Pie

Pie
A mouthwatering Pie from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
Information
Description	If you hit an opponent behind you with it, their screen gets covered in whipped cream.
First Appearance	Mario Kart Arcade GP (2005)
Most Recent Appearance	Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)

A Pie is an item that was introduced in Mario Kart Arcade GP. Similar to the Blooper, obstructs the view of opponents with cream.

Because it's classified as a Basic Item, Pies don't have to be unlocked any of the games they appear in (all 3 of the Mario Kart arcade games. This item is arcade-exclusive.

Offense

Mario's a part-time racer, part-time clown.

After hitting an Item Box and obtaining a Pie, you are now free to throw it behind you (no, it cannot be flung straight forwards like some can) at an approaching racer. Similar to shooting a Green Shell backwards, excellent aim is needed to actually hit someone because flies in a straight line. If you do manage to hit an opponent, the Pie will splatter all over their windshield/face. The cream makes seeing the road a very difficult task. No damage is inflicted though, so in a way, the pie is like a less powerful Blooper because it can't obstruct them for sure, only hits a maximum of one, and that one has to be behind your kart.

Defense

Cream covers DK's face...

Place behind Items are usually the way to go when you want to avoid any enemy racer Item attacks. Pies have the capability to block incoming projectiles. Just use it once the Item is nearly upon you. That excellent aim has come into effect one again, though. Most of the times, blocks with a Pie won't happen. If an Item is up ahead of you, your best choice is to dodge, because Pies for some odd reason can't be chucked forwards. It's against game rules...

Protection

Pies go back in a straight line. So, using a Shell, Basin, Tornado, or any other forwards moving Item should deflect the Pie. Also, Items that grant invincibility such as a Shield or Reflect Shield can block them.

Trivia!

• Mario Kart Arcade GP also referred to these Items as Cream Pies.
• Like most throwing or "placing" Items, the Pie has a tripled variant, the Triple Pie. As you might guess, it gives you three throws to hit racers behind you.
• There's a seemingly unrelated Item known as the Pie Kart in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. They share the same basis of pies but do two totally different things.

Gallery

The thrice-deadly brother of the brother of the Pie, the Triple Pie.

"Dinner is served." ~Mario

The Pie and Triple Pie marked "NEW" on the Item select screen.

An Interrupting Frame, a Green Shell, and a Pie selected for the Item Roulette.

The Pie icon during a race.