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“	Etecoons and Dachoras. I've met these intelligent beings before. They seemed to recognize me, as well. How unusual to meet again here. In the past, they've helped me unleash abilities I didn't know I had. But where did they run to? I hope they're safe...	„
—Samus Aran

Etecoons (Etekon in the Metroid Fusion debug data) are blue, monkey-like creatures that inhabited the planet Zebes, and one of the few non-violent species Samus encountered there.

Description

In Super Metroid, these rather intelligent mammals taught Samus how to Wall Jump to reach greater heights. When Samus enters their room, they sing the Item Acquisition Fanfare, before teaching Samus the Wall Jump.

Later in the game, they are trapped along with the Dachora in the Torizo's chamber, which is now being flooded with scalding-hot lava. Samus is able to save them by shooting out the wall so they can escape, and they flee Zebes using a spacecraft.^[1]

The Etecoons and Dachoras appear again in Metroid Fusion, on board the Biologic Space Laboratories research station as the sole survivors of the X Parasite infestation. They are found on the Habitation Deck, confined in a sealed, tropical themed area with hanging tires for the Etecoons to play on. It is unknown why these creatures were on board, or why the X did not target them as potential hosts, though Adam suggests the creatures had no useful capabilities for the X. After Samus releases them, the Etecoons and Dachoras went to Samus's Gunship, and they later save Samus from the space station's explosion after the defeat of the Omega Metroid by piloting her gunship into the room to rescue her.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

"What's the matter? All I said was that Komaytos look like little Metr-"

Non-canon warning: This article or section contains information that may not be considered an official part of the Metroid series in the overall storyline by Nintendo.

Though Etecoons do not appear in the game, files are present for an unused Logbook entry for a similar creature called an Endocoon. It is described as a cute, non-threatening mammal in the Logbook, which matches the description of the Etecoon. No models, textures or scripts exist for it in the game's internal files, but the room Xenoresearch Lab, on the G.F.S. Olympus, is named "04_gfship_endocoonlab" in the game's code, presumably indicating they were to appear there. The room's counterpart, on the G.F.S. Valhalla, is correspondingly named "04_abandoned_endocoon".

Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.

Official data

Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide

Enemy Data								Description
Color	HP	ATK	E	BE	M	SM	PB	Brinstar. The Etecoons will show you how to do the Wall Jump. They're friendly.
Normal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Information

Unused Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Logbook entry

"What's the matter? All I said was that Komaytos look like little Metr-"

Non-canon warning: This article or section contains information that may not be considered an official part of the Metroid series in the overall storyline by Nintendo.

Endocoon

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

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Morphology: Endocoon
Threat level low. Fond of machinery. Widely considered to be cute.

Logbook entry

Endocoons are a semisentient species of mammal known for their playful demeanor. They are particularly fond of machines, perhaps drawn by the hum of an engine or the shine of metal. Unfortunately, their inquisitive nature can be quite disruptive, especially when fine machinery is involved.

Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.

Super Metroid Developer Interview

Warning: Fan Translation(s) Ahead

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Akinori Sao: Yamamoto-san, what part of Super Metroid do you recommend?

Yamamoto: This is a bit detailed, but after you beat the last boss, Mother Brain, Samus escapes, right? The planet is beginning to explode, so you really have to hustle. But at a certain spot, there's a Dachora and some Etecoons…

Sakamoto: Dachoras and Etecoons are alien creatures who teach Samus new moves, and they've gotten trapped while trying to evacuate.

Sao: If you help them, the ending changes. Is that right?

Sakamoto: The ending doesn't exactly change, but when the planet explodes and Samus just barely clears the blast in her ship, out to the side you can see…

Yamamoto: The Dachora and Etecoons escape, too.

Sakamoto: About one dot of light shoots out from the exploding planet! (laughs)

Sao:(laughs) You understand from that one dot of light that they survived.

Sakamoto: I tried it myself, and the dot was so small I could barely see it! (laughs)

Sao: Is that because it was an old tube TV?

Sakamoto: Yes. With the high resolution screens today, you should be able to see it clearly. I hope people will check that out for themselves.

