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 (or in some cases, ceiling) 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 (if attempting to clip through a ceiling, this direction is less important).
• When Mario's feet are facing towards the wall or ceiling, input a cap throw. The direction does not matter.
• 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 causes Mario's in-game position to be closer to the wall or ceiling than normally possible. The moon then forces Mario's hit sensors to be above his position, which should now be partially out of bounds.
• After collecting the moon, continue moving in the direction of the wall (or cap bounce to stay above a ceiling) 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 known moon clip locations:

Kingdom	Moon	Movement	Use	Video
Cap Kingdom	Bonneters Blockade	Long Jump	Theorized to save time for the Dark Side and Darker Side categories.	Link
Cascade Kingdom	Treasure of the Waterfall Basin	Backflip	Saves time in multiple categories. Known as Chest Clip.	Link
Sand Kingdom	Hidden Room in the Flowing Sands	Roll		Link
Sand Kingdom	Desert Gardening: Plaza Seed Desert Gardening: Ruins Seed Desert Gardening: Seed on the Cliff	Backflip		Link
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 multiple categories. Known as Nut Clip.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut 'Round the Corner	Backflip	Saves time in the Darker Side category.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut in the Red Maze	Triple jump	Saves time in multiple categories. Known as Maze Clip.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut in the Red Maze	2p bounce	A faster version of Maze Clip for two-player mode.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	The Nut that Grew on the Tall Fence	Backflip		Link
Wooded Kingdom	Flooding Pipeway Ceiling Secret	Triple jump	Used as a shortcut in the Flooding Pipeway room.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Flooding Pipeway Ceiling Secret	2p vault	A faster Flooding Pipeway clip for two-player mode.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Secret Path to the Steam Gardens!	2p vault	Grants access to Morning Wooded.	Link
Wooded Kingdom	Found with Moon Kingdom Art	Backflip		Link
Lost Kingdom	Below the Cliff's Edge	Backflip	Theorized to save time for the Dark Side and Darker Side categories.	Link
Lost Kingdom	Cave Gardening	Backflip	Has been theorized to potentially save time in some categories.	Link
Lost Kingdom	Inside the Stone Cage	Backflip	Theorized to save time in Any%.	Link
Lost Kingdom	Inside the Rising Stone Pillar	Triple jump		Link
Lost Kingdom	Peeking Out from Under the Bridge	2p bounce	Saves time in multiple two-player categories.	Link
Metro Kingdom	Inside an Iron Girder	Backflip		Link
Metro Kingdom	City Hall Lost & Found	Backflip		Link
Metro Kingdom	Secret Girder Tunnel!	2p vault	Saves time in Minimum Captures.	Link
Snow Kingdom	Behind Snowy Mountain	Triple jump		Link
Snow Kingdom	Shining in the Snow in Town	Backflip	Saves time in multiple categories. Known as Snow Moon Clip.	Link
Luncheon Kingdom	Climb the Cheese Rocks	Backflip	Saves time in Minimum Captures.	Link
Ruined Kingdom	In the Ancient Treasure Chest	Sideflip	Saves time in the Dark Side and Darker Side categories.	Link