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

is a princess who 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'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. But in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, both Jen Taylor and Deanna Mustard voice clips were reused. To differ from Princess Peach, Daisy has been shown to have a much more tomboyish attitude.

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. "The princess of Sarasa-land. Daisy met Mario when he helped defeat the evil alien Tatanga in Super Mario Land. Princess Daisy is a bit of a tomboy when compared with her counterpart, Princess Peach. After her appearance in Mario Golf, some gossips started portraying her as Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach." - Princess Daisy's trophy description, Super Smash Bros. Melee

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. The Mushroom Kingdom Mailbag 19 July 2004

E. Gadd

, 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.(March 2006). "Inside Zelda". Nintendo Power, vol. 201, pp. 46-8. 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.

Luigi

Mario

Pauline

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. After Donkey Kong, Pauline only made a few cameo appearances in a couple of early NES games (Pinball and Famicom BASIC) before she was eventually phased out in favor of Princess Peach as Mario's primary damsel-in-distress. When she was brought back in the Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong, Pauline was redesigned with black hair in the new version to differ from Peach and Daisy. She returns once again in Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis where she appears as a guest VIP at the grand opening of the "Super Mini Mario World", a theme park based on the Mini-Mario toys.

Princess Peach

Poochy

A dog-like creature, Poochy is a friend and possible pet of Yoshi first appearing in 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 , 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: "I never noticed how nice 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. As the "Toad trophy" says in Super Smash Bros. Melee, "Toad is not the best of companions, and must often be rescued".

Toadette

Toadette is a member of the Toad species that appears as a playable character in various spin-off games. Toadette is first introduced in 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, for example in The Thousand-Year Door (in which she apparently has feelings for Mario, even becoming tearful). Also a very noticable difference between Toad and Toadette is that Toadette always has ponytails.

Toadsworth

Toadsworth, known in Japan as , 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 Super Mario Sunshine manual, pg. 7 refers to Toadsworth as Princess Peach's long-time steward, and indeed, 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 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 is an antagonist in various games. Birdo first appeared in the Japanese game 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 and Legend of the Seven Stars as a boss character; Birdo made its first playable appearance afterwards in the Nintendo 64 installment of Mario Tennis, where it 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 is also unlockable in Contra 128 (import version).

Birdo's distinguishing characteristic is its gaping tubular snout, which can shoot eggs that aren't 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, and gray 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 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 spits eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called Birdetta." Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, pg. 27 Contrary to popular belief, this is not the result of a poor translation. In Japan, Catherine was always male, despite the feminine name. In later American translations, Birdo was referred to as a female character. Recently, on the Mario Strikers Charged Football official European website, Birdo is again referred to as "he". "This hard-hitting power player lands some of the biggest bone-rattling hits ever seen on the Strikers field. Birdo's shooting is also feared by most goalkeepers, as he can score at will. His Extreme Egg can beat any goalie, resulting in quick goals." - Birdo's biography, Mario Strikers Charged Football official website.

Birdos are sometimes known as the female version of Yoshis. Birdo is often paired with Yoshi in games like Mario Tennis, Mario Kart Double Dash!!, and Mario Party 7 and 8. It is unknown if the two are married (referring to Birdo's engagement ring). The fight for his/her/its gender is still going on today. But Birdo is commonly known as a full-fledged female. Despite this, Birdo is known to be the first Transvestite or Transsexual in the Mario series. http://gaygamer.net/2006/07/top_20_gayest_video_game_chara_10.html

King Boo

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, 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 (as opposed to the regular red tongue and black eyes) in his first appearance (as shown on the image to the left). 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 and Super Princess Peach and continues to appear as a character in spin off games such as Double Dash!!, as the partner of Petey Piranha, and other sports games. He also gives out stars on his own board in Mario Party 8 entitled "King Boo's Haunted Hideaway."

In Luigi's Mansion, 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.

Bowser

Bowser Jr.