Yamamoto: There may also be people who played Super Metroid before who don't know about that. I hope they will play the game again and help those creatures! ^[2]

Trivia

Although it is stated in Metroid Fusion that the Etecoons teach Samus to Wall Jump, she has this ability in Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Metroid: Samus Returns, all of which chronologically happen before Samus first encounters the Etecoons in Super Metroid.
In concept storyboards, it says there are four Etecoons. However, only three are ever shown in both Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion.
The Etecoons' in-game sprites are a greenish color in Super Metroid, but are depicted blue in artwork. Fusion consistently depicts them as blue.
Yasuhiko Fujii stated that the idea of saving the Dachoras and Etecoons was conceptualized by another programmer on the game, but did not say who that was.^[3]
An Etecoon appears as a stuffed toy in Samus & Joey.

Gallery

References

^ Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide
^ https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid
^ "That was something a different programmer came up with on his own. And if you save them, when the planet explodes there’s some extra graphics showing them successfully escape too." http://shmuplations.com/yasuhikofujii/

Helpful/harmless organisms
Tallon IV	Glider
SR388	Baby • Flitt • Proboscum • Septogg
Zebes	Dachora • Etecoon • Powamp • Shaktool • Suspensor platform • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • Tripper
BOTTLE SHIP	Pow • Wadge • Zuru

Unused Bosses and Species
Metroid	Fake Ridley
Metroid: Zero Mission	Crocomire • Ridley-2
Metroid Prime	Fireflea • Kraid • Sabergauth • Blood monkey • Ripper • Skree • Maggot • Kihunter • Olbap • Chomper Fish • Experiment 7526 • Tallon Chameleon Carnivorous Plant • Phazon Blastcap • Phazon Burrower • Zebesian
Metroid Prime Hunters	Temroid
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Dark Pirate Aerotrooper • Dark Shriekbat • Dark Sporb • Dark Triclops • Infant Shriekbats • Kenobite • Phlogus • Triclops • Zoomer • Sova • Icemite Metroid 1.5: Mad AI • Humetroid • Thrash-hunters • Shock beast
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Advanced Pirate Militia • Advanced Shield Militia • Assault Pirate Militia • Assault Shield Militia • Big Metroid • Endocoon • Mantha • Phase Sprite • Phazite Armored Trooper • Phazon Tentacle • Reptilicus-G • Salamander
Super Metroid	Bang • Reflec • Stoke
Metroid: Other M	Zebesian
Metroid Fusion	Geega • Kago spawn • Skree • Toxic Gas • Wasp nest
Metroid Dread	Automper • Hybrid PV5 • Shineon • Swifter
Project Valkyrie	Boss Creature

Features of Samus's Gunship
Personal	Adam's helmet • Chozo biotech computer • Chozo language • Data records • Logbook • Mii Bobblehead • Samus Screen • Ship Bumper Stickers • In the Cockpit • Music player
Armaments	Plasma Beam • Power Beam • Ship Grapple Beam • Ship Missile Launcher • Gunship Multiball • Bunker-Busting Annihilator • Gunship
Mission features	Auto-repair function • Biohazard scanner • Blast Shield • Bombing Run • Command Visor • Commander Adam Malkovich • Cryostasis • Escape Pod Heads-Up Display • Helm controls • Landing Gear Legs • Microfactories Missile Station • Recharge Station • Save Station • Tetra Galaxy Scan Screen • Transmission console • B-Unit
Cargo	Theronian Bomb (1st piece • 2nd piece • 3rd piece) • Colossal War Golem
Passengers	Baby • Anthony Higgs • Dr. Madeline Bergman • Commander Adam Malkovich (computerized) • Dachoras • Etecoons

Indestructible Creatures
Non-hostile	Aurora Unit 217 • Baby • Dachora • Databot • Etecoon • Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanic • Pow • Septogg • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • U-Mos Training Drone • Watchdrone • Work Robot
Hostiles	Aazelion • Airthorn • Autom • Big Metroid • Cannon • GMX-04 Halberd-class turret (if provoked) • Polyp • Proboscum Puromi • Ring Beam Unit • Ripper II • Samus Eater (Bud) • Seed platform • Unfreezable Metroid • ZipNMEBomber
Misc.	Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree (Dark) • Butterfly • Chomper Fish • Durable plantform • Fish • Fungus • Glow Stem • Great Tree Massive tentacle • Moth • Parasitic fungus • Protozoan • RedGrass • Sandgrass • Sbug • Scarp • Scatterbug • Tallon fern • Mantha

[1] Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide

[2] ttps://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid

[3] "That was something a different programmer came up with on his own. And if you save them, when the planet explodes there’s some extra graphics showing them successfully escape too." http://shmuplations.com/yasuhikofujii/

