Editing Pokio

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Pokio Icon SMO.png|190px]]<br>Artwork of a Pokio from ''Super Mario Odyssey''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}{{quote|Huzzah! It's one of those animals with the stretchable beak! I have so wanted to see one up close!|[[Bonneter biologist]]|''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''}}
'''Pokios''' are pheasant-like enemies found in [[Seaside Kingdom]], [[Bowser's Kingdom]], and [[Darker Side]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. They wander around and poke [[Mario]] with their beaks when he approaches them. According to the [[Bonneter biologist]], their beaks are normally short due to being in an extremely folded state, but shoot outwards when they are opened. To [[capture]] them, the player must first knock off the samurai helmet that they wear. Once captured, Mario can poke enemies with his beak. If Mario pokes at a wall, he can cling onto it and fling himself any desired direction; this is useful for climbing up walls. Additionally, with his beak, Mario can flick incoming bombs the opposite direction, which can be used to chuck bombs at destructible blocks. Spinning fast enough makes Pokio perform a spin attack, which, if used while poking a wall, causes the Pokio to jump about the height of a [[Somersault|Backwards Somersault]]. Some Power Moons are unlocked by poking a Pokio's beak in holes.

These two skills are necessary in the first boss fight against [[RoboBrood]], as Mario (under Pokio form) must flick bombs at the RoboBrood's legs, topple it, and then climb on top of it with his beak to poke the [[Broodals]] in their domes or [[Ground Pound|ground-pounding]] them as Mario.

The Pokio's name is a play on the words "poke" and {{wp|Pinocchio}}, a character whose nose grew whenever he lied. Their design is based on the Japanese {{wp|green pheasant}}, though the {{wp|red-crowned crane}} was considered.<ref>Roberts, R.; Blenk, J. (2017). ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''. [[Dark Horse Comics]]. p. 273.</ref> The [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide mistakenly classifies them as {{wp|woodpecker}}s.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMO Artwork Pokio.png|Artwork of a Pokio without a hat
SMO Pokio Capture.png|Artwork of a [[Capture|captured Pokio]]
SMO Pokio Concept.png|Concept art of a Pokio
SMOPokioModel.png|Model of a Pokio
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ツックン
|JapR=Tsukkun
|JapM=Contration of「突く」(''tsuku'', "to stab") and the honorific「~くん」(''-kun'')
|ChiS=啄啄儿
|ChiSR=Zhuó zhuó er
|ChiSM=From a partial repetition of「啄木鸟」(''zhuómùniǎo'', "woodpecker")
|ChiT=拮拮
|ChiTR=Jié jié
|ChiTM=From the Japanese name
|Dut=Pokio
|Fre=Pikonio
|FreM=From ''piquer'' ("to prick") and rearrangement of "Pinocchio"
|Ger=Piekmatz
|GerM=From ''pieken'' ("to sting") and ''piepmatz'' ("birdie")
|Ita=Picchiolo
|ItaM=Diminutive form of ''picchio'' ("woodpecker")
|Kor=찌르군
|KorR=Jjireugun
|KorM=From "찌르다" (''jjireuda'', "to poke") and "~군" (''-gun'', an [[wikipedia:Korean_honorifics#Gun/yang|honorific for "young boy"]]), similar to「~くん」(''-kun'') in Japanese; shared with [[Jabit]]
|Rus=Тыклик
|RusR=Tyklik
|RusM=Diminutive of ''тыкать'' (''tykat'', "to poke")
|Spa=Picarito
|SpaM=From ''pico'' ("beak") and ''pajarito'' ("birdie")
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Landfowl]]
[[Category:Capturable]]
[[Category:Super Mario Odyssey enemies]]
[[de:Piekmatz]]
[[it:Picchiolo]]