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A Black Hole is a very dangerous object found in the Mario series. They are based on black holes within the real-world. These entities made their debut in the Mario Party 6 mini-game Black Hole Boogie, and would later be featured throughout Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Their appearance varies, but often has the appearance of a vortex. Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 portray them with red accretion disks and rims, whereas most games just show them as a black orb or sphere.
History[]
Black Holes have a much greater role in the Super Mario Galaxy series, where they act as an obstacle which can suck Mario (or Luigi) into it if he is within their vicinity. Mario (or Luigi) can only be sucked into one if he falls off some ledges or misses the desired target when using a Sling Pod or Cannon. If either one of the plumbers is sucked into a Black Hole, that Plumber loses a life as the Black Hole reduces his Health Meter instantly to zero and devours him, making them one of the strongest hazards in the game. Black Holes are usually impossible to avoid once the player has fallen off a platform and into outer space, though this obviously does not apply if Mario is in possession of a power-up that grants him the power of flight, or something along those lines, such as the Bee Mushroom, the Boo Mushroom, or the Cloud Flower. They are, in a way, the equivalent of bottomless pits found in most other Super Mario series games.
However, Mario or Luigi can also use Black Holes to their advantage. For example, any enemies or objects that fall into a Black Hole are destroyed after falling a certain distance toward it, so Black Holes can sometimes be used to destroy certain enemies in various areas. Note that any enemies destroyed by falling into Black Holes do not yield any items whatsoever. Likewise, any items that do get released by enemies that are destroyed while over a Black Hole are quickly enveloped by the Black Hole and removed as well. In some cases, Black Holes transform into a Power Star after a certain task has been completed; i.e. collecting the notes in the Hurry-Scurry Galaxy. Mario or Luigi are then pulled to the Power Star by gravity in the same way as with the Black Hole with a red line. If Bee Mario is sucked into a Black Hole he will leave a yellow line. If Cloud Mario is sucked into a Black Hole, he will leave a white line.
The supermassive Black Hole created by Bowser's collapsing sun.
At the end of the game, after Mario has defeated Bowser for the final time, his gigantic sun collapses into a massive Black Hole, which will quickly begin to engulf Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser's entire fleet of Airships, Princess Peach's Castle and the Comet Observatory. Just as everything is about to be destroyed, Luma suddenly appears in front of Mario, waves at him and then sacrifices himself by throwing himself into the Black Hole. Thousands of other Lumas soon join him in flinging themselves into the massive Black Hole in hopes of stabilizing it and ultimately saving the universe from destruction. Eventually, the Black Hole twists wildly around in space before finally exploding in a new "big bang", thereby reforming the entire cosmos and creating an entirely new galaxy, which Mario is welcomed by in the final cutscene of the game. Also, in Super Mario Galaxy 2, Bowser is sucked into a Black Hole when transitioning to his third phase and again upon defeat.
Another black hole appears in Mario Party 9, in the background of the final boss mini-game, Bowser's Block Battle. It seems to suck in large planets, and also Mini Stars. When the players defeat Bowser, the Koopa King once again stumbles into the black hole, although in the final cutscene, it is shown that Bowser and Bowser Jr. can normally fly inside the black hole with their Koopa Clown Cars.
Black Holes are also used in attacks by Fawful's Super Peach's Castle of Fury in the game Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Their appearance is similar to a spiral galaxy in that they resemble a black swirl with multiple "spiral arms".
Black Holes can come in different sizes in Super Mario Galaxy and in Super Mario Galaxy 2, though this does not necessarily correlate with their event horizon size. Some small black holes can be really massive, like the black hole in Space Junk Galaxy in the Silver Stars area in Super Mario Galaxy. Same with large black holes, they can be massive or not massive. Black holes can sometimes be for decoration, such as beneath the tower on the Dreadnought in the Dreadnought Galaxy. In this case, falling into their event horizon does not result in Mario getting sucked in.
