Editing Stump

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

'''Stumps''' are objects found in most 3D ''Mario'' games and the ''Yoshi'' franchise. They can be [[Ground Pound]]ed by any character, and may or may not result in something happening. They more resemble wooden pegs in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]], but 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 the Stump]]

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]], Stumps play a very minor role in the mission "Behind Chain Chomp's Gate" in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], where a Chain Chomp is tied to one. [[Ground Pound]]ing on the Stump three times frees the [[Chain Chomp]], who will in turn break the gate that was blocking a [[Power Star]]. Other Stumps are seen throughout Bob-omb Battlefield, but serve no real purpose. More Stumps are seen in the "huge" side of [[Tiny-Huge Island]], but also serve no real purpose.

If Mario were to run around an un-ground-pounded stump five times in a row without interruption, five [[coin]]s would fly out of them, but only once.

In these games, even if a stump is stomped all the way, the sound effect of pounding a stump will still play if [[Ground Pound]]ed again.

[[File:HillsideCaveSecretSMS.png|thumb|Nails in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]

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]] while some give a [[1-Up Mushroom]] when fully ground-pounded into the ground. However, the player cannot run around an un-ground pounded nail to receive anything like in ''Super Mario 64''.

[[File: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'' may result in having two [[Goomba]]s appear, two [[Flipbug]]s appear, many [[Star Bit]]s appear, and very rarely, have a [[Life Mushroom]] or a [[Sling Star]] appear, or to get a giant caterpillar to move.

[[File:PuPlG2.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 leave only [[Coin]]s. They do not turn red after being [[Ground Pound]]ed anymore. 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]]'', there is a [[Ground Pound (minigame)|minigame]] that has the player using ground pound on desired flat stumps and potentially spiky stumps. Ten [[coin]]s are rewarded if the player ground pounds all five 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]].

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