Fire Flower

A Fire Flower is a flower from the Super Mario series of video games. It transforms Mario (or Luigi) into Fire Mario (or Fire Luigi). Fire Mario's trademark distinction is his all-white or mostly-white suit in many of the Mario games; however, Fire Mario is bright orange all over in the original version of Super Mario Bros. 3, and has a feather in his cap in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for Game Boy (most likely to illustrate the difference on the Game Boy's monochrome screen; in the official artwork for that game, Fire Mario is depicted with the character's regular color scheme). Fire Mario has the ability to throw bouncing fireballs at enemies.

Fire Flowers are routinely acquired when Mario hits a "?" block from below, but sometimes they're hidden in brick blocks or music-note blocks. In Super Mario Bros. 3, Fire Flowers can also be acquired in a game of "Concentration".

The fireballs can defeat some of the more common enemies in one hit, such as Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Paratroopas, Lakitu, and Spinies.

Fireballs can also be used sometimes to defeat Bowser and the Koopalings, with multiple hits. Buzzy Beetles are immune to fireballs in every Mario game in which they appear, as are many enemies found in fortresses and ghost houses such as Boos and Thwomps.