Princess Peach (Super Mario)

Princess Peach Toadstool is the tritagonist of the franchise. 
She is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom and best friend of the ruler of Sarasaland, Princess Daisy, as well as the love interest of Mario. She has been kidnapped by Bowser and his minions in nearly every game in the series, frequently being saved by Mario.
She has an affinity for the color pink, which accents her feminine personality and kind temperament. Princess Peach's girlish nature and role as the damsel are often represented with her heart abilities and Princess emblems. Princess Peach's initial design was said to represent her stubborn appearance. 
==Portrayals==
She was voiced by the following actors in the following works:
* in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.
* (who also voiced Sailor Moon) in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
* in Mario is Missing!.
* in Hotel Mario.
*, , , and , in some Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS games.
*Samantha Kelly since 2007's Mario Strikers Charged with exceptions Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
==Personality==
Peach is generally known for being sweet, graceful, calm, sophisticated, and well-mannered. Usually, she never shows aggressiveness when she fights or confronts her enemies. She is also willing to have Bowser team up with her and the Mario Bros. when a more dangerous villain attacks the Mushroom Kingdom. She's also very friendly towards Luigi, despite not interacting with him as much as Mario. As seen in Super Mario Odyssey, she loves to travel and dress up. She also enjoys gardening and ballroom dancing. Her femininity is always played up, and she's often contrasted with the tomboyish Princess Daisy. But she is quite a tomboy too as has just as much interest and is as good in sports as Daisy, or any of the guys, and doesn't hesitate to get rough and tumble with any of them, and she always loves playing video games, which would mean she is a bit of a tomboy princess, but not as much as Daisy. She is also frequently shown to be very brave and confident as whenever she is not kidnapped, she joins Mario on his adventures, or goes on a few of her own, even being the first to jump in after Bowser kidnapped one of the Sprixie Princesses. And in Super Mario 3D Land, she bravely attempts to escape from Bowser and his army. While she doesn’t succeed in getting away, she still bravely tried to escape. 
Princess Peach is always shown to be relaxed, gentle, noble, regal and proud. Princess Peach is friendly and kind to almost everyone she meets, caring for her friends and enemies. In every fight, she always shows respect and dignity. She is also prim, proper and prissy without being stuck up, snobbish and snooty. Princess Peach is also well organized, making sure she always looks her best and that there is nothing out of place in her castle or kingdom. Aside from being calm and relaxed, she is always happy and cheerful, but is not hyper with her cheerfulness like Princess Daisy is. Despite her royal status, she doesn't let that stop her from getting directly involved in matters herself, whether it be action or sports. 
==Appearance==
Princess Peach is a young woman with long golden blonde hair and blue eyes. She usually wears a pink ballgown with a blue brooch on her chest. She wears blue round earrings and a golden crown with red and cyan jewels. She wears pink shoes and long white gloves. Prior to her appearance in Mario Party 4, Peach's outfit had a somewhat different design with more dark pink on the lower portion of her dress and around the middle.
In athletics, Princess Peach ties her hair into a ponytail with a blue hairband, and wears a short pink sport clothing with pink shorts. She wears white socks and pink shoes. In golf and tennis, she wears a short pink dress. In Mario Golf: Super Rush, she wears a pink t-shirt and a light pinkish-skirt. As Fire Peach, she still wears her hair into a ponytail, except the hairband is red instead of blue. Her dress turns white and red and her shoes turn to red.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Princess Peach looks slightly different from how she appears in the Mario series. She looks anatomically realistic, as her head is a bit smaller and she is slightly taller than she normally is in the Mario series. Her dress, gloves and crown are all more ornate in design than in the Mario series.
==Other Media==
===Hotel Mario===
Princess Toadstool sends a letter to the Mario Bros., inviting them to join her on a relaxing picnic. However, once the brothers arrive, they find a letter from Bowser at the "Klub Koopa Resort", where it read that they have taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and turned it into a resort where it had seven hotels. In addition, they have Princess Toadstool trapped in one of the hotels and he challenges them to find her. 
