The Strange Origin of Chain Chomps
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Chain chomps are some of Nintendo's most well-known Super Mario enemies, but they have a kinda strange history to them! I'm also talking about Boos and the Koopalings, so stay tuned for that!
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NOTE: Parts of this story may have been dramatised/expanded upon for narrative effect. This video is not a substitute for original research.
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Appart from the Koopalings, he also named Reznor after Trent Reznor
*_hmmm_*
That was the intention, but I guess you could just look at it! Or not even click the link - it's up to you!
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What, take over your Twitter account?
I dont know about y’all but I never questioned why a big black ball is barking
Why Not??
Same
Everything chained has to bark
Смокi why doesn’t my kid bark
@@dwaynthecrocjohnson4020 the chain is too tight
Where do you get inspiration for your enemies?
Miyamoto: My childhood trauma
Tezuka: _My Wife_
Dayvv Brooks: Musical artist and a just a Larry’s look that makes him look like Larry.
@lyle long vs larry
*Mai Waifu
Lol
almost the same😂
All of the other Koopalings: *musical inspiration
Larry: he just looks like a Larry
*L A R R Y*
Ah Yes *LARRY*
poor larry
*L E M M Y*
(Just wanted to see an other koopaling name sorry lol)
Larry must be the freak misfit out of the 7. His name isn’t inspired by a musician.
“He couldn’t help but see him as a hippo. Not very scary.”
Yes because a hippo is less scary than a large turtle.
XD (me subbed for that)
30th sub
I know right! Hippos are one of the most dangerous animals
Dude, just smack him in the belly, and stop being a wuss!
Aka it’s punch out joke
Hippos are fucking scary
It's weird how Miyamoto almost got his face bitten off by a dog yet he still created Nintendogs.
He exclusively plays in 2D mode.
I don't think a single dog defined his perception of dogs in general
Sorry i fixed it mobile sucks
@@thefool5922 oh god i feel bad for you
As a kid, a dog bit my ear and tore through the cartilage, still have never been afraid of dogs.
Just because something bad happens doesn’t mean you have to generalize it. 🤷♂️
tezuka: *Makes his wife mad"
Tezuka's wife: *Throws a fit*
Tezuka: yes that's an idea for the game
Wife: why did he make me famous
666 likes :O
"it would be a round sphere...just like the dog way back then."
wait what kind of dog again
A fat one
A black one
@@vargasmartin7143 not dawg, dog
@@thatyoutubechannel9953 way better than it has any right to be
A chubby doggo.
Since the german name for these enemies is "Kettenhund" (Chain dog) I never questioned why it barks :D
trueee
*Tezuka gets yelled at for neglecting his wife to work on a video game*
"I can use this in my video game!"
@Stix N' Stones You can neglect your partner, especially in a society where divorce is frowned upon.
Women have the mental age of 12 most of the time. You dont pay enough attention to them? Then you are bad.
Stix N' Stones dude, this isn’t about spoon feeding ravioli to your wife. it’s about, y know, actually having a conversation with her once in a while, about arriving home when you told her you would be. it’s about being a human
@@cult_of_odin Before somebody comes who thinks you're serious I guess I'll have to point out you're being sarcastic.
ZombieOfun I used that for a MM1 level once I forgot what it was tho
Somewhere in an alternate universe...
"DAMMIT, I died by a woof woof"
Bow Wow
Dog head on a chain that sound like clamping metal
lol
they were called BowWows in a couple of zelda titles.
I think calling them “Bow Wows” would have been appropriate for a Super Mario title. Especially after hearing their later sound effect. (I don't think I remember them making noise in Super Mario Bros. 3, did they?)
Meanwhile in Super Mario Maker 2,
Luigi: Hey Mario what are you doing?
Mario: Just walking the dog.
