For the Shy Guy variant, see Stretch (Shy Guy).

Stretches are recurring enemies in the Mario franchise. They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3.

Profile[]

Physical description[]

Stretches are a variant of Boos attached to solid platforms. A Stretch can consist of either one or two Boos.

Behavior[]

Stretches commonly hide below flooring and poke their heads out periodically, damaging Mario or Luigi on contact. Stretches commonly appear as part of the ground, but can sometimes appear as a separate entity as well. Like regular Boos, Stretches are mostly invincible, and only a few attacks can defeat them.

In Super Mario series[]

Super Mario Bros. 3[]

Stretches appear in several of the later fortress levels. Stretches pop their heads out periodically, and damage Mario or Luigi on contact. Stretches are normally invincible as they cannot be defeated using regular attacks, and only the effects of the Hammer Suit and the Starman can defeat them. Defeating a Stretch earns the player 100 points.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[]

Stretches appear in all three games. They can be created by placing a Boo just above a flooring or below a ceiling. This time, Stretches can only be defeated with the use of a Starman. Stretches have also been given modified looks for the Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U styles, in the latter two, they are also no longer attached to a white platform instead they appear to just be Boos that slide along the floor, Stretches are also less predictable than before as they pop their heads out more periodically. Giving a Super Mushroom to a Stretch will not enlarge it, instead, it will become a regular Big Boo. They are also simply referred to as "Boos" in all three of these games.

Super Mario Run[]

Stretches are enemies found in various Ghost House-themed levels. Their behavior is the same as it was in previous games and their design is based on their appearance in the New Super Mario Bros. U style in Super Mario Maker. Once again, the use of a Starman can destroy a Stretch.

Timeline[]

Trivia[]

• Stretches were planned to appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii but they were cut out.
• Stretches are similar to Boo-Blahs from the Yoshi series as both are ghost creatures that pop out of the ground.

Gallery[]

Super Mario Bros. 3 animated sprite

Super Mario All-Stars (Super Mario Bros. 3) sprite

Super Mario Run

Super Mario Maker series

Navigation[]

Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi
	Other characters	Kings • Princess Toadstool
	Bosses	Boom Boom • Bowser • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Morton Koopa • Roy Koopa • Wendy Koopa)
Enemies	Enemies	Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Blooper • Baby Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo Buddy • Boomerang Bro • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Bro • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Gargantuan Koopa Troopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Bro • Hanging Piranha Plant • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Nipper Plant • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Blooper • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap
Items	Power-ups	Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Hammer Suit • Kuribo Shoe • Mushroom Coin* • Starman • Super Mushroom • Super Leaf • Tanooki Suit
	Map	Anchor • Hammer • Lakitu's Cloud • Music Box • P-Wing • Warp Whistle
	Level	1-Up Mushroom • Coin • Magic Ball • Magic Wand • Silver Coin
Worlds	World 1	World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 1-4 • World 1- • World 1-5 • World 1-6 • World 1-
	World 2	World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2- • World 2-3 • World 2- • World 2-4 • World 2-5 • World 2- • World 2-
	World 3	World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 3- • World 3-4 • World 3-5 • World 3-6 • World 3-7 • World 3- • World 3-8 • World 3-9 • World 3-
	World 4	World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • World 4- • World 4-4 • World 4-5 • World 4-6 • World 4- • World 4-
	World 5	World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-3 • World 5- • World 5- • World 5-4 • World 5-5 • World 5-6 • World 5-7 • World 5- • World 5-8 • World 5-9 • World 5-
	World 6	World 6-1 • World 6-2 • World 6-3 • World 6- • World 6-4 • World 6-5 • World 6-6 • World 6-7 • World 6- • World 6-8 • World 6-9 • World 6-10 • World 6- • World 6-
	World 7	World 7-1 • World 7-2 • World 7-3 • World 7-4 • World 7-5 • World 7- • World 7- • World 7-6 • World 7-7 • World 7-8 • World 7-9 • World 7- • World 7- • World 7-
	World 8	World 8- • World 8- • World 8- • World 8- • World 8-1 • World 8-2 • World 8- • World 8- • World 8-
Other locations	Other locations	Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel · Spade Panel · Start Panel) • Toad House • Treasure Ship
Forms	Forms	Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario
Objects	Regular	? Block • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Card • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Ball • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Mega ? Block • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Tank • Track • Treasure box • Vine • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • Wood Block
	Obstacles	Bowser Statue • Candy Ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Giant Cannonball • Lava • Pit • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e-exclusive	Levels	01: Classic World 1-1 • 02: Classic World 1-2 • 03: Classic World 1-3 • 04: Classic World 1-4 • 05: Classic World 2-2 • 01: Wild Ride in the Sky • 02: Slidin' the Slopes • 03: Vegetable Volley • 04: Doors o' Plenty • 05: Bombarded by Bob-ombs • 06: Magical Note Blocks • 07: The ol' Switcheroo • 08: Piped Full of Plants • 09: Swinging Bars of Doom • 10: Para Beetle Challenge • 11: A Musical Trek • 12: Armored Airship • 13: Ice Dungeon • 14: A Sky-High Adventure • 15: Sea to Sky • 16: It's a Shoe-In • 17: Slip Slidin' Away • 18: Ice Cubed • 19: Puzzling Pipe Maze • 20: A Towering Tour • 21: Castle Dash • 22: Rich with Ropes • 23: Vexing Doors • 24: Caped Escape • 25: Ground Work • 26: An Aqueous Adventure • 27: Bowser's Last Stand • 28: Koopaling Confusion • 29: Bowser's Airship 1 • 30: Bowser's Airship 2 • Airship's Revenge • No Time to Dawdle • Treacherous Halls
	Enemies and obstacles	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Fake Bowser (boss) • Falling spike • Fire-Bar • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
	Items	3-Up Moon • Advance Coin • Boomerang • Cape Feather • e-Coin • Poisonous Mushroom
	Objects	! Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Flagpole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Gray Brick Block • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake Block • Soft sand • Springboard • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block • Vegetable
	Switch Cards	1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
	Minigames	Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
	Other	Caped Mario • e-Coin Castle
Terms	Terms	Completion • Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time limit • Unwinnable state
Other	Other	Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3) • Matching Game

[Edit]
Characters	Protagonist	Mario
	Antagonist	Bowser
	Other characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Yoshi • Coursebot • Mary O. • Mr. Eraser • Parakeet • Soundfrog • Undodog • Yamamura
Enemies	Enemies	Beach Koopa • Bill Blaster (red) • Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Baby Blooper • Mega Blooper • Bob-omb • Mega Bob-omb • Boo • Boo Buddies • Stretch • Big Boo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Missile Bill • Burner • Buzzy Beetle • Big Buzzy Beetle • Buzzy Beetle Tower • Parabuzzy • Mega Parabuzzy • Cannon • Chain Chomp • Big Chain Chomp • Unchained Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Blurp • Deep Cheep • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep Cheep • Dry Bones • Fish Bone • Super Dry Bones • Parabones • Fire Bar • Grinder • Goomba • Paragoomba • Galoomba • Flying Goomba • Grand Goomba • Huge Paragoomba • Big Galoomba • Mega Flying Goomba • Goomba Tower • Shoe Goomba • Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro • Sledge Bro • Jelectro • Koopa Troopa • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Podoboo • Big Podoboo • Zigzag Podoboo • Magikoopa • Mega Magikoopa • Muncher • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Venus Fire Trap • Big Venus Fire Trap • Jumping Piranha Plant • Mega Jumping Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Monty Mole • Big Monty Mole • Sea Urchin • Spike Top • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny • Big Spiny • Spiny Egg • Thwomp • Super Thwomp • Spike Pillar • Wiggler • Mega Wiggler
Items and objects	Items	1-Up Mushroom • Big Mushroom • Coin • Pink Coin • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Fire Flower • Goomba's Shoe • Key • Lakitu's Cloud • Mystery Mushroom • POW Block • Propeller Mushroom • Spiny Shell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Weird Mushroom • Starman • Wings • Yoshi Egg
	Objects	? Block • Flying ? Block • Arrow Sign • Checkpoint Flag • Axe • Block • Rotating Block • Bridge • Bumper • Checkpoint Flag • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Donut Block • Fast Lava Lift • Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Giant Gate • Goal • Goal Pole • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Junior Clown Car • Koopa Clown Car • Lava Lift • Lift • Flimsy Lift • Mushroom Platform • Note Block • Music Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • Pipe • Semisolid Platform • Spike Trap • Track • Vine • Trampoline • Warp Door • P Warp Door • Key Door
Moves	Moves	Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Spin Jump • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Miscellaneous	Other	Gallery (3DS)

