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* KickTheDog: He kicked Yoshi, angry at his bad first impression with Daisy, and calls him a "throwback".

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* KickTheDog: He kicked Yoshi, angry at himself for his bad first impression with Daisy, and calls him a "throwback".



* NeverMyFault: While it's said that Dinohattan was terrible, Toad suggests that life wasn't always so bad until Koopa made things worst upon his takeover. Koopa had people arrested just for stating it.
* ObliviousToLove: It's unclear if he's aware of Lena's crush for him. Though he noticed Lena sounded dissatisfied when she tells him Daisy is cleaned up for him ("My, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning!"). Nor it matters to him at all when Lena betrayed it.

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* NeverMyFault: While it's said that Dinohattan was terrible, Toad suggests that life wasn't always so bad until Koopa made things worst upon his takeover. Koopa had people arrested just for stating it.
Pointing that out can get someone arrested.
* ObliviousToLove: It's unclear if he's aware of Lena's crush for him, or if it matters to him at all when Lena betrayed him. Though he noticed Lena sounded dissatisfied when she tells him Daisy is cleaned up for him ("My, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning!"). Nor it matters to him at all when Lena betrayed it.



* YouHaveFailedMe: First from their incompetence due to their stupidity and then their betrayal, Koopa orders them to be killed. Fortunately, they run into Daisy.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: First from their incompetence due to their stupidity and then their betrayal, betrayal [[NiceJobFixingItVillain after making them smart]], Koopa orders them to be killed. Fortunately, they run into Daisy.
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* ParentalSubstitute: In Luigi's own words, Mario's had to be his "father, mother, brother, everything" after Luigi's parents died. For most of the adventure he switches from brother to father when it comes to teaching Luigi the ropes about dating, plumbing, and maturity.

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* ParentalSubstitute: In Luigi's own words, Mario's had to be his "father, mother, brother, everything" after Luigi's their parents died. For most of the adventure he switches from brother to father when it comes to teaching Luigi the ropes about dating, plumbing, and maturity.

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* ObliviousToLove: It's unclear if he's aware of Lena's crush for him. Though he noticed Lena sounded dissatisfied when she tells him Daisy is cleaned up for him ("My, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning!").

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* NeverMyFault: While it's said that Dinohattan was terrible, Toad suggests that life wasn't always so bad until Koopa made things worst upon his takeover. Koopa had people arrested just for stating it.
* ObliviousToLove: It's unclear if he's aware of Lena's crush for him. Though he noticed Lena sounded dissatisfied when she tells him Daisy is cleaned up for him ("My, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning!"). Nor it matters to him at all when Lena betrayed it.



* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She ends up literally fossilized by the very power she tried to use to merge dimensions.

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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She ends up literally fossilized by the very power she tried to use desires so much while trying to merge the dimensions.


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* OhCrap: Right after she placed the meteorite piece in, she starts screaming in agony by the power she craved so much.

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* KickTheDog: He kicked Yoshi, angry at his bad first impression with Daisy, and calls him a "throwback".



* ObliviousToLove: It's unclear if he's aware of Lena's crush for him. Though he noticed Lena sounded dissatisfied when she tells him Daisy is cleaned up for him ("My, my, looks like you got up on the wrong side of the nest this morning!").




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* YouHaveFailedMe: First from their incompetence due to their stupidity and then their betrayal, Koopa orders them to be killed. Fortunately, they run into Daisy.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' '''[[Characters/SuperMarioBros Main Character Index]]'''\\
'''Main characters:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosMarioBrothers The Mario Brothers]] | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosAllies Allies]] | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdom The Koopa Kingdom]] ([[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] - [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowserJr Bowser Jr.]] - [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopalings The Koopalings]] - [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdomBosses Bosses]]) | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosAssortedNasties Assorted Nasties]]\\
'''RPG characters:''' ''Characters/SuperMarioRPG'' | ''Characters/PaperMario'' (''[[Characters/PaperMario64 64]]'' - ''[[Characters/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand-Year Door]]'' - ''[[Characters/SuperPaperMario Super]]'' - ''[[Characters/PaperMarioStickerStar Sticker Star]]'' - ''[[Characters/PaperMarioColorSplash Color Splash]]'' - ''[[Characters/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing The Origami King]]'') | ''[[Characters/MarioAndLuigi Mario & Luigi]]'' (''Characters/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser'')\\
'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/SuperMarioBrosWario Wario]])\\
'''Crossovers:''' ''Characters/PunchOut'' | ''Characters/SuperSmashBros'' | ''Characters/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' | ''Characters/{{Skylanders}}'' | ''Characters/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''\\
'''Other media:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBros1993 The 1993 film]] ]]-]]]
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* CompositeCharacter: Has Peach's appearance and personality with Daisy's name, kingdom attributes, and romance with Luigi.
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This is a page for the 1993 American live-action film of ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', a radically different continuity from the rest of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise. For portrayals consistent with the games, see [[Characters/SuperMarioBros their respective pages]].

