List of Mario franchise characters

Mario (voiced by Kevin Afghani since 2023) is the main protagonist character of the Mario franchise and the mascot of Nintendo as a whole. He originally appeared in 1981's Donkey Kong as "Jumpman", designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. While Mario was initially a carpenter, he later took the role of a plumber. From 1992 to 2023, Mario was voiced by Charles Martinet. In most of his appearances, Mario rescues a damsel in distress (often Princess Peach) from an antagonist (often Bowser). Mario's younger brother is Luigi, and his greedy rival is Wario. Yoshi serves as Mario's steed in several games, including Super Mario World. Since his introduction, Mario's abilities include jumping, such as onto an enemy's head as an attack. According to Guinness World Records, Mario is the second most recognizable video game character after Pac-Man. Mario has seen numerous cultural appearances, such as during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe appeared dressed as the character. Mario has appeared as the protagonist in three feature films: the live-action Super Mario Bros. in 1993 and the animated box office hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023 and in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in 2026. Prior to the 1995 game ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Mario and Luigi were said by Shigeru Miyamoto to be natives of New York City, with Mario Bros. taking place in subterranean New York City due to what he described as its "labyrinthine subterranean network of sewage pipes". Early American media such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! further established the brothers as being specifically natives of the borough of Brooklyn. However, Yoshi's Island'' retroactively established them as lifelong residents of the Mushroom Kingdom, having been delivered by a stork as babies to a mushroom-shaped house where their parents resided. Mario was portrayed in 1993's Super Mario Bros. in live-action by the late Bob Hoskins, and voiced by Chris Pratt in 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie and 2026's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, in which he is shown to be a Brooklyn native for the first time since before ''Yoshi's Island''. Luigi (voiced by Kevin Afghani since 2023) is the younger twin brother of Mario, In the 1983 game Mario Bros., Luigi was introduced as the second player character, with many similarities to Mario. While he was initially identical to Mario in appearance and abilities, save for different clothing colors, he began developing differences in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986), which gave him a higher and further jump at the expense of responsiveness and precision. In the North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988), Luigi was given a taller and thinner appearance than Mario, which played a key role in shaping his modern appearance. Luigi also appeared in the Mario Kart series, Super Smash Bros. series as an unlockable fighter, and the Mario Party series. He was portrayed in 1993's Super Mario Bros. in live-action by John Leguizamo, When playable, she typically has the ability to float in the air, and she is usually shown to be taller than both Mario and Luigi. Peach's first starring role was Super Princess Peach for the Nintendo DS (2005), where she aims to rescue Mario, Luigi, and Toad, Her second starring role was the 2024 game Princess Peach: Showtime!, where she saves the Sparkle Theater from a sorceress named Grape and searches for her stolen tiara, helped on the way by a ribbon named Stella and various costume changes or "transformations" that give her different outfits and abilities. Since 2001, Peach has appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series, debuting as a fighter alongside Bowser in Super Smash Bros. Melee. She was voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the latter of which reveals her as a humanoid alien made of stardust. a selfish king who wants to take over the entire world and the Mushroom Kingdom. He is infatuated with Princess Peach and routinely kidnaps her, usually as part of a larger evil plan. He is depicted as Mario's Archenemy, and is the final boss of most Mario games. He is playable in most Mario spin-off games. Dennis Hopper portrayed a loose adaptation of Bowser known as President "King" Koopa, a human-like dictator who evolved directly from the Tyrannosaurus rex rather than the mammalian lineage of true humans, in the 1993 live-action film. In 2023-2026, Bowser was voiced by Jack Black in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie respectively. he typically serves as a penultimate or final boss in the main games. Dry Bowser has also appeared as his own being in spin-off games starting with Mario Kart Wii. Dry Bowser appears in Mario Party: Island Tour, Mario Party 10, and is a playable character in several of the Mario spin-off games. Toad (voiced by Laila Berzins since 2025) is a short-statured anthropomorphic mushroom-like character. He debuted in Super Mario Bros. (1985), though his first