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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Coconut.png|150px]]<br>Model of a coconut from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1983|1983]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
{{quote|Ah...HA! A Coconut, is it not? Well, that IS island fare, but somewhat cliched...|Flavio|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''Coconuts''' appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as [[fruit]] most commonly used as projectiles by the player characters or enemies.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong 3'' / ''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū''===
Coconuts in ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' are indestructible projectiles sometimes thrown by [[Donkey Kong]]. In the arcade version, he throws them in every stage, while in home console releases, he does so in the [[greenhouse (yellow)|yellow greenhouse]] only. Coconuts also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]'', starting on [[By the Pyramid]]. Here, Donkey Kong throws them either directly below him, or to the sides of the screen.

===''Donkey Kong Country''===
Coconuts in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' are small projectiles shot by [[Necky]]s and [[Mini-Necky]]s and large projectiles shot by [[Master Necky]] and [[Master Necky Snr.]], all as a method of attacking.

===''Club Nintendo''===
A coconut in the ''[[Club Nintendo (German magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24|Banana Day 24]]" is a fruit adored by alien species. The giant aliens mistook [[Earth]] for being a giant coconut when pulling it away, and they agree to return the planet back to its original position as [[Diddy Kong]] starts to give them [[banana]]s in return.

===''Mario Kart 64''===
Coconuts<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan, Scott Pelland, Paul Shinoda|date=1997|title=''Mario Kart 64'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=66–67, 69}}</ref> (referred to as '''stones''' in the instruction manual), which appear to actually be {{wp|Cucumis metuliferus|horned melons}}, in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' are thrown at racers in [[N64 DK's Jungle Parkway|D.K.'s Jungle Parkway]] who drive off course, slowing them down while hitting them back toward the main track. However, coconuts do not affect racers who are using [[Super Star]]s. In the track's reappearance in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', no coconuts are thrown.

===''Donkey Kong 64''===
Coconuts in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' are shot from Donkey Kong's [[Coconut Shooter]]. Coconuts also have a fictional counterpart, [[Crystal Coconut]]s, a consumable source of power for the Kongs' special abilities.

===''Donkey Kong Country'' television series===
In the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]], the Crystal Coconut reappears, except it has healing and fortune-telling properties.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM item infobox
|title=Coconut
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png]] [[File:Coconut TTYD.png]] [[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|50px]]
|pm=A coconut from Lavalava Island. Throw it to damage 1 enemy.
|ttyd=Fruit from a tropical island. To be honest, it ain't tasty.
|spm=
}}
====''Paper Mario''====
Coconuts in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' are found only in certain Coconut Trees. Such trees can be found near the shores of [[Lavalava Island]] as well as in [[Yoshi's Village]], though some of the trees drop other items. To get them from the trees, [[Mario]] can simply whack them with his current [[Hammer]]. In battle, it is used as a weapon; it can be thrown at a single enemy to deal 3 [[Heart Point|HP]] damage. Coconuts are used in many recipes. Mario can sell them at any shop for 1 [[coin]]. Coconuts are also mentioned in the [[Tattle]] for [[Stone Chomp]]s.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Coconuts in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' are found only on one Coconut Tree, on a small island behind the bridge scene in [[Keelhaul Key]]. Unlike in ''Paper Mario'', it can be eaten by Mario or his partner to recover 5 HP. They are once again used in many recipes. They can be sold to shops [[List of selling prices in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|for a varying price from 1 coin to 4 coins]]. Mario must give one to [[Flavio]] on Keelhaul Key to obtain a [[Chuckola Cola (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Chuckola Cola]], which must be given to [[Bobbery|Admiral Bobbery]] in order to revive him.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', papercraft coconuts<ref>''Paper Mario: Color Splash'' internal data: <tt>\content\Graphics\DisposObject\MOBJ\MOBJ_B_Coconut.bfres.lz</tt></ref> appear hanging from the palm trees on [[Bloo Bay Beach]]. When Mario [[hammer]]s a tree, it drops a coconut, which cracks open to reveal a coin.

