Scaredy Rat

Scaredy Rats are enemies that appears in certain Mario games.

Appearance
Scaredy Rats are small, rat enemies that are white in color. They also have orange feet and short tails. They have pink eyes.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Scaredy Rats are commanly found in Boo Houses in this game. They are quite the annoyance as they are usually seen running around on short edges where players could easily get knocked back from them. If Mario stomps on them they start running fast requiring a second stomp to defeat them.

New Super Mario Bros. U
Scaredy Rats purpose in this game is the exact same as it's preceedor: appearing only in Boo Houses and jumping out from dark edges.

Mario Party 9
Scardey Rats only appear in a Captain Event on Boo's Horror Castle in this game. In this event, a Scaredy Rat steals five Mini Stars from all players and attemps to get away by rolling dice blocks. If the Scaredy Rat is caught by the current captain, then it wil lose it's Mini Stars. However, if the Scaredy Rat makes it to the end, it will take all of the Mini Stars.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Scaredy Rats only appear in the level The Engimansion in this game. They are usually seen running around in the hallways. Unlike most enemies, Scaredy Rats more actually ingore Mario not bothering to chase after him in hopes of a fight. In battle, Scaredy Rats have two attacks: a simple Jump attack and an charge attack that steals one of Mario's stickers. If Mario doesn't defeat the Scaredy Rat in time, it will run off with his Sticker.

Trivia

 * The name "Scaredy Rat" is a pun of the phrase "scaredy cat."
 * In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Scaredy Rat's purpose is the same as a Bandit.