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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_Jelectro.jpg|200px]]<br>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[2019]])
|variants=[[Jellybeam]]
|comparable=[[Jellyfish]]<br>[[Jellyfish (Yoshi's Story)|Jellyfish (''Yoshi's Story'')]]
|notable=[[Smookers]]
}}
'''Jelectros''' are glowing, electric [[jellyfish]] enemies that slightly bob in place underwater. They make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', and have not made many appearances since. Jelectros are invincible to all attacks, including [[Invincible Mario]].

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Jelectro SMB3 animated sprite.gif|thumb|left]]
Jelectros appear in [[World 3-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 3-5]] and [[World 7-4 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 7-4]] of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. In World 3-5, they are spread throughout the level, while in World 7-4, a large swarm of them can be found in the middle of the autoscrolling level. Much like [[Muncher]]s, they are damaging, animated scenery tiles, and thus act as an indestructible solid surface.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Jelectros bob up and down in place, rather than staying completely still. They also appear in one [[World-e]] level: [[Sea to Sky]].

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
Jelectros also make appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Here they are similar to their game appearances, except they have glowing red eyes and a more squared shape. They appear in episodes such as "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]", where they can actually move, and "[[The Ugly Mermaid]]", where they stand still like they originally do in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.

===''Super Mario Bros. Print World''===
[[File:SMBPW Swimming Mario.png|thumb]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]'', a Jelectro makes a cameo appearance in the "Swimming Mario" artwork, in which it eyes [[Mario]] as he jumps out of the water.

===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:MarineBiologist.png|thumb|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the Marine Biologist coloring page has a Jelectro swimming with other underwater enemies and [[Frog Mario]]. The description for the job is as follows:

''Mario the marine biologist has just discovered some new life forms living at the bottom of the sea: Cheep-Cheeps, Jelectros, Bloobers, and Trouters, to name a few.''
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===''Leaping Lizards''===
In the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', [[Luigi]] spots some Jelectros through a window while exploring [[Iggy Koopa]]'s secret underwater lab in [[Water Land]]. Three weeks later, some Jelectros appear in the swimming portion of the International Mushroom Games obstacle course. If the reader chooses Luigi to compete in the course, one of the Jelectros will shock and briefly stun him as soon as he enters the water.

===''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''===
Jelectros appear as one of the course elements that can be placed in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. They replace the [[Spike Trap]]s when creating a course in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' underwater theme, keeping their properties from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. In ''Super Mario Maker'', they are only identified as Spike Traps, but ''Super Mario Maker 2'' calls them by their actual name.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>しびれくらげ</big><br>
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　アクア族<br>
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}'''　おしついている<br>
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　3<br>
'''<big>無敵のクラゲ軍団登場</big><br>
どんな攻撃も通じない無敵の電気クラゲ。げんぜん動こうとしないが、やたら大勢で登場するので間を抜けるだけでもたいへん。カエルスーツなら、楽に泳げる。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), page 89.</ref>

'''''<big>Jelectro</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Aqua clan''<br>
''Disposition: Calm''<br>
''Game appearances: 3''<br>
'''''<big>The invincible jellyfish army!</big><br>
''An invincible electric jellyfish that cannot be harmed by any attack. They do not move at all, but they appear in such large numbers that it is very difficult just to get between them. If you wear a Frog Suit, you can swim easily.''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
Jelectro SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3 (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'') sprite
SMAS SMB3 World 3-5 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'') screenshot of [[Fire Mario]] swimming between several Jelectros in World 3-5
Jelectro SMA4 sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' sprite
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=しびれくらげ<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 37</ref><ref name=jpsite>[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Japan]]. "[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb3/index.html CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'']". [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/index.html CHARACTERS of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series] (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed 01 Mar 2021.</ref>
|JapR=Shibire Kurage
|JapM=Numbness Jellyfish
|Fra=Médusélectrique<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' French instruction booklet, page 42</ref>
|FraM=Portmanteau of "électrique" (electric) and "méduse" (jellyfish)
|Ger=Quallektro
|GerM=Electro-Jellyfish
|Ita=Elettromedusa
|ItaM=Electrical Jellyfish
|Kor=찌릿해파리<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' Korean instruction booklet, page 30</ref>
|KorR=Jjirit Haepari
|KorM=Shocking Jellyfish
}}

==References==
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