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This is a page for the 1993 American live-action film of ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', a radically different continuity from the rest of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise. For portrayals consistent with from the games, see [[Characters/SuperMarioBros their respective pages]].

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* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's girlfriend, is a brunette like Pauline, wears primarily red, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verducci.

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* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's girlfriend, is a brunette like Pauline, wears primarily red, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela Daniella ''Pauline'' Verducci.



* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the regular ''Mario'' series, residents come in all sorts of species. Here, they're all reptilian by blood, but save for Yoshi and the Goombas, they physically look no different from a human.

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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the regular ''Mario'' series, residents come in all sorts of species. Here, they're all reptilian by blood, but save for Yoshi and the Goombas, they physically look no different from a human.human aside from a few having scales and scars.



The so-called President of Dinohattan, having forcibly taken the position from its previous ruler and changed it in his image.

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The so-called President of Dinohattan, having forcibly taken the position from its previous ruler ruler, the King, and changed it in his image.


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Daisy's father, who was turned into a citywide sentient fungus as Koopa's first victim of the de-evolutionary process.

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there's no evidence she's his ex in the scripts or the film itself, nor the trading cards


A paleontology student who forms a romance with Luigi, Daisy is actually the lost princess of Dinohattan, and is kidnapped by Koopa in order to merge the two worlds together.



Mario's ex-girlfriend who works at the local tanning salon. Daniella isn't the brightest, but sincerely loves Mario. She's kidnapped by Iggy and Spike when they mistake her for Daisy.

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Mario's ex-girlfriend girlfriend who works at the local tanning salon. Daniella isn't the brightest, but sincerely loves Mario. She's kidnapped by Iggy and Spike when they mistake her for Daisy.



* AmicableExes: With Mario. [[spoiler:They get back together in the finale.]]
* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's old flame, is a brunette like Pauline, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verducci.

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* AmicableExes: With Mario. [[spoiler:They get back together in the finale.]]
* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's old flame, girlfriend, is a brunette like Pauline, wears primarily red, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verducci.



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Koopa's lover and a power-hungry villainess who will stop at nothing to ensure the conquest of the human world. She is intensely jealous of Daisy.


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A dinosaur pet of the royal family. Koopa keeps him in chains and abuses him, while Daisy quickly bonds with him.


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A busker who sings an anti-Koopa protest song and is de-evolved as punishment.
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* RepetitiveName: This Mario is the first (and so far only) iteration to be known under this name in-universe, as all the others are usually left to OnlyOneName.
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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the regular ''Mario'' series, residents come in all sorts of species. Here, they're all reptilian by blood, but physically look no different from a human.

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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the regular ''Mario'' series, residents come in all sorts of species. Here, they're all reptilian by blood, but save for Yoshi and the Goombas, they physically look no different from a human.
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* IChooseToStay: She offers to stay behind in the Dino realm to help her father resume rule. That doesn't mean she's above going to Brooklyn to ask for help.

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* IChooseToStay: She [[spoiler:She offers to stay behind in the Dino realm to help her father resume rule. That doesn't mean she's above going to Brooklyn to ask for help.]]

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* PetTheDog: Subtly shows signs of this with Lena. He's genuinely shocked when she betrays him and once he has the rock, he orders her release.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Seems to believe that invading the human world would provide needed resources for the people of Dinohattan.



* GreenEyedMonster: She's intensely jealous of Daisy and Koopa's interest in her.

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* GreenEyedMonster: She's intensely jealous of Once she sees just how important Daisy and is to Koopa's interest in her.plans, Lena makes her increasingly hostile displeasure with the girl very clear.



* GreenEyedMonster: Once she sees just how important Daisy is to Koopa's plans, Lena makes her increasingly hostile displeasure with the girl very clear.

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Only appearing in the live-action film, he's the owner of a construction conglomerate and several other services, including plumbing. Scapelli is dishonest and slimy, only caring about money.

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Only appearing in the live-action film, he's the The owner of a construction conglomerate and several other services, including plumbing. Scapelli is dishonest and slimy, only caring about money.


