Horsetail

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Horsetail
A bush, in Super Mario Maker.
Sprite from Super Mario Maker
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Derived subjects

Horsetails appear as narratively important plants in the original Super Mario Bros. and as a cooking ingredient in the Paper Mario series. They have made occasional appearances in contexts alluding to the original Super Mario Bros., such as the Super Mario Bros. style in Super Mario Maker or in the background of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7 .

History[edit ]

Super Mario series[edit ]

World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)
Mario near two horsehair plants in World 2-1 of Super Mario Bros.

According to the original manual for Super Mario Bros. , Bowser turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and bricks. However, the English manual renders this as "field horsehair plants."[1] They are the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game[2] (specifically, Worlds 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in Super Mario All-Stars , the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in World A-1 appear in orange (but not in All-Stars). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on Super Mario Bros.; for example, in Super Mario Maker , horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the Super Mario Bros. style when placing ground tiles.

Paper Mario series[edit ]

Horsetail
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
The Thousand-Year Door description A plant found in Petal Meadows. Replenishes 3 HP.
Super Paper Mario description A spring reed that restores 7 HP and cures poison.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit ]

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Horsetails are items that heal 3 HP. They are found in an area of Petal Meadows. Just before reaching the area with the bridge, coming from the Rogueport pipe, there is a Candy Pop that, when hit with a hammer, sinks down and bounces back up. After hitting the cane 10 times, a Horsetail comes out. This can be done several times, after exiting and re-entering the area.

Super Paper Mario[edit ]

In Super Paper Mario, Horsetails are items that restore 7 HP and cures poison. They are usually dropped by Putrid Piranhas. They can also be bought in the Itty Bits in The Dotwood Tree for 18 coins.

Mario Kart series[edit ]

As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7 . They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe , though they return to the course in Mario Kart Tour .

Recipes[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit ]

Recipe Result
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf Healthy Salad Healthy Salad
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Mystic Egg Mystic Egg Omelette Meal Omelette Meal
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Mushroom Mushroom Zess Dinner Zess Dinner
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Super Mushroom Super Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series) Life Mushroom
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Horsetail + Ultra Mushroom Ultra Mushroom Zess Special Zess Special

Super Paper Mario[edit ]

Recipe Result
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail Roast Horsetail Roast Horsetail
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf Koopa Pilaf Koopa Pilaf
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Big Egg Big Egg Omelette Meal Omelette Plate
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Cake Mix Cake Mix Horsetail Tart Horsetail Tart
A Horsetail in Super Paper Mario. Horsetail + Fresh Pasta Fresh Pasta Bunch Spaghetti Spaghetti Plate

Gallery[edit ]

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese つくし
Tsukushi
Horsetail [3]
つくしんぼ
Tsukushinbo
From「土筆つくし」(tsukushi, "horsetail") and possibly the affectionate suffix「~んぼ」(-nbo) Paper Mario series [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 马尾草
Mǎwěi Cǎo (Mandarin)
Máhméih Chóu (Cantonese)
Horsetail [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 馬尾草
Mǎwěi Cǎo (Mandarin)
Máhméih Chóu (Cantonese)
Horsetail [?]
Dutch Onkruid Weed [4]
Finnish Horsma "Willowherb", possibly chosen for its similarity to the English word "horse" [5]
French Prêle Horsetail [?]
German Wurzel Root [?]
Unkraut Weed Super Mario Bros. [6]
Italian Coda cavallina Horsetail [?]
Erba cavallina Horse grass Super Mario Bros. [7]
Korean 쇠뜨기
Soetteugi
Horsetail [?]
Spanish Cola de Caballo Horsetail [?]
Cactus - Super Mario Bros. [8]
Swedish Hästtagel "Horse tail", from a literal translation of the English name; a horsetail is known as a fräken in Swedish [9]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ Legends of Localization comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of Super Mario Bros.
  2. ^ Sase, Shinji, Howard Phillips, and Lynn Griffes, editors (1987). How to win at Super Mario Bros. (U.S. Edition). Redmond: Tokuma Shoten, Nintendo of America . ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 6.
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros. Japanese instruction booklet. Page 4.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. — NL
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros manuaali
  6. ^ Super Mario Bros - NES - Spielanleitung
  7. ^ Super Mario Bros. Italian instruction booklet. Page 2.
  8. ^ 1987. Super Mario Bros. Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 2.
  9. ^ 1987. Super Mario Bros. Instruction Booklet. Kungsbacka: Nintendo (English, Swedish). Page 20.
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