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This is a list of various fictional and recurring characters who appear in the Mario series of video games created by Nintendo, as well as spin-off media, such as books, comics, and animated series.

Protagonists

Princess Daisy

Princess Daisy (デイジー姫, Deijī-Hime) (or simply Daisy) is the princess of Sarasaland. Daisy's debut appearance was in Super Mario Land, where she was kidnapped by the tyrannical alien Tatanga who plans to marry Daisy and rule over her home Kingdom, Sarasaland. Daisy appeared later in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddy. After a long hiatus of no game appearances, Daisy makes her return in the game Mario Tennis. After Mario Tennis, Daisy began to make reoccurring appearances in Mario sports and party games. Daisy is known to be good friends with Princess Peach, and is rumored in the Mario universe to be in a romantic relationship with Luigi.

Daisy's first voice actress was Kate Fleming in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Daisy's next voice actress was Jen Taylor, who provided her voice in Mario Party 3, Mario Party 4, and Mario Party 5. In every other game, Daisy has been and is currently voiced by Deanna Mustard. Outside of the video games, Daisy appears as one of the main characters in the Super Mario Bros. 1993 film, played by Samantha Mathis, and takes up her Super Mario Land role in the Game Boy comic books.

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong Jr. is the son of the original Donkey Kong was introduced in the video game of the same name, which featured him as its protagonist who saved his caged father from Mario. Donkey Kong Jr. also appeared in Donkey Kong 2, Donkey Kong Jr. Math and Donkey Kong Classics as the main character. In Donkey Kong '94, Donkey Kong Jr. appears as an obstacle throughout the game, attempting to impede Mario in his progress by pulling levers and throwing poison mushrooms at him. Donkey Kong Jr. also appears in Super Mario Kart and as an unlockable character in Mario Tennis.

Donkey Kong Jr. is also featured as a major character in the 1982 cartoon series Saturday Supercade, which has him searching for his runaway father, who was being chased by Mario and Pauline.

Professor E. Gadd

Professor Elvin Gadd (オヤ・マー博士, Oya Mā Hakase), more commonly known as E. Gadd, is a scientist that usually helps Mario and his friends with various inventions. In Japan, he is named after Nintendo game designer Yoshiyuki Oyama. He first appears in Luigi's Mansion, where he starts to investigate the mansion that mysteriously appeared by his house to study ghosts, his favorite subject. To help him study the ghosts, he uses the Poltergust 3000, an invention that can capture ghosts, and the Game Boy Horror, an invention to track and detect objects. He lends it to Luigi, and helps him on his quest. Other major inventions include his FLUDD and Magic Brush used in Super Mario Sunshine. A variety of items and weaponry created by E. Gadd have also appeared in the Mario Party series and the Mario Kart series. He is set to appear as a playable character for the first time in Mario Kart Wii.

Luigi

Mario

Pauline

Pauline (ポリーン, Porīn) is the woman whom Mario must rescue from the titular ape in the original Donkey Kong. In the same way Mario was originally called "Jumpman", Pauline was simply referred to as Lady (レディ, Redi) in Japan. It was during the game's distribution in North America that she was given the name Pauline after Polly James, the wife of Nintendo of America's warehouse manager, Don James. Following her first appearance in Donkey Kong, Pauline appeared in Family Basic and in Pinball for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Princess Peach, who was introduced in Super Mario Bros., took Pauline's place as damsel-in-distress in that game, eventually becoming Mario's primary romantic interest in the most of the subsequent games in the series.

Pauline did not appear in another game until the 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, where she was once again taken captive by Donkey Kong and his son. Whereas the original arcade game's cabinet depicts Pauline with blond hair, the Game Boy remake features a redesigned modern Pauline as a brunette, distinguishing her from the blond-haired Peach, wearing a red dress with a torn skirt. This version of Pauline makes an appearance in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS, where she appears as the guest of honor in the opening of the Super Mini-Mario World theme part.

Peach

Poochy

Poochy is a dog-like creature that first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, where he could be found in few levels and could be ridden by Yoshi over spikes and into enemies, who are instantly destroyed upon touching Poochy. In Tetris Attack, Poochy is among the denizens of Yoshi's Island who are brainwashed by Bowser and Kamek; Poochy must be battled and defeated by Yoshi in order to free him from this brainwashing. In Yoshi's Story, Poochy appears in some levels, but is smaller in size and can not be ridden, and can only be used to sniff for buried treasures.

Toad

Toad (キノピオ, Kinopio), is a humanoid mushroom that is both a single character and the collective name of the "Mushroom People" found in the Mushroom Kingdom. The Toad species first appeared in Super Mario Bros. as seven guards that serve Princess Peach, called Mushroom Retainers. Toad's voice is first heard in Mario Kart 64, which features actor Isaac Marshall. By the advent of the GameCube, Jen Taylor has continued to provide the voice of Toad until 2005, when Kelsey Hutchison took over for games such as Super Mario Strikers. Recently, Nicole Mills voiced him in Mario Party 8.

Toad first appears as a single character in Super Mario Bros. 2 as one of the four playable characters. He is stated to be the chief guard of the Mushroom Retainers. The character then goes on to star in Wario's Woods, and appear in the Mario Kart series and various sports games. In other games, he acts as an instructor, such as in the earlier Mario Party games, and helps guide characters in other games. As with the games, Toad plays a major supporting character in other forms of media starring Mario. He usually tags along with Mario in the various cartoons and comics as a sidekick.

Toadette

Toadette is a member of the Toad species that appears as a playable character in various spin-off games. She was first introduced in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! as the partner of Toad, and goes on to join other sports games and the Mario Party series. In other games, she simply acts as an instructor or a background character. In the games that she appeared in, she was voiced by Jen Taylor.

Toadsworth

Toadsworth (キノじい, Kinojii), voiced by Charles Martinet, is an elderly Toad steward of Princess Peach who has taken care of Peach since she was a toddler. He first appears in Super Mario Sunshine, where he travels to Isle Delfino with Mario, Princess Peach and an entourage of Toads. He plays similar supporting roles in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Toadsworth makes playable appearances in Mario Superstar Baseball andMario Kart Wii.

Yoshi

Antagonists

Birdo

Birdo, known in Japan as Catherine (キャサリン, Kyasarin), is an antagonist and playable character in various games. Birdo first appeared in the Japanese game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and the remade Super Mario Bros. 2 as a recurring boss. Birdo later appeared in Wario's Woods as an ally of Toad, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars as a boss character, and in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, as a boss paired with the thief, Popple. Birdo made its first playable appearance afterwards in the Nintendo 64 installment of Mario Tennis. Since then, Birdo appears as a playable character in several Mario sports titles and in the Mario Party series.

Birdo's distinguishing characteristic is its gaping tubular snout, which can shoot eggs that are not limited to the size of its head, as well as fireballs on occasion. Birdo is most frequently depicted as pink, although various colored Birdos are also seen in Super Mario Bros. 2 and other games. As of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, the species wear diamond rings. In Birdo's biography of the Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet, it reads "He thinks he's a girl and he'd rather be called Birdetta. Later games change the species to female, though with some exceptions.

King Boo

King Boo (キングテレサ, Kingu Teresa, King Teresa) first appears as the boss of Luigi's Mansion and plays minor roles in various other Mario games. He is member of the Boo species, though he is larger than the average Boo, and dons a crown, with a large ruby in Luigi's Mansion, and a regular crown in subsequent appearances, on his head. After Luigi's Mansion, he appears as a boss in Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS.

