Editing Lucky Cat Mario

{{form infobox
|image=[[File:Golden_Statue_Mario.png|128px]]
|powers=Temporary invincibility, earn coins while falling
|item=[[Lucky Bell]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|applies_to=[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Toad]], [[Rosalina]]
}}
'''Lucky Cat Mario''',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThPAYK9cJI&t=5m04s The Cat Mario Show #12]</ref><ref name="prima">Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 14.</ref> also known as '''Maneki-Neko Mario'''<ref>http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/super-mario-3d-world/0/1</ref> or '''Golden Statue Mario''',<ref name="prima"/> is a derivative form of [[Cat Mario]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and returns in ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. It resembles the original form, except the character wears a red collar with a [[Lucky Bell]] on it. The user transforms into this when a [[Ground Pound]] is performed after grabbing a Lucky Bell.

In this form, the user is a golden {{wp|Maneki-neko}} statue of their Cat form holding a coin. [[Luigi]]'s Lucky Cat form is slightly different; he is shown raising his left paw instead of his right, unlike everyone else. The others' raised right paws are based on a gesture used to bring in wealth and good fortune, whereas Luigi's raised left paw is commonly associated with businesses and owners wanting to bring in customers.

While similar to [[Tanooki Mario]]'s [[Statue Mario|Statue form]], Mario is [[Invincible Mario|invincible]], rather than merely invulnerable and ignored by enemies; he also earns [[Coin]]s while falling in this form. Mario cannot remain in this form indefinitely; he reverts to Cat Mario either if the player stops the ground pound, or its 12-second time limit expires. Lucky Cat Mario can defeat almost all normally invincible enemies, such as [[spiked roller]]s, [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]], [[Thwomp]]s, [[Fuzzler]]s, and [[Rammerhead]]s, and instantly defeat enemies that usually take multiple hits. However, it cannot defeat [[Ka-thunk]]s, [[Big Ant Trooper]]s, or [[Charvaargh]]s, and it does not protect against [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]], [[lava]], [[Fuzzy Horde]]s, or being crushed. In ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'', this form prevents Mario from [[roll]]ing in midair, since he cannot stop his Ground Pound.

In the Super Mario Mash-up of ''[[Minecraft]]'', Lucky Cat Mario is one of the many replacement skins for cats.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SM3DW Lucky Bell Suits.png|Cat Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad with collars
SM3DW Lucky Bell Statues.png|Lucky Cat Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad
Lucky Cat Rosalina.png|Cat Rosalina with a collar
Golden Statue Rosalina.png|Lucky Cat Rosalina
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Tabby Cat Render.png|Lucky Cat Mario as a tabby cat in ''Minecraft''
SM3DW-LuckyCatMarioStamp.png|Lucky Cat Mario [[stamp]] from ''Super Mario 3D World''
SM3DW BF LuckyCatMarioStamp.png|Lucky Cat Mario stamp from ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''
ND SM3DW 2015 Nengajo.jpg|2015 ''nengajō'' for ''Nintendo Dream'' based on ''Super Mario 3D World''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=まねきネコマリオ<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/interview/ardj/vol1/index2.html</ref>
|JpnR=Maneki-neko Mario
|JpnM={{wp|Maneki-neko}} Mario
|ChiS=招财猫马力欧
|ChiSR=Zhāo cái māo mǎlì ōu
|ChiSM=Lucky Cat Mario
|ChiT=招財貓瑪利歐
|ChiTR=Zhāo cái māo mǎlì ōu
|ChiTM=Lucky Cat Mario
|Dut=Gelukskat-Mario
|DutM=Luck Cat Mario
|Ger=Glückskatzen-Mario
|GerM=Lucky Cat Mario
|Ita=Mario manekineko
|ItaM=Manekineko Mario
|Kor=
|Por=Mario Gato da Sorte<ref name=pt>{{cite|author=Nintendo Portugal|date=July 9, 2015|url=youtu.be/QyrXLso0oL0|title= O Programa do Mario Gato - Episódio 12|timestamp=3:02|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
|PorM=Lucky Cat Mario
|Rus=Марио-кот счастья<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/IM2chblPzmg|title=В гостях у Марио-кота — Серия 12|timestamp=3:02|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
|RusR=Mario-kot schast'ya
|RusM=Lucky Cat Mario
|Spa=Mario Felino de la suerte
|SpaM=Lucky Feline Mario
}}

==References==
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{{Mario forms}}
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[[Category:Mario forms]]
[[Category:Felines]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D World forms]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury forms]]
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