Fawful

**Fawful** is a *Super Mario* series villain who appears in the *Mario & Luigi* RPG series.

Fawful first appears in 2003's *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga* as the secondary antagonist working for Cackletta, a witch seeking to use the wish-granting powers of the Beanstar for her own ends. She and Fawful, disguised as Goodwill Ambassadors, enter Princess Peach's castle and present a chest containing a device which sprays toxic gas in the princess's face, removing her voice which is sucked into Fawful's Vacuum Helmet. The two then make their escape, leaving the princess unconscious.

When Mario and Luigi, along with Bowser, give chase, Fawful is ordered to attack their ship, the Koopa Cruiser. He fights the Mario Bros. and lays waste to the Cruiser, causing it to crash land near the border of the Beanbean Kingdom. Fawful and Cackletta then capture Prince Peasley of the Beanbean Kingdom, transforming him into a dangerous dragon, and head to Beanbean Castle while the military guard are distracted searching for the prince. They successfully transform Queen Bean into a monster and trick Mario and Luigi into disabling the security system on the Beanstar.

With both the Beanstar and the voice of Peach in their possession, Fawful and Cackletta head for Woohoo Hooniversity to awaken the Beanstar with Peach's voice, said to be the only voice pleasant enough to do this. However, this backfires when the voice irritates the Beanstar, causing it to go mad and wreak havoc. As the villains panic, Mario and Luigi corner them and defeat Cackletta. Fawful comes to her aid and absorbs her soul into his Vacuum Helmet. Before he's able to attack the Mario Bros., however, Prince Peasley arrives and expels him from the building. Shortly after the Mario Bros. fight against the thief Popple and an amnesiac Bowser, they are sent into the sky with the irritated Beanstar and fall off as it explodes. Bowser remembers his identity for a brief moment before being knocked out again, where he is found by Fawful.

After Cackletta's spirit expresses a desire for any new body, Fawful allows her to possess Bowser, creating a fusion called Bowletta. Meanwhile, Prince Peasley attempts to search for the Beanstar's remains while Mario, Luigi, and Peach (who as it turns out, was never attacked and instead was replaced with a disguised Birdo at the beginning) take a trip to the Mushroom Kingdom immigrant community Little Fungitown. Here, Mario falls ill after eating an Invincishroom he won at the arcade. While Mario is ill and Luigi is out finding a cure, Bowletta and Fawful attack and kidnap the princess. Once Mario recovers, they return to Beanbean Castle where Bowletta contacts them demanding the Beanstar pieces if they ever want to see Peach again.

Once they find the Beanstar pieces, Mario and Luigi travel to Joke's End and attempt to trick Fawful with a fake Beanstar, which immediately fails as Fawful steals the real one. Mario follows him to Bowletta, who calls them scheming liars and refuses to release the princess. Mario, however, laughs as a second princess (who is actually a disguised Luigi) enters and claims the kidnapped princess was a fake all along. Enraged, Bowletta and Fawful dump the real princess and kidnap the fake one. However, they soon notice that the "princess" is always covering her face and pretend a terrifying monster is behind her, causing Luigi to turn around and scream, uncovering his mustache. Exposed, Luigi runs away and takes off the dress revealing his overalls underneath. He successfully steals the Beanstar back and jumps off the ship, using the dress as a parachute.

Having lost both Peach and the Beanstar, the villains angrily travel to the Mushroom Kingdom to make use of Bowser's flying castle, with Bowser's minions including the Koopalings believing Bowletta to be Bowser and thus helping her. They use the castle to fire Bullet Bills at Beanbean Castle and the surrounding town, prompting the Mario Bros. to enlist the help of the pterodactyl Blablanadon and travel to the floating castle. After defeating the seven Koopalings, they encounter Fawful, who changes into a pink jumpsuit and now has an antenna on his head. He expresses annoyance at the fact that everything he has done up to this point was not for his own sake, but for Cackletta's, and in the end he was only a servant. He then battles the Mario Bros., who defeat him. However, he attempts to catch Mario off-guard with an electric blast, and is challenged by Prince Peasley, who also receives a shock from Fawful's antenna. Mario quickly recovers from his own shock however, and he and Luigi work together to send Fawful flying out of the castle and into the ocean below.