Luigi

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**Luigi** (also known as Swift Boat Luigi) is a recurring character from Nintendo's *Mario* universe who appears in several Press Buttons 'n Talk lets plays. He appears in *Paper Mario, Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, Mario Party, Mario Party Advance, Super Smash Bros, Mario and Sonic at the Olympics, New Super Mario Bros U* and *Mario Super Sluggers.* To date, he appears in more PBnT games than any other character.

He is one of Alex's all-time favorite characters and is usually voiced by him in a high-pitched Italian accent, though SungWon and Anne-Marie will occasionally contribute to bits in his voice as well. Luigi is Mario's brother, and he is often overshadowed by him and thought of as 'useless' in comparison. Luigi has been shown to be resentful of this on several occasions. He loves mashed potatoes and hates Donkey Kong.

## Appearances

### Mario Party 2

Luigi is Alex's chosen character throughout all of *Mario Party 2* and he wins the Mystery Land board.

In the opening scene of the game, during Mario and Wario's fight over the name of the new world, Luigi suggests calling it "Luigi World" but everyone ignores him. He also thinks that "Peach World" is a good idea ("that's kinda pretty actually"), but unfortunately this idea starts a fight between the characters that only ends when Clyde the Koopa-Troopa runs in to tell them that Bowser is trying to take over (again) and Toad decides that whoever defeats Bowser will get to decide the name of the world. Luigi says that he doesn't want to do this, but ends up having to participate anyway.

For the majority of Pirate Land, it looks like Luigi will be victorious, but then Princess Peach steals one of his stars in a move that he says "isn't fair", sabotages him in multiple minigames for which he calls her a 'Brutus', and then takes one of his stars with a chance time. Luigi is not pleased with this turn of events.

In Western Land, it again appears that Luigi will win, but then Wario steals his stars and the Bowser takes all of his coins, letting Donkey Kong pull ahead and scrape out a victory. This is the beginning of the strong hatred for Donkey Kong amongst the other three players. It is interesting to note that Luigi, a generally more mild-mannered character, is the first to express outright hatred for Donkey Kong and the first to begin bullying him.

In Space Land, Wario recreates everyone's favorite Awkward Zombie comic by using a plunder chest to steal Luigi's plunder chest. Luigi pretends to be indifferent to this, but on the inside, he is devastated and cries. In a tender moment with Wario, Luigi reveals that he used to be a lot more arrogant, but has learned the importance of humility, and thanks Wario for reminding him of that. Near the end, Luigi thinks that he's finally going to win a map, but then Wario gets a star from a hidden block which turns the game in his favor.

Luigi begins Mystery Land desperate for a win, now the only player who has not won a map. He gets angry when Wario receives a star from a Hidden Block, but seems to regain his composure in time to purchase one himself, saying "I got this one legitimately, so at least I have honor. And respect. And dig-nity." Luigi then steals that illegitimate star from Wario. But then, because Donkey Kong's an asshole, he uses a Chance Time to give both of Luigi's stars to Wario. This seems to be because Luigi was the first character to be super mean to Donkey Kong, so Donkey Kong is out for his blood now. Luigi argues that the other two were just as mean as he was, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. A defining moment also occurs in this map, where Luigi gives himself the nickname 'Swift Boat Luigi'. This becomes a new integral part of his identity, and the other characters briefly refer to him by this name. Wario even goes so far as to call Swift-Boat Luigi a "legend". This legend of a green man then manages to get 4 more stars and fight his way to a victory. He uses simple calculations to solve Bowser Sphnix's shadow riddle (he actually gets it wrong, he guesses Pikachu when the answer is Bowser but that doesn't seem to matter), saves the Bob-ombs, and Toad declares him the Superstar of Mystery Land.

In Horror Land, Luigi is immediately sarcastic about how scary the map is, which annoys Toad who worked really hard making it. He then lands on a red space and turns into "Evil Luigi" and starts being mean to Wario. Wario bullies him back, and the next we see, the original "Good Luigi" has returned. Throughout the rest of the map, "Evil Luigi" makes occasional appearances, saying that his secret motive is ensuring that Princess Peach never gets any money.

Luigi has a very bad time in Bowser Land. He gets hit by the parade multiple times and sings a sad song about it. At one point his face even gets melted off "like a wax candle" but it returns soon after. After this, he seems to give up all hope, singing two sad songs (Bohemian Rhapsody and In The End) at once.

### Mario Party 3

Luigi is Alex's chosen character throughout all of *Mario Party 3* and he wins the Spiny Desert board.

The game starts when the Millennium Star crashes into the grounds of Princess Peach's castle, where all of the inexplicably composed group of friends were hanging out for the day. Everyone begins arguing over who gets to keep the star. Luigi becomes entranced by the shininess of the star and tries to get everyone else to look at it too. Lakitu suggests a good old game of Mario Party to sort out the conflict, takes them into the toybox and the game begins!

In Chilly Waters, Luigi laments the loss of Wario and the fact that he was replaced by Waluigi, who is both rude and gross, going so far as to say "Wario's a dick, but at least he doesn't drink sweat drenched in spaghetti,". It seems that even though Wario was very rude to Luigi, he had grown fond of him, and did not find his company unpleasant. When Luigi uses a magic lamp to fly into the sun and get the star, he questions the identity of Millenium star, asking if he's a god, or somehow like the Star Spirits from *Paper Mario,* to which the Millenium star responds (in an extremely deep voice) that he is a newborn baby and has no idea what he is. Luigi seems to display a higher level of enlightenment in this game, because when Waluigi moves the star away from him all he says is "I don't need the star to be happy,". During one of the minigames, Waluigi nicknames himself "Speedboat Waluigi", which causes Luigi to accuse him of copying his nickname "Swift Boat Luigi", but Waluigi pretends to not know what he's talking about.

In Deep Bloober Sea, Luigi tells the traumatic story of a time when he found all of his friends (including Mario and his mom) shooting a poster of him with cannons for fun. He says that after seeing this he went home and cried for an hour.

### Mario Party

Luigi returns as Alex's chosen character yet again in *Mario Party*. Although *Mario Party*is technically the first game in the series, in the PBnT lore, it chronologically occurs after the first 2 games, because Toad sends the main characters back in time. All of the main characters have, however, lost their memories in the time jump.

## Trivia

* Murder Train from *Mario Party 2* says that Luigi is his best friend, despite violently running into him on multiple occasions.
* Everyone knows that Alex is the mash-master, but since Luigi is his character, Luigi is also the mash-master by extension. Every time Luigi wins a mashing minigame he makes a loud slurping noise as if motorboating two piles of mashed potatoes.
* In *Mario Party Advance*, Luigi re-nicknames himself 'Swift BOOK Luigi', after he wins a book sorting minigame.