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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]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario Land''===
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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.

''Super Mario Land'''s board game adaptation, ''[[Das Super Mario Spiel]]'', features a card depicting Mario riding a rocket, which is presumably an interpretation of the Sky Pop.

===''Game Boy''===
[[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|Maverick}} 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 grabs the left wing and manages to right the plane up, ensuring a safe landing. 

The Sky Pop reappears briefly in the series' final issue, [[Pipes is Pipes]]. When [[Michael Hallis]] summons Mario from the Game Boy, Mario immediately appears piloting the Sky Pop, and uses it to fly to Clam Creek's nuclear reactor. Later, Michael's mother picks up the plane offscreen and puts it in her personal locker. After retrieving Mario from an inspector at the facility, Mario wakes up and attempts to take off with the Sky Pop to rescue Michael, but he is too weakened by his radiation exposure to fly it. Michael's mother instead puts Mario in her bag and drives home.

===''Super Mario Bros. Print World''===
Artwork of Mario riding the Sky Pop appears as one of the available designs in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''.

===''Mario & Wario''===
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In ''[[Mario & Wario]]'', after clearing the tenth stage, [[Wario Tei]], 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 tailwheel.

===''Super Mario'' (Kodansha manga)===
[[File:Sky Pop - KC Mario manga.png|thumb|left|The Sky Pop as it appears in ''[[Super Mario World 1 (manga)|Super Mario World 1]]''.]]
The Sky Pop appears at the end of ''[[Super Mario Land (manga)|Super Mario Land]]'' of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' manga]] published by KC Deluxe. It is said to have been used to [[Nan-chan Dōshi]] in his youth and has mastered how to use it, telling Mario that he needs to make best use of his thumb and index finger. This is later revealed to be a suggestion on how to shoot more efficiently. The plane's console is designed as a [[Game Boy]]: by shooting missiles while holding down the {{button|gb|a}} button and repeatedly pressing the {{button|gb|b}} button, he will be able to shoot faster.

The plane reappears in the beginning of the ''[[Super Mario World 1 (manga)|Super Mario World 1]]'' volume. Here, Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach use it to land on an island for their vacation.

===Mario Quiz Cards===
The Sky Pop appears in artwork for one of the cards in the "Geography" category of the [[Mario Quiz Cards]], specifically the card "What is the highest mountain in the world?".

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
[[Yoshi]] has a transformation based on the Sky Pop in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'', known as [[Sky Pop Yoshi]]. It controls similarly to the Sky Pop's appearance in ''Super Mario Land''.

===''Super Mario Maker''===
[[File:SMMSkyPop.jpg|thumb|left|Sky Pop in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'']]
[[File:SMM-CostumeMario-SkyPop.png|32px|right]]
A [[Costume Mario]] costume based on the original sprite of [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] piloting the Sky Pop [[Costume_Mario#112|appears]] in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. The costume was officially released on January 6, 2016, and can be unlocked by completing the "[[Southwest Air Adventure]]" [[List of official Super Mario Maker courses|Event Course]]. All of the costume's sound effects and fanfares (transformation, jumping, clearing a course, and losing a life) are taken from ''Super Mario Land''. Pressing up on the {{button|wii|pad}} causes Mario's legs to appear from under the plane and face the screen, playing the sound for collecting a [[coin]] from ''Super Mario Land''.
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==Official profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
*'''Virtual Console Manual:''' "''Mario flies through the air in this missile-armed airplane.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMBPW Sky Pop.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''
SkyPopCard.jpg|''[[Das Super Mario Spiel]]''
Kellogg's Nintendo Collector card 02.jpg|[[Kellogg's]] trading card
Game boy comic team play cover.jpg|''[[Team Play]]''
Mario team play vulcan.png|''Team Play''
Highest mountain quiz card.jpg|[[Mario Quiz Cards]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スカイポップ号<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 12.</ref>
|JapR=Sukaipoppu-gō
|JapM=Sky Pop machine
|Dut=Sky Pop<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 6.</ref>
|DutM=-
|Fra=Sky Pop<br> Sky Pop (l'avion)<ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet, [https://i.imgur.com/hfLHdYC.jpg page 13].</ref>
|FraM=Sky Pop (the plane)
|Ger=Rakete
|GerM=Rocket
|Spa=Sky Pop<br>Pop Celestial<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Mexico) Año 1 No. 1, page 32.</ref>
|SpaM=-<br>Celestial Pop
|Rus=Неболет
|RusR=Nyebolyot
|RusM=Skyflier
}}

==References==
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