Editing Stump

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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Asset Model Stump.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[ Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|I want to stomp a stump!|Honeybee|Super Mario Galaxy}}
'''Stumps''' are recurring objects in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. They can be [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed by any character, and they may or may not result in something happening. They more resemble wooden pegs in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], but more closely resemble tree stumps starting in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
Similar objects called '''posts'''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English|page=27}}</ref> appear. They are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its Game Boy Advance version]], ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. They are wooden posts that come up from the ground, and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must [[Ground Pound]] them. In ''Yoshi's Island DS'', [[Baby Donkey Kong]] can stomp them straight to the ground in one single ground pound. [[Coin]]s and [[Red Coin]]s can occasionally be found in these. They mostly block Yoshi's way and must be ground pounded. In [[Raphael The Raven's Castle]], they are used to attack [[Raphael the Raven]]. Posts also appear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' and perform the same function. [[Ground Pound Rebound]] is one of a few levels to feature them.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:BobOmbBattlefield.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Mario]] ground-pounding a stump]]
In ''Super Mario 64'' and its remake, stumps (referred to as '''posts''')<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott; Owsen, Dan|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|location=Redmond, WA|language=American English|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of America]]|date=1996|page=22 and 23}}</ref> are seen throughout the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and the "huge" side of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', they are also found on [[Whomp's Fortress]] and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. [[Ground Pound|Ground-pounding]] them three times may release [[coin]]s (in the DS version, they may also release [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]]s). In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', [[Wario]] needs to pound a stump only once to drive it all the way into the ground. Stumps play a minor role in the mission [[Behind Chain Chomp's Gate]] in the Bob-omb Battlefield, where a [[Chain Chomp]] is tied to one; ground-pounding it three times frees the Chain Chomp, who will in turn break the gate that was blocking a [[Power Star]].

If the player runs around an intact stump five consecutive times, five coins will appear from it; this can be done only once per stump.

In ''Super Mario 64'', even if a stump is stomped all the way, the sound effect of pounding a stump will still play if ground-pounded again. This mistake was corrected in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
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====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:HillsideCaveSecret.png|thumb|Nails in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
Although not stumps, '''Nails'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J; Stratton, Bryan; Stratton, Stephen|date=2002|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|isbn=0761539611|page=14|language=American English|publisher=[[Prima Games]]}}</ref> behave near identically to stumps of ''Super Mario 64'' in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are found in various [[Super Mario Sunshine#Secret Levels|secret levels]], such as [[The Hillside Cave Secret]]. Most give a coin when fully Ground Pounded, while some give a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. However, the player cannot run around an intact nail to receive anything like in ''Super Mario 64''.
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====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Thorn Planet.png|thumb|left|200px|A Stump found in Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
Larger stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in only the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] and the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]. When [[Ground Pound]]ed, they turn red. They also now only need to be Ground Pounded once, as opposed to the three times from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' or ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Ground Pounding on a stump in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' produces various results, such as having two [[Goomba]]s or [[Flipbug]]s appear, causing many [[Star Bit]]s appear, and very rarely, producing a [[Life Mushroom]] or a [[Sling Star]]. At one point, a stump is used to get a giant [[worm (Super Mario Galaxy)|worm]] to move.
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Puzzle Plank Pound Pillars Planet.png|thumb|200px|Stumps found in Puzzle Plank Galaxy]]
Stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' with the same design and function from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They still turn red when [[Ground Pound]]ed. They only appear in the [[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]], [[Cloudy Court Galaxy]], and the [[Freezy Flake Galaxy]].
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====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
Stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' somewhat rarely, but with the same use as before. They can leave coins or power-ups, and no longer turn red after being Ground Pounded. Some stumps are raised higher and need to be Ground Pounded twice, though a pound from [[Statue Mario]] will pound them in completely.

===''Mario Party''===
[[File:GroundPoundMP1.png|thumb|Stumps in ''Mario Party'']]
In ''[[Mario Party]]'', the minigame [[Ground Pound (minigame)|Ground Pound]] requires the player to ground-pound desired flat stumps and avoid potentially spiky stumps. Ten [[coin]]s are rewarded if the player ground-pounds all five flat stumps.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and its [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|Nintendo 3DS version]], stumps are based on their appearance in the ''Yoshi's Island'' series and function similarly as in the games.

===''WarioWare Gold''===
In the third difficulty of the [[Yoshi's Island (microgame)|Yoshi's Island]] microgame from ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', which is based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', two adjacent posts can be used to reach and rescue [[Baby Mario]] from a [[bubble]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2 Post.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Log.PNG|Screenshot from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SM64 Asset Model Stump.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Stump.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
Story Post.png|Sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
SMS Screenshot Nail.png|Screenshot of a Nail from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
SPM Post.png|Model from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
SPM Post (Flipside).png|A post in [[Flipside]] of ''Super Paper Mario''
SMG Stump.png|Screenshot form ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
SM3DL Screenshot Stump.jpg|Screenshot from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
SM3DL S1-1 Stump.png|a Stump in [[Special 1-1]] of ''Super Mario 3D Land''
YNI Post.png|Screenshot from ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
Ground Pound Rebound.png|Screenshot from ''Yoshi's New Island''
A-Mazing Post Pounding.png|Screenshot from ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
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|meaning1=Picket Switch
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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|name2=杭スイッチ (''Kui Suitchi'')
|meaning2=Stake Switch
|game3=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
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|name3=Picket
|meaning3=-
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===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=杭<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=91 and 185}}</ref>
|JapR=Kui
|JapM=Stake <small>(''Super Mario 64'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'')</small>
|Jap2={{ruby|釘|くぎ}}<ref>{{cite|author=----|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=105}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Kugi
|Jap2M=Nail <small>(''Super Mario Sunshine'')</small>
|Jap3=切り株<ref>{{cite|author=----|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=Japanese|location=Tokyo, Japan|publisher=Shogakukan|date=2015|page=136 and 170}}</ref>
|Jap3R=Kirikabu
|Jap3M=Stump <small>(''Super Mario Galaxy'', ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')</small>
|Ita=Palo<ref>{{cite|language=Italian|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=91}}</ref>
|Ita2=Ceppo
|ItaM=Pole
|Ita2M=Stump
|Fre=Piquet<ref>----. ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia: les 30 premières années]]'' [French source]. Toulon, Soleil, 2018, pp. 91, 185.</ref>
|FreM=Post <small>(''Super Mario 64'', ''Super Mario 3D Land'')</small>
|Fre2=Clou<ref>----. ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia: les 30 premières années]]'' [French source]. Toulon, Soleil, 2018, p. 105.</ref>
|Fre2M=Nail <small>(''Super Mario Sunshine'')</small>
|Fre3=Souche<ref>----. ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia: les 30 premières années]]'' [French source]. Toulon, Soleil, 2018, pp. 136, 170.</ref>
|Fre3M=Stump <small>(''Super Mario Galaxy'', ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')</small>
}}

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