Mario/Relationships

Mario is a simple character without a solid personality. When his demeanour is shown, Mario is shown to be a brave and kind-hearted hero.
== Friends ==
===Pauline===
Mario's former girlfriend, and love interest, Pauline was kidnapped by Donkey Kong Sr. holding her hostage in a construction site, but Mario defeated held him hostage until Donkey Kong Jr. had to save him. Later, Donkey Kong III kidnapped Pauline several times until his redemption. After breaking up, and during the events of Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline as mayor, still trusts Mario on his adventures on rescuing Peach.
=== Princess Peach ===
Peach is Mario's love interest. When Bowser kidnaps Princess Peach, Mario always rescues her and defeats Bowser. While Peach is captive, she sends letters and power-ups to Mario believing that Mario will rescue her. Peach and Mario have been partnered in spin-off games and appear in merchandise as well.
===Rosalina===
Rosalina befriended Mario in Super Mario Galaxy. She trusted him enough to help her restore the Comet Observatory, and in return she helped him to defeat Bowser.
===Toad===
Toad is shown to be Mario's good friend. Toad usually helps Mario with supporting roles and gives him advice. In the Mario cartoons, Toad was shown to be a close friend of both Mario and Luigi's, as he would commonly be seen assisting them in stopping King Koopa's evil plots. Toad even helped in domestic situations, alongside Princess Peach. Throughout the issues of the Nintendo Comics System, the comics often portrayed Toad to being Mario's loyal and trusted sidekick. In Super Mario 64 and it's DS remake, Toad completely trusted Mario throughout his adventure. In the Super Mario Galaxy games, Toad often relied on Mario to back him and his brigade up in various situations during the adventure.
===Yoshi===
Yoshi is Mario's best friend. They have gone on many adventures together, not to mention he saved and helped Mario when he was a baby. Mario occasionally rides Yoshi, although Yoshi has been known to be as good as Mario on his own two feet. Mario and Yoshi are often seen together trying to foil Bowser's plans. Yoshi can eat enemies too, which helps Mario a lot on his adventures.
===Sonic the Hedgehog===
Sonic is the mascot of Nintendo's competitive company Sega and Mario's friendly rival. In Adventure Mode on the DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, he joins with Sonic to save the snow spirits from Bowser and Dr. Eggman. Since they would both risk their own lives to save others with no hesitation, and are always hunting more adventure, it's safe to assume these similarities have made them good friends. Mario and Sonic have currently starred in 5 crossover games together: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
===Cappy===
Cappy is Mario's companion in Super Mario Odyssey. He can capture enemies to allow Mario to control them.
== Family ==
=== Luigi ===
Luigi is Mario's younger twin brother. Luigi usually joins and accompanies Mario on his adventures, serving as the secondary protagonist (although Mario has been known to go on adventures by himself). Through the years, Mario and Luigi have maintained a brotherly love for each other as shown in games like Luigi's Mansion and the Mario & Luigi series. They also (try to) save each other whenever one of them needs the other’s help, notably, in the beginning of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, when Luigi got sucked into the vortex, Mario tried to help him twice, but to no avail. When he later hears his brother calling him for help, Mario immediately guesses Luigi is in trouble and rushes to his aid. In addition, the two of them are normally paired together in sports titles and spin-offs and although Luigi has shown to be slightly jealous of Mario at times (as he admits in Paper Mario), he loves his brother very much and looks up to him as a positive role model. 
For his part, Mario seems to allow his sibling rivalry to get the best of him when competing directly with Luigi. When Luigi receives a trophy in Mario Power Tennis, Mario slapped Luigi's back and stepped on Luigi's foot intentionally.
=== Parents ===
Mario and Luigi's supposed parents made a cameo at the end of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, although the game does not show their faces or names. Furthermore, Yoshi's New Island has stated that these two are not Mario and Luigi's parents, as the true parents appear at the end of the game.
== Neutral ==
=== Lock ===
Lock talked to Mario in Super Paper Mario. Lock disliked men with mustaches and without them but easily falls in love with girls. After Mario saves the world, Lock considered that girls like boys that are heroes.
===Donkey Kong III===
Mario and Donkey Kong's relationships were anti-heroic. Like Cranky Kong, he kidnapped Mario's ex-girlfriend, Pauline, but then DK's life has been spared when redeemed.
== Enemies/Rivals ==
=== Bowser ===
Bowser is Mario's nemesis and foremost enemy. Bowser and Mario have had a long history of antagonism and rivalry for Princess Peach. However, Mario almost always defeats Bowser one way or another. Bowser always tries to find a way to take Peach from Mario and have her all for himself. Bowser is jealous of Peach's friendship with Mario, as he admits in Super Paper Mario. Occasionally, Bowser is on the same side as Mario when they shared a common enemy, as shown in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Super Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Oddly enough, Bowser has saved Mario from a few obstacles, as shown in the last cinema in Mario Super Sluggers; Bowser stops a Bullet Bill from taking out Mario. Of course, Bowser's only reason for saving Mario is so that he needs a rival and he wants to destroy Mario himself. Mario (along with Luigi and Yoshi) is also one of the three main heroes that Bowser hates, as they always get in the way of his plans.
However, at the end of Super Mario Odyssey, when Princess Peach "rejects" both Mario and Bowser, Mario is patting the back of Bowser's shell in sympathy (which is unprecedented), before kicking off on his face to get back onto the Odyssey before Peach leaves without them.
=== Wario ===
Mario realized Wario stole Mario's Castle while he was rescuing Sarasaland including Daisy; but Mario managed to get his castle back. They were also rivals in Mario & Wario with the help of Wanda guiding him. Furthermore, they get along in the Mario Party series.
If a Nintendo Power issue from 1996 is to be believe, Wario is Mario's cousin.Nintendo Power (1996). Retrieved March 17, 2019.
=== Phantom ===
When Mario encountered the Phantom during the first rabbids incident, The Phantom insulted him about Mario's history for the Phantom's hatred of him; his debut in Donkey Kong, the way he slides down every Pipe, although, Mario doesn't like being teased about his body, runs in fear crying "Mamma mia!", and whatever Peach sees in the plumber, himself. The Phantom also enjoys watching Mario Kart and the part where Mario's in first, until the Blue Spiny Shell hits him.
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