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SWIMMER ✓ Defeatable

How to Defeat Cheep-Cheep

A fish enemy that appears both underwater and at the surface of water stages. In underwater levels they swim in fixed horizontal lines. In above-water stages, red Cheep-Cheeps leap out of the water in arcs while grey ones fly straight across the screen at high speed.

⚔️ What Works & What Doesn't

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Stomp ✓

On land / leaping versions

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Fireball ✓

Shoot them mid-air

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Dodge ✓

Run between their arcs

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Starman ✓

Run straight through

🎯 Best Strategy

Stomp the leaping ones out of the water, or hit them with fireballs on land stages. Underwater, swim above or below their paths to avoid them — they cannot be stomped while submerged.

DEFEATABLE Yes (stomp on land, avoid underwater)

💡 Pro Tips

  • 1
    Leaping Cheep-Cheeps follow a fixed arc — learn the timing and run under or jump over them.
  • 2
    Grey Cheep-Cheeps fly horizontally at speed — these are harder to dodge than red ones.
  • 3
    Fire Mario can shoot them out of the air before they complete their leap.
  • 4
    Underwater, they swim in strict horizontal lanes — position yourself between two lanes to pass safely.

🗺️ Defeat Cheep-Cheep by Level

1-1

World 1-1

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1-2

World 1-2

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1-3

World 1-3

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1-4

World 1-4

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2-1

World 2-1

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2-2

World 2-2

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2-3

World 2-3

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2-4

World 2-4

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3-1

World 3-1

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3-2

World 3-2

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3-3

World 3-3

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3-4

World 3-4

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4-1

World 4-1

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4-2

World 4-2

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4-3

World 4-3

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4-4

World 4-4

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5-1

World 5-1

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5-2

World 5-2

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5-3

World 5-3

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5-4

World 5-4

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6-1

World 6-1

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6-2

World 6-2

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6-3

World 6-3

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6-4

World 6-4

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7-1

World 7-1

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7-2

World 7-2

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7-3

World 7-3

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7-4

World 7-4

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8-1

World 8-1

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8-2

World 8-2

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8-3

World 8-3

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8-4

World 8-4

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🗺️ Face Cheep-Cheep In These Levels 4 LEVELS

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Quick Facts

Type
SWIMMER
First seen
World 2-2
Points
200 pts
Defeatable
Yes (stomp on land, avoid underwater)
Levels
4 levels

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