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+{{Infobox Creature
+|name=Etecoon
+|image=File:Smart etecoon.jpg
+|caption=
+|games=''[[Super Metroid]]''<br>''[[Metroid Fusion]]''
+|size=Small
+|weight=Light
+|location=[[Hell]]<br>[[Torizo]]'s chamber<br>[[Habitation Deck]]
+|homeworld=[[Zebes]]
+|behavior=Jumping up and down, singing, [[Wall Jump]]ing
+|color=Blue
+|distinctions=Resemble monkeys
+|attacks=
+|weakness=
+}}
-'''Etecoons''' are blue, monkey-like creatures that inhabited the planet [[Zebes]], and one of only three non-violent species [[Samus]] encountered there. In ''[[Super Metroid]]'', these rather intelligent mammals taught Samus how to [[Wall Jump]] to reach greater heights. When Samus enters their room, they sing the [[Samus Victory!]] theme, before teaching Samus the Wall Jump. Later in the game, they are trapped along with the [[Dachora]] in the room where Samus fought the [[Torizo]]. Samus is able to save them by shooting out the wall so they can escape, and they flee Zebes using a spacecraft.<ref>''[[Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide]]''</ref>
+'''Etecoons''' ('''Etekon''' in the ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'' debug data) are blue, monkey-like creatures that inhabited the planet [[Zebes]], and one of the few non-violent species [[Samus]] encountered there.
+==Description==
-The Etecoons and Dachoras appear again in ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'', on board the [[Biologic Space Laboratories research station]] as the sole survivors of the [[X Parasite]] infestation. They are found on the [[Habitation Deck]], confined in a sealed, tropical themed area with hanging tires for the Etecoons to play on. It is unknown why these creatures were on board, or why the X did ''not'' target them as potential hosts, though [[Adam]] suggests the creatures had no useful capabilities for the X. After Samus released them, the Etecoons and Dachoras went to [[Samus's gunship]], and they later saved Samus from the space station's explosion after the defeat of the [[Omega Metroid]] by piloting her gunship into the room to rescue her.
+In ''[[Super Metroid]]'', these rather intelligent mammals taught Samus how to [[Wall Jump]] to reach greater heights. When Samus enters their [[Hell|room]], they sing the [[Item Acquisition Fanfare]], before teaching Samus the Wall Jump.
+Later in the game, they are trapped along with the [[Dachora]] in the [[Torizo's chamber]], which is now being flooded with [[scalding-hot lava]]. Samus is able to save them by shooting out the wall so they can escape, and they flee Zebes using a spacecraft.<ref>''[[Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide]]''</ref>
+The Etecoons and Dachoras appear again in ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'', on board the [[Biologic Space Laboratories research station]] as the sole survivors of the [[X Parasite]] infestation. They are found on the [[Habitation Deck]], confined in a sealed, tropical themed area with hanging tires for the Etecoons to play on. It is unknown why these creatures were on board, or why the X did not target them as potential hosts, though [[Adam]] suggests the creatures had no useful capabilities for the X. After Samus releases them, the Etecoons and Dachoras went to [[Samus's Gunship]], and they later save Samus from the space station's explosion after the defeat of the [[Omega Metroid]] by piloting her gunship into the room to rescue her.
 ==''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]''==
+{{Noncanon}}
-Though Etecoons do not appear in the game, files are present for an unused [[Logbook]] entry for a similar creature called an '''Endocoon'''. No models, textures or scripts exist for it in the game's code, but the room [[Xenoresearch Lab (G.F.S. Olympus)|Xenoresearch Lab]], on the [[G.F.S. Olympus|G.F.S. ''Olympus'']], is named "04_gfship_endocoonlab" in the game's code, presumably indicating they were to appear there. The room's [[Xenoresearch Lab (G.F.S. Valhalla)|counterpart]], on the [[G.F.S. Valhalla|G.F.S. ''Valhalla'']], is correspondingly named "04_abandoned_endocoon".
+Though Etecoons do not appear in the game, files are present for an unused [[Logbook]] entry for a similar creature called an '''Endocoon'''. It is described as a cute, non-threatening mammal in the Logbook, which matches the description of the Etecoon. No models, textures or scripts exist for it in the game's internal files, but the room [[Xenoresearch Lab (G.F.S. Olympus)|Xenoresearch Lab]], on the [[G.F.S. Olympus|G.F.S. ''Olympus'']], is named "04_gfship_endocoonlab" in the game's code, presumably indicating they were to appear there. The room's [[Xenoresearch Lab (G.F.S. Valhalla)|counterpart]], on the [[G.F.S. Valhalla|G.F.S. ''Valhalla'']], is correspondingly named "04_abandoned_endocoon".
