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%%* ElementalPowers: Waluigi more so.
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** Waluigi may not be as ugly as Wario, but still there.
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** Initially Wario was nothing but this. Today he can still be this on his bad days. And sometimes on his good ones.
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** In ''Mario Kart 8'', Wario oftens screams "Wario always wins!" at the end of the race.
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* {{Gonk}}: One of the few examples of a gonk ''protagonist''. This is possibly due to him starting off as an antagonist.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Initially he was nothing but this. Today he can still be this on his bad days. And sometimes on his good ones.
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* {{Gonk}}: Not as ugly as Wario, but still there.
* {{Gonk}}: Not as ugly as Wario, but still there.
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* {{Narcissist}}: Waluigi blows his own horn at every opportunity and abhors anything that might tarnish his image. Guy literally thinks the sun is ''trying to outshine him''.
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** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', Wario the equivalent to [[VideoGame/FZero Samurai Goroh]], the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. However, this top speed also makes him harder to control (though this is downplayed in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': while he is lighter than Bowser, he still conserves the maximum top speed stat ''and'' gains [[CursedWithAwesome slightly more traction and handling]]).
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** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', Wario the equivalent to [[VideoGame/FZero Samurai Goroh]], is the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: variant, making him equivalent to [[VideoGame/FZero Samurai Goroh]]: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. However, this top speed also makes him harder to control (though this is downplayed in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': while he is lighter than Bowser, he still conserves the maximum top speed stat ''and'' gains [[CursedWithAwesome slightly more traction and handling]]).
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The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. A [[ThoseTwoGuys pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
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The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. {{evil counterpart}}s. A [[ThoseTwoGuys [[BumblingHenchmenDuo pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] {{jerk|ass}}s who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], {{greed}}y, [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] {{boisterous|Bruiser}} counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
* BumblingHenchmenDuo: Even though Wario and Waluigi aren't exactly good guys, they're on Team Rocket-levels in terms of actual threat and are LaughablyEvil at best.
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A fat, ill-tempered, greedy, [[VideoGame/WarioLand treasure hunter]] and [[VideoGame/WarioWare microgame designer]] who is often described as Mario's rival. Debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' as the BigBad, but branched off with VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} and his own platformers; his nemesis is Captain Syrup. He sticks around for the spin-offs, though.
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A fat, ill-tempered, greedy, [[VideoGame/WarioLand treasure hunter]] and [[VideoGame/WarioWare microgame designer]] who is often described as Mario's rival. Debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' as the BigBad, but branched off with VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'' and his own platformers; his nemesis is Captain Syrup. He sticks around for the spin-offs, though.
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* {{Fiction 500}}: In ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' more than ''VideoGame/WarioWare''.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'', where Waluigi is the main villain of the story. In ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', he [[HostileShowTakeover knocks out Bowser]] and becomes the penultimate boss of the game. Waluigi gets a fair bit more screentime in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' games. He stars in Power Tennis' opening movie alongside Wario. [[VideoGame/MarioKart Also]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFHbtAyK_k WALUIGI PINBALL]]!
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* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'', where Waluigi is the main villain of the story. In ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', he [[HostileShowTakeover knocks out Bowser]] and becomes the penultimate boss of the game. Waluigi gets a fair bit more screentime in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' games. He stars in Power Tennis' opening movie alongside Wario. [[VideoGame/MarioKart Also]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFHbtAyK_k WALUIGI PINBALL]]!
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether Wario is on better terms with Mario or not tends to largely depend on the game. Some have him as being an ally to Mario and having more of a mostly FriendlyRivalry with him, while other games portray him as still hating his guts and attempting to outdo him, sometimes to the point of even attempting to get rid of him entirely.
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** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', he's the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. His speed makes him harder to control, however.
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** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', he's Wario the equivalent to [[VideoGame/FZero Samurai Goroh]], the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. His However, this top speed also makes him harder to control, however.control (though this is downplayed in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'': while he is lighter than Bowser, he still conserves the maximum top speed stat ''and'' gains [[CursedWithAwesome slightly more traction and handling]]).
