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Sockop
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mar 2022
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Stiletto Sockop (Fanmade)
One of my friends showed me fanart of a "Skatin' Sockop", based on the Ice Skates from 3D World. That inspired me to create another Sockop variant, this time based on the stilettos you can ride in Super Mario Maker.
Sockop!!!
What an absolutely ingenious design! It’s the perfect evolution of the Kuribo shoe! They’re now a Sock AND A PITCHER PLANT!!!! That’s so cool! I love them so much... Little Nepenthes with feet...
Sockops
Name: Sockop
Debut: Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
“I’m whatcha call a discriminating chugger. I only chug the best.” -a Sockop
Oh, happy day! Oh, joyous, momentous occasion! Despite what this blog may make you think, most Mario enemies are not designed for in-depth physiological analysis. But this one is! Oh, goody!
As you can see, Sockops look like socks with feet and eyes. That hole on top makes them immediately counter any jumping attack, and they use a honey-like substance to telegraph their own attacks. This is already more than enough to be an amazing enemy! But this game is incredibly generous, and decides to give them their own part in the story, and boy, we learn a lot!
At one point in Dimble Wood, Luigi must squash Mario with a hammer so that he can enter a small passage. But oopsies! Mario gets eaten by a Sockop and taken away, and now it’s up to Luigi to save the day! This Sockop hops into a huge one, and Luigi follows, and then we see what they’re like on the inside!
Sockops are not just living socks. They’re carnivorous plants! Like a waddling pitcher plant, to be specific. A “mouth” on top, “teeth” pointed inward to prevent prey from escaping, and that’s not honey-it’s digestive juice! And for some reason, the one that captured Mario hops right into the stomach acid of the big one. Do they exist only to feed their queen?! Luigi is able to rupture the big one’s digestive sac and free Mario, but the Sockop itself gets knocked out and shrinks, and Luigi is trapped...
But that’s okay! Because now he gets to walk around in its unconscious body! And talk to other Sockops! They love talking about chugging things. Chugging red things, chugging shabby green things (rude!), chugging whatever they can.
Also, maybe you’ve noticed they also resemble Kuribo’s Shoe from Super Mario Bros. 3. That’s no coincidence! In the Sockop, Luigi can walk on thorns safely, and one is even named Kuribo! He’s a hog, though. Wanting to chug both Mario and Luigi while already chugging a block! We all know people like that. Biting off more than they can chug.
Daily thing #749 ♪ (Subject)