Pendulum

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This article is about the recurring obstacle. For the enemy also referred to as a "plant-pendulum", seePiranha Pest § Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

Pendulums appear in theSuper Mario franchise as hazards that block or damage the player's character on contact. They first appeared inSuper Mario 64.

History[edit]

Super Mario 64 /Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

InThe Pit and the Pendulums,Mario must carefully cross a couple of pendulums twice to reach thePower Star.

Pendulums appear inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS throughoutTick Tock Clock as an integral part of the level's clock-based aesthetic. A small pendulum swings within the grandfather clock this level takes place in. Within the level, a large pendulum swings at the bottom of the clock. Other pendulums appear higher in the stage, often overpits, requiringMario to time his jumps when encountered. The pace at which the pendulums swing is dependent on the time the clock displays when Mario jumps through it. Depending on this, the pendulums may swing at a quick pace, or they may be frozen in place.

InSuper Mario 64'sThe Pit and the Pendulums mission, two pendulums appear halfway up the clock near thePower Star, requiring Mario to cross past them without getting pushed off.Super Mario 64 DS has the missionThe Pendulum Switch Star instead, but the overall objective is similar in that aStar Switch must be activated for the Power Star to be collected within a time limit.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat[edit]

Pendulums appear inDonkey Kong Jungle Beat in groups and swing in unison asplatforms near the top of theClock Tower.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Racers about to clear a ramp with a large pendulum in front of it inMario Kart 8

In theMario Kart series, pendulums appear as hazards on theTick-Tock Clock course, introduced inMario Kart DS, and knock over characters on contact. The original iteration of the course has only a single large pendulum that appears before the gears section, swinging at a slower rate, but the iteration inMario Kart 8 and itsNintendo Switch port adds an extra pendulum after the clock face, with both pendulums displaying theLightning Cup emblem on each side. They now swing right in front oframps the racers are required to cross. Unlike inMario Kart DS, colliding with the pendulums just slows down the racers, who usually drop down in front of the ramp.

Gallery[edit]

Model fromSuper Mario 64

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	振り子^[1] Furiko	Pendulum
Italian	Pendolo^[2]	Pendulum

References[edit]

Pendulum coverage on otherNIWA wikis:

Ukikipedia

^Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo:Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 92.
^Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Page 92.

