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Debut: ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' }}
 
[[The Hero]]; a short, pudgy Italian plumber and inhabitant of the Mushroom Kingdom. He is primarily charged with saving the perpetuallyperpetual [[Damsel in Distress]], Princess Peach Toadstool, from the clutches of King Bowser Koopa and thehis Koopasminions. Since his debut in ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' in 1981, he's gone on to take many different professions, including golfer, tennis player, [[Dr. Mario|doctor]], and [[Mario Kart|go-kart racer]].
 
Mario [[The Everyman|doesn'thas havea muchrather of asimple personality]],. asideAside from ahis cheerful get-up-and-go attitude, bravery and occasionally being quick to anger; he's primarily a [[Heroic Mime|silent protagonist]] through which the [[Audience Surrogate|player gets to experience the game]].
 
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* [[The Everyman]]: The producers say that they have intentionally kept his characterization minimal to make him versatile and [[Universal Adaptor Cast|able to be put in many situations]].
* [[Famed in Story]]
* [[Flat Character]]: He's been intentionally kept flat so that he can be anything.
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Sure, Mario and Bowser are mortal enemies, but that doesn't stop them from playing games together every once in a while.
* [[The Hero]]
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* [[I Have Many Names|I Have-a Many Names]]: Some call him [[Donkey Kong|Jumpman]], or [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|The Great Gonzales]], or [[Super Paper Mario|Butterball]], or [[Super Mario Galaxy|New Bee]], or Hero of Legend.
* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Princess Peach.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: If [http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/mario-sports-mix-press-conference-reveals-marios-dreams-and-a/ ''Mario Sports Mix's'' promotional press conference] and [[Dialogue Tree|some dialogue options]] from ''[[Fortune Street]]'' are anything to believe, Mario ''can'' be a bit of a dick with his popularity. [[It's All About Me|He sees no problem with stealing Yoshi's cookies]] [[Narcissist|and nonchalantly telling him he did so while pretending to help him find them]], and his big brother teasing towards Luigi can get rather cruel sometimes (in the aforementioned press conference, Mario dismisses Luigi's pleas to be in the spotlight by telling the interviewer that this was just being taken out of context and that Luigi ''loves'' being his sidekick). However, Mario still manages to be a heroic and friendly individual who goes out of his way to help anyone he meets, even [[Big Bad|Bowser]].
* [[It's All About Me]]: At first, he was a [[Humble Hero]], but Mario has been falling in this role more and more with more sophisticated games. He takes losing badly, sees no problem with stealing someone's food and nonchalantly telling them he did so, and generally treats Luigi badly (though it's really not any worse than your typical big brother teasing).
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: If [http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/mario-sports-mix-press-conference-reveals-marios-dreams-and-a/ this interview for Mario Sports Mix] is anything to believe, Mario ''can'' be a bit of a dick when it comes to his popularity. This also shows up in [[Fortune Street]] and the [[Paper Mario]] series ([[Dialogue Tree|if you want him to be]]). If there's one thing for sure, though, he's always got the world's best interests first and foremost, not to mention he does show there that he genuinely cares about all the friends he shares his adventures with.
* [[Keet]]: In modern games, he happily whoops and squeals with every step. Even if he's jumping across boiling lava pits. Contrast with Luigi, who has a more serious tone.
* Narcissist: In recent games.
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: According to Luigi, this is what his relationship with Peach is.
* [[Required Spinoff Crossover]]: Has made cameo appearances in both ''[[Wario Land]]: Super Mario Land 3'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''.
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* [[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]].
 
 
== Luigi ==
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