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|name=Uparu
|name=Woopal
|kana=ウーパル
|kana=ウーパル, ''Ūparu''
|image=[[File:Uparu4OA.JPEG|150px]]
|image=[[File:Uparu4OA.JPEG|150px]]
|located=[[Flourishing Desert]]
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|lastgame=''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''
|lastgame=''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''
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'''Uparu''' is an enemy in ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''. It looks angry and chases [[Starfy]] or [[Starly]] when it sees them, but it doesn't react to [[Angler]] at all.
'''Woopal''' is an enemy in ''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''. It looks angry and chases [[Starfy]] or [[Starly]] when it sees them, but it doesn't react to [[Angler]] at all.


Uparu seems to be based on [[wikipedia:axolotl|axolotl]], a species of [[wikipedia:neoteny|neotenic]] salamander which remain aquatic and gilled, keeping flat tails. {{clr}}
Woopal seems to be based on [[wikipedia:axolotl|axolotl]], a species of [[wikipedia:neoteny|neotenic]] salamander which remain aquatic and gilled, keeping flat tails. {{clr}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 18:55, 19 January 2013

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Woopal
Japanese Name ウーパル, Ūparu
Located Flourishing Desert
First Appearance Densetsu no Starfy 4
Latest Appearance Densetsu no Starfy 4

Woopal is an enemy in Densetsu no Starfy 4. It looks angry and chases Starfy or Starly when it sees them, but it doesn't react to Angler at all.

Woopal seems to be based on axolotl, a species of neotenic salamander which remain aquatic and gilled, keeping flat tails.

Trivia

Name origin

  • Possibly a truncation of wooper looper (ウーパールーパー, Ūpā Rūpā), a marketing term in Japan and other countries for axolotl. The name of the Pokémon Wooper (Japanese: ウパー Upah) is a notable play on "wooper looper".