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[Edit] Donkey Kong Jungle Beat /New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Characters		Donkey Kong •Monkey
Jungle Buddies		Hoofer •Flurl •Orco •Helibird
Other helpers		Banana Heli Bird •Banana Squid •Bloom Fairy •Butterfly •Combo fairy •Tokkuri Flower
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[Edit] Mario Kart DS
Drivers and theirkarts		Mario (Standard MR ·B Dasher ·Shooting Star) •Luigi (Standard LG ·Poltergust 4000 ·Streamliner) •Princess Peach (Standard PC ·Royale ·Light Tripper) •Yoshi (Standard YS ·Egg 1 ·Cucumber) •Toad (Standard TD ·Mushmellow ·4-Wheel Cradle) •Donkey Kong (Standard DK ·Rambi Rider ·Wildlife) •Wario (Standard WR ·Brute ·Dragonfly) •Bowser (Standard BW ·Tyrant ·Hurricane) •Princess Daisy (Standard DS ·Power Flower ·Light Dancer) •Dry Bones (Standard DB ·Banisher ·Dry Bomber) •Waluigi (Standard WL ·Gold Mantis ·Zipper) •R.O.B. (Standard RB ·ROB-BLS ·ROB-LGS) •Shy Guy (Standard SG)
Courses	Mushroom Cup	Figure-8 Circuit •Yoshi Falls •Cheep Cheep Beach •Luigi's Mansion
	Flower Cup	Desert Hills •Delfino Square •Waluigi Pinball •Shroom Ridge
	Star Cup	DK Pass •Tick-Tock Clock •Mario Circuit •Airship Fortress
	Special Cup	Wario Stadium •Peach Gardens •Bowser Castle •Rainbow Road
	Shell Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1 •N64 Moo Moo Farm •GBA Peach Circuit •GCN Luigi Circuit
	Banana Cup	SNES Donut Plains 1 •N64 Frappe Snowland •GBA Bowser Castle 2 •GCN Baby Park
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Techniques		Drift •Hop •Mini-Turbo •Rocket Start •Slipstream •Spin Turn
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[Edit] Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
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Medium			Peach •Daisy •Yoshi (Light-blue^a ·Black^a ·Red^a ·Yellow^a ·White^a ·Blue^a ·Pink^a ·Orange^a) •Mario •Luigi •Iggy •Ludwig •Tanooki Mario^a •Villager (Male)^a •Inkling Boy •Birdo^c (Light-blue^c · Black^c · Red^c · Yellow^c · White^c · Blue^c · Green^c · Orange^c) •Kamek^c •Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina •Donkey Kong •Waluigi •Roy •Link^a •King Boo •Wiggler^c •Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) •Pink Gold Peach •Bowser •Wario •Morton •Dry Bowser^a •Petey Piranha^c •Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart •Pipe Frame •Mach 8 •Steel Driver •Cat Cruiser •Circuit Special •Tri-Speeder •Badwagon •Prancer •Biddybuggy •Landship •Sneeker •Sports Coupe •Gold Standard •GLA^a •W 25 Silver Arrow^a •300 SL Roadster^a •Blue Falcon^a •Tanooki Kart^a •B Dasher^a •Streetle^a •P-Wing^a •Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike •The Duke •Flame Rider •Varmint •Mr. Scooty •City Tripper^a •Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet •Sport Bike •Jet Bike •Yoshi Bike •Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV •Wild Wiggler •Teddy Buggy •Bone Rattler^a •Splat Buggy •Inkstriker
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Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium •Water Park •Sweet Sweet Canyon •Thwomp Ruins
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		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport •Dolphin Shoals •Electrodrome •Mount Wario
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		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock •3DS Piranha Plant Slide •Wii Grumble Volcano •N64 Rainbow Road
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		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park •GBA Cheese Land •Wild Woods •Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City •GBA Ribbon Road •Super Bell Subway •Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade •3DS Toad Circuit •N64 Choco Mountain •Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur •DS Shroom Ridge •GBA Sky Garden •Ninja Hideaway
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		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint •GBA Snow Land •Wii Mushroom Gorge •Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop •GBA Boo Lake •3DS Rock Rock Mountain •Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways •DS Peach Gardens •Merry Mountain •3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift •GBA Riverside Park •Wii DK Summit •Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush •DS Mario Circuit •GCN Waluigi Stadium •Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash •GCN Daisy Cruiser •Wii Moonview Highway •Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps •GBA Sunset Wilds •Wii Koopa Cape •Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti •GCN DK Mountain •Wii Daisy Circuit •Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive •3DS Rosalina's Ice World •SNES Bowser Castle 3 •Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses	Wii U	New courses	Mario Circuit •Toad Harbor
	Wii U	Classic courses	Wii Moo Moo Meadows •GCN Dry Dry Desert •SNES Donut Plains 3 •N64 Toad's Turnpike •GCN Sherbet Land •N64 Yoshi Valley
	Switch	New courses	Battle Stadium •Sweet Sweet Kingdom •Dragon Palace •Lunar Colony •Urchin Underpass
	Switch	Classic courses	3DS Wuhu Town •GCN Luigi's Mansion •SNES Battle Course 1