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* EvilCounterpart: These two are practically {{Evil Twin}}s of the Mario Brothers and the [=TvTropes=] Poster Boys for the trope, though they usually act as a GoldfishPoopGang in sports spin-offs. The symbols on their hats are even an M and L turned upside-down.
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* EvilCounterpart: These two are practically {{Evil Twin}}s of the Mario Brothers and the [=TvTropes=] Poster Boys for the trope, though they usually act as a GoldfishPoopGang in sports spin-offs. The symbols on their hats are even an M and L turned upside-down. That being said, neither of them are truly evil at heart, just mischievous, greedy, and very flawed.
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* AssholeVictim: Their {{Jerkass}} personalities and malicious intent unwarrants any sympathy for the duo whenever they run into any bad luck or are [[KickTheSonOfABitch on the receiving end of Bowser's fury.]]
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* AssholeVictim: Their {{Jerkass}} personalities and malicious intent intent, such as cheating in sports, unwarrants any sympathy for the duo whenever they run into any bad luck or are [[KickTheSonOfABitch on the receiving end of Bowser's fury.]]
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Wario seems to be portrayed this way whenever he’s the protagonist of a game, with his exploits being played more as get-rich-quick schemes with a ''lot'' of obstacles in his way as opposed to Mario's more straightforward quests to right whatever wrong happened in the game that time. A good example of this would be his motivation in ''Wario Land: Shake It!'' While the Merfle is telling Wario about the plight of his kingdom and how the princess has been kidnapped, Wario has a bored, disinterested look on his face until [[MoneyForNothing the bottomless sack]] is mentioned. Then his face instantly lights up and he’s rarin’ to go. Compare to Mario who has saved Princess Peach over countless games just because she’s in trouble. These adventures generally lead to [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]] and [[DenserandWackier wacky]] situations, that more often than not result in Wario [[{{Slapstick getting]] [[IronButtMonkey hurt]], [[HumiliationConga getting put in outlandish situations]] and/or [[LaserGuidedKarma getting his just desserts]] so it all balances out. [[BlackAndGreyMorality It helps that the villains of these games are usually much worse than he is.]]
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Wario seems to be portrayed this way whenever he’s the protagonist of a game, with his exploits being played more as get-rich-quick schemes with a ''lot'' of obstacles in his way as opposed to Mario's more straightforward quests to right whatever wrong happened in the game that time. A good example of this would be his motivation in ''Wario Land: Shake It!'' While the Merfle is telling Wario about the plight of his kingdom and how the princess has been kidnapped, Wario has a bored, disinterested look on his face until [[MoneyForNothing [[AMacGuffinFullOfMoney the bottomless sack]] is mentioned. Then his face instantly lights up and he’s rarin’ to go. Compare to Mario who has saved Princess Peach over countless games just because she’s in trouble. These adventures generally lead to [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]] and [[DenserandWackier wacky]] situations, that more often than not result in Wario [[{{Slapstick [[{{Slapstick}} getting]] [[IronButtMonkey hurt]], [[HumiliationConga getting put in outlandish situations]] and/or [[LaserGuidedKarma getting his just desserts]] so it all balances out. [[BlackAndGreyMorality It helps that the villains of these games are usually much worse than he is.]]
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Wario seems to be portrayed this way whenever he’s the protagonist of a game, with his exploits being played more as get-rich-quick schemes with a ''lot'' of obstacles in his way as opposed to Mario's more straightforward quests to right whatever wrong happened in the game that time. A good example of this would be his motivation in ''Wario Land: Shake It!'' While the Merfle is telling Wario about the plight of his kingdom and how the princess has been kidnapped, Wario has a bored, disinterested look on his face until [[MoneyForNothing the bottomless sack]] is mentioned. Then his face instantly lights up and he’s rarin’ to go. Compare to Mario who has saved Princess Peach over countless games just because she’s in trouble. These adventures generally lead to [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]] and [[DenserandWackier wacky]] situations, that more often than not result in Wario [[{{Slapstick getting]] [[IronButtMonkey hurt]], [[HumiliationConga getting put in outlandish situations]] and/or [[LaserGuidedKarma getting his just desserts]] so it all balances out. [[BlackAndGreyMorality It helps that the villains of these games are usually much worse than he is.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Despite his association with Wario, Waluigi has never appeared in a ''Wario'' game.
