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{{Enemies
{{Enemies
|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]]
|located=[[Flourishing Desert]]
|attackpower=13
|firstgame=''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''
|firstgame=''[[Densetsu no Starfy 4]]''
|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 does not 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 and external gills. {{clr}}
Woopal seems to be based on [[wikipedia:axolotl|axolotl]], a species of [[wikipedia:neoteny|neotenic]] salamander that remain aquatic and gilled, keeping flat tails. {{clrl}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Pokémon [[bulbapedia:Wooper (Pokémon)|Wooper]] is also based on axolotl, as well as the [[dqwiki:Dragon Quest IX|Dragon Quest IX]] enemy [[dqwiki:wooper trooper|wooper trooper]].


===Name origin===
===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.
*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 [[bulbapedia:Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] [[bulbapedia:Wooper (Pokémon)|Wooper]] (Japanese: ウパー Upah) is a notable play on "wooper looper".
 
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Latest revision as of 01:33, 12 March 2022

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Woopal
Uparu4OA.JPEG
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 does not react to Angler at all.

Woopal seems to be based on axolotl, a species of neotenic salamander that 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".