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[[File:Cable Car MIMDOS.png|thumb|The Cable Car in the DOS version]]
[[File:Cable Car MIMDOS.png|thumb|The Cable Car in the DOS version]]
The '''{{wp|Cable car (railway)|Cable Car}}''' is one of the vehicles of the {{wp|San Francisco cable car system|cable car system}} in [[San Francisco]]. It is also featured exclusively in the DOS and Deluxe versions of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' (alongside [[Alcatraz]]) as one of the landmarks that gets raided by [[Koopa Troopa]]s, replacing the NES and SNES versions' [[Coit Tower]]. [[Luigi]] is tasked with returning the stolen [[Cable Car Bell]], which he promptly does so after getting it back from a Koopa Troopa. He also demonstrates that the bell is legitimate by answering some questions (listed below).
{{quote2|The beloved cable cars first rolled up San Francisco's Clay Street in 1873. Attached to a cable that runs beneath the street, the six ton car travels at a steady rate of 9 miles per hour. The cars are controlled by a gripsman who mechanically releases the cable to slow it down and grips it to accelerate. Riding the cable cars is often breathtaking because of San Francisco's many steep hills. At present there are 37 cars on three separate lines, covering 17 miles of tracks.|Pamphlet|[[Mario is Missing!]]}}
The '''{{wp|Cable car (railway)|Cable Car}}''' is one of the vehicles of the {{wp|San Francisco cable car system|cable car system}} in [[San Francisco]]. It is also featured exclusively in the DOS and Deluxe versions of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' (alongside [[Alcatraz]]) as one of the landmarks that gets raided by [[Koopa Troopa]]s, replacing the NES and SNES versions' [[Coit Tower]]. [[Luigi]] is tasked with returning the stolen [[Cable Car Bell]], and promptly does so after getting it back from a Koopa Troopa. He also demonstrates that the bell is legitimate by answering some questions (listed below).


*''The first cable cars ran up which street?''
*''The first cable cars ran up which street?''
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**won the San Francisco Marathon
**won the San Francisco Marathon
**were outfitted with new engines
**were outfitted with new engines
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==Pamphlet information==
''The beloved cable cars first rolled up San Francisco's Clay Street in 1873. Attached to a cable that runs beneath the street, the six ton car travels at a steady rate of 9 miles per hour. The cars are controlled by a gripsman who mechanically releases the cable to slow it down and grips it to accelerate. Riding the cable cars is often breathtaking because of San Francisco's many steep hills. At present there are 37 cars on three separate lines, covering 17 miles of tracks.''


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