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| |image=[[File:NSMBU Torpedo Base Model.png|120px]]<br>A torpedo tube model from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' | | |title=Skull Box |
| | |image=[[File:TorpTed.gif]]<br>A '''Skull Box''', firing a Torpedo Ted. |
| | |species_origin=[[Bill Blaster]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]]) |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party 10]]'' ([[List of games by date#2015|2015]]) |
| |variant_of=[[Bill Blaster]]
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| |variants=[[Torpedo Base]]
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| |relatives=[[Torpedo Ted]]
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| |comparable=[[Lobb]]
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| '''Torpedo tubes'''<ref>{{cite|quote=The warp pipe is encased in a steel-and-glass cage. Fortunately, there is a Bullet Bill torpedo tube nearby.|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=157|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-7615-5643-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=A massive weight hangs from the tower’s bottom. This holds the tower in place. Mario must somehow remove the weight. There is a torpedo tube in the side of the sea bowl. Swim over to it to catch the eyes of a Bullet Bill as it blasts into the water. Then, swim toward the weight with the Bullet Bill in tow. Quickly paddle to the weight’s other side so the Bullet Bill crashes into it. The explosion drops the weight, allowing several floating devices to rise. Now Mario can climb to the tower’s top.|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=158|date=November 9, 2007|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-7615-5643-5}}</ref> are black artillery that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Gloved hands from a torpedo tube release [[Torpedo Ted]]s at [[Mario]]. | | |
| | '''Skull Boxes''' are black artillery that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They fire [[Torpedo Ted]]s at [[Mario]]. Much like [[Bill Blaster]]s, the Skull Box only can be destroyed by Mega Mario. |
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| ==History== | | ==History== |
| ===''Super Mario'' series=== | | ===''Super Mario'' series=== |
| ====''Super Mario World''==== | | ====''Super Mario World''==== |
| Torpedo tubes first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in only one level, [[Soda Lake]], where they fire Torpedo Teds that are invincible to all available forms of attack, making the level tricky to traverse. The gloves that dispense the Torpedo Teds have four fingers.
| | Skull Boxes first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in only one level, [[Soda Lake]] where they fire Torpedo Teds that are invincible to all available forms of attack, making the level tricky to traverse. |
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| ====''Super Mario Galaxy''==== | | ====''Super Mario Galaxy''==== |
| [[File:SMG E3 2007 Buoy Base Galaxy.png|thumb|Torpedo Teds chasing after Mario and torpedo tubes in the background in ''Super Mario Galaxy'']] | | [[File:Camera View Chasing.png|thumb|left|Torpedo Teds chasing after Mario and '''Ted Blasters''' in the background in ''Super Mario Galaxy''.]] |
| Torpedo tubes also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they sport a different design, being identical to the single-sided [[Bill Blaster]]s. They are most often found in the water, and now can be destroyed by leading a Torpedo Ted right back at them.
| | Skull Boxes also appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they sport a new look and new name: '''Ted Blasters'''. They are most often found in the water, and now can be destroyed by leading a Torpedo Ted right back at them. |
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| ====''New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''==== | | ====''New Super Mario Bros. U''==== |
| Torpedo tubes, as well as the Torpedo Teds, return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave and look almost exactly as they do in ''Super Mario World'', with the gloves now having five fingers, and appear in [[Larry's Torpedo Castle]]; they are once again invincible. [[Targeting Ted]]s and red [[Torpedo Base]]s debut in the level [[The Mighty Cannonship]], being both obstacles and weapons that appear in the fight with [[Bowser Jr.#New Super Mario Bros. U|Bowser Jr]]. While [[Torpedo Ted]]s reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', black torpedo tubes do not. | | [[File:NSMBUSkullBox.png|thumb|200px|Skull Boxes and the Torpedo Teds in Larry's Torpedo Castle.]] |
| | Skull Boxes, as well as the Torpedo Teds, return in the [[Wii U]] game, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They behave and look exactly as they do in ''Super Mario World'', and appear in [[Larry's Torpedo Castle]]; they are once again invincible. [[Targeting Ted]]s and [[Red Skull Box]]es debut in [[The Mighty Cannonship]] level, being both obstacles and weapons that appear in the fight with [[Bowser Jr.#New Super Mario Bros. U|Bowser Jr]]. While [[Torpedo Ted]]s reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' the Skull Boxes are absent. |
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| ===''Super Princess Peach''=== | | ===''Super Princess Peach''=== |
| Torpedo tubes return alongside the Torpedo Teds in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', where they are invincible.
| | Skull Box return alongside the Torpedo Teds in the game ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', where they are invincible. |
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| ===''Mario Party 10''===
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| Torpedo tubes reappear in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' in the minigame [[Blooper Blastoff]], where they launch Torpedo Teds.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Torpedo Hasshadai SMW Artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario World]]''
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| SMW Torpedo Hasshadai.png|''Super Mario World''
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| Torpedo Tube hand SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 5|Volume 5]]
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| SPP Torpedo Base.png|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''
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| SMG Torpedo Hasshadai.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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| NSMBUSkullBox.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
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| Blooper Blast-Off.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Additional names==
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| |game1=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
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| |name1=torpedobase
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| |meaning1=Torpedo (Ted) Base
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| ===Names in other languages===
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| |Jpn=トーピード発射台<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section|page=61|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=216|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
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| |JpnR=Tōpīdo Hasshadai
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| |JpnM=Torpedo Launcher
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| |Ger=Torpedo-Kanone
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| |GerM=Torpedo Cannon
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| |Ita=Scatola Teschio<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=61}}</ref>
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| |ItaN=''Super Mario World''
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| |Ita2=Cannone Ted<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=210-216}}</ref>
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| |Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
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| |ItaM=Skull Box
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| |Ita2M=Ted Cannon
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| ==References== | | ====''Mario Party 10''==== |
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| | Skull box reappears in ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' in the minigame Blooper Blast-Off launching Torpedo Teds. |
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| {{Bullet Bills}} | | ==Trivia== |
| | *A strange gloved hand drops Teds out of the boxes. It is unknown if it is mechanical or not. |
| | *The strange gloved hand that drop the Teds, is very similar to [[wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse]]'s hand. |
| | *In ''Super Mario World'', the strange glove has four fingers. But in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', the glove has five fingers. |
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| | {{Bullet Bill}} |
| {{SMW}} | | {{SMW}} |
| {{SPP}} | | {{SPP}} |
| {{SMG}} | | {{SMG}} |
| {{NSMBU}} | | {{NSMBU}} |
| {{MP10}}
| | [[Category:Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Bullet Bills]] | | [[Category:Sub-Species]] |
| [[Category:Underwater creatures]] | | [[Category:Underwater Creatures]] |
| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U objects]] | | [[Category:Koopa Troop Weapons]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario World objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy objects]] | | [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Species]] |
| [[Category:Super Princess Peach objects]] | | [[Category:Super Mario World Enemies]] |
| | [[Category:Super Mario World Species]] |
| | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Enemies]] |
| | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Species]] |
| | [[Category:Super Princess Peach]] |
