Crazed Crate

A Crazed Crate is a not-so-helpful box found in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS.

A Crazed Crate is a beige box with the same worried face on each side of it. If Mario grabs a Crazed Crate, the box bounces around three times in the direction Mario is facing, with the plumber holding on. The jumps gets progressively higher. After the last jump, the crate explodes and a few Coins appear. Crazed Crates appear in Big Boo's Haunt, Tall Tall Mountain, Lethal Lava Land, and Shifting Sand Land. In all levels listed, only one appears, except for Shifting Sand Land, where there are two. Many Crazed Crates also appear in a Mario Party mini-game called Box Mountain Mayhem where a player has to break all crates to get Coins; however, if he or she gets a Crazed Crate, the player does not get a Coin and may be unable to move for some seconds. These crates are called Whomp Boxes.

They return for a cameo in the Mario Party 2 board, Bowser Land.