Steam Gardener
| Steam Gardener | |
|---|---|
 A yellow Steam Gardener. | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Odyssey (2017) |
- “I am content to grow flowers anywhere.”
- —Steam Gardener on Bubblaine's resort roof, Super Mario Odyssey
Steam Gardeners are a variety of robots found in Steam Gardens of the Wooded Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey. They are the autonomous gardeners of Steam Gardens, shaped like yellow watering cans. They are able to dispense water. Their front side has a small display flashing various colors. Their exhaust consists of steam.[1] Steam Gardeners serve mainly to water the flowers, but also to maintain the rest of the greenhouse and give Mario advice. They often come across as socially awkward and eccentric due to being robots. Many Steam Gardeners can be found resting inside a robot storeroom, and some of them can be seen waiting to be charged in the Forest Charging Station.
The plants on their head are considered headgear. The player is unable to capture a Steam Gardener, and Toads are seen wearing the same plants. Sometimes small birds land on a Steam Gardener's plants.
Another type of Steam Gardener also appears in the game. They are silver in appearance and produce Seeds. Mario must use Cappy to pull the Steam Gardener's lever to receive a Seed. After receiving a Seed, the Steam Gardener states that it takes time to produce another Seed. In the game proper, this is based on the Seed's current state. The first seed has to despawn in some manner for the Steam Gardener to have another Seed.
At the game's finale, in the Moon Kingdom, a few Steam Gardeners can be found in attendance of the wedding between Bowser and Princess Peach. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully. After beating the game, they can be found at the entrance of the Moon Kingdom near the Odyssey, close to the Crazy Cap store in Bowser's Kingdom, and in the start of Darker Side.
Like many of the supporting characters, Steam Gardeners will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not. When a Steam Gardener is scared, their screen turns red.
Gallery[edit]
Poster from New Donk City
A yellow Steam Gardener
A slightly rusted yellow Steam Gardener
An extremely rusted yellow Steam Gardener
A Steam Gardener with almost no power
A silver Steam Gardener that contains a seed in its head hole
Mario next to a Steam Gardener and a boombox
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガーデナ人[2] Gādena-jin |
From「ガーデナー」(gādenā, "gardener") and「人」(jin, "person") | |
| Chinese | 伽庭人[?] Jiā tíng rén |
Transliteration of "garden", and「人」(rén, "person") | |
| Dutch | Robotanisten[?] | From "robot" and "botanist" | |
| French | Jardien[?] | From jardinier ("gardener") and gardien ("guardian") | |
| German | Robogärtner 2000[?] | Robotic Gardener 2000 | |
| Italian | Robotanico[?] | From "robot" and botanico ("botanist") | |
| Korean | 가든인[?] Gadeun-in |
From the Japanese name | |
| Russian | Паросадовец[?] Parosadovets |
The place Паровые Сады (Parovye Sady, "Steam Gardens") mixed in one word, with -ец (-ets) | |
| Spanish | Jardinero a vapor[?] | Steam Gardener |
Trivia[edit]
- Steam Gardeners bear a resemblance to the robots from the 1972 science fiction film, Silent Running. Additionally, the film is set in a giant greenhouse resembling Steam Gardens.
References[edit]
- ^ "Climbing up here was exhausting. Luckily, my exhaust is harmless steam." - Steam Gardener, Super Mario Odyssey
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors (2018). 『スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-19-864696-7. Page 142.
