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[[Image:Magic_potion.PNG|frame|right|'''Magic Potions''' are the only way to enter [[Subspace]].]]
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMA Magic Potion Artwork.png|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|name=Starman
|description=
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|effect=Create doors that lead to [[Subspace]].
}}
'''Magical Potions''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' instruction booklet|page=21}}</ref> also called '''Magic Potions'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=20}}</ref><ref>[[Nintendo PlayChoice-10]] ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instructions</ref><ref>{{cite|date=July/August 1988|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1993|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88}}}}</ref> or simply '''Potions''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|page=94, 95, 99}}</ref> are [[List of items|items]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', resembling a flask with a bubbling liquid inside. They replaced the [[Magic Lamp]]s from ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''.
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'''Magic Potions''' are items that [[Mario]] and his friends discovered in the land of [[Subcon]] during the events of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. When picked up and thrown to the ground, a Magic Potion allows Mario and friends to enter [[Subspace]], where they could find [[Gold Coin]]s and [[Mushroom]]s. In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', after finishing the game, one could find [[Yoshi Egg]]s.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:SMB2World1-1.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
Magical Potions in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' can be picked up and thrown to the ground to create a temporary [[Warp Door|door]] from which the player character can enter [[Subspace]]. Magical Potions cannot create doors within a jar, over another door, or on unstable surfaces like [[quicksand]].


== Appearances in Other Media ==
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
Magical Potions are items in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. They are necessary to find [[Wart]] in one of Subspace's jars as he is always hidden in these dimensions.{{br|left}}


In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' [[Bowser|King Koopa]] would sometimes pull out a Magic Potion at the end of an episode, usually when he was outmatched by Mario's group, and would throw it, creating a [[Warp Zone]] for him to escape through.
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
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A Magical Potion is sometimes pulled out by [[Bowser|King Koopa]] at the end of an episode in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', usually when he is outmatched by Mario's group, in episodes such as "[[Bad Rap]]" and "[[Mario Meets Koop-zilla]]" and throws it, creating a [[Warp Zone]] for him to escape. The episode "[[Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers]]" introduces two types of potions called the [[Magic Shrink Potion]] and [[Magic Growing Potion]].
{{The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Animated}}
 
[[Category: Items]]
Magical Potions appear in the following episodes:
 
*[[King Mario of Cramalot]]
*[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]
*[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]
*[[Hooded Robin and His Mario Men]]
*[[Mario Meets Koop-zilla]]
*[[The Unzappables]]
*[[Bad Rap]]
*[[Karate Koopa]]
*[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Magic Potion SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|A Magic Potion in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
A Magical Potion has appeared in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' briefly, where Luigi tries to give it to Mario to try and help him defeat [[Tryclyde]]. Toad has also used the Magical Potion in a fight with Wart. He enters the door the potion creates and then gives powerups to aid Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi during the fight, including [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]], [[P-Wing]]s, and [[Frog Suit]]s.
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===Nintendo Adventure Books===
In ''[[Doors to Doom]]'', when Mario and Luigi escape a stampede of [[Ninji]]s by jumping off a cliff while using a parasol to safely float down, they decide to escape by revealing a bottle of Magic Potion from a tuft of grass. However, this particular bottle of potion creates a door which has a lock displaying a shoelace puzzle on it. Mario and Luigi must solve the puzzle and push the correct button in order to escape the area; pushing the incorrect button makes the door lead them to an encounter where they get shot point-blank by a [[Shy Guy]] riding an [[Autobomb]], leading to a [[Game Over]].
 
==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Wii Virtual Console manual:''' ''"Throw one of these to make a door appear, then pass through one of these doors to get to Sub-space."''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB2 Magic Potion Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Magic Potion SMB2 Sprite.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMAS SMB2 Magical Potion Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
Potion_SMB2.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
SMA Potion sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|魔法|まほう}}の{{ruby|薬|くすり}}
|JapR=Mahō no Kusuri
|JapM=Magic Potion
|Fre=Potion Magique
|FreM=Magic Potion
|Ita=Pozione magica<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian e-manual|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|page=111}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2010|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=70}}</ref>
|Ita2=Pozione Magica<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' Italian manual|page=21}}</ref>
|ItaM=Magic potion
|Ita2M=Magic Potion
|Ger=Zaubertrank
|GerM=Magical Potion
|Chi=魔法瓶<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hans|url=www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332/|title=小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频|author=iQue|publisher=Bilibili|accessdate=July 6, 2024}}</ref>
|ChiR=Mófǎ Píng
|ChiM=Magic Bottle
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Potions]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance items]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 items]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! items]]
[[it:Pozione Magica]]

Latest revision as of 10:59, September 6, 2024

Magical Potion
Magical Potion artwork from Super Mario Advance
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Effect Create doors that lead to Subspace.

