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{{about|the item and object found in various Super Mario games|the item in [[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]|[[Painting (item)]]}}
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|title=Painting
|image=[[File:SMO Artwork Warp Hole.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|comparable=[[Rainbow M]]
}}
{{quote|[[Bowser]] has stolen the [[Peach's Castle|castle]]'s [[Power Star|Stars]], and he's using their power to create his own world in the paintings and walls.|[[Toad (species)|Toad]]|''[[Super Mario 64]]''}}
'''Paintings''' in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] generally appear as not only framed pictures but also portals to different areas, first seen in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Paintings in ''Super Mario 64'' are used to travel from the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]] to the game's many [[level]]s, such as the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]. Certain paintings are located in special themed rooms (for example, [[Jolly Roger Bay]]'s painting is in what appears to be an aquarium). Most painting frames are yellow, but some of the paintings also have different colors, such as [[Wet-Dry World]]'s being blue. Several paintings on the second floor are copies of ones on other floors and cannot be entered. The painting for Jolly Roger Bay is changed in Western localizations, with the original Japanese version depicting large bubbles and the Western versions depicting the sunken ship.

According to the [[Toad (species)|Toad]] near the main doors at the front of the castle, the paintings were created by [[Bowser]] to create his own world using the castle's [[Power Star]]s to keep the Toads and [[Princess Peach]] captive.

Paintings return in the remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', where they serve the same purpose. All of the paintings have been retouched, with some also being redone due to some designs changing in the eight years between releases. Also, all releases of this game have the Jolly Roger Bay painting depicting bubbles.
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====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' during the episode [[Mysterious Hotel Delfino]], a portrait is making a [[Pianta]] staying at [[Hotel Delfino]] feel uneasy. Spraying the portrait exposes the image of a [[Boo]] on it and allows [[Mario]] to leap through it, entering a new room.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in the [[Ghostly Galaxy]], a portrait of a [[1-Up Mushroom]] releases the item once Mario touches a nearby [[? Coin]]. Portraits of Boos and [[Bomb Boo]]s otherwise appear in the galaxy, expelling their respective ghosts.

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
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Paintings return in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where they are also referred to as  '''warp holes'''.<ref>''Super Mario Odyssey'' description for "World Warper" achievement</ref> Paintings can again warp Mario to other locations, but in this game, these locations are the kingdoms of the world and the paintings are an alternate hidden method of doing so. One or two paintings can be found in each kingdom, though some kingdoms such as the [[Cap Kingdom]] lack paintings often in hidden areas. Paintings can be on a wall or laid on the ground. They can also be underwater. When Mario moves up to a warp hole, he is caught by a purple glow that suspends him in the air. This state further protects Mario from all enemies and refills his air meter if he is underwater. The player can choose to drop down with {{button|switch|B}}, ending this state. If the player does this, the painting enters a cooldown state where it cannot grab Mario again. That state ends after some time passes and Mario moves sufficiently far from the painting, indicated by the artwork rippling again. The player can press {{button|switch|A}} to enter the picture. When Mario enters the picture, the warp hole sends him through a purple tunnel in a cutscene. This tunnel terminates at a warp hole in a distant area of the kingdom the first warp hole is depicting. The painting then enters the cooldown state. The area a painting takes Mario to has a [[Power Moon]] that is intended to be inaccessible to him except by using the warp hole, though complex movement and [[glitch]]es can circumvent this. The [[Wooded Kingdom]]'s area is instead encased in a solid structure, with [[Falling Platform]]s used to create a one-way exit. These areas always have [[Checkpoint Flag]]s on or inside them, enabling the player to reach the exit of any painting quickly and use the paintings as a limited travel system. The paintings are typically not activated until the entrance location's [[mission|objective]]s have been completed. Such paintings will be blank instead of depicting a kingdom. These warp holes cannot pick up Mario, though [[Cappy]] will comment on the peculiarity of having an empty frame in the middle of the world. Some paintings, such as the one to the [[Sand Kingdom]], are usable early in the game, while the ones to the [[Seaside Kingdom]], the [[Snow Kingdom]], and [[Bowser's Kingdom]] are inaccessible until the game is completed. 

By using some of the paintings available earlier in the game, Mario can arrive in kingdoms before he has the Power Moons necessary to reach it with the [[Odyssey]]. If he does so, the kingdom will be in a state prior to its first objective, and the Odyssey will not be present. This means Mario can only collect the Power Moon at the exit, then return to the prior kingdom with the painting. However, complex movement or glitches can enable a sequence break allowing the destination kingdom to be fully explored from the painting's destination.

