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The following are various fictional and recurring characters who appear in the Super 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) is the princess of Sarasaland . Her most recent appearances are Super Mario Strikers Charged and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. She first appears in Super Mario Land, where she is kidnapped by a tyrannical alien named Tatanga who wishes to marry her and rule over her kingdom, Sarasaland, as king. She later appears in NES Open Tournament Golf as Luigi's caddy . Daisy does not reappear until Mario Tennis eight years later. Since then, she has maintained part of the main roles in various Mario sports games and the Mario Party series. Daisy will next appear in the upcoming game Mario Kart Wii. Daisy's first voice actress was Kate Fleming in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Her next voice actress was Jen Taylor, who provided her voice in 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, she 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. Daisy's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee appears to hint at some sort of relationship between her and Luigi.

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong Jr.

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 The Saturday Supercade, which has him searching for his runaway father, who was being chased by Mario and Pauline, with an incompetent biker named Bones; a possible alternate version of Donkey Kong Jr. also made a small appearance in the Nintendo Adventure Book "Doors to Doom" as an enemy of Mario and Luigi.

Rare, the developer of the Donkey Kong Country series, and Nintendo do not present a consistent story of Donkey Kong Jr., sometimes indicating that he grew up to be the current Donkey Kong who appears in Donkey Kong Country and onward (with the original Donkey Kong now being referred to as Cranky Kong), while elsewhere implicating that the current Donkey Kong is actually the grandson of the original.

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 also supplied power drinks to both Mario and Luigi in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and finally, he built a time machine in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time.

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 (a programming software for the Famicom released only in Japan) 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.

In Japan, the character in the original arcade and Famicom game is referred as "Lady", whereas the character in the Game Boy remake is referred as "Pauline" (where she was introduced as a "new heroine"), distinguishing the two incarnations of the same character.

Peach

Poochy

A dog-like creature, Poochy is a friend and possible pet of Yoshi first appearing 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, known in Japan as Kinopio (キノピオ), 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. In games prior to Paper Mario, which features an entire race of Toad inhabiting Toad Town, the capital of the Mushroom Kingdom, manuals referred to them as Mushroom People, but they were always referred to as Kinopio in Japan. 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. When Luigi examines him in Luigi's Mansion he says: "You know, I never noticed how lovely those red polka dots look on top!" In Super Mario Galaxy, a number of them form the Toad Brigade. They help Mario get stars, but are fooling around in a few courses.

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 (i.e. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in which she apparently has feelings for Mario, even becoming tearful). She appears as well in the opening story of Super Mario Galaxy. A very noticeable difference between Toad and Toadette is that Toadette always has pigtails. In the games that she appeared in, she was voiced by Jen Taylor.

Toadsworth

Toadsworth, known in Japan as Kinojii (キノじい), voiced by Charles Martinet, is an elderly Toad steward of Princess Peach, first appearing in Super Mario Sunshine, where he travels to Isle Delfino with Mario, Princess Peach and an entourage of Toad; despite not making any previous appearances, the Super Mario Sunshine manual refers to Toadsworth as Princess Peach's long-time steward, and indeed, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time showed that a younger, much more care-free Toadsworth cared for Princess Peach since she was a toddler. Toadsworth made his first playable appearance in Mario Superstar Baseball, with most other games having him as an NPC, often giving advice or being in charge of mini-games. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is revealed that Toadsworth is sixty five years old and had a brief romantic relationship with Zess T. a resident of Rogueport.

Yoshi

Antagonists

Birdo

Birdo, known in Japan as Catherine (キャサリン, Kyasarin)or Hoshi is a protagonist in various games. In Japan, Catherine was always male, despite the feminine name. Birdo first appeared in the Japanese game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and the remade Super Mario Bros. 2 (mistakenly named Ostro in the credits and manual of the original NES version as well as the credits of the SNES version in All-Stars). Birdo later appeared in Wario's Woods as an ally of Toad, in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars as a boss character, and in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, as boss paired with the thief Popple. Birdo made its first playable appearance afterwards in the Nintendo 64 installment of Mario Tennis, where it finally switched sides from bad to good and was Yoshi's default tennis partner for doubles matches. 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 red, green, blue, yellow, orange,gray, and other various colored Birdos are also seen in Super Mario Bros. 2 and other games. In later games such as Mario Tennis, Birdo's personal icon is its bow ribbon. As of Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, the individual Birdo character now wears a diamond ring. However, in Super Mario Strikers, all Birdos 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. Contrary to popular belief, this was not the result of a poor translation. In Japan, Catherine was always male, despite the feminine name. Recently, on the Mario Strikers Charged Football official European website, Birdo is once again referred to as "he" in his description. In a japan only comic series it was merely a puppet to Petey Pirhana then after cleared of that sacrificed itself to save Yoshi from a cruel enemy named Eayo.

