Army boots
Army boots appear as an item inPipe Down! They are black with metal toes and thick soles and come inside a shoebox. They originally belonged toPrincess Toadstool's aunt,Duchess Puffball, who is the only person evicted from theMushroom Kingdom for snoring too loudly. They are one of three pairs of shoes, alongside thecowboy boots and thewading boots, thatMario andLuigi can obtain from Toadstool's magic shoe vault. They can be given to theClawgrip tolling a tunnel, which satisfies it enough that it lets Mario and Luigi pass, or they can be used whileLudwig von Koopa is conducting his ballet. Once Mario pulls them out, they march around the two of them and then stand in place. Toadstool then says that she wanted Mario and Luigi to bring the cowboy boots, and in fact, the only way to defeat Ludwig is if the cowboy boots are used.
