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|image=[[File:Melon DKBB sprite.png]]<br>[[Balloon (Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)|Balloon]] icon of a Tasty Melon in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])

A '''Melon''' is a [[fruit]] that appears in many ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' games, where they are found in tropical regions, such as [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]. Melons are usually depicted as {{wp|Honeydew (melon)|honeydew melons}}.

Melons appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', where it is the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]]' fruit of choice. There are 30 of these in every level, all of which must be eaten without consuming any other fruit to achieve a perfect score. Each melon also awards the [[Baby Yoshi]]s a bonus 100 [[♥]]s apiece. Some melons are uncovered by breaking [[? Block]]s, popping [[? Bubble]]s, or [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ing certain spots that can be detected by [[sniff]]ing.

Melons also appear in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', where they give [[Yoshi]] twenty [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]s when one of them is eaten.

Melons also appear in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', where the adult [[Yoshi (species)|Yellow Yoshi]] in [[Yoshi's Village]] trades a Melon for one of [[Mario]]'s food items, provided the item is a recipe from [[Tayce T.]]; the trade cannot be done when the Yoshi kids go missing and before the [[Lava Piranha]] is defeated, making it easily missed if players do not talk to the adult Yellow Yoshi before and after these events. Melons are generally a cheaper alternative to [[Jammin' Jelly]] for Tayce T.'s [[Special Shake]]s, and can also be used to create a [[Yoshi Cookie]] when cooked with [[Cake Mix]].

===''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===

In ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', [[Hog]]s attack Donkey Kong by throwing a set of three melons at him consecutively. The player can [[clap]] while Donkey Kong is near a melon to punch or kick it back at the the Hog and stun it. Hogs may also shroud a melon in electricity; this melon is thrown much faster and requires two claps - once to discharge the electricity, and again to hit it back as usual. Clapping near a Hog will cause it to throw melons.