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Signature vehicle
{{Conjecture}} A signature vehicle is the personalized kart, bike, or ATV of a racer in the Mario Kart series.
In Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Mario Kart Tour, signature vehicles may also have a signature glider and in the former two games, signature tires.
History
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
The concept of a signature kart first appears in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart DS
In Mario Kart DS, each playable character has two signature karts in addition to their personal Standard Kart. One of these signature karts is unlocked alongside its default driver, while the other is unlocked by winning every Nitro cup on 100cc.
| Driver | Default signature kart | Unlockable signature kart |
|---|---|---|
 Mario |
 B Dasher |
 Shooting Star |
 Luigi |
 Poltergust 4000 |
 Streamliner |
 Peach |
 Royale |
 Light Tripper |
 Yoshi |
 Egg 1 |
 Cucumber |
 Toad |
 Mushmellow |
 4-Wheel Cradle |
 Donkey Kong |
 Rambi Rider |
 Wildlife |
 Wario |
 Brute |
 Dragonfly |
 Bowser |
 Tyrant |
 Hurricane |
 Daisy |
 Power Flower |
 Light Dancer |
 Dry Bones |
 Banisher |
 Dry Bomber |
 Waluigi |
 Gold Mantis |
 Zipper |
 R.O.B. |
 ROB-BLS |
 ROB-LGS |
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
| Driver | Signature vehicle body | Signature tires | Signature glider |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tanooki Mario |
  Tanooki Kart
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 Cat Peach |
 Cat Cruiser
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 Dry Bowser |
  Bone Rattler
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 Inkling Girl |
 Splat Buggy Inkstriker
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 Inkling Boy |
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 Link (Champion's Tunic) |
  Master Cycle Zero
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  Ancient Tires
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  Paraglider
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 Link |
  Master Cycle
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 Triforce Tires
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 Hylian Kite
|
 Villager (Male) |
 Streetle
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 Leaf Tires
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 Paper Glider
|
 Villager (Female) |
 City Tripper
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 Isabelle |
Mario Kart Tour
MarioWiki:BJAODN/In Search of Lost Brother
Welcome to the BJAODN Museum. Admission is free. Our featured piece here is In Search of Lost Brother (formerly A Plumber's Lament) by venerable sculptor Garro of Nimbus Land. No, it is clearly not just Mario covered in gold and standing perfectly still.
This page contains two revisions on an article of this "statue" from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake. The first is from November 15, 2014 and conflates the "statue" with other gold statues of Mario from BS Super Mario USA and New Super Mario Bros. 2, and the second is from [date] and is the exact revision before its merge.
November 15, 2014 revision
- Mario Statue redirects here. For information about the transformation Tanooki Mario can undergo, see Statue Mario.
A Plumber's Lament is the name of a piece of art created by master sculptor Garro of Nimbus Land for the kingdom's usurper queen Valentina during the events of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The gold-colored statue is a depiction of a seemingly ordinary, working-class male human plumber. According to Garro, the sculpture's thick mustache covers the "sad, innocent smile of a simple fool," the sideburns serve as a reminder of the plumber's "blue collar roots," and the strong, muscular legs represent the "legs of the masses." While Valentina was initially repulsed by the sculpture, after Garro's analysis of his masterpiece's proletariat symbolism, the queen-to-be lauded A Plumber's Lament, calling it a piece of "gentle beauty" and "raw power." Valentina quickly has the statue put on display by her servant Dodo next to gold sculptures made in her likeness, which were also created by Garro.
Unbeknownst to Valentina, A Plumber's Lament is actually Mario in disguise as part of a plan to infiltrate Nimbus Castle in order to restore King and Queen Nimbus to the throne and topple the regime of the false queen Valentina (who had manipulated the Nimbus population through various political schemes, setting herself up as de facto ruler of Nimbus Land). In order to expose Valentina's ruse to the greater population, King and Queen Nimbus need to be extradited from the confines of the castle. However, only those with official business with Valentina are allowed entrance to the castle by her guards, the Birdies. Therefore, Garro, Valentina's private sculptor but secretly an ally of Mario and the King and Queen's son (and true heir to the throne) Prince Mallow, devise a plan to get Mario past the guards undetected by turning him into his "latest masterpiece" A Plumber's Lament. To do so, Garro actually applies a coat of gold dust all over Mario's face and clothes in order to make him appear to be a gold sculpture. Mario, standing perfectly still in order to mimic a statue, is then delivered to Valentina along with several gold sculptures made in the image of the usurper queen, thus allowing Mario to safely and covertly infiltrate the castle.
A similar statue appears in BS Super Mario USA as an item, found three times in each level. Each one gives the player an extra life.
Another similar statue appears when the player collects 1 million coins in New Super Mario Bros. 2. It appears in the background of the revamped title screen.
- After Valentina and Dodo flee Nimbus Land, and King and Queen Nimbus (along with Prince Mallow) are restored to the throne, Garro sculpts an actual gold statue of Mario (along with statues of Mallow, Geno, Bowser, and Toadstool). The sculptures are put on display in the center of Nimbus Palace for the public to enjoy.