[Edit]
Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Toad • Toadette
	Other characters	Coursebot • Worldbot • Mr. Eraser • Nina • Princess Peach • Undodog • Yamamura • Partrick • Soundfrog • Toads • Yoshi/Red Yoshi
Course elements	Game styles	Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Super Mario World • New Super Mario Bros. U • Super Mario 3D World
	Themes	Ground • Underground • Underwater • Ghost House • Airship • Castle • Desert • Snow • Forest • Sky
	Terrain	? Block • Block • Brick Block • Bridge • Clear Pipe • Cloud Block • Crystal Block • Donut Block • Frozen Coin • Ground • Hard Block • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Mushroom Platform • Music Block • Note Block • P Block • Pipe • Rock Block • Semisolid Platform • Slope • Spike Block • Spike Trap
	Items	1-Up Mushroom • 10-Coin • 30-Coin • 50-Coin • Big Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill Mask • Cannon Box • Coin • Cape Feather • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba Mask • Goomba's Shoe • Master Sword • Pink Coin • Power Balloon • Propeller Box • Propeller Mushroom • Red POW Box • Rotten Mushroom • SMB2 Mushroom • Starman • Super Acorn • Super Bell • Super Hammer • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Stiletto • Superball Flower • Yoshi's Egg • Big Red Yoshi's Egg
	Enemies	Angry Sun • Angry Moon • Ant Trooper • Big Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Beach Koopa • Blooper • Baby Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Mega Blooper • Bob-omb • Mega Bob-omb • Parabomb • Boo • Big Boo • Boo Buddies • Stretch • Boom Boom • Bowser • Meowser • Bowser Jr. • Bully • Big Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Big Buzzy Beetle • Buzzy Beetle Tower • Para-Beetle • Heavy Parabeetle • Buzzy Shell • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Big Chain Chomp • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Blurp Deep Cheep • Mega Deep Cheep • Dry Bones • Super Dry Bones • Parabones • Super Parabones • Dry Bones Shell • Fire Bro • Heavy Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Big Fire Piranha Plant • Fish Bone • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Paragoomba • Huge Paragoomba • Galoomba Big Galoomba Flying Goomba • Para-Goomba • Mega Flying Goomba • Mega Para-Goomba • Goombrat • Big Goombrat • Goombud Goomba Tower • Shoe Goomba • Stiletto Goomba • Hammer Bro • Sledge Bro • Hop-Chops • Horned Ant Trooper • Jelectro • Jumping Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa Car • Koopalings (Larry • Morton • Wendy • Iggy • Roy • Lemmy • Ludwig) • Lakitu • Magikoopa • Mega Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Blasta Mechakoopa • Zappa Mechakoopa • Mega Mechakoopa • Monty Mole • Big Monty Mole • Muncher • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Big Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Big Podoboo • Zigzag Podoboo • Pokey • Mega Pokey • Snow Pokey • Pom Pom • Porcupuffer • Rocky Wrench • Skipsqueak • Spike • Mega Spike • Spike Ball • Giant Spiked Ball • Snowball • Spike Top • Spiky Parabuzzy • Spiny • Big Spiny • Spiny Shell • Spiny Egg • Spiny Skipsqueak • Stingby • Thwomp • Super Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Big Venus Fire Trap • Wiggler • Mega Wiggler
	Objects and obstacles	! Block • Arrow Sign • Big Goal Pole • Bill Blaster • Red Bill Blaster • Blinking Block • Bumper • Missile Banzai Bill • Cat Banzai Bill • Missile Bill • Cat Bullet Bill • Burner • Cannon • Conveyor Belt • ON/OFF Conveyor Belt • Checkpoint Flag • Crate • Dash Block • Fast Lava Lift • Fire Bar • Goal Pole • Grinder • Icicle • Koopa Clown Car • Junior Clown Car • Fire Koopa Clown Car/Fire Junior Clown Car • Mushroom Trampoline • ON/OFF Trampoline • Key • Cursed Key • Lava Lift • Lift • Flimsy Lift • Cloud Lift • ON/OFF Switch • Dotted-Line Block • One-Way Wall • P Switch • POW Block • Seesaw • Spike Pillar • Snake Block • Swinging Claw • Track • Track Block • Trampoline • Tree • Twister • Vine • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door • P Warp Door • Key Door
	Other	Stone • Toad • Wings
Moves	Moves	Charge jump • Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Midair Spin • Roll • Slide • Spin Jump • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Miscellaneous	Other	Gallery • Peach's Castle • Phanto