+{{-}}
+{{Endnoncanon}}
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 ===''Super Metroid'' Developer Interview===
+{{UnofficialTranslation}}
+[[File:Storyboard1.jpg|right|220px|thumb]]
 Akinori Sao: [[Kenji Yamamoto|Yamamoto-san]], what part of ''Super Metroid'' do you recommend?
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 ==Trivia==
-*Although it is stated in ''Metroid Fusion'' that the Etecoons teach Samus to Wall Jump, she has this ability in ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'', ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'', ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'' and ''[[Metroid: Samus Returns]]'', all of which chronologically happen before Samus first encounters the Etecoons in ''Super Metroid.''
+*Although it is stated in ''Metroid Fusion'' that the Etecoons teach Samus to Wall Jump, she has this ability in ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'', ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'', ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'' and ''[[Metroid: Samus Returns]]'', all of which chronologically happen before Samus first encounters the Etecoons in ''Super Metroid''.
+*In concept storyboards, it says there are four Etecoons. However, only three are ever shown in both ''Super Metroid'' and ''Metroid Fusion''.
-*These creatures are one of the very few species of mammals to exist in the ''Metroid'' series of games. Other notable mammals are [[Human|humans]], the [[Rabbilis]] and the unused [[IceBoss]].
+*The Etecoons' in-game sprites are a greenish color in ''Super Metroid'', but are depicted blue in artwork. ''Fusion'' consistently depicts them as blue.
-*On the storyboard to the right, it says there are four of them. However, only three are ever shown in both ''Super Metroid'' and ''Metroid Fusion''.
+*[[Yasuhiko Fujii]] stated that the idea of saving the Dachoras and Etecoons was conceptualized by another programmer on the game, but did not say who that was.<ref>"That was something a different programmer came up with on his own. And if you save them, when the planet explodes there’s some extra graphics showing them successfully escape too." http://shmuplations.com/yasuhikofujii/</ref>
-:*Also on the storyboard, it says they live in "[[Hell]]". This may also be a reference to their nearby habitat; filled with specific thorny-like substances and unique enemies. In addition, their "home" is somewhat deep underground.
+*An Etecoon appears as a stuffed toy in ''[[Samus & Joey]]''.
-*The Etecoons are a greenish color in ''Super Metroid'', but blue in ''Fusion'' and artwork.
-*The ''[[Super Metroid Players' Guide]]'' refers to the Etecoons as the "three little creatures".
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery captionalign="center">
-Etecoon 3 flex look.gif|''[[Super Metroid]]''
+Etecoon 3 flex look.gif|''[[Super Metroid]]'' animated sprites
-Metroid-etecoons.gif
+Metroid-etecoons.gif|Jumping sprites
-EteRoom.jpg
+EteRoom.jpg|Etecoons in Brinstar
+Trapped animals.gif|Etecoons trapped in Crateria
-Falling.jpg
+Lava Tides in Torizo room.gif|One of the Etecoons pauses to look at Samus before escaping.
-Trapped animals.gif
 Super Metroid Manga 2.png|Etecoons appear in the [[Super Metroid manga|''Super Metroid'' manga]] stories ''"Gourmet" Expert'' and ''Peeping''.
-Metroid F-Etecoon-Running-R.gif|''[[Metroid Fusion]]''
+Metroid F-Etecoon-Running-R.gif|Etecoons running sprite animation from ''[[Metroid Fusion]]''
-Metroid F-Etecoon Hanging.gif|''Metroid Fusion''
+Metroid F-Etecoon Hanging.gif|An Etecoon hanging from a tire in ''Metroid Fusion''
 Mfusionguide i 01i.jpg|The Etecoons and Dachoras freed by Samus.
-Etecoons.png|The Etocoons and Dachoras, aboard Samus's Gunship, being shown to her by Adam, in ''Metroid Fusion''.
+Etecoons.png|The Etocoons and Dachoras, aboard Samus's Gunship, filmed on a [[security sensor]], in ''Metroid Fusion''.
 DachoraFusion.png|The Dachoras and Etecoons at the end of ''Metroid Fusion''.
-File:Stuffed Etecoon.png|Possible appearance in ''[[Samus and Joey]]'' as a stuffed toy.
+File:Stuffed Etecoon.png|Appearance in ''[[Samus & Joey]]'' as a stuffed toy.
 </gallery>