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

Protagonists

Mario

Luigi

Peach

Daisy

Princess Daisy (デイジー姫, Deijī-hime) is the princess of Sarasaland. Her first appearance was in 1989 in Super Mario Land, in which she is kidnapped by the tyrannical alien Tatanga, who plans to marry her and rule her kingdom. Daisy later appeared in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddy. She then appeared in Mario Tennis, after which she began appearing in Mario sports and party games. She also appears in the Mario Kart series, most recently in Mario Kart Wii as an unlockable character. She has been a playable character in every Mario Party game except for the first two and Mario Party Advance. The infant version of herself, Baby Daisy, debuted in Mario Kart Wii as an unlockable character, and also appears in Mario Super Sluggers. 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. In every other game, Daisy has been and is currently voiced by Deanna Mustard. Outside video games, Daisy appears as a main character in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, and was played by Samantha Mathis. She also appears in the comic books. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Daisy also has multiple stickers and a trophy. Daisy's wardrobe has always been similar to Princess Peach's, with more personal defining traits than the outfits of other Mario characters such as Mario and Luigi. In her most common design, Daisy has orange hair past her shoulders with flipped up ends, a pale complexion, a round face, and small blue eyes. Daisy has been shown to wear light nail polish in several sports games, and has two thick eyelashes. Unlike Peach, she does not wear thick lipstick, but her lips have been shown to have a defining shade. She wears a yellow dress with two orange panniers, two orange frills, dark orange high heels, white wrist-length floral gloves, and a collar. For her standard jewelry, Daisy wears a turquoise flower pendant, matching turquoise flower earrings, and a bronze crown with a turquoise flower in the center and back with two rubies at each side. Many people often think of her as being Luigi's love interest, as seen in the Super Mario Bros. film, and a statue of herself and Luigi dancing together (as both babies and adults) appeared in Mario Kart Wii. Daisy ranked in the ninth slot on GameDaily's top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list.

Toad

Yoshi

Antagonists

Bowser

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr. (クッパJr., Koopa Jr.) is the eighth and youngest child of Bowser. He acts as the main antagonist of both Super Mario Sunshine and New Super Mario Bros., with his father playing only a minor role in each. In Super Mario Sunshine, he uses a magic paintbrush, invented by Professor E. Gadd, and a special kerchief to transform into a translucent blue doppelgänger of Mario, Shadow Mario. Thus disguised, he vandalizes Isle Delfino with graffiti, tricking the native people into believing that Mario himself is to blame. In New Super Mario Bros., he kidnaps Princess Peach, taking her to a new castle each time he is defeated. He also appears in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, acting as his father's right hand and challenging Mario at several points of the game to impede him. Bowser Jr. also makes an appearance alongside his siblings, the Koopalings, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. He has also appeared in Mario sports games as a playable character ever since Super Mario Sunshine. Bowser Jr. is voiced by Dolores Rogers in his early appearances; however, since Super Mario Galaxy, he has been voiced by Caety Sagoian.

Bowser Jr. ranked sixth on GameDaily's list of the top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list. They also listed him as the 18th best Mario enemy, calling him a "chip off the ol' block" from Bowser.

Clawgrip

Clawgrip' first appeared as a boss in Super Mario Bros. 2. In their listing of Tryclyde in the top 25 Mario enemies, GameDaily described Clawgrip as a "wiener boss".

Fawful

Kammy Koopa

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Kammy Koopa (カメックババ, Kamekkubaba) is an old, female Magikoopa who acts as an adviser and babysitter for Bowser in the Paper Mario games. She possesses the usual Magikoopa powers, and is primarily distinguished by her ability to summon yellow blocks, which she has used to both impede and combat Mario. She first appeared in Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64, helping Bowser by leaving enemies in Mario's way, transporting Bowser into the Star Spirit Sanctuary, and augmenting his size and power in the final battle. After being defeated by the Star Kid, Twink, she continued to work for him.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, she acted as Bowser's second-in-command, but was used primarily as comedic relief.

Kamek

Kamek (カメック, Kamekku) is a Magikoopa who acts as Bowser's caretaker during his 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 changing 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, which includes him as a boss character; Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, in which he is Baby Bowser's sidekick; and Yoshi Touch & Go, where he kidnaps the babies once again; Yoshi's Island DS, which features him as a main antagonist; and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where he assists Bowser and the Koopalings against Mario. Kamek also appears throughout the Mario Party series.