Bowser Jr., known in Japan as (not to be confused with Baby Bowser in Super Mario World 2), is the child of Bowser that debuted in Super Mario Sunshine. He acts as the main antagonist of both Super Mario Sunshine (where he first appears as Shadow Mario) and New Super Mario Bros., with his father only playing a minor role in each. 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 from gathering all Power Stars that are used to defeat Bowser's evil empire. However, he only fights by himself one time in the game - The other two, he uses a ferocious contraption loyal to him in order to fight Mario off. The first time, he uses a giant, Bullet Bill-firing mecha by the name "Megaleg", while the third time he uses an improved version of King Kaliente, a massive, fiery boulder-spitting squid Mario meets one time before in the game. He also appears in the various sports games, often as a "Speedy" or "Tricky" character.In Mario Hoops 3on3 his stats are "Speedy" and his special shot "The Graffiti Shot" he uses his majic paintbrush from Super Mario Sunshine" to hit the ball to make a shot.

He has also been confirmed to return in Super Mario Stadium Baseball where he has been revealed in a screenshot. http://www.jeux-france.com/images_6138.html 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. By Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser Jr. grows an extra tooth, and has become much bigger as well, having grown larger than Peach. 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.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Bowser Jr. uses a magic paintbrush, invented by Professor E. Gadd, and a 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. Bowser Jr. kidnaps her himself, and is eventually defeated along with Bowser. He is later told by Bowser that Princess Peach is not his mother. However he still refers to Peach as "Mama" sometimes in later games, such as when he challenges Princess Peach to a game in Mario Superstar Baseball.

His age is unknown, (though he is thought to presumably be somewhere between 4 and 10 years old), so whether or not his maturity is approptiate for his age is a mystery. He is the youngest of Bowser's children. He appears to be stubborn, short-tempered, and cruel, just like his father, but unlike his father he is not spoiled, he acts like his own age, and is capable of being somewhat nice to others (when he wants to). He also possesses a cunning intelligence his father does not show, and is thought to be smarter than him as well. When ever he loses something, usually a fight or a competition, he either cries or throws a fit (however, he cries less often than he did in earlier games). Much about him remains a mystery, but the biggest of all are the identity of his mother and his relationship with the other seven Koopalings.

Clawgrip

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 rock. It lives in a giant tree awaiting the arrival of Mario and his friends. The manual describes him as "growing suddenly", Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, pg. 28 but this isn't apparent in the game itself, but it is in its remake, Super Mario Advance. 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 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". "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away", pg. 1 - 2

Foreman Spike

Foreman Spike, known as 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

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." Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, pg. 27 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. He 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.

===super blooper=== a large variation of the blooper it also has a blue spot around its eyes, and has an arrow shaped head it appears several times in paper mario(N64) and as a minor boss in chapter 3-2 in super paper mario.

Kamek

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 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, Partners in Time and as a main antagonist in Yoshi's Island DS, which has him traveling back in time alongside Bowser. Kamek also appears throughout the Mario Party series, most commonly as an orb summon, though in Mario Party Advance, New Super Mario Brothers, Mario Party DS he appears as a boss, and as a boss in Super Mario Galaxy.

Kammy Koopa

, first introduced in Paper Mario, is an old witch Magikoopa who works for Bowser. Kammy is described by Goombario in Paper Mario as "the brains behind Bowser" and is high up in the Koopa hierarchy. "Hey... I know that ol' Koopa! That was Kammy Koopa! She's way up in the ranks of the Koopa clan. Some people call her the brains behind Bowser. Boy, she sure looked like one mean Koopa, didn't she?" - Goombario, Paper Mario Kammy oversees the Magikoopas similarly to Bowser's advisor Kamek, as one looked forward to getting a raise from Kammy for defeating Mario. However, unlike most Magikoopas, she doesn't have a fang, and instead has a square tooth on her bottom jaw.

Kammy continues as Bowser's lieutenant in The Thousand-Year Door. In the second Paper Mario game, Kammy is the one who informs Bowser about Mario's quest to collect the Crystal Stars and that Princess Peach has been kidnapped. She then proceeds to aid Bowser in his journey to retrieve the Crystal Stars and Princess Peach although their efforts are unsuccessful most of the time. At the end of the game she aids Bowser in fighting Mario and his allies in the Palace of Shadow and is defeated.

