Horsetail (scenery)

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Horsetail
A bush, in Super Mario Maker.
Sprite from Super Mario Maker
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Derived subjects
Comparable

Horsetails, also known as field horsehair plants in Super Mario Bros., are narratively relevant plants from the original Super Mario Bros. They have made occasional appearances in contexts alluding to the original Super Mario Bros., such as the Super Mario Bros. style in Super Mario Maker or in the background of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

World 2-1 (Super Mario Bros.)
Mario near two horsehair plants in World 2-1 of Super Mario Bros.

According to the original manual for Super Mario Bros., Bowser turned the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom into horsetail plants and bricks. However, the English manual renders this as "field horsehair plants."[1] They are the ovoid tree-like plants seen throughout the game[2] (specifically, Worlds 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8), which come in two sizes, and depending on the level's palette, can be either green or white (in Super Mario All-Stars, the white ones' appearance is due to snow), with both having a tan segmented stem. These plants are also seen in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (specifically, the odd-numbered and -lettered worlds), where they are now segmented themselves and have eyes; additionally, the ones in World A-1 appear in orange (but not in All-Stars). They also appear in several other games borrowing graphics from or basing certain stages on Super Mario Bros.; for example, in Super Mario Maker, horsetails occasionally pop up in the ground theme in the Super Mario Bros. style when placing ground tiles.

Mario Kart series[edit]

As part of the course's "retro" aesthetic, horsetails appear in the final turn of Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7. They are replaced with standard trees in the course's reappearance in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, though they return to the course in Mario Kart Tour.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseつくし
Tsukushi		Horsetail shoot[3]
DutchOnkruidWeed[4]
FinnishHorsma"Willowherb", possibly chosen for its phonetic similarity to the English word "horse"[5]
GermanUnkrautWeed[6]
ItalianErba cavallinaHorse grass[7]
Spanish (Europe)Cactus-[8]
SwedishHästtagel"Horse tail", from a literal translation of the English word "horsetail"; a horsetail is known as a fräken in Swedish[9]

References[edit]

The English Wikipedia logo, for use on the Wikipedia template. Wikipedia has an article on horsetails.
  1. ^ Legends of Localization comparing the Japanese and North American storylines of Super Mario Bros.
  2. ^ Sase, Shinji, Howard Phillips, and Lynn Griffes, editors (1987). How to win at Super Mario Bros. (U.S. Edition). Redmond: Tokuma Shoten, Nintendo of America. ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 6.
  3. ^ 1985. 『Super Mario Bros. 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 4.
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros. — NL
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros manuaali
  6. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. Spielanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 2.
  7. ^ 1987. Super Mario Bros. Libretto di Istruzioni. Oleggio Castello: Nintendo (Italian). Page 2. (Archived 29 Apr. 2019 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
  8. ^ 1987. Super Mario Bros. Manual de Instrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (European Spanish). Page 2.
  9. ^ 1987. Super Mario Bros. Instruction Booklet. Kungsbacka: Nintendo (English, Swedish). Page 20.
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