The destinations of certain paintings change depending on which kingdoms were chosen at the [[Lake Kingdom]] and [[Wooded Kingdom]] fork and the Snow Kingdom and Seaside Kingdom fork. Below is a table listing all of these paintings. It features the destination of the paintings in each scenario, with each column representing the kingdoms that were visited first in the respective forks.

{|class=wikitable
!Location
!Lake Kingdom and Snow Kingdom
!Lake Kingdom and Seaside Kingdom
!Wooded Kingdom and Snow Kingdom
!Wooded Kingdom and Seaside Kingdom
|-
|[[Cascade Kingdom]]
|Bowser's Kingdom
|Bowser's Kingdom
|Bowser's Kingdom
|Bowser's Kingdom
|-
|[[Sand Kingdom]]
|Metro Kingdom
|Metro Kingdom
|Metro Kingdom
|Metro Kingdom
|-
|[[Lake Kingdom]]
|Sand Kingdom
|Sand Kingdom
|Luncheon Kingdom
|Luncheon Kingdom
|-
|[[Wooded Kingdom]]
|Luncheon Kingdom
|Luncheon Kingdom
|Sand Kingdom
|Sand Kingdom
|-
|[[Metro Kingdom]]
|Wooded Kingdom 
|Wooded Kingdom
|Lake Kingdom
|Lake Kingdom
|-
|[[Snow Kingdom]]
|Cascade Kingdom
|Lake Kingdom
|Cascade Kingdom
|Wooded Kingdom
|-
|[[Seaside Kingdom]]
|Lake Kingdom
|Cascade Kingdom
|Wooded Kingdom
|Cascade Kingdom
|-
|[[Luncheon Kingdom]]
|Mushroom Kingdom
|Mushroom Kingdom
|Mushroom Kingdom
|Mushroom Kingdom
|-
|[[Bowser's Kingdom]]
|Seaside Kingdom
|Snow Kingdom
|Seaside Kingdom
|Snow Kingdom
|-
|[[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey)|Mushroom Kingdom]]
|Snow Kingdom
|Seaside Kingdom
|Snow Kingdom
|Seaside Kingdom
|}

Much larger paintings also appear in towers and other hidden areas outside [[Peach's Castle]]. These paintings do not "pick up" Mario. Instead, he has to jump into them just as in ''Super Mario 64''. These paintings transport Mario to tougher versions of the battles against [[Knucklotec]], [[Torkdrift]], [[Mechawiggler]], [[Mollusque-Lanceur]], [[Cookatiel]], and the [[Ruined Dragon]]. When these paintings are used, the level-selection jingle from ''Super Mario 64'' plays before the rematches begin. If Mario dies in the rematch, he is booted out of the painting, but if he wins and collects the [[Multi Moon]] from the boss, he jumps out from the painting. This again refers back to ''Super Mario 64''. Since these paintings are transitions, this further means any [[coin]]s lost upon death in these scenarios are forfeit, as they will not be present if Mario re-enters the painting. The two paintings in the next paragraph operate in the same way but with different destinations. The jingle from ''Super Mario 64'' does not play.

There is a painting in the [[Wedding Hall]] in the [[Moon Kingdom]], depicting the wedding between [[Bowser]] and Peach. Entering it allows Mario to replay the end of [[Bowser's Moon Wedding]], starting from the Wedding Hall, proceeding through the Bowser boss fight and ending with the credits roll. While there is not a Multi Moon at the end, completing the entire sequence sends Mario back out of the painting with a jump. Another painting there can be unlocked in the Wedding Hall by completing the Power Moon List, which leads to a harder version of the Bowser fight.

On the [[Darker Side]], during the final portion of the kingdom, Mario must jump into a painting depicting Bowser being [[capture]]d. This painting takes Mario to the final section of [[Long Journey's End]] that contains hazardous obstacles, and also has the player control Bowser again as though they did capture him. Since this is the Darker Side, this painting is not a checkpoint. Dying in this section sends Mario back to the [[Warp Pipe]] at the start of the whole cave, meaning this is the only painting Mario can never be knocked back through. After leaving this section, Mario returns to normal. The painting is positioned on the side of a rock structure shaped like a [[castle]]. The transition at the end of the section drops Mario on the other side of this rock, where there is not a painting. This means this painting can be used only for one-way transportation and can never be jumped out of. Given the lack of distance covered by using the painting, there are means to skip this paining while completing Long Journey's End.