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* AssholeVictim: Their {{Jerkass}} personalities and malicious intent unwarrants any sympathy for the duo whenever they run into any bad luck or are [[KickTheSonOfABitch on the receiving end of Bowser's wrath.fury.]]
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ('''Wario and Waluigi''')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] | -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ('''Wario and Waluigi''')\\
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'''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]]\\
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'''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/SuperMarioBrosOtherHighRankingSubordinates Other High-Ranking Subordinates]] -- [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdomBosses Bosses]]) | [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosAssortedNasties Assorted Nasties]]\\
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'''Other media:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBros1993 The 1993 film]] ]]-]]]
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* AssholeVictim: Their {{Jerkass}} personalities unwarrants any sympathy for the duo whenever they have any bad luck or are [[KickTheSonOfABitchon [[KickTheSonOfABitch on the receiving end of Bowser's wrath.]]
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ('''Wario and Waluigi''')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ('''Wario and Waluigi''')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (Wario and Waluigi)\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (Wario ('''Wario and Waluigi)\\Waluigi''')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''Wario and Waluigi'')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''Wario (Wario and Waluigi'')\\Waluigi)\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''[[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]]'')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''[[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario (''Wario and Waluigi]]'')\\Waluigi'')\\
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'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] (Characters/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''Characters/WarioAndWaluigi'' | ''Characters/WarioLand'' | ''Characters/WarioWorld'' | ''Characters/WarioMasterOfDisguise'' | ''Characters/WarioWare'')\\(''[[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]]'')\\
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'''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/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''Characters/WarioAndWaluigi'' | ''Characters/WarioLand'' | ''Characters/WarioWorld'' | ''Characters/WarioMasterOfDisguise'' | ''Characters/WarioWare'')\\
'''Crossovers:''' ''Characters/PunchOut'' | ''Characters/SuperSmashBros'' | ''Characters/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' | ''Characters/{{Skylanders}}'' | ''Characters/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''\\
'''Other media:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBros1993 The 1993 film]] ]]-]]]
The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. A [[ThoseTwoGuys pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
'''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/DonkeyKongKongs | [[Characters/DonkeyKongTheTitleCharacter Donkey Kong]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] (''Characters/WarioAndWaluigi'' | ''Characters/WarioLand'' | ''Characters/WarioWorld'' | ''Characters/WarioMasterOfDisguise'' | ''Characters/WarioWare'')\\
'''Crossovers:''' ''Characters/PunchOut'' | ''Characters/SuperSmashBros'' | ''Characters/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' | ''Characters/{{Skylanders}}'' | ''Characters/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''\\
'''Other media:''' [[Characters/SuperMarioBros1993 The 1993 film]] ]]-]]]
The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. A [[ThoseTwoGuys pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
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!!Wario & Waluigi
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The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. A [[ThoseTwoGuys pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: They are humanoid in appearance, and they are said to be humans. But the elf ears, gangly eyes, pink noses, and extremely deformed proportions make them look super bizarre. Plus their even weirder anatomies and powers.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: They're the {{Evil Counterpart}}s to twins Mario and Luigi. However, their relationship is unspecified. It's unknown if Wario and Waluigi are also brothers. The official word is that Wario and Waluigi don't ''seem'' to be related, but not outright stating that they aren't.
* AntiRoleModel: Both represent greed and scheming.
* ArtEvolution:
** Wario started out far crazier looking, had long [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/N5jYnnyIB68/hqdefault.jpg sleeves]], and would constantly drool in the commercials.
** Waluigi started out with a far bigger smile on his face, his eyes were ganglier, he would be constantly [[http://www.dkvine.com/features/images/nazi_waluigieyes.jpg hunched]], and he would perform scarier, more psychotic sounds.