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. He strangely has a blue tongue and red eyes. King Boo also has a distinctive cackle that is lower in pitch than that of smaller Boos. After Luigi's Mansion, he appears as a boss in Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS King Boo lures Mario and Luigi to the mansion by making them think they won it through a giveaway. After Mario arrives, King Boo traps him in a painting. He acts as the final boss, whom Luigi must defeat in order to free Mario. When Luigi reaches the mansion's secret altar, where Mario is being imprisoned in a painting, King Boo sucks Luigi into the painting of Mario, and then attacks using an unidentified Bowser-like entity as a tank of sorts. In a banned Japan only comic series he was an enemy who then before his demise from a bomb saves Mario.

Bowser

Clawgrip

Clawgrip, known as Chokkī (チョッキー) in Japan, is an enemy boss character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 2 at the very end of World 5. He is a giant crab monster that throws large rocks. It lives in a giant tree awaiting the arrival of Mario and his friends. The manual describes him as "growing suddenly", but this isn't apparent in the game itself, but it is in its remake, Super Mario Advance. Voiced by Charles Martinet, he also gains a pirate voice, saying, "Aar! You'll make a tasty treat!" He replaces the third white Mouser that was a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Interestingly, the end credits spell his name "Clawglip".

Clawgrip made a few appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, in the episodes "Rolling Down the River", "Pirates of Koopa", and "Mario of the Deep", though all these appearances were relatively minor ones. Several Clawgrips also appeared in the Nintendo Comics System issue "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away".

Foreman Spike

Foreman Spike, known as Blackey (ブラッキー, Bukakkī) in Japan, is the main antagonist of the game Wrecking Crew, his first appearance. He has also appeared in a few subsequent games; he depicted as an obese, bearded and apparently corrupt construction worker, whose face is mostly obscured by his sunglasses.

In Wrecking Crew, Foreman Spike would at first appear only in the game's bonus levels, in which the player must find a hidden gold coin before Spike does; later in the game, Foreman Spike would begin to appear outside of bonus levels, trying to hinder Mario in his demolition work. In the Japan-exclusive Super Famicom game Wrecking Crew '98, Foreman Spike returns, with an altered appearance, and is hired by Bowser to build him a new castle. In this game, Foreman Spike appears as the second-to-last boss. Foreman Spike also appears as an unlockable character in the Japan-exclusive game Mobile Golf for the Game Boy Color.

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 that spews smaller fireballs when it is angry. Contrary to what his name may imply, he is not a member of the Shy Guy family. According to the original Super Mario Bros. 2 game manual, "Wart gave life to this entity which is created from fire. He spits fireballs when he is mad." 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 lives inside a very tall castle-type fortress, waiting for the arrival of Mario and his friends.

Fryguy was also a recurring character on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where he worked 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. Additionally, one scene of the Super Mario Bros. movie referred to the flamethrowers used by King Koopa and his minions as "Fryguy Flamethrowers".

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 has four large tentacles on the front and four small tentacles on the back. Its skin is colored white with blue spots. At the end of the tentacles are blue-colored bulges, similar to suction cups. Its head is arrow-shaped, and the point of it is colored light blue. It has a black strip across its face, where its eyes are. It can commonly be seen with a cork in its tube-like snout. Gooper Blooper also has a small resemblance to the colossal squid. Mario defeated Gooper Blooper in Super Mario Sunshine by pulling his tentacles and snout.

Kamek

Kamek (カメック, Kamekku) is a Magikoopa and was also Bowser's caretaker back when Bowser was a child and is currently one of his high-ranking minions. 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; Kamek also appears as a boss character in Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and as a main antagonist in Yoshi's Island DS, which has him traveling back in time alongside Bowser. Also, he appears in Yoshi Touch and Go for the DS, in which he kidnaps the babies, then drops them. Kamek also appears throughout the Mario Party series, most commonly as an orb summon, though in Mario Party Advance and Mario Party DS he appears as a boss. In Super Mario Galaxy he appears as a minor enemy in the Bowser levels.

Klepto the Condor

Klepto (Jango in Japan) is a large condor-like creature who flies around "Shifting Sand Land", "Tiny Huge Island" and "Sunshine Isles" in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. In its talons, it holds a Power Star, another Power Star, and a Silver Star, respectively. After Mario obtains this star, Klepto will seek revenge by swooping down at Mario to steal his hat when any star other than Klepto's is selected from the level entrance menu.

Klepto has remained a minor recurring in the Mario series since his appearance in Super Mario 64, appearing in Mario Party 4,Mario Party 5, Mario Party Advance, and "Mario Party 8". Several members of Klepto's species appear in the background of the desert course in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour a enemy in Mario Pinball Land, and a optional boss in 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 (which were created by a technique of the original Koopa Kid): 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. They also run Bowser's Gnarly Party in Mario Party 4.

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, though their first appearance outside a video game was in a set of Japanese OVAs.

Mouser

Mouser (ドン・チュルゲ, Don Churuge) is one of Wart's generals and was featured as sub-boss of Worlds 1 and 3 in Super Mario Bros. 2 and Worlds 1, 3 and 5 in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. His strategy is to throw bombs at his opponents. Although Mouser was not featured in another Mario game for many years, he has played a big part in the game's marketing. In Level 3-3 of Super Mario Advance, Mouser was replaced by Robirdo. Mouser was a major character in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which cast 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; like King Koopa, Mouser would occasionally take on various aliases in his appearances in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, some of which include Sheriff Mouser and Astro Mouser.

