Mario

*“I'm tellin' ya! Nothing can hurt us as long as we're together!”*
— Mario

**Mario** is the main titular protagonist of *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*. He is a plumber from Brooklyn with Italian origins who has a younger brother named Luigi.

One day while investigating some pipes during their plumbing, he is teleported to the Mushroom Kingdom and encounters lots of friends and enemies.

## Personality & Description

Mario is a little guy from Brooklyn with big dreams. He's the classic "big brother brimming with charm and confidence.

From time to time again Mario is always shown to be determined, as even both Peach and Bowser state, he never knows when to quit. This is shown when he does an obstacle course that he constantly fails at and later has to endure and win a fight against Donkey Kong and do it out of the sheer determination. This is later put into play again against Bowser, during their battle in Brooklyn, where even though he was about to give up, his commercial helped rewind his determination.

His determination also seem to help teach Luigi how to be more confident like him, when he decides to snap out of being fraidy and stand up to Bowser as well.

Mario additionally has a dislike towards mushroom, for reasons unknown, as when he is given one, he somewhat wants to back out of eating the titular fungus and becomes annoyed upon consuming it. (downplayed later with power-up-related mushrooms, knowing those will give him special abilities)

### Appearance

Mario wears a red hat (with an M logo, which is initial for his name), a red shirt, blue overalls with some nice golden buttons and some basic brown shoes. Mario, in appearance is chubby, has blue eyes, is short-heighted and has brown hair along with a mustache of the same color. One of his iconic traits, alongside his mustache, is his oversized, soft nose.

## History

Mario was born to Papa Mario and Mama Mario in Brooklyn, New York alongside his younger brother Luigi. Growing up, Mario developed a distaste for mushrooms unlike his brother who liked them.

When the brothers were young, a bully knocked down a castle that Luigi had made making Luigi sad. Mario stepped in and stopped him making the bully leave enraged.

When Mario and Luigi reached their adulthood, they worked for the Wrecking Crew under the control of Foreman Spike. After awhile, the brothers left due to the terrible conditions of the job and started their own plumbing business, Super Mario Bros. Plumbing.

Upon starting their business, they receive their first call from a couple to help fix their leaky sink, to which the two brother travel through a series of obstacle to reach their destination. However, an encounter with their dog while repairing causes disaster for the two. Mario and Luigi then arrive back at their apartment for dinner, only for their family to make fun of them, while their father disapproves their decision to start their new job.

Upon Mario learning that Brooklyn is having a flood incident, he takes Luigi to investigate within the sewers. However, he fails to fix the pipe and deciding to travel through the sewers more, to which Mario then finds a mysterious green pipe that soon sucks him in, where he also finds Luigi also traveling through. (beforehand) The two are then separated from each other and Mario goes through an exit.

He is teleported into the Mushroom Forest where he meets a talking mushroom tourist called Toad, who tours him through the kingdom, along with his heeds of the wicked Koopa King, Bowser. He then proceeds to travel through the Mushroom Kingdom, and later reaches a castle to meet their monarch, Princess Peach. Upon stating of being in need to rescue his brother, Peach trains him in an obstacle course in order to improve his parkour skills, beat Bowser and save his brother. Despite taking all night to dawn to complete the course, Mario narrowly manages to complete it, but shortly fails. Despite that, Peach still takes him along for the adventure, impressed at his determination and skill. Meanwhile, Bowser also hears word from a kidnapped Luigi and his loyal servant Kamek about Mario's arrival and assumes the plumber is attempting to take Peach from him, who he plans to marry.

After being joined by Toad, the trio then adventure throughout the various lands, before stopping to rest at a Fire Flower Field, where Peach begins to explain her backstory to the plumber. The next day, the three heroes are able to arrive at the Jungle Kingdom, where they are taken to the king by a fellow Kong by kart. Upon arriving, Peach attempts to explain to the king, Cranky Kong about needing help from an oncoming invasion, before the latter dismisses the idea. Upon receiving word about the Jungle Kingdom's potential danger if the Mushroom Kingdom falls to Bowser's hands, Cranky Kong offers a challenge in order to get his army. That is to defeat his son, Donkey Kong in an epic duel, to which Mario accepts.

Upon entering the Great Ring of Kong, Mario and Donkey Kong proceed to fight, which the giant ape at first is able to easily overpower Mario, but through sheer determination to win, is able to gain a Super Bell, transform into Cat Mario, and turns the tables on Donkey Kong with ease. The aftermath of this battle, causes tension between the two. Back at Donkey Kong's hut, before Cranky Kong explains that to race back to their kingdom before Bowser invades, is to take the secret passageway, via karts. They are then taken to an underground garage, where the trio proceed to then design and create their own personalized karts, and immediately drive out with the Kong Army onto Rainbow Road. Unfortunately, that is when the Koopa Troop ambushes the heroes, and one by one, Mario is able to outsmart and defeat several of the troops, before coming face to face with their general. However, Mario is able to outwit the latter and hop onto Donkey Kong's kart, (blowing up the Koopa's bulldozer as well) but not long before the general has one more trick up his sleeve. He then proceeds to turn into a Blue Shell and blows up the plumber and ape into the descending ocean below.

