Mario/Relationships

This page covers all relationships and interactions that Mario has had.

## Major interactions

### Luigi

Being brothers, Mario has always been on Luigi's side since they were young. This includes him defending Luigi from a bully, help each other work on plumbing and Luigi stating that unlike his family members, thinks that Mario isn't bringing him down with him. When Luigi, however, is separated from him when they enter the warp pipe, Mario becomes destined to make it his mission to save Luigi. Eventually, Mario is able to rescue Luigi from burning lava and reunite, and soon Luigi returns the favor to Mario by protecting him from Bowser's attack, when he is about to be scorched. Soon after, the two brothers trample over Bowser and save the day, and soon move into the Mushroom Kingdom.

**Status:** Brothers (extremely friendly terms)

### Princess Peach

Mario quickly befriended Peach upon arriving at her castle and encountering her. As soon as they met, Peach became amazed for finding a human, before Mario requests help to save Luigi. Peach then becomes a supportive mentor to Mario throughout the movie. She introducing him to Power-Ups, trains his parkour skills to take on Bowser, and even helps guide him to victory during the plumber's battle with Donkey Kong. During one scene, Peach explains her backstory to Mario, as the plumber becomes amazed. On Rainbow Road, Mario and Peach at best have a pep talk with each other, at best a little flirting. During the climax of the movie, Mario and Peach now stand by each other's sides, where Mario saves her kingdom from an incoming Bomber Bill, before Peach assists Mario in fending off Bowser in Brooklyn upon the king temporarily knocking him out, and soon launching the Super Star in his direction when Mario becomes engaged to stand up again.

Mario and Peach's relationship in general also caused a drift with Bowser, as the king assumed that the plumber was trying to steal his love from him, when in actuality, they were only in cahoots with each other to rescue Luigi from his grasps, with the added fact that Peach despised him with Mario treating her like herself as opposed to his more vile ways to get her. This not only led to Bowser driving his one-sided relationship with Peach down, but also helped Mario become close friends with the princess, if not help engage the two for a more romantic relationship in the future.

**Status:** Friends

### Toad

Mario and Toad are shown to be allies with each other during their journey. Mario first met Toad after waking up in the the Mushroom Forest and was about to touch a mushroom, before he jumpscared the plumber. After apologizing for his sudden appearance, Toad introduces himself and guides Mario though the Mushroom Kingdom. Upon arriving, at the castle, two guards would block Mario from entering, leading to Toad helping him by distracting the two. For the remainder of the movie, Toad would have more minor interactions with Mario. By the climax of the movie, after everyone is transported to Brooklyn, he assists in trying to hold off Bowser after Mario is knocked out, but his powers prove to be insufficient. It can also be presumed after the events of the film that Mario and Toad still remain in good touch with each other.

**Status:** Allies (friendly terms)

### Donkey Kong

Mario and Donkey Kong both had a friendly rivalry though out the second half of the movie. Primarily it was from their first encounter in Cranky Kong's challenge, where Mario had to defeat Donkey Kong in order for Peach to get the Kong Army. During the fight, Donkey Kong arrogantly beats Mario, that is until Mario gains determination to eventually get a Super Bell and prevails against the ape. This is then led to the two having a hostile nature, including Donkey Kong attempting to fight Mario again, had Cranky not intervened before it happened, glaring and taunting at Mario while driving on Rainbow Road, and the two arguing inside the stomach of a Maw Ray. Speaking of which, the two are able to cooperate and defeat the Koopa General, while Mario saves Donkey Kong from drowning, after the ape gets knocked out. Eventually the two fix their relationship by escaping the Maw Ray, using one of Donkey Kong's barrel rocket, before they team up to get to Bowser's fortress through a series of obstacle and enemies. Later, Donkey Kong also assists in fending off Bowser, after Mario gets temporarily knocked out. However, as Bowser attempts to kill him, Mario saves Donkey Kong's life in the nick of time.

**Status:** Allies (friendly terms)

### Bowser

Perhaps Mario biggest enemy, from Bowser's point of view. Throughout the film, when Bowser hears about Mario's arrival in the Mushroom Kingdom, he is seen envious of the plumber, due to him assuming that Mario is trying to take Peach away from him, when in actual reality, he only needed her help to rescue Luigi. Because of this, Bowser tries to eliminate Mario from the picture, by sending his army to ambush the heroes while they are on Rainbow Road. During the climax of the film, Bowser then resorts to attempting to outright kill him, shifting the blame on Mario for ruining his wedding. (when obviously it was his fault in the first place, and to some extent, Peach's) After launching him into the Punch-Out Pizzeria, is then when Bowser then starts to mock him for his failures, and by the end is defeated when he and Luigi get his star and take him down.

Ironically, Mario was never aware of Bowser's presence, aside from Toad's brief mention and description of him, and the cardboard cutout of him in the training course. So when Mario physically came face to face with him, he just viewed him as a random foe, that tried to take him and his friends down.

