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[[File:Thwomp_Stomper.PNG|200px|thumb| | [[File:Thwomp_Stomper.PNG|200px|thumb|Mario wearing the Thwomp Stompers.]] | ||
[[File:ThwompStomper1.gif|thumb|left|150px|Original design.]] | |||
'''Thwomp Stompers''' are an item used in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]. They are a pair of large boots which propel the user into the air. They are powered by small cartridges that resemble [[Bullet Bill]]s which are inserted into a slot in the heel of the boot. | '''Thwomp Stompers''' are an item used in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]. They are a pair of large boots which propel the user into the air. They are powered by small cartridges that resemble [[Bullet Bill]]s which are inserted into a slot in the heel of the boot. | ||
The boots are first seen used by [[Big Bertha (film character)|Big Bertha]] after she steals [[Princess Daisy (film character)|Princess Daisy]]'s necklace from [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] and [[Luigi]] at the beginning of the film, but are referenced earlier in a shot of the city that displays a store that sells them. Much later, Big Bertha allows Mario and Luigi to use her Thwomp Stompers to escape from [[Lena]] and her [[Goomba (film)|Goomba]] army at the [[Boom Boom Bar]]. They are later used once again at the end of the film by Mario to knock Koopa into the [[ | The boots are first seen used by [[Big Bertha (film character)|Big Bertha]] after she steals [[Princess Daisy (film character)|Princess Daisy]]'s [[Meteorite shard|necklace]] from [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] and [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi]] at the beginning of the film, but are referenced earlier in a shot of the city that displays a store that sells them. Much later, Big Bertha allows Mario and Luigi to use her Thwomp Stompers to escape from [[Lena]] and her [[Goomba (film species)|Goomba]] army at the [[Boom Boom Bar]]. They are later used once again at the end of the film by Mario to knock Koopa into an empty vat above the streets of [[Dinohattan]], then by Luigi to evade Koopa's [[Fireball]]s. | ||
They are most likely based on the effect of [[Goomba's Shoe]], but using the [[Thwomp]] enemy as the visual design-scheme, as a way to incorporate the games' famous jumping ability into a live-action world. | They are most likely based on the effect of [[Goomba's Shoe]], but using the [[Thwomp]] enemy as the visual design-scheme, as a way to incorporate the games' famous jumping ability into a live-action world. | ||
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[[Category: | <gallery> | ||
[[Category: | Bertha3.png|Big Bertha holding Thwomp Stompers | ||
[[Category: | KoopaSquare.jpg|A sign in [[Koopa Square]] advertising the Thwomp Stompers | ||
ThwompStomp.jpg|Thwomp Stompers on display at the Disney/MGM Studios | |||
ThwompStomperShot.jpg|Thwomp Stomper props | |||
ThwompStomp1.png|Props used in film | |||
ThwompStomper2.gif|Concept art | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{SMB film}} | |||
[[Category:Footwear]] | |||
[[Category:Equipment]] | |||
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. (film)]] |
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