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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMM-SMB-Bush-3.png|200x200px]]<br>Sprite from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)]] ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|derived_subjects=[[Pointey]]
}}
'''Horsetails''' appear as narratively important plants in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and as a cooking ingredient in the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. They have made occassional appearances on contexts alluding to the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', so as the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' or in the background of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[File:SMB NES 2-1 Level Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Mario near two horsehair plants in [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'']]
According to the original manual for ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', [[Bowser]] turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and [[brick]]s. However, the English manual renders this as "'''field horsehair plants'''."<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/super-mario-bros/manuals/#characters-enemies Legends of Localization] comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of ''Super Mario Bros.''</ref> They are the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game<ref>{{cite|author=Sase, Shinji, [[Howard Phillips]], and Lynn Griffes, editors|title=''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''|format=U.S. Edition|date=1987|location=Redmond|publisher=Tokuma Shoten, [[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|isbn=4-19-720003-XC|page=6}}</ref> (specifically, Worlds [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)|2]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)|3]], [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)|5]], [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)|7]], and [[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|8]]), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in [[World A-1]] appear in orange (but not in ''All-Stars''). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on ''Super Mario Bros.''; for example, in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style when placing ground tiles.
===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM item infobox
{{PM item infobox
|image=[[File:Horsetail TTYD.png]] [[File:Horsetail SPM.png]]
|image=[[File:Horsetail TTYD.png]] [[File:Horsetail SPM.png]] [[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|50px]]
|ttyd=A plant found in Petal Meadows. Replenishes 3 HP.
|ttyd=A plant found in Petal Meadows. Replenishes 3 HP.
|spm=A spring reed that restores 7 HP and cures poison.
|spm=A spring reed that restores 7 HP and cures poison.
}}
}}
'''{{wp|Equisetum|Horsetails}}''' are a cooking ingredient in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', which additionally appear as background objects with minor plot importance in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.'' / ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''===
[[File:SMB NES 2-1 Level Screenshot.png|thumb|Mario near two "horsehair plants" in [[World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-1]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'']]
According to the original manual for ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', [[Bowser]] turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and [[brick]]s. However, the English manual renders this as "field horsehair plants".<ref>[https://legendsoflocalization.com/super-mario-bros/manuals/#characters-enemies Legends of Localization] comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of ''Super Mario Bros.''</ref> They are presumably the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game (specifically, Worlds [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros.)|2]], [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.)|3]], [[World 5 (Super Mario Bros.)|5]], [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros.)|7]], and [[World 8 (Super Mario Bros.)|8]]), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in [[World A-1]] appear in orange (but not in ''All-Stars''). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on ''Super Mario Bros.''; for example, in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style when placing ground tiles.
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Horsetails are items that heal 3 [[Heart Point|HP]]. They are found in an area of [[Petal Meadows]]. Just before reaching the area with the bridge, coming from the [[Rogueport]] pipe, there is a [[Candy Pop]] that, when hit with a [[hammer]], sinks down and bounces back up. After hitting the cane 10 times, a Horsetail comes out. This can be done several times, after exiting and re-entering the area.
In ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', Horsetails are items that heal 3 [[Heart Point|HP]]. They are found in an area of [[Petal Meadows]]. Just before reaching the area with the bridge, coming from the [[Rogueport]] pipe, there is a [[Candy Pop]] that, when hit with a [[hammer]], sinks down and bounces back up. After hitting the cane 10 times, a Horsetail comes out. This can be done several times, after exiting and re-entering the area.
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''Super Paper Mario'', Horsetails are items that restore 7 HP and cures [[Poison (status effect)|poison]]. They are usually dropped by [[Putrid Piranha]]s. They can also be bought in the [[Itty Bits]] in [[The Dotwood Tree]] for 18 [[coin]]s.
In ''Super Paper Mario'', Horsetails are items that restore 7 HP and cures [[Poison (status effect)|poison]]. They are usually dropped by [[Putrid Piranha]]s. They can also be bought in the [[Itty Bits]] in [[The Dotwood Tree]] for 18 [[coin]]s.
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===Other appearances===
===''Mario Kart'' series===
As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', though they return to the course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.
As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', though they return to the course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.