*Chain Chomp barks ferociously*
@Hellbanisher Rockz no luigi created the dog
@Hellbanisher Rockz its just a chain attached to a chaincomp but the chain comp is the chain and the chain has teeth instead of the chain chomp
Luigi:” Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!”🤣🤣🤣
"Horrific chomp filled nightmares"
Have you ever heard of pianos?
underrated
Oh yeah that one creepy piano in super Mario 64
@@extratrois, what horror house inspired that monstrosity
I could be wrong but didn’t he do an episode on that piano?
lol
"No inspiration, he just looks like a Larry" That is the most accurate representation of what a Larry is
Except for being a little POS in marioKart
Larry . B . Benson
im going to probly name my kid Larry just so when he asked why i named him that i can say thats just wat you are a larry
Trie
Kitten Kid lol
You're strangely the first person I heard call Chain Chomps creepy. I personally find them cute, sometimes.
I know right? I was slightly offended for them because I've always loved chain chomps, they're adorable! :(
@@BubbleFizz Exactly. I don't know if they're in Super Mario 3D World, but if they are it'd be cool to pet them with the touch screen, like you can with Plessie when you're not riding him.
True
Totally agree! The fact they added the bark detail also is charming (I also got attached by two dogs before n still think that way)
@@84rinne_moo I liked how they made him playable in Mario Tennis Aces.
Out of all of Mario's enemies, the Chain Chomps were always the least scary to me. They are just so derpy lmao
Oh boy look at the sm64 chain chomp, that is nightmare enducing
Title: *chain chomp topic
Also him: *starts trailing off about bowsers family
25% Chain Chomp
75% Angry wife enemy and koopalings
yup
I'm fine with this; I always found the Koopalings more interesting anyway.
Ayyyyy yuge
Honestly the design of the Boos is something that has always stuck with me. I think it was genius at the time as far as enemy ai. It was one of the first enemies I remember having to ever figure out in a game when I was like 2 years old.
In Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, you get to take a chain chomp on a quest to a dungeon :) his name is BowWow
I thought of this exact thing while watching the video. BowWow even attacks enemies for you, when you take him on the quest. I loved the addition of Mario characters in that game.
Can’t wait to see the chain chomp in the new Mario game
Link’s awakening
And it's also the new SIM city and Kirby game
I can't wait to see Kirby on the new Kirby game
Link's Awakening
Vsauce Puppet you mean smm2 with a link’s awakening background on a mobile phone on a smb2 logo
What that means?
@@sarahmakinson8244 ooooh i get what you mean
Tezuka: "working long hours and ignoring his wife"
Tezuka's wife: Y'know I'm sick and tired of you not coming home to see me! You're overworking yourself and ignoring me, and it's making me really upset at this point!
Tezuka: Cool cool hunny but what if I made you a ghost that tries to kill people when they're not looking at you
Tezuka's wife: :0
Suprisedpikachuface.jpg
Noah Da Cheese
When you create pretty much a character, that is pretty much a yokai, based off on your own wife
Why did you put "working long ours and ignoring his wife" in quotation marks? He's not saying it, he's doing.
DJ Dipstick I didn’t catch that. That’s pretty funny!
czcams.com/video/OHq3NhHItD8/video.html
"Hippo... Not very menacing"
*Moto Moto wants to know your location*
moto moto is sexy, not menacing
That powerline thing is the most wholesome, cutest and nicest thing ever
After playing so many Mario games, the chain chomp's dog like bark doesn't even seem odd anymore to me 😅
Yeah this video made me realize I never questioned why it makes that noise. It's dog-like behaviour seemed to tell the story
@Eddie Zhuang so I've been told
Super Merio Nope, you ruined it by replying. You were so close...
@@Gloomdrake RIP
@@meriotroid Justin Y. ONLY replies to replies on his comment on videos about himself
Tezuka’s wife: **yells at him for working on Mario too much**
Tezuka: I CAN USE THAT FOR MARIO
Bruh this deserves more LIKES
@@NoahCaraker7 okay, fine. I gave the comment a like. Happy?
@HogRider FRICK THAT WHERES ALL THE *_comments_* _😔_
Lol
13:39 that has got to be the most terrifying Koopaling of all time
Man, I never knew the annoying things that crush me in Mario Kart had an interesting backstory like this.
"these horrific things"
*Shows the cutest little boy*
timestamp?
