Arijigokun

**Arijigokun** is a giant quicksand monster who appeared in Mario Party 3.

## Physical Appearance

Arijigokun takes the form of a giant pit of quicksand with glowing red eyes at its center. He also has a mobile form, which is basically a big blob of quicksand.

## In Star Cat

Francis and Felicity are getting married and they decide to hold the wedding in a beautiful forest where they set up camp and make preparations for the wedding.

One night before the wedding, Sagwa, Lilly, and Hana decide to explore deeper into the forest where they encounter fireflies, butterflies, and beautiful flowers. When sunrise draws near, Lilly and Hana decide to sleep in a tree. Sagwa meanwhile finds a giant sand pit, which is an unusual thing to find in a forest. The sand seemed very soft and she decided to sit under a tree and put her feet in the sand.

However, a widening hole appears in the sand pit and the sand turns into quicksand. Sagwa notices herself getting swallowed by the quicksand when Arijigokun awakens. Sagwa grabs onto a low-hanging branch and is left waist deep in the quicksand. She screams out for help, getting Lilly and Hana's attention. They rush over to see her trying not to be swallowed by Arijigokun. They rush and get help from everyone who were making the final touches for the wedding.

No matter how hard everybody tried, they couldn't get Sagwa out of the quicksand pit. In fact, Arijigokun had the ability to create sand tentacles to spoil their rescue plans. Francis grabs onto the tree and grabs Sagwa's paw. Unfortunately, Arijigokun slaps Francis, making him lose his grip. Sagwa was about to be swallowed alive when a grappling hook grabs her paw.

Thunderbird 2 has rescued Sagwa at the last second. Thunderbird 1 arrives with a large bucket of molten metal which it pours over Arijigokun, turning the quicksand monster into a glass statue and rendering him unable to move.

### Astro Bot vs. Arijigokun

Arijigokun makes a return during one of Blackie's lessons in bravery. Blackie puts his students into different practice rescue missions so they can save their friends/siblings.

However, unbeknownst to them, a huge Astro Visor begins poking out of the ground, which then turns on, revealing a pair of blood red eyes. Arijigokun reveals himself, revealing that he stole an Astro Visor and has gotten even stronger. He wreaks havoc on the students including Sagwa and Sheegwa, threatening to swallow them all.

Astro's flagship the Astro Ship, which received a distress signal from Sagwa's location, flies to the scene and is shocked to see Sagwa and all of Blackie's students in peril. The Astro Ship launches a grappling hook which grabs Sagwa and pulls her out of the sand pit and rescues her. Astro rushes into battle to defeat Arijigokun.

During the struggle, Sagwa accidently drops her Astro Visor which begins falling to the ground. However, before it could hit the ground, Riolu catches it and puts it on before joining the battle. He and Astro eventually defeat Arijigokun who loses his Astro Headset which then shrinks down to its regular size. Sagwa and all of Blackie's students all cheer for Astro. Riolu also gets the credit too. Unfortunately, the area was completely wrecked. But just as Blackie was about to cancel the lesson, Astro decides to let it continue by taking all the students to GPU Jungle, where the students not only test their bravery, but have lots of fun, which was helped by a giant GPU singing "I'm Your GPU"

### Quicksand Rainforest

Arijigokun managed to turn a large ordinary rainforest into the aptly-named "Quicksand Rainforest". While he does call it his home, he prefers to travel from rainforest to rainforest to catch unsuspecting victims.