Editing Meat

{{redirect|Ham|the creatures that are referred to as hams by [[Orbulon]]|[[Little Hammy]]}}
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|image=[[File:Meat cracked SMO.png|200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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]])
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'''Meat''' appears in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] as a common item. Meat takes on a variety of appearances, most commonly as the flesh of an animal with a bone sticking out of it.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
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Meat appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' during [[Bowser]]'s sidescrolling level segments ([[World 1 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 1]], [[World 2 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 2]], and [[World 3 (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|World 3]]) in his intermissions. Like the Mushrooms that make [[Mario]] grow when he is in [[Small Mario]] form, meat makes Bowser larger. Meat can be found by hitting certain [[? Block]]s. If Bowser takes a hit from an enemy, he will shrink down by one level. Getting enough pieces of meat in one level will make Bowser gigantic, allowing him to smash through everything in the level, similar to [[Mega Mario]]. The meat used in the game resembles a leg of lamb.

[[Hot Dog]]s are also a meat-based item that Mario can acquire, being sold for 10 [[coin]]s at the [[Hot Dog Stand]].

[[Hottest Dog]]s, introduced in the game's [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], are a meat-based item that can be made by giving [[Zess T.]] a Hot Dog and [[Hot Sauce]].

====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Bone-In Cut]] and [[Power Steak]] are items that resemble meat. They can be cooked by [[Saffron]] or [[Dyllis]] to make other meat-based items such as [[Spit Roast]]s, [[Hamburger]]s and [[Gorgeous Steak]]s.

====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', Mario is given the task of preparing a [[steak]] for [[Larry]] at the [[Tangerino Grill]]. To perfectly tenderize, season, and cook the steak, Mario must use a [[Hammer]], [[Salt and Pepper]], the [[Charcoal Grill]] or two [[Big Fire Flower]]s, and a [[Lemon (Thing)|Lemon]], respectively.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Giant pieces of meat can be found floating in the [[Ghostly Galaxy#Boo Race Zone|Boo Race Zone]] of [[Ghostly Galaxy]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They will bounce Mario or Luigi away if they come into contact with them.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
[[File:SMO Meat Capture.png|150px|thumb|right|Captured meat]]
{{quote|See that slab of meat? Sure you do. But [[Cookatiel|that bird]] hasn't. Not yet. Don't know what he's waiting for. When he sees it though? That bird's gonna make off with our meat. I bet you do anything he does! |Volbonan|Super Mario Odyssey}}
A huge chunk of meat appears in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' as a [[Capture|capturable]] object in the [[Luncheon Kingdom]], during the objective [[Big Pot on the Volcano: Dive In!]], residing on the [[Meat Plateau]]. After capturing the meat, [[Mario]] shakes off the salt covering it. This causes [[Cookatiel]] to come and pick the meat up in its talons, dropping it into the huge bowl of [[Stupendous Stew]] on top of Mount Volbono. Once there, the player can reach the mission's [[Multi Moon]]. The meat is the only capturable target in the game that can be captured only once and never again post-game.

A [[List of Super Mario Odyssey pre-release and unused content|scenario]] in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'' depicts [[Volbonan]]s seizing a sleeping [[T-Rex]] and "turning it" into this slab of meat,<ref>{{cite|author=Kanmuri, Yukari Tasai; Roberts, Rachel; Blenk, Jenny (editors)|title=''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''|translator=TransPerfect|format=First English Edition|location=Milwaukie|publisher=[[Dark Horse Books]]|date=2019|page=248}}</ref> but no such scenario is depicted in the final game or implied to have happened. T-Rexes do not occur in the Luncheon Kingdom.

===''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' series===
In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', Meat is an unlockable item for Bowser. It is a recovery item; upon being used, it removes all bad conditions from the user's kart, such as [[Square Tire]]s, burst tires, or [[Thunder Cloud]]. In addition, the Meat provides a shield for approximately half a second upon being used. With good timing, this can be used to block incoming items or be immune to the explosion of a [[Time Bomb (item)|Time Bomb]]. In ''Mario Kart Arcade GP'', a variant of the Meat known as the Meat+ can be unlocked. This variant greatly increases the duration of the shield the item provides.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
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In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', meat appears in the forms of [[Hot Drumstick]]s, [[Fiery Drumstick]]s, and [[TNT Drumstick]]s, which can be consumed by Bowser to restore his [[Heart Point|HP]]. In the remake, a type of drumstick known as a [[Cheesy Drumstick]] appear, which completely restore Bowser's HP and [[Brawl Point|BP]], replacing the role of [[Star Candy|Star Candies]] from ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story''. In the battle with Bowser and [[Bowser X]], when he reaches his [[Fury]] status, he will eat a drumstick, fully restoring his HP.

Meat can also be thrown at [[Midbus]] from the audience during the battle against him at [[Fawful Theater]] whenever Bowser does not dodge his attacks. Midbus will eat it later on and restore 50 HP. However, Bowser can [[punch]] or [[Fire Breath|burn]] before he has a chance. Bowser can also [[Inhale|inhale]] the meat, which will give him a [[POW]] boost.

During the "victory feast" after the battle, some of the food included at the banquet features meat, which include large drumsticks, hot dogs with sauce, steaks of both flatiron and ribeye variants, fish, and ham (although only the hot dogs and drumsticks are actually able to be eaten at the player's prompting).

Later on, a type of enemy known as [[Tenderling]]s resemble pieces of meat. They are battled by Mario and Luigi inside [[Bowser's body]].

In the game's remake, in the ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' mode, [[Bowser Jr.]] can eat [[Heart Point|HP]], [[Power|POW]], [[Defense|DEF]], [[Speed|SPEED]], SPIRIT, and [[Experience Point|EXP]] Drumsticks. [[Morton]] also supplies Bowser Jr. with a burned drumstick as a peace offering, which he later eats.

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', in [[Dreamy Neo Bowser Castle]], [[Shy Guy]]s and [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s serve Bowser meat so that he can grow [[Giant Bowser|gigantic]]. Bowser inhales multiple servings, but they run out before he gets very large. Regardless, Bowser still becomes giant for a boss battle. During the battle, one attack has [[Spear Guy]]s come out of a fortress carrying meat. This meat is thrown in a arc and into Bowser's mouth, which heals him. This can be negated by swinging [[Giant Luigi]]'s [[hammer]] into the bridge, using the shockwave to disrupt Bowser's attempt to eat. Bowser's final form, [[Dreamy Bowser]], can retreat into the background while leaving enemies for Mario and Luigi to fight against. Until all of the enemies are defeated, he uses his turn to create and eat a pile of meat, healing his arms by 200 HP and his body by 150 HP.

===''WarioWare'' series===
====''WarioWare Gold''====
In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', [[Lulu]]'s [[List of souvenirs in WarioWare Gold#Cards|Rank B Character Card]] says one of her favorite foods is '''slabs o' fried meat'''. While no such meat appears in the game proper, this kind of meat is pictured on the WarioWare Inc, website.

====''WarioWare: Get It Together!''====
In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', Lulu eats a slab o' fried meat in the game's opening cutscene. 

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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fre=Viande
|FreM=Meat
|Ger=Fleischstück
|GerM=Piece of meat
|Spa=Carne
|SpaM=Meat
|Ita=Carne
|ItaM=Meat
|Dut=Stuk vlees
|DutM=Piece of meat
|Rus=Мясо
|RusR=Myaso
|RusM=Meat
|Jpn=肉
|JpnR=Niku
|JpnM=Meat
|Kor=고기
|KorR=Gogi
|KorM=Meat
|Chi=肉
|ChiR=Ròu
|ChiM=Meat
}}

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