powerful witch with great destructive magical powers.

  • Electrokinesis: Cacketta can summon lightning by raising her arms.
  • Duplication: Cacketta can create duplicates of herself to deceive her enemies.
  • Metamorphosis: Cacketta can change her appearance to her will, as when she turns into Lady Lima twice.
  • Freeze Time When doing the final battle, she can freeze time and then shoot lasers
  • Black Holes Cackletta can create black holes in the ground to damage her opponents and strengthen gravity on them
  • Swirling Fire While in her soul form, she can create fire that swirls in a circle

High intelligence: Cacketta has a great tactical mind. She was able to implement a complex plan to steal the Bean star by effectively manipulating the Mario brothers.

Battle patterns[]

First encounter: Battle at the Hooniversity[]

In her first battle, Cackletta uses electrokinesis to summon thunderbolts that must be avoided by jumping. She can also duplicate herself and launch black holes that move on the ground and must be jumped over. The duplicates have their own health bars, but with a maximum of 1. When it is destroyed, a duplicate launches bats in its death throes. The bats can be avoided by jumping. In this fight, Cackletta is a Level 17 enemy that has 300 HP, 58 POW, 74 DEF, and 90 SPD. She gives 300 experience and a reward of 100 coins and a 1-Up Super when defeated.

Second encounter: The Final Battle[]

In her second battle as Bowletta, Cackletta can use her fire breath to launch fireballs forward. She can also charge up a big fire blast, trapping the Bros. beneath blocks that must be destroyed in order to dodge the attack. Lastly, she also has a dark form, which involves her throwing stars that must be hammered away and can cause dizzy if the Bros. fumble their counterattack. In the fireball attack, she can sometimes summon Flarets that can heal her when she is low on health. These Flarets will charge on the next turn, on the initiative count 300, but can be destroyed, but their hazardous surfaces mean they are immune to all except hammers. After 500 damage, she reduces the Bros. to one hit point as payback and inhales the Bros.

At the start of phase 3, the Bros. must heal on their first turn in order to survive as if they take any damage, the Bros. will die. Cackletta has the following attacks for this form:

  • Cackletta tries to flick the Bros. popping them into the air. (Blockable via the hammer.)
  • Cackletta launches a fireball at one Mario brother, who must smack it away multiple times.
  • Cackletta launches a ball of lightning that closes in on the Bros. who must smack it away repeatedly to destroy it.
  • Cackletta throws energy balls that teleport towards the Bros. who must smack them away. These energy balls will head towards the Bro. of their colour and if they are blue, nothing happens.
  • A Fawful ghost appears and blasts stars that must be jumped. Then, it tries to ram a Bro. who must block its charge with the hammer.
  • Cackletta spins her arms, which must be jumped over at the low position and ducked under (no input) at the high position.
  • Cackletta fires lasers which must be dodged by staying at the correct position when she stops time. Where the lasers will strike is determined by how she moves her eyes.
  • Cackletta launches two fireballs that must be jumped.

In this fight, Cackletta has 500 hit points for the first two phases and 1200 hit points for the last two, 150 POW, 150 Defense, and 120 SPD, giving no rewards upon defeat.

Etymology[]

Cackletta earned her English name from the verb Cackle, fused with the Italian suffix -etta. In Japanese, she is named Geragemōna, from the term Geragera, which is an Onomatopoeia for mean laughter.

Translations[]

  • Español: La Bruja Jijí (The Heehee Witch, referencing how she laughs in the Spanish name.)
    • Genitive: Les Brujes Jijius
    • Dative: Le Bruje Jijey
    • Ablative: Lad Brújad Jijid
  • Italiano: La Strega Ghignarda (Witch Grinarda. The name Ghignarda comes from a feminization of the name Bernardo fused with Il Ghigno (grin).)
    • Genitive: Les Streghes Ghignardes
    • Dative: Lai Stréghai Ghignárdai
    • Accusative: Lám Stregam Ghignardam
    • Ablative: Lade Strégad Ghignárdad
  • Français: Graguémona (From Japanese.)

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