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[[File:Mario in Sky Pop SML artwork.jpg|thumb|Mario riding the Sky Pop]]

The '''Sky Pop'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref> is a yellow airplane that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' and  again in ''[[Mario & Wario]]''.

===''Super Mario Land''===

[[File:Sky Pop - KC Mario manga.png|thumb|left|The Sky Pop as it appears in the first volume of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha-published ''Mario'' manga]].]]

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The Sky Pop is used only in World 4-3 of the [[Chai Kingdom]]. It can fire missiles with unlimited ammunition. [[Mario]] uses it primarily to defeat [[Chicken]]s, [[Biokinton]], [[Roketon]]s, and [[Tatanga]]. After defeating Tatanga, Mario flies off with [[Princess Daisy]] in a separate flying machine that is jet-powered and has two seats. In Japanese-exclusive media, however, this jet has been mistakenly known as the Sky Pop II.

[[File:Game boy sky pop defense system.png|200px|thumb|Schematics for the "Sky Pop Defense System".]]

The Sky Pop plays a major role in the issue "[[Team Play]]" of the ''[[Game Boy (comic)|Game Boy]]'' limited comic book series. After [[Greg Campbell]] informs Mario of [[Pionpi]]'s Pacific island fortress, Mario takes off from the [[USS Nimitz]]. As he closes by the fortress, the Sky Pop is ambushed by flying enemies and Mario notices the island's defenses are using real-world ammunition.

Heavily damaged, Mario takes the Sky Pop back to the carrier and makes a crash landing. The plane is caught in-extremis by Greg and Mario requests to be given access to the carrier's weapons. Greg is initially reluctant, but reasons that Tatanga's forces have invaded U.S territory by taking over the island, and draws up with Mario the "Sky Pop Defense System", a frame around the plane able to outfit a pair of {{wp|M61 Vulcan|Vulcan}} cannons, {{wp|AIM-9 Sidewinder|Sidewinder}}, {{wp|AIM-54 Phoenix|Phoenix}} and {{wp|AGM-65 Maverick|Marverick}} missiles, and {{wp|GBU-10 Paveway II|GBU-10E/B Paveway II}} laser-guided bombs. The Sky Pop takes off again (confusing two command tower operators) and Mario assaults the island fortress forces, now easily destroying them with his new weapons. Mario lands on the island and confronts Pionpi, but he soon takes off in the Sky Pop again when he learns a friendly {{wp|F/A-18 Hornet}} from the carrier's detachment has been heavily damaged and is on course to crash with the Nimitz. From the Sky Pop, Mario grab's the left wing and manages to right the plane up, ensuring a safe landing.  

Before taking off, Mario thanks Greg for his help in "getting out" the Sky Pop out of the [[Game Boy]], implying the plane must be summoned separately from Mario.

===''Mario & Wario''===

After clearing Level 10, the Sky Pop is used to intercept [[Wario]] and drop one of his enchanted [[Barrel]]s on his head as punishment for all of the mischief he caused to the heroes.

The Sky Pop is shown to have a conventional-type landing gear configuration but uses a monopod instead of a tail-wheel.

The Sky Pop makes a brief appearance in the beginning of first volume of the ''Super Mario World'' arc of a [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Mario'' manga]] published by Kodansha. Here, Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach use it to land on an island for their vacation.

===''Super Mario Maker''===

 

==Official profiles==

*'''Virtual Console Manual:''' "''Mario flies through the air in this missile-armed airplane.''"

SkyPopCard.jpg|''Das Super Mario Spiel''

|Jap=スカイポップ号<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 12.</ref>

|Dut=Sky Pop<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 6.</ref>

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|Spa=Pop Celestial<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Mexico) Año 1 No. 1, page 32.</ref>

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