White Tanooki Mario
Template:Diff Template:Form-infobox White Tanooki Mario is a white lucent version of Tanooki Mario in Super Mario 3D Land.
Not to be confused with White Raccoon Mario.
When Mario loses five lives in a level, an Assist Block containing an Invincibility Leaf will appear. The block emits a tone to alert him of its presence. If Mario takes the Invincibility Leaf, he will become White Tanooki Mario, clad in a white and golden version of the Tanooki Suit. In this form, Mario is permanently invincible until he clears the level. After that, he reverts to the regular Tanooki Mario. Unlike in his invincible form, Mario cannot earn lives by defeating enemies. The player cannot obtain this form in levels he has already beaten or in any of the special worlds. Because of this, Luigi cannot obtain an Invincibility Leaf unless the player skipped a level in a normal world (for example by using a Warp Zone, or skipped one of the optional "black ? block" levels in the first eight worlds.[1]
In New Super Mario Bros. 2, a transformation very similar to White Tanooki Mario known as White Raccoon Mario is present, except it is an invincible form of Raccoon Mario instead of Tanooki Mario.
