Editing Melon

{{redirect|Melon|the item that is referred to as a "melon" in [[Donkey Kong 64]]|[[Watermelon]]}}
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|image=[[File:YS Melon Artwork.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'' ([[List of games by date#1991|1991]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]])
}}
A '''Melon''' is a [[fruit]] that appears in many ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games, where they are found in tropical regions, such as [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]. Melons are usually depicted as {{wp|cantaloupe}}s or {{wp|Cucumis melo|Japanese muskmelons}}.

==History==
===''Yoshi'' franchise===
====''Yoshi''====
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Melons first appear in ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]'', where one is given after the player clears levels 10 and 11 of the B-Type game, rewarding the player with 500 points.

====''Yoshi's Story''====
{{quote2|Lucky Fruit are yummy, but the "yummiest" of all fruit is melon.|[[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]]|[[Yoshi's Story]] manual}}
[[File:YSMellon.png|frame]]
Melons appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', where it is the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]' fruit of choice. There are 30 of these in every level, all of which must be eaten without consuming any other fruit to achieve a perfect score. Each melon also awards the [[Baby Yoshi]]s a bonus 100 [[♥]]s apiece. Some melons are uncovered by breaking [[? Block]]s, popping [[? Bubble]]s, or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing certain spots that can be detected by [[sniff]]ing.

====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
Melons also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', where they give [[Yoshi]] twenty [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]s when he eats one of them.

===''Paper Mario''===
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|title=Melon
|image=[[File:PaperMario Items Melon.png]]
|pm=A succulent, ripe melon. Restores 15 HP.
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Melons also appear in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', where the adult [[Yoshi (species)|Yellow Yoshi]] in [[Yoshi's Village]] trades a Melon for one of [[Mario]]'s food items, provided the item is a recipe from [[Tayce T.]]; the trade cannot be done when the Yoshi kids go missing until the [[Lava Piranha]] is defeated, making it easily missed if players do not talk to the adult Yellow Yoshi before and after these events. Melons are generally a cheaper alternative to [[Jammin' Jelly]] for Tayce T.'s [[Special Shake]]s, and can also be used to create a [[Yoshi Cookie]] when cooked with [[Cake Mix]].

===''Mario Party 4''===
The Melon also appears in the ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' [[Bowser]] [[minigame]] [[Fruits of Doom]], where it is one of the fruits that players may give Bowser to eat.

===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
====''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', [[Hog]]s attack Donkey Kong by throwing a set of three melons at him consecutively. The player can [[clap]] while Donkey Kong is near a melon to punch or kick it back at the Hog and stun it. Hogs may also shroud a melon in electricity; this melon is thrown much faster and requires two claps - once to discharge the electricity, and again to hit it back as usual. Clapping near a Hog will cause it to throw melons.

A gigantic melon serves as a goal in the non-boss levels of the [[Melon Kingdom]].

====''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''====
[[File:Melon DKBB sprite.png|frame]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'', the '''Tasty Melon''' appear as a [[Balloon (Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)|red balloon]] item. When used, it makes the player invincible, much like the [[Super Star|Star]] from the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series; when used by a [[Kong]], the invincibility lasts longer. Unlike the Star, touching a player while invincible does not hurt them.

===''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' series===
The Melon appears as one of [[Yoshi]]'s special items in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''. It is a recovery item that removes all status conditions for the kart when used, such as square or burst tires or a [[Thunder Cloud]], and provides a shield for approximately half a second. With good timing, the shield can block incoming items or the explosion of a [[Time Bomb (item)|Time Bomb]].

In ''Mario Kart Arcade GP'', there is a variant called the Melon+ that greatly increases the duration of the shield given.

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', a [[Wiggler#Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam|Wiggler]] in [[Gloomy Woods]] that Mario, [[Luigi]] and [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]] fed previously will ask for a Melon, which is their favorite dessert. Elsewhere in the area is a [[Yoshi (species)|Yellow Yoshi]] with a melon; he will only give it to the trio if they can beat him in a [[Wait Up, Yoshi!|race]]. Once Wiggler is given the melon, he eats it and moves out of the way, allowing the trio to continue through Gloomy Woods.

==Recipes==
{| style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
|-style="background: #ABC;"
!width="50%"|Recipe
!width="25%"|Result of Cooked Item
!width="25%"|Game that Recipe is in
|-
|Apple + Melon
|[[Special Shake]]
| rowspan=2 |''[[Paper Mario]]''
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|Melon + [[Cake Mix]]
|[[Yoshi Cookie]]
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Story Melon bubble.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
Story Melon parachute.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Melon swing.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Melon spore.png|''Yoshi's Story''
Story Melon box.png|''Yoshi's Story''
YoshisIslandMG64.png|''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]''
Yoshisislandcourse.png|''Mario Golf''
Melon Honeycomb Havoc MP2.png|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=メロン
|JapR=Meron
|JapM=Melon
|Kor=멜론
|KorR=Melon
|KorM=-
|Chi=甜瓜
|ChiR=Tiánguā
|ChiM=Melon
|Ita=Melone
|ItaM=Melon
|Fre=Melon
|FreM= -
}}

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