Axe

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The axe (or ax) is an item found in the castle levels of the original Super Mario Bros. Mario or Luigi can defeat Bowser or his duplicates by touching the axe, which cuts the support of the bridge Bowser is standing on and sends him falling into the lava below. When Mario and Luigi do not have the Fire Flower, using the axe is the only way they can defeat Bowser. The use of the axe is seen again in the World-e level Classic World 1-4 in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.

The axe appears in Bowser's court in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, where the basketball hoop's pole is a giant axe. It also appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, where it cameos alongside a paper duplicate of Bowser in a Super Mario Bros.-reminiscent section of Bowser's Castle. In New Super Mario Bros., the axe is replaced by a Skull Switch in the game's Bowser battles. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a ! Switch is used instead. In New Super Mario Bros. U, the axe serves the same purpose as in Super Mario Bros. Using it will destroy Bowser's bridge and sends him into lava. However, the player doesn't actually utilize the axe directly. Instead, the player has to use a ! Switch to activate it.

The axe appears in Super Mario Maker, as the goal for Castle-style courses. Its appearance is different depending on the game style, but it shares the same function as seen in Super Mario Bros., though its appearance in the Super Mario Bros. style has changed to make it taller and wider.

The axe appears again in Super Mario Run. It looks similar to the New Super Mario Bros. U style in Super Mario Maker.

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Super Mario Bros.
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario World style)
Super Mario Maker (New Super Mario Bros. U style)

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Super Mario series	Axe • Bell • Crystal Ball • Giant Gate • Goal (Super Mario Bros. 3) • Goal (Super Mario Land) • Goal (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (flying) • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring (New Super Mario Bros. U) • Golden Coin • Grand Star • Green Star • Jumbo Star • Keyhole • Magic Ball • Mask Gate • Multi Moon • Power Moon • Power Star • Red Power Star • Shine Sprite • Shiny Crown • Switch (Super Mario Land) • Warp Door • Warp Pipe
Paper Mario series	Big Paint Star • Crystal Stars • Mini Paint Star • Pure Heart • Royal Sticker • Star Block • Star Spirits • Sticker Comet
Donkey Kong franchise	End of Level Target • End of stage • Exit • Goal Gate • Golden Banana • Level Flag • Slot Machine Barrel
Yoshi franchise	Goal (Yoshi Topsy-Turvy) • Goal (Yoshi's Crafted World) • Goal Ring
Other	Finish line • Goal Flag • Goal gate • Goal Door (Mario vs. Donkey Kong series) • Goal door (Wario Land series) • Luigi • Nightmare Chunk

[Edit] Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi
Characters	Unplayable	Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo² • Yoshi²
Worlds	Super Mario Bros.	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
	The Lost Levels	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
	Misc.	Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items		1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom^1,2 • Red Coin² • Starman • Yoshi Egg²
Objects		? Block • 3-2-1 Block² • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door¹ • Dotted-Line Block² • Face Block² • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring^1,2 • Water • Wind¹
Forms		Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles		Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother^1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper^1,2 • Spike Trap² • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses		Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous		Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games		All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
¹ Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels ² Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

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[Edit] New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Playable characters	Mario^a • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit^b • Toadette^c
Supporting characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshi (Balloon Baby Yoshi · Bubble Baby Yoshi · Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Larry Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Iggy Koopa · Roy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro • Magikoopa
Worlds and areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses^a
Items and objects	! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • 3-Up Moon Block • Arrow lift • Bean Platform • Big Block • Blue Coin • Blue Ring^b • Boost Block • Boost Star • Brick Block • Bridge • Checkpoint Flag^a • Chest • Cloud Lift^a • Coin • Coin Block • Cross Lift^a • Dark • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Floor • Flower • Flying ? Block • Frozen Coin • Fruit • Goal Pole (secret) • Goal ring^a • Green Coin • Green Ring • Hammer Pendulum • Hidden Block • Hidden Coin • Ice Block • Ice Chunk^a • Ice Flower • Iron Block • Leaf Platform • Light Block • Limited Lift • Luigi Block^b • Mega ? Block • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Nut • P Switch • P-Acorn • Paddle Platform^a • Pendulum Platform • Penguin Suit • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform^a • Rolling log^a • Scale Lift • Screwtop • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Platform • Screwtop Shroom^a • Seesaw Log Bridge • Seesaw Shroom^a • Seesaw Shroom (blue)^b • Slide Lift^a • Small pipe • Snake Block • Spine Coaster • Star Lift • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom^a • Stone block • Super Acorn • Super Crown^c • Super Guide Block^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Switch-Lift^b • Trampoline • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Pipe • Water Ball^a • Wobble Rock^a • Yoshi egg
Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Fly • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Enemies and obstacles	Amp^a • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Cannon • Big Amp^a • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle^a • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Dry Bones • Big Deep Cheep^b • Big Eep Cheep^b • Big Fuzzy • Big Goomba • Big Koopa Troopa • Big Piranha Plant • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Venus Fire Trap^b • Big Wiggler • Bill Blaster • Bill Blaster Turret • Blooper • Blooper Baby^a • Blooper Nanny^a • Bob-omb • Bomb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bowser Stunner • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber^a • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Cannonball^a • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep Cheep^b • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Energy ring • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Fire Bar • Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Flame Chomp • Fliprus • Foo • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Ghost Block • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Giant Clam^a • Goomba • Goombrat • Grrrol • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Huckit Crab • Huge Fire Bar • Huge Icicle • Ice Bro • Icicle • Jellybeam^a • King Bill • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Lava Geyser^a • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep^a • Mecha Hand • Mechakoopa • Mega Grrrol • Meteor • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba^a • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Piranha Pod • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^a • Rubber ball • Scaredy Rat^a • Skewer • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiked ball • Spinner • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro • Swoop^a • Targeting Ted • Thwimp^a • Thwomp • Torpedo tube^a • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted) • Urchin • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Ash • Current • Enemy Course • Lava • Poison • Quicksand • Sand Geyser • Stone-Eye • Time Limit • Water Geyser
Game modes	Boost Mode • Challenge Mode^a • Boost Rush^a • Coin Battle^a
Further info	Paah • Gallery (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe) • Glitches • Media • New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (New Super Mario Bros. U · New Super Luigi U · New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)
^a Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U ^b Exclusive to New Super Luigi U ^c Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

