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{{about|the piano enemy from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''|the souvenir in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''|[[Piano]]}}
{{about|the piano enemy from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''|the souvenir in ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''|[[Piano]]}}
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|image=[[File:Mad Piano Model SM64.png|250px]]<br>The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64''
|image=[[File:Mad Piano Model SM64.png|250px]]<br>The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|comparable=[[Noknok]]
}}
}}
The '''Mad Piano'''<ref name=NP>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 12.</ref> is an enemy appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It is a monstrous animate piano that follows the playable character around when approached.
The '''Mad Piano'''<ref name=NP>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide. Page 12.</ref> is an enemy appearing in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. The Mad Piano appears only in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] and protects a [[Red Coin]] found behind it. The Mad Piano looks like a normal black piano and is harmless at first, but when the player approaches it, it begins to open and close its lid, revealing sharp teeth. The Mad Piano proceeds to chase and attack the player (while making the sounds that sound like someone hitting its keys) until they are far enough away. If hit by the Mad Piano, the player loses three wedges of [[Health Meter|health]]. It is impossible to defeat this enemy in any way, despite the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide erroneously stating otherwise.<ref name=NP/>


==History==
Though the Mad Piano has not appeared in any other game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], some pianos similar to it have made an appearance. In ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', during the night in [[Horror Land]], a similar piano plays in a band with a violin and trumpet. In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', another similar piano appears on the board [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]]. In ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'', [[Amadeus Wolfgeist]], the boss of [[The Great Stage]], possesses his grand piano to attack [[Luigi]] in a similar manner to the Mad Piano, a connection to which [[Nintendo]] of Europe's Twitter made a reference,<ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1198995113441140736 - "If the haunted piano from Super Mario 64 still gives you nightmares, please keep scrolling."]</ref> but some of the grand piano attacks involve actions such as lunging upward in an attempt to land on Luigi.
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
The Mad Piano looks normal at first, but when the player approaches the instrument, it begins to open and close its lid, revealing sharp teeth. The Mad Piano proceeds to chase and attack the player (while making the sounds that sound like someone hitting its keys) until they are far enough away. The Mad Piano appears only in [[Big Boo's Haunt]] and protects a [[Red Coin]] found behind it. If hit by the Mad Piano, the player loses three wedges of [[Health Meter|health]].
 
It is impossible to defeat this enemy in any way, despite the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Player's Guide erroneously stating otherwise.<ref name=NP/>
 
===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 2''====
A similar piano makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' in [[Horror Land]] at night, where it plays in a band with a violin and trumpet.
 
====''Mario Party 8''====
Another similar piano appears in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' in the board [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]].
 
===''Luigi's Mansion 3''===
What appears to be the Mad Piano makes a cameo on a poster in the hotel [[The Last Resort]] in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''. [[Amadeus Wolfgeist]], the boss of [[The Great Stage]], possesses his grand piano to attack Luigi in a similar manner.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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MadPianoSM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' in-game model
MadPianoSM64.png|''Super Mario 64'' in-game model
Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano attacking [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 64''
Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano attacking [[Mario]] in ''Super Mario 64''
File:Mad Piano - KC manga.png|[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga]]
SM64DS Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
SM64DS Mad Piano.png|The Mad Piano in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
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{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ピアノ{{ref needed}}<br>''Piano''<br>キラーピアノ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section. Page 85.</ref><br>''Kirā Piano''
|Jap=ピアノ{{ref needed}}<br>''Piano''<br>キラーピアノ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 64'' section. Page 85.</ref><br>''Kirā Piano''
|JapM=Piano<br><br>Killer Piano
|JapM=Piano<br><br>Killer Piano; compare [[Bookend#Names in other languages|Killer Book]]
|Fra=Mad Piano<ref>French edition of the sixteenth volume of ''Super Mario-kun''. Page 28.</ref>
|Fre=Mad Piano<ref>French edition of the sixteenth volume of ''Super Mario-kun''. Page 28.</ref><br>Piano<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Scans-Magazine,2,Le-Magazine-Officiel-Nintendo-01.html Nintendo official French magazine N1], page 91</ref>
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|FreM=-<br>Piano
|Ger=Vampiano{{ref needed}}
|Ger=Vampiano{{ref needed}}
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Vampir'' ("vampire") and ''Piano''
|GerM=Portmanteau of "vampir" (vampire) and "piano"
|Ita=Mad Piano<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 85.</ref>
|Ita=Mad Piano<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 85.</ref>
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