Key (Philadelphia)

Key

First appearance	Mario's Time Machine (1993)

The Key is an item in the PC release of Mario's Time Machine. It is a standard house key (belonging to Benjamin Loxley) that was used by Benjamin Franklin during his kite experiment in 1752, allowing him to look into the nature of electricity and lightning. However, before he could complete the experiment, the Key is stolen by Bowser after he travels back in time to 1752. It is then exhibited in his museum alongside all of his other stolen artifacts. It is then taken by Mario after he enters the museum, at which point he travels back in time himself to Philadelphia circa 1752 to return it. As he does not know that the Key belongs to Franklin, he asks various people within Philadelphia about the surroundings until he absolutely confirms the owner's identity. Mario then brings it to Franklin, who is already outside while flying a kite during a thunderstorm, and gives it to him. Franklin thanks Mario and immediately attaches it to the string of the kite.

[Edit] Mario's Time Machine
Super Mario characters		Bowser • Bowser's mother^b • Donkey Kong Jr.^c • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Luigi^a • Mario • Roy Koopa^d • Yoshi^d
Historical persons used as characters		Abraham Lincoln^a • Albert Einstein^c • Andrew Iverson^a • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washington^a • Catherine Dickens^a • Charles Dickens^a • Charles-Gaspard de la Rive^a • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozart^a • David Grenewetzki^a • Deborah Read^a • Don Lloyd^a • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglass^a • Galileo Galilei^a • George Washington Carver^a • Henry Ford^a • Ho Ti^a • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeath^a • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydn^a • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteur^a • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincoln^a • Michael Faraday^a • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomo^c • Pierre Paul Emile Roux^a • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnard^a • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Lun^a • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart^a
Enemies		Bird^c • Bodyslam Koopa^c • Bullet Bill^a • Koopa • Mine • Pterodactyl^a • Shark^a • Space Troopa^c • UFO^c • Walking Turnip^c
Locations		Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wall^c • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Egypt^c • Florence • Germany^c • Gettysburg^c • Gobi Desert • Independence Hall • Japan^c • Kitty Hawk^c • London • Luoyang^a • Mainz • Menlo Park • Moon^c • Novato^a • Orleans • Padua^a • Paradise • Paris^a • Philadelphia • Stratford-upon-Avon • Swan Inn • Trinidad • Tuskegee^a • Vienna • Washington, D.C.^a • White House^a
Items and objects		Almanac^a • Apple • Art File^a • Astrolabe • Backscratcher • Ball^a • Bamboo^a • Beret • Book^a • Book of Marco Polo • Bosun's Pipe • Bow^a • Bowser Statue • Bread • Bucket of Plaster • Buckle^a • Bug Fix^a • Bug Report^a • Bunny^a • Calculus Book • Cat • Chisel • Chocolate^a • Cloth^a • Compass^a • Conversations on Chemistry^a • Crank Handle^a • Crown • Cup of Tea • Declaration of Independence • Dictionary^a • Dinosaur Egg^c • Drawing of Air Screw • Drawing of Ideal Man • Drumstick • F=MA • Fan • Feather • Filament • Firecracker^a • Fireworks • Flag (India) • Flag (United States of America)^c • Flask^a • Floppy Disk^a • Flute^a • Football • Globe • Grape • Handkerchief • Hand Mirror • Horse's Bit • Hourglass Block^c • Ice Cream^a • Incense • Inkwell^a • Information box^c • Key (Mainz) • Key (Philadelphia)^a • Knife • Ladder • Laurel Wreath • Law Book • Lemonade^a • Lens • Light Bulb^c • Magnet^a • Measuring Stick • Metal Type • Metronome • Milk^a • Mona's Mirror • Mona Lisa • Money^a • Monocle • Mushroom • Music • Newspaper • Notebook • Onion • Paint • Paintbrush • Painting^a • Pamphlet • Paper Money • Pearl Necklace • Penny^a • Physics Equation^c • Poetry Book^a • Postcard • Principia • Print Block • Propeller^c • Quill Pen (1602)^c • Quill Pen (Orleans) • Rat Trap • Republic • Rice^a • Scarf^a • Scissors • Script^a • Scroll^a • Shield • Skull • Sledgehammer^c • Spectacles (Philadelphia) • Spectacles (Washington, D.C.)^a • Sphinx^c • Staff • Stamp^a • Starman^c • Steering Wheel^c • Stovepipe Hat^c • Sword^c • Tea Bag • Telegram • Telescope (Padua)^a • Telescope (Trinidad) • Throne^c • Ticket^a • Timulator • Tire^a • Torch^c • Toy^a • Turkey^a • Turtle Cannon^c • Watch^a • Warp Pipe^c • Whirlpool • Wooden Snake
Other		Staff
^a Exclusive to the DOS/PC releases ^b Exclusive to the Deluxe release ^c Exclusive to the NES release ^d Not in the SNES release

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