Luigi's Mansion 3 does not feature genuine Black Holes, but during his Final Phase in Luigi's Mansion 3, King Boo turns the painting within whose depths Mario, Princess Peach, Professor Elvin Gadd, and three Mushroom Retainers (Toad included) are trapped into a giant black hole-like entity that devours the hotel. Thus, Luigi has only four minutes to defeat his nemesis from that point. After Luigi defeats King Boo, the painting reverts back to normal.
Locations[]
First Super Mario Galaxy game[]
- Gateway Galaxy: The first Black Hole is inside the second planet; if Mario falls into a hole, he will be devoured; the Luma near his landing point will tip him off about it when she is spoken to.
- Good Egg Galaxy: Four Black Holes appear in this galaxy.
- When Mario traverses an apple-esque planet during the mission Dino Piranha, he must be wary not to fall into the gaps, lest he be devoured by one.
- There is also a secret path with Flipswitch Panels; Mario has to stay on the path to avoid getting devoured by the Black Holes there.
- King Kaliente's Battle Fleet: When Mario blasts off from the saucer-shaped planet that has the rolling Chomps, he will land on an Airship. This Airship and another have been suspended above a Black Hole; Mario will be devoured by the Black Hole if he falls off their decks or the bridge that bridges the gap between them.
- Honeyhive Galaxy: Found beneath every planet except for the hat-shaped and rattle-shaped planets.
- Flipswitch Galaxy: Inside the cuboid Starting Planet; Mario must be wary of the gaps lest he falls in.
- Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor: Inside the Starting Planet.
- Space Junk Galaxy: Beneath the area where some Space Junk platforms can form the path.
- Battlerock Galaxy: Underneath the semispherical planet whose flat side Mario can walk on.
- Hurry-Scurry Galaxy: Beneath the Starting Planet and inside the Shrinking Satellite.
- Sling Pod Galaxy: Beneath the entire stage.
- Bowser's Star Reactor: Near the Gravity section and under the first section of the area that leads to the staircase that leads to the boss.
- Beach Bowl Galaxy: Under the secret planet that Mario visits for Wall-jumping Off Waterfalls. The Cyclone Stone also has a black hole that plagues each head of the structure.
- Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada: Beneath the Skyships.
- Ghostly Galaxy: Beneath the mansion and Bouldergeist's arena.
- Freezeflame Galaxy:
- Underneath the frozen peak where Baron Brr makes his lair.
- Surrounding the ice and lava platforms.
- Honeyclimb Galaxy: Beneath every Honeycomb Wall Planet.
- Bowser's Dark Matter Plant: Beneath the first section of the second planet lies a Black Hole.
- Gold Leaf Galaxy: Beneath the main planet.
- Sea Slide Galaxy: Inside the second Shrinking Satellite.
- Toy Time Galaxy: Beneath the second planet of Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser, the cake conveyor belt, the frozen area, and the Undergrunt Gunner's planet. A Black Hole can also be found within the cake on the Spinning Cake Planet.
- Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor: The Starting Planet is a small spherical cluaster of asteroids that must be traversed with a Black Hole infesting the middle.
- Dreadnought Galaxy: Beneath the Chibi Wanwan path and the Dreadnought's Tower.
- Melty Molten Galaxy: Inside the Stone Octagon Planet; Mario will be devoured by the Black Hole if he falls into the gaps.
- Bubble Blast Galaxy: Beneath each visited planet.
- Bowser's Galaxy Generator: If Mario falls off the tower with the gravity walls, he will get devoured by a Black Hole at the base.
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Trivia[]
- Bowser has actually been sucked into a Black Hole thrice before: once after Mario defeats him for the first time in the final battle of Super Mario Galaxy 2, another time after Mario defeats him for the second time during the same battle (though the second Black Hole seems to be slightly larger than the first, and also sucks up the background with it). Princess Peach and the final Grand Star are shot out of the remains of the Black Hole several seconds later. And finally a third time when defeated in Mario Party 9s Bowser Block Battle mini-game.