GameDaily listed Kamek as the 16th best Mario enemy, describing him as both a "wise dude" and a "crafty opponent".

King Boo

King Boo (キングテレサ, King Teresa) is the primary antagonist of Luigi's Mansion and plays minor roles in various other Mario games, including the Mario Kart and Mario Party series. King Boo's only major role is as the final boss of Luigi's Mansion (first appearance with a crown). King Boo is a member of the Boo species, though he is larger than the average Boo (in games after "Luigi's Mansion") and dons a crown, with a large ruby in Luigi's Mansion, and a regular crown in all other appearances, on his head. As well as appearing as the main antagonist of Luigi's Mansion, King Boo also appears as a boss in Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Princess Peach, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. He is also an unlockable playable character in several sports games in the series and in the Mario Kart series.

Koopalings

Mouser

Mouser is a boss who first appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. In their listing of Tryclyde in the top 25 Mario enemies, GameDaily described Mouser as a "wiener boss".

Petey Piranha

Petey Piranha, known as Boss Packun (ボスパックン, Bosu Pakkun) in Japan, first appears as the primary boss of Bianco Hills in Super Mario Sunshine. He has since appeared as a boss in games such as Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, New Super Mario Bros., and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is also a playable character in spin-off Mario games, such as Mario sports games and Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ where Petey was paired up with King Boo, and Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Petey is a large, powerful Piranha Plant, and 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 also use his leaves to fly around 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. In the video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Petey has a cage growing out of each of his 'arms'.He is a mix of a piranha and a plant.

Tryclyde

Tryclyde is a boss who first appears in Super Mario Bros. 2. GameDaily listed Tryclyde as the 24th best Mario enemy, stating him as being the best of the Super Mario Bros. 2 bosses due to his dangerous appearance.

Waluigi

Wario

Wart

Wart is a frog king that is the main villain in Super Mario Bros. 2 (which turns out to be Mario's dream). Wart is known to hate vegetables. In Super Mario Advance, a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Game Boy Advance, he is voiced by Charles Martinet. Wart makes cameo appearances in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

IGN editor Lucas M. Thomas listed Wart as a good potential playable character for the video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He commented that he was the least likely to be included amongst the other characters listed, but deserved inclusion nonetheless. GameDaily listed him as the 25th best Mario enemy, pitying him for being an easy and a not very menacing opponent at the end of Super Mario Bros. 2 and for effectively filling in for Bowser.

Supporting

Birdo

Donkey Kong

Diddy Kong

Pauline

Pauline (ポリーン, Porīn) is the damsel in distress and heroine of the original Donkey Kong, as well as the 1994 Game Boy game of the same name. She also appeared in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again.

In the original Donkey Kong, she is held captive by Donkey Kong and it is Mario's objective to climb up the construction site and rescue her. Along the way, the player can collect feminine articles (a hat, purse, and parasol) that Pauline drops for bonus points. In the same way that Mario was originally called Jumpman in Japan, Pauline was originally known as Lady (レディ, Redi). The name Pauline was chosen for the character during the game's distribution in North America after Polly James, the wife of Nintendo of America's warehouse manager, Don James. After Donkey Kong, Pauline made cameo appearances in two NES games, Pinball and Famicom BASIC. Princess Peach, introduced in Super Mario Bros., supplanted Pauline's original role as damsel in distress in the Mario games.

Pauline returned several years later in the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong. While previous depictions of Pauline (such as in the arcade game's cabinet artwork) portrayed her as a blonde, she was redesigned as a brunette in the new version. As in the original game, she is taken captive by Donkey Kong. She appears again in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, using the same design as in the remake. She is a guest VIP at the grand opening of the "Super Mini Mario World" (a theme park based on Mini-Mario toys), where she is kidnapped by Donkey Kong. She also appears in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! for DSiWare, where she is again kidnapped by an angry Donkey Kong.

Pauline was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and other developers for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. She is the earliest example of a female with a speaking role in a video game, and is cited as a famous example of a damsel in distress in fiction. In the book Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games, author Tracey Fullerton discusses Donkey Kong, mentioning Pauline at times. She states that one thing that could be improved was to increase the distress Pauline suffers as the game goes on.