===''Mario Party 3'' / ''Mario Party Superstars''===
Coconuts in ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' appear in the 1-vs-3 minigame [[Coconut Conk]], where the team of three must [[Ground Pound]] coconut trees to cause coconuts to drop from them and land on the player in the barrel.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Coconuts in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' are one of the fruits located in [[Delfino Plaza]], and sometimes have to be used for a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] to hatch out of its egg. If Yoshi eats one, he turns pink and refills his [[juice]] tank, allowing him to turn enemies into pink ascending [[Yoshi Platform|platform]]s. They can also be thrown by [[Mario]]. There are also tasks in the game in which if the player puts enough of them in a basket (or other fruits), they are rewarded with a [[Blue Coin]] the first time, and with a [[1-Up Mushroom]] thereafter.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
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|image1=SMG Big Pokey Screenshot.png
|caption1=Coconut to be fired at the [[Pokeynut]]
|image2=Kingkalientecoco.png
|caption2=King Kaliente about to be hit by a Coconut
|image3=SMG Lava Reactor Octopuses.png
|caption3=[[Rocto]]s firing coconuts at Mario
}}
Coconuts in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' are objects that Mario can [[spin]] into to send them flying, proving useful for defeating enemies such as [[Pokeynut]]s and [[thorny flower|prickly plant]]s, as well as projectiles used by [[King Kaliente]] and [[Rocto]]s. When 9999 [[Star Bit]]s are collected, all coconuts become [[watermelon]]s.
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Prince Pikante Screenshot.png|thumb|left|200px|Prince Pikante firing a coconut]]
Coconuts in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' are objects are used to defeat [[Rocto]]s, [[Prince Pikante]], open chests, and so forth, similarly to ''Super Mario Galaxy''. All coconuts become watermelons after 9999 Star Bits are collected.
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:TSMBM Cranky Kong Peach smirk.jpg|thumb|Cranky Kong holding a coconut drink in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]
A coconut with a straw in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' is seen in [[Cranky Kong]]'s hand while he watches [[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]] fight in the [[Great Ring of Kong]].
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==''Paper Mario'' recipes==
===''Paper Mario''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut'''
|rowspan=2|{{PM item|Tasty Tonic|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Honey Syrup|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Koopa Leaf|link=Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=6|{{PM item|Super Soda|link=Fresh Juice|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Red Berry|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Blue Berry|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Yellow Berry|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Apple|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Melon|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Dried Pasta|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=2|{{PM item|Bland Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Iced Potato|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Cake Mix|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|Coco Pop|link=Coco Candy|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:PaperMario Items Coconut.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|Jammin' Jelly|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|Special Shake|size=25x25px}}
|}

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut'''
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Tasty Tonic|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=3|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fresh Juice|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Peachy Peach|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Keel Mango|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Cake Mix|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Coco Candy|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fire Flower|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Coconut Bomb|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Dried Bouquet|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Space Food|size=25x25px}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Fresh Pasta|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=2|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Dinner|size=25x25px}}
|-
|[[File:Coconut PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Coconut''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Spicy Pasta|size=25x25px}}
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DK3DG Coconut Sharp X1.png|''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]''
DK64_Coconut.gif|A coconut from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
Coconut SMS.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
SMSMelon.png|A screenshot of three coconuts from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
SMG Coconut.png|Close-up of a coconut from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Asset Sprite UI Coconut.png|UI Sprite from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
PMCS coconuts.png|Screenshot in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''
</gallery>

==Notes==
*The {{file link|DK3 NES Box Back.png|North American back cover}} of ''Donkey Kong 3'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] mistakenly misspells coconuts as "cocnuts". This error was fixed on the {{file link|DK3 Europe NES Box Back.png|European box art}}.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヤシの{{ruby|実|み}}<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/pmttyd_j2e.shtml "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English"]. (June 1, 2014). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved February 2, 2015.</ref>
|JpnR=Yashi no Mi
|JpnM=Coconut
|Chi=椰子
|ChiR=Yēzi
|ChiM=Coconut
|Dut=Kokosnoot
|DutM=Coconut
|Fre=Cocotier
|FreM=Coconut
|Ger=Kokosnuss
|GerM=Coconut
|Ita=Noce di cocco
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Mi servono... noci di cocco! Portamene 3 per favore.|author=Female Pianta|publisher=''Super Mario Sunshine''|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Coconut
|Ita2=Cocco
|Ita2M=Coconut
|Ita3=Noce di Cocco
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|quote=Scuoti il telecomando Wii per colpirli con Noci di Cocco!|author=Mail Toad|title={{a|SMG}}|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita3M=Coconut
|Ita3N={{a|SMG}}
|Kor=코코넛
|KorR=Kokoneot
|KorM=Coconut
|Por=Coco
|PorM=Coconut
|Spa=Coco
|SpaM=Coconut
}}

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