Stretch

Stretch
Species Origin	Boo
First Appearance	Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest Appearance	Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (2010)

This article is about an enemy from the game Super Mario Bros. 3. For information about the Shy Guy enemy with the same name, see here.

Stretches are Boos attached to white platforms that appear in the game Super Mario Bros. 3. They are found exclusively in fortresses and are more of an obstacle than a true enemy. As Mario or Luigi attempts to pass, a Boo will rise from the top and bottom of the platform and attempt to hit him by moving left to right. Stretches are usually found in groups, making them a formidable foe. Stretches can only be defeated with a Starman or thrown hammers from the Hammer Suit.

A single Stretch appeared in the Nintendo Comics System short "In the Swim! Fun and Sun Fashions" in an advertisement for swimwear, which depicted it lifting weights on a beach. The Stretch, which only had one face, was shaped like a backwards "Z".

Trivia

• They were going to make an appearance in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, but they were cut out.

Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toad • Mushroom Kings
Bosses	Boom Boom • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig Von Koopa) • Bowser
Items	Super Mushroom • Fire Flower • Super Leaf • Star • 1-Up Mushroom • Frog Suit • Hammer Suit • Coin • Tanooki Suit • P-Wing • Lakitu's Cloud / Jugem's Cloud • Goomba's Shoe / Kuribo's Shoe • Music Box • Hammer • ? Ball • Anchor • Boomerang* • Cape Feather* • Roulette Box • P-Switch • Silver Coin • Warp Whistle
Switches*	Yellow Switch • Green Switch • Red Switch • Blue Switch • Blue Green Switch • Cyan Switch • Orange Switch
Worlds	Grass Land • Desert Hill / Desert Land • Sea Side / Ocean Side / Water Land • Big Island / Giant Land • The Sky / Sky Land • Iced Land / Ice Land • Pipe Maze / Pipe Land • Bowser's Castle / Castle of Koopa / Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-e*
Enemies	Angry Sun • Baby Bloober • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober Nanny • Bloober • Bob-omb • Boo Diddley • Boomerang Bro. • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Cannonball • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fire Bro. • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Giant Cannonball • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Bro. • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Nipper Plant • Para-Beetle • Paragoomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Red Paragoomba • Rocket Engine • Rocky Wrench • Roto-Disc • Sledge Bro. • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Tweester • Venus Fire Trap
* - Super Mario Advance 4-exclusive

Boos
Characters	Bigger Boo • Black Boo • Boolossus • Boos in Luigi's Mansion • Boos in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon • Boo Stack • Bootler • Franky • Herbert • Igor • King Boo • King Boo (Isle Delfino) • Lady Bow • Lahla • Peeka • Spooky Speedster • Stanley • The Creepy Steeple Boo • The Big Boo
Species	Atomic Boo • Balloon Boo • Big Boo • Big & Little Boo • Blindfold Boo • Bomb Boo • Boo • Boo Balloon • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Buddy Swarm • Boo Guy • Boohemoth • Boo Man Bluff • Calm Fishin' Boo • Circling Boo Buddies • Dark Boo • Dark Dark Boo • Disappearing Boo Buddies • Eerie • Fishin' Boo • Ghoul Guy • Green Boo • Jelly Ghost • Li'l Boo • Mad Big Boo • Mad Boo • Mini Boo • Octoboo • Peepa • Red Boo • Sleepy Boo • Stretch • Tail Boo • Terekuribō