Mario (Super Mario)

Mario, also known as Jumpman and Mr. Video Game Himself, is the main protagonist from the Mario series.
== Charactah Account ==
A short, stocky Italian plumber and inhabitant of the Mushroom Kingdom. He is primarily charged with saving Princess Peach Toadstool, from the clutches of King Bowser Koopa and his minions. He is also Luigi's older brother.
Mario is basically a simple character without a solid personality, since he was meant for players to integrate their own personality into his character. When his demeanour is shown, Mario is kind, smart, brave, heroic, generous, and optimistic. Mario is a brave and kindhearted hero with a strong sense of justice, morality and righteousness. He puts, more often than not, other people's needs before his own and he is willing to risk his life to save millions of others from the forces of evil. Mario will never give up on anyone, ever. He will always be there no matter what, even if it's extremely dangerous.
Although Mario is generally a good natured person, it seems he doesn't enjoy losing much, often when losing in spin off games (i.e Mario Party) he has a sad look on his face, but in Luigi's ending in Mario Power Tennis he is shown congratulating his brother. He remains quiet but when he talks he talks heavy and harshly. In the cartoons, Mario speaks with a characteristic Brooklyn accent, but his current incarnation—voiced by Charles Martinet - has a blatant Italian accent. Mario is friendly, tenacious, and persistent, so he always knows what he is doing. Also Mario is handsome and many creatures have a crush on him. He has a major crush on Princess Peach.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Brothers
* Luigi's Toy Adventure
* Mario Kirby Masterpiece Video
* Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
* Super Mario Traffic Safety
* Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land
* Super Mario's Fire Brigade
=== Cartoons ===
* Saturday Supercade
* Super Mario World
* The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
=== Comics ===
* Club Nintendo
* Nintendo Comics System
* Super Mario Adventures
=== Manga ===
* Gogo! Mario World
* Super Mario 4-Panel Manga Theater
* Super Mario Adventures
* Super Mario Bros.: Ghost Bowser Strikes Back
* Super Mario-kun
=== Video Games ===
* All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
* Alleyway
* BS Mario Paint: Yuushou Naizou Ban
* BS Super Mario USA
* Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
* Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario
* Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros.
* Crazy Kong
* Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
* Donkey Kong
* Donkey Kong 64
* Donkey Kong Circus
* Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
* Donkey Kong Hockey
* Donkey Kong Jr.
* Donkey Kong II
* Dr. Mario
* Dr. Mario 64
* Dr. Mario & Puzzle League
* Dr. Mario BS Version
* Dr. Mario Express
* Dr. Mario Online Rx
* Dr. Mario World
* Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure
* Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium
* Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race
* Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
* Family Computer Golf: Japan Course
* Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course
* Fortune Street
* Game & Wario
* Game & Watch Gallery
* Game & Watch Gallery 2
* Game & Watch Gallery 3
* Game & Watch Gallery 4
* Game & Watch Collection
* Hotel Mario
* I Am a Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater
* Itadaki Street DS
* Kaettekita Mario Bros.
* Luigi's Mansion
* Luigi's Mansion 3
* Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
* Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
* Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
* Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
* Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
* Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
* Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
* Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
* Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition
* Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
* Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
* Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
* Mario & Wario
* Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
* Mario Artist: Communication Kit
* Mario Artist: Paint Studio
* Mario Artist: Polygon Studio
* Mario Artist: Talent Studio
* Mario Bros.
* Mario Bros. Special
* Mario Clash
* Mario Family
* Mario Golf
* Mario Golf: Advance Tour
* Mario Golf: Super Rush
* Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
* Mario Golf: World Tour
* Mario Hoops 3-on-3
* Mario is Missing!
* Mario Kart 7
* Mario Kart 8
* Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
* Mario Kart 64
* Mario Kart Arcade GP
* Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
* Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
* Mario Kart DS
* Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
* Mario Kart Tour
* Mario Kart Wii
* Mario Kart: Double Dash!
* Mario Kart: Super Circuit
* Mario Paint
* Mario Paint: BS Ban
* Mario Party
* Mario Party 2
* Mario Party 3
* Mario Party 4
* Mario Party 5
* Mario Party 6
* Mario Party 7
* Mario Party 8
* Mario Party 9
* Mario Party 10
* Mario Party Advance
* Mario Party DS
* Mario Party: Island Tour
* Mario Party: Star Rush
* Mario Party: The Top 100
* Mario Pinball Land
* Mario Power Tennis
* Mario Sports Mix
* Mario Sports Superstars
* Mario Strikers Charged
* Mario Strikers: Battle League
* Mario Super Sluggers
* Mario Superstar Baseball
* Mario Teaches Typing
* Mario Teaches Typing 2
* Mario Tennis
* Mario Tennis Aces
* Mario Tennis Open
* Mario Tennis: Power Tour
* Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
* Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
* Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters
* Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers
* Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun
* Mario's FUNdamentals
* Mario's Photopi
* Mario's Picross
* Mario's Picross
* Mario's Super Picross
* Mario's Time Machine
* Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition
* Minecraft: Wii U Edition
* Mobile Golf
* NBA Street V3
* NES Open Tournament Golf
* New Super Luigi U
* New Super Mario Bros.