starring role was in ''Wario's Woods (1994), in which the player is able to control Toad to solve puzzles. Toad made his playable debut in a main series Mario game in 1988 with Super Mario Bros. 2, and frequently acts as a non-playable character in Mario'' role-playing games. The character is a member of the eponymous Toad species, which includes characters such as Captain Toad, Toadette, and Toadsworth. Yoshi (voiced by Kazumi Totaka since 1997) is Mario's best friend of green anthropomorphic dinosaur character, first appeared in the 1990 game Super Mario World. He can extend his tongue over great distances to eat enemies, and can turn the enemies he eats into eggs that release power-ups or can be thrown. Yoshi is a rideable character for the heroes or a playable character in most of the Mario spin-offs, including his own series. Yoshi also appeared in Mario Kart series, Super Smash Bros. series as a fighter, and Mario Party series. He was portrayed by an animatronic dinosaur in the 1993 live action film (vocal effects by Frank Welker) and voiced by Donald Glover in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Bowser Jr. in Japan; voiced by Caety Sagoian since 2007), or sometimes simply Jr. or Junior, is the only son of Bowser, who first appeared in the 2002 GameCube game Super Mario Sunshine. He was voiced by Benny Safdie in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Alongside Mario and friends, Donkey Kong also appeared in Mario Kart series, Super Smash Bros. series as a fighter, and Mario Party series. He was voiced by Seth Rogen in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Princess Daisy (voiced by Giselle Fernandez since 2023) is the princess of Sarasaland, the setting of Super Mario Land (1989). Since then, she has primarily appeared as a playable character in spin-off Mario games, especially Mario sports games. Super Mario Run (2016) marks Daisy's playable debut in a main series game, where she is able to perform a double jump. Daisy made her playable debut on main series console in Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023). She acts more tomboyish than Princess Peach, exemplified by her appearances in the Mario sports games. Some consider her and Luigi to be a couple, though Mario rescued her in some games. Daisy also appeared in the Mario Kart series, beginning with 2003's Mario Kart: Double Dash, and Super Smash Bros. series, beginning with 2018's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Peach's echo-fighter. Daisy is portrayed in 1993's Super Mario Bros. in live-action by Samantha Mathis, although this interpretation is more of a blend of Peach and Daisy in design and portrayal, serving as Luigi's damsel in distress rather than Mario's. While Mario does help rescue this version of the princess, Mario's damsel in the 1993 film is Daniella, the live-action version of Pauline as portrayed by Dana Kaminski, rather than Peach, who was replaced in the film with Daisy. The purpose of this was to give Luigi the lead role, as the producers felt the film would be more relatable with a younger lead. She made a brief appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in the post credits scene. Wario (voiced by Kevin Afghani since 2023) is an obese yet muscular, hot-tempered, and greedy humanoid of unclear species. He is Mario's self-declared yellow-and-purple clad arch-rival. He initially debuted as an antagonist, but over the years has become an anti-hero, and is playable in some games. Wario is the protagonist of the Wario series and is playable in most of the Mario spin-off games where he is shown to be Waluigi's partner. His name is portmanteau of "warui", the Japanese word for "bad", and "Mario". Wario's favorite food is garlic, often used in gameplay to restore health when he gets defeated. Waluigi (voiced by Kevin Afghani since 2024) is a tall, scrawny, and mischievous member of Wario's species who was introduced in Mario Tennis as Wario's partner of inconsistently defined relation. He is Luigi's black-and-purple clad self-professed arch-rival. Waluigi is often an antagonist who teams up with Wario to accomplish their schemes. He is playable in most of the Mario spin-off games, and makes several cameos within the Super Smash Bros. series. Like with Wario, his name is a portmanteau of "warui" and "Luigi". Rosalina (voiced by Laura Faye Smith since 2013) is a princess character introduced in the 2007 Wii game Super Mario Galaxy. As a child who fled into space after her mother's death, she becomes the adoptive mother of the Lumas—mysterious and friendly star-like creatures that inhabit space in the Mario franchise—which is revealed through chapters of a storybook that she reads to the Lumas. Since her playable debut in Mario Kart Wii (2008), Rosalina has become a recurring playable character in spin-off series such as the Mario sports games, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros. In Super Mario 3D World (2013), she is a playable character, and is unlocked through gameplay. Her storybook mentions her also having a father and younger brother, but their fates are unknown. She was voiced by Brie Larson in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, where she is portrayed as Peach's older sister and a humanoid alien made of stardust. == Other supporting characters ==

