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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_Parabeetle.jpg|200px]]<br>Two '''Para-Beetles''' flying.
|variant_of=[[Buzzy Beetle]]
|variants=[[Buzz Bomb]]<br>[[Heavy Para-Beetle]]
|relatives=[[Parabuzzy]]<br>[[Spiky Parabuzzy]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2019|2019]])
}}
'''Para-Beetles''' (also spelt as '''Parabeetles''' in PAL regions) are flying [[Buzzy Beetle]]s that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. A very similar enemy called a [[Parabuzzy]] appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:ParabeetleSMB3.gif|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] can hop on their back for a ride allowing him to traverse air levels (making them one of the very few enemies that cannot be defeated by jumping on them). They are immune to fireballs but vulnerable to [[Raccoon Mario]]'s tail attacks, [[Star]] and [[hammer]]s. They are found only in [[Sky Land]]'s level 5-6. [[Jump]]ing on a stationary Para-Beetle will slightly lower it, though it will gradually rise upwards again. The mobile Para-Beetles soar quickly through the skies, forcing the heroes to jump from Para-Beetle to Para-Beetle. Green Para-Beetles were [[List of Super Mario Bros. 3 beta elements|originally]] going to appear in the game (as well as in the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[reissue|remake]], ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''), where they were shown to be faster than normal Para-Beetles.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
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Para-Beetles return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' after a long absence. There is also a huge new sub-species known as the [[Heavy Para-Beetle]]. If Mario steps on a regular Para-Beetle, it will start to rise to the top of the screen. If Mario jumps on a Heavy Para-Beetle, it will start to fall slowly. They only appear in World 7-6. If players jump on eight Para-Beetles consecutively without touching the ground, a [[1-Up Mushroom]] falls from the sky.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
Para-Beetles reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', behaving the same as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.  They appear in the [[Soda Jungle]] level [[Flight of the Para-Beetles]].

===''[[Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.]]''===
[[Image:AmadaBoomerangBro..jpg|frame|left|A Para-Beetle flying alongside Mario, a [[Boomerang Bro.]], and a [[Spike (enemy)|Spike]] in ''Super Mario Momotarō''.]]
In the ''Super Mario'' anime ''[[Super Mario Momotarō]]'', a female Para-Beetle becomes the first creature to join forces with [[Mario]] in his mission to rescue [[Princess Peach]] after Mario gives some food to the starving Para-Beetle. During the final battle, she aids Mario by knocking out [[Wendy Koopa]] with a powerful tackle and later using the same move on [[Bowser]]. After the final battle, she helps Mario return the treasures that Bowser had stolen back to their rightful owners.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[Image:CartoonParabeetle.jpg|thumb|150px|A flock of Para-Beetles in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
Para-Beetles make a couple of appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they either fly around in numbers, acting as minions in [[Koopa Troop|Bowser's army]] as shown in "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]" and "[[True Colors]]", or serve as rideable creatures for Mario, Luigi and [[Toad]] to ride on, as in the episode "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]".

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
In the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Para-Beetles make a cameo appearance. There is a fountain in [[Rogueport Sewers]] that has two Para-Beetle statues on it. Also, a similar species known as [[Parabuzzy|Parabuzzies]] make their debut in this game.

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==Related enemies==
*[[Buzzy Beetle]]
*[[Buzz-Bomb]]
*[[Heavy Para-Beetle]]
*[[Parabuzzy]]
*[[Spiky Parabuzzy]]
*[[Spike Top]]

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=パタメット
|JapR=Pata Metto
|JapM=Flap Buzzy Beetle
|Ger=Parakäfer
|GerM=Para Beetle}}

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