Bowser

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr. (クッパJr., Kuppa Junia) is the child of Bowser that debuted in Super Mario Sunshine. He acts as the main antagonist of both Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros., with his father only playing a minor role in each. In Sunshine, he uses a magic paintbrush, invented by Professor E. Gadd, and special kerchief to transform into a translucent blue doppelgänger of Mario, Shadow Mario, who vandalizes Isle Delfino, tricking the native people into believing that Mario himself is to blame. He does this to Mario because Bowser tells him that Princess Peach is his mother, and that Mario has kidnapped her, though he later learns the truth. Additionally, he appears in Super Mario Galaxy, acting as his father's right hand and challenging Mario at several points of the game to impede him. He also appears in the various Mario sports games as a playable character.

Bowser Jr. shares many physical similarities with his father, with the main differences being a red ponytail as opposed to Bowser's mane, being about the same size as Mario, small black beady eyes, a more rounded snout, and a single sharp tooth visible in his mouth--features which, along with his body shape, make him look almost identical to Bowser himself at a younger age. He wears a kerchief constantly. It was originally a drawing of Mario's distinctive nose and mustache, but it is later replaced with a set of sharp teeth.

Clawgrip

Clawgrip, known as Chokkī (チョッキー) in Japan, is an enemy boss character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. He is a giant crab monster that throws large rocks. It lives in a giant tree awaiting the arrival of Mario and his friends. In Super Mario Advance, he is voiced by Charles Martinet. Clawgrip made a few appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Several Clawgrips also appeared in the Nintendo Comics System.

Foreman Spike

Foreman Spike, known as Blackey (ブラッキー, Burakkī) in Japan, is the main antagonist of the game Wrecking Crew during both regular gameplay and bonus levels and Wrecking Crew '98 after being hired by Bowser to build him a new castle. Foreman Spike also appears as an unlockable character in Mobile Golf. He depicted as an obese, bearded and apparently corrupt construction worker, whose face is mostly obscured by his sunglasses.

Fryguy

Fryguy, known as Hībōbō (ヒーボーボー) in Japan, is an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. Fryguy is essentially a giant living fireball, given life by Wart, that spews smaller fireballs when it is angry. He, along with Mouser, Tryclyde and Clawgrip, is one of the boss characters that appear at the end of each world in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Fryguy was also a recurring character on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where he worksed for King Koopa. He also appeared occasionally in the Nintendo Comics System's Mario comic stories, which revealed that there was more than one of him. According to the comics, Fryguys are made by exposing Toads to fire or lava.

Gooper Blooper

Gooper Blooper is a giant variation of the Blooper. It has appeared as a boss in Super Mario Sunshine and Super Princess Peach. It has also appeared as an obstacle in Mario Power Tennis and Mario Hoops 3-on-3. It can commonly be seen with a cork in its tube-like snout; it has eight tentacles with large bulges, similar to suction cups; and it has a large arrow-shaped head with white skin and blue spots.

Kamek

Kamek (カメック, Kamekku) is a Magikoopa who acts as Bowser's caretaker during Bower's childhood and one of his high-ranking minions afterwards. Kamek can perform various feats of magic, such as self-duplication, teleportation, shooting magical blasts and increasing the size of other creatures. He first appears as the main antagonist of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which has him trying to abduct Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, who he foresees as causing trouble for the Koopas in the future. Succeeding in only capturing Baby Luigi, Kamek and his minions, the Toadies, try to steal Baby Mario from the Yoshis throughout the game; before every boss battle, Kamek will appear and change an enemy creature into a giant, or perform some magical feat, and make them fight a Yoshi.

After his appearance in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Kamek appears in several other games, such as Tetris Attack, which features him as the penultimate boss and the one who brainwashed the inhabitants of Yoshi's Island; Super Princess Peach as a boss character; Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time as Baby Bowser's sidekick; Yoshi Touch and Go, where he kidnaps the babies once again; and and as a main antagonist in Yoshi's Island DS. Kamek also appears throughout the Mario Party series, most commonly as an orb summon.

Klepto the Condor

Klepto (Jango in Japan) is a large condor-like creature who flies around various levels in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. Klepto has remained a minor recurring in the Mario series since his appearance in Super Mario 64, appearing in sever parts of the Mario Party series, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Pinball Land, and Paper Mario.

