Editing Stump

[[File:SMG Stump.png|200px|thumbnail|A Stump from ''Super Mario Galaxy'']]

{{quote2|I want to stomp a stump!|[[Bee]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy]]}}

'''Stumps''' are objects found in most 3D ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games and the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]]. They can be [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed by any character, and they may or may not result in something happening. They more resemble wooden pegs in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], but they are changed to look more like tree stumps starting in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

===[[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]===

====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====

[[File:BobOmbBattlefield.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario ground-pounding a stump]]

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], stumps are seen throughout the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and the "huge" side of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', they are also found on [[Whomp's Fortress]] and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. [[Ground Pound|Ground-pounding]] them three times may release [[coin]]s (in the DS version, they may also release [[Super Mushroom]]s). In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', [[Wario]] needs to pound a stump only once to drive it all the way into the ground. Stumps play a minor role in the mission [[Behind Chain Chomp's Gate]] in the Bob-omb Battlefield, where a [[Chain Chomp]] is tied to one; ground-pounding it three times frees the Chain Chomp, who will in turn break the gate that was blocking a [[Power Star]].

If the player runs around an intact stump five consecutive times, five coins will appear from it; this can be done only once per stump.

Although not stumps, '''Nails'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 14.</ref> behave near identically to stumps of ''Super Mario 64'' in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are found in various [[Super Mario Sunshine#Secret Levels|secret levels]], such as [[The Hillside Cave Secret]]. Most give a coin when fully Ground Pounded, while some give a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. However, the player cannot run around an intact nail to receive anything like in ''Super Mario 64''.

[[File:SMG Thorn Planet.png|thumb|left|200px|A Stump found in Gusty Garden Galaxy]]

Larger stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in only the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] and the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]. When [[Ground Pound]]ed, they turn red. They also now only need to be Ground Pounded once, as opposed to the three times from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' or ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Ground Pounding on a Stump in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' produces various results, such as having two [[Goomba]]s or [[Flipbug]]s appear, causing many [[Star Bit]]s appear, and very rarely, producing a [[Life Mushroom]] or a [[Sling Star]]. At one point, a stump is used to get a giant caterpillar to move.

[[File:SMG2 Puzzle Plank Pound Pillars Planet.png|thumb|200px|Stumps found in Puzzle Plank Galaxy]]

Stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' with the same design and function from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They still turn red when [[Ground Pound]]ed. They only appear in the [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]], [[Cloudy Court Galaxy]], and the [[Freezy Flake Galaxy]].

[[File:SM3DL S1-1 Stump.png|thumb|left|Stumps, found in [[Special 1-1]]]]

Stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' somewhat rarely, but with the same use as before. They only leave coins, and no longer turn red after being Ground Pounded. Some stumps are raised higher and need to be Ground Pounded twice, though a pound from [[Statue Mario]] will pound them in completely.

===[[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]]===

In the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], similar objects called '''posts'''<ref>The ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 27.</ref> appear. They are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They appear in many levels. They are wooden posts that come up from the ground, and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must [[Ground Pound]] them. In ''Yoshi's Island DS'', [[Baby Donkey Kong]] can stomp them straight to the ground in one single ground pound. [[Coin]]s and [[Red Coin]]s can occasionally be found in these. They mostly block Yoshi's way and must be ground pounded. In [[Raphael The Raven's Castle]], they are used to attack [[Raphael the Raven]]. Posts also appear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' and perform the same function. [[Ground Pound Rebound]] is one of a few levels to feature them.

SMW2 Log.PNG|A [[Yoshi (species)|Brown Yoshi]] standing on a Post in the first image. The second image shows that the Yoshi presumably ground pounded the Post almost to the ground.

A-Mazing Post Pounding.png|''Yoshi's Woolly World''

[[File:GroundPoundMP1.png|thumb|right|Stumps in ''Mario Party'']]

In ''[[Mario Party]]'', the minigame [[Ground Pound (minigame)|Ground Pound]] requires the player to ground-pound desired flat stumps and avoid potentially spiky stumps. Ten [[coin]]s are rewarded if the player ground-pounds all five flat stumps.

In the third difficulty of the [[Yoshi's Island (microgame)|Yoshi's Island]] microgame from ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', which is based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', two adjacent posts can be used to reach and rescue [[Baby Mario]] from a [[bubble]].

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=杭 (''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 3D Land'')<br>''Kui''<br>釘 (''Super Mario Sunshine'')<br>''Kugi''<br>切り株 (''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Kirikabu''

|JapM=Pile<br><br>Nail<br><br>Stump

|Ita=Ceppo

|ItaM=Stump

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