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 Advance, and "Mario Party 8". Several members of Klepto's species appear in the background of the desert course in Toadstool Tour and as enemies in Mario Pinball Land.

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

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 where the original seven were introduced. Each Koopaling was a boss at the end of one of the game?s seven kingdoms. Super Mario Bros. 3 manual, pg. 3 and 5 The Koopalings are also world bosses in Super Mario World, Mario is Missing!, Yoshi's Safari, and Hotel Mario. In 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. Super Mario Bros. 3 manual, pg. 4 .

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.? ISBN 0-45-049606-6 Copy at:

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

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 Doki Doki Panic. His strategy is to throw bombs at his opponents. Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, pg. 27 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

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, 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. http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/modea/modea04.html A similar boss called Dino Piranha appears in Super Mario Galaxy. He also appears as one of the captains in Mario Strikers Charged

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.

Dino Piranha

Dino Piranha appears as the main boss in the Good Egg Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy. Since this is his first appearance in the Mario Series, he isn't in any other games, but may appear in future projects.Excluding the dinosaur like body, Dino Piranha is very similar to Petey Piranha in Super Mario Sunshine. His body is in the shape of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and has a ball like object at the end of his tail. He also has little petals for arms. Like Petey, Dino Piranha does not speak, but he does drool, scream, and whine. Since Dino Piranha is just a baby, his abilities are limited. When Mario is in eye contact, he frantically charges at his opponent. When Mario defeats him, he gives a loud whine and poofs away, leaving a power star behind.

Fiery Dino Piranha

Fiery Dino Piranha is an upgraded version of the original Dino Piranha. His first appearance is in Super Mario Galaxy in the Melty Molten Galaxy. Fiery Dino Piranha has many more and different features than the original. His head and body are black and has red dots instead of white. He also has many more abilities and is more challenging then the original. His body emits fire on and off which makes it more difficult for Mario to damage him. He also leaves a trail of flames from where his tail has touched. His last ability his vomiting up fireballs to hit anything in his way. Even with all these changes, Fiery Dino Piranha still sounds and behaves the same as the first version.

Raphael the Raven

Raphael the Raven, also known as Raphael Raven, is an enemy known as a Raven, small, bird-like enemies in the Yoshi series, who first appeared in 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. The most recent appearance of Raphael has been in Super Smash Bros. Melee, where he appears as one of the game's unlockable trophies.

Tryclyde

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. Super Mario Bros. 2 manual, pg. 27 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 Koopa Troopa). He was voiced by Harvey Atkin in the television show and by Charles Martinet in Super Mario Advance. He is colored blue in remakes rather than red.

Tatanga

appears as the final boss in Super Mario Land, where he kidnaps Princess Daisy of Sarasaland. He fights in a war robot called while Mario attempts to shoot him down from his Sky Pop airplane. Tatanga also appears in 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

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 "This tall, thin, evil-looking guy seems to be Luigi's rival. He works hard at his mischief: Waluigi reportedly spent a lot of time training for his debut in Mario Tennis by honing his ability to antagonize the Mario brothers. While it's general knowledge that he's the same age as Luigi, his relationship to Wario is unclear." - Waluigi's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee 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" (??) and Luigi, which is pronounced like "ruiji" in Japanese. 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. Waluigi has a hat and gloves with an inverted L ( ? ), which is similar to Wario's "W", an inverted "M", and may also refer the the Greek letter "?", which is pronounced similarily with "W". 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 Toadstool Tour and Mario Power Tennis. He acts as an antagonist in 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 will be appearing in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an assist trophy, he will be using his Tennis Racket from his debut game, Mario Tennis.

Wario

Wart

plays the role of final boss in Doki Doki Panic, and Super Mario Bros. 2, the game that is derived from it. Wart is a regal, fat toad, 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 K?j?: 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.

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 Mario series enemies
• List of Donkey Kong characters
• List of Paper Mario series characters
• List of Mario characters in other media