Super Mario (franchise)/Characters

A list of characters and tropes associated with Nintendo's biggest franchise, Super Mario Bros., including all the numerous spinoffs and side games.


 * Mario and Friends
 * Bowser and his Baddies
 * Assorted Nasties

RPGs
 * Super Mario RPG
 * Paper Mario

Shared Universe
 * Donkey Kong
 * Wario

Bones Bailey
Appeared in the Donkey Kong Jr. segments of Saturday Supercade.

Tropes associated with Bones:
 * No Name Given: Obviously, Bones is not his real name.

Kibidango / Prince Haru
A talking dog who traveled with the Mario Bros. in The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach. It turned out he was Peach's fiancé whom Bowser had turned into a dog.

Tropes associated with Prince Haru:
 * Baleful Polymorph
 * Bishonen
 * Canon Discontinuity: He never appeared nor was mentioned anywhere again.

Wooster
King Toadstool's personal retainer, who practically has to do everything for him.

Tropes associated with Wooster:
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fake Defector: Wooster appears to pull a Face Heel Turn in one comic, but instead he was just stuffing Bowser and his minions so much they all fell asleep for a period of time.
 * The Jeeves: We don't know if he has a British accent or not, but he gives the impression of one.
 * Neat Freak
 * Only Sane Man
 * Servile Snarker

King Toadstool
""Excuse me, everybody! I just closed the peanut butter jar on my tie. Can somebody help me?""

Princess Peach's dim-witted father, who is mentioned in the English version of the instruction book for the original Super Mario Bros., but never seen in the games. He does appear in the Valiant comics as well as the Nintendo Adventure Books.

Tropes associated with King Toadstool:
 * The Ditz
 * Lampshaded in "Duh Stoopid Bomb!", where said weapon has no effect on the king because he's already as stupid as he can get.
 * Pointy-Haired Boss

Stanley The Talking Fish
"“Hi! I'm Stanley the Talking Fish!”"

A pink talking fish wearing a gaudy bow tie who shows up in a few of the Valiant Mario comics. Resented in-universe for generally being a huge pain in the tail for everyone he decides to address.

Tropes associated with Stanley:
 * Casanova Wannabe: The other reason why few can stand him. At least twice, he's in two relationships at the same time.
 * Interspecies Romance: His first appearance has a cross KINGDOM relationship, with Stanley being in love with a talking bush. He later has the hots for a jellyfish and Wendy as well. He does seem to end up with Bertha, though, who is a fish.
 * Karma Houdini: For all the problems he's caused, his last appearance has him in a relationship. That was helped along by him playing Wendy as the one coming on to him when he was the one who was hitting on her.
 * Pair the Spares: Invoked, Stanley tries to set Mario up with Bertha so he can get her out of his hair fins and spend time with a new girlfriend. Hilarity Ensues
 * The Scrappy: In-universe. To the point where Mario and Wendy call a truce to say "mean and nasty things" about him after Wendy has a run-in with him.
 * Spanner in the Works: Every appearance. The main reason why he's so hated in-universe.

Herman Smirch
Appeared in the Game Boy comics.
 * Demoted to Extra: He became less prominent as the series went on.
 * Jerkass
 * Weak-Willed: The reason why Tatanga decided to use Herman as his agent on Earth.

Oogtar
A blond caveboy who appeared in the Super Mario World cartoon.

Tropes associated with Oogtar:
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Hulk Speak: Not a terrible example, but he can speak this way sometimes along with the other cavepeople.
 * Meaningful Name: Not exactly, but Bowser did once say that "Oogtar spelled backwards is rat goo!"
 * Oh, it's meaningful all right.
 * Replacement Scrappy: He more or less fills the same role Toad did in the previous cartoons and is much more annoying about it.
 * Totally Radical: He speaks surfer slang with phrases related to cavemen and dinosaurs.

Friendly Floyd
Appeared in the Super Mario Adventures comic.

Tropes associated with Friendly Floyd:
 * Alliterative Name
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Honest John's Dealership: The Yoshi translation book he sold to the Marios (which we should mention was an Acme product) turned out to be pretty useless, since pretty much everything boiled down to Pokémon-Speak. He does, however, prove invaluable when he supplied Princess Peach with bombs for her attack on the Koopalings.
 * Omniglot: Floyd can apparently translate Yoshi (maybe). Later, when the Bros. reach Bowser's moat, their old friend Floyd is here too, selling lipstick to a female Piranha Plant.
 * Perpetual Smiler: Only briefly subverted when the Princess unveils her "pizza" -- a cartful of bombs. Floyd looks appropriately scared out of his wits.
 * Traveling Salesman Snake Oil Salesman