View source for Cork

{{about|an object used for sealing holes|the character from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''|[[Cork and Cask]]}}
{{image|appearance in Super Mario Bros. Wonder|more=yes}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMA Cork sprite.png|200px]]<br>A cork from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
'''Corks''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] are objects used to block [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s or other openings. In most cases, they can be removed to gain access to whatever is behind them; the method to do this varies.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
{{multiframe|[[File:SMB2 Cork sprite.png|32px]] [[File:SMAS SMB2 Cork sprite.png|32px]] [[File:SMA Cork sprite.png|32px]]|From left to right: the cork's sprite in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''.|size=140}}
A cork appears at the end of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and its [[reissue]]s. After [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or [[Toad]] defeats [[Wart]], a [[Warp Door|door]] will appear, leading to a room with a [[jar]] blocked by the cork. When this room is entered, the player character will automatically walk to the cork and pull it out, releasing the [[Subcon (species)|Subcon]]s inside the jar. The game then proceeds to the ending.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', a giant cork is featured in the first episode of [[Noki Bay]], [[Uncork the Waterfall]], in which the [[Noki elder]] asks Mario to remove it. On top of the cork, a [[Monty Mole]] manning a [[cannon]] is found. When the Monty Mole is defeated, the cork is launched out of the hole by the force of the water behind it, sending it and the cannon into the sky. Although the Noki elder believes that the blocked waterfall is the cause of the bay's [[Slimy water|pollution]], this is not true, and the pollution remains until [[Eely-Mouth]] is defeated.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
[[File:NSMBDS Cork.png|thumb|The cork in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
A cork appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in [[World 2-6 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-6]]. Near the end of the level, a [[Piranha Plant]] on a cork blocks the pipe to the exit. Mario or Luigi must jump on the nearby pump device three times. On the third jump, the cork will go flying into the air and take out the Piranha Plant with it. Mario or Luigi can then access the pipe leading to the exit of the level.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Corks appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' in [[KO Arena Pipe-Rock Rumble]] and [[KO Arena Fluff-Puff Kerfuff]]. They block the pipes that dispense power-ups in these levels' starting rooms, and are unremovable; because of the corks, the [[Bubble Flower]] cannot be obtained in Pipe-Rock Rumble, and the [[Drill Mushroom]] cannot be obtained in either level.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
A cork with a keyhole appears in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', plugging a pipe in [[Tap-Tap The Red Nose's Fort]]. It can be pushed down by [[Ground Pound|Pounding The Ground]] on it, but removing it requires a [[key]], which is obtained by defeating a [[Slime]].

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
[[File:PMCS Cork Pipe.png|thumb|left|A Cork in ''Paper Mario: Color Splash'']]
{{main|Cork (Thing)}}
A cork appears as a [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)#Thing Cards|thing]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. It is found blocking a pipe entrance in [[Vortex Island]], which Mario must remove it from to gain access to the parallel universe. This cork has to be used later during the battle against [[Larry]] on the [[Sunset Express]], in which it blocks the train's chimney, preventing Larry from healing himself with [[heart (item)|heart]] smoke coming out of it.
{{br}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Cork 7-2 SMB2.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
TTTRNF.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Cork.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMS Cork.png|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=コルク
|JpnR=Koruku
|JpnM=Cork
}}

{{SMB2}}
{{YI}}
{{Super Mario Sunshine}}
{{NSMB}}
{{SMBW}}
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. Wonder objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine objects]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island objects]]