Mario

**Mario** (マリオ ***Mario***?) (originally called **Mr. Video** and **Jumpman** and also called **Super Mario** or **Mario Mario**) is a  mustached Italian plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario also sometimes rules his own land, Mario Land. As confirmed in DiC Cartoons Mario and his brother, Luigi used to live in Brooklyn as plumbers. He had a hat marked with an M. The hat of Wario is also similar, but the M is reversed to W.

He is the overall protagonist of the long-running and highly successful Nintendo video game franchise series with the same name. Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario, who was based off Popeye. Mario mainly fulfills the role of rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser, the ever-persistent King of the Koopas, in Super Mario games, while in *Super Princess Peach,* the role is reversed for Mario and Peach, Bowser kidnaps Mario and Peach rescues him. According to a 1993 Nintendo character guide, Mario is classified as "Homo nintendonus",[2] and according to the Insiders' Calendar included in the second issue of Nintendo Power, Mario's birthday is October 11th.

## 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

Mario is known for being kind, cheerful, playful, daredevil, courageous, and headstrong and is also eager and cocky in certain occasions. Officially, however, Nintendo producers have stated that Mario's biography is kept simple in order to make the character versatile and reusable in many different games and situations. As such, Mario is considered one of the most underdeveloped characters in the *Mario* series; in contrast, his brother, Luigi, has gained more of a personality over the years. In most media and some games, though, Mario is depicted as an Italian plumber from Brooklyn who stands for what is right and has a love for Italian food. Mario has proven himself to be a competent fighter, all-around sports player, and party lover in *Mario* spin-off titles.

Mario shows generally good sportsmanship, even complimenting his opponents, as shown in instances like *Mario Kart 8* and *Fortune Street*, as well as smiling if he loses in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*. However, in other spin-offs, he is usually sad after a loss and sometimes sobs. For example, in *Mario Kart 64*, if he does not place on the podium, he is shown wiping a tear. In *Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour*, if he attains a Double Bogey, he throws a small fit. Finally, it has been said that Mario loves animals, especially the most unusual ones, and he also enjoys music, particularly opera or new-wave Europop, although there is no further comment for these statements. *Mario Strikers Charged* gives Mario a rock-n'-roll theme for his entrance and scoring animations and an orchestrated theme for his Super Ability. It is revealed that Mario can play the piano, guitar, synthesizer, timpani, xylophone, saxophone, and trumpet.

Mario has been shown on various occasions to have an almost overbearing attitude towards his brother, as displayed by certain cutscenes in *Mario Power Tennis*; this is shown most often in *Super Mario-Kun*. However, this could also just be Mario's outgoing "big brother" personality interacting with Luigi's more introverted nature. Additionally, Mario is much more impulsive and aggressive than his brother, Luigi, and is willing to enter dangerous situations all alone. In *Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars*, Mallow even had to physically restrain Mario from brawling several times, such as before the battle with Bowyer, so that the heroes could figure out what exactly was happening to their world.

Mario has occasionally shown aggressive or vulgar tendencies throughout his appearances, albeit in a lighthearted and comic-relief manner; a notable exception is in *Super Mario Momotarō*, when Mario is shown holding a gun and aiming at Bowser, albeit to intimidate him. In *Super Mario-Kun*, Mario is short-tempered and resorts to yelling at his friends for failing or taking uncalled-for actions; Mario himself is not above certain vulgar actions, such as farting to taunt his opponents or urinating on Yoshi, and he also cross-dresses several times. The title itself and the art style of the *Super Mario-Kun* manga also depict Mario with a childish personality. "Kun" is a generally masculine Japanese honorific for juniors such as boys or teenagers.

In a virtual magazine for the Japan-exclusive Satellaview, his vulgar and aggressive tendencies are exaggerated for the purpose of adult-oriented humor. Mario is shown smoking a cigarette and abusing his friends and love interest; he abuses Toad in particular often due to the latter's own perverse behavior in the magazine (or else for no reason at all), stomps on both Toad and Peach repeatedly for having oral sex behind Mario's back, and kills the former character with a gun.

The *Super Smash Bros.* series makes Mario a much more serious character in comparison to his typical playful depiction, whereas his younger brother is made into somewhat of a "comical and childish, yet depressive" character. This is evident in Mario's actions, since all of his attacks are "straightforward and serious," while his brother looks unwilling, hesitant, or too drowsy to be on the offense. Mario also keeps a straight face or firm expression when battling, unlike Luigi. Mario's other facial expressions are not wild or gloomy like his brother's, since he will appropriately smile during his side taunt and victory poses; appear surprised or shocked when grabbed, pummeled, or launched; or appear angry when hanging on to ledges or attacking. However, Mario's personality does not change drastically, since he is still a person who values fairness. This is evident in his losing animation, where he claps for his opponent with a smile. In The Subspace Emissary, Mario assumes a leadership role, since he makes it his job to unite the playable roster of *Brawl* to combat the evil Tabuu and the Subspace Army. Mario is friendly, since he is able to bond with most characters, including Kirby and Pit, and is very happy to cooperate with them. However, one of Mario's aggressive tendencies arises, where he and Pit witness Link and Yoshi defeating the False Peach (thinking she is the real Peach), and Mario decides to fight them. In *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, Mario is more whimsical and lighthearted during battle. One of his new taunts has him flash a thumbs-up.

Mario seems to have a fixation with food. This is most notably seen in the DiC cartoon trilogy, which may also be the origin of this trait, where Mario is almost constantly hungry and fascinated with Italian food (mostly pizza and pasta), typically wanting to stop Bowser's latest scheme simply so he can eat and going to nearly any length to do so. In fact, in the *The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!* episode "Koopenstein," when Princess Peach asked him if he ever thought about anything besides food, Mario, with pure honesty, replied, "What else is there?" As in *Super Mario 64* and its remake, the original reason Mario came to the castle is that Peach was baking him a cake, which becomes a recurring trend in future games, such as *Super Mario Galaxy 2* and *New Super Mario Bros. Wii*, although Mario, as well as his friends, has also fallen for false invitations to a big feast, shown in *Mario Party DS*. Mario also dreams of pasta when he falls asleep in *Super Mario 64*, in *Super Mario Odyssey*, and in the Game Over screen of *Mario vs. Donkey Kong*. In the opening of *Super Mario Sunshine*, Mario is apparently daydreaming about seafood. In *Fortune Street*, he offers Yoshi to help by finding Yoshi's cookies but before playfully saying, "Just give me a second to brush these cookie crumbs out of my mustache!" Quite a few characters in other games also advised Mario to refrain from eating much. For instance, when Mario holds on to Hoot for too long, Hoot may complain about Mario's eating habits before getting exhausted and letting him go. Additionally, the Star Gate from *Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time*, while praising Mario for his pure heart, has criticized his diet, advising him to limit the Alfredo sauce and carbonara in tandem with more exercising.

### 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.