==Recipes==
==Recipes==
{|style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;"border="1"cellpadding="1"cellspacing="1"
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
|-style="background: #ABC;"
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="50%"|Recipe
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
!width="25%"|Result
!width="25%"|Game
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Mystic Egg]]
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|[[Omelette Plate]]
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Healthy Salad|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=6|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]
|-
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mystic Egg|size=25x25px}}
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Omelette Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Mushroom]]
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=3|[[Zess Dinner]]
|rowspan=3|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Dinner}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Super Mushroom|Super Shroom]]
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px #DDD"|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Super Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Life Shroom]]
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Life Mushroom|link=Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]]
|[[File:Horsetail PMTTYDNS icon.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Ultra Mushroom|size=25x25px}}
|[[Zess Special]]
|{{PM item|game=TTYDNS|Zess Special|size=25x25px}}
|}
 
===''Super Paper Mario''===
{|style="text-align:center; width:50%"class=wikitable
!width="75%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Turtley Leaf]]
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail'''
|[[Healthy Salad]]
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Roast Horsetail|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Turtley Leaf|size=25x25px}}
|[[Roast Horsetail]]
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Koopa Pilaf|size=25x25px}}
|rowspan=4|''[[Super Paper Mario]]
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Cake Mix]]
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Big Egg|size=25x25px}}
|[[Horsetail Tart]]
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Omelette Plate|link=Omelette Meal|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Big Egg]]
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Cake Mix|size=25x25px}}
|[[Omelette Plate]]
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Horsetail Tart|size=25x25px}}
|-
|-
|Horsetail + [[Turtley Leaf]]
|[[File:Horsetail SPM.png|link=|25x25px]] '''Horsetail''' + {{PM item|game=SPM|Fresh Pasta Bunch|link=Fresh Pasta|size=25x25px}}
|[[Koopa Pilaf]]
|{{PM item|game=SPM|Spaghetti Plate|link=Spaghetti|size=25x25px}}
|}
|}


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SMAS LL World 3-1 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')
SMAS LL World 3-1 Screenshot.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')
PPS2.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', on [[Piranha Plant Slide]]
PPS2.png|''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', on [[Piranha Plant Slide]]
NESR2 Horsetail Short Snow.png|''[[NES Remix 2]]''
NESR2 Horsetail Tall Snow.png|''NES Remix 2''
SMM-SMB-Bush-2.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
SMM-SMB-Bush-2.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
SMM-SMB-Bush-3.png|''Super Mario Maker''
Dogville SMM.png|''Super Mario Maker''
Dogville SMM.png|''Super Mario Maker''
GWSMB SleepModeArtwork Enemies.png|''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''
GWSMB SleepModeArtwork Enemies.png|''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=つくし<ref>''Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 4.</ref>
|Jpn=つくし<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Japanese instruction booklet|page=4}}</ref>
|JapR=Tsukushi
|JpnR=Tsukushi
|JapM=Horsetail
|JpnM=Horsetail
|Jap2=つくしんぼ<ref>[https://themushroomkingdom.net/pmttyd_j2e.shtml "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door From Japanese to English"]. (June 1, 2014). ''The Mushroom Kingdom.'' Retrieved February 2, 2015.</ref>
|Jpn2=つくしんぼ
|Jap2R=Tsukushinbo
|Jpn2N=''Paper Mario'' series
|Jap2M=From「つくし」(''tsukushi'', horsetail) and likely the affectionate suffix「んぼ」(''-nbo'')
|Jpn2R=Tsukushinbo
|Jpn2M=From「{{hover|土筆|つくし}}」(''tsukushi'', "horsetail") and possibly the affectionate suffix「~んぼ」(''-nbo'')
|ChiS=马尾草
|ChiSR=Mǎwěi Cǎo
|ChiSM=Horsetail
|ChiT=馬尾草
|ChiTR=Mǎwěi Cǎo
|ChiTM=Horsetail
|Fre=Prêle
|FreM=Horsetail
|Ger=Wurzel
|Ger=Wurzel
|GerM=Root
|GerM=Root
|Fra=Prêle
|Ita=Erba cavallina<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' Italian instruction booklet|page=2}}</ref>
|FraM=Horsetail
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros.''
|Por=Cavalinha
|ItaM=Horse grass
|PorM=Horsetail
|Ita2=Coda cavallina
|Spa=Cola de Caballo
|Ita2N=''Paper Mario'' item
|SpaM=Horsetail
|Ita2M=Horsetail
|Ita=Coda Cavallina
|ItaM=Horsetail
|Kor=쇠뜨기
|Kor=쇠뜨기
|KorR=Soetteugi
|KorR=Soetteugi
|KorM=Horsetail
|KorM=Horsetail
|Spa=Cola de Caballo
|SpaM=Horsetail
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
{{wikipedia|Equisetum|horsetails}}
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[[Category:Ingredients]]
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[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door items]]
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[[Category:Super Mario Bros. Special]]
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[[it:Coda cavallina]]