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Two goons under Scapelli's employ. Like their boss, they tend to do shady business.
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* TeamPet: Serves as this for the heroes.
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* TomboyPrincess: [[spoiler:The long lost heir of the Dino kingdom, but an avid paleontologist and not above kicking butt to get the job done. Even when she begins acting as princess, she doesn't stop doing what she does best.]]
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--> Played by: Creator/JohnLeguziamo

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--> Played by: Creator/JohnLeguziamoCreator/JohnLeguizamo
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Mario's ex-girlfriend who works at the local tanning salon. Daniella isn't the brightest, but sincerely loves Mario. She's kidnapped by Iggy and Spike when they mistake her for Daisy.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Scripts list her name as Daniella Pauline Verducci.






[[folder:Anthony Scapelli]]
Only appearing in the live-action film, he's the owner of a construction conglomerate and several other services, including plumbing. Scapelli is dishonest and slimy, only caring about money.
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* DepravedBisexual: According to WordOfGod, she shows interest in both Koopa and Daisy.
* GreenEyedMonster: She's intensely jealous of Daisy and Koopa's interest in her.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She ends up literally fossilized by the very power she tried to use to merge dimensions.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Seen as she tries to kill Daisy.
-->'''Daisy:''' Why are you doing this?\\
'''Lena:''' Because everyone deserves what they've earned. And I've earned this!
* PowerFist: She wears brass knuckles for her final outfit, which she uses to shove a man aside by grabbing his face.
* TheStarscream: She eventually becomes this in the second half of the film, when, after a failed attempt to get Koopa to reconsider focusing on Daisy, she decides to betray him and achieve her goals on her own.
-->'''Lena:''' What you care about is ''her!''\\
'''Koopa:''' What ''I'' care about, is [[WellIntentionedExtremist the future of our species]]!\\
'''Lena:''' ''[scoffs]'' Well, if not with you, then on my own. ''[looks at the meteorite piece after Koopa walks off]''



Koopa's cousins and main henchmen. They're initially very dumb, but later have their intelligence boosted by the de-evolution chamber... not that this helps them. Realizing the depth of Koopa's evil, they betray him and help the heroes.



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[[folder:Yoshi]][[folder:Big Bertha]]
The bouncer at the Boom Boom Bar, she steals Daisy's meteorite pendant when an old lady mugs the Mario Bros., and escapes using the jet-powered Thwomp Stomper boots. She later falls in love with Mario.


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* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Gets devolved into a Goomba halfway through, but gets accustomed to it by the finale.]]
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* CleanFreak: He despises dirt, sterilizing his hands every chance he can get in his down time.
* HamAndCheese: By far the biggest ham of the bunch.

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* CleanFreak: He despises dirt, sterilizing his hands every chance he can get in his down time.
* HamAndCheese:
EvilIsHammy: By far the biggest ham of the bunch.


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* NeatFreak: He despises dirt, sterilizing his hands every chance he can get in his down time.

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This is a page for the 1993 American live action film ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', containing character traits specific to this version of the cast of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise. For regular or consistent portrayals, see [[Characters/SuperMarioBros their respective pages]].

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This is a page for the 1993 American live action live-action film of ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', containing character traits specific to this version of a radically different continuity from the cast rest of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise. For regular or portrayals consistent portrayals, with the games, see [[Characters/SuperMarioBros their respective pages]].



The older of the Mario Brothers and the boss of Mario Bros. Construction and Plumbing. While a middle-aged and portly Italian-American man, Mario has a decent head on his shoulders and is an honest worker, especially compared to his competitors the Scapellis. He gets dragged onto the adventure when he and Luigi accidentally discover a secret passage into Dino City.

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The older of the Mario Brothers and the boss of Mario Bros. Construction and Plumbing. While a middle-aged and portly Italian-American man, Mario has a decent head on his shoulders and is an honest worker, especially compared to his competitors the Scapellis. He gets dragged onto the adventure when he and Luigi accidentally discover a secret passage into Dino City.Dinohattan.



* OfficialCouple: With Daisy, but not for long, since she stays behind in Dino City to rule with her father.

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* OfficialCouple: With Daisy, but not for long, since she stays behind in Dino City Dinohattan to rule with her father.



! Dino City

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! Dino CityDinohattan

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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the regular ''Mario'' series, residents come in all sorts of species. Here, they're all reptilian by blood, but physically look no different from a human.
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The so-called President of Dinohattan, having forcibly taken the position from its previous ruler and changed it in his image.
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* KlingonPromotion: Usurped the role as King of Dino City from [[spoiler:Daisy's father]] by devolving him into semi-sentient fungus.