Other
Items			Banana •Blooper •Boo •Boomerang Flower •Bullet Bill •Coin •Crazy Eight •Feather •Fire Flower •Golden Mushroom •Green Shell •Lightning •Mushroom •Piranha Plant •Red Shell •Spiny Shell •Super Horn •Triple Bananas •Triple Green Shells •Triple Mushrooms •Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity Panel •Arrow field^c •Barrel •Bath Bomb^c •Beach Ball^c •Bell^a •Board •Bob-omb Car^c •Boulder •Bowser Statue •Bus •Bumper^c •Cannon •Car •Cargo truck •Cash •Ceiling Needle^c •Clock hand •Coin •Crate •Current •Dash Panel •Dash panel ramp truck •Drain pipe •Falling Pillar •Fire •Fire Bar •Fire Chain •Flipper^c •Glide Ramp •Goal Ring^c •Hoop^c •Hot-air balloon •Half-pipe^c •Ice •Icicle^c •Item Box •Lava Geyser •Leaf pile^a •Master Sword^a •Mecha Piranha Plant^c •Metal ball^c •Mine Cart^a •Mushroom Platform^c •Mushroom Trampoline^c •Oil slick •Pickup truck •Pit^a •Ring •Roller •Rupee^a •Snowboy^a •Snowman •Spin Boost Pillar •Spinner •Spinning tube^c •Submarine •Table^c •Tire stack •Toy Duck^c •Toy Goomba^c •Traffic cone •Train^a •Volcanic debris •Water Geyser^c •Winged Cloud^c
Enemies and species			Big Wiggler^c •Bone Piranha Plant •Boo •Bouncing Note •Bulber^c •Chain Chomp •Cheep Cheep •Clampy^c •Deku Baba^a •Dolphin •Dry Bones •Exploring Shy Guy^c •Fire Piranha Plant^c •Fire Snake •Fish Bone •Freezie •Frogoon •Fuzzy^c •Goomba •Goomba Tower •Goonie^c •Hammer Knight •Huffin Puffin^c •Incoming Chomp^c •Innertube Goomba^c •Jellybeam •Keese^a •Lava Bowser •Manta •Mecha Cheep •Mechakoopa •Mini Toad^a •Monty Mole •Moo Moo •Mr. Resetti^a •Nep-Enut^c •Noki •Penguin^c •Petal Guy^c •Pianta •Piranha Plant •Pokey •Ptooie^c •Raving Piranha Plant •Rocky Wrench^c •Screaming Pillar •Shoe^c •Sidestepper •Skating Shy Guy •Small bird •Snowboarding Shy Guy^c •Star Thwomp^a •Stilt Guy^c •Swoop •Thwomp •Tiki Goon •Toad •Unagi •Whomp^c •Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity •Drift •Hop •Mini-Turbo •Rocket Start •Slipstream •Spin Boost •Spin Turn •Jump Boost •U-turn •Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam (Canal)^c •Athens (Hadrian's Arch ·Parthenon)^c •Bangkok^c •Berlin (Berlin Wall ·Brandenburg Gate ·Charlottenburg Palace)^c •Bowser's Castle •Daisy Cruiser^a •DK's Tree House •Hammer Bros. Sphinx •London (Big Ben ·Tower Bridge ·Tower of London)^c •Luigi's Mansion •Madrid (Prado Museum ·Ventas Bullring)^c •New York (Empire State Building ·Statue of Liberty ·Rockefeller Center)^c •Paris (Arc de Triomphe ·Cathedral of Notre Dame ·Eiffel Tower ·Louvre)^c •Rome (Colosseum ·Spanish Steps ·Trevi Fountain)^c •Peach's Castle •Sydney^c •Tokyo^c •Vancouver^c
Battle modes			Balloon Battle •Renegade Roundup •Bob-omb Blast •Coin Runners •Shine Thief
Music			"Battle Stadium" • "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Lunar Colony" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Rainbow Road" • "Sky-High Sundae"^c • "Squeaky Clean Sprint"^c • "Super Bell Subway"^a • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"^a
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour •Mario Kart 8 Champions of San Diego •Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Worldwide	My Nintendo Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Community Challenge
		North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon •Mario Kart North American Open •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	2017 online tournaments •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays •Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Championship 2024
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup •Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego •Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" •Cheese^a •Emblem •Finish line •Gallery (Deluxe) •Ghost •Glitches •Gravity •Heart^c •Highlight Reel •Hyrule Castle^a •In-game statistics (Deluxe) •Item probability distributions •Lakitu •The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8^a •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass^c •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Review Roundup •Mario Kart 8 From the Pit •Mario Kart Band •Mario Kart Cube Puzzle 9-koma •Mario Kart TV •Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a •Miiverse •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •Poochy^c •Pre-release and unused content •Soundtrack •Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 ·Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ·Booster Course Pass) •Stamp (list) •Update history
RelatedPlay Nintendo activities			Mario Kart 8 Party Starter •Take a spin in one of these beauties! •Gaming gardens trivia quiz •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart Customizer Game •Leaf it to me •Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Memory Match-Up •One cup, four tracks… •Racing through this poll
Indicates exclusivity toMario Kart 8 ^a Indicates downloadable content inMario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity toMario Kart 8 Deluxe ^b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later ofMario Kart 8 Deluxe ^c Indicates content available in theMario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass