A Brick Block, sometimes known as a Brick, (Super Brick in Super Mario Bros. 3), is a block that has made an appearance in nearly every Mario platformer to date. As its name implies, Brick Blocks are blocks made of bricks. Their first appearance is in Super Mario Bros..
In all Mario platformer games, Mario or Luigi can only break this block as Super Mario (or Super Luigi) or another form of Super Mario, such as Fire Mario. By jumping into it from beneath (or ground pounding in some games), the Brick Block shatters, giving the player ten points (fifty in Super Mario Bros.). If Small Mario hits the block, it just bounces up slightly. Either way, an enemy walking on the brick will be injured. However, if Brick Blocks contain an item, the item is released, regardless of Mario's status, and the Brick Block turns into a Used Block.
Brick Blocks usually contain either a power-up, a coin, a Starman, a Vine, or a 1-Up Mushroom. In Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, one has Top Ramen.
In Super Mario Sunshine, Brick Blocks appear again, in the secret levels. However, they are otherwise no different from their earlier counterparts. Starting in New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Brick Blocks can also be Ground Pounded to break them.
In Super Mario 64 DS, Cork Blocks are re-skinned to resemble Brick Blocks, though they behave the same as in Super Mario 64. This visual change does not affect Crates. They can be broken by most of Mario, Luigi, and Wario's attacks. There is also a large, black variation of the block that can only be broken by Wario. Yoshi cannot break any Brick Block unless he is under the effects of a Super Mushroom.
Brick Blocks appear in the game Super Mario Galaxy along with ? Blocks.
Brick Blocks also appear in other games, such as the Paper Mario games.
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games in the event Dream Snowball Fight, Brick Blocks are used as walls to guard any characters behind them from opponents' snowballs.
Brick Blocks reappear in the Nintendo 3DS Mario game, Super Mario 3D Land. They also reappeared in New Super Mario Bros. 2 and New Super Mario Bros. U. Three of these games are sharing a similar use to past 2D side-scrolling Mario games.
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Names in Other Languages
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Meaning
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Dutch |
Baksteenblok |
Brick Block
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Spanish |
Bloque Ladrillo |
Brick Block
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Trivia
- Brick Blocks are absent in Super Mario World. Instead, they are replaced by the similar Rotating Blocks.
- Brick Blocks appear in the 2010 version of Nintendo Monopoly, assuming the role of Community Chest spaces and cards. In this game, they are referred to simply as "Blocks". In the 2006 version, Coin Blocks filled the role instead.
- When downloading a Virtual Console or WiiWare game from the Wii Shop Channel, Mario, Luigi, or both will hit two Brick Blocks and one Coin Block while the game is being downloaded.
- According to the Super Mario Bros. instruction book, when the Koopas first invaded the Mushroom Kingdom, they turned its people (the Toads) into bricks. This has led to a common misconception by fans where they thought the Toads were turned into brick blocks instead of single bricks clustered together. It's also never specifically mentioned that the bricks (apart of the brick blocks) seen in-game are actually the Toads that were transformed as they were said to be transformed into other objects as well.
- It's also worth noting that the curse was only in the original Super Mario Bros., in all other games, they are clearly standard brick blocks.
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Paper Mario
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Characters
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Protagonists
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Mario • Princess Peach • Luigi • Twink • Star Spirits (Eldstar, Mamar, Skolar, Muskular, Misstar, Klevar, Kalmar)
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Antagonists
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Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Koopa Troop • Jr. Troopa
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Goombario • Kooper • Bombette • Parakarry • Lady Bow • Watt • Sushie • Lakilester
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Other
