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|image=[[File:Trash can.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
'''Bins'''<ref>''Game Boy Donkey Kong'' PAL Virtual Console digital manual, page 13</ref>, also known as '''Garbage Cans'''<ref>''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' instruction booklet, page 40</ref><ref>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet, page 25</ref> or '''Trash Cans'''<ref>''Game Boy Donkey Kong'' English instruction booklet, page 16</ref><ref>''Mario Kart Arcade GP''</ref>, are seemingly inanimate objects found in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''. [[Mario]] can stand on them to reach higher areas, but he can also pick them up and throw them to defeat common enemies like [[Bowbow]]s. Some enemies like [[Faiachū]] cannot be defeated by bins, however. Once a bin hits an enemy, it falls off-screen.

Certain bins are actually alive; once Mario tries to pick these types of bins up, they rumble, grow feet, and reveal eyes from under the lid. They then wander around aimlessly and can defeat Mario if they knock into him. Mario can safely stand on top of them, but they cannot be lifted normally in their debut appearance. This variation first appears in [[Big-City]] and [[Mario Toy Company]], after their harmless counterparts are introduced.

In the rendition of ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' included in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and the [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' series]], garbage cans may appear in the ''Mario Bros. Battle'' multi-player mode. It takes the place of the [[POW Block]] in the ''Mario Bros. Classic'' single-player mode, but it cannot be picked up and remains in place on the ground; however, it flips its lid on intervals. If a player approaches it while carrying another player, it will open and automatically close if thrown inside. If players get trapped inside, they can escape using a [[Super Jump]] (which can daze a player standing on it) or merely [[Jump]]ing when the lip reopens. In addition, players will be randomly holding [[Red Shell|Koopa Shell]]s, [[POW Block]]s, [[Fish Skeleton]]s, and [[Egg]]s (which in itself can contain [[Coin]]s, [[Heart (item)|Heart]]s or [[Super Star|Starmen]]).

Trash Cans can be collected from [[Item Box]]es in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]''. Here, the item is inanimate and consists of three small red, green and blue fruit cans strung together. They perform lock on shots onto another racer, and serve to slow down the competition.

==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=ゴミ<span class="explain" title="ばこ">箱</span><ref>''Game Boy Donkey Kong'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 14</ref><br>''Gomibako''<br>ダストマン<ref>Mario character book, [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#51 page 104]</ref><br>''Dasutoman''<br>バケツマン<ref>[[Media:Mvsdk book ii.jpg|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Shogakukan book]]</ref><br>''Baketsuman''
|JapM=Garbage Can<br><br>Dust Man<br><br>Bucketman}}

==Trivia==
*In Japanese supplemental materials of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'', enemy versions of the bins are respectively known as '''Dust Man''' and '''Bucketman''', despite being nearly identical. The name change may have been to avoid unintentional association with [[wikipedia:Mega Man 4|Dust Man]], a robot from the ''[[Mega Man]]'' series{{refneeded}}.

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