* New Super Mario Bros. 2
* New Super Mario Bros. U
* New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii
* Nintendo Puzzle Collection
* Paper Mario
* Paper Mario: Color Splash
* Paper Mario: Sticker Star
* Paper Mario: The Origami King
* Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
* Pinball
* Punch Ball Mario Bros.
* Punch-Out!
* Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
* Somari
* SSX on Tour
* Super Mario 3D Land
* Super Mario 3D World
* Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
* Super Mario 64
* Super Mario 64 DS
* Super Mario Advance
* Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
* Super Mario All-Stars
* Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World
* Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition
* Super Mario Bros.
* Super Mario Bros. 2
* Super Mario Bros. 3
* Super Mario Bros. 35
* Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up
* Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
* Super Mario Bros. Special
* Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Super Mario Galaxy 2
* Super Mario Kart
* Super Mario Land
* Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
* Super Mario Maker
* Super Mario Maker 2
* Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS
* Super Mario Odyssey
* Super Mario Party
* Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
* Super Mario Run
* Super Mario Strikers
* Super Mario Sunshine
* Super Mario World
* Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
* Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
* Super Paper Mario
* Super Princess Peach
* Super Smash Bros.
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
* Super Smash Bros. Melee
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* Tennis
* Tetris & Dr. Mario
* Tetris DS
* Undake30 Same Game
* VS. Dr. Mario
* VS. Super Mario Bros.
* VS. Wrecking Crew
* Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
* WarioWare Gold
* WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
* WarioWare: Touched!
* WarioWare: Twisted!
* Wrecking Crew
* Wrecking Crew '98
* Yakuman DS
* Yoshi
* Yoshi Touch & Go
* Yoshi's Cookie
* Yoshi's Island
* Yoshi's Island DS
* Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
* Yoshi's New Island
* Yoshi's Safari
=== Webcomics ===
* Nerf NOW!!!
== Trivia ==
* Mario makes more playable appearances than any other character in video game history.
* According to the team name Super Mario Bros., many among the fanbase had inferred that Mario and Luigi's last names were "Mario." Miyamoto states that this information is untrue before eventually going along with it, thus making "Mario" the brothers' canon surnames.
* In the classic games and in the DIC cartoons, Mario's attire consisted of a blue shirt with red overalls; this color scheme would later be inverted. However, the classic blue shirt and red overalls color scheme appears in a number of games as an alternate costume.
** Strangely enough, said color scheme is not available in Super Smash Bros. 4 or Ultimate.
* Mario has always had his signature Cap, ever since he was a baby.
* Mario used to have a very low New York voice.
* Mario is one of the Nintendo characters who talks in sentences.
** In the Mario and Luigi series, neither Mario or Luigi talk with speech bubbles.
* Mario's name before Jumpman was supposed to be Mr. Video.
* Mario, along with Luigi, were intended to have cameo appearances in the 2012 Disney film, Wreck-It Ralph, but Bowser made an appearance instead. But since the producers of the movie were unable to put him into the plot, and they did not want to make him make a cameo, he was not included. However, Mario is mentioned by Fix-It Felix Jr. during the party scene as being "fashionably late as usual." The director had promised that he will return for Wreck-It-Ralph 2, but again he does not.
* In the first appearance from Donkey Kong in 1981, Jumpman was a carpenter. Then in his own game as Mario in 1983, he appears as a plumber throughout the rest of the Super Mario series.
* In a 1993 Nintendo Character Guide, created to ensure that third party companies did not misrepresent the characters, Mario is revealed to be of the species "Homo Nintendonus."
* Through Mario's career, he was a rival of Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega. Their rivalry may have been the "cause of the Console Wars".
** Despite Nintendo being victorious, Sonic and Mario having been to the Olympics together since implies that Sega and Nintendo made up after the long battle.
* Mario was planned to be the character in Wii Sports and Splatoon's development but was scrapped.
* Despite people assuming that Mario says "So long, gay Bowser" when throwing Bowser far in Super Mario 64, Charles Martinet has confirmed that Mario is, in fact, saying "So long, king-a Bowser!."
* Mario is Nintendo's main mascot, and is one of Nintendo's iconic characters, along with Link from the Legend of Zelda and Pikachu from Pokemon
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== External Links ==
* Mario at MarioWiki
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