Toadette (voiced by Laura Stahl since 2025) is a pink Toad character who debuted in Mario Kart: Double Dash (2003) as a playable driver. Toadette is depicted with two long round pigtails with white spots and a dress, to distinguish her from Toad. Since Super Mario Odyssey, Toadette is a member of the Toad Brigade and has the role of an archivist. Depending on the game, she is either a supporting character or a protagonist, playable in most of the Mario spin-off games. In New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, a power-up called the Super Crown allows Toadette to transform into Peachette, a form that highly resembles Princess Peach. As Peachette, she can use Peach's floating jump to hover, and can perform a double jump. Toadette also returns as a playable character in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Birdo Birdo, also known as Birdetta, and known in Japan as (voiced by Kazumi Totaka since 2003) is depicted as a pink, anthropomorphic dinosaur who wears a red bow on her head, and has a round mouth that can fire eggs as projectiles. Birdo first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 2 as a recurring boss character. Since then, she has been a recurring playable character in various franchise spin-offs. Birdo has been referred to as a "man who thinks of himself as female" in earlier depictions, such as in the Japanese manual for the early prototype game Doki Doki Panic, and was considered female in later games. It is heavily speculated that Birdo is transgender; she is considered to be one of the first ever transgender video game characters. Pauline (voiced by Kate Higgins since 2017) debuted in Donkey Kong (1981) as Lady, and is further featured in Donkey Kong (1994) for Game Boy, and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. She was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, is the earliest example of a female with a speaking role in a video game, and is cited as a famous example of a damsel in distress in fiction. She is the mayor of New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey. Poochy is portrayed as Yoshi's helper dog. He debuted in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and continued appearing throughout the Yoshi series, such as in Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World. In the games, he can sniff out hidden items, cross over dangerous terrain, and jump over walls to give Yoshi a boost out of his wall jumps. In 2023, Poochy was added to Mario Kart Tour as a playable character. He is referenced in Super Mario Sunshine'' as the inventor of Mario's F.L.U.D.D., a device that allows him to spray water. The character has made cameo appearances in series such as Mario Party and Mario & Luigi. Toadsworth (voiced by Scott Burns in Super Mario Sunshine) is an elderly Toad character who is Princess Peach's steward. He is depicted showing concern for the princess' safety and acts as a prime caretaker for the Toads. In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, he is revealed to have cared for the princess since she was a baby. Captain Toad (voiced by Samantha Kelly) is an explorer and the leader of the Toad Brigade, debuting in Super Mario Galaxy. He subsequently appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario Odyssey, and as a "treasure tracker". He makes several cameos within Super Smash Bros. and debuted in the Mario Kart series in Mario Kart Tour as a playable racer. He is the main protagonist in the subset of levels in Super Mario 3D World called ''Captain Toad's Adventures, and in the game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. is a rabbit-like creature who steals items from Toad. He was introduced in New Super Mario Bros. U (2012). In New Super Luigi U, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder'', he is a playable character. == Kong family ==

Diddy Kong (Diddy) (voiced by Katsumi Suzuki) is an anthropomorphic monkey who is Donkey Kong's nephew, sidekick, and best friend, appearing in the Donkey Kong and Mario franchises. Diddy Kong made his first appearance in the 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Donkey Kong Country. He is the main protagonist of Diddy Kong Racing and its DS remake. He is depicted as a cheerful and kind character. Created by Rare, the name Diddy is a British term meaning "little". Eric Bauza briefly voices Diddy Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Cranky Kong (voiced by Takashi Nagasako) is a grumpy elderly gorilla created by Rare, notable for his scathing fourth wall-breaking commentary. Upon Cranky's debut in 1994's Donkey Kong Country, the original 1981 arcade version of Donkey Kong was ret-conned to be Cranky as he was in his prime, while the younger adult DK was physically redesigned and established as Cranky's grandson, making "Donkey Kong" a hereditary title. He is portrayed as the father of Donkey Kong and king of the Kongs in the 2023 film, in which he was voiced by Fred Armisen. == Other antagonists ==

