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There is a specific spot near the top of Tall, Tall Mountain where failing to grab a ledge will result in Mario comically falling down the entirety of the mountain while hitting every ledge on the way down.
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In Super Mario 64 DS, it is possible to cause the Chill Bully boss to self-destruct by making it stand on a crate. This disables its self-preservation AI, causing it to walk off the edge of the arena and die.
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Pushing a block underneath this platform in Wet-Dry World will cause Mario's crawling animation to become glitched on top of it, resulting in him crawling in mid-air at unnatural angles.
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It is well known that the Endless Stairs in Super Mario 64 can be skipped by performing a series of backwards long jumps up the staircase. However, at specific angles, Mario may get caught on an invisible wall and then warped down to Wet-Dry World instead
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I didn't know Mario was part High Entia
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The Japanese official Super Mario 64 trading card for the Mother Penguin shows her in the middle of a blinking animation for an unknown reason, making her seem to have a bored or annoyed expression that she never actually displays in-game.
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If Mario throws a Chuckya off a ledge and then jumps after it, and if the Chuckya happens to grab him on the frame it explodes, Mario will be stuck in mid-air. The "exit course" option will not appear in the pause menu, forcing the game to be reset
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If Mario catches Bowser in mid-air after he jumps back into the arena and then throws him into a bomb, the explosion will send Bowser flying offscreen. Despite this violent reaction, Bowser will not actually lose HP and continue as though nothing happened
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What a difference
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Mario in a crystal
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Performing certain actions while above quicksand will cause Mario to experience a "remote quicksand death", where he will act as though he is being sucked into quicksand even though he is in mid-air.
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Mario choking on poison gas and dies
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It is possible to sleep inside Bowser. Mario's post-damage blinking invincibility continues indefinitely while inside an enemy, and Bowser turns around in the same spot forever as long as Mario is inside his hitbox. After a while, Mario will fall asleep.
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Final Bowser Fight
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It is possible to accidentally cause a glitch to occur that changes the appearance of a Bob-omb in Rainbow Ride into a butterfly. The butterfly still explodes.
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"Free" means that it's better, right?
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No you
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Setting a crate down near a slope of a specific angle and then performing a Ground Pound on it kills Mario instantly.
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If Mario both activates a Power Star and collects a different Power Star in the same movement, he will be stuck holding a small Power Star forever, forcing the game to be reset.
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3 PM vs 3 AM
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