Frying Pan
| Frying Pan | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of the Frying Pan from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | |
| Description | |
| "Enough iron to be dangerous!" (Super Mario RPG) "Tayce T.'s frying pan. Return it to her." (Paper Mario) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
A Frying Pan (also lowercase) is a recurring item. They are typically associated with Princess Peach, and have been used as a weapon by her and others, first appearing in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
History
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, the Frying Pan, initially identified as a Metal Plate, can be bought from the treasure-hunting Toad in a shop in Moleville. It is first available after defeating the Axem Rangers and is the most powerful weapon available to Peach, increasing her Attack by 90.
Game & Watch Gallery 2
In Game & Watch Gallery 2, the pan is used in Chef, with Peach specifically using it in the Modern version to make food for Yoshi. The game reappears in Game & Watch Gallery 4.
Paper Mario
The Frying Pan is a special item found in Paper Mario. After Mario and his partners free the third Star Spirit, Skolar, and go back to Toad Town as usual, they see the Shy Guys from Shy Guy's Toy Box stealing items from Toads and doing pranks all over the town. When Mario goes near Tayce T.'s house, one of the Shy Guys steals her Frying Pan and hides it in Shy Guy's Toy Box. Since the Frying Pan is stolen, Tayce T. cannot cook recipes for Mario for the time being.
The item is located in the Pink Station area of Shy Guy's Toy Box. To access the station, Mario has to first get the Storeroom Key in the Blue Station area that is guarded by an enemy or an item cast by Kammy Koopa. After collecting the key from the treasure chest, Mario must return it to Harry, who then lets Mario access his storeroom. The storeroom contains an important item, the Toy Train. Just outside the Toy Box, Mario throws the Toy Train into the box, gaining access to the Pink Station. After Mario arrives at the Pink Station, he eventually notices an enemy or an item "guarding" the treasure chest containing the Frying Pan.
When Mario returns the Frying Pan to Tayce T., she rewards Mario by baking a Cake. The Cake is needed to pass Gourmet Guy.
Super Smash Bros. series
Throughout the Super Smash Bros. series starting with her playable debut in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Peach uses the frying pan as her forward smash attack, along with a tennis racket and a golf club. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Daisy, who is an Echo Fighter of Peach, uses a frying pan identical to Peach's in the exact same manner.
Mario Kart series
The Frying Pan appears in Mario Kart Arcade GP, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX as one of Peach's character items. The item is used to attack Peach's opponents with a powerful blow.
Super Mario Odyssey
In Super Mario Odyssey, frying pans replace hammers as the weapon of choice of the Hammer Bros. in the Luncheon Kingdom. If Mario captures one of these Hammer Bros., he can throw frying pans as an attack as well, and use them to destroy mounds of cheese rocks to uncover hidden objects.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Toad is shown carrying a frying pan in his backpack. In the film, he uses it to distract the guards in front of Peach's Castle with makeshift cooking so that Mario can sneak in to meet Peach.
In an International variation of the film's Illumination logo, Toad, after trying to fend a Goomba off with various knick-knacks, bashes it upside the head with his frying pan only to be chased by a Goomba Tower.
Gallery
Peach using a frying pan from Game & Watch Gallery 2
Peach using her frying pan in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario and a Hammer Bro having a frying pan battle in Super Mario Odyssey
Peach using the Frying Pan on Wizakoopa in the Nintendo Switch remake of Super Mario RPG
Toad with his trusty frying pan in promotional art of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Names in other languages
- Frying Pan
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フライパン Furai Pan |
Frying Pan |
| Chinese (simplified) | 煎盘[1][better source needed] (Paper Mario) Jiānpán 平底锅 (Super Mario RPG) Píngdǐ Guō |
Frying Pan Frying Pan |
| Chinese (traditional) | 平底鍋 Píngdǐ Guō |
Frying Pan |
| Dutch | Koekenpan |
Frying pan |
| French | Poêle à frire |
Frying pan |
| German | Bratpfanne |
Frying pan |
| Italian | Padella |
Pan |
| Korean | 프라이팬 Peulai Paen |
Frying Pan |
| Spanish | Sartén |
Frying pan |
- Metal Plate
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | とってつき 丸い鉄の板 Totte-tsuki Marui Tetsu no Ita |
Round Iron Plate with handle |
| Chinese (simplified) | 有提手的圆形铁板 Yǒutíshǒu de yuánxíngtiěbǎn |
Round Iron Plate with handle |
| Chinese (traditional) | 附有握把的圓形鐵板 Fùyǒuwòbǎ de yuánxíngtiěbǎn |
Round Iron Plate with handle |
| Dutch | een soort ijzeren... bord... met een steel? |
a kind of iron... plate... with a handle? |
| French (NOA) | Plaque de métal |
Metal plate |
| French (NOE) | ni plus ni moins qu'une plaque de métal ronde sertie d'une poignée |
no more or less than a round metal plate set with a handle |
| German | Eine Art, äh... Riesenlöffel? Aus Metall? |
Some kind of a... giant spoon? Made of metal? |
| Italian | placca di metallo |
metal plate |
| Korean | 손잡이가 달린 둥근 철판 sonjab-iga dallin dung-geun cheolpan |
Round Iron Plate with handle |
| Spanish | Una especie de placa de metal |
A kind of metal plate |