Koopalings The are seven siblings who first appeared as boss characters in the 1988 game Super Mario Bros. 3. Their individual names are Ludwig von Koopa, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, Morton, and Larry. only to contradict this in a later interview where he instead states the name was given simply because he felt that the character "looked like a Larry". The Koopalings were originally established as Bowser's children. Older Mario games maintain reference to them as such in updated manuals and re-releases. They have since been depicted as Bowser's minions in games following the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii in 2009, with Shigeru Miyamoto stating in 2012 that "our current story is that the seven Koopalings are not Bowser's children. Bowser's only child is Bowser Jr." The Koopalings have additionally appeared as playable characters in spin-off Mario games and the Super Smash Bros. series. They have also been featured in non-video game Mario media, including the animated Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, albeit under different names. They are currently voiced by David J. Goldfarb, Carlee McManus, Dan Falcone, Ryan Higgins, Ashley Flannegan, David Cooke, and Michelle Hippe, respectively. Previously, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and games that reuse its voice assets, Ludwig and Iggy had been voiced by Mike Vaughn, while the others, besides Roy, were previously voiced by Lani Minella. Kamek () is a member of the fictional Magikoopa species who is Bowser's childhood caretaker, and later in life one of his high-ranking minions. Kamek is the main antagonist of the Yoshi series, and first appeared in the 1995 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. He uses magic, including self-duplication, teleportation, magical blasts, and size manipulation. He differs from other Magikoopas by riding a broom. Kamek returns in the 2006 Nintendo DS video game ''Yoshi's Island DS, the 2009 Wii video game New Super Mario Bros. Wii and its 2012 Wii U sequel as a recurring supporting antagonist and boss character. Kamek also makes non-playable appearances in the Mario Party and Paper Mario series in various roles, and made playable appearances as an unlockable character in the 2012 Wii game Mario Party 9 and the 2014 Nintendo 3DS game Mario Golf: World Tour''. Kamek's non-playable appearance in Mario Party 8 was controversial and caused the game to be recalled in the United Kingdom, as some of his in-game dialogue contained the word "spastic", which is considered very offensive to disabled people in the UK. Additionally, Kamek has had minor cameo appearances in the Super Smash Bros. series. A prototype of Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64 featured Kamek as one of the eight playable characters, but the character was replaced with Donkey Kong in the final game. Kamek would later become a playable character made available for the Kamek Tour in a 2021 update to the 2019 mobile game Mario Kart Tour. In 2023, he was added to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of the Booster Course Pass, marking his first appearance in a console Mario Kart game. Kamek returns in Mario Kart World as an NPC. King Boo is the king of the Boos, and is the main antagonist of the ''Luigi's Mansion series. He resembles a large Boo wearing a crown. King Boo made his first appearance as the final boss of Luigi's Mansion. He has since made appearances in other series titles, including Super Mario 64 DS, Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and the Mario Party series. King Boo is a playable character in the Mario Kart and Mario Sports franchises. A different character, also named King Boo, known as Boss Boo in Japan, appears as a boss in Super Mario Sunshine''. where their role is generally to hinder player's progress by stealing coins needed for progression or confronting the player in minigames. While Mini Bowser would initially continue to rise in relevance throughout the series, becoming the plot's main antagonistic force as well as a playable character by Mario Party 5 and being the subject of a dedicated mode in Mario Party Advance, he has also become an example of Nintendo phasing out certain characters from the Super Mario franchise, with him having been replaced by the more recently introduced Bowser Jr. in newer games of the series, netting him the reputation of being "another neglected classic Nintendo character". Both the reason for this disappearance as well as his actual relation to Bowser is a subject of fan speculation, due to regional differences concerning in-game texts and manuals implying Mini Bowser to either be a child, younger version or simple henchman of Bowser. Petey Piranha '''''', known as in Japan, is a large, powerful Piranha Plant character. Whereas normal Piranha Plants are usually depicted growing from pipes, Petey's leaves and roots are foot-like and arm-like appendages, allowing the character to use objects such as tennis rackets and golf clubs when playable in the various Mario sports games. He can sometimes use his leaves