Frying Pan
| Frying Pan | |
|---|---|
 Artwork of the Frying Pan from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | |
| Description | |
| "Enough iron to be dangerous!" (Super Mario RPG) "Tayce T.'s frying pan. Return it to her." (Paper Mario) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
Frying Pans (formatted either uppercase or lowercase) appear in the Super Mario franchise as items commonly associated with Princess Peach, especially as a weapon.
History[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
The Frying Pan, initially identified as a Metal Plate, is a weapon in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake. It can be bought for 300 coins from the Miner's Store, located in the Moleville item shop, but only after defeating the Axem Rangers. The Frying Pan increases Peach's Attack rating by 90, and it is her most powerful weapon.
Game & Watch Gallery series[edit]
A pan appears in Game & Watch Gallery 2 and Game & Watch Gallery 4, where it is used in Chef, with Peach specifically using it in the Modern version to make food for Yoshi.
Paper Mario[edit]
A Frying Pan appears in Paper Mario as a special item. After Mario and his partners free the third Star Spirit, Skolar, and go back to Toad Town as usual, they see the Shy Guys from Shy Guy's Toy Box stealing items from Toads and doing pranks all over the town. When Mario goes near Tayce T.'s house, one of the Shy Guys steals her Frying Pan and hides it in Shy Guy's Toy Box. Since the Frying Pan is stolen, Tayce T. cannot cook recipes for Mario for the time being.
The item is located in the Pink Station area of Shy Guy's Toy Box. To access the station, Mario has to first get the Storeroom Key in the Blue Station area that is guarded by an enemy or an item cast by Kammy Koopa. After collecting the key from the treasure chest, Mario must return it to Harry, who then lets Mario access his storeroom. The storeroom contains an important item, the Toy Train. Just outside the Toy Box, Mario throws the Toy Train into the box, gaining access to the Pink Station. After Mario arrives at the Pink Station, he eventually notices an enemy or an item "guarding" the treasure chest containing the Frying Pan.
When Mario returns the Frying Pan to Tayce T., she rewards Mario by baking a Cake. The Cake is needed to pass Gourmet Guy.
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
A frying pan appears throughout the Super Smash Bros. series in Peach's forward smash attack, along with a tennis racket and a golf club, beginning with Super Smash Bros. Melee, followed by her other playable appearances in the series. A frying pan in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is used by Daisy is the same manner.
Mario Kart series[edit]
A Frying Pan appears in Mario Kart Arcade GP, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX as one of Peach's character items. The item is used to attack Peach's opponents with a powerful blow.
Super Mario Odyssey[edit]
In Super Mario Odyssey, frying pans replace hammers as the weapon of choice of the Hammer Bros. in the Luncheon Kingdom. If Mario captures one of these Hammer Bros., he can throw frying pans as an attack as well, and use them to destroy mounds of cheese rocks to uncover hidden objects.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Toad is shown carrying a frying pan in his backpack. In the film, he uses it to distract the guards in front of Peach's Castle with makeshift cooking so that Mario can sneak in to meet Peach. Toad later takes it out of his backpack when he and Peach go to confront Bowser. He most likely intended to use it as a weapon, similarly to how Peach uses her frying pan in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and the Super Smash Bros. series.
In an International variation of the film's Illumination logo, Toad, after trying to fend a Goomba off with various knick-knacks, bashes it upside the head with his frying pan only to be chased by a Goomba Tower.
Gallery[edit]
Peach using a frying pan from Game & Watch Gallery 2
Peach using her frying pan in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario and a Hammer Bro having a frying pan battle in Super Mario Odyssey
Peach using the Frying Pan on Wizakoopa in the Nintendo Switch remake of Super Mario RPG
Toad with his frying pan in promotional art of The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Names in other languages[edit]
- Frying Pan
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フライパン[?] Furai Pan |
Frying Pan | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 煎盘[1] Jiānpán |
Frying Pan | Paper Mario |
| 平底锅[?] Píngdǐ Guō |
Super Mario RPG | ||
| Chinese (traditional) | 平底鍋[?] Píngdǐ Guō |
Frying Pan | |
| Dutch | Koekenpan[?] | Frying pan | |
| French | Poêle à frire[?] | Frying pan | |
| German | Bratpfanne[?] | Frying pan | |
| Italian | Padella[?] | Pan | |
| Korean | 프라이팬[?] Peurai Paen |
Frying Pan | |
| Spanish | Sartén[?] | Frying pan |
- Metal Plate
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | とってつき 丸い鉄の板[?] Totte-tsuki Marui Tetsu no Ita |
Round Iron Plate with handle | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 有提手的圆形铁板[?] Yǒutíshǒu de yuánxíngtiěbǎn |
Round Iron Plate with handle | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 附有握把的圓形鐵板[?] Fùyǒuwòbǎ de yuánxíngtiěbǎn |
Round Iron Plate with handle | |
| Dutch | een soort ijzeren... bord... met een steel?[?] | a kind of iron... plate... with a handle? | |
| French (NOA) | Plaque de métal[?] | Metal plate | |
| French (NOE) | ni plus ni moins qu'une plaque de métal ronde sertie d'une poignée[?] | no more or less than a round metal plate set with a handle | |
| German | Eine Art, äh... Riesenlöffel? Aus Metall?[?] | Some kind of a... giant spoon? Made of metal? | |
| Italian | placca di metallo[?] | metal plate | |
| Korean | 손잡이가 달린 둥근 철판[?] Sonjabiga Dallin Dunggeun Cheolpan |
Round Iron Plate with handle | |
| Spanish | Una especie de placa de metal[?] | A kind of metal plate |
References[edit]
- ^ Paper Mario (iQue) screenshot. Imgur (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 27, 2024.