Magical Potions,[1] also called Magic Potions[2][3][4][5] or simply Potions,[6] are items in Super Mario Bros. 2, resembling a flask with a bubbling liquid inside. They replaced the Magic Lamps from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Mario lifting a Magical Potion that leads to Subspace in World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. 2
Screenshot from Super Mario Bros. 2

Magical Potions in Super Mario Bros. 2 can be picked up and thrown to the ground to create a temporary door from which the player character can enter Subspace. Magical Potions cannot create doors within a jar, over another door, or on unstable surfaces like quicksand.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Magical Potions are items in BS Super Mario USA. They are necessary to find Wart in one of Subspace's jars as he is always hidden in these dimensions.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

A Magical Potion is sometimes pulled out by King Koopa at the end of an episode in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, usually when he is outmatched by Mario's group, in episodes such as "Bad Rap" and "Mario Meets Koop-zilla" and throws it, creating a Warp Zone for him to escape. The episode "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers" introduces two types of potions called the Magic Shrink Potion and Magic Growing Potion.

Magical Potions appear in the following episodes:

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Magical Potion. Page 38, volume 8 of Super Mario-kun.
A Magic Potion in Super Mario-kun

A Magical Potion has appeared in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun briefly, where Luigi tries to give it to Mario to try and help him defeat Tryclyde. Toad has also used the Magical Potion in a fight with Wart. He enters the door the potion creates and then gives powerups to aid Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi during the fight, including Super Leaves, P-Wings, and Frog Suits.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In Doors to Doom, when Mario and Luigi escape a stampede of Ninjis by jumping off a cliff while using a parasol to safely float down, they decide to escape by revealing a bottle of Magic Potion from a tuft of grass. However, this particular bottle of potion creates a door which has a lock displaying a shoelace puzzle on it. Mario and Luigi must solve the puzzle and push the correct button in order to escape the area; pushing the incorrect button makes the door lead them to an encounter where they get shot point-blank by a Shy Guy riding an Autobomb, leading to a Game Over.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Wii Virtual Console manual: "Throw one of these to make a door appear, then pass through one of these doors to get to Sub-space."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 魔法まほうの薬くすり[?]
Mahō no Kusuri 		Magic Potion
Chinese 魔法瓶[14]
Mófǎ Píng 		Magic Bottle
French Potion Magique[?] Magic Potion
German Zaubertrank[?] Magical Potion
Italian Pozione magica[7][8][9][10][11][12] Magic potion
Pozione Magica[13] Magic Potion