to fly around. He debuted as the primary boss of Bianco Hills in the game Super Mario Sunshine. Similar Piranha Plant boss characters later appear in Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel. Petey Piranha made his Mario Kart debut in Mario Kart: Double Dash as a playable driver, and returns in Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Fawful known in Japan as Gerakobits, is a recurring antagonist in the Mario & Luigi series. The character is considered to be "insane", and speaks in a chaotic manner. He served as the secondary antagonist of Superstar Saga, and the main antagonist of ''Bowser's Inside Story. He was also the main antagonist of Bowser’s Minions'', in which he brainwashed all of Bowser's minions, and became Captain Goomba’s archenemy. He was created by Masanori Sato, who worked as the illustrator for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, the first game in the Mario & Luigi series. Fawful's localized Japanese name, Gerakobits, is derived from geragera, the Japanese onomatopoeia for a scornful laugh, while his English name is a pun combining the words "awful" and "guffaw". Because Fawful was not based on any existing characters in the Mario series, the Nintendo Treehouse, which is responsible for localizing games for North American audiences, had more creative freedom in writing for the character. Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff, both employees of the Treehouse, wrote the English dialogue for Fawful through the exchange of notes. Trinen and Bihldorff intended to make Fawful as "wacky" and "zany" as possible in the Western release. He is also regarded for his quotes and humor, nominated for the "Most Quotable Character" award in 2009, but losing to Ellis from Left 4 Dead 2. 1UP.coms Jeremy Parish attributing the quality of Superstar Sagas comedy to him. His "I have fury!" quote was included in Nintendo Powers collection of classic quotes from Nintendo games. Another quote, "And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! The mustard of your doom!" was regarded by MTV Multiplayer writer Steven Totilo as one of the most famous lines in video games of recent years and was quoted with "uncommon frequency". GamesRadar ranked Fawful as one of the best video game villains, arguing that he was a dominant aspect of the Mario & Luigi series partly due to his quotes. Popple or the Shadow Thief as he calls himself, is a recurring antagonist in the Mario & Luigi series. He first appears as a major antagonist in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga where he is fought four times throughout the game, and fights alongside an amnesiac Bowser, going under the alias "Rookie", for the first two battles. However, after Popple and Bowser get separated, Popple recruits Birdo to fight alongside him for the fourth battle; following his defeat and unseen arrest, he is forced to do community service in Little Fungi Town. Popple later returns in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team as a minor antagonist. He is first seen robbing Pi'illoper’s house, and encounters the Bros., though he does not seem to remember them. Later on, he works with the Bros. to battle a Wiggler named Wiggly, but he turns against them after Wiggly is defeated. In his English dialogue for Superstar Saga, Popple's manner of speech parodies the "wise guy" dialect used by actor Edward G. Robinson in gangster films such as Little Caesar, often interjecting "see" at the ends of his sentences. == Species ==

Friendly species • Cow – Also known as Moo Moo, resembles a real-world cow and typically walks on all four legs. They mostly appear in the Mario Kart series; they were introduced in Mario Kart 64, and for the first time it is a playable character in Mario Kart World. • Luma - A friendly star-like creature. They first appear in Super Mario Galaxy, where they have the ability to transform into various game objects, explorable planetoids, and entire levels. Lumas come in a variety of colors, though are most commonly yellow. One particular Luma, known as Baby Luma, or Young Master Luma, is a major character in the Super Mario Galaxy games, granting Mario or Luigi the power to Star Spin. The Illumination animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) features a single Luma, the blue nihilistic Lumalee, that first appeared in Super Mario Galaxy as a salesman. Held prisoner by Bowser, Lumalee cheerfully laments the pain and suffering awaiting all those held prisoner, greatly depressing his fellow prisoners; they are voiced by Juliet Jelenic, daughter of Michael Jelenic, one of the film's two directors. Lumalee reappears in a post-credits scene in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026), now as a sadistic prison guard watching over Bowser and Bowser Jr. during their incarceration in a Mushroom Kingdom prison. • Talking Flower – A yellow flower with large mouths and leaves that can act as wings. They originally appeared in the 2023 video game Super Mario Bros. Wonder as non-playable characters throughout the game's levels. Enemy species • Biddybud – A ladybug-like enemy introduced in Super Mario 