I agree that chain chomp is cute
No it is not
I remember almost been attacked by three huskys that my mother's friend have man that freaked me out as a six year old 😨
@@shal468 nobody cares
“Bowser looked like a hippo.... not very menacing....”
Yeah say that when you got an angry hippo charging at you, ready to crush your head.
Hippo PTSD kicks in...
Bowser was originally inspired by a Chinese mythological beast which was a hybrid between a typical Asian Dragon with feelers and a lion maine, and a turtle...which is why Bowser breathes fire
I'm your 200th like
Hippos. They'll fuck you up.
i love how most nintendo game developers add stuff to their games that reminds them of their loved ones that is so cute
Never thought they were creepy at all, just really badass and kind of endearing.
“Larry just, looked like a Larry.”
He is now my favorite Koopaling. That is an amazing origin story. And he DOES look like a Larry!
Larry Butz from ace attorney has a similar hair style the mario koopaling Larry
From what I've heard, Larry does reference a musician; Larry Mullen Junior, the drummer of U2. The "Junior" part certainly seems like a plausible source of inspiration, along with being part of the biggest band on the planet by the time of the release of SMB 3 (1988).
living like larry
He always was my favorite lol.
"these creepy things"
Chain Chomps are adorable af
Agreed.
True
AGREED
Agreed
Yes
The fact that the chain chomp ultimately helps you in SM64 and in Link’s Awakening cemented them as cute in my imagination. The puppy chomps and momma chomp just being a pianta’s naughty, dirty pets in Super Mario Sunshine also makes them cute.
If you want to talk about true horror, let’s talk about the fucking piano in Big Boo’s Haunt.
the chain chomp can still hurt you in any game.
Poor Larry. I guess that's why he's often chosen as the first world boss in a few Mario games, because of his random name.
In spanish we use "guau" for the barking sound, me and my sisters used to call chain chomps "guau guaus" while playing mario 64 because we didn't knew their names, guess we werern't that wrong.
Same here!
Didn't know the name so I just called it "bark bark"
Im spanish
Im spa is too
I mean spanish
I'm also mexican. My little sister calls dogs "guau guaus".
Chain chomps are...creepy? I always thought they were cool and I thought that Bowser being an official chain chomp whisperer was awesome.
i think chain chomps are adorable
TheNightSpy
I personally want one as a pet so I just use a chain chomp mod for Stardew valley.
Getting the Chain Chomp star in Mario 64 was creepy for me. He did a lot of damage, he was huge compared to anything yet and his teeth were shiny and metalic-looking acompanied by a sound similar to razor sharp scissors
@@Dark0niro Indeed. Getting that star always stressed me. The thing is even bigger than Bowser.
He runs a circus with them
dayvys photo:sad
a few seconds later:sad but with a mario hat
I find it crazy how the people at Nintendo take so many real life events of hobbies and turn them in to games. It’s crazy how creative they are
fun fact: his italian name is “categnaccio”, a mix of the words
catena = chain
cagnaccio = bad dog
This is why I want to learn Italian
That is unbelievably adorable. Thank you for sharing ❤️
@@yuricock Same
I also like "Tartosso" that is the italian name of Dry Bones. It's the mix of tartaruga (tortoise) and osso (bone)
Chain chomp is a good boy ;(
Tezukas wife: **yells at him for being a workaholic**
Tezuka: hold on, we need to make this a bad guy
Tezukas wife: >:0
@Mr. Epic Face tbh
"She knows"
Honestly I’ve been having a pretty tiring day, and Thomas’s voice is really soothing right now, thank you
I grew up seeing a bit of the Mario cartoons, so when I heard the actual names of the koopalings I was really confused, I could've sworn Wendy was name Kootie Pie and that one of the blue haired ones was named Kooky.
"For Larry, there was no real life inspiration. Brooks just thought he looked like a Larry" 😂
...but he does tho
He actually does
Thomas Game Docs: “Why do the Chain Chomps bark?”
Nintendo: *Creates a game where an Italian plumber jumps on walking mushroom monsters trying to save his girlfriend whom is a princess.*
And eating mushrooms, stars, and flowers with fire.