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* KlingonPromotion: Usurped the role as King of Dino City Dinohattan from [[spoiler:Daisy's father]] by devolving him into semi-sentient fungus.fungus.
* PresidentEvil: Styles himself like a president, campaign posters and all, but is functionally its dictator.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipChange: Instead of just being Luigi's similarly aged brother like in most adaptations, this Mario is a bit of everything for Luigi and quite a bit older than him.

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* AdaptationalRelationshipChange: AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Instead of just being Luigi's similarly aged brother like in most adaptations, this Mario is a bit of everything for Luigi and quite a bit older than him.
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-->Played by: Creator/DennisHooper

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-->Played by: Creator/DennisHooper
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* AmicableExes: He and Daniela are on good terms despite their breakup, even bringing her on a DoubleDate with Luigi and Daisy. [[spoiler:They're back together in the finale.]]

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* AmicableExes: He and Daniela Daniella are on good terms despite their breakup, even bringing her on a DoubleDate with Luigi and Daisy. [[spoiler:They're back together in the finale.]]



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[[folder:Daniela]][[folder:Daniella]]



* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's old flame, is a brunette like Pauline, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verduci.

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* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's old flame, is a brunette like Pauline, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verduci.
Verducci.
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! Main Characters
[[folder:The Mario Brothers]]
!! Mario Mario
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BobHoskins
The older of the Mario Brothers and the boss of Mario Bros. Construction and Plumbing. While a middle-aged and portly Italian-American man, Mario has a decent head on his shoulders and is an honest worker, especially compared to his competitors the Scapellis. He gets dragged onto the adventure when he and Luigi accidentally discover a secret passage into Dino City.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipChange: Instead of just being Luigi's similarly aged brother like in most adaptations, this Mario is a bit of everything for Luigi and quite a bit older than him.
* AmicableExes: He and Daniela are on good terms despite their breakup, even bringing her on a DoubleDate with Luigi and Daisy. [[spoiler:They're back together in the finale.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: In Luigi's own words, Mario's had to be his "father, mother, brother, everything" after Luigi's parents died. For most of the adventure he switches from brother to father when it comes to teaching Luigi the ropes about dating, plumbing, and maturity.
* RedIsHeroic: Only in the climax does he start wearing his counterpart's iconic red, which actually belonged to Koopa's janitorial staff.

!! Luigi Mario
The younger Mario brother, a college aged young man, and an apprentice plumber.

* OfficialCouple: With Daisy, but not for long, since she stays behind in Dino City to rule with her father.
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[[folder:Daisy]]
* {{Expy}}: Fills the role Peach would usually have in the franchise as the DamselInDistress for Koopa and [[spoiler:the princess of the fantastic kingdom]].
* IChooseToStay: She offers to stay behind in the Dino realm to help her father resume rule. That doesn't mean she's above going to Brooklyn to ask for help.
* LoveInterest: Despite being the Peach of this universe, ''not'' for Mario, but for Luigi.
* {{MacGuffin}}: The necklace she was given as a child was actually the last shard to the meteor capable of fusing the Earth and Dino worlds together.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father vanished before Daisy ever got to properly meet him, while her mother gave her up to a church when she crossed over to Earth. [[spoiler:At least her father is alive by the time the film ends, and regains his humanoid form.]]
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! Brooklyn Residents
[[folder:Daniela]]
* AmicableExes: With Mario. [[spoiler:They get back together in the finale.]]
* {{Expy}}: Implied to be one for Pauline. She serves as Mario's old flame, is a brunette like Pauline, and her full name as revealed in the script is Daniela ''Pauline'' Verduci.

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! Dino City
[[folder:Koopa]]
-->Played by: Creator/DennisHooper

* BigBad: As with most incarnations of the big lizard, he is the primary antagonist of the movie.
* CleanFreak: He despises dirt, sterilizing his hands every chance he can get in his down time.
* HamAndCheese: By far the biggest ham of the bunch.
* KlingonPromotion: Usurped the role as King of Dino City from [[spoiler:Daisy's father]] by devolving him into semi-sentient fungus.
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[[folder:Lena]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Once she sees just how important Daisy is to Koopa's plans, Lena makes her increasingly hostile displeasure with the girl very clear.
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[[folder:Yoshi]]
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[[folder:Toad]]
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