Fake Item Box
From the Super Mario Wiki
A Fake Item Box is an item found in the Mario Kart series. They resemble regular item boxes, but will cause a kart to roll on contact. They have an ¿ instead of an ? in Mario Kart 64. In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, they also have ¿ and sometimes flash red. On a side note, in Mario Kart: Double Dash, there are no fake double item boxes. In Mario Kart DS, Fake Item Boxes show up red on the touch screen map, rather than blue. The Fake Item Boxes in this game do not have a ? symbol, and do not spin, unlike real ones. Fake Item Boxes are different than Bananas and Shells in that other items can go through them. This makes them useless for protection of the rear of a Kart, as they will not block incoming attacks. In battle mode in Mario Kart Wii the Fake ? boxes are blue or red depending on which team the player is on.
| Mario Kart Items |
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| Absorbing Mushroom | Banana | Basin | Birdo Egg | Black Shell | Blooper | Blue Shell | Bob-omb | Boo | Bowser's Shell | Cape Feather | Chain Chomp | Cream Pie | Driver Virus | Fake Item Box | Fireball | Giant Banana | Golden Mushroom | Green Fireball | Green Shell | Mega Mushroom | Mini Mushroom | POW Block | Peach's Frying Pan | Red Shell | Shield | Smokescreen | Star | Super Mushroom | Tacks | Thunder Cloud | Thunder Stick | Thunderbolt | Time Bomb | Triple Green Shells | Triple Red Shells |
