Fake Block

This article is about Fake Blocks from Super Mario 3D Land. For the fake Item Boxes from the Mario Kart series, see Fake Item Box.

Fake Block
First appearance	Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Comparable Pile Driver Micro-Goomba Blockhopper

A Fake Block attacking Mario

Cover art of Super Mario 3D Land

Fake Blocks are enemies appearing in Super Mario 3D Land. They are dark-brown Brick Blocks with tails and white eyes representing angry faces.

Fake Blocks appear in plain grasslands and Airship levels. They appear alongside regular Brick Blocks, but they are noticeable by their darker tone, along with the subtle shape of their closed eyes. If the player gets too close, a Fake Block will reveal itself and jump after them, swinging its tail when it reaches them. Fake Blocks can be defeated with the swing of a Tanooki tail or a Ground Pound or by jumping up and breaking the blocks, though the latter works only when they are not active.

Fake Blocks appear on the cover art for Super Mario 3D Land. They are depicted as the same color as Brick Blocks in this art, but in-game, Fake Blocks are a darker shade, closer to how item-holding Brick Blocks look after being struck.

Official profiles

Super Mario 3D Land

• European Website Bio: "These look just like ordinary blocks until you get up close..."

Additional names

Internal names

Game	File	Name	Meaning
Super Mario 3D Land	Hoppun	Hoppun	From "hop" and likely「くん」(-kun)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ニセブロック Nise Burokku	Fake Block
Chinese (Simplified)	假砖块 Jiǎ Zhuānkuài	Fake Block
Chinese (Traditional)	假磚塊 Jiǎ Zhuānkuài	Fake Block
Dutch	Nepblok	Fake Block
French	Faux Bloc	False Block
German	Tarnblock	Disguise block
Italian	Blocco Tarocco	Bogus Block
Portuguese	Bloco Falso	Fake Block
Russian	Ложный блок Lozhnyy blok	Fake Block
Spanish (NOE)	Falsibloque	Portmanteau of falso (false) and bloque (block)