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Grab Block

Artwork from Super Mario World

First appearance

Super Mario World (1990)

Latest appearance

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)

Variant of

Rotating Block

Comparable
White Block

Grab Blocks,^[1] also referred to as Blue Blocks,^[2] are blocks in Super Mario World. They resemble Rotating Blocks but are dark blue in color. Grab Blocks can be picked up, causing them to start flashing,^[3] and kicked away to defeat enemies or reach distant Prize Blocks. A Grab Block breaks a few seconds after being picked up. Yoshi can instantly swallow any activated Grab Block. A minor glitch occurs if the player takes a Grab Block through a pipe, causing the block to last indefinitely. Grab Blocks are first seen in Yoshi's Island 2.

A similar type of block named the White Block was previously introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3, except it resembles either a white or light-blue Brick Block. New Super Mario Bros. Wii would go on to introduce its own similar type, Ice Block, except it is slippery and does not self-destruct.

Profiles

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Instruction booklet description:
- English (United Kingdom):
  You can carry and throw these blocks.^[4]
- Other languages:
  French:
  Vous pouvez tenir ce bloc ou le lancer.^[5]
  
  German:
  Diesen Block kannst du mitnehmen oder werfen.^[6]
  
  Italian:
  Questi mattoni li puoi prendere e tirare.^[7]
  
  Spanish:
  Usa estos bloques para lantarlos contra un objetivo que esté lejos de tu alcance.^[8]

Gallery

Sprite from Super Mario World
Screenshot from Super Mario World
Donut Secret House in Super Mario World
Star World 3 in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ブルブルブロック Buruburu Burokku	Play on「ブルブル」(buruburu, "shivering") and「クルクルブロック」(Kurukuru Burokku, "Rotating Block"); may also incorporate「ブルー」(burū, "blue")		^[9]
Japanese	青あおブロック Ao Burokku	Blue Block	Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten	^[10]
Dutch	Grijpblok	Grab block		^[11]
French	Bloc à empoigner	Grab block		^[12]
German	Nimm mit-Block	Take Me Block		^[6]
Italian	Blocco da afferrare	Grab block		^[13]^[14]
Italian	Mattone da presa	Grab brick	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	^[7]
Portuguese	Bloco de Apanhar	Grab Block		^[15]
Spanish	Bloque arrojadizo	Throwable block		^[8]
Spanish	Agarrar bloque	Grab block, mistakenly translated as a verb	Super Mario World	^[16]

References

^ 1991. Super Mario World Instruction Booklet (PDF). Redmond: Nintendo of America. Page 22.
^ August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
^ "When you pick up a Grab Block, it will begin to flash." – Tsuboike, Yoshio, et al. (Winter 2002). Nintendo Power Advance Volume 4. Nintendo of America. Page 13.
^ 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). Page 9.
^ 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). Page 49.
^ ^a ^b 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). Page 29.
^ ^a ^b 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). Page 109.
^ ^a ^b 2002. Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian). Page 89.
^ Super Mario World Japanese instruction booklet (fold-out)
^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 45.
^ 1992. Super Mario World mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch). Page 52. (Archived via Notipix.)
^ 1992. Super Mario World mode d'emploi / Handleiding. Nederland, Brussels: Nintendo (French, Dutch). Page 22. (Archived via Notipix.)
^ 1992. Super Mario World Libretto di Istruzioni. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 22. (Archived 29 Apr. 2019 via Mario's Castle by Alessandro "Stormkyleis" Imbesi.)
^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 61.
^ 1991. Super Mario World Manual de Instruções. Cotia: Nintendo (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 22.
^ https://www.scribd.com/document/916524818/manual-de-super-mario-world-snes-spanol

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Moves		Carry • Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles		Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Buddy Swarm • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Sandbar • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
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	Courses	"Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM")
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Adaptations		4koma Manga Ōkoku (Super Mario: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7) • GO! GO! Mario World • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Super Mario (Kodansha manga) (Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 1 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 2 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 4 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 5 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 6 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 7 · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (Mario Olympics) · Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World (Time Traveler)) • Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater (books: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 10) • Super Mario Adventures • Super Mario World (television series) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land • Super Mario-kun (Volumes: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6)
^a Exclusive to Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

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