Moon clip

File:Nut Clip Tutorial by Tomshi

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.

The timing of the inputs for each moon clip will vary slightly, since the positioning and spawn time tends to vary.

Locations

The following is a list of some known moon clip locations:

Kingdom	Moon	Movement	Use	Video
Cascade Kingdom	Treasure of the Waterfall Basin	Backflip	Saves time in numerous speedruns. Known as Chest Clip.
Lake Kingdom	End of the Hidden Passage	Triple jump	A faster alternative to Lake Clip.	Link
Lake Kingdom	End of the Hidden Passage	2p vault	An even faster alternative to Lake Clip for two-player mode.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Tucked Away Inside the Tunnel	Backflip	Saves time in numerous speedruns. Known as Nut Clip.
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut in the Red Maze	Triple jump	Saves time in numerous speedruns. Known as Maze Clip.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut in the Red Maze	2p vault	A faster version of Maze Clip for two-player mode.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Flooding Pipeway Ceiling Secret	Triple jump	Used as a shortcut in the Flooding Pipeway room.	Link
Lost Kingdom	Inside the Stone Cage	Triple jump		Link
Lost Kingdom	Inside the Rising Stone Pillar	Triple jump		Link
Metro Kingdom	Inside an Iron Girder	Backflip	Speculated to save time in Any%.	Link
Snow Kingdom	Shining in the Snow in Town	Backflip	Saves time in numerous speedruns. Known as Snow Moon Clip.