[Edit] Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
Characters		Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Bowser • Yoshi • Coursebot • Mary O. • Mr. Eraser • Parakeet • Soundfrog • Undodog • Yamamura • Baker
Game styles		Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U
Course styles		Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle
Items and objects		? Block/Flying ? Block • 1-Up Mushroom • Arrow Sign/Checkpoint Flag^a • Axe • Big Mushroom^d (SMB) • Block/Rotating Block (SMW) • Bridge • Bumper^b • Buzzy Shell • Cape Feather (SMW) • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin/Pink Coin^c • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Donut Block • Fire Flower • Giant Gate (SMW) • Goal (SMB3) • Goal Pole (SMB & NSMBU) • Goomba's Shoe/Stiletto (SMB & SMB3) • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Koopa Clown Car/Junior Clown Car/Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car^b • Lava Lift • Lakitu's Cloud • Lift/Flimsy Lift • Mushroom Platform • Mystery Mushroom^d (SMB) • Note Block/Music Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch/Key^c • Pipe • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom (NSMBU) • Semisolid Platform • Spike Trap • Spiny Shell • Starting blocks • Super Leaf (SMB3) • Super Mushroom/Weird Mushroom (SMB) (separated in 3DS) • Super Star • Track • Vine • Trampoline • Warp Door/P Warp Door^b/Key Door^c • Wings • Yoshi's Egg (SMW & NSMBU)
Enemies		Bill Blaster/Bill Blaster (red) • Blooper/Blooper Nanny/Blooper Baby/Mega Blooper • Bob-omb/Mega Bob-omb • Boo/Boo Buddies/Stretch/Big Boo • Bowser/Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill/Bull's-Eye Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle/Big Buzzy Beetle/Buzzy Beetle Tower/Para-Beetle/Heavy Para-Beetle • Cannon/Giant cannon • Cannonball/Giant cannonball • Chain Chomp/Big Chain Chomp/Unchained Chomp • Cheep Cheep/Blurp (SMW)/Deep Cheep (NSMBU)/Big Cheep Cheep/Big Deep Cheep • Dry Bones/Fish Bone/Big Dry Bones/Parabones • Fire Bar • Grinder • Goomba/Paragoomba/Galoomba/Flying Goomba/Big Goomba/Big Paragoomba/Big Galoomba/Goomba Tower/Shoe Goomba/Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro/Sledge Bro • Jelectro • Koopa Troopa/Big Koopa Troopa/Koopa Paratroopa/Big Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble/Big Lava Bubble • Magikoopa/Big Magikoopa • Muncher • Piranha Plant/Big Piranha Plant/Fire Piranha Plant/Big Venus Fire Trap/Jumping Piranha Plant (SMW) • Rocky Wrench/Mega Rocky Wrench/Monty Mole/Mega Monty Mole • Sea Urchin • Spike Top/Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny/Big Spiny/Spiny Egg • Thwomp/Big Thwomp/Skewer^c Unshelled Koopa • Wiggler/Big Wiggler
Costume Mario characters^d	Easy	Mario (Modern colors) • Toad • Yoshi • Shy Guy • Wario • Dr. Mario • Mario Kart • Waluigi • Green Yarn Yoshi • Donkey Kong Jr. • Pikmin • Link • Ganondorf • K.K. Slider • Blathers • Celeste • Digby • Slippy Toad • Dr. Lobe • Ashley
	Normal	Peach • Luigi • Bowser Jr. • Rosalina & Luma • Pink Yarn Yoshi • Light-Blue Yarn Yoshi • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Kirby • Meta Knight • Pit • Palutena • Dark Pit • Mega Man • Samus • R.O.B. • Marth • Ike • Pikachu • Charizard • Jigglypuff • Mewtwo • Sheik • Tingle • Toon Link • Shulk • Ness • Inkling Squid • Wii Balance Board • Wii Fit Trainer • Chibi-Robo • Villager • Mr. Resetti • Timmy and Tommy • Mabel • Kicks • Isabelle (Summer Outfit) • Cyrus • Captain Falcon • Duck Hunt • Foreman Spike • Peppy Hare • Arwing • Mahjong Tile • Nikki • Balloon Fighter • Nabbit • Tetra