- In real life, a Black Hole is what remains of a large, heavy star if it collapses upon itself following a supernova explosion; its force of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
- For some reason, in galaxies with the Star Ball, if the player falls into the black hole, it will not suck the player in. This may be because Star Balls are too large in their intact state.
- Luigi's Mansion 3 is the first time a Black Hole appears, albeit it is actually a painting that was supersized so it could devour the hotel, causing a four minute time crunch.
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| Characters | Main protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Luma |
| Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
| Non-playable | Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguin Racers • Penguru • Polari • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Queen Bee • Ray • Seagull • Spooky Speedster • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) • Worm | |
| Species | Species | Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad |
| Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Giant Gringill • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mikey Mine • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler |
| Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bars / Crystal • Bill Blaster • Black hole • Bramble • Bumper • Burner • Cannon • Chomp box • Current • Dark matter • Electric rail • Fire Bar • Fire geyser • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Freezing water • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Lava • Lava Geyser • Lava tide • Meat • Meteor • Moving sand • Mud • Poison swamp • Prickly Plant • Pulse Beam • Quicksand • Sand tide • Skull Box • Space Mine • Spike • Spring • Torpedo tube • Water Shooter • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind |
| Bosses | Bosses | Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser |
| Galaxies | Gate | Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy |
| Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | |
| Fountain | Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor | |
| Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | |
| Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | |
| Engine Room | Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | |
| Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy | |
| Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |
| Planet of Trials | Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy | |
| Items | Items | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip |
| Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Bar • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cage • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Dome • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Glass case • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Gravity switch • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Hole • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sign • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snow sculpture • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Underwater ring • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout |
| Moves | Moves | Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump |
| Missions | Gateway Galaxy | Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins |
| Boo's Boneyard Galaxy | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
| Good Egg Galaxy | Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof | |
| Honeyhive Galaxy | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom | |
| Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Surfing 101 | |
| Flipswitch Galaxy | Painting the Planet Yellow | |
| Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | Megaleg's Moon | |
| Sweet Sweet Galaxy | Rocky Road | |
| Space Junk Galaxy | Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | |
| Rolling Green Galaxy | Rolling in the Clouds | |
| Battlerock Galaxy | Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer | |
| Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | Shrinking Satellite | |
| Bowser's Star Reactor | The Fiery Stronghold | |
| Sling Pod Galaxy | A Very Sticky Situation | |
| Beach Bowl Galaxy | Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls | |
| Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Through the Poison Swamp | |
| Ghostly Galaxy | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion | |
| Buoy Base Galaxy | The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base | |
| Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | Sinking the Airships | |
| Drip Drop Galaxy | Giant Eel Outbreak | |
| Gusty Garden Galaxy | Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp | |
| Freezeflame Galaxy | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit | |
| Dusty Dune Galaxy | Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid | |
| Honeyclimb Galaxy | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
| Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | Darkness on the Horizon | |
| Bigmouth Galaxy | Bigmouth's Gold Bait | |
| Gold Leaf Galaxy | Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree | |
| Sea Slide Galaxy | Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry | |
| Toy Time Galaxy | Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain | |
| Bonefin Galaxy | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
| Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | |
| Sand Spiral Galaxy | Choosing a Favorite Snack | |
| Deep Dark Galaxy | The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box | |
| Dreadnought Galaxy | Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump | |
| Matter Splatter Galaxy | Watch Your Step | |
| Melty Molten Galaxy | The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide | |
| Snow Cap Galaxy | Star Bunnies in the Snow | |
| Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | |
| Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | |
| Bubble Blast Galaxy | The Electric Labyrinth | |
| Grand Finale Galaxy | The Star Festival | |
| Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | The Fate of the Universe | |
| Mini-games | Mini-games | Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling |
| Other | Other | Comet Observatory • Planet of Trials • Starbit Festival • Star Pointer • Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
| Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. | ||