Mouser also made one appearance in the Super Mario Bros. comic books, which provided a backstory for him. According to his sole appearance, "A Mouser in the Houser", Mouser was the king of a peaceful race of mice living in the tunnels of the Mushroom Kingdom. But he was corrupted by Bowser, and as a result, his 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, and New Super Mario Bros., but also as a playable character in spin-off Mario games like Mario sports games and the Mario Kart series. Petey will also appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as the first boss in the single player mode "The Subspace Emissary", where he captures Princess Peach and Zelda. A similar boss called Dino Piranha appears in Super Mario Galaxy.

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. Petey's head is framed with petals. 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 a Raven, small, bird-like enemies in the Yoshi series. Raphael Raven first appeared in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island as the boss of the fifth world. The battle against Raphael, who is enlarged to giant proportions by Kamek, takes place on the moon above Yoshi's Island; Raphael's attack pattern consists entirely of attempting to charge into the player's Yoshi. After his defeat in this game, Raphael is flung into space, where he becomes a new constellation.

In Tetris Attack, Raphael appears as a boss and is now an ally that has to be rescued, instead of being an enemy. In Paper Mario, Raphael appears to be still reformed, as he now lives peacefully on Lavalava Island as the leader of the Ravens living there; in order to gain access to Mt. Lavalava, Mario needs the aid of Raphael, who was alerted of Mario's quest for the Star Spirits by the stars themselves. A trophy of Raphael is also obtainable in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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. His design is based on the hydra, a mythological creature, though his actual species in the Super Mario universe is that of a Cobrat. 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 (consisting of himself, Mouser, and a Koopa Troopa). He was voiced by Harvey Atkin in the television show and by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance, in which he said, "Step right up if you're ready to get toasted!". He is colored green in remakes rather than red.

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. Tatanga often hypnotized Smirch into bringing him through "the gateway" to Earth so that Tatanga could conquer it. Fortunately, a certain other human would notice Tatanga and bring Mario out of the Game Boy to drive Tatanga back.

Waluigi

Waluigi (ワルイージ, Waruīji) 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. The name Waluigi is derived from the Japanese adjective for evil- "warui" (悪い) and Luigi, which is pronounced like "ruiji" in Japanese, and essentially means "Evil Luigi". Waluigi has a short-tempered attitude and is a huge sore loser, getting angry if his opponent makes even a small amount of progress. He also will never cheer or become saddened even if an opponent wins, much like the other characters; instead, he will get disgusted about it. He also acts very overconfident when he begins to make progress over his opponent as well. Waluigi has a hat and gloves with an inverted L ( Γ ), which is similar to Wario's "W", an inverted "M". Waluigi was created by Camelot's Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet.

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 played an antagonistic role, in which he owned an island full of traps; he has been a playable character in many entries in the series since, as well as various Mario sports and kart games. He and Wario were also the main characters of the intro movies to Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis. 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. Waluigi appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an assist trophy where he uses his Tennis Racket from his debut game Mario Tennis

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. In Super Mario Bros. 2, Mario has a dream in which a voice pleads for his help. The voice explains that Wart has taken over Subcon, the land of dreams, but that Mario can defeat him by taking advantage of Wart's severe allergy to vegetables. In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Wart abducts the youngest brother and sister from an Arabian family by snatching them away through an enchanted storybook. This game's heroes — siblings Imajin and Lina and parents Mama and Papa — fight Wart in the same manner, however. And again, killing Wart frees the mysterious red fairy folk in this game as well. He is voiced by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. He makes a cameo appearance as Mamu in the fourth Legend of Zelda game, 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. Titled "Cloud Nine", this story has Princess Toadstool's father, King Toadstool, looking to buy a new mattress, as his current one is too lumpy. Disguised as a bed salesman, Wart takes the King up into the clouds and advertises a bed-shaped rain cloud as a Cloud Nine mattress. As the King rests up on that cloud, it causes rain all over the Mushroom Kingdom, but is quickly patched up by the Mario Bros. 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, Super Smash Bros. Melee,HAL Laboratories, Nintendo Gamecube, 2001
2. The Mushroom Kingdom Mailbag 19 July 2004
3. Inside Zelda, Nintendo Power, Nintendo, March 2006. vol. 201, pp. 46-8.
4. Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo EAD, Nintendo, 2002, manual, pg. 7
5. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football, http://wii.nintendo.com/site/mariostrikerscharged/, Nintendo, 2007.
7. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual pg.28
8. The Fish That Should've Gotten Away, Nintendo Comics System, Valiant Comics, April 1991, Vol. 1, pg. 1-2.
9. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
10. Super Mario Bros. 3, Nintendo, 1990, manual, pg. 3 & 5
11. Super Mario Bros. 3, Nintendo, 1990, manual, pg. 4
12. 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)
13. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
14. Smash Bros. DOJO http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/modea/modea04.html, HAL Laboratories, Nintendo, August 24, 2007.
15. Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo, 1988, manual, pg. 27
16. 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