@@somerussiandude21 and stepping on turtles and on goombas
And goes through sewage pipes to get around
And plays Kart races with his worst enemy who is a turtle dragon
@@rafarafman nice one
0:43 the coffee cream makes it look like a chain chomp
0:17 I can't believe you think my son is creepy...
Yes
"Why is this giant, horrific, toothy chunk of metal barking?"
Me: *YOU TAKE THAT BACK, CHAIN CHOMPS ARE ADORABLE*
Link of the past chain chomps are so cute
The Boos were inspired by Tezuka's Boo
I thought they were based off of the Weeping Angels...?
@@shaneallison8111 ...weeping came after... They were based of Tezuka's wife's personality. (If memory serves right)
Cool!
@@TrashNomad Yeah, I know. It's just that I thought they were based off of the Weeping Angels before I saw this video.
Imagine thinking something was based off of something that didn't exist until 20 years later and from a completely different country that doesn't even do the same thing
Imagine getting yelled at by your spouse for working too much, and then your coworkers are like "Let's base an enemy in our game off of that."
For a doc about Chain Chomps, surprised there was no mention of Link's Awakening. You actually walk the chain chomp in that game driving home the dog theme a little clearer than their SMB3 appearance.
Also the SMB3 manual stated that the Koopalings are Bowser's kids, but then gets redacted years later.
"a hippo, not very menacing"
hippo: am I a joke to you?
Sparkbag those things are fucking scary
when they attack, they impale you on their tusks with the force of a speeding SUV
"not very menacing" is just ludicrous, not to imply that miyamoto's bowser wasn't ugly
People think they since they are fat they can’t do anything.
Lol One of the most dangerous animals in the world
Meanwhile, King Hippo from Punch-Out was one of bigger obstacle until strategy was constructed.
Yes.
Everyone:*scared of piano*
Shigeru Miyamoto: _Pathetic_
Never once did I think that someone could be scared of a chain chomp.
I love how so much of Mario lore is just drawn directly from the lives of the developers.
ART!
Also, hippos are damn terrifying...
Ikr, it’s very fascinating to explore the origins of these characters, also wouldn’t a Hippo themed boss or even a regular but powerful enemy be great for a Mario or even a Donkey Kong game, after all Hippos can be terrifying.
Imagine making your wife an enemy of the game because she shouted at you, thats like the biggest power move
7:12 coyote plush beep beep
Kinda depressing honestly. I hope their relationship got better.
Kinda showed the mysoginy of Asian relationships and how women are viewed. She got mad at him once, and it was so shocking to him then turned her into a character that's only brave behind his back, but a coward when you look at them... 😐 I feel like after that she was silenced yet again... Especially with the creators half a$$ response of, haha whatever
@@opossumsauce4472 big balls for that dude lmfao
@@opossumsauce4472 just a tad racist and it was a joke he seriously did it for fun SHE LAUGHED ABOUT IT he references his wife and does so many kind thing for her in most of his games he just made a joke calm down
Says: “Man, the 90s were weird.”
Subtitles: “Man, the 80s were weird.”
“Man, the 70s were weird.”
(Come on, everybody. Let’s make this go on forever.)
“Man, the 60s were weird.”
“Man, the 50s were weird.”
"Man, the 40s were weird."
Man, the 20s were weird.
“It would be a *ROUND SPHERE* with menacing jaws, *just like* the dog back then”
So the dog that attacked him was a circle?
It was a rare kind of dog that is nearly instinct today known as a woof woof
No, it was a sphere
Shigeiru Miyamoto: is traumatized by a dog on a chain.
Also Shigeiru Miyamoto: you know what would be great in a kid’s game?
I remember being absolutely terrified of the Chain Chomp in SM64. That thing was something else.
Because Miyamoto got scared as a child by a dog and the dog got pulled back by the chain.