[Edit]
Characters	Playable	Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Toadette • Yoshi (Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Purple Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi)
	Other	Mii • Toad
Bosses	Bosses	Boom Boom • Bowser
Enemies and obstacles	Enemies	Boo • Bullet Bill • Bull's-Eye Bill • Cannonball • Dry Bones • Fishing Boo • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goombrat • Green Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Ninji • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Poison Bubble • Red Koopa Troopa • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Scuttlebug • Spike • Spiny • Stretch • Swooper
	Obstacles	Burner • Coin Rush Star • Fire Bar • Grinder • Muncher • Ring of Fire • Spiked Ball • Spike Roller
Items and objects	Items	Black Coin • Blue Coin • Bonus Medal • Coin • Key • Pink Coin • Purple Coin • Red Coin • Super Mushroom • Starman
	Objects	Axe • ! Switch • ? Block • Backflip Block • Bonus ? Block • Brick Block • Bubble • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Door • Goal Pole • Dotted-Line Block • Hidden Coin • Key Door • Lift • Long Jump Block • Pause Block • P Switch • Red Ring • Rally Ticket • Time Block • Trampoline • Warp Pipe
Levels	World 1	Up and Over • Wall-Kicking It Underground • Paratroopas in Mushroom Valley • Bowser's Castle Hangout
	World 2	Ghost-Door Deception • Sky-High Lifts and Leaps! • Treasure-Hoarding Swoops • Airship Cannons...Fire!
	World 3	Big Spiny Blitz • Bullet Bill Barrage • Shell Me the Way! • Fire Bar Castle! Youch!
	World 4	Cutting-Edge Spire • Slope to Success • Danger High and Low • Firing the Airship's Burners
	World 5	Lakitu's Revenge • Pokey Vaulting • Boohind Lock and Key • Rings of Fire!
	World 6	Land of Spikes • Switch Ghost House • Throwing It All Overboard • Bowser's Bob-ombing Run
	World Star*	Scuttlebug Forest • Airship Armada • Fishing Boo Taunts You • Desert Fuzz • Dark and Stormy • Wild Slopes • Scaredy Rat Race • Spike Bar Jungle • Airship Plunder
	Special courses	Chase the Snaking Coins • Piranha Plant Field • Make the Cut! • Red Block Run*
	Secret courses*	Secret Course 01 • Secret Course 02 • Secret Course 03 • Secret Course 04 • Secret Course 05 • Secret Course 06 • Secret Course 07 • Secret Course 08 • Secret Course 09 • Secret Course 10 • Secret Course 11 • Secret Course 12 • Secret Course 13 • Secret Course 14 • Secret Course 15 • Secret Course 16 • Secret Course 17 • Secret Course 18 • Secret Course 19 • Secret Course 20 • Secret Course 21 • Secret Course 22 • Secret Course 23 • Secret Course 24 • Secret Course 25 • Secret Course 26 • Secret Course 27
Game mechanics	Game mechanics	Point • Time limit
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Gallery • Kingdom Builder • Shop
Items marked with an asterisk (*) were introduced in version 3.0.4 or later.