Vegetable
| Vegetable | |
|---|---|
 Peach, pulling a normal vegetable from the ground in Brawl. | |
| User | Peach |
| Universe | Mario |
Vegetable is Peach's down special move. It involves her picking large turnips from the ground. These turnips function similarly to items, though they disappear if they touch the ground. The faces on the Vegetables depict the damage and knockback that will be given, and are picked randomly, though better faces are, of course, rarer. Sometimes Peach will pull different items from the ground, including Beam Swords, Bob-ombs and Mr. Saturns, however, the chances are very low (1/300). Vegetables fall very slowly, and as such, it is very easy to grab one after having been hit by one. As such, turnips will disappear in mid-air after a certain amount of time.
In Brawl, Vegetables have a shorter overall presence. They disappear when they hit the ground rather than going through it. If Peach is interrupted while plucking one from the ground, it will remain in the ground for a brief period, during which anyone can pluck it out. They also disappear upon hitting a shield or attack, rather than bouncing. In addition, the chances of Peach pulling out something other than a turnip is greater. Size scaling is more refined in Brawl, so if Peach grows/shrinks while she is holding a Vegetable, they will also change in size with her.
Peach has a combined 1/58 chance of not pulling up a regular Vegetable, but instead get an item such as a Beam Sword, Bob-omb, Mr. Saturn, or the "Stitchface" Vegetable. The turnip with the "stitch face" or "dot-shaped eyes" is Peach's strongest attack, the "stitch face" doing 36% damage and the "dot-shaped eyes" doing 16% damage with high knockback, and can still be grabbed in the air and thrown again. The "stitchface" Vegetable is strong enough to KO opponents above 72%.
The Bob-omb is also Peach's strongest attack. Bob-Omb are quite dangerous item. It does 25-38% damage in Melee with severe knockback and does 25-36% damage in Brawl and also does severe knockback. Peach's most powerful move when the opponent is caught in the explosion. In Brawl since Bob-Ombs can KO opponents at low damage (under 60% with side smash throw) with very high knockback scaling, this usually helps Peach since she had difficulty landing her fairly weak KO moves (although pulling a Bob-Ombs is unpredictable as the chance of pulling a random item is 1/58 chance and she will receive damage if she is very close to the explosion).
Origin
Vegetables were some of the main weapons in Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario USA in Japan), the others being the enemies themselves. Though they closely resemble Daikon radishes, some players identify them as turnips.
Manual Descriptions
Melee manual description
"Pluck vegetables from the stage and hurl them at enemies."
Brawl manual description
"Pluck a veggie and carry it until you're ready to throw it."
Gallery
Sprites of vegetables from the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 2.
Peach throwing a vegetable in Melee.
Peach with the rare "stitch face" vegetable in Brawl.
Trivia
- In Brawl, if one plucks out a Beam Sword while using this move, the sword's range will be severely decreased, as Peach will use her turnip throwing animation to swing the sword rather than her proper item swinging animation. After about a minute of wielding it, the picking up an item sound will be heard and Peach will be able to use it normally. This effect can also be cancelled by dropping the sword and picking it up again, as well as taunting or using Toad.
- Vegetables are one of the primary steps in activating the Black hole glitch.
