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'''Blimps''' are a type of transportation that appears in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]] which either take [[Mario]] and other characters to a different location or are used as background objects. They are similar to their [[Wikipedia:Blimp|real world counterparts]], but their design may differ depending on the game.

In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', a [[Luigi]] blimp can be seen in [[Luigi Circuit (GBA)|Luigi Circuit]] and [[Sky Garden]]. In Luigi Circuit, the blimp waits until the third lap to take off and fly around, whereas it is directly in the air in Sky Garden.

The Luigi blimp from ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' reappears in [[Luigi Circuit (GBA)#Mario Kart DS|<small>GBA</small> Luigi Circuit]], but the blimp cannot be seen in [[Luigi Circuit (GCN)#Mario Kart DS|<small>GCN</small> Luigi Circuit]] outside of the demo version of the game. In the GBA track, the blimp starts to take off on the second lap.

A blimp reappears once again in [[Luigi Circuit (Wii)|Luigi Circuit]], this time being strangely a [[Cheep Cheep]]-shaped blimp and not a Luigi balloon. It can be seen taking off from a landing plateform in the middle of a lake located inside the race track and flying overhead afterwards.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', a blimp resembling the one from ''Mario Kart Wii'' appears, the '''Cheep Blimp''', a large and [[Cheep Cheep]]-shaped blimp. Its only purpose is to take [[Mario]] to the floating town of [[Glitzville]]. Mario must obtain a [[Blimp Ticket]] from [[Don Pianta]] in order to ride the Cheep Blimp. A Cheep Cheep conductor named [[Stewart]] operates the Cheep Blimp. It is the first notable blimp in the ''Mario'' franchise.

===''Mario & Luigi': Dream Team''===

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' appears the '''Zeeppelin''', the blimp used to carry Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toadsworth, and some Toads from Peach's Castle to [[Pi'illo Island]]. The name "Zeeppelin" comes from the word [[Wikipedia:Zeppelin|zeppelin]], a rigid blimp invented in Germany, with an extra "e" to make it match many other spellings in the game (Zeekeeper, Zee Parts, etc.). During the flight, Luigi falls asleep and dreams of Antasma coming on board, which is when Toadsworth teaches Mario how to fight. After the fight, Luigi dreams that the Zeeppelin crashes, though in reality, it lands safely in [[Pi'illo Blimport]] (as stated by another Brock). It is the second notable blimp in the ''Mario'' franchise.

*The music accompanying the Cheep Blimp's flight is the ''Athletic'' level theme from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', although the song is only completely recognizable when Mario first uses the blimp. The rest of the theme has been redone so it sounds more original.