Koopa Kids

Koopa Kids (Mini Bowsers in PAL regions) are minions of Bowser that appear in the Mario Party series. They do his general bidding, interrupting the players as they traverse the game boards. As of Mario Party 5, they became playable characters, although they don't appear in Mario Party 8 or Mario Party DS.

Mario Party 5 introduced three differently-colored Koopa Kids: Red Koopa Kid, Green Koopa Kid and Blue Koopa Kid. They have been around in the Mario Party series ever since. While these three can compete with the player in mini-games in Mario Party 5 and Mario Party 6, only the original Koopa Kid has ever been playable. The colorful Koopa Kids continue to make appearances in Bowser mini-games in Mario Party 7 and Mario Party Advance.

Koopalings

Koopaling (コクッパ, Ko Kuppa) is a generic title given to seven children of King Bowser who help him in various games. They first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. Each Koopaling was a boss at the end of one of the game’s seven kingdoms. The Koopalings are also world bosses in Super Mario World, Mario is Missing!, Yoshi's Safari, and Hotel Mario. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, however, they are mini-bosses in Bowser's Castle. They are made up of Larry Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa, Iggy Koopa, Roy Koopa, Lemmy Koopa and Ludwig von Koopa, from youngest to oldest.. Most of the Koopalings have wild punk hairstyles. It is said that each Koopaling was personally designed by a different member of the production staff of Super Mario Bros. 3. Explains Shigeru Miyamoto: “This is another way we give recognition to the many people who help make the games successful.”

In the Mario cartoons by DiC, the original seven Koopalings are given different names based on their given personalities. They are called Cheatsy Koopa, Big Mouth Koopa, Kootie Pie Koopa, Hop Koopa, Bully Koopa, Hip Koopa, and Kooky Von Koopa. Aside from their names and personalities, they look different, and serve Bowser differently. Instead of acting as minions, they act directly as his children, and do things such as seek his attention, and even plot against him. They also appear in Nintendo Adventure Books and comic books.

Mouser

Mouser (ドン・チュルゲ, Don Churuge) is one of Wart's generals featured as in Super Mario Bros. 2 and Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. His strategy is to throw bombs at his opponents. Mouser is also a major character in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which casts him as King Koopa's second-in-command and a member of the Koopa Pack. John Stocker provided the voice for Mouser, who spoke with a German accent in the series. He also appears in the Super Mario Bros. comic books as a king corrupted by Bowser, whose now-leaderless subjects now steal vegetables for food.

Petey Piranha

Petey Piranha (ボスパックン, Bosu Pakkun, Boss Packun) first appears as the primary boss of Bianco Hills in Super Mario Sunshine. He has appeared as a boss in later games as well such as in Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, New Super Mario Bros., and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He also acts as a playable character in spin-off Mario games like Mario sports games and the Mario Kart series.

Petey is a larger, much more powerful version of a Piranha Plant, which is the result of mutation. Whereas normal Piranha Plants usually grow from pipes, Petey's leaves and roots have grown into foot-like and arm-like appendages. He can walk and even flutter about in the air. Furthermore, Petey sports a pair of white-spotted red briefs. Although Petey does not speak, he does make some growling, drooling and licking noises, which translate into actual speech. Petey frequently vomits out mud-like Earth Goop, a substance similar to that of Shadow Mario's Paintbrush, which can make the ground slippery and sometimes generate more goop-based monsters.

Raphael the Raven

Raphael the Raven, also known as Raphael Raven, is large version of the Raven species of enemies in the Yoshi series. He first appears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as the boss character, who is a regular Raven enlarged by Kamek. He also appears in Tetris Attack as a boss that be rescued from Kamek's spell, and Paper Mario as a leader of tribe of Ravens on Lavalava island.

