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[[File:SMG2 Flipsville Moving Gate Planet.png|thumb|177px|right|Mario approaching two Grates]]

'''Grates'''<ref>Browne, Catherine. 2010. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2: [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide'', [https://archive.org/details/super-mario-galaxy-2-prima-strategy-guide/page/n149/mode/2up page 150].</ref> are disc-shaped objects that appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are featured during [[Flip-Flopping in Flipsville]], a mission in [[Flipsville Galaxy]], where they grant a connection between two different surfaces of a platform. [[Ground Pound]]ing on a grate causes [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to flip to the other side of the platform, changing gravitation and allowing him to walk on that side. Simply falling off the platform does not switch the force of gravitation.

Grates are also helpful in defeating certain enemies. Pounding a grate while a [[Pupdozer]] walks over it is the only way to defeat the enemy. Moreover, grates play a major role in the battle with [[Glamdozer]], where the player needs use them and slam the boss from underneath four times in order to defeat her. However, during battle, Glamdozer often shoots large blobs of lava that can fill in the grates temporarily, rendering them unusable during that period of time. However, Mario is unable to use grates if [[Chain Chomp]]s are on the other side.