3D Land. They usually come in groups of four (one red, one blue, one green, and one yellow) and can be defeated by jumping on top of them. Para-Biddybud is a winged variant of Biddybud. They behave mostly the same, but they fly close to the ground instead of walking. • Blooper – A sentry-like squid that chases after the player, debuting in Super Mario Bros. Blooper Nannies, a variation of the Blooper, thrust smaller versions of themselves (Blooper Babies) toward the player as a form of attack. • – A bomb enemy introduced in Doki Doki Panic, later repurposed into Super Mario Bros. 2, with a wind-up key and a fuse, which explodes after a set amount of time or when thrown. King Bob-omb, previously Big Bob-omb, was introduced in Super Mario 64, as a boss character there and in Mario Party 9, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, and Mario Party: Star Rush. • Boo, known in Japan as – A spherical ghost enemy introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3 as "Boo Diddleys" (a pun on the name of American musician Bo Diddley), which sneaks up on the player from behind while they are facing away from it. Inspired by a rage that Takashi Tezuka's wife went into after he came home from work late. With Boo being one of the more popular Mario enemies, their image has been used in official Nintendo merchandise, such as plush dolls and cookie cutters. Boo is considered one of the best enemies in the Mario series. Other variations also exist. A large kind, named Big Boo, appears as an enemy in Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'', and other titles. • Bullet Bill – A bullet with angry eyes and clenched fists that is shot out of a cannon called a "Bill Blaster". They have a larger counterpart with a shark-like face, known as Banzai Bills • Buzzy Beetle – A black or blue Koopa with a hard, fireproof shell that renders it immune to fire attacks. It can crawl on ceilings and drop down when the player gets too close. • Chain Chomp – A metallic ball-and-chain creature that lunges at the player when they approach it. Inspired by a childhood experience of Shigeru Miyamoto's with a violent dog. It was originally intended to be used in The Legend of Zelda series, but ended up being a Mario enemy. • '''Chargin' Chuck''' – A Koopa wearing football gear that mostly charges at the player, and can use items such as baseballs and shovels. Variants include Spiny Cheep Cheeps, Eep Cheeps, and Fish Bones. Giant varieties include Cheep Chomp, Boss Bass, and Big Bertha. • Goomba – A sentient creature that resembles a mushroom, it is the first enemy that the player typically encounters in the games' first levels. Implemented late in the development of Super Mario Bros. as a basic, easy enemy. Variants include larger and smaller sized versions and the winged Paragoomba. Similar creatures include Galoomba, which flips over and can be thrown when stomped on, and Goombrat, which turns at edges. The Goombas have their own king, King Goomba (also called Goomboss), introduced as the first boss in Paper Mario. • Hammer Bro – A type of helmet-wearing Koopa who throws hammers at the player. It has several variations that throw other projectiles, such as the Boomerang Bro, the Fire Bro, the Ice Bro, and a bigger variant known as a Sledge Bro which can stun the player. (also called Winged Koopa Troopa It also appears in Mario spin-off games with various roles, including a track marshal in Mario Kart and a camera operator in Super Mario 64. • Magikoopa – A wizard Koopa capable of casting magic spells, turning blocks into foes, power-ups, or coins. Magikoopas first appeared in Super Mario World. • Mechakoopa – A robot with a wind-up key that becomes disabled and can be thrown after being stomped on. A variant introduced in Super Mario Galaxy is capable of breathing fire. Variants include Fire Piranha Plants, which shoot fireballs, Jumping Piranha Plants, and more. • Podoboo – A fireball that jumps out of lava and can bounce off walls. It is also referred to as a Lava Bubble (a name shared with other lava based enemies). A Blue Podoboo homes in on the player and jumps out of blue lava and is found in Super Princess Peach, and a variant of the Lava Bubble that chases after the player and spits fireballs appears mainly in the Paper Mario games. • Pokey – A spiked cactus with detachable green or yellow body segments, which first appeared in Doki Doki Panic, being incorporated to the Mario universe when the game was reworked into the international Super Mario Bros. 2. • Spike – A green Koopa creature that attacks with spiked balls, which it throws out of its mouth. First appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. • Whomp – An anthropomorphic stone slab that slams its face on the ground when the player gets near. It can only be defeated by ground pounding its back. It is inspired by the Japanese mythical wall monster, the nurikabe. • Wiggler – A caterpillar enemy introduced in Super Mario World, which changes color and charges at the player when stomped on. It is a playable character in some games, such as Mario Kart 7. Flutters are Wigglers with butterfly wings. == See also ==