Spritzblooms are enemies in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They appear in Somnom Woods' dream world.
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Physical description
Spritzblooms have a yellow, bulbous head and a green body. Their mouth resembles that of Nobita Nobi from Doraemon.
Behaviour
In the field, Spritzblooms spray poison gas at the Mario Bros.
Combat
Spritzblooms can attack by hopping up to the Bros. and jumping around as a poison blast builds up in their mouth. The Bros. have to use their hammers to smash the Spritzbloom before it can open fire; if the Spritzbloom is allowed to charge up the attack, it will unleash the poison gust. Alternatively, the Spritzbloom will throw a poison bomb that the Bros. must jump into to send it back akin to a volleyball, lest they get caught in the bomb's explosion. If the bomb is successfully repelled, it will burst on the enemies. If the Spritzbloom nails its attacks, the Bros. might get poisoned or their attacks may temporarily be weakened. However, fire-based weapons allow them to deal more damage to it.
A Spritzbloom may be aided by Pelicrumps and/or Skipdrill Rs; when the Pelicrumps perform their egg drop attack, any Spritzblooms in battle will get hit by any eggs that get blocked.
A Spritzbloom is a Level 28 enemy with a health maximum of 200, an attack power of 228, a Defense of 208, and a Speed of 57. When one is slain, it gives 160 Experience and 60 Coins. It may drop a Refreshing Herb in 1 in 20 drops and a Flame Hammer DX in 3 in 100 drops.
Behind the scenes
Etymology
The name "spritzbloom" comes from "spritz," which means to sprinkle lightly, although Spritzblooms use powerful sprays.
Nomenclature
In Japanese, Spritzblooms are called Supurē Furawā (transliteration of "spray flower"; written スプレーフラワー). Their German name, Spritzblum, comes from the English name. Spanish calls them "Vaporizaflor," a pun on vaporizador (one that vaporises something) and flor ("flower"). In Portuguese, their name is "Vaporizaflor," a pun on vaporizador (one that vaporises something) and flor ("flower"). In Italian, they are called "Fjoresprei" (from fiore (flower) and an Italian transliteration of "spray" as a reference to bomboletta spray). In French, their name is Vaporiplante, from vaporiser ("to spray") and plante ("plant"). Russian calls them Tsvetoplyuj (written Цветоплюй; from tsvetok ("flower"; written цветок) and plevat ("to spit"; плевать)).