Tryclyde

Tryclyde (ガブチョ, Gabucho) is an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde is a large, red serpent with three heads and the ability to breathe fire. Tryclyde serves as Wart's lackey, and was apparently an outsider before Wart took him in due to his cunning and evil nature. He was also a semi-regularly recurring villain in the animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and a member of the semi-competent Koopa Pack. He was voiced by Harvey Atkin in the television show and by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance.

Tatanga

Tatanga the Mysterious Spaceman (宇宙怪人タタンガ, Uchū Kaijin Tatanga) appears as the final boss in Super Mario Land, where he kidnaps Princess Daisy of Sarasaland. He fights in a war robot called Pagosu (パゴス) while Mario attempts to shoot him down from his Sky Pop airplane. Tatanga also appears in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the guardian of the Space Zone coin. Since then, Tatanga has remained largely obscure. Tatanga also appeared in the Game Boy comic books, published by Valiant as part of the Nintendo Comics System in 1990. There, in addition to an obvious change in his appearance, he had taken control of an estranged human from New Jersey by the name of Herman Smirch.

Waluigi

Waluigi (ワルイージ, Waruīji) is a character created by Camelot's Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet. He has so far only appeared in spin-off and party games, as opposed to the main platformer titles. He is the same age as Luigi and is his darker rival, in the same way that Wario is Mario's darker rival. Waluigi has a short-tempered attitude and is a huge sore loser, getting angry if his opponent makes even a small amount of progress. Waluigi has a hat and gloves with an inverted L ( Γ ), which is similar to Wario's "W", an inverted "M".

Waluigi's first appearance was in the Mario Tennis games for the Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64, as Wario's doubles partner. Later, along with Princess Daisy, he joined the Mario Party series's roster in Mario Party 3 where he plays an antagonistic role, in which he owns an island full of traps. Ge has been a playable character in many entries in the series since, as well as various Mario sports and kart games. He acts as an antagonist in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, in which he wreaks havoc in the Mushroom Kingdom by stealing special objects called the Music Keys in order to hypnotize the world with his dancing, thus enabling him to conquer it.

Wario

Wart

Wart (マムー, Mamū) plays the role of final boss in Super Mario Bros. 2, and Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the game that it is derived from. Wart is a fat toad-like creature, with a crown on his head and a robe that can scarcely conceal his big belly. He is voiced by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. He makes a cameo appearance as Mamu in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Wart appears in one comic story published for the Nintendo Comics System, his character design resembing a crocodile rather than a frog. Wart also appeared in book six of the Nintendo Adventure Books, titled Doors to Doom. There, though, he appeared as a skateboarder who ended up helping the Mario Bros. during their current plight.

See also

• List of Donkey Kong characters
• List of Mario characters in other media

References

1. Princess Daisy's trophy description: After her appearance in Mario Golf, some gossips started portraying her as Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach. HAL Laboratories (2001-12-03). Super Smash Bros. Melee (Gamecube). Nintendo.
2. Inside Zelda, Nintendo Power, Nintendo, March 2006. vol. 201, pp. 46-8.
3. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
4. The Fish That Should've Gotten Away, Nintendo Comics System, Valiant Comics, April 1991, Vol. 1, pg. 1-2.
5. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
6. Super Mario Bros. 3, Nintendo, 1990, manual, pg. 3 & 5
7. Super Mario Bros. 3, Nintendo, 1990, manual, pg. 4
8. Pam Sather, Scott Pelland; et al. (1991), Mario Mania Player’s Guide, Nintendo Power {{citation}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help) ISBN 0-45-049606-6 Copy at:"Shigeru Miyamoto interview". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
9. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
10. Smash Bros. DOJO http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/modea/modea04.html, HAL Laboratories, Nintendo, August 24, 2007.
11. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
12. Waluigi's trophy description, Super Smash Bros. Melee,HAL Laboratories, Nintendo Gamecube, 2001

External links

• The Mushroom Kingdom's Mariopedia
• Super Mario Monster Compendium
• Spacepope4u's Mario series character guide
• Super Mario Bros. HQ
• Super Mario Wiki

• Mario characters
• Lists of Nintendo characters