Mario Mario

## History

### Early Life

Mario and Luigi were twins born to carpenters Pio and Mia Mario in New Donk City. When the boys weren't even able to walk, they were both kidnapped by the Magikoopa Kamek, who used his magic to foresee the danger that the twins would eventually pose to the Koopa Kingdom. On his way back though, Kamek accidentally dropped Mario over Yoshi's Island, where he was rescued by a passing Yoshi. Seeing Kamek above, the Yoshi quickly put two and two together, gathering up his friends in hopes of rescuing Luigi and returning the boys safe.

Throughout the journey, the Yoshi battled against the then minuscule Koopa Troop (back then led by Kamek), whose members were frequently grown to immense size by Kamek. Eventually though, the Yoshi made it to Koopa Castle, where he met a then toddler Bowser, who attempted to capture the Yoshi as a pet. Kamek proceeded to enlarge his own son to incredible heights, leading to a battle between the gigantic baby Bowser and the Yoshi. In the end, the Yoshi won and returned the twins to the worried parents. The journey the two went on together installed a life-long love of Yoshis in a young Mario.

In their early childhoods, Mario and Luigi did not have any other friends, which caused the two to grow incredibly close. However, in Mario's case, he did gain a frenemy in the form of Wario, who hung out with Mario on occasion but more often than not was a bully to him, as Mario was popular while Wario was not. While the two drifted apart after their early years, neither of them realized at the time that their rivalry would haunt them for years.

### Battling Donkey Kong

Growing up, Mario originally intended to follow in his parents' footsteps and become a carpenter, even getting a few jobs working with wood. During one of these jobs, he was hired to fix the leg of a chair of then mayoral candidate Pauline Lady. Despite only being there for a quick job, the two hit it off and she would ask him out on a date, to which he accepted.

The two had several dates and Pauline would become Mario's first love. However, adventure began calling as while out in public, Pauline was kidnapped by a Kong named Donkey, whose romantic advances had been rejected by Pauline earlier that day. Donkey Kong proceeded to carry Pauline to the then half-finished New Donk City Hall Plaza and began tossing metal barrels at the police below. Seeing the carnage on the news, Mario decided to hop into action and began climbing the plaza, dodging Donkey Kong's attacks and eventually making it to the top, where the two had their first ever battle.

By the end of the fight, Mario managed to defeat Donkey Kong by knocking him off of the building. Donkey crashed to the ground but managed to live. He was taken by authorities and Mario tried to comfort Pauline, only for her to begin acting as if she didn't know him, referring to him as a "kind stranger". Mario played along at the time and was told later by Pauline that she didn't want to go public with their relationship. This led to an argument between the two where, despite having saved her earlier that day, Mario decided to call things off.

Mario became depressed for days, which affected his business greatly, eventually forcing him to shut it down. Noticing how upset he was getting, Luigi decided to cheer him up by getting the two jobs as demolition workers to take Mario's mind off of things. Despite his depression, Mario appreciated his brother's efforts and accepted the job. While working as demolition workers, the two also met another figure that would haunt them for years, their foreman Waluigi Spike.

Waluigi repeatedly bragged about his supposed skills, only to be shocked to realize that the brothers were better than him, Luigi in particular. Because of this, he repeatedly attempted to sabotage the brothers, with Mario eventually getting sick of it and demanding he stop. In response, Waluigi claimed he'd only stop if Luigi could beat him in a demolition contest. With no other options, Luigi agreed and the two competed against each other. Despite Waluigi's best efforts, Luigi came out victorious. In response, Waluigi attempted to attack Luigi only to have a drum slammed over his head by Mario. After that bizarre non-sequitur, the two quit their demo jobs and began searching for new ones.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength:** For reasons unknown, Mario possesses incredible strength. He is strong enough to be able to break blocks and easily lift objects far larger than himself, such as over-sized hammers. He is also one of a hand-full of people who has been able to physically harm Bowser, who is infamous for how durable he is.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Mario has been punched, kicked, bashed, and even blown up and has managed to walk away from all of it relatively unharmed.
* **Superhuman Agility:** Despite his rotund exterior, Mario is able to move like a fit, lean person. He can do back/front flips, cartwheels, and is able to leap from wall to wall.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Mario is short and chubby, but is able to move fast enough to keep up with Olympic-level runners.
* **Super Jump:** Mario's most famous ability is his incredible jumping height and distance. He is able to jump high enough to go flying over the heads of people much larger than him and can even "charge" his jump up, allowing him to leap even farther. While Luigi's Super Jump is higher than Mario's, Mario's Super Jump is much more refined.
* **Pyrokinesis:** After encountering the demigods known as Firebrand and Thunderhand, Mario and Luigi were given fire and thunder powers, respectively. Thanks to the Firebrand, Mario is able to generate fire from any part of his body, most commonly the palms of his hands, that burn as hot as he wishes. Most commonly, this takes the form of fireballs he launches at enemies.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant:** Mario was already a naturally gifted fighter who was strong enough to defeat the large gorilla Donkey Kong and his skills only grew from there. He has been trained by some of the Mushroom Kingdom's greatest warriors and was a disciple of The Master and Jinx, two of the greatest martial artists in the land. He would also eventually defeat both of them, gaining a Diploma and the Jinx Belt as proof.
	+ **Mario-Style Martial Arts:** Named by the before mentioned Jinx, Mario-Style is the titular fighting style of Mario. The fighting style has an emphasis on punching, kicking, and spinning, but has a major focus on jumping, which is incorporated into most of its maneuvers.
* **Master Plumber:** Mario and Luigi were the self-proclaimed "greatest plumbers in the world".

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Hammers:** Mario's primary weapons which are large over-sized mallets. While he rarely uses them in recent years, they are still his go-to weapon of choice. His most powerful hammer is the Ultra Hammer, which is made of metal.
* **Shells:** Projectile weapons that can both be found on the ground and stolen from a Koopa, which Mario has become a master of throwing. Depending on the color, they have different abilities.
* **Bombs:** Thanks to his time in demolition work, Mario has become familiar with how to use explosives. Most commonly, this takes the form of him using Bob-ombs as weapons.
* **F.L.U.D.D:** An item that Mario first obtained while on a trip to Isle Delfino. FLUDD is an invention by the mad scientist E. Gadd and has been an asset to Mario ever since he found it. It's usual purpose is to clean dirt, oil, and graffiti with water that is stored within it, but Mario had weaponized it during his time in Delfino. It is also sentient via an artificial intelligence, making it a friend as well as a weapon.
* **Goomba Shoes:** Large shoes that Goombas often wear over their entire bodies. Mario does not use them a lot, but he sometimes steals them from enemy Goombas and uses them in his adventures.
* **Power-Ups:** A series of magical items that Mario and others use in battle.

## Notes & Trivia

* Due to a misunderstanding, most of the Mushroom Kingdom thinks that Mario is a doctor and go to him for prescriptions and diagnoses. Because of advice from Peach, he has chosen to play along.
* Mario's surname also being "Mario" is a reference to the Super Mario Bros. movie.