{"id":"spiny-shell","name":"Mario Kart Blue Shell","summary":"The Spiny Shell, better known as the Mario Kart Blue Shell, is the winged projectile that hunts down whoever is in first place and blows them up seconds before the finish line. Introduced in Mario Kart 64 in 1996, it turned into gaming's most notorious rubber-banding item and a running joke across webcomics, Robot Chicken sketches, and a decade of angry forum posts.","tags":["mario kart blue shell","spiny shell","mario kart 64","blue shell meme","nintendo","hideki konno","super horn","mario kart 8"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spiny-shell/spiny-shell-mario-kart-8-spiny-shell.webp","caption":"The Spiny Shell (commonly called the Blue Shell) as it appears in Mario Kart 8, one of the most infamous items in the Mario Kart series.","width":774,"height":770,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spiny-shell/spiny-shell-blue-shell-bible-quote-art.webp","caption":"Fan artwork of the Spiny Shell paired with the biblical quote from Matthew 20:16, playing on the item's role of punishing the frontrunner.","width":680,"height":453,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spiny-shell/spiny-shell-tumblr-blue-shell-doomed-post.webp","caption":"A Tumblr reaction post humorously equating a menacing Smash Bros. moment with the dread of seeing a Blue Shell approach.","width":500,"height":532,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spiny-shell/spiny-shell-blue-shell-demotivational-poster.webp","caption":"A demotivational poster commemorating the Blue Shell as the dream-crushing item that has frustrated Mario Kart players since 1996.","width":680,"height":494,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/spiny-shell/history.md","related":["mario-kart","dr-mario","luigi","luigis-death-stare","doug-bowser","nintendo","koopa-troopa-dance","mario-the-idea-vs-mario-the-man","super-mario-world-ending-theme-monkey-circle","the-rainbow-road-song","waluigi","but-our-princess-is-in-another-castle"],"popularityRank":746,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}