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Munchers first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and are first encountered in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-3]] where they appear in large numbers. [[World 6-10]] features frozen Munchers, which can be identified by the black [[Ice Block]] in which they are encased. As [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] warns to Mario in her letter leading into the world, they are harmless when frozen and act like platforms, but if the player uses a [[fireball]], the Muncher will become active again. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] hits a [[P -Switch|Switch Block]], all regular Munchers will briefly turn into [[coin]]s; if Mario or Luigi tail whips one, the Muncher will become an [[Empty Block]] (except in the GBA version, where they are unaffected). If the player has [[GoombaKuribo's Shoe]], they can walk along them without taking damage.

Munchers that pop out of [[smallMini pipePipe]]s also appear in the [[World 7-Piranha Plant 1|Piranha]] [[World 7-Piranha Plant 2|Plant stages]] of [[Pipe Land]]. Additionally, in any version of the game, Munchers remain animated even when the game is paused, as they are tiles on the foreground layer comparable to [[Jelectro]]s.

[[Gray P -Switch]]es can turn Munchers into coins; however, this behavior goes unused since no levels in the game have both.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Munchers only appear in [[World 9-7 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-7]], and even then, they only appear in ice blocks. However, they cover most of the floor, and the level is filled with [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, whose fireballs can burn the ice the Munchers are in, exposing them to the players. The players can also melt them if they have a [[Fire Flower]]. Once they are thawed out, they cannot be frozen again, even if they are hit with a iceball from an [[Ice Flower]].

Hacking the game reveals that unlike in ''Super Mario World'', Yoshi can no longer safely walk on Munchers or [[Spike Trap(obstacle)|Spikes]]s in this game.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUMLLINtX0&t=381s]</ref> This behavior is unused in the game proper since no level has both of them.

Munchers act like [[Spike (obstacle)|spikes]], as touching them would damage [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. However, both [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] (except in the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games) and the [[GoombaKuribo's Shoe]] can walk on them without harm. In a few levels, they spring from thin pipes. The only way for [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] to cross a patch of Munchers by himself is by acquiring a [[Super StarStarman]] or by carefully [[Jump|jumping]] to the gaps between Muncher patches.

Muncher SMW.gif|''[[Super Mario World]]''

SMM-SMB-MucherMuncher-1.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)