Name: Prongo (again)
Debut: Super Mario 3D Land
"Four" crying out loud, I'm going to tell you all about Prongo! Why the emphasis on "four"? That's because, dear reader, Prongo is all about that number! Prongo is, obviously, named after its "four"midable prongs, of which it is likely very proud. It has four of them, and will put at least one of them "two" (that's half of four) good use!
I am actually at a bit of a loss "four" how to determine how many of the four prongs it uses, since, as a Mario enemy, you're in "four" a painful surprise no matter where you touch it. Even if you just mosey "four"ward into its flat-looking face! The one most notable prong is the top one, which it puts to use as it leaps "four"ward, hoping to skewer Mario. Jumping on Mario? It must want to give him a taste of his own "four"mally prescribed medicine! If that were me, I'd probably be killed by the "four"ce of the impact with or without the spike.
Thanks to the impressive prong, when Prongo sets its sights "four" the ground, it ends up stuck in there, butt-up! Here, we can see that it's some sort of soft yellow thing under that metal "four"skin, and okay I'm done with that bit now. Sorry. It's unclear whether Prongo is actually wearing armor, or if that's a natural shell, but the European website for 3D Land says the top spike grows out of Prongo's head. Does that mean it's growing out of the armor, which is part of its head? Growing out of its head, and through a hole in the helmet? Can we even trust that website for the real questions like this? Many, many questions!
What
Prongo would go on to appear in... nothing. Nothing at all ever again. Not 3D World. Not Paper Jam. Not Mario Golf. No Prongo, ever, which is a shame, because I like it! It's fun to bait it into jumping! This lack of reappearances DOES give 3D Land some more of its own identity, which is nice, because boy howdy it needed that. Prongo, Wallop, Blokkablok, and Spike Eel are all hanging out in Super Mario 3D Land. You can visit them if you want, but they might not want that, because they're friends with each OTHER, and they merely have contractual animosity toward you as the player. Imagine if you were relaxing with your friends, and then suddenly this one guy shows up, and you HAVE to get up and try to kill him, and it's such a hassle, but you literally have to do it. This is the plight of Prongo.
