Keyhole: Difference between revisions

'''Keyholes''' (formatted in either lowercase<ref>''Super Mario World'' English instruction booklet, pages 6 and 21.</ref> or uppercase<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 28, page 16.</ref>) are secret [[level]] passages in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|its remake]]. Every level represented by a red dot on the map signifies the level has a secret exit; in most levels, the exit is through a keyhole. To reach the secret levels, the player must find a [[key]] (usually hidden in the main course somewhere) and bring it to the keyhole. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] is riding [[Yoshi]], Yoshi can hold the key in his mouth and simply walk to the keyhole. When activated by the key, the keyhole grows in size and swallows up Mario or Luigi, along with Yoshi if the player is riding him.

One keyhole is also featured in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated television series]] during part of the episode "[[Mama Luigi]]." Yoshi, who is a [[Baby Yoshi]] at this point, eats a key held by [[Bowser|King Koopa]]. After King Koopa flees, Yoshi spits it out into a nearby keyhole on the wall. The two coming into contact suddenly transports Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] back to [[Dome City]].