Latest revision as of 17:16, February 8, 2025

Horsetail
A bush,  in Super Mario Maker.
Sprite from Super Mario Maker
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Derived subjects

Horsetails appear as narratively important plants in the original Super Mario Bros. and as a cooking ingredient in the Paper Mario series. They have made occassional appearances on contexts alluding to the original Super Mario Bros., so as the Super Mario Bros. style in Super Mario Maker or in the background of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Mario near two horsehair plants in World 2-1 of Super Mario Bros.

According to the original manual for Super Mario Bros., Bowser turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and bricks. However, the English manual renders this as "field horsehair plants."[1] They are the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game[2] (specifically, Worlds 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in Super Mario All-Stars, the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in World A-1 appear in orange (but not in All-Stars). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on Super Mario Bros.; for example, in Super Mario Maker, horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the Super Mario Bros. style when placing ground tiles.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Horsetail
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
The Thousand-Year Door description A plant found in Petal Meadows. Replenishes 3 HP.
Super Paper Mario description A spring reed that restores 7 HP and cures poison.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Horsetails are items that heal 3 HP. They are found in an area of Petal Meadows. Just before reaching the area with the bridge, coming from the Rogueport pipe, there is a Candy Pop that, when hit with a hammer, sinks down and bounces back up. After hitting the cane 10 times, a Horsetail comes out. This can be done several times, after exiting and re-entering the area.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

In Super Paper Mario, Horsetails are items that restore 7 HP and cures poison. They are usually dropped by Putrid Piranhas. They can also be bought in the Itty Bits in The Dotwood Tree for 18 coins.

Mario Kart series[edit]

As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7. They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, though they return to the course in Mario Kart Tour.

Recipes[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf Healthy Salad Healthy Salad
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Mystic Egg Mystic Egg Omelette Meal Omelette Meal
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Mushroom Mushroom Zess Dinner Zess Dinner
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Super Mushroom Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Ultra Mushroom Ultra Mushroom Zess Special Zess Special

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Recipe Result
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail Roast Horsetail Roast Horsetail
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf Koopa Pilaf Koopa Pilaf
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Big Egg Big Egg Omelette Meal Omelette Plate
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Cake Mix Cake Mix Horsetail Tart Horsetail Tart
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Fresh Pasta Fresh Pasta Bunch Spaghetti Spaghetti Plate

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese つくし[3]
Tsukushi
Horsetail
つくしんぼ[?]
Tsukushinbo
From「土筆」(tsukushi, "horsetail") and possibly the affectionate suffix「~んぼ」(-nbo) Paper Mario series
Chinese (simplified) 马尾草[?]
Mǎwěi Cǎo
Horsetail
Chinese (traditional) 馬尾草[?]
Mǎwěi Cǎo
Horsetail
French Prêle[?] Horsetail
German Wurzel[?] Root
Italian Erba cavallina[4] Horse grass Super Mario Bros.
Coda cavallina[?] Horsetail Paper Mario item
Korean 쇠뜨기[?]
Soetteugi
Horsetail
Spanish Cola de Caballo[?] Horsetail

References[edit]

  1. ^ Legends of Localization comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of Super Mario Bros.
  2. ^ Sase, Shinji, Howard Phillips, and Lynn Griffes, editors (1987). How to win at Super Mario Bros. (U.S. Edition). Redmond: Tokuma Shoten, Nintendo of America. ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 6.
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. Japanese instruction booklet. Page 4.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. Italian instruction booklet. Page 2.