===''Luigi's Mansion'' series===
====''Luigi's Mansion''====
{{see also|Portrait ghost|Mario's Painting}}
[[File:Mario's Painting LM.png|thumb|150px|Mario trapped in a painting]]
Multiple paintings appear in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. Most are simple background objects that occasionally hold treasure and can be commented on by [[Luigi]] through the [[Game Boy Horror]]; some of these appear to depict living versions of the [[portrait ghost]]s, and the ones in the [[Parlor (Luigi's Mansion)|Parlor]] speak to Luigi after he blows out six [[candle]]s early on. Some, however, are more important to the plot, namely, the ones of the defeated portrait ghosts, the quality of which depends on how many [[pearl]]s Luigi collects. Another is the one [[Mario]] is trapped in, which serves as Luigi's primary goal. Before the battle with [[King Boo]], the painting is replaced with one of [[Bowser]], which sucks the two inside it. After Luigi defeats King Boo, the Mario painting reappears, and Luigi takes it back to [[Professor E. Gadd]]'s lab. Mario is then sent through the [[Ghost Portrificationizer]] in reverse to return him to normal. Unlike the static images of the portrait ghosts, Mario's picture is of him banging on the panel, trying to escape.

====''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''====
[[File:Mario Portrait LMDM.png|thumb|left|Luigi seeing Mario's Painting before [[King Boo's Illusion]] fight]]
Mario gets trapped in a painting again in ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''. Once again, several paintings are found throughout the game, many of which contain items and five [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s to rescue. In this game, however, obtaining the items necessitates the usage of the [[Dark-Light Device]]. Mario's Painting is alluded to throughout the game, but it is fully revealed in the [[Treacherous Mansion]]. After defeating King Boo, Luigi has to use the Dark-Light Device on Mario to get him out of the painting.
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====''Luigi's Mansion 3''====
[[File:LM3 MarioPeachToadFrames Artwork.png|thumb|Mario's, Peach's, and the Toads' paintings]]
Paintings reappear in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''. In this game, Mario, [[Princess Peach]], three Toads, and Professor E. Gadd are trapped in paintings by King Boo. He also attempts to trap Luigi in a painting, though he escapes. Like in ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'', the Dark-Light Device can be used to get the characters, as well as items such as [[coin]]s, out of the paintings.

At the end of the game, King Boo ambushes Mario, Luigi, and Peach on the [[Rooftop (Luigi's Mansion 3)|Rooftop]] of [[The Last Resort]], attempting to trap them all in a single painting. After successfully trapping everyone except Luigi, he engages him in battle, with the painting holding the others hovering in the background. In his final phase, King Boo enlarges the painting to a colossal size, attempting to bring it down on the entire building to trap Luigi; he must defeat King Boo within four minutes to avoid being trapped. Afterwards, the painting shrinks back to its original size, allowing Luigi to free his friends and brother with the Dark-Light Device.

The [[Game Over]] screen shows Luigi trapped in his own painting, alongside his brother's and friends' paintings, with King Boo holding them up all around himself.

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
[[File:MKT Item Box portal.jpg|thumb|left|130px|A small painting in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
In ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', painting-like portals appear on the [[Break Item Boxes]] bonus challenges set in [[DS Luigi's Mansion]] and [[RMX Ghost Valley 1]], having a similar frame design to the warp paintings in ''Super Mario Odyssey'' and a rotating multicolored spiral image. They appear growing in front of drivers and stay floating in place, producing [[Item Box]]es for the player to obtain, and they can vary drastically in size, with some being roughly the same size as a small driver and others being giant paintings capable of spawning big numbers of Item Boxes.
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===Super Nintendo World===
Two paintings make an appearance in [[Super Nintendo World]] inside [[Peach's Castle]]. They are modern versions of the paintings of the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and [[Tiny-Huge Island]] from ''Super Mario 64'' with frames resembling the warp paintings in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', which resemble their appearances in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. If they are looked at from the side, they reveal an image of [[Bowser Jr.]] in his [[Junior Clown Car]] with the [[Golden Mushroom (crownless)|Golden Mushroom]].

===''Princess Peach: Showtime!''===
After [[It's Showtime, Grape!]] is beaten in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]'', paintings of [[Grape (character)|Grape]] and the four [[Darkle]] bosses show up on the floor of the [[Sparkle Theater]] they were originally fought on, to facilitate rematches against them. The paintings of Darkle bosses show up above the first of two staircases that lead up to the next floor, while the paintings of Grape show up in the middle of the lower section of the basement.