* ArtisticAge: They look a ''lot'' older than the Mario Bros, who already look quite a bit older than their age of twenty-four, but they're said to be roughly the same age.
* BadassMustache: Just like the Mario Bros, both Wario and Waluigi have mustaches. Wario's is shaped like thunderbolts while Waluigi's are straight and pointy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: As expected, when they team together, Wario is the brawn, while Waluigi is the brains. Both are still extremely prone to stupid decisions.
* BrilliantButLazy: These two are very skilled characters when it comes to mechanics and designing plans. It's a shame they usually resort to simple vandalism and petty mischief.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wario has the "W" on his hat and his gloves. Waluigi, however, wears a vertically-flipped L (Γ) on his hat and gloves. It could also be the Greek letter "Gamma".
** Waluigi's hat makes more sense if you think of Wario's "W" as an upside-down version of Mario's "M"; that makes Waluigi's logo logical as the upside-down version of Luigi's.
* ButtMonkey: Both are extremely prone to slapstick whenever they team up on the spin-offs.
* CardCarryingVillain: Okay, "villain" might be a strong word to describe them most of the time, but they are still very much rude, greedy {{Jerkass}}es and joyfully revel in every single second of it.
* CatchPhrase:
** Wario:
*** "Have a rotten day!"
*** "Hurry up!". This one comes from ''VideoGame/WarioLand4''.
*** "[[GratuitousGerman So ein Mist!]]"
** Waluigi:
*** "Waluigi Time!"
*** "WALUIGI NUMBER ONE!"
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: They both started out as simple bad guys. Wario was established as more greedy than evil, and Waluigi was given traits of self-pity, vengeful anger, and romantic passions.
** Later ''Mario Party'' games also made efforts to associate Waluigi with cunning and craftiness.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Camelot-developed ''Mario Golf'' and ''Mario Tennis'' spinoffs tend to give the pair the spotlight. Showcasing their antics and mischievious hijinks. ''Mario Tennis Aces'' begins with them unwittingly digging up [[BigBad Lucien]] and jump starting the plot.
* {{Determinator}}: Both of them are extremely dedicated towards their goals. Wario does whatever it takes to gain gold, and Waluigi goes to great lengths to beat his rival and cause mischief (which tends to [[ButtMonkey backfire hilariously]]).
* DemonicPossession: The first unfortunate victims of Lucien's possessive powers in ''Mario Tennis Aces''.
%%* ElementalPowers: Waluigi more so.
* {{Envy}}: Wario was originally designed as Mario's jealous counterpart, but eventually became [[VideoGame/WarioLand defined by his greed]]. Waluigi, on the other hand, has always been motivated by envy of Luigi, down to having a crush on the same girl and believing with every fiber of his being that Mr. Green is the only thing standing between him and ultimate stardom.
* EvilCounterpart: These two are practically {{Evil Twin}}s of the Mario Brothers and the [=TvTropes=] Poster Boys for the trope, though they usually act as a GoldfishPoopGang in sports spin-offs. The symbols on their hats are even an M and L turned upside-down.
* FatAndSkinny: Wario's the Fat. Waluigi is the Skinny.
* GagNose: One way they differ from the Mario Bros. is that their noses are bright pink and very large, adding to their ugly appearances.
%%* {{Gonk}}: Part of their charm.
* {{Greed}}: Even though Wario is a poster child for this, they both are extremely greedy, though Waluigi is less on the money sense, and more on the competitive sense. They will even steal from each other!
* HairTriggerTemper: They often get in trouble because of it.
* HarmlessVillain: Presented as evil versions of Mario and Luigi, but their brand of villainy only extends towards embodying [[{{Greed}} certain]] [[{{Envy}} vices]] as opposed to actual villainy that Bowser and other villains possess.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Sometimes they spitefully try to ruin the day, but other times, like in the ''Mario Party'' series, they'll even ally with Mario and the others.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[FlipFlopOfGod They can't seem to decide if these two are brothers or not.]]
* HostileShowTakeover: In earlier appearances.
