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{{rename|Whomp Block}}
{{item infobox
[[File:SM64 Crazed Crate closeup.png|thumb|left|A Crazed Crate in [[Big Boo's Haunt]]]]
|image=[[File:STROOP- Crazy Box.png|100px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario 64''
[[File:Sm64ds crazed crate.png|thumb|right|A Crazed Crate in ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
A '''Crazed Crate''',<ref>"''Grabbing a Crazed Crate in a course like Lethal Lava Land would seem to be an insane thing to do, given that there's a good chance the crate will take you for a wild ride out into the lava.''" &ndash; M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]. Page 63.</ref><ref>"''Be careful when you grab the Crazed Crate at the beginning of the course. It can take you out into the quicksand if you grab it from the wrong angle.''" &ndash; M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]. Page 69.</ref> or '''Crazy Crate''',<ref>(June 10, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980610064726/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/7-7.html Course 7 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved March 15, 2022.</ref> is a [[block]] found in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It is a beige box, similar in appearance to a standard [[Block (Super Mario 64)|block]], with the same worried face on each side of it. If [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] grabs a Crazed Crate, the box bounces around three times in the direction the player character is facing, with him holding on. The [[jump]]s get progressively higher. After the last jump, the crate explodes and five [[coin]]s appear. Crazed Crates can also bounce off walls, which do not count as one of the three bounces. Crazed Crates appear in [[Big Boo's Haunt]], in [[Lethal Lava Land]], in [[Shifting Sand Land]], and on [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. In all [[level]]s listed, only one appears, except for Shifting Sand Land, where there are two. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', they appear to have sclerae.
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
A '''Crazed Crate''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Grabbing a Crazed Crate in a course like Lethal Lava Land would seem to be an insane thing to do, given that there's a good chance the crate will take you for a wild ride out into the lava.|title=''Super Mario 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|page=63|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Be careful when you grab the Crazed Crate at the beginning of the course. It can take you out into the quicksand if you grab it from the wrong angle.|title=''Super Mario 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|page=69|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1996|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen}}</ref> or '''Crazy Crate''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|language=en-us|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064726/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/7-7.html|title=Course 7 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> is a [[block]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They resemble a [[Block (Super Mario 64)|standard block]], but with the same dizzy face on each side, including sclerae in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
 
==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
Two Crazed Crates appear in the courses [[Big Boo's Haunt]], [[Lethal Lava Land]], and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]], as well as one in [[Shifting Sand Land]] in ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS''. If a player character grabs a Crazed Crate (or [[Yoshi]] eats it in the remake), he first bounces in the direction faced, followed by two increasingly higher bounces before the Crazed Crate explodes, revealing five [[coin]]s. Bouncing off of a wall is not counted as one of the three bounces.


[[File:MP2 Crazed Crates.png|thumb|right|Several Crazed Crates in [[Bowser Land]]]]
===''Mario Party'' series===
Many Crazed Crates (named '''Whomp Blocks''' in English) also appear in a ''[[Mario Party]]'' [[minigame]] called [[Box Mountain Mayhem]], where the players have to break all of the blocks to get coins; however, if one hits a Crazed Crate, that player does not get a coin and is moved away from the blocks.
'''Whomp Blocks''', as they are titled in English for ''[[Mario Party]]'', are in the [[minigame]] [[Box Mountain Mayhem]], where they bounce away players who hit them.


Some Crazed Crates appear as decorations in the ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' board [[Bowser Land]].
Some Crazed Crates are decorations in the ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' board [[Bowser Land]].
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
STROOP- Crazy Box.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Crazed Crate closeup.png|left|A Crazed Crate in Big Boo's Haunt in ''Super Mario 64''
Sm64ds crazed crate.png|A Crazed Crate in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
MP2 Crazed Crates.png|Several Crazed Crates in Bowser Land in ''Mario Party 2''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=バッタブロック<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book9/P140325214.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド」 (''Super Mario 64 Kanzen Clear Guide'')]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tn4LjKfvEk Japanese ''Mario Party'' gameplay]</ref>
|Jpn=バッタブロック
|JapR=Batta Burokku
|JpnM=Grasshopper Block
|JapM=Grasshopper Block
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|url=hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book9/P140325214.JPG|date=1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=13|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tn4LjKfvEk|title= N64 マリオパーティ 4にんようミニゲーム『ブロックやまくずし』|date=October 9, 2013|language=ja|author=RYO1MarioGames&TrainMovies|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 23, 2024}}</ref>
|JpnR=Batta Burokku
|Ita=Cassa Pazza
|Ita=Cassa Pazza
|ItaM=Crazy Crate
|ItaM=Crazy Crate
|Ger=Verrückte Kiste
|Ger=Verrückte Kiste
|GerM=Crazy Box
|GerM=Crazy Box
|Ger2=Pseudo-Box<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=8}}</ref>
|Ger2M=False Box
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 13:10, March 16, 2025

Crazed Crate
A Crazed Crate from Super Mario 64
Model from Super Mario 64
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

A Crazed Crate,[1][2] or Crazy Crate,[3] is a block in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They resemble a standard block, but with the same dizzy face on each side, including sclerae in Super Mario 64 DS.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

Two Crazed Crates appear in the courses Big Boo's Haunt, Lethal Lava Land, and Tall, Tall Mountain, as well as one in Shifting Sand Land in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. If a player character grabs a Crazed Crate (or Yoshi eats it in the remake), he first bounces in the direction faced, followed by two increasingly higher bounces before the Crazed Crate explodes, revealing five coins. Bouncing off of a wall is not counted as one of the three bounces.

Mario Party series[edit]

Whomp Blocks, as they are titled in English for Mario Party, are in the minigame Box Mountain Mayhem, where they bounce away players who hit them.

Some Crazed Crates are decorations in the Mario Party 2 board Bowser Land.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バッタブロック[4][5]
Batta Burokku
Grasshopper Block
German Verrückte Kiste[?] Crazy Box
Pseudo-Box[6] False Box
Italian Cassa Pazza[?] Crazy Crate

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grabbing a Crazed Crate in a course like Lethal Lava Land would seem to be an insane thing to do, given that there's a good chance the crate will take you for a wild ride out into the lava." – Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 63.
  2. ^ "Be careful when you grab the Crazed Crate at the beginning of the course. It can take you out into the quicksand if you grab it from the wrong angle." – Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 69.
  3. ^ Course 7 - Star 7: Collect 100 Coins. Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived June 10, 1998, 06:47:26 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors (1996). 「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』. Tokyo: Media Factory (Japanese). ISBN 4-88991-411-0. Page 13.
  5. ^ RYO1MarioGames&TrainMovies (October 9, 2013). N64 マリオパーティ 4にんようミニゲーム『ブロックやまくずし』. YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 8.