Falling midair, Mario and Donkey Kong proceed to argue with each other, before falling into the water, to which Donkey Kong is knocked out by one of his wheels. Mario, then decides to rescue him from drowning, to which the ape thanks him for. Soon after, a giant Maw-Ray then eats the two, and then the duo starts to briefly argue again, until they spot Donkey Kong's kart with one of the rocket barrels left intact. From here they are able to escape and head back to the Mushroom Kingdom, where Peach is forced to be married to Bowser.

Upon arrival, several of the troops fire at them, leaving the two to parkour their way to Bowser's fortress, while Mario also gains a Super Leaf to help him fly in the process. Soon, Mario is able to rescue Luigi, who was about to fall into the lava below as apart of Bowser's sacrifice to execute all the prisoners. The two brother reunite, that is not long before the Koopa King orders a Bomber Bill to be launched onto the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario is then able to fly towards the giant missile and hits it in its eye to make it follow him instead. Mario then soars through the Mushroom Forest, before noticing the Warp Pipe he entered through, and makes the Bomber Bill enter it. However, its explosion causes Mario to lose his power up and get sucked back into the pipe, alongside everyone else.

Mario then enters Brooklyn once again, when he then sees Bowser's fortress crash through after another encounter with Foreman Spike. Upon finding a Super Star Bowser stole, he attempts to dash towards it, before the enraged King stops him from obtaining it. Bowser then proceeds to aggressively assault Mario and kill him, while also ranting about him foiling his plans, soon launching him into the Punch-Out Pizzeria, (the location he was first seen in) to which he then mocks Mario for backing out. While Peach, Donkey Kong and Toad continue to fill in and fight Bowser, Mario rewatches his plumbing commercial, and soon has the courage to fight Bowser. Upon exiting, Mario grabs Bowser's attention, and the fight continues, when Peach knocks the star away from Bowser's grasp. Mario continues to chase after the star, but when Bowser is about to roast the plumber with his fire breath, Luigi protects Mario from getting scorched, and with that the brothers are able to obtain the star and become invincible to all of Bowser and his army's attacks. Mario and Luigi then overpower the Koopa King, and successfully beat him into submission.

Bowser is then forced fed a Mini Mushroom and imprisoned in a jar for all his troubles, as Mario and Luigi are cheered on by the other citizens and their family for their heroism. With that, the brothers decide to then move into the Mushroom Kingdom, but also have their own personalized warp pipe installed so that they can travel back to Brooklyn for their plumbing jobs.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics:** Mario is a superb athlete at acrobatics, as shown with his parkour skills throughout the movie. This is shown where he trespasses on a construction site, through Peach's obstacle course, and when he has to fight his way through the Mushroom Kingdom against the Koopa Troop. Besides that, his acrobatics come in handy during fight, such as against Donkey Kong or Bowser, especially after he powers up from the Super Star.
* **Endurance:** Mixed with his determination and usage from power-ups Mario was able to endure being hit over and over again throughout the movie, from the various hazards in Peach's obstacle course, to his fight with Donkey Kong. Though this is inverted when battling Bowser, as even with sustaining several hits, Mario is rather seen in a bruised condition, complete with an injured arm and bruises all over his face, indicating that his increase endurance only applies when in the other world and not Earth.
* **Driving:** Mario is shown to be quite good at driving, either with his plumbing van or go-kart.
* **Plumbing skills:** Generally, since this is Mario's occupation, he is an expert plumber and is able to fix and maintain plumbing systems.

### From Power-Ups

* Super Form
	+ Shrunken Form (inverted "power-up")
* Cat Form
* Tanooki Form
* Invincibility

## Origins

Mario first appeared as the playable character "Jumpman" in the Nintendo arcade game, *Donkey Kong* (1981). Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally called "Mr. Video", he was renamed to Mario after Mario Segale, Nintendo of America's then landlord. Mario's clothing and characteristics were themed after the setting of *Donkey Kong*. He then began to star in the *Super Mario* series of platform games, beginning with the critically acclaimed NES video game *Super Mario Bros.* in 1985. From 1991-2023, Mario was voiced in the games by Charles Martinet, (though he wouldn't be the plumber official voice actor until 1996 in *Super Mario 64*) before being replaced by Kevin Afghani, starting from *Super Mario Bros. Wonder*.

After *Super Mario Bros.*, Mario began to branch off to different genres. These include puzzle games such as *Dr. Mario*, role-playing games such as *Paper Mario* and *Mario & Luigi*, and sports games such as *Mario Kart* and *Mario Tennis*. He has appeared in other Nintendo properties, such as in the *Super Smash Bros.* series of crossover fighting games. Mario has also appeared in various animations, including three series produced by DIC Entertainment (voiced by Lou Albano and later Walker Boone), and was portrayed by Bob Hoskins in the 1993 *Super Mario Bros.* film.

Mario is near-unanimously considered to be the most famous character in the video game industry and an established pop culture icon. Mario's likeness has appeared in a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectible items, and people and places have been nicknamed after him. He has also inspired a considerable amount of unofficial media. With more than 750 million units sold worldwide, the overall *Mario* franchise is the bestselling video game franchise of all time.

## External Links

* Mario on the Mario Wiki” page.
	+ Mario Mario (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) on the “Mario Wiki” page.
* Mario on the “Heroes Wiki” page.
	+ Mario (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) on the “Heroes Wiki” page
* Mario (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) on the “Pure Good Wiki” page