Torn Paintings

Torn Paintings are anomalous paintings that can appear in place of regular paintings in some personalized copy of Super Mario 64. They usually manifest as tattered and/or torn paintings. These paintings can usually be fixed through various means, usually finding shreds of paintings in Princess Peach's Castle or other levels, though some report that these paintings cannot be fixed.

Some people have reported that the Torn Paintings can be entered to lead to a "broken" form of the level, often missing assets or have glitched geometry. Alternatively, other people have reported that the holes in the painting can lead to small spaces in between the walls that can usually contain 1-Ups or occasionally stars.

In some copies, Torn Paintings can be created with inaccessible paintings by punching or kicking them several times, which will usually open secret passages that can lead to hidden levels (such as the Secret Aquarium if it is moved), 1-Ups or stars, similarly to natural Torn Paintings.