There you go
Metal Mario 64 -Saul lmao I bet he is being waaayyy more over dramatic then he needs to be XD
Fun Fact: something similar happened to me.... but the dog broke off it's chain. I was walking on the sidewalk in my neighborhood, this ferocious dog was barking loudly at me and I did have a dreadful feeling that it might come off it's chain. Then a couple seconds later, it did and came towards me. Then, the owner came outside and told me not to move.... and either because I was retarded or I figured he knew his dog better than me, I stood almost perfectly still and sweating in fear. I thought I was about to fucking be torn apart. Thankfully though, the dog eventually got bored I guess and ran off.
It's interesting how me and Miyamoto of all people shared such a similar experience, but trust me: I wish I didn't. In fact, I wouldn't wish that kind of psychological scar on anyone.
Seriously thank you.
@@UBvtuber Well at least you get to make your own Mario enemy now! What is the name?
@@squidwardtentacles5327 Uhh... what about Maul Bark? lol
>hippo
>not very menacing
You haven't met a hippo I guess. I don't recommend it.
They really arent scary.
Unless you are between water and the grey beasts.
Cm0n3y34 I think they mean the “look”
@@AlvinaYunoa Do you know how big they are?....
BIG MAK Yes, who doesn’t?
@@AlvinaYunoa A hippo would make you shit yourself irl and kill you in one attack effortlessly. IDK how that mouth isn't intimidating to you either.
*Honestly, I can't look at a chain without thinking about "Chain Chomps" and I work around heavy equipment, so I see chains every day. So, I think about "Chain Chomps" at lease once a day and I have been for the last 10 years, lol..*
i like to think the koopa's cartoon names are a phase they went through as young kids
7:56
“[He] couldn’t help but view [Bowser] as a hippo. Not very menacing.”
I’d say a hippo is more menacing than a turtle.
Late but
I’d say a fire breathing dragon turtle is pretty menacing
Turning your co-worker's angry wife into a video game enemy is a power move
Dayvv Brooks: *names Koopalings
after songs*
JoJo fans: I see you're a man of culture as well
to be honest i never really thought of the barking too much, since i grew up with the german name "kettenhund" which literally means chain-dog. so i always thought that it barks because its a chaindog
Title: the strange origin of Chain Chomps
Video: the strange origin of Super Mario characters
...from Super Mario Bros. 3 in particular.
Yeah, not complaining tho
Which includes a chain comp you dense twat
@@maxwllcool Seemed like a compliment to me, why you calling him a twat?
the opposite of clickbait
We need a "taking care of chain chomp" game, it's so cute!
There was a minigame in Mario party 8 where you could wash a chain chomp.
@@HiroSucksWeenie Nintenchomps? Could be a funny gag in a Mario game.
@@edbooflor6099 yes!
You take a chain chomp for a walk as a part of the quest in Legend of Zelda: Link's awakening. But yeah, a game based just around them would be interesting.
It's called Super Mario Sunshine
1:54 I would also be surprised if "HE" didn't know who he is as well.
Thomas : Why does chain chomps bark ?
Video : *Origin of The koopalings*
"The game designer who birthed Donkey Kong" that's gotta hurt xD
He's also officially the mother of Bowser Jr. Don't ask how that happened.
@ *smirks*
@@sebbef czcams.com/video/iIQI6NtnPKo/video.html
"It's not what you may expect" - me expecting a developer got scared by a dog as child. It's TOTALY what I expected.
I used to be scared of those things when I was little 😭 whenever I did the snowboarding thing in mario and sonic at the winter olympic games I would always stay away from the chain chomps when playing it
"these horrific creatures"
Shows cute barking sphere
A wild dog appeared! What do you do?
Fight it.
Run away.
Make a monster that barks like a dog because you can.
I'd Pet it.
@@whiskers8771 I hope you have a spare hand XD
@@marksaile6419 It's worth losing my hand. :')
@@whiskers8771 lol. Though I dont know if I'd pet a metal dog that can swallow me whole. XD
@@marksaile6419 Just go on ahead, there is 0,01% you will survive. That is alot! :'D
Fun fact: tezuka's wife name is Teresa. In fact boos in japanese are called teresa
I learnt that when Booette went famous, they called her King Teresa-hime in japanese.............. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Are you sure her name was Teresa?
