Warp pipes are pipes, usually green, that can be found throughout the Mushroom Kingdom in the Mario series of video games. Their existence is linked to the fact that Mario and Luigi are plumbers, though it is unknown whether the warp pipes' existence or the Marios' occupation was first.

Warp Pipe, a video game software developer, took their name from this item.

Appearances

Pipes were featured in Mario Bros., where they were situated two on each side of the screen, and they sprouted enemies for Mario and Luigi to dispatch, and coins for them to pick up. If an enemy entered a pipe at the bottom of the screen, it would pop back out of a corresponding pipe at the top of the screen. These pipes are similar to the warp pipes featured in later games, although Mario and Luigi could not use them.

Warp pipes appeared in Super Mario Bros. dispersed throughout levels. Many served no function or only held piranha plants, but certain warp pipes allowed Mario to enter bonus "coin rooms", underwater sections, or shortcuts (in warp zones). They were replaced in Super Mario Bros. 2 with vases, which acted similarly: the character would shrink and enter the vase, and such areas were usually similar to places Mario might reach with warp pipes in the preceding game. The original Warp pipe design reappeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. Super Mario World introduced the different colored (non-green) warp pipes. It is also a furniture decoration of the Mario series in Animal Crossing.

Warp pipes also appear in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64, and the Mario Party series. They also appeared in Super Mario RPG instead of typical RPG stairwells. Warp pipes also appeared in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as giant pipes that players could drive through and also made some appearences in Super Mario Sunshine.