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Albino Dino • Audience • Bootler • Bruce • Bubble Plant • Chanterelle • Chet Rippo • Chuck Quizmo • Club 64 Bartender • Dane T. • DJ Toad • Fearsome 5 • Fice T. • Fishmael • Flight • Franky • Frost T. • Gooma • Goomama • Goombaria • Goompa • Goompapa • Gourmet Guy • Guard Door • Harry T. • Herbert • Herringway • Igor • King Mousta • Kooper's mother • Kolorado • Kolorado's Wife • Koopa Koot • Koover • Lakilulu • Lily • Little Mouser • Little T. • Luigi • Madam Merlar • Master Poet • Mayor Penguin • Mayor Penguin's Wife • Merle • Merlee • Merlon • Merlow • Merluvlee • Minh T. • Mini T. • Moustafa • Mort T. • Mr. E • Mr. Hammer • Muss T. • Nomadimouse • Oaklie • Penguin Patrol • Petunia • Posie • Postmaster • Raphael the Raven • Rip Cheato • Rosie • Rowf • Rhuff • Russ T. • Sashimie • Spiky John • Spiky Tom • Stanley • Sun • Tayce T. • Three Beautiful Sisters • Toad in the Desert • Toad Minister • Tolielip • Trading Event Toad • Vanna T. • Village Leader • Watt's mother • Whacka • Whale • Wise Wisterwood • Yakkey
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Species
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Baby Yoshi • Bellbell Plant • Boo • Bub-ulb • Bulb Bush • Bumpty • Candy Cane • Cymbal Bush • Doogan • Dryite • Heart Plant • Human • Li'l Oink • Munchlesia • Nomadimouse • Raven • Snowman • Spinning Flower • Star Kid • Toad • Trumpet Plant • Yoshi
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Locations
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Areas
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Boo's Mansion • Boo's Shop • Bowser's Castle • Cloudy Climb • Club 64 • Crystal Palace • Dry Dry Desert • Dry Dry Outpost • Dry Dry Railroad • Dry Dry Ruins • Flower Fields • Forever Forest • Goomba King's Fortress • Goomba Road • Goomba Village • Gusty Gulch • Harry's Shop • Item Shop • Jade Jungle • Koopa Bros. Fortress • Koopa Village • Koopa's Shop • Lavalava Island • Li'l-Oink Farm • Little Mouser's Shop • Mario's House • Mt. Lavalava • Mt. Rugged • Peach's Bedroom • Peach's Castle • Playroom • Pleasant Path • Post Office • Shiver City • Shiver Mountain • Shiver Region • Shiver Shop • Shiver Snowfield • Shooting Star Summit • Shroom Grocery • Shy Guy's Toy Box • Starborn Valley • Star Haven • Star Haven Shop • Star Way • Storehouse • Sun Tower • Toad House • Toad Town • Toad Town Dojo • Toad Town Tunnels • Tubba Blubba's Castle • Windy Mill • Yoshi's Cabana • Yoshi's Village
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Bosses
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Main/recurring
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Bowser • Kammy Koopa • Jr. Troopa
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Chapter
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Goomba King • Bowser??? • Koopa Bros. (Red Ninjakoopa, Black Ninjakoopa, Yellow Ninjakoopa, Green Ninjakoopa) • Tutankoopa • Tubba Blubba/Tubba Blubba's Heart • General Guy • Lava Piranha/Lava Bud • Huff N. Puff • Crystal King/Crystal Bit • Bowser
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Mini-bosses
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Red and Blue Goombas • Buzzar • Anti Guy • Blooper • Super Blooper • Electro Blooper • Spike??? • Kent C. Koopa • The Master • Monstar
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Enemies
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Amazy Dayzee • Bandit • Bill Blaster • Bob-omb • Bombshell Bill • Bombshell Bill Blaster • Bony Beetle • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Bzzap! • Cleft • Clubba • Crazee Dayzee • Dark Koopa • Dry Bones • Duplighost • Ember • Forest Fuzzy • Frost Piranha • Fuzzy • Gloomba • Goomba • Gray Magikoopa • Green Magikoopa • Groove Guy • Gulpit • Hammer Bros. • Hurt Plant • Hyper Cleft • Hyper Goomba • Hyper Paragoomba • Jungle Fuzzy • Koopatrol • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • M. Bush • Medi Guy • Monty Mole • Monty Mole (Flower Fields) • Paragloomba • Paragoomba • Paratroopa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Mummy • Putrid Piranha • Pyro Guy • Red Magikoopa • Ruff Puff • Shy Guy • Shy Squad • Shy Stack • Spear Guy • Spiked Gloomba • Spiked Goomba • Spike Top • Spiny • Spy Guy • Swooper • Swoopula • White Clubba • White Magikoopa • Yellow Magikoopa
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Items
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Regular
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Apple • Blue Berry • Bubble Berry • Coconut • Dizzy Dial • Dried Fruit • Dried Shroom • Dusty Hammer • Egg • Fire Flower • Fright Jar • Goomnut • Honey Syrup • Iced Potato • Jammin' Jelly • Koopa Leaf • Lemon • Life Shroom • Lime • Maple Syrup • Melon • Mushroom • Mystery? • Pebble • POW Block • Red Berry • Repel Gel • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Snowman Doll • Stinky Herb • Stone Cap • Strange Leaf • Stop Watch • Super Shroom • Super Soda • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Ultra Shroom • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Berry
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Key items