Professor E. Gadd

Professor Elvin Gadd (Professor Oya Mā (オヤ・マー博士, Oya Mā Hakase) in Japan), more commonly known as E. Gadd, is a scientist who, with his various inventions, helps Mario and his friends. His nickname is a pun on the interjection "Egad!" In Japan, he is named after Nintendo game designer Yoshiyuki Oyama. He first appears in Luigi's Mansion, in which he investigates the mansion that mysteriously appeared by his house. To help him study the ghosts in the mansion, he uses the "Poltergust 3000", a high-powered vacuum cleaner that can suck in and capture ghosts, and the "Game Boy Horror", an invention for tracking and detecting objects such as Boos. He lends it to Luigi and helps him on his quest.

Other major inventions include a Flash Liquidizer Ultra Dousing Device or "F.L.U.D.D." and Magic Brush used in Super Mario Sunshine. E. Gadd also a creates a Time Machine in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and various inventions as rewards for making bean coffees at the Starbeans Cafe Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. In Mario Party 6, E. Gadd is featured on a party board called E. Gadd's Garage.

Rosalina

Rosalina, known as Rosetta (ロゼッタ, Rozetta) in Japan, is the adoptive mother of the Luma race and overseer of the Comet Observatory; she was voiced by Mercedes Rose. She first appeared in Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, and has also appeared in Mario Kart Wii as an unlockable character. In this game, Rosalina wears a silver crown, has pale blonde hair with a side-fringe, a frilly light blue dress, star earrings, and a star pendant. When she is driving, a small Luma floats around near her head. She looks exactly the same in Super Mario Galaxy, except she carries a star wand. Rosalina appears in a non-playable role in Super Mario Galaxy 2, and a "cosmic" version of her appears as part of the game's 'Cosmic Guide'. At the end of the game, after Mario saves Princess Peach, Rosalina comes in front of Starship Mario and thanks Mario for saving her lost one and the universe.

In Super Mario Galaxy, the player may optionally view Rosalina's shrouded past in the Comet Observatory's Library through unlocking chapters of Rosalina's storybook, while progressing through the game. The mysterious storybook read by Rosalina herself details how she came to meet the Lumas and build the observatory, as well as her childhood struggle to overcome her mother's, father's, and brother's death. In a review, GameSetWatch said that "some players won’t care about or connect with Rosalina’s tale," but that is all right since the game separates the story from the gameplay. They also say they can argue that "Super Mario Galaxy is, at its core, a game about Rosalina – or at least her worldview," as finishing all of the objectives in the game gives the player a secret ending about her.

Toadette

Toadette (キノピコ, Kinopiko) is a female Toad who appears as a playable character in various Mario spin-off games, such as those in the Mario Party and Mario Kart series. She first appeared as Toad's partner in Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ as a hidden character, and later appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door as an instructor when Mario receives upgraded boots and hammers. Since Mario Party 6, she has regularly appeared in the Mario Party series as a playable character, with the exception of the handheld games, where she acts as a non-player character. The official Mario Kart Wii guide names her as Toad's sister.

Other playable appearances include Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Kart Wii; in both games, she must be unlocked. She appeared in Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix as the owner of a hotel Mario and Toad must rebuild. She has made a cameo appearance in the introduction of Super Mario Galaxy. She was voiced by Jen Taylor in most of her appearances; however, in Mario Party 8, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Super Sluggers, she was voiced by Samantha Kelly.

Toadsworth

Toadsworth (キノじい, Kinojii) is an elderly Toad and Princess Peach's longtime steward, first appearing in Super Mario Sunshine, when he comes along with Princess Peach and Mario to Isle Delfino. He makes a brief appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga at the beginning (where he presents Mario and Luigi with a suitcase) and end of the game; and he accompanies Princess Peach on her trip to Rogueport during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, keeping Princess Peach very close to him, but ends up losing her. In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, he is with Mario and Luigi when Princess Peach takes an experimental trip back in time. He is also included in Super Princess Peach where he gives Peach a parasol named Perry in the cinema and is seen as a lead guitarist of the band called Peach Hit Five in the music room. He also appeared in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where he was inhaled by Bowser.

Toadsworth makes a brief appearance in Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ when the player wins a cup. He acts as an umpire in Mario Power Tennis for the Nintendo GameCube as well as in the remake for the Wii, in which Toadsworth reprimands the player when a foul shot is made. In Mario Party 7, he is a host of the boards. He finally becomes playable in Mario Superstar Baseball and Mario Super Sluggers on Peach's team. Toadsworth is voiced by Charles Martinet, who also voices Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi. N-Philes criticized Toadsworths' voice in Super Mario Sunshine, calling it "laughable".

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