Luigi

**Luigi** is Mario's younger, taller, and thinner brother. He is the deuteragonist of the Mario series. Luigi has helped and fought alongside his brother on many occasions. Throughout his life, he has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and heroic tendencies. Mario Bros. marks his first appearance in the Mario series and his debut in general. Originally a palette swap of Mario, Luigi was created to facilitate a second player option. Since the two-player mode was dropped from most main Super Mario games beginning with Super Mario Land, Luigi has gained his own identity and personality. This is especially noticeable in installments for the Luigi's Mansion series of games, as well as the Mario & Luigi series.

## Appearance

Compared to Mario, Luigi is slimmer and taller. His face is noticeably thinner, his eyes are slightly more azurish, and his hair is the same style as Mario's, but more of an auburn or dark maroon. Luigi's mustache is dark brown, sometimes black, and smooth, unlike Mario's ragged mustache.

Luigi also wears clothes similar to Mario, but his shirt and hat are green instead of red. Layered over the shirt is azure overalls, which are a darker azure than Mario's. He also has brown work shoes, again darker than Mario's, with tan bottoms that reach above his ankles. Artwork however sometimes shows Luigi with the same color of azure overalls and brown shoes as Mario. In Luigi's Mansion, Luigi's shoes have Velcro on them, which is not present in any other game. Luigi's Cap is similar to Mario's Cap, being green instead of red and having an "L" replace Mario's signature "M"; the "L" was in italic from Mario Kart 64 to Luigi's Mansion for a few years. Artwork for the Mario & Luigi series has consistently depicted Luigi as wearing red and white striped socks; this trait is not present in any other game.

## Personality

Luigi is portrayed as timid and a bit of a coward. However, he overcomes his fears and acts like a hero when necessary, such as when someone he knows is in danger. On the New Super Mario Bros. Wii website, it describes Luigi as "Mario's fearless brother". In keeping with his personality-based Power Flower, a sign in Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64 DS describes Luigi as "wispy."

In the manual for the *Mario Party*, it is stated that Luigi likes skeleton key

Arguably, Luigi's most apparent trait is his seeming cowardice. Though he showed several instances of cowardice in early non-game media such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, his cowardly nature was not shown in-game until Luigi's Mansion (aside from a few hints in Paper Mario) and has carried over to almost all of Luigi's subsequent appearances. Although Luigi's phasmophobia is his most overbearing fear, he usually reconsiders at the mere thought of any monsters or trials, especially in the Mario & Luigi series. However, Luigi can be quite brave and has saved the Mushroom Kingdom alongside his brother multiple times. Super Paper Mario especially glimpses into Luigi's more courageous side, showing him boldly rushing into dangerous situations and rarely even implicating his cowardice. Also, the ending for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon also hinted that he got over his phasmophobia, or at the very least takes exception to Polterpups and makes friends with the ghosts of Evershade Valley.

Another strong element of Luigi's personality is his apparent complex of being overlooked. He is very optimistic like his brother, but a bit most goofy, silly and clumsy than Mario. Although his Superstar status has earned him many fans, including an entire fan club led by Toadia and multiple supporting Toads (one of which claims to be his biggest fan in Super Mario 64 DS), even Bowser and the Koopa Troop have occasional trouble with remembering his name (as seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga), and he appears to be almost unknown in the Beanbean Kingdom. Although Luigi's biggest reactions to his frequent overlooking in the Mario & Luigi series are a few "…"s and face-faults, his inattention was played up for comic relief in Paper Mario, with the snarky man in green complaining about being left behind and perpetually training for that elusive next adventure. Luigi's bio in Mario Party 5 states that he has been gaining popularity in recent years.

## Relationships

### Mario

Luigi is Mario's brother and sidekick in various adventures, Luigi and Mario are loyal to each other and is highly on friendly terms, Luigi often saves Mario in the *Luigi's Mansion* series, however in some Mario games, Luigi is absent and Mario has to do his adventure all alone.

### Waluigi

As explained in some games, Luigi and Waluigi are rivals, similar to the rivalry of Mario and Wario. But sometimes it can be on friendly terms in some games like *Mario Party*.

### Daisy

It has been hinted in some games that Luigi has a crush on Princess Daisy, like in a course of *Mario Kart Wii* where there is a statue of Luigi and Daisy dancing with each other.

### King Boo

Luigi and King Boo hate each other and the latter is Luigi's arch-enemy because King Boo always scares Luigi.

### Wario

Luigi and Wario lack interaction with each other due to Luigi's rivalry with Waluigi, however in *Super Mario 64 DS*, Luigi has jumped on Wario and Wario tried to attack Luigi, meaning they are also enemies sometimes.

### Bowser

Bowser and Luigi sightly interact with each other since Luigi fights Bowser just to help Mario.

### Princess Peach

Princess Peach and Luigi sightly interact with each other in some games, but they seem to be on friendly terms. Princess Peach sometimes kisses him in the cheek when Luigi saves Peach instead, which doesn't seem to bother Mario.

## See Also

* **Paper Luigi** - The paper version of Luigi that appears in the *Paper Mario Series*.
* **Baby Luigi** - The baby version of Luigi, used mostly in the *Yoshi Series.* From the 18th Dimension.
* **Dr. Luigi** - Luigi as a doctor that appears in the *Dr. Mario Series*.
* **8-Bit Luigi** - The NES version of Luigi that appeared in the old *Super Mario* games.
* **Subcon Luigi** - The version of Luigi that appears in *Super Mario Bros. 2*.
* **Cosmic Luigi** - An enemy from the *Mario Galaxy*.
* Alternate versions of Luigi- **Juno**, **Carlos**, **Luigi** and **Louise Goodwill**.
* The Mario Kart Tour Alternative Forms - **Luigi (Penguin)**, **Luigi (Builder)**, **Cat Luigi**, **Luigi (Classic)**, **Luigi (Lederhosen)**, **Luigi (Painter)**, **Luigi (Vacation)**, **Luigi (Golf)**, **Luigi (Knight)**