Pumpkin
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Pumpkins occasionally have functional roles in Super Mario games. Within the games, they commonly take on the appearance of jack-o'-lanterns, a type of Halloween decoration, and are consequently encountered in autumnal or spooky environments. The role pumpkins typically fulfill in the franchise is to release collectibles or grant points when destroyed.
Pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns are also employed stylistically within the franchise, replacing the heads of Jumping Piranha Plants in the Fall mode of Super Mario World; being the dominant motif of the Pumpkin Zone in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins; and serving as the basis of the Prancer and Pumpkin Kart in the Mario Kart series. Sentient jack-o'-lanterns, called Splunkins, appear in New Super Mario Bros.
History
Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2
Jack O'Goomba, an enemy type appearing in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, is a Goomba with a jack-o'-lantern mounted on its head. The pumpkin fully protects the Goomba from stomp attacks and allows the enemy to easily bounce back from one spin attack, though it shatters in the process. Regardless, the enemy can instantly be defeated with a Ground Pound or by touching it while in Rainbow form.
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
In Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, jack-o'-lanterns are among the many interactive objects in ScareScraper mode. Luigi can grab one using the Poltergust 5000's vacuuming function, then blow it away into a hard surface to destroy it, potentially releasing a heart. Greenies may pick up a pumpkin and use it as a shield against Luigi's Strobulb, though Luigi can wrest the pumpkin away from a Greenie by vacuuming it.[1]
WarioWare Gold
In WarioWare Gold, the Pumpkin Panic minigame has Ashley protecting a pumpkin patch from mandrakes. She can shoot magic at the mandrakes to turn them into pumpkins, then walk into the pumpkins to knock away and destroy them. Kicked pumpkins can also defeat mandrakes. Given time, a pumpkin eventually flickers and vanishes. If there are multiple pumpkins in a line, Ashley can kick one pumpkin into another to cause a chain reaction; the first pumpkin in a row grants 100 points when destroyed, with the number of points earned per pumpkin increasing as more of them are destroyed in the chain. Pumpkins other than the first in a chain grant make mandrakes defeated by them worth more points. Pumpkins produce purple orbs when destroyed, which charge up Ashley's special ability—a torrent of magic that turns all normal mandrakes currently spawned on the play field into pumpkins. After each night phase, pumpkins fall from the sky to fill the area, allowing the player to earn lots of points. Every other night phase, a large mandrake immune to Ashley's normal attack appears. Therefore, the primary way to damage it is to kick pumpkins into it.
Mario Kart Tour

Jack-o'-lanterns (written with a capital "J" in-game) appear as course elements in Mario Kart Tour, exclusively during tours that occur around Halloween. They have the face of Bowser, Boo, or Shy Guy carved on them.
Jack-o'-lanterns appear in several sizes. Smaller ones typically lie on the track and can be knocked away by driving into them or hitting them with an item, growing back in the same spot after a while. Larger Jack-o'-lanterns are found on the sides of tracks or in the background, and, when hit, they make a bobbing movement while remaining in place. Like with festive trees and kadomatsu, interacting with a Jack-o'-lantern of any size awards the player bonus points, with the action being displayed as "Trick or treat!" Additionally, when hit, Jack-o'-lanterns emit a brief Boo-like chortle, with larger ones emitting said sound at a lower pitch than the small ones. Starting October 25, 2020, 06:00 UTC, interacting with a Jack-o'-lantern also gives drivers an event token.
The only tours to have featured Jack-o'-lanterns thus far were all the Halloween Tours as of 2020, the 2021 Autumn Tour, and the Battle Tour.
The following are courses that have featured Jack-o'-lanterns:
- London Loop 3, R, T, R/T
- RMX Mario Circuit 1, R, T
- RMX Choco Island 1, R, T, R/T
- RMX Ghost Valley 1, R, T, R/T
- RMX Donut Plains 1, R, T, R/T
- SNES Donut Plains 1, R, T, R/T
- SNES Ghost Valley 1, R, T, R/T
- SNES Choco Island 1, R, T, R/T
- SNES Donut Plains 2, R, T, R/T
- SNES Choco Island 2, R, T, R/T
- SNES Donut Plains 3, R, T, R/T
- N64 Kalimari Desert, R, T
- N64 Kalimari Desert 2, R, T
- N64 Frappe Snowland, R, T
- N64 Choco Mountain, R, T, R/T
- GBA Boo Lake, R, T, R/T
- GCN Dino Dino Jungle, R, T
- DS Luigi's Mansion, R, T, R/T
- DS Waluigi Pinball, R, T
- DS Airship Fortress, R, T, R/T
- Wii Maple Treeway, R, T, R/T
- 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar, R, T
Jack-o'-lanterns do not appear in most bonus challenges. When they do, they are all off the main track.
