Cosmic Clone

Cosmic Clones (or Shadow Clones) are shadowy duplicates of Mario that appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Cosmic Clones are created once a certain point is reached in a galaxy and will follow behind Mario or Luigi, performing every movement the plumbers make. Boards usually warn the plumbers that Cosmic Clones are present in the area, although they also appear when a Clone Comet orbits a galaxy.

Cosmic Clones will do whatever Mario did, even if the landscape has recently been changed. For example, they will still appear to jump on a platform even if the platform had disappeared after Mario used it. If Mario or Luigi get hit by a clone, they receive damage and the clone vanishes, with the rest of the clones then mimicking the plumber taking damage. Once the way forward is revealed, the clones disappear screaming loudly for a few seconds and leaving behind three Star Bits each.

A Cosmic Clone appears only in the Special World in Super Mario 3D Land, and it resembles Small Mario, though it differs in size in certain levels. A big Cosmic Clone's voice has a low pitch, and it can destroy Brick Blocks. Due to its size, it can be difficult to avoid. It seems to conduct the same tactics as Cosmic Mario, with the addition of it attacking Mario if he gets in its way, and it has a purple outline instead of a red one. Mario or Luigi can destroy it by touching it while invincible. Upon reaching a certain area, the Cosmic Clone disappears. If the player leaves that area, the Cosmic Clone will appear again.

Locations

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Galaxy	Mission(s)	Planet(s)	Duration of Chase
Sky Station Galaxy	Storming the Sky Fleet	Flipswitch Planet	Until Mario flips all the Flipswitches.
Spin-Dig Galaxy	Silver Stars Down Deep	Starting Planet	Until Mario shatters the Item Crystal containing the Sling Star.
Fluffy Bluff Galaxy	Search for the Toad Brigade Captain	Pond Planet	Until Mario collects all the Star Chips.
Puzzle Plank Galaxy	Purple Coin Shadow Vault	Three Pillars Planet (Inside)	Until Mario collects all the Purple Coins.
Cloudy Court Galaxy	Silver Stars in the Purple Pond, The Shadow Lining	Poison Swamp Planet Starting Planets Castle Wall Planet	Silver Stars in the Purple Pond - Until all of the Silver Stars are collected. The Shadow Lining - Until Mario collects all the Star Chips for the first wave, takes the Sling Star after the Castle Wall Planet for the second wave, and shatters the Item Crystal containing the Power Star for the third wave
Haunty Halls Galaxy	Spooky Cosmic Clone Chase	Disappearing Paths Planet	Until Mario shatters the Item Crystal containing the Power Star.
Chompworks Galaxy	Cosmic Clones in the Chompworks	Rising Platforms Planet	Until Mario guides the Golden Chomp into the hole.
Mario Squared Galaxy	Luigi's Purple Coin Chaos	8-Bit Luigi Planet	Until Mario collects 100 Purple Coins.
Flip-Out Galaxy	Cosmic Clone Wall Jumpers, Green Star 2	Second Wall Jump Planet	Until Mario shatters the Item Crystal containing the Power Star or gets a Green Star.

Super Mario 3D Land

• Special 1-2
• Special 4-2
• Special 5-2
• Special 6-4
• Speical 7-2
• Special 7-4 (Large)
• Special 7- (Large)
• Special 8-Crown (Appears at the Rocket Engines part) (Large)
• Special 8-1
• Special 8-3 (Large)
• Special 8-5 (Large)

Trivia

• The Cosmic Clone's theme is a remix of the Super Mario Bros. overworld and underground theme, like Cosmic Mario's (or Cosmic Luigi's) theme from Super Mario Galaxy.
• Cosmic Clones also share the same tone of voice as Cosmic Mario and Cosmic Luigi: a high-pitched voice that is strikingly similar to Bowser Jr.'s. Cosmic Clones also look like Cosmic Mario or Luigi, but Cosmic Mario or Luigi cannot hurt the brothers, and they have blue starry bodies. In addition, Cosmic Clones have glowing yellow eyes, while Cosmic Mario and Luigi have no eyes at all.
• Only the first clone will make noises when jumping. If the player is hurt by the first Cosmic Clone, the other ones will not make any noises.
• In Super Mario 3D Land, if Tanooki Mario attempts to fly or tail whip, the Cosmic Clone will do the same, even though it does not have a tail.