Editing Stretch

{{species infobox

|variant_of=[[Boo]]

|comparable=[[Boo Blah]]<br>[[Jelly Ghost]]

}}{{quote2|The gravity on this planet is all over the place, and it's inhabited by spectral Stretches!|[[Rosalina|Stargazer]]|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''}}

'''Stretches''' are a variant of [[Boo]]s that are attached to solid platforms. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.  

[[File:SMB3_Stretch.jpg|thumb|150px|Artwork of a Stretch]]

In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Stretches are only found in {{world-link|3|fortress|World 3-Fortress 2}} 2 and {{world-link|6|fortress|World 6-Fortress 3}} 3. Stretches can often be found in groups, and only appear from a unique, ghostly white platform. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] tries to pass a Stretch, it rises from the top and bottom of its platform and tries to hit him by moving left to right. Stretches can be defeated only with a [[Super Star|Starman]] or [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Mario]].

 

In {{world-link|7|fortress|World 7-Fortress 1}} 1, Stretches themselves do not appear, as the entire castle is devoid of enemies aside from Boom Boom. However, the white platforms that would contain them do appear.

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After a long absence, Stretches reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', [[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS|its Nintendo 3DS port]] (verbally referred to as "Boos"), and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. In the course editor, a Boo will automatically become a Stretch if it is placed on top of or just below a solid [[block]]. In this game, they can be placed on any surface, and will pop up more periodically, making them more of an enemy than in their original appearance from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Their appearance is slightly different, and they are not connected to a white platform anymore. New sprites for Stretches have been made in all styles. However, they cannot accept [[Super Mushroom]]s as attempting to give them a Super Mushroom will turn the Stretch into a [[Big Boo]] rather than bigger Stretches, and giving them wings will make them faster and will teleport to the next platform in its direction once it reaches a platform’s edge. Stretches can be defeated in ''Super Mario Maker'' like normal Boos, with either a [[Super Star]] or a [[Goomba's Shoe]].

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Stretches reappear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', where they are usually found in [[Ghost House]]s and act like they did in ''Super Mario Maker''. They have the same appearance as the Stretches in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style from ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''.

A single Stretch appears in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' short "[[In the Swim! Fun and Sun Fashions]]" in an advertisement for swimwear, which depicts it lifting weights on a beach. The Stretch is considerably different than its in-game counterparts, featuring only one face markedly different from that of a Boo's, hands and feet, and a uniform Z shape.

==Profiles and statistics==

 

|JapM=Derived from「ねちねち」(''nechi-nechi'', Japanese ideophone for something sticky); officially romanized as "Netchi"<ref>''Super Mario Maker 2'' internal name (<tt>Netchi</tt>)</ref>

|Fre=Flexcible

|FreM=Pun on "flexible"

|Ita=Stretch<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' Italian manual. Page 39.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual. Page 28.</ref>

|Ita2=Piattaforma Boo

|Ita2M=Boo (on a) Platform

|PorAM=Pun on ''obstáculo'' ("obstacle") and ''Bu'' ("[[Boo]]")

|Kor=네치 <small>(''Super Mario All-Stars'')</small>

|KorR=Nechi

|Kor2=끈쭈기 <small>(''Super Mario Run'')</small>

|Kor2R=Kkeunjjugi

|KorM=Transliterated from the Japanese name

|Kor2M=Possibly originated from "끈적끈적" (''kkeunjeok-kkeunjeok'', "sticky") and "쭉쭉" (''jjuk-jjuk'', "stretchy"), combined with the noun-deriving suffix "~이" (''-i'')