Editing Dune Bud

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Dune Bud.png|250px]]<br>A swollen Dune Bud, having been sprayed
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
{{quote|Now, this here is what we call a Dune Bud. Dune Buds are odd plants that appear only on [[Gelato Beach|this beach]]. If you water them, strange things will happen.|Noki|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''Dune Buds''', also known as '''Beansprouts''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Pages 62, 65, 66, 68.</ref> are small plants found only on [[Gelato Beach]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Initially appearing as tiny purple buds sticking out of the ground, Dune Buds can be sprayed with [[water]] from [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] to cause them to grow up extremely rapidly and then turn orange before causing a specially shaped sand dune to pop up on the beach for a few seconds. This can be used to the player's advantage, in order to acquire normally unreachable midair formations of [[coin]]s, destroy [[Cataquack]]s, or stun the giant green [[Wiggler (Super Mario Sunshine)|Wiggler]] boss during [[Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!|Episode 3]]. Instead of becoming raised up when sprayed with water, some Dune Buds form indented pits that hide items such as Yellow Coins, [[Blue Coin]]s, or even [[Shine Sprite]]s.

There is a total of nine different Dune Bud shapes found on Gelato Beach. The location of each Dune Bud occasionally varies depending on the episode that the player visits the beach in, and in a few episodes, some Dune Buds are not present at all. The shape of each Dune Bud along with their various locations are listed below.

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|-
!width="1%"|Shape
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 1: Dune Bud Sand Castle Secret|Episode 1]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 2: Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam!|Episode 2]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 3: Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead!|Episode 3]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 4: The Sand Bird is Born|Episode 4]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 5: Il Piantissimo's Sand Sprint|Episode 5]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 6: Red Coins in the Coral Reef|Episode 6]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 7: It's Shadow Mario! After Him!|Episode 7]]
!width="1%"|[[Gelato Beach#Episode 8: The Watermelon Festival|Episode 8]]
|-
|Turtle
|In front of the [[Sand Cabana]]
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|-
|Pyramid
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|To the right of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|N/A
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|-
|Footprint
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|To the left of the Sand Cabana. It is blocked by an [[Orange Juice Generator]].
|To the left of the Sand Cabana. It is blocked by an Orange Juice Generator.
|To the left of the Sand Cabana. It is blocked by an Orange Juice Generator.
|-
|Swirl
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|N/A
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|N/A
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|The middle of Gelato Beach
|-
|The Sand Portal
|Southwest end of Gelato Beach
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|Igloo
|In front of the [[Surf Cabana]]
|N/A
|Southwest end of Gelato Beach
|Southwest end of Gelato Beach
|In front of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|To the left of the Sand Cabana
|N/A
|-
|Star
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|N/A
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|N/A
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|In front of the Surf Cabana
|-
|Descending Staircase
|Behind the [[Shine Tower]]
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|-
|Ascending Staircase
|N/A
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|Behind the Shine Tower
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|Behind the Shine Tower
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=木の芽<ref>Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』[Japanese source]. Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2015, p. 105.</ref>
|JapR=Ki no Me
|JapM=Tree Bud
|Ita=Fiore di Duna
|ItaM=Dune Flower
|Fre=Fleur des Sables
|FreM=Sands Flower
}}

==Trivia==
*If a Dune Bud is sprayed near a [[Noki]], the Noki will hide in its shell for a short period of time. However, it does not affect [[Pianta]]s.

==References==
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{{Super Mario Sunshine}}
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine species]]
[[it:Fiore di Duna]]