**Status:** Enemies (arch-enemies from Bowser's perspective)

## Minor & supporting interactions

### Mama & Papa Mario

Mama and Papa Mario's relationships with Mario are a yin-yang situation. While Mama Mario, supported the brothers by writing a positive review on their website and tried to back the two up after the rest of the family make fun of them, Papa Mario was more dismissive thinking that Mario is nuts for leaving his steady job for the dream job he want, along with bringing Luigi down with him. Soon after the two disappear, it is likely that the two started to worry about their absence. Later in the film, after the brothers have been teleported back to Brooklyn, and gain the star to beat Bowser's army, the two become surprised at their sons taking on a unexpected intruder. After Bowser's defeat the two run up to their sons and congratulate them. Mama Mario hugs and kisses the two, while Papa Mario tells Mario that he was amazing. Soon after the citizens cheer, Papa Mario shows his sons to the cheering crowd. For Papa Mario general relationship with Mario after the film, he was likely more flexible with Mario leaving home to live in the Mushroom Kingdom along with chasing his dreams. For Mama Mario, she still supported Mario on all of his steps to his dream job.

**Status:** Family (friendly terms with both)

### Other family members

Mario has sort of a mixed relationship with the other family members aside from his father and mother. While some members, including Arthur, Tony and their grandfather made fun of him for his commercial, Marie was the only one who also supported the brothers alongside Mama Mario, by slapping Arthur when he poked at the two. The niece during all of this also wasn't interested in the topic, being distracted on her phone while the others discussed the topic. In the climax, all of the family members watch Mario and Luigi as they take on the Koopa Troop, and cheer the two on once Bowser has been defeated. The niece, alongside that also records battling the two on her phone.

**Status:** Family (friendly terms)

### Cranky Kong

Mario and Cranky Kong only had a few minor interactions in the movie. Their first interaction is when Mario would state to take on Cranky's challenge on defeating Donkey Kong. Later during the fight, Cranky Kong intentionally decides to mess with Mario by adding a Mini Mushroom and Super Bell as items in the battle, though this tactic backfires on him, as he becomes mildly annoyed when Mario is able to use it towards his advantage. He then would break him and Donkey Kong up when the two would prepare to fight each other again. Soon after, Cranky Kong would take Mario alongside Peach into Donkey Kong's hut to plan how to get back to the Mushroom Kingdom, without being noticed by the Koopa Troop, and takes them into an underground garage where he allows them to customize their own karts. After Mario becomes concerned about the ramp, Cranky only simply tells him to accelerate his kart for the big jump. After all of this, the two never interact again.

**Status:** Neutral

### Koopa Troop

Being one the targets of this army, Mario is shown to not an easy rep for this troop. Throughout the film, due to them being under Bowser's tyrannical rule, the leader orders then to exterminate Mario out of the picture, as he thinks that the plumber is trying to steal Peach from him. One of the major generals of the army also manages to track Mario and friend's location, leading to Bowser ordering the army to launch an ambush on them, while driving on Rainbow Road. After Mario and Donkey Kong escape back to the Mushroom Kingdom, the two fight their way towards the army to make it to Bowser's fortress. In the climax of the film, Mario, alongside Luigi use invincibility from the Super Star to plow the Koopa Troop down.

**Status:** Enemies

### Koopa General

Being apart of the Koopa Troop, the General was ordered by Bowser to eliminate Mario out of the picture. On Rainbow Road, he laughs maniacally when he catches up to Mario on his bulldozer, and takes great pleasure of him crushing his kart to kill the plumber. After Mario is revealed to have survive his wrath, he hops onto the general's head and onto Donkey Kong's kart, leading to the two blowing up his bulldozer. Enraged by this, the general then transforms into a blue shell and blows up the two into the descending ocean below.

**Status:** Enemies

### Foreman Spike

Mario has somewhat of a hostile interaction with Foreman Spike, as such he was treated poorly when he and Luigi formerly worked for the Wrecking Crew, that led to their resigning from that job. Even after quitting and starting their own business, Spike would still make fun of the brothers, (along with giving them a 1 star review on the SMBplumbing website) and state of being failures, and when Mario tried to stand up to him, Spike would snap and threaten Mario of being a failure. Later in the climax, Spike almost hits Mario with his truck, and goes out in order to confront him again, only to be stopped when Bowser's fortress emerges from the ground, leading to the two running away from it. After Bowser is dealt with, Spike becomes the first of the citizens to cheer for Mario and Luigi. Even after the events, as seen on the SMBplumbing website, Spike only raises his review score to 1½ stars and calls them subpar.

**Status:** Neutral (extend to somewhat minor enemies)

### Francis

Francis was more of an obstacle that Mario had to face. This somewhat hostile relationship came in when Luigi accidentally broke his favorite bone, causing the canine to attack the brothers while they worked on his owner's leaky pipe. This led the two having to lock Francis behind the shower while they fixed the mess he created. After he escaped and attempted to lunge at the two again, Francis falls out before Mario saves him. This eventually led to Francis singlehandedly sabotaging the plumbers' hard work, forcing the two to work harder to make up for their failures. After the climax of the film, Francis saluted to the two plumber as respect to their heroism, though this is aim more towards Luigi than both of the brothers.

**Status:** Neutral