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A moon clip is a type of out-of-bounds clip that involves attaining skew at the moment Mario collects a Power Moon, so that the animation of collecting the moon forces Mario upright at the position of his feet, thus forcing him partially through an adjacent wall or ceiling. The Power Moon used for the clip must be uncollected, meaning that a player will only have one attempt to perform a moon clip unless they create a backup of their save file.

Execution

The most common method used to perform moon clips is using a backflip against the wall the player wishes to clip through, and using a moon that is spawned in rather than preexisting.

As a general method to moon clip in this manner:

Begin spawning the moon.
At the correct moment, perform a backflip while facing away from the wall.
Just before the peak of the backflip, input a cap throw toward the wall.
If done correctly, the moon should become solid at the same moment the cap throw occurs, causing Mario to collect it during the skew induced by the cap throw. This will force Mario upright at the position of his feet, placing him partially into the wall.
After collecting the moon, continue moving in the direction of the wall to ensure Mario does not clip back into bounds.

Examples

There are a few notable moon clips that have been made applicable for speedrunning:

Each of these clips requires a slightly different timing for the inputs, since the moon positioning and timing is different for each.

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-A '''moon clip''' is a type of out-of-bounds clip that involves attaining [[skew]] at the moment Mario collects a [[Power Moon]], so that the animation of collecting the moon forces Mario upright at the position of his feet, thus forcing him through an adjacent wall or ceiling. The Power Moon used for the clip must be uncollected, meaning that a player will only have one attempt to perform a moon clip unless they create a backup of their save file.
+A '''moon clip''' is a type of out-of-bounds clip that involves attaining [[skew]] at the moment Mario collects a [[Power Moon]], so that the animation of collecting the moon forces Mario upright at the position of his feet, thus forcing him partially through an adjacent wall or ceiling. The Power Moon used for the clip must be uncollected, meaning that a player will only have one attempt to perform a moon clip unless they create a backup of their save file.
 ==Execution==
-To perform a moon clip, one will need to execute a backflip while facing away from the wall, and cancel the backflip animation by performing a cap throw toward the wall just as Mario collects the Power Moon. Mario's hitbox tilts sideways when he performs a cap throw during a backflip in this manner, and collecting the moon forces his hitbox upright. However, if his hitbox is tilted into a wall, Mario will be half-bounds after he is forced upright, allowing him to be moved fully out of bounds after the moon cutscene is over.
+The most common method used to perform moon clips is using a [[backflip]] against the wall the player wishes to clip through, and using a moon that is spawned in rather than preexisting.
+As a general method to moon clip in this manner:
+* Begin spawning the moon.
+* At the correct moment, perform a backflip while facing away from the wall.
+* Just before the peak of the backflip, input a cap throw toward the wall.
+* If done correctly, the moon should become solid at the same moment the cap throw occurs, causing Mario to collect it during the [[skew]] induced by the cap throw. This will force Mario upright at the position of his feet, placing him partially into the wall.
+* After collecting the moon, continue moving in the direction of the wall to ensure Mario does not clip back into bounds.
 ==Examples ==