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The golden Mushroom Cup trophy as seen in Mario Kart 8

Template:Quote2 A cup is a representation of a certain number of courses in the Mario Kart series. In Super Mario Kart, a cup consists of five courses, whereas in the later games, the number was reduced to four (due to the single tracks being longer). When racing the Grand Prix mode, players race through all the tracks from a cup. Cups are usually named after items from the Mario franchise, e.g., the Mushroom Cup and the Star Cup. The names are not associated with the tracks in the cups, so consequently cup names reappear throughout the series, hosting different tracks. The cups in the arcade Mario Kart games contain only two courses each and are named after the playable characters, aside from the Rainbow Cup. In Mario Kart Tour, cups are named after the playable characters but contain three courses and a bonus challenge. Courses in a character's cup will be treated as a favored or favorite course for that character.

In Super Mario Strikers, a cup consists of a number of matches against varying enemies. Each cup has more enemies than the last, and thus, there are more rounds played. The table system is used. Players score three points when winning, one when losing by a Golden Goal, and zero when losing. In the end, the player with the most points wins. The Bowser Cup features semifinals and finals after the regular phase is over. The unlockable Super Cups are the same as the original cups but with no Rookie setting available and return matches.

List of cups

Cup Super Mario Kart Mario Kart 64 Mario Kart: Super Circuit Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart DS Mario Kart Wii Mario Kart 7 Mario Kart 8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Mushroom Cup                    
Flower Cup                    
Star Cup                    
Special Cup                    
Lightning Cup              
All-Cup Tour  
Shell Cup            
Banana Cup            
Leaf Cup            
Egg Cup    
Triforce Cup    
Crossing Cup    
Bell Cup    
Golden Dash Cup  
Lucky Cat Cup  
Turnip Cup  
Propeller Cup  
Rock Cup  
Moon Cup  
Mario Cup  
Luigi Cup  

Mario Kart Tour

Contrasting to other Mario Kart games, cups in Mario Kart Tour are not always available but rotate with every tour. Cups consist of three race courses (always different) and a bonus challenge. The corresponding character is also granted a boost and ranks higher in each race course.

Cup Emblem Debut tour # of appearances Largest streak of absence (# of tours)
Mario Cup   Template:Tour1 44 7 (Template:Tour32 - Template:Tour38)
Donkey Kong Cup   Template:Tour1 32 6 (Template:Tour83 - present
Yoshi Cup   Template:Tour1 34 13 (Template:Tour27 - Template:Tour39)
Koopa Troopa Cup   Template:Tour1 22 23 (Template:Tour46 - Template:Tour68)
Toad Cup   Template:Tour1 35 7 (Template:Tour82 - present)
Peach Cup   Template:Tour1 36 5 (Template:Tour44 - Template:Tour48)
Bowser Cup   Template:Tour1 31 8 (Template:Tour50 - Template:Tour57)
Dry Bones Cup   Template:Tour1 22 21 (Template:Tour48 - Template:Tour68)
Toadette Cup   Template:Tour1 33 8 (Template:Tour80 - (Template:Tour87)
Daisy Cup   Template:Tour1 37 6 (Template:Tour41 - Template:Tour46)
Diddy Kong Cup   Template:Tour1 24 14 (Template:Tour66 - Template:Tour79)
Baby Mario Cup   Template:Tour1 19 26 (Template:Tour63 - present)
Shy Guy Cup   Template:Tour1 21 22 (Template:Tour55 - Template:Tour76)
Baby Peach Cup   Template:Tour1 22 23 (Template:Tour55 - Template:Tour77)
Dry Bowser Cup   Template:Tour1 32 8 (Template:Tour75 - Template:Tour82)
Metal Mario Cup   Template:Tour1 23 20 (Template:Tour59 - Template:Tour78)
Rosalina Cup   Template:Tour2 28 12 (Template:Tour73 - Template:Tour84)
Lakitu Cup   Template:Tour2 24 14 (Template:Tour60 - Template:Tour73)
Bowser Jr. Cup   Template:Tour2 21 13 (Template:Tour62 - Template:Tour74)
Baby Daisy Cup   Template:Tour2 18 22 (Template:Tour61 - Template:Tour82)
Ludwig Cup   Template:Tour2 14 18 (Template:Tour71 - present)
Larry Cup   Template:Tour2 22 25 (Template:Tour53 - Template:Tour77)
Baby Rosalina Cup   Template:Tour2 24 8 (Template:Tour65 - Template:Tour72)
Wendy Cup   Template:Tour2 19 25 (Template:Tour44 - Template:Tour68)
Wario Cup   Template:Tour2 34 9 (Template:Tour14 - Template:Tour22)
Peachette Cup   Template:Tour2 25 14 (Template:Tour53 - Template:Tour66)
Luigi Cup   Template:Tour3 37 7 (Template:Tour17 - Template:Tour23)
Lemmy Cup   Template:Tour3 15 29 (Template:Tour19 - Template:Tour47)
Waluigi Cup   Template:Tour3 27 17 (Template:Tour66 - Template:Tour82)
Baby Luigi Cup   Template:Tour3 23 9 (Template:Tour22 - Template:Tour30)
Morton Cup   Template:Tour3 19 17 (Template:Tour72 - present)
King Boo Cup   Template:Tour3 24 14 (Template:Tour67 - Template:Tour80)
Roy Cup   Template:Tour4 21 9 (Template:Tour64 - Template:Tour72)
Iggy Cup   Template:Tour5 14 26 (Template:Tour20 - Template:Tour45)
Birdo Cup   Template:Tour7 25 22 (Template:Tour45 - Template:Tour66)
Pauline Cup   Template:Tour7 24 15 (Template:Tour63 - Template:Tour77)
Hammer Bro Cup   Template:Tour14 25 8 (Template:Tour72 - Template:Tour79)
Ice Mario Cup   Template:Tour14 23 9 (Template:Tour20 - Template:Tour28)
Pink Gold Peach Cup   Template:Tour20 20 10 (Template:Tour21 - Template:Tour30)
Monty Mole Cup   Template:Tour23 25 5 (Template:Tour75 - Template:Tour79)
Fire Bro Cup   Template:Tour30 24 6 (Template:Tour74 - Template:Tour79)
Funky Kong Cup   Template:Tour43 17 10 (Template:Tour49 - Template:Tour58)
Kamek Cup   Template:Tour51 22 3 (Template:Tour72 - Template:Tour74)
Ice Bro Cup   Template:Tour57 10 6 (Template:Tour64 - Template:Tour69)
Cat Peach Cup   Template:Tour60 13 3 (Template:Tour61 - Template:Tour63)
Dixie Kong Cup   Template:Tour63 6 7 (Template:Tour80 - Template:Tour86)
Mii Cup   Template:Tour65 23 1 (Template:Tour68)
Nabbit Cup   Template:Tour71 9 3 (Template:Tour77 - Template:Tour80)
Chargin' Chuck Cup   Template:Tour83 4 1 (Template:Tour86)
Fire Rosalina Cup   Template:Tour85 3 1 (Template:Tour88)
King Bob-omb Cup   Template:Tour89 1

Other cups

Game Cups
Mario Kart Arcade GP
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
Super Mario Strikers
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Power Tennis
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Mario Tennis Open

Trivia