Editing Block Boo

{{distinguish|Ghost Block}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:PinkBoo.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Boo]]
|comparable=[[Polterguy]]<br>[[Red Boo]]
}}
'''Block Boos''',<ref name=web>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19991009233502/http://www.yoshisstory.com/6-3.html|title=''Yoshi's Story'' official website|language=en|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote='''Block Boos:''' These Boos turn into blocks when you turn to face them. They are too valuable as blocks, so why bother defeating them?'|author=Prima Bath|date=April 7, 1999|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition''|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|page=110}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=79|date=April 21, 1999|author=Prima Bath|publisher=Prima Games|isbn=0-7615-2083-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/sunshine/index.html|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|language=en|accessdate=February 14, 2026|website=nintendo.co.jp|archive=web.archive.org/web/20260211203848/https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/sunshine/index.html}}</ref> also named '''Boo Blocks'''<ref name=web/><ref>{{cite|author=Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland|title=''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=10}}</ref> (originally known as '''Boo Buddy Blocks'''),<ref name=MM>{{cite|date=August 1991|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=51}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are [[Boo]]s that can turn into [[block]]s called Ghost Blocks.<ref name=MM/>

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:Bbblock.gif|frame]]
Boo Buddy Blocks are enemies in ''Super Mario World''. When looked at, a Boo Buddy Block seems to be a normal, gray block but with a unique stone design. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] takes his eyes off it, however, it slowly begins to transform into a Boo and follow him. When the Boo Buddy Block is in its block form, it can be [[jump]]ed off. Doing this is required to clear a certain [[Ghost House]], the [[Choco-Ghost House]], as Mario or Luigi must lure several Boo Buddy Blocks into the proper positions so that he can jump off them to reach the high ledge where the exit door awaits.<ref>{{cite|author=Dykas Kong|date=August 11, 2018|url=youtu.be/HI6NyK7Dtvs?feature=shared&t=102|title=How to beat Choco-Ghost House in ''Super Mario World''|timestamp=01:42|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Guide the Boo Buddy Blocks so that they are positioned below the exit door.|author=Tsuboike, Yoshio, et al.|date=Winter 2002|title=''Nintendo Power Advance'' Volume 4|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=59}}</ref>

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
[[File:SMS Boo Block.png|thumb|Block form in ''Super Mario Sunshine'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Block Boos are named '''Pink Boos'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|date=September 3, 2002|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1|page=20}}</ref> They resemble [[Red Boo]]s due to their color. Like normal Boos in this game, Pink Boos are unaffected if Mario looks at them, instead turning into Ghost Blocks only if sprayed with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]'s water or a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]'s [[juice]]. Ghost Blocks look very similar to [[Yoshi Platform]]s, though their eyes can still be seen on one side. After a lengthy period of time, they revert to their normal form. When not a block, they meanderingly patrol a small area in a similar manner to the Boos in the game, though in a less wide range. They appear solely in [[Hotel Delfino]], specifically around the central pillar in [[The Hotel Lobby's Secret]] and over a large pool-like bathtub under an air vent in [[Mysterious Hotel Delfino]].

===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:YSBooBlock.png|frame|left]]
Boo Blocks appear in the [[Ghost Castle]] stage of ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Their Ghost Block form is redesigned with pink and white stripes rather than being a solid gray block. In addition, they take a different appearance from normal Boos when a Yoshi is looking away, most notably having two fangs instead of four.
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===''Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land''===
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In ''[[Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land]]'', when the Boos turn into Ghost Blocks, they still show their faces, unlike in the original game, where their faces disappear.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Yoshi's Story''===
*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Den lass' ich immer warten, bis er steinhart wird, und dann hüpf' ich drauf... voll praktisch!'' <ref name=hein/> (''I always let it wait until it becomes hard as a rock, and then I jump on it... fully practical!'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMWBlockBoo.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Story Boo Block Boo.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
GoldenBoostatue.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ブロックテレサ
|JpnR=Burokku Teresa
|JpnM=Block Boo
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=56, 100}}</ref><ref>{{cite|location=Tokyo|date=February 20, 1998|isbn=4-09-102619-2|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=114, 116|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=October 10, 2002|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|title=「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/63brkWn.jpg 21]|isbn=4-09-106064-1|accessdate=February 29, 2020|website=Imgur}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[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]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=56, 100}}</ref>
|Ger=Block Buu
|GerM=Block Boo
|GerC=<ref name=hein>{{cite|author=Hein, Marko, John D. Kraft, and Thomas Rinke, editors|date=1998|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater „Yoshi's Story“''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=19}}</ref>
|Ger2=Block-Buu
|Ger2M=Block Boo
|Ger2N=''Super Mario World''
|Ger2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|date=1993|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=19}}</ref>
|Ita=Boo Rosa
|ItaM=Pink Boo
|ItaN=''Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide''
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S. J., Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|date=2002|title=''Super Mario Sunshine Guida Strategica Ufficiale realizzata de Prima Games''|language=it|translator=Associazione Culturale Go!|location=Giaveno|publisher=Yoo Too Videogames, [[Prima Games]]|isbn=88-900922-1-1|page=20}}</ref>
|Ita2=Pink Boo
|Ita2M=-
|Ita2N=''Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Andrea Minini Saldini|title=''[[Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale]]'' Numero 8|date=January 2003|language=it|publisher=Future Media Italy SpA|location=Milan|page=088}}</ref>
|Ita3=Boocco
|Ita3M=Portmanteau of "Boo" and ''blocco'' ("block")
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''
|Ita3C=<ref name=amerighi>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|isbn=889367436X}}</ref>{{ref page|56}}<ref name=apreda/>{{ref page|56}}
|Ita4=Blocco Boo
|Ita4M=Boo Block
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (first edition)
|Ita4C=<ref name=amerighi/>{{ref page|100}}
|Ita5=Boo rosa
|Ita5M=Pink Boo
|Ita5N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (second edition)
|Ita5C=<ref name=apreda>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2025|title="Super Mario World" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|format=2nd ed.|translator=Alessandro Apreda|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=979-1259575760}}</ref>{{ref page|100}}
|Spa=Boo Boodrado
|SpaM="Boo" with a portmanteau between "Boo" and ''cuadrado'' ("square")
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2017|title="Super Mario World" in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario]]''|translator=Gemma Tarrés|language=es-es|location=Barcelona|publisher=Editorial Planeta, S.A.|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=XX}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
*Blocks with Boo faces appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' in the [[Energy Hold]]. However, instead of turning into enemy Boos, these become invisible.

==References==
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[[Category:Boos]]
[[Category:Blocks]]
[[Category:Shapeshifters]]
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