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{{Italic title|Spiny Shell (''Mario Kart'' Item)}}
{{item- infobox alt
|title=Spiny Shell
|image=[[File:Spiny Shell - Mario Kart Wii.png|200px]]<br>A Spiny Shell with wings.<br>[[File:MK7-Spiny-Shell.png|200px]]<br>A Spiny Shell without wings.
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' (1996)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' (2020)
|description=A blue [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shell with spikes and sometimes wings (at times).
}}
{{articleaboutabout|the item fromfeatured within the ''Mario Kart'' series|the unrelatedred butshell similarworn lookingby item|[[Spiny Shell|Spinies]]|the unrelated item that is known by the same name|[[BlueSpiny Shell (red)]]}}
{{distinguish2|[[Blue Shell]], a blue [[Koopa Troopa]] shell without spikes or wings}}
The '''Spiny Shell''' (alsooften commonly referred to as thenamed '''Blue Shell''' bybut usually in various media sources) is an [[Mario_Kart_series#Items_and_EffectsList of items|item]] from the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. ItsIt first appearance isappears in the game ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', in which titles it is known as the '''Blue Spiny Shell''', or '''Spiny's Shell'''.<ref>''Mario Kart 64'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref> In some appearances, Spiny Shells have a pair of wings.
 
The Spiny Shell appears in many ''Mario Kart'' games asis an infamous item from an [[Item Box]]. Its generalwho purpose is similar to that of a [[Red Shell]], except that it targets the playerracer in first place, (orand it is usually unavoidable without the leaderuse of thecertain race)items, namely a [[Super Star]]. ItsSince functionits variesdebut slightlyappearance, fromthe gameSpiny toShell game.is primarily Asideassociated fromwith the ''Mario Kart'' gamesseries, thebut Spiny Shellit is aalso power-upan item in somea few ''Mario''-related sportsports games and in later [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] installments.
 
==History==
===[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]===
====''Mario Kart 64''====
The Spiny Shell is first introduced in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. In the game, the shell has spikes on it and travels along the ground. It is essentially a blue version of the common [[Spiny Shell]]. Any player outside of first place can receive this item, but it is the rarest item in the game.
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===''Mario Superstar Baseball''===
The Spiny Shell appears as an item in [[Toy Field]]. It steals 50 coins from the leader and gives them to the user.
 
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:MK64Item-SpinyShell.png|Artwork of a Spiny Shell, from ''Mario Kart 64''.
File:MKSC BlueShell.jpg|Artwork of a Spiny Shell, from ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''.
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File:SpinyShellMK8.png|Artwork of a Spiny Shell in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''.
File:Blue Shell Figurine - Mario Kart 8.png|A close up of the Blue Shell figurine.
</gallery></center>
 
==Names in Otherother Languageslanguages==
{{foreign names
{{Foreignname
|Ita=Guscio spinoso<br>Guscio Spinoso (''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'')<br>Guscio spinato (''Mario Kart DS'')
|ItaM=Spiny shell<br>Spiny Shell<br>Spiny shell
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==Trivia==
**Other names that fans have referredcalled tothe itSpiny asShell include the '''Blue Spiny Shell''', the '''Blue Terror''', the '''Blue Menace''', the '''Leader Killer''', the '''First Place Stalker''', (on a rather biased note) the '''#1 Worst Item''', and the '''Blue Villain'''.▼
*The Spiny Shell is often called the '''Blue Shell''' by fans.
*In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the Spiny Shell was originally going to have wings again (just like it'sits 3three predecessors) as shown in the item roulette from the demos of E3 2010 and E3 2011 however in the final version of the game, it was replaced with it's wingless form.▼
▲**Other names fans have referred to it as include the '''Blue Spiny Shell''', the '''Blue Terror''', the '''Blue Menace''', the '''Leader Killer''', the '''First Place Stalker''', (on a rather biased note) the '''#1 Worst Item''', and the '''Blue Villain'''.
▲*In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the Spiny Shell was originally going to have wings again (just like it's 3 predecessors) as shown in the item roulette from the demos of E3 2010 and E3 2011 however in the final version of the game, it was replaced with it's wingless form.
*The [[Koopa]] who owns the Spiny Shell is unknown, since said Koopa isn't featured in any Mario games.
 
==SeeExternal Alsolinks==
*Spiny Shell's page on [[wikipedia:Blue Shellshell|Wikipedia article]]!
 
==References==
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