Princess Peach

*“My earliest memory is arriving. I was so lucky they found me. They took me in, and raised me like one of their own, and when I was ready, they made me their princess.”*
— Princess Peach

## Princess Peach

### Aliases

Peach Toadstool
Princess Toadstool
Peaches
The Princess

### Affiliation

Toads
Toad (servant)
Mario
Donkey Kong
Luigi

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Anya Taylor-Joy
Jessica DiCicco (baby voice)

**Princess Peach** (also simply or casually known as **Peach**) is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Luigi) in *The Super Mario Bros. Movie*. She is the monarch and princess of the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser and Mario's love interest in the games.

## Personality & Description

Peach is a very honest, loyal, and protective person. Peach cares about the kingdom that she rules. When she was informed by one of the toads that Bowser was trying to get the star and take over all of the kingdoms, she stepped up informing all of them that she would be the one to not let him hurt any of them. Peach can lie at times to make others feel happy. When she told Mario she didn't get the obstacle coarse, it was proved she got it done the first time. She only told him that to encourage him. Peach is very brave other than her game form, she's also strong too. When Peach was forced to get married to Bowser, she had Toad sneak an Ice Power up. This allowed Peach to get into her Ice form and fight Bowser for minor time. Peach also is nice, she congratulates Luigi and Mario after they defeat Bowser and turn him into a mini dragon. Peach is known to be beautiful, and the first human to come to the Mushroom Kingdom. Peach is also smart and athletic as well.

## History

Peach was first born in an unknown location, before stumbling in a Warp Pipe and being transported to the Mushroom Forest, where Mushroom people, known as Toads would find her. The Toads would then adopt the young girl, and raise her in the Mushroom Kingdom, until she reached adulthood, where she would become their new leader. Her appearance also gained the attraction of the Koopa King, Bowser, who became obsessed with her and was wanting anything to do for her, despite the latter's opposing side against him.

One day, when she was trying to plan a defense against Bowser's incoming invasion, she stumbled upon a short but mysterious plumber named Mario, who was in desperate help in saving his younger brother Luigi. Peach would then train him through the obstacle course, also introducing him to power ups that could potentially help him. This training takes Mario all night and throughout the morning where he almost completes it. Nonetheless, Peach still takes him on her journey, being worthy enough. Toad then joins the princess, and with that, all three heroes trek through the different lands, before stopping at a Fire Flower meadow, where Peach explains her backstory to the plumber. Additionally, Peach is also the primary subject to Bowser's love song, where the Koopa King explains about marring her, but also gets jealous when she starts to talk to Mario.

The next day, the three arrive at the Jungle Kingdom, where they proceed to go to the king for his army. The king, Cranky Kong then denies at first, but after Peach explains of how the Jungle Kingdom could collapse under Bowser, if the Mushroom Kingdom is destroyed, decides to challenge the heroes to defeat his son, Donkey Kong. Mario then accepts to duel him, and Peach is brought to Cranky Kong's viewing balcony in the Jungle Kingdom's arena. When Mario is narrowly beaten into submission, Peach reminds him about the power ups, and Mario is able to gain a Super Bell and triumph, much to her delight.

With that, Cranky plans to take a secret passage to travel back to the Mushroom Kingdom, through karts. The trio are then taken into an underground garage, where Peach proceeds to build a Mach Bike. She along with the other then head through the passage and onto Rainbow Road, to which she and Mario have another conversation, which the plumber states on taking her down to Brooklyn and getting her a pet turtle. Unfortunately, they are suddenly ambushed by the Koopa Troop and their general, and Peach tries to fend off the several minions. After rescuing Toad, but losing Mario, Donkey Kong and the rest of the army, the two then rush back to their home kingdom to warn the civilians about Bowser's onslaught.

After all the Toads evacuate, Bowser's fortress arrives, with the Koopa King then attempting to propose to the princess. Peach refuses at first, but with Bowser having his right hand man, Kamek torture Toad, she begrudgingly caves in. Soon at the wedding, Toad manages to smuggle in a secret power up within Peach's bouquet, right before the princess enters the grand hall. Bowser then explains that he plans to sacrifice all the prisoners in her honor, right before Peach sucker-punches Kamek and declares not to marry Bowser, soon revealing an Ice Flower, which she uses. Bowser then holds no guards attempting to scorch her, but is soon froze by the powers. Peach then would proceed to fend off the rest of the army, before dipping a spear in lava to light King Bob-omb's fuse, so that the minions have no option but to evacuate. However, this backfires as Peach gets caught in the explosion and loses her power up. (alongside that, the ice holding the rotating gear for the prisoners shatters)

Within the nick of time, Mario and Donkey Kong save the day, and free all the prisoners. However, that is not the end, as Bowser has a final trick up his sleeve: The Bomber Bill to nuke the Mushroom Kingdom. As Peach gasps in shock, Mario is able to redirect it from the castle, straight into the warp pipe he first entered through.

