Mario

**Mario Mario** (originally named **Mr. Video** or **Jumpman**, and also known as **Super Mario**) is the main deuteragonist in The Yoshi franchise. He is a former plumber who is the adoptive father of Yoshi and resides in the Mushroom Kingdom. He is voiced by Gabriel Combs.

## Profile

#### Physical Description

Mario is a twenty-five year old Italian human. Mario has fair skin, is short and stocky in stature, and is a bit portly. He has bright blue eyes, a big nose and a thick dark-brown mustache with six bumps. Mario has short brown hair with two sideburns, three large bangs pointing upwards, four short bangs point upward the back of his neck and a sprout-shaped cowlick.

He wears a red shirt and blue overalls with yellow buttons. He wears a red cap that has the "M" symbol for his name and wears white gloves and brown shoes.

Prior to *Super Mario Sunshine*, he wore a long-sleeved shirt (In Super Mario Sunshine he wore a short sleeved shirt). In the arcade version of *Donkey Kong*, He had a blue mustache, hair, and overalls, a red cap and shirt. In *Mario Bros.'s* arcade version, He had a brown mustache and hair. He wore a red shirt, a blue cap, and overalls. In *Super Mario Bros.*, He had beige eyes, mustache, and shirt, red cap and overalls. In *Super Mario Bros. 3*, He wore the red cap and shirt, and black overalls.

#### Personality traits

Unlike in the video games, Mario is a cranky man who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. He adopted Yoshi, which ended up changing his life and stressing him out even more than he already was as the main mascot of Nintendo. While being cranky, he is also a meaningful and friendly man who sometimes hangs out with Yoshi anyways.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength** - Mario can lift and press objects that are several times his weight. The exact upper limits of his strength are unknown, but in *Super Mario World*, Mario can easily lift a castle, as shown after defeating Larry Koopa. In *Super Mario 64*, Mario is shown to lift King Bob-omb. He demonstrates his skill when fighting against Bowser.
* **Superhuman Leap and Jumping** - Mario's strength also extends to his legs, allowing him to perform his signature jumping. Mario is extremely good at jumping and is capable of leaping two stories high.
* **Superhuman Durability** - Mario can endure great impacts, such as falling from a height of several stories or being struck by an opponent with superhuman strength. Mario can also endure extreme environments, such as volcanoes and tundras. Also, he can withstand fire, electricity, and ice.
* **Superhuman Stamina** - Mario can maintain continuous physical activity for an indefinite time.
* **Superhuman Speed** - Mario is capable of running up walls in *Super Mario World*, and is capable of outpacing sound in *Super Paper Mario*. Koopa the Quick has referred to Mario as a "human blur".
* **Superhuman Reflexes and Agility** - Mario has shown himself time and time again to be very agile and nimble. This power allowed him to survive many dangerous situations that would kill a normal human.
* **Enhanced/Master Combatant** - Mario has his fighting style as shown in *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars*.
* **Indomitable Will** - Mario is shown to have a powerful force of will, completely free of evil or temptation.
* **Weapon Proficiency** - Despite not usually using guns, Mario has shown that he is very skilled with weapons. In Yoshi's Safari, Mario has shown he is competent and skilled with guns.
* **Expert Vehicular Driver** - As shown in the Mario Kart series, Mario is skilled in driving vehicles, such as karts and motorbikes. As shown on *Mario and Sonic at the Olympics series*, Mario is good in all-around type.
* **Dimension Flipping** - In *Super Paper Mario*, Mario can flip 3D after Bestovius grants the ability, but he will slowly lose a life if he stays 3D too long.
* **Pyrokinesis** - Mario can create and manipulate fire. This ability changes throughout the games he has appeared. In the platform games, such as *Super Mario Bros.*, Mario needs a Fire Flower to obtain this power. But in the RPGs, Super Smash Bros. series, and some of the sports titles, Mario already has this ability. Also, in the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Mario uses the Mario Finale, in which he unleashes a powerful blast of fire. In spinoffs, Mario is always associated with the element of fire.
* **Supernatural Survivability** - Mario constantly died in his games. Despite dying from hard injuries, Mario cheated death and returned to where he had left off.

#### Abilities

* **Leadership** - Mario has proven to be a capable leader, inspiring others with his charisma, ardor, and idealism.
* **Olympic Competitor** - As shown on *Mario and Sonic at the Olympics* series, Mario is good at all-around type.

## Biography

#### Early life

Prior to meeting Yoshi, Mario was signed on to star in a video game franchise created by Nintendo. He was dating Princess Peach, fighting Bowser, and using the Yoshi tribe as friends. Eventually, he ended up retiring and giving his video game role to voice actor Charles Martinet.

#### Meeting Yoshi

Eventually, Mario found Yoshi on his front door and took him in. Mario stated that he wasn’t ready to be a father, but Yoshi immediately hatched after and named him his father. After meeting Yoshi, he became more stressed and cranky than ever before, due to being new at parenting.

#### Presumed Death and Capturing

In The Finale!, Mario and Yoshi were captured by Dry Bones. As Dry Bones is about to kill Yoshi by pushing him off the balcony, Mario rushes in, pushes Yoshi out of the way, and falls off with Dry Bones, sacrificing himself to save Yoshi. It is revealed at the end of the second season that Mario is still alive and being held captive on World Bowser.