During rematches against the five bosses that are started through the paintings, the five bosses offer three [[Sparkle Gem]]s each if various accomplishments are achieved, making the rematches required for 100% completion.
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==Gallery==
===Textures and models===
<gallery>
Bob omb Battlefield painting.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[Bob-omb Battlefield]])
Whomps Fortress painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Whomp's Fortress]])
SM64_JollyRogerBay_Painting_NTSC-J.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Jolly Roger Bay]], Japanese version)
SM64 JollyRogerBay Painting Other.png|''Super Mario 64'' (Jolly Roger Bay, international version)
Cool Cool Mountain painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]])
Lethal Lava Land painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Lethal Lava Land]])
Wet Dry World painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Wet-Dry World]])
Tall Tall Mountain painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Tall, Tall Mountain]])
Tiny Huge Island painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Tiny-Huge Island]])
Peach Painting.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Princess Peach]])
Bowser painting SM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Bowser]])
SM64 Asset Texture Painting (Boo).png|''Super Mario 64'' ([[Boo]])
SMS Asset Sprite Portrait (Sunset).png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[Hotel Delfino]])
SMS Asset Sprite Portrait (Boo).png|''Super Mario Sunshine'' (Hotel Delfino)
SM64DS Painting 1.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' (Bob-omb Battlefield)
SM64DS Painting 2.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Whomp's Fortress)
SM64DS Painting 4.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Jolly Roger Bay)
SM64DS Painting 3.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land)
SM64DS Painting 7.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Lethal Lava Land)
SM64DS Painting 11.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Wet-Dry World)
SM64DS Painting 12.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Tall, Tall Mountain)
SM64DS Painting 13.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Tiny-Huge Island)
SM64DS Painting S.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' ([[Sunshine Isles]])
File:SM64DS Painting Mario.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' ([[Goomboss Battle]])
File:SM64DS Painting Luigi.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' ([[Big Boo Battle]])
File:SM64DS Painting Wario.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' ([[Chief Chilly Challenge]])
SM64DS Painting Peach.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Princess Peach)
SM64DS Painting Bowser.png|''Super Mario 64 DS'' (Bowser)
SMG Asset Model Painting.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[1-Up Mushroom]])
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMO Cascade Painting.png|A painting from the Cascade Kingdom to Bowser's Kingdom
Sand Painting.png|A painting from the Sand Kingdom to the Metro Kingdom
Wooded Painting.png|A painting from the Wooded Kingdom to the Sand Kingdom
Wooded Painting Alt.png|A painting from the Wooded Kingdom to the Luncheon Kingdom
Lake Kingdom to Luncheon Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Lake Kingdom to the Luncheon Kingdom
Lake Kingdom to Sand Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Lake Kingdom to the Sand Kingdom
SMO Metro Kingdom to Lake Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Metro Kingdom to the Lake Kingdom
SMO Metro Kingdom to Wooded Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Metro Kingdom to the Wooded Kingdom
Snow Painting.png|A painting from the Snow Kingdom to the Wooded Kingdom
Snow Painting Alt.png|A painting from the Snow Kingdom to the Cascade Kingdom
Seaside Painting.png|A painting from the Seaside Kingdom to the Wooded Kingdom
Seaside Painting Alt.png|A painting from the Seaside Kingdom to the Cascade Kingdom
Seaside Painting Alt 2.png|A painting from the Seaside Kingdom to the Lake Kingdom
Luncheon Kingdom to Mushroom Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Luncheon Kingdom to the Mushroom Kingdom
Bowser Kingdom to Snow Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from Bowser's Kingdom to the Snow Kingdom
Bowser Kingdom to Seaside Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from Bowser's Kingdom to the Seaside Kingdom
SMO Mushroom Kingdom to Snow Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to the Snow Kingdom
SMO Mushroom Kingdom to Seaside Kingdom Painting.png|A painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to the Seaside Kingdom
KnucklotecPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Knucklotec]]'s rematch
RuinedDragonPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Ruined Dragon]]'s rematch
MechawigglerPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Mechawiggler]]'s rematch
TorkdriftPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Torkdrift]]'s rematch
MullusqueLanceurPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Mollusque-Lanceur]]'s rematch
CookatielPainting-SMO.jpg|The painting from the Mushroom Kingdom to [[Cookatiel]]'s rematch
SMO Bowser Painting 1.jpg|The painting from the Moon Kingdom to Bowser's rematch
SMO Bowser Painting 2.jpg|The painting from the Moon Kingdom to a harder version of Bowser's rematch (after collecting 880 Power Moons)
Darker Side Painting.png|A painting from the Darker Side to a Bowser Area
PPS Darkle Boss Light Fang painting.png|A painting in [[Sparkle Theater]] to [[Light Fang]]'s rematch in ''[[Princess Peach: Showtime!]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ワープホール
|JpnR=Wāpu Hōru
|JpnM=Warp Hole
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title=『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-19-864696-7|page=83}}</ref>
|JpnN=''Super Mario Odyssey''
}}

==Notes==
*In [[Wet-Dry World]]'s painting, the [[Skeeter]] is shown to be a dark pine green, although Skeeters are actually an aquamarine color. In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', all of the paintings are retouched or reshot, and as such, the Skeeter picture is now accurate to its appearance within its respective game.
*In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the [[Tall, Tall Mountain]] painting mistakenly has the warp to the [[Mysterious Mountainside|slide]] as a plain white texture.

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