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[[File:Pidgit.jpg|thumb|A [[Pidgit]] riding atop a Magic Carpet]]

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'''Magic Carpets''', also known as '''Flying Carpets''' or just '''Carpets''', are magical flying carpets that have appeared in several Mario games in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise.

Magic Carpets originally appeared in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where [[Pidgit]]s fly on them. If [[Mario]] and the gang grab and throw or defeat the Pidgit, they are able to briefly ride it before it vanishes ([[Lakitu's Cloud]] would later act the same way, as of ''[[Super Mario World]]''.). They are colored black and red in the NES version, yellow in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', and red in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''; they are also stretched in the latter version, and thus appear larger than they were in prior versions. In the game's data, however, they are still the same size.

[[File:RainbowRideCarpet.png|thumb|200px|left|Rainbow Ride carpets]]

They were again found in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|DS remake]], only appearing on the stage [[Rainbow Ride]]. Unlike in the last game, these carpets are not ridden by Pigits and remain in place until the player steps on it. When stepped on, the carpet will follow a set rail, styled like a rainbow. If the player remains off of the carpet for too long, it will disappear and respawn back in its original position. Once it gets to the end of the line, it will fall into the abyss and then respawn back at where it started.

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In the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', Magic Carpets appeared as vehicles of the [[Mushroom World]]. Mario, [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and other characters used these carpets sometimes.

In the episode "[[Mario's Magic Carpet]]", Magic Carpets appeared to have a car-like protrusion on the carpet. However, in the episode "[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]", different carpets were seen. [[Bowser|King Koopa]] was seen flying a Magic Carpet that had a warplane protrusion, while Mario and Luigi flew around on normal-looking carpets that had steering wheels. Later on in the episode, Mario, Luigi and Toad used two ordinary Magic Carpets together to construct the wings of a biplane.

===Nintendo Adventure Books===

A Magic Carpet is used by Princess Toadstool, Mario, Toad and (depending on which route the reader takes) possibly Luigi to enter [[Iggy Koopa]]'s secret laboratory in [[Water Land]] in ''[[Leaping Lizards]]''. Three weeks later, some Magic Carpets are used in the first event in the International Mushroom Games, the obstacle course.

In ''[[Koopa Capers]]'', Bowser sends a Magic Carpet to [[Mario Bros. Plumbing]] to kidnap the Mario Bros., who he is desperate enough to ask to help in the search for his missing [[Wendy O. Koopa|daughter]]. The carpet only captures Luigi (who had at first assumed the carpet was a gift and "a [[Goomba]] pattern rug") and proceeds to bring him to [[Bowser's Castle]] through the Mario Bros.' personal [[Warp Pipe]] to the [[Mushroom World]].

In ''[[Brain Drain]]'', if Luigi punches the correct code into the KoopaFone in the Koopa Headquarters cafeteria, he will order a pizza from Magic Carpet Pizzas, a business run by Pidgits who deliver pizzas with their Magic Carpets.

[[File:WL4-MagicCarpet.PNG|frame|left]]

In the [[Game Boy Advance]] game ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', Magic Carpets are found in the level [[Arabian Night]]. They are crucial for use if the level is to be completed. Wario can gain height and fly on these carpets by pressing {{button|gba|A}} on the D-pad.

 

===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===

Two different ''Mario''-themed stages featured magic carpets in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

The first one was the [[Mushroom Kingdom II]] stage. Pidgits were sometimes flying around the stage in a 2-D form. However, their carpets were in 3-D and, at the times Pidgit was on the screen, could be used as a extra platform. The time was short however and it flied fast, so it was very easy to cause a self-destruct.

The other stage was the Rainbow Ride-themed [[Rainbow Cruise]]. Unlike in ''Super Mario 64'', these could be used as a extra platform and be ride around at free will. Just like in ''64'', they would also disappear if a player was off or on it for too long. Also, any other player could take the carpet by attacking the one that already has the carpet.

===''Mario Party 5''===

In the [[minigame]] [[Random Ride]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', the Magic Carpet is a vehicle.

===''Mario Kart 7''===

In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', a few [[Shy Guy]]s can be seen riding Magic Carpets in various areas throughout the [[Shy Guy Bazaar]] course.

KoopaCarpet.jpg|Cadillac-style Magic Carpet

JalopyCarpet.jpg|Jalopy-style Magic Carpet

RedBaronKoopaLakitu.jpg|Warplane-style Magic Carpet

MarioLuigiCarpet.jpg|Magic Carpet w/ steering wheel

BiplaneCarpet.jpg|Biplane w/ Magic Carpet wings

*In ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', [[Sam Shalam]] of [[Cloud Land]] is a used Magic Carpet dealer.

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