This explosion causes everyone, including Peach to be transported from the Mushroom Kingdom, straight into Brooklyn. As Peach lands, she and Toad are narrowly crushed by the rubble, but Donkey Kong stops it from falling onto them. They are then able to escape, but see a fight emerge with Bowser and Mario. After Mario is knocked into the Punch-Out Pizzeria and about to give up, Peach attempts to deal with Bowser herself, but is quickly overpowered by him and apprehended by his troops.

Upon Mario deciding to fight, Peach is able to break free, and kicks a Koopa Shell to free a Super Star out of Bowser's control. However, she is quickly held back again, and watches as Bowser is about to scorch the plumber, right before Luigi steps in and as the two then grab the star. She yells in shocks as she presumes the two have died, but it turns into relief as they got the star's powers right in time. With that the brothers overpower the evil Koopa King and his troops, along with destroying his fortress once in for all.

As Bowser is laying defeated, he begs Peach for mercy, to which what the princess had to deal with the whole time, denies him another chance and shoves a Mini Mushroom in his mouth. Bowser then is shrunken and taken away by Toad in a glass jar, right before Mario makes a snarky comment on getting Peach a pet turtle. Peach then goes on to praise Luigi, also for his heroic actions. With that she is then bear hugged with the heroes, alongside their parents, and is cheered on by the citizens of Brooklyn for her own heroism.

Afterwards, she would eventually return to the Mushroom Kingdom to resume duties.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics:** Similar to Mario and Luigi, Peach herself is skilled in the acrobatics category. This is shown that throughout her life that she was taught by the Toads how to parkour and master her acrobatic skills, more notably when she perfected her obstacle course when teaching Mario.
* **Driving:** Peach is shown to drive a motorcycle well, as she (as well as Toad) is the only survivor during the Rainbow Road ambush, as she was able to use her driver knowledge to evade the Koopa Troops and eventually drive back to the Mushroom Kingdom by dawn.
* **Intelligence:** Perhaps, Peach is one of the most smartest characters in the movie, where she divines a plan to convince the Kong army for assistance to stop Bowser's reign. Even if her initial plan fails, she ends up coming up with a backup, where she would marry Bowser so that she can use an Ice Flower and take him out before the ceremony begins. Peach also has smarts in how power ups work, where she knows the powers of the Super Star. Two instances is where she tells Bowser to use it if he is planning on taking over her kingdom, and in the climax where she assists Mario to get it and defeat Bowser.
* **Combat Skills:** Peach is an expert fighter, as opposed to her mainline game counterpart. Here, her fighting skills are demonstrated where she is able to put up a fight solo against the Koopa Troop with the aid of an Ice Flower. She is also able to defend Mario from Bowser during the climax, even if she wasn't able to defeat the latter.
* **Leadership:** Ever since becoming the monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach has taken responsible leadership for that kingdom. Unlike Bowser, who can be callous with his minions, Peach deeply cares about her Toads, and is not willing to let anyone harm them,. This is exhibited where she forcefully evacuates them moments prior to Bowser infiltrating the kingdom.

### From Power-Ups

* Fire Form
* Ice Form

## Origins

Princess Toadstool made her debut in the NES video game *Super Mario Bros.*, released in 1985. She becomes held captive by the Koopa King Bowser, and leaves her locked up in his castle. Mario defeats Bowser and saves the Princess after scavenging through 8 worlds to rescue her. The game's instruction manual suggests that she is the only person capable of breaking the curse hanging over the Mushroom Kingdom. In *Super Mario Bros. 2*, she became a playable character, uniquely able to hover. After going for many years by the name "Toadstool", she started to be addressed as "Princess Peach" beginning with *Super Mario 64* in 1996.

She is one of the best known female protagonists in video game history, with the most video game appearances of any female character. She is typically a playable character in multiplayer games of the series, including main games such as *Super Mario 3D World* and spin-off media. In *Princess Toadstool's Castle Run* and *Super Princess Peach,* she is the protagonist and player character.

In *Super Mario RPG* and *Paper Mario*, a cabinet minister or chancellor is part of the Mushroom Kingdom government. Her father, the Mushroom King, though mentioned in the instruction manual to *Super Mario Bros.*, has never made an appearance in the mainstream games.

## Relationships

*Main article: Princess Peach/Relationships*