Magic carpet

Magic Carpets or just Carpets are magical flying carpets that first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2. Pidgits flew on them, and if Mario and the gang defeated the Pidgit that was on the carpet, they would be able to use it like Lakitu's Cloud (this carpet may have inspired the cloud).

Although Magic Carpets have to in another game, on the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! it appeared as a vehicle of Mushroom World. Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad and other characters used these carpets sometimes.

In the episode "Mario's Magic Carpet", Magic Carpets appeared to have a car-like protrusion on the carpet. However, in the episode "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa", different carpets were seen. King Koopa was seen flying a Magic Carpet that had a warplane protusion, while Mario and Luigi flew around on an normal looking carpets that had a steering wheels. Later on in the episode, Mario, Luigi and Toad used two ordinary Magic Carpets together to construct the wings of a biplane.

Trivia

 * In the episode "Mario's Magic Carpet", it was established that Magic Carpet is the favorite food of Pidgits.
 * Sam Shalam of Cloud Land is a used Magic Carpet dealer.