Gritzy Caves

Gritzy Caves
The brothers in Gritzy Caves
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Greater location	Mushroom Kingdom
Inhabitants	Dark Boos, Snifaros, Elite Boom Guys, Petey Piranha

The Gritzy Caves is a place in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. It is a series of caverns directly beneath the Koopaseum within the Gritzy Desert. Petey Piranha is found here during the course of the game.

Layout

The cavern has bluish stone and a sandy floor. Additionally, the walls are covered with vines and rock formations that resemble the heads of Piranha Plants. There are also many openings in the ceiling, allowing light in, however the cavern is mostly dim. Dark Boos, Elite Boom Guys, and Snifaros are enemies in this area. There are also Monty Moles as well, two of which run an Item Shop called the Monty Mart.

The battle with Petey Piranha in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi enter the Gritzy Caves through the floor of the Koopaseum. A group of Shroobs carrying hammers surround them. They then strike the ground, making a hole which the Mario Bros. fall in. When Mario and Luigi land unconscious, Baby Mario uses his hammer to wake Luigi up, only for him to become mad at him, causing the former and Baby Luigi to cry. Mario wakes up soon after and becomes mad at Luigi for upsetting the babies, who cries as well. While exploring the caves, the group encounters Kylie Koopa and a couple of Shroobs, only to see her fed to Petey Piranha who, earlier, had also eaten Princess Peach, but before the Mario Bros. can do anything, Petey Piranha burrows away.

After traveling through the cavern, the Mario Bros. finally battle Petey Piranha. Once defeated, he explodes and both Kylie and a Cobalt Star Shard fly out of him, but Princess Peach does not. Kylie explains that when she was eaten she saw the princess, however, Petey spat her out right after swallowing Kylie. The Mario Bros. proceed a little further to reach a dead end where they encounter "Peach" (who is really Princess Shroob) with a Shroob mushroom on her face, which leads to them returning to the Mushroom Kingdom's present time.

In the cave's first area, there is a Warp Pipe that takes the four bros. back to the main Gritzy Desert. When taking the pipe the first time, Luigi automatically hits the ! Block found on the other side that lowers a platform to the main area, preventing an unwinnable state.

The music for Gritzy Caves (as well as Peach's Castle Dungeon) is an arrangement of the Underground Theme from the original Super Mario Bros., like many other underground places of the Super Mario franchise.

Enemies

• Bob-omb
• Dark Boo
• Elite Boom Guy
• Snifaro
• Petey Piranha (boss)

Items

Item	Image	Location
Ultra Mushroom		Two are in the green block in the west high platform in the fourth scene in the second area.
Super Drop		Two are in the northeast ? Block in the scene to the east of the seventh scene in the second area.
Ultra Drop (x2)		In the red block in the northeast of the northeast scene in the first area. In the green block above the platform in the scene to the east of the seventh scene in the second area.
Red Pepper (x3)		Two are in the ? Block in the northwest of the cave behind the north scene in the first area. In the north ? Block in the east high platform in the fourth scene in the second area.
Green Pepper (x2)		Two are in the green block in the southeast of the cave behind the north scene in the first area.
Green Shell (x6)		Three are in the ? Block in the center of the fifth scene in the second area. Three are in the ? Block in the southeast of the second scene in the third area.
Bro Flower (x12)		Two are in the ? Block in the west of the east scene in the first area. Five are in the red block in the east of the fourth scene in the second area. Two are in the north ? Block in the seventh scene in the second area. Three are in the ? Block in the southwest of the second scene in the third area.
Cannonballer (x3)		Three are in the right ? Block in the south of the fourth scene in the second area.
Smash Egg (x3)		Three are in the ? Block in the south of the north scene of the first area.
Pocket Chomp (x5)		Two are in the ? Block in the cave behind the second scene in the second area. Three are in the ? Block in the northeast of the second scene in the third area.
Trampoline (x13)		Five are in the red block in the southwest of the north scene of the first area. Two are in the left ? Block in the cave behind the east scene in the first area. Three are in the ? Block in the south of the center-west scene in the first area. Three are in the ? Block in the northwest of the second scene in the third area.
Dire-Free Badge		In the left green block in the cave behind the center-west scene in the first area.
Big-DEF Badge		In the left red block in the middle of the second scene in the second area.
Big-POW Badge		In the red block in the east high platform in the fourth scene in the second area.
Bean (x12)		Near the south pipe in the northeast scene in the first area. In the southeast of the east scene in the first area. In the southwest of the southeast scene in the first area. In the northwest platform in the center-west scene in the first area. In the cave behind the center-west scene in the first area. In the northeast of the third scene in the second area. In the southwest of the third scene in the second area. In the east of the fifth scene in the second area. In the southwest of the fifth scene in the second area. In the west of the cave behind the sixth scene in the second area. In the northeast of the seventh scene in the second area. In the northeast of the second scene in the third area.

Map

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	砂漠地下[?] Sabaku Chika	Desert Underground
French	Grottes du désert[?]	Desert caves
German	Schleifsand-Höhlen[?]	Grinding sands Caves
Italian	Caverne del Gritzy[?]	Caves of the Gritzy
Korean	사막 지하[?] Samak Jiha	Desert Underground
Spanish	Bajo el Kooliseo[?]	Beneath the Koopaseum