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 Model of a prickly plant from Super Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
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- “Sharp red things. No touch!”
- —Whittle, Super Mario Galaxy 2
Thorny flowers,[1] also described as spiky things,[2] prickly plants,[3] plants,[4] prickly flowers,[5] spikes,[6] and thistles,[7] are obstacles first appearing in Super Mario Galaxy. They are red spiked plants.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Galaxy
In Super Mario Galaxy, prickly plants damage Mario or Luigi when touched, and the only way to destroy them is by attacking them with a rubbery bulb or spinning a coconut into them. There are three types: the standard variant, a larger variant, and another large version that can fly with spinning leaves. The grounded larger variants, after being destroyed by a coconut, reveal a Sling Star or Launch Star leading to another planet. The floating variants serve as obstacles when Floaty Fluff is used.
Appearances
Note: 
marks missions where prickly plants are absent.
| Normal | ||
|---|---|---|
| Domes | Galaxies | Missions |
| Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy |   
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| Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy |  
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| Engine Room | Toy Time Galaxy |
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| Gate | Gateway Galaxy | 
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| Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | 
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| Big, grounded | ||
| Domes | Galaxies | Missions |
| Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy |
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| Bedroom | Dusty Dune Galaxy |
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| Big, flying | ||
| Domes | Galaxies | Missions |
| Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy |
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
In Super Mario Galaxy 2, prickly plants act the same as before, but they can also be destroyed by having Yoshi eat them or by rolling into them in Rock form. When touched by the Co-Star Luma, prickly plants retract their spikes, allowing Mario or Luigi to pass over them safely without needing to destroy them. Different variations are used in this game compared to the predecessor; aside from the normal type, there is also a floating type of the normal size that appears for segments with Cloud Mario or Blimp Yoshi. Additionally, the slide in the Tall Trunk Galaxy features a few unique variations of its own, such as enormous patches filling pits in the slide (which are rendered as flat textures rather than fully modeled), chains of five or eight plants in a row either along part of the slide's length or around part of the round shape of the slide (with each chain being treated as a distinct object in the data rather than each plant), and similar chains of twelve taller—but not wider—plants near the end of the slide that are harder to jump over.
Appearances
Note: marks missions where prickly plants are absent.
| Normal | ||
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| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions |
| World 1 | Yoshi Star Galaxy | 
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| World 2 | Boulder Bowl Galaxy | 
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| Cosmic Cove Galaxy |
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| World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy |
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| World 5 | Slipsand Galaxy |
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| World S | Boss Blitz Galaxy |
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| Normal, flying | ||
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions |
| World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy |
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| Cloudy Court Galaxy |
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| Patch | ||
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions |
| World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy |
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| Normal, chain | ||
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions |
| World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy |
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| Tall, chain | ||
| Worlds | Galaxies | Missions |
| World 3 | Tall Trunk Galaxy |
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Super Mario 3D Land
Thistles later appear in Super Mario 3D Land, being first encountered in World 4-1. As of this game, their thorns are stubbier and are arranged in a globe, instead of being grown from the plant's calyx like in the previous games; their leaves also continuously rotate around their stems. They can be destroyed with projectiles (such as the Fire form's fireballs), with a tail whip in Tanooki form, by landing on them in Statue form, or by touching them while invincible.
Mario Party series
Thorny flowers are obstacles in a few minigames of the Mario Party series. In Mario Party: Island Tour, they appear in Goomba to Maneuver, scattered on the path that the player needs to follow. The player needs to maneuver a line of Goombas between them. Goombas that touch a thorny flower are flung away, reducing the number of Goombas in the line. Thorny flowers appear in both normal and big sizes, with bigger ones becoming more common as the minigame progresses. In Mario Party: Star Rush, thorny flowers in the minigame Leafboard Hoard.
Gallery
Mario near some prickly plants in the Yoshi Star Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 Super Mario 3D Land |
ObjectData/NeedlePlant.arc | NeedlePlant | Needle Plant |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
トゲ植物 (Toge Shokubutsu) | Thorn Plant |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トゲ草[8] Toge Kusa |
Thorn Grass | Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
| トゲ植物[9] Toge Shokubutsu |
Thorn Plant | Super Mario 3D Land | |
| Chinese | 紅色刺刺[?] Hóngsè Cì Cì |
Red Spike | |
| French (NOA) | Fleur à épines[10] | Thorny flower | |
| French (NOE) | Fleur à épines[11] | Thorny flower | |
| Herbe épineuse[12] | Thorny herbs | ||
| Plante épineuse[13] | Thorny plants | ||
| Épineux[14] | Thorny, Spiny | ||
| German | Stachelgras[?] | Barbed grass | |
| Italian | Pianta ago[15] | Needle Plant | |
| Spine rosse[?] | Red spikes | by Whittle | |
| Portuguese | Flor espinhosa[16] | Thorny flower | |
| Spanish | Flor espinosa[17] | Thorny flower |
References
- ^ "Get as many Goombas to the finish line as possible without leading them into the thorny flowers." – Controls for Tour and Simple. Mario Party: Island Tour. Nintendo (British English).
- ^ "Apparently those spiky things just HATE coconuts! Shake to spin and smack them with coconuts!" – Purple Toad. Super Mario Galaxy.
- ^ Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-5643-5. Page 43, 48, 50, 53, 170, 171, 175, 177, 178, 202, 207, 244, 303.
- ^ Black. Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 48, 50, 53, 170, 202.
- ^ Black. Super Mario Galaxy PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 302.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 112-114, 118.
- ^ von Esmarch, Nick (November 13, 2011). Super Mario 3D Land PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89386-4. Page 187.
- ^ October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 136 and 170.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook. Page 185.
- ^ Défilé Goomba minigame description. Mario Party: Island Tour via Imgur.
- ^ À la queue leu leu minigame description. Mario Party: Island Tour via Imgur.
- ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 136 and 170.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games. ISBN 978-1906064020. Page 170.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Page 171.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 136 and 170.
- ^ "Conduza o maior número de Goombas até a meta, evitando as flores espinhosas." – Goomba to Maneuver minigame description, Mario Party: Island Tour (European Portuguese).
- ^ "Evita las flores espinosas para llegar a la meta con el mayor número de Goombas posible." – Goomba to Maneuver minigame description, Mario Party: Island Tour (European Spanish).
