Vegetable

Vegetables (also known as Veggies and Sprouts ) are items that can pulled out of the ground and thrown at enemies to damage or defeat them. They are first introduced in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and the Mario game, Super Mario Bros. 2.

Super Mario Bros. 2
Vegetables are first found in Subcon in the game Super Mario Bros. 2. They can be plucked with the B button and thrown at enemies. There are two kinds, unripe and ripe. The ripe ones are much larger than the unripe but they're still just as effective when throwing. Almost all the red grass in the game is a vegetable when plucked. Vegetables can appear as turnips, onions, beets, radishes, and other root vegetables.

Wart is said to hate vegetables in the game's story; he needs to be force-fed six vegetables to be beaten. The pale vegetable in the bottom right side of the picture to the left is only seen when thrown out of Wart's Dream Machine.

BS Super Mario USA
Vegetables returned in the game BS Super Mario USA. They are used in the same manner in the predecessor. The game introduces giant vegetables that can't be picked up. Instead, these giant plants only appear as spells cast by a character who appears on the screen as a card.

Super Mario Advance
Vegetables return in Super Mario Advance, working the same way they did originally. This version of the game also features pickable giant vegetables, which take longer to pull out. They work just like their normal-sized counterparts, but can hit more enemies, due to their bigger size.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Using e-Cards, ripe and unripe vegetables can be brought into the main game in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 via the Blue Green Switch. They are also found in various World-e levels, namely Vegetable Volley. The game also features pickable giant vegetables, from Super Mario Advance. They can be used in the same manner, though Frog Mario cannot grab vegetables.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Vegetables appeared in some episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Mario and Luigi use them in various episodes to defeat their enemies, the Koopa Pack and King Koopa like in Super Mario Bros. 2. The vegetable-throwing sound from Super Mario Bros. 2 is also commonly used in the show even for things such as the firing of a Bullet Bill and the throwing of a fireball.

Mario vs. Wario
Vegetables were given a minor appearance in one of the Mario vs. Wario comics. The first page of this comic showed Mario recalling "playing in the garden" with Wario when the two were friends; during this scene, several vegetables are present and Wario even picks one up Super Mario Bros. 2-style. Wario, too, remembers this garden scene on the next page, although his memory is a bit less fair: He recalls Mario asking for help in the garden and taking a row of turnips as his own, leaving Wario to tackle the Piranha Plants on his own.

Super Smash Bros. series
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Princess Peach can also throw these vegetables as her down special move. Almost every one she plucks has a different expression, which pertains to the amount of damage it will inflict. The damage of the Vegetables range from 7% damage to around 35%. Peach can also pluck up Beam Swords (except in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U), Mr. Saturns, and even Bob-ombs. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, there is a Vegetable trophy.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, the Vegetables can be customized to one of the two custom variants, after they are unlocked. One is the Light Veggie, a slow-flying vegetable, but it can only be used twice in a row. The other one is the Heavy Veggie, which has shorted range, but it deals more damage.

Additionally, the Brawl stage Summit features vegetables that act as food (based on Ice Climber). When they are eaten, they make a special, different sound effect from the other foods.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
In the boss battle with Wiggler in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, the Wiggler may water the ground and some sprouts will grow. Two of the three possible things he pulls out are ripe and unripe turnips.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Turnips make a reappearance in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, after an absence of five years. This game also marks the debut of the turnips in a true 3D environment. However, their appearance has changed, as they lack mouths. Instead of red grass, the turnips are pulled from Pluck Patches, which are similar to ? Blocks. Captain Toad relies on the vegetables as his main source of attack and can pluck turnips from the ground from vegetable sprouts that appear throughout the levels of the game. Much like in Super Mario Bros. 2, the vegetables can be thrown at enemies to defeat them. Both Captain Toad and Toadette can further use the turnips at obstacles such as POW blocks in order to discover new pathways.

Captain Toad also uses giant turnips in Wingo's boss fights. Unlike regular turnips, the giant turnips sprouts must be pulled upon several times in order to pluck them out of the ground, as a result of their massive size.