Toy Duck
A Toy Duck[1] appears as a course element in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart Tour course Squeaky Clean Sprint. It is a rubber duck wearing Mario's cap. Though it only fulfills an aesthetic purpose in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it plays a small gameplay role in Mario Kart Tour.
History
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
![Squeaky Clean Sprint](https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/a/af/MK8D_Squeaky_Clean_Sprint_Course_Icon.png/200px-MK8D_Squeaky_Clean_Sprint_Course_Icon.png)
In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Toy Duck floats on the water in the course's bathtub, rotating slowly while standing in place.
Mario Kart Tour
The Toy Duck reappears in the same place in the Mario Kart Tour rendition of Squeaky Clean Sprint, though it does not rotate any more. Multiple identical Toy Ducks also lie throughout the course's T and R/T variants, including outside the bathtub, while being completely absent in the R variant. In this game, Toy Ducks rock slightly and give bonus points when hit with an offensive item, such as a Banana, a Green Shell, or a Bob-omb. They also physically react, but do not give points, when a Mushroom is shot out of a Mushroom Cannon into them.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Chinese (simplified) | 玩具鸭[1] Wánjù yā |
Toy duck | |
Chinese (traditional) | 玩具鴨[1] Wánjù yā |
Toy duck | |
French | Canard en plastique[1] | Rubber duck | |
German | Spielzeug-Ente[1] | Toy duck | |
Italian | Paperella di plastica[1] | Rubber ducky | |
Korean | 장난감 오리[1] Jangnangam oli |
Toy duck | |
Portuguese | Pato de brinquedo[1] | Toy duck | |
Spanish | Pato de juguete[1] | Toy duck |