Editing Magic carpet

[[File:Pidgit.jpg|thumb|Artwork of a [[Pidgit]] riding atop a magic carpet for ''Super Mario Advance'']]
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'''Magic carpets'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=31|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Nintendo}}</ref> (also spelled '''Magic Carpets'''),<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott; Owsen, Dan|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=119-120|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|language=en-us}}</ref> generally also known as '''flying carpets'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=25|language=en-us|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref><ref name=EN>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=8|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|author=Nintendo|language=en-gb}}</ref> or just '''carpets''',<ref name=EN/> appear in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as interactive flying platforms that can be used by player characters.

==History in the ''Super Mario'' franchise==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', '''[[Pidgit]]’s carpets'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out'', Part II|page=9 and 10|date=1989|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|language=en-us}}</ref> are used by [[Pidgit]]s to fly around. If the playable character grabs and throws or defeats 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]]''). Pidgit's carpets are colored black and red in the NES version, yellow and white in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', and red and white 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.

====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:RainbowRideCarpet.png|thumb|left|Rainbow Ride carpets in ''Super Mario 64'']]
Magic carpets in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its Nintendo DS remake]] do not have anything riding them at first and remain in place until the player character steps on them. Magic carpets appear only in [[Rainbow Ride]]. When stepped on, the carpet will follow a set rail, which is styled like a rainbow. If the player remains off 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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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
Magic carpets in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' are a recurring mode of transportation. [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and other characters use these carpets sometimes.

Magic carpets in the episode "[[Mario's Magic Carpet]]" appear to have a car-like protrusion on them. However, in the episode "[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]", different carpets are seen. [[Bowser|King Koopa]] is seen flying a magic carpet that has a warplane protrusion, while Mario and Luigi fly around on normal-looking carpets that have steering wheels. Later on in the episode, Mario, Luigi and Toad use two ordinary magic carpets together to construct the wings of the [[flying carpet biplane]].

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
A flying 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 the [[Nintendo Adventure Books|Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Leaping Lizards]]''. Three weeks later, some flying carpets are used in the first event in the [[International Mushroom Games]], the obstacle course.

In ''[[Koopa Capers]]'', Bowser sends a magic carpet to [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|Mario Brothers Plumbing]] to kidnap the Mario Bros., whom he is desperate enough to ask to help in the search for his missing [[Wendy O. Koopa|daughter]]. The carpet captures only 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]].

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

===''Wario Land 4''===
[[File:WL4-MagicCarpet.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', flying carpets<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 3|page=66|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=Fall 2001}}</ref> are found in the level [[Arabian Night]]. Wario can step on a carpet and fly by repeatedly jumping from it. Flying carpets can be maneuvered in a certain direction by walking on their edge. They disappear when they touch water but will respawn if Wario exits and re-enters the area. They are necessary to use throughout the level.

===''Mario Party'' series===
Magic carpets in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]] have appeared a few times. In the minigame [[Random Ride]] from ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', players can choose to ride a magic carpet from a list of machines. In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', a magic carpet simply titled the [[Mario Party 9#Flying Carpet|Flying Carpet]] is the starter vehicle of the [[Boo's Horror Castle]] board. In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', players use magic carpets to move through the [[Kamek's Carpet Ride]] board.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
[[File:MKT magic carpets.png|thumb|Some magic carpets in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', [[Flying Shy Guy]]s use magic carpets to move around the [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] course. In the latter game, magic carpets appear on their own in the [[Do Jump Boosts]] bonus challenge set in the same course, where the player can jump off of one for a [[Jump Boost]].

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', the magic carpet only appears in [[Flying-Carpet Cruise]] where there are a variety of carpets by color and size. All kinds have arrows on them pointing left and right, and standing on one side causes the carpet to move in that direction, similar to [[Switchboard]]s. If [[Yoshi]] jumps off of it, it floats upwards, and if he crouches while on it, it floats downwards. One carpet requires a [[yarn ball]] to be thrown at it to be usable.
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==History in other games==
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Magic carpets in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] were introduced in two different ''Super Mario''-themed stages in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', [[Mushroom Kingdom II]] and [[Rainbow Cruise]], both in which they are usable platfomrs. In Mushroom Kingdom II, Pidgits sometimes briefly fly across the stage, but unlike them, their red carpets are 3D. Since they come and leave from the left and right sides of the stage, players are at risk of being [[smashwiki:KO|KO]]'d while using one. In Rainbow Cruise, there is a magic carpet from ''Super Mario 64'', functioning identically as before, but without the rainbow trails. However, more than one player can stay on a carpet, and as long as one player is on one, it does not vanish prematurely. As both stages return in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (with the latter also returning in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''), their respective magic carpets also come back, though the ones in Mushroom Kingdom II are now yellow (due to the stage's more ''Super Mario All-Stars''-themed graphics).

==Gallery==
<gallery>
KoopaCarpet.jpg|Cadillac-style magic carpet
JalopyCarpet.jpg|Jalopy-style magic carpet
RedBaronKoopaLakitu.jpg|Warplane-style magic carpet
MarioLuigiCarpet.jpg|Magic carpet with steering wheel
BiplaneCarpet.jpg|Biplane with magic carpet wings
SM64 Asset Model Magic Carpet.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Asset Texture Magic Carpet.png|Texture from ''Super Mario 64''
SMMPB6 Activity4.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
WL4-Mayu Bird.png|A flying carpet in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''
SM64DS Rainbow Ride.png|Rainbow Ride carpets in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|空飛|そらと}}ぶじゅうたん<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34|language=ja|author=Nintendo|publisher=Nintendo|date=1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=11|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo|author=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Soratobu Jūtan
|JapM=Flying Carpet
|Spa=alfombra mágica<ref name=ES>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' European instruction booklet|page=88|language=es-es|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Spa2=Alfombra<ref name=ES/>
|SpaM=Magic Carpet
|Spa2M=Carpet
|Fre=tapis volant<ref name=FR>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' European instruction booklet|page=48|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|language=fr|date=2001}}</ref>
|FreM=Flying Carpet
|Ger=Fliegender Teppich<ref name=DE>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' European instruction booklet|page=28|language=de|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Ger2=Teppich<ref name=DE/>
|GerM=Flying Carpet
|Ger2M=Carpet
|Ita=Tappeto volante<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref><ref>''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', "[[Mario's Magic Carpet|Mario e il tappeto volante]]" title</ref><ref name=IT>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' European instruction booklet|page=108|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2001|author=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=92}}</ref>
|Ita2=Tappeto magico<ref>''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', "[[Mario's Magic Carpet|Mario e il tappeto volante]]" dialogues</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|page=109|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo|language=it|date=2001}}</ref>
|Ita3=Tappeto<ref name=IT/><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=67}}</ref>
|ItaM=Flying carpet
|Ita2M=Magic carpet
|Ita3M=Carpet
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:MattressDinohattan.png|thumb|Gliding over [[Dinohattan]] on a mattress in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]
*In "Mario's Magic Carpet", it was established that carpeting is the favorite food of [[Pidgit]]s.
*In ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', [[Sam Shalam]] of [[Cloud Land]] is a used magic carpet dealer.
*[[Yoichi Kotabe]]'s first assignment as an employee of [[Nintendo]] was to animate the magic carpets ridden by the Pidgits in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''.
*The carpets are alluded to in the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], when [[Mario (film character)|Mario]], [[Angelica (film character)|Angelica]], [[Daniella]], and four other women escape on a mattress out of [[Koopa's Tower]]. The mattress gently floats and glides down over [[Koopa Square]] before it makes a sliding landing.

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