A MKT Report reveals that a total of 403,223,289 Jack-o'-lanterns were "blown away" by the game's playerbase during the 2024 Battle Tour and Halloween Tour.[2]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder features a large, blocky type of pumpkin in the course Upshroom Downshroom. Appearing in various sizes, these pumpkins are typically stacked on top of each other, acting as platforms and walls for both the player character and the enemies. In this game, the player character can destroy a pumpkin with a Ground Pound, by jumping or drilling into it from below, by smacking it with their trunk while in Elephant form, or by throwing a Gamboo at it. In doing so, the pumpkin usually reveals something such as a group of coins, a Talking Flower, or, in one case, a Wonder Flower. At the end of the course, there are several pumpkins placed in staircase formation that can help the player character reach the top of the Goal Pole.
During the course's Wonder Effect sequence, pumpkins become jack-o'-lanterns. In this instance, many of them are bounced into the air by moving Mushroom Platforms. The player can interact with them the same as with regular pumpkins, but throughout much of this sequence, they do not produce anything when destroyed, the only exceptions being the two jack-o'-lanterns to the sides of the Wonder Seed, which release coins. If a bouncing jack-o'-lantern is destroyed, another is launched from below the course to replace it soon after.
Gallery
A common badge from Mario Kart Tour depicting Jack-o'-lanterns
Bowser Jack-o'-lantern in DS Airship Fortress (Mario Kart Tour)
Boo Jack-o'-lantern in DS Luigi's Mansion R (Mario Kart Tour)
Boo Jack-o'-lantern in N64 Frappe Snowland (Mario Kart Tour)
Names in other languages
- Jack-o'-lantern
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Chinese (simplified) | 杰克南瓜灯[?] Jiékè Nánguā Dēng |
Jack-o'-lantern | Mario Kart Tour |
Chinese (traditional) | 傑克南瓜燈[?] Jiékè Nánguā Dēng |
Jack-o'-lantern | Mario Kart Tour |
German | Halloweenkürbis[?] | Halloween Pumpkin | Mario Kart Tour |
Italian | Zucca di Halloween[?] | Halloween pumpkin | Mario Kart Tour |
See also
References
- ^ RetroArchive (November 24, 2022). Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon - ScareScraper All 25 Floors (No Damage - Surprise Expert Mode) (19:51). YouTube. Retrieved October 8, 2024. This gameplay footage of the ScareScraper mode in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon shows a Greenie and Luigi using a jack-o'-lantern.
- ^ "While we're here, this is how many jack-o'-lanterns were blown away during the Battle Tour and Halloween Tour:
"403,223,289
"We hope you continue to enjoy #MarioKartTour!" – mariokarttourEN (November 5, 2024). Post. X. Retrieved November 12, 2024. (Archived November 12, 2024, 20:23:55 UTC via archive.today.)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder | ||
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Playable characters | Mario • Luigi • Peach • Daisy • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Toadette • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light-Blue Yoshi • Nabbit | |
Forms | Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Invincible Mario • Elephant Mario • Bubble Mario • Drill Mario • Hoppycat Mario • Goomba Mario • Balloon Mario • Spike-Ball Mario • Wubba Mario • Sproing Mariob • Puffy Lift Marioa • Metal Mario | |
Non-playable characters | Prince Florian • Talking Flowers • Poplins • Angler Poplin • Master Poplin • Loyal Poplin • Professor Connect • Captain Toad • Ancient Dragon | |
Enemies | Anglefish • Armad • Baboom • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Big Goomba • Big Hoppycat • Big Note Piranha Planta • Big Piranha Plant • Big Seeker Bullet Bill • Big Shoomp • Big Smogrin • Big Snootle • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Blewbird • Bloomp • Bob-omb • Bone Goomba • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bull's-Eye Billet Train • Bull's-Eye Gnawsher • Bullet Bill • Bulrush • Buzzy Beetle • Castle Bowser • Cheep Cheep • Cloud Piranha • Condart • Condrop • Dry Bones • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Spike • Flying Mechakoopa • Gamboo • Gnawsher • Goomba • Goombrat • Hammer Bro • Hefty Goomba • Hefty Goombrat • Hefty Smogrin • Hefty Swirlypod • Hoppo • Hoppycat • Hothead • Kamek • Kerpop • King Boo • Konk • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu trioa • Lava Blobble • Lava Bubble • Li'l Scorcher • Li'l Sparky • Maw-Maw • Mechakoopa • Melon Piranha Plant • Metal Gamboo • Missile Meg • Mumsy • Muncher • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Noknok • Note Piranha Planta • Outmaway • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokipede • Raargh • Racing Wiggler • Revver • Rift Koopa • Rift Mario • Robbird • Rolla Koopa • Rrrumba • Seeker Bullet Bill • Serpont • Shoomp • Shova • Skedaddler • Sluglug • Smackerel • Smogrin • Snootle • Snortoise • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sproing • Swirlypod • Sugarstar • Taily • Thwomp • Trompette • Trottin' Bone Piranha Plant • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Urchin • Whohoo • Wonder Anglefish • Wonder Blewbird • Wonder Bloomp • Wonder Bulrush herd • Wonder Gnawsher • Wonder Hoppo • Wonder Hoppycat • Wonder Konk • Wonder Missile Meg • Wonder Piranhab • Wonder Shova • Wonder Smackerel • Wubba • Zip-Zap | |
Obstacles | Bill Blaster • Bob-omb Cannon • Bowser statue • Bull's-Eye Blaster • Burner • Būsuke Hōdai • Electricity Block • Electricity Cloud • Fire Bar • Fire Knuckle • Fire Wheel • Fireball • Flying battleship (Wonder Effect) • Giant Spiked Ball • Handle-controlled burnera • Honey • Hot-Hot Rock • Ice • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Lightning • Mecha Maker • Moving torch • Piston • Pit • Poison swamp • Poison tide • Rift • Sand • Spike-Ball • Spike Trap • Volcanic debris | |
Bosses | Bowser Jr. / Wonder Bowser Jr. • Bowser / Wonder Bowser | |
Items and power-ups | 1-Up Mushroom • 10-flower coin • Badge • Big shell • Blue Coin • Bubble Flower • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Drill Mushroom • Elephant Fruit • Fire Flower • Flower coin • Hidden Coin • Jar • Key • Koopa Shell • Red POW Block • Royal Seed • Small flower coinb • Standee • Standee Surprise • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Swirlypod Shellb • Water • Wonder Flower • Wonder Seed • Wonder Token | |
Objects | ! Block • ! Switch • ? Block • ? Capsuleb • ? Switch • 10-Coin Block • Arrow Sign • Atchi Muite Block • Beacon • Bomb • Bone Lift • Brick Block • Bridge • Bowser Switch • Bubble • Bumper • Cactus box • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin blastera • Conveyor Belt • Cork • Crate • Current • Door • Donut Block • Dotted-Line Block • Downpour Cloud • Dropdown Countdown Lift • Empty Block • Floor (block) • Fossilized dragon • Goal (Wiggler Race) • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (secret) • Golden Propeller Flower • Goo • Handle • Hard block • Hidden Character Block • Hip Tree • Icy block • Inchworm Pipe • Invisible block • Item Balloon • Iron Block • Jet Pipe • Jewel block • Key Door • Lakitu's Cloud • Large ! Switch • Lift • Lifting Shabon • Light-Switch • Linking Blockb • Linking Lift • Long Donut Block • Long Rotating Blocka • Marimba Block • Mienai Ashiba • Mushroom Platform • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Switch • Oseru Dokan • P Switch • Peanut box • Pipe • Pole • POW Block • Propeller Flower • Puffy Lift • Pump Lift • Pumpkin box • Pushable walla • Race Block • Rhythm Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Sankaku Trampoline • Semisolid Platform • Ship (Wonder Effect)a • Shoot ? Blockb • Shoot Block • Sign • Sinkin' Pipe • Snow Blockb • Springboard objecta • Timer-Switch • Topple Rock • Totchī • Treasure chest • Vine • Water tide • Wilted flower • Wonder POW Block • Wow Bud • Zip Track | |
Locations | Worlds | Pipe-Rock Plateau • Fluff-Puff Peaks • Shining Falls • Sunbaked Desert • Fungi Mines • Deep Magma Bog • Petal Isles • Special World |
Level types | Badge Challenge • Break Time! • KO Arena • Search Party • Wiggler Race | |
Other | Flower Kingdom • Poplin Shop | |
Moves | Boosting Spin Jump • Crouch • Crouching High Jump • Dash • Floating High Jump • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Looking up • Midair Spin • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Wall Jump | |
Gameplay elements | Beat • Coin Heaven • Completion • Extra life • Player shadow • Secret exit • Sub-area • Wonder Effect | |
Further info | Gallery • Multimedia • Nintendo Music • Quotes • Staff | |
Related Play Nintendo activities All about Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Badge bunch |