Thwomp

, also called Thwomp Traps, are a recurring enemy in the . They first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3.
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===Physical description===
Thwomps are large stone face creatures usually having a cube-shaped body. While this part remains consistent, Thwomps have gone through a series of design differences throughout the years, a lot of which concerns the outer edge of their body, but Thwomps are usually either gray in color or, to a lesser extent, blue or turquoise. In various appearances, a Thwomp's eyes consist of glowing white dots in a dark space. Thwomps can sometimes vary in size, with the largest Thwomps appearing in Wario's Woods.
The outer edge of a Thwomp is often covered in blunt spikes. Super Mario Kart is the first game in which Thwomps lack spikes, and they are instead plain blocks of rectangular-shaped stones.
For their Super Mario 64 design, Thwomps have a blue body with smooth edges (although not as smooth as in the Super Mario Kart design), and they lack spikes of any sort. Their Super Mario 64 design went on to be reused in Mario Kart 64 (albeit with a different face), early games, and Mario Pinball Land. Not including remakes or ports, Mario Party Advance is the last game that depicts Thwomps with their Super Mario 64 design.
Games such as Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Party 7 use an updated version of their common rectangular-shaped stone appearance from games such as Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. Thwomps were given a chiseled-edge design in Super Mario Galaxy, also used in some other 3D Super Mario games like Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Thwomps were given another different design that covers their outer edge in spikes, and Thwomps with chiseled edges and metal spikes sometimes appear in the same game, such as with Super Mario Maker 2.
===Behavior===
In the 2D installments, Thwomps are usually on the ceiling, biding their time until Mario or another playable character runs underneath a Thwomp, upon which it falls down to try and crush the character. In Super Mario 64, Thwomps instead have a behavior of crashing down then moving up repeatedly, and this is the first time they make a grunting sound upon landing. In some appearances, Thwomps move either horizontally or diagonally.
In the , Thwomps generally have a different behavior where they repeatedly slam onto the ground then travel back up to repeat the process again shortly afterward. This is unlike the Super Mario platforming titles, in which Thwomps only slam down when a character approaches. Upon crashing down, Thwomp either crushes a racer or just acts as a brief roadblock.
Despite being made of stone, which is not molten, Thwomps are shown to be invulnerable to lava.
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==Behind the scenes==
===Etymology===
'Thwomp' is most likely the onomatopoeia for something large and strong hitting the ground with great force.
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