Cap

A cap is the trademark type of wearing garment seen in the Mario franchise. Many characters wear a cap such as Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Goombario and many others.

Some caps give to the characters certain special abilities such as:

• Wing Cap, which allows to fly.
• Invisible Cap, turning the character intangible.
• Metal Cap, when wearing this cap, the character becomes metallic and invincible.

Trivia

• Jumpman (Mario's name before Donkey Kong Jr.) was not supposed to have a hat, instead he was supposed to have just hair. But the quality and graphics back then made it impossible to put hair on a moving sprite, so they gave him his famous red cap.