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{{quote2|I want to stomp a stump!|[[Bee]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy]]}}

[[File:SMG Stump.png|200px|thumbnail|A Stump from ''Super Mario Galaxy'']]

'''Stumps''' are objects found in most 3D ''Mario'' games and the ''Yoshi'' franchise. They can be [[Ground Pound]]ed by any character, and may or may not result in something happening. They more resemble wooden pegs in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]], but are changed to look more like tree stumps starting in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.

===[[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]===

[[File:BobOmbBattlefield.png|thumb|left|200px|Mario ground-pounding the stump]]

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]], stumps are seen throughout [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and the "huge" side of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', they are also found in [[Whomp's Fortress]] and [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. [[Ground Pound|Ground-pounding]] them three times may release [[coin]]s (in the DS version, they may also release [[Super Mushroom]]s). In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', [[Wario]] only needs to pound a stump once to drive it all the way into the ground. Stumps play a very minor role in the mission [[Behind Chain Chomp's Gate]] in Bob-omb Battlefield, where a [[Chain Chomp]] is tied to one; ground-pounding it three times frees the Chain Chomp, who will in turn break the gate that was blocking a [[Power Star]].

If the player runs around an intact stump five consecutive times, five coins will appear from it; this can only be done once per stump.

Although not stumps, '''Nails'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 14.</ref> behave near identically to stumps of ''Super Mario 64'' in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are found in various [[Super Mario Sunshine#Secret Levels|secret levels]], such as [[The Hillside Cave Secret]]. Most give a coin when fully Ground Pounded, while some give a [[1-Up Mushroom]]. However, the player cannot run around an intact nail to receive anything like in ''Super Mario 64''.

Larger stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in only the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] and the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]. When [[Ground Pound]]ed, they turn red. They also now only need to be Ground Pounded once, as opposed to the three times from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' or ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Ground Pounding on a Stump in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' produces various results, such as having two [[Goomba]]s or [[Flipbug]]s appear, causing many [[Star Bit]]s appear, and very rarely, producing a [[Life Mushroom]] or a [[Sling Star]]. At one point, a stump is used to get a giant caterpillar to move.

Stumps reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' somewhat rarely, but with the same use as before. They only leave coins, and no longer turn red after being Ground Pounded. Some stumps are raised higher and need to be Ground Pounded twice, though a pound from [[Statue Mario]] will pound them in completely.

===[[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]]===

In the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]], similar objects called '''posts'''<ref>The ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 27.</ref> appear. They are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They appear in many levels. They are wooden posts that come up from the ground, and [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] must [[Ground Pound]] them. In ''Yoshi's Island DS'', [[Baby Donkey Kong]] can stomp them straight to the ground in one single ground pound. [[Coin]]s and [[Red Coin]]s can occasionally be found in these. They mostly block Yoshi's way and must be ground pounded. In [[Raphael The Raven's Castle]], they are used to attack [[Raphael the Raven]]. Posts also appear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' and perform the same function. [[Ground Pound Rebound]] is one of a few levels to feature them.

====Gallery====

SMW2 Log.PNG|A [[Yoshi (species)|Brown Yoshi]] standing on a Post in the first image. The second image shows that the Yoshi presumably ground pounded the Post almost to the ground.

RaphaelTheRavensCastle2.png|Yoshi fighting Raphael the Raven by ground pounding posts.

Ground Pound Rebound.png|Yoshi ground pounding a post.

A-Mazing Post Pounding.png|''Yoshi's Woolly World''

===''Mario Party''===

[[File:GroundPoundMP1.png|thumb|right|Stumps in ''Mario Party'']]

In ''[[Mario Party]]'', there is a [[Ground Pound (minigame)|minigame]] that has the player using ground pound on desired flat stumps and potentially spiky stumps. Ten [[coin]]s are rewarded if the player ground pounds all five stumps.

===''WarioWare Gold''===

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=杭 (''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 3D Land'')<br>''Kui''<br>釘 (''Super Mario Sunshine'')<br>''Kugi''<br>切り株 (''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')<br>''Kirikabu''

|JapM=Pile<br><br>Nail<br><br>Stump

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