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
  2. ^ 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 20.
  3. ^ Nintendo PlayChoice-10 Super Mario Bros. 2 instructions
  4. ^ July/August 1988. Nintendo Power Volume 1. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 10.
  5. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 88Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg.
  6. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Page 94, 95, 99.
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 20.
  8. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian e-manual. Page 6.
  9. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 111.
  10. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 32.
  11. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS - Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 10.
  12. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 70.
  13. ^ Super Mario All-Stars Italian manual. Page 21.
  14. ^ iQue. 小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频. Bilibili (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved July 6, 2024.
[Edit]
Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Mario Bros.b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated episodes)
Characters Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad
Major antagonists King Koopa (alter egos) • Mouser • Tryclyde
Minor antagonists Beetle • Big bad wolf • Crocodiles • Hildy • King Koopa's mother • Queen Rotunda • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White
Koopa Pack minions Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Birdo • Birdoroo • Black Pit Bob-Omb • Bloober • Bob-Omb • Bomb Net • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flaky • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Goomba (zombie) • Goomba Mummy • Greaser Goombas • Grunt • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mousersaurus Rex • Ninji • Ostro • Phanto • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupo • Robo Shyguy • Robo Koopa • Shyguy • Shyguy Lion • Snifit • Space Troopa • Spark • Spider • Spiny • Spiny Egg • State Troopa • Stormtroopa • Super Troopa • Thunderbirdo • Trouter • Tweeter • Tweeter Bat • Wereturtle
Other characters Bingo • Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Bunsen • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Camel • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Caveman • Cheepy • Cowazaurus • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elves • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • George Washingtoad • Giant Birdo • Goosey • Gramma Toadstool • Gramps • Harry • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hooded Robin • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • June and Ward • Killer Kitty of the Kaskervilles • King James • King Neptune • Mark Twang • Mayor Fettuccine • Mermushrooms • Mervin • Misaki • Mouth of the River • Mr. President • Mr. Mayor • Mugga • Murphy • Mushroom People • Mushroom Rebel • Obi-Wan Toadi • Outback mayor • Patches • Pine • Polar bear • Prince Pompadour • Pronto • Quirks • Romano • Romano's father • Royal Cow • Salvador Drainotto • Sam Shalam • Santa Claus • Scooter • Secret Agent N • Slammer • Stool Pigeon • The Three Mushrooms • Waldo the Wizard • Whale • Zero
Locations Regions Amazon Jungle • Aqua Land • Brooklyn • Brooklyn Bridge • Car Land • Caveman Land • Cloud Land • Coney Island • Cramalot • Crime Land • Desert Kingdom • Down Under Land • El Desertland • Flatbush • Grand Koopa Canyon • Happy Harbor • Jungleland • Kingdom of Youth • Koopos • Land of Ice • Land of Romance • Lava Land • Linguini Empire • Lonesome Mushroom • Mushridge • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Planet • Mythis • North Pole • Oceanworld • Pastaland • Pirate's Port • Pirate Waters • Pirate World • Pyramid Land • Quirk • Rap Land • River World • Robo Land • Rotundaland • Sayonara • Shamrock Kingdom • Sharewood Forest • Sharewood Village • Snow World • Sock Hop Land • Spy Land • Sudden Death Valley • Swiss Cheese Alps • Thirteen Mushroom Colonies • Trouter Bay • Turtlevania • Victoria • Winterland • Waki-Waki • Warp Zone • Wild West
Landmarks Bonkers Street • Brooklyn Plumbers Academy • Chateau Koopula • Cramalot Castle • Delawide River • Double Cross Ranch • First Mushroom Bank • Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers • Fort Hard Knox • Fountain of Youth • George's Gorge • King Koopa's Castle • Koopacropolis • Koopa Klub • Koopatraz State Prison • Linguini Empire Colosseum • Mushroom Colony • Outback • Parsley Land • Pasta Pit • Quirk Factory • Rebel Fort • Rotunda Castle • Santa's workshop • Shamrock Inn • Super Spy Headquarters • Temple of Koopa • Tower of Victoria • Tunnel of Doom
Items, objects,
vehicles, and misc. 		All Purpose Portable Plumber's Helper • Aladdin's Lamp • Beanstalk • Birdo Ray • Blackbeard Koopa's ship • Bomb Plant • Ding Bell • Excalibur • Fireball • Fire Flower • Fireproof Lava Boat • Flagpole • Flying carpet biplane • Flying Pizza • Freeze Gun • Garbage Pod • Gold Coin • Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot) • Golden Plumber's Helper (Plummers Academy) • Golden Wrench • Great Balls of Fire • Heat Gun • Industrial Strength Itching Potion • Intergalactic InSinkErator • Koopa-Kola • Koop Star • Koopa Scepter • Koopa Strength Itching Powder • Koopa Surprise • Koopa's rocket • Koopilus • Lava Machine • Lightplunger • Lost Mushroom • Magic carpet • Magic doodad • Magic flute • Magic Growing Potion • Magic Shrink Potion • Magic Statue • Magical Potion • Monster Robot Troopa • Mushroom Starfighter • Passion Potion • Peapod • Plumb-Fu • Plumber's Log • Plumbinator • Pot of Gold Coins • Power block • Red-Hot Pepper Detector • Retro Router • Robo-suit • Rocketship • Royal Plug • Sacred Sink of Cramalot • Shrinking Sukiyaki • Sinister Star • Space Raft • Spaghetti • Spymobile • Starman • Stereo Gun • Stormtroopa Starfighter • Super Sushi • Super Sushi Shrinker • Unzappable Hat • Vegetable • Wicked Weather Satellite
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