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Artifact • Autograph • Blue Key • Boo's Portrait • Bucket • Butter • Calculator • Castle Key • Cleanser • Cookbook • Cream • Crystal Ball • Crystal Berry • Diamond Stone • Dictionary • Diploma • Dolly • Egg • Empty Wallet • Fertile Soil • First-Degree Card • Flour • Fortress Key • Fourth-Degree Card • Frying Pan • Glasses • Gold Credit • Jade Raven • Koopa Legends • Kooper's Shell • Letter • Lucky Star • Lunar Stone • Lyrics • Magical Bean • Magical Seed • Mailbag • Melody • Milk • Miracle Water • Mystery Note • Odd Key • Old Photo • Package • Palace Key • Prison Key • Pulse Stone • Pyramid Stone • Record • Red Jar • Red Key • Ruins Key • Salt • Scarf • Second-Degree Card • Silver Credit • Sneaky Parasol • Star Piece • Star Rod • Star Stone • Storeroom Key • Strawberry • Sugar • Tape • Third-Degree Card • Toy Train • Ultra Stone • Volcano Vase • Warehouse Key • Water • Water Stone • Weight • Yakkey
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Recipes
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Apple Pie • Big Cookie • Bland Meal • Boiled Egg • Cake • Coco Pop • Deluxe Feast • Dizzy Dial • Egg Missile • Electro Pop • Fire Flower • Fire Pop • Fried Egg • Fried Shroom • Frozen Fries • Healthy Juice • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Honey Ultra • Hot Shroom • Jelly Pop • Jelly Shroom • Jelly Super • Jelly Ultra • Kooky Cookie • Koopa Tea • Koopasta • Lemon Candy • Life Shroom • Lime Candy • Maple Shroom • Maple Super • Maple Ultra • Nutty Cake • Potato Salad • Shroom Cake • Shroom Steak • Sleepy Sheep • Spaghetti • Special Shake • Spicy Soup • Strange Cake • Super Soda • Sweet Shroom • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom • Yoshi Cookie • Yummy Meal
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Badges
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All or Nothing • Attack FX A • Attack FX B • Attack FX C • Attack FX D • Attack FX E • Bump Attack • Chill Out • Close Call • D-Down Jump • D-Down Pound • Damage Dodge • Deep Focus • Defend Plus • Dizzy Attack • Dizzy Stomp • Dodge Master • Double Dip • Feeling Fine • Fire Shield • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • FP Plus • Group Focus • Hammer Throw • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Plus • I Spy • Ice Power • Jump Charge • Last Stand • Lucky Day • Mega Jump • Mega Quake • Mega Rush • Mega Smash • Money Money • Multibounce • P-Down, D-Up • P-Up, D-Down • Pay-Off • Peekaboo • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Quake • Power Rush • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Runaway Pay • S. Jump Chg. • S. Smash Chg. • Shrink Stomp • Sleep Stomp • Slow Go • Smash Charge • Speedy Spin • Spike Shield • Spin Attack • Spin Smash • Triple Dip • Zap Tap
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Techniques
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Partner moves
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Headbonk • Tattle • Charge • Multibonk • Shell Toss • Power Shell • Dizzy Shell • Fire Shell • Sky Dive • Shell Shot • Air Lift • Air Raid • Body Slam • Bomb • Power Bomb • Mega Bomb • Smack • Outta Sight • Spook • Fan Smack • Electro Dash • Power Shock • Turbo Charge • Mega Shock • Belly Flop • Squirt • Water Block • Tidal Wave • Spiny Flip • Spiny Surge • Cloud Nine • Hurricane
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Special moves
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Refresh • Lullaby • Star Storm • Chill Out • Smooch • Time Out • Up & Away • Star Beam/Peach Beam
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Enemy and boss moves
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Charge • Divide and Conquer
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Objects
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! Switch • ? Block • Badge • Blue Pipe • Blue Switch • Bowser's Diary • Brick Block • Bubble • Chomp Rock • Cracked Wall • Dock • Fire Bar • Floor Switch • Hidden Block • Jack-in-the-Box • Jump Pad • K64 • Koopa Clown Car • Lakitu's Cloud • Lever • Metal Block • Power Platform • Puff-Puff Machine • Recovery Block • Red ? Block • Save Block • Star Cruiser • Stilts • Stone Block • Super Block • Treasure Chest (Mysterious) • Toy Tank • Warp Pipe • Yellow Block
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Terms and ailments
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Badge Point • Danger • Dizzy • Electrified • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Immobilized • Injured • Invisible • No Skills • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Sleep • Star Point • Star Power • Stone • Super Rank • Tiny • Ultra Rank
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Further info
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64th Trivia Quiz-Off • Soundtrack • Tattle List
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