@@ChristianJiang well now i rechecked and..i was wrong. Boo's japanese name is from tereru to be shy, but in another wiki it says it was tezuka's wife name. So i dunno
Alberto Serpi Usually the wikis hosted on Wikia are more unreliable. Are you Italian btw?
@@ChristianJiang i am. In fact i found the teresa is tezuka's wife name in an italian wiki
As far as I know in German they're called "Kettenhunde" which translates to 'chained dogs' so it always made sense that they barked and I was really confused right now that they don't have a more similar name in English. XD
Just hearing Big T saying "Jazzy glasses" is a bit of a brain stretcher and fills my funny bone with adrenaline. I deliberately said weird words.
"Hippo... Not very menacing"
Oh yes they are!
king hippo wants to know your location
Bye bye baby blue, good punch out joke!
yeah, hippos are some of the most dangerous animals to humans
4:37 it's interesting to note that the WanWan from Zelda: Link's Awakening had his name translated to Bow Wow, which I find astoundingly charming :)
I wish I remembered that when I was writing this video's script! That's a super interesting detail!
Fun fact: people sometimes called Bowser as Bow wow
Immediately thought of that too!
Came for the chain chomp knowledge and left with so much more! Thank you!!
7:59
"Not very menacing"
Me: *Screaming and running around the room, probably breaking something*
Yes, I am scared of hippos.
Chain Chomps have always been my favorite Mario thing ever, and now learning that their Japanese name translates into Woof-Woofs, i don't think anything could ever top it. So cute!
Is that why they're called Bow-wows in Link's Awakening?
@@cleverman383 Almost certainly.
Why wouldn’t I bark if I was a giant metal ball chained too a fence, and a strange Italian plumber is coming near me?
Also I love Chain Chomps!
Chain chomp: bark bark bark bark ( can I eat u like I try to et Mario? )
They were my fav mario creature as a kid. I always found them cute for some reason.
*“Don’t break the chain.”*
This is way more in depth and way more informative than I think was actually necessary to answer that single question. Way to go above and way to far in the beyond
Hippos:
Animator: not menacing
Hippos: *YOU SURE*
The title: the strange origin of chain chomps.
The video: more about the koopalings origin
Me: WHAT!?
I literally love the chain chomps. They make me happy. Sure, they are a little scarry, especially when they rush you. but still cute
I have to admit I don't know how it feels having a dog attack you, but but the Chain Chomp leaping at you in a game has to come veeeery close. So thanks to Miyamoto we can all experience it 😊
“They were originally gonna go with a centaur but then changed it to a tanooki”
Why am I imagining Tom nook as a centaur 😂
hv
Xd I saw this comment and the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw tanooki
ToM nOok
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*Tanuki
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
"All you do is focus on your work!"
"You know what? This encounter gives me a great idea for an enemy"
“She knows.”
Better sleep with one eye open.
I just thought everyone knew they were supposed to be like dogs.
Because of the Chain Chomps from the yoshi games on the NES and DS I was scared of them and would have nightmares of them.
Also was scared of the squids.
“For Larry, there was no real life inspiration. Brooks just thought that he looked like a Larry.”
*sad larry noises*
Larry King: (walks away)
"A dog barked at him" seems like a mildly traumatic event.
It was trying to straight up attack him and was only stopped by its leash being secured. (At least according to the story)
Haha yeah, but a dog about to bite you is scary non the less. I've had dogs hurt me countless times in the past and developed a bit of a phobia of them. I still find dogs adorable, but if one is loose or barking at me I panic and might cry. Kids are easier to traumatize and sharp teeth lunging at you...are well sharp teeth.
0_0 MY LONG LOST BRUDDA
@@Mtb_Teej my brudda is dat da wae dat i see?
As a person who was attacked by a great Dane at the age of seven, I'd have much rathered it was only attempting to bite me
The name origins of the koopalings is some of my favorite trivia
It's pretty cool that Bowser is based off of a cartoon character from the 60s, which was based off of a book written about 500 years ago. Journey to the West is actually an interesting read, though a bit confusing