Each time Mario and Luigi overtakes a hotel, they often come close to freeing Princess Toadstool, only for another Koopaling to snatch her away and imprison her in their hotel, leading Mario and Luigi to chase that Koopaling down to catch up to them. She is often stuck in a tree, clouds, and buildings, and eventually in the hotels controlled by the Koopalings. Regardless of being tricked by Bowser numerous times, Mario will still have the volition to continue his search for the missing princess. Once Princess Toadstool is finally released from captivity, she will reward the Mario Bros. with kisses in thanks and the trio will tell the player, "You're the best player ever!".
==Powers and Abilities== 
*Heart powers: Princess Peach is shown to be a heart princess. Her abilities are usually based around hearts and the power of love. With it, she can perform various abilities such as attacking, absorbing and repelling attacks, stunning opponents, interacting and manipulating objects, and healing.
*Wishing powers: Princess Peach also has powerful wishing abilities. She can strengthen and weaken anyone with it. Princess Peach was able to channel her powers into a beam of energy with the help of the Star Spirits and levitate Bowser through telekinesis with the help of Starlow.
*Magic: Princess Peach is an efficient user of magic. She can use it to put opponents to sleep, silence opponents from using special moves, revive allies, or bombard a cluster of foes.
*Levitation: Princess Peach can float in mid-air with the use of her skirt. This was introduced in the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2, her first playable appearance.
*Parasol skills: Princess Peach can effectively use a parasol. She can use it to block attacks, glide and float, and attack opponents. In Paper Mario, she gets a special parasol that turns her into Bowser's guards and in Super Princess Peach, her parasol has a mind of its own and can transform into a submarine.
*Emotion empowerment: In Super Princess Peach, being on location in Vibe Island allowed Princess Peach and her enemies to channel her emotions into powers. With Joy, she can fly and create cyclones. With Rage, she will create a magic fire around her, and create earthquakes by jumping. Gloom will enable her to run much faster, jump higher, and turn her tears into strong waterspouts. Calm heals her.
*Informant: Sometimes when Princess Peach is captured, she goes undercover, gathering information and sending it or useful items to Mario, usually by letters.
*Swordsmanship: In the Mario and Sonic series, Peach is shown to be skilled at fencing. But in Mario Party 2, she as a pirate in pirate land, she used the sword to fight against Captain Bowser. She can even use that skill when transforming into a swordfighter.
*Gunsmanship: As a cowgirl, and astronaut, Peach has the ability to use a pistol to shoot Bowser down in Western land, and Space land, in Mario Party 2.
*Witchcraft: As a witch in Mario Party 2 she has the power of a wand to cast a spell to turn the cursed Koopa Troopa, back to his original self, and even turn Bowser into a frog, as well.
*Aquatic breathing and Swimming: As a mermaid, in Princess Peach: Showtime! she has the ability to breathe, talk, and use a powerful and beautiful singing voice (much like Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid can, while swimming underwater.
==Quotes==
==Theme Samples==
==="Peach is Saved"===
==="Inside the Castle Walls"===
==Tunes Peach hummed about==
*Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)
*Underwater Theme (Super Mario Bros.)
*Inside the Castle Wall (Super Mario 64)
==Trivia==
*In the Super Mario Bros live-action film, Princess Peach isn't actually the princess Mario and Luigi have to rescue. Instead, it's Princess Daisy (although her chief inspiration came from Peach).
*In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Peach is referred to as Princess Toadstool; her appearance resembles her sprite from Super Mario Bros. and she had a major role in several episodes.
*Princess Peach debuted on October 18, 1985, and this coincides with her sapphire brooch.
*Princess Peach has appeared in more games than any other female character in video game history.
*Princess Peach and Dr. Eggman both had different names in western regions. Princess Peach was named Princess Toadstool and Dr. Eggman used to be named Dr. Robotnik. Coincidentally, both characters had their names changed to match their original ones around the debut of new video game consoles (Nintendo 64 and SEGA Dreamcast respectively).
**Princess Peach was actually first referred to as such international in Yoshi's Safari on SNES.
** She earned her name from the idiom "to be a peach"; which is for an attractive, likable, admirable, or otherwise good person.
==External Links==
*Princess Peach on Wikipedia
*Princess Peach on the Super Mario Wiki
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