History Characters / SMBMDarkLands

* FlyingBroomstick: One of the [[https://mario.wiki.gallery/images/2/21/TSMBM_Poster_Bowser_%26_co.jpg posters]] shows him riding a broomstick like the one he has in the games. In the film proper, Kamek appears on his broomstick in Bowser's prison when he [[spoiler:"invites" the prisoners to Bowser's wedding as sacrifices.]]

* LorreLookalike: Richardson does what sounds like a high-pitched Creator/PeterLorre impression for the character with a hint of the Oriental accent that he used for Demongo the Soul Collector in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: During the final battle in [[spoiler:Brooklyn]], Bowser rants to Mario as he tries to attack the plumber, stating that his wedding to Peach is the only thing that makes him happy, and now, because the wedding was ruined, Mario is going to suffer like him. However, his horrific actions prior to this (destroying the Penguin Kingdom, forcing Peach to marry him under threat of destroying her kingdom, trying to sacrifice all of his prisoners to a horrific fiery death, and then trying to kill Peach and carry out his threat of destroying her kingdom once she rejects him at the altar), coupled with the fact that Peach hates him and wants nothing to do with him, render this petty, and at the end of the day, Bowser cares for nothing but his own happiness and will do anything to achieve it, even if it mean destroying the happiness of others.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Implied - in the games, he is Bowser's adoptive father. While this isn't necessarily ''not'' the case in the film, his bootlicking is just vaguely flirtatious enough to cast doubt.

* {{Foil}}: To Luigi. It could be said that he's Bowser's wingman, just like how Luigi plays Mario up as "the best guy in the world". Unlike Luigi, [[BigBrotherWorship who loves Mario as his big brother]], Kamek is a sycophantic YesMan who tells Bowser what he wants to hear. It's likely that he only does so to save himself from the Koopa King's wrath.