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[[File:SMG2 Beat Block Starting Platform.png|thumb|200px|Beat Blocks in [[Beat Block Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The green Beat Blocks are presently solid, while the yellow ones are only outlines.]]

{{quote2|The red and blue blocks switch back and forth, so pay close attention to the timing.|Doctor Gizmo|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}

'''Blinking Blocks''' (known as '''Beat Blocks''' in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' and '''Beep Blocks''' in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'') are a type of [[block]] found in a handful of games in the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series. As their name implies, Blinking Blocks are recognized for alternating between solid blocks and intangible outlines of various colors to the beat of in-game music. Because of this, Blinking Blocks function both as platforms that [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] safely can stand on when solid and as deadly pitfalls in their "vanished" state. Depending on the game, both the physical appearance and functions of Blinking Blocks differ.

[[File:SMG2 Beat Block Blinking Block Pyramid.png|thumb|left|200px|Beat Blocks in [[Beat Block Galaxy]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. The yellow Beat Blocks are presently solid, while the green ones are only outlines.]]

Beat Blocks are first seen in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', appearing exclusively in [[Beat Block Galaxy]]. In this appearance, all Beat Blocks are cube-shaped and alternate between yellow and green. The player's [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] will also beep three times before the Beat Blocks switch. Due to the effects of the [[Prankster Comet#Double Time Comet|Double Time Comet]], the mission [[Silver Stars in Double Time]] causes the Beat Blocks to alternate at four times their regular speed (despite the mission's name).

[[File:SM3DL6-4.png|thumb|200px|Beat Blocks appearing in [[World 6-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-4]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'']]

Beat Blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', appearing in [[World 6-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-4]], [[Special 3-5]], and [[Special 7-2]]. In this appearance, Beat Blocks come in an assortment of shapes and are now red, yellow, and blue. In World 6-4 and Special 7-2, all three colors will appear, one by one, then vanish in the same manner, leaving periods where all or none of the Beat Blocks will appear solid. However, in Special 3-5, the blocks alternate between one color each time.

Beat Blocks return in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' as they appeared in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', where they are now known as Beep Blocks. They alternate between blue and pink-colored blocks. Later [[level]]s also include Beep Blocks in quadruple time, named '''Blast Blocks'''. When they are in quadruple time, the frequency of alternating between different blocks is the same as the frequency of Beat Blocks' alternation under the orbit of the [[Prankster Comet]] in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''. Beep Blocks also appear in levels where the song has different beats per minute (such as [[Champion's Road]]), but they still alternate in the beat of the original song's BPM (from [[Beep Block Skyway]] and [[Blast Block Skyway]]).

Beep Blocks reappear in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports]] in the stage [[Beep Block Sky Plaza]]. They are identical in appearance and behavior to those in ''Super Mario 3D World'', but many of them include [[ladder]]s, which do not disappear to allow [[Captain Toad]], who cannot [[jump]], to climb them.

|Jap=チカチカブロック (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Chikachika Burokku''<br>てんめつブロック (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br>''Tenmetsu Burokku''

|JapM=Flickering Block

|Spa=Bloque Rítmico<br>Bloque Parpadeante<br>Bloque Alternante

|SpaM=Rhythmic Block<br>Blinking Block<br>Alternating Block

|Ita=Blocco intermittente

|ItaM=Intermittent block

|Dut=Knipperblok (''Super Mario Maker 2'')

|ChiT=炫目方塊 (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Xuànmù Fāngkuài''<br>閃爍磚塊 (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<ref>Nintendo HK. (May 17, 2019). [https://youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 21, 2019.</ref><br>''Shǎnshuò Zhuānkuài''

|ChiTM=Dazzling Cube<br><br>Flickering Block<br><br>

|Ger=Ticktack-Block (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Rhythmusboden (''Super Mario 3D Land'')<br>Blink-Block (newer games)

|GerM=Ticktack Block<br>Rhythm Floor<br>Blinking Block

|FraA=Blocs tic-tac (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Bloc intermittent (''Super Mario Maker 2'')

|FraAM=Tick-tock blocks<br>Sporadic block

|FraE=Blocs tac-tic (''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>Bloc intermittent (''Super Mario Maker 2'')

|FraEM=Tock-tick blocks (also a pun on ''tactic'')<br>Sporadic block

|PorE=Bloco intermitente<ref>Nintendo Portugal. (May 15, 2019). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG5PwoP3Ch8 Super Mario Maker 2 Direct - 15/05/2019]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 10, 2021.</ref>

|PorEM=Intermittent block