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** Early installments had Luigi (even in official art!) as [[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|a white-and green]] [[Palette Swap]] of Mario, [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Mariobrothers.png or wearing red.] His voice can also be an example of this: In the N64 to early [[Game Cube]] days, it fluctuated between higher in pitch than Mario to a voice that's lower in pitch than the voice he sports nowadays. His current voice debuted in [[Mario Kart|Mario Kart 64]], and it wasn't made the standard until after [[Mario Kart|Mario Kart: Super Circuit]], and [[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros Melee]].
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Courtesy of the various powerups found around the Mushroom Kingdom.
** [[An Ice Person]]: with an Ice Flower, they gets literally made of ice in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy|Galaxy]]'', and they shoot iceballs in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: with a Rock Mushroom, they can roll over enemies as a boulder. To an extent, the Tanooki Suit (when one of them turns into a statue) and ''Galaxy 2's'' drill.
** [[Playing with Fire]]: with a Fire Flower, this is their most commonly used power. Sometimes even without a Fire Flower.
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* [[Title Scream]]: He does it in many games.
* [[Tohru Furuya]]: Provided the first-ever spoken voice for Mario in ''The Great Mission To Rescue Princess Peach'' OVA. [[Playing Against Type|Surprised?]]
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Pasta. To be precise, Spaghetti Bolognese with alfredo sauce and meatballs. Also, toast in [[
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: Mario's voice seems to go perma-falsetto when he's excited, and otherwise regularly breaks between his falsetto register and his lower tenor register. This is especially noticeable when contrasted to Luigi's more consistently tenor voice that never goes falsetto.
** And then there's that faux-boyish voice that's something of a low tenor given to him in ''The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!'' movie courtesy of [[Tohru Furuya]].
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{{quote|''"I wanna be a great plumber like my brother Mario."''
Debut: ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' }}
Mario's taller, marginally younger, and not-quite-as-famous twin brother. Eventually got his own proper game in ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]''. Unlike Mario, Luigi is more of a reluctant (read: [[Cowardly Lion|cowardly]]) hero who would rather stay at home than save the world, but he still always pulls through in the end. Luigi is often paired off with Princess Daisy (especially by [[Shipping|Shippers]]).
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Tropes associated with Luigi that aren't shared with Mario:
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: His mannerisms are occasionally [[Camp|Camped]]-up, most egregiously in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Melee''. Also: [[
** The ambiguity drops to dangerously low levels when he encounters [[Bishonen|Prince Peasely]]. ''Luigi actually gets a heart over his head when Peasely pokes him in the back with a rapier''.
** Although, he did seem pretty much madly in love with Princess Eclair in the second Paper Mario game, as well as hints of having a crush on Rosalina in [[Super Mario Galaxy|Galaxy]], and Daisy in the spinoffs and a few non-game depictions, leading him into [[Bi the Way]] territory.
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* [[Balloon Belly]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: ''Don't'' make fun of the 'stache, ''don't'' call him a pushover, and '''never''' hurt his friends.
* [[Brother Chuck]]/[[Demoted to Extra]]: Semi-example--after ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' in 1991, Luigi more or less dropped off the face of the planet aside from small cameos or supporting appearances in multiplayer games like ''[[Mario Kart]]'' or ''[[Mario Party]]'' till [[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]] in 2001, and didn't appear as a playable character in any main series games or RPGs until ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' in 2003 and ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' in 2006--basically he was stuck in [[Comic Book Limbo]] for nearly a decade. He was, however, in [[Mario Is Missing]], [[Fanon Discontinuity|which most fans don't want to remember.]]
** [[Breakout Character]]: Despite this setback, Nintendo seems to have caught onto his popularity; every main series game since ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' features him as a playable character in some capacity (often as a [[Secret Character]] of some sort), side series frequently feature him prominently (''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the ''[[Mario & Luigi]]'' series, and ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'' being notable examples), and he often gets major roles in cutscenes of the sports spinoffs. Despite being the poster boy of neglected sidekicks, he is still one of the most prominent characters in the series.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Luigi's pretty laid-back most of the time, but proves to be incredibly intelligent when he actually applies himself, even showing shades of being a [[Gadgeteer Genius]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: [[It Sucks to Be Weegie|A comic series]] [http://www.interrobangstudios.com/potluck/index.php?comic_id=11 is devoted to him being one!]
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* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: When he first started out, Luigi was nearly identical to his brother in every way. The game designers started to differentiate him in the U.S. version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' with the floaty jump, and, as of [[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]] has since started to take on a personality of his own, in contrast to [[The Everyman|Mario]]. A more cowardly one, but at least it's something. (Heck, the trope was originally called "Luigification"!)
** His divergent character evolution actually began with the Japanese Super Mario 2, where he could jump higher than Mario but had terrible traction and slid around quite a bit.
*** Inverted in [[New Super Mario Bros.]] and [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]], where he plays identically to Mario.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: You really shouldn't expect anybody to give Luigi credit for what he does. He's... Not exactly happy about this.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Luigi has used pretty much element you can think of over the games. Even more than Mario.
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* '''Toadsworth:''' Peach's aged steward and right-hand fungus. Debut: ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
* '''The Toad Brigade:''' Red, Blue, Purple, Green, and Yellow; five adventurous Toads who help out Mario; possibly the same Toads from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. The tie-in trading cards for [[Super Mario Galaxy 2]] confirm that the Red Toad is the Toad. Debut: ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
* '''Blue Toad''' and '''Yellow Toad:''' A pair of brave Toads who leap to Mario and Luigi's side to save the Princess. Debut: ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
Tropes associated with the Toads:
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