	Expert	Bowser • Mario (Silver) • Mario (Gold) • Sidestepper • Shellcreeper • Mario (Mario Bros.) • Mega Yarn Yoshi • King Dedede • Zero Suit Samus • Lucina • Robin • Lucario • Greninja • Olimar • Zelda • Lucas • Inkling Boy • Inkling Girl • Tom Nook • Rover • Kapp'n • Isabelle (Winter Outfit) • Reese • Lottie • Mr. Game & Watch • Sonic • Pac-Man • Little Mac • Fox McCloud • Falco Lombardi • Donbe • Hikari • Ayumi Tachibana • Baby Mario
	Super Expert^c	Iris Archwell • Mallo • Bubbles • Diskun • Volleyball Player
	Event Course^a	Totem Link • Arino KACHO • SUPER MARIO KUN • Cat Mario • Cat Peach • Necky • Frog Mario • Mario Trio • GLA • Felyne • Sky Pop • Arcade Bunny • Master Belch • Mr. Saturn • Captain Toad • Bike • Birdo • Yamamura • Daisy • Professor E. Gadd • Bulbasaur • Charmander • Squirtle • Chitoge Kirisaki • Barbara the Bat • Statue Mario • Wolf Link • Mary O. • Toadette • Yu Ayasaki • Starfy • BABYMETAL • Popo & Nana • Kitty White • Melody • Shaun the Sheep • Callie • Marie • Undodog • Dr. Kawashima
	Other	Goomba • ? Block • Trampoline • Builder Mario • Fighter Fly
Moves		Crouch • Dash • Double Jump (NSMBU) • Drill Spin (NSMBU) • Flutter Jump (NSMBU) • Ground Pound (NSMBU) • Jump • Spin Jump (SMW & NSMBU) • Triple Jump (NSMBU) • Wall Jump (NSMBU)
Gnat Attack^d		Fly • Fly Bomb • Fly Child • Fly Parent • King Watinga
Other		Artbook • Course Maker • Fan-made courses highlighted by Nintendo • Gallery (artwork · screenshots · sprites and models) • Glitches • Media • Official courses^b^d • Pre-release and unused content (Nintendo 3DS) • Sound effects • Stamps • Staff (Nintendo 3DS) • Super Mario Challenge^e • Super Mario Maker Software Update!^d • Super Mario Maker: Crash Course
^a In version 1.20 or later ^b In version 1.30 or later ^c In version 1.40 or later ^d Only in the Wii U version ^e Only in the Nintendo 3DS version
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[Edit] Super Mario Run
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi^a • Blue Yoshi^a • Yellow Yoshi^a • Purple Yoshi^a • Princess Daisy^a
Enemies and obstacles	Big Spiny • Bob-omb • Boo • Bull's-Eye Bill • Bullet Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Dry Bones • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fishing Boo^a • Fuzzy • Gold Goomba^b • Goomba • Goombrat^a • Grinder • Kodeka Kakibō^a • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Muncher • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Poison Bubble^a • Pokey • River Piranha Plant^a • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat^a • Scuttlebug^a • Spike • Spike Trap • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Swoop
Bosses	Boom Boom • Bowser • Fake Bowser
Items and objects	? Block • ! Switch • Axe • Backflip Block • Blue Coin • Brick Block • Bonus Medal^a • Bonus ? Block^a • Bubble • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin • Coin Rush Star • Color coin (Black Coin • Pink Coin • Purple Coin) • Flower coin^b • Goal Pole • Hard Block • Hidden Coin • Key • Key Door • Lift • Long Jump Block • Mushroom Platform • Pause Block • Rally Ticket • Red Block • Red Coin • Red Ring • Semisolid Platform • Spike Bar^a • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Time Block • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wonder Flower^b
Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Star^a
your kingdom	your castle • Toads • Toad • Princess Peach • Shop • Gift Box • Toad with headphones^a
Moves	Backflip • Climbing Jump • Coin Rush • Double Jump • Edge Climbing • Floaty Jump • Flutter Jump • High Jump • Jump • Landing Roll • Long Jump • Midair Spin • Midair Stall • Rolling Jump • Slope Slide • Spin Strike • Stomp • Vaulting • Vaulting Jump • Wall Jump
Modes	World Tour • Kingdom Builder • Toad Rally • Remix 10^a
Miscellaneous	Gallery • Kingdom Builder items (in other languages) • Lightning • Media
^a In version 3.0.4 or later ^b Seen only in events

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