* IronButtMonkey: They have lived through things that even the Mario Bros couldn't. Examples include Bob-ombs and a Banzai Bill.
%%* {{Jerkass}}: It's obvious, really.
* LargeHam: Always over the top, with exaggerated actions and lines.
* LaughablyEvil: Their antics are the focus of the Camelot [[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario]] [[VideoGame/MarioTennis sports]] games.
* MadBomber: They are usually associated with bombs and explosives.
* MeaningfulName: Portmanteaus of the words "warui" and their rivals' names. More details below for the respective characters.
%%* {{Narcissist}}: Both.
* OddballDoppelganger: While both of them initially started off as {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Mario and Luigi, they've since [[CharacterDevelopment changed]] to be more like this.
* {{Parody}}: An interesting example in a meta-sense, Wario and Waluigi are gross exaggerations of Mario and Luigi's designs. Mario may be chubby, but Wario's practically as wide as tall. Luigi's the skinnier of the two, but Waluigi has lengthy, spider-like limbs.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wario wears purple pants, and Waluigi's cap and shirt are purple. Interestingly enough, their purples are distinctly different hues, with Waluigi's being a more bluish purple.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Wario may wear yellow, but he also wears purple overalls and green shoes, possibly as a nod to his [[AntiHero ''Grey'' area as a character]] rather than outright villain. Waluigi plays this a lot more straight, with purple being the colors of his cap and shirt, orange shoes, and [[EvilWearsBlack black]] overalls.
* SuperStrength: They are polar opposites. Wario has great strength in his arms and punches, but his stubby legs are pretty weak on their own. Waluigi's arms are scrawny and he is usually pretty weak, but his long, lanky legs can deliver nasty kicks.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Though Waluigi makes the most use of this, Wario is prone to do so sometimes.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Even though Wario and Waluigi aren't exactly good guys, they're on Team Rocket-levels in terms of actual threat and are LaughablyEvil at best.
* TokenHuman: They are one of the few existing humans in the Mario games. And they don't even look that human.
* TombstoneTeeth: Both Wario and Waluigi's teeth are almost cube-shaped, adding to their grotesque appearances; and Wario puts them to good use in games like ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wario loves garlic, and Waluigi loves eggplants.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In ''Mario Tennis Aces'', the pair dig up [[SealedEvilInACan Lucien]], kickstarting the plot.
* VerbalTic: Both Wario and Waluigi like muttering their own names a lot. Also: "WAAAA".
* VillainTeamUp: Waluigi was actually first developed to do this with Wario in ''Mario Tennis''. In ''Mario Power Tennis'', Bowser recruits them after they lose a doubles match and puts them through TrainingFromHell in an attempt to sabotage the game's tournament.
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[[caption-width-right:250:I'm-a Wario! I'm-a gonna win![[note]][[MemeticMutation Doh, I missed!]][[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:EXCELLENT!]]
->''"Obey Wario, DESTROY MARIO!"''
!!!Debut: ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese Ads, ''BS Excitebike''), Thomas Spindler (''Mario Kart 64'', Japanese version; ''Mario Party 1-2'', ''Mario Kart Super Circuit''), '''Creator/CharlesMartinet''', Gerardo Alonso (Latin American Spanish, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'') Hironori Kondō, (Japanese, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'')
A fat, ill-tempered, greedy, [[VideoGame/WarioLand treasure hunter]] and [[VideoGame/WarioWare microgame designer]] who is often described as Mario's rival. Debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' as the BigBad, but branched off with VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} and his own platformers; his nemesis is Captain Syrup. He sticks around for the spin-offs, though.
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* AccidentalHero: Wario almost never intends to perform acts of heroism, he just wants treasure.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Still capable of feats of agility/acrobatics despite being fatter than Mario. As Mario's EvilCounterpart, Wario tends to emphasize feats relating to horizontal speed over vertical jumping distance, whereas Mario is known for his verticality.
* AntiHero: On his best days, he ''barely'' qualifies. Wario really doesn't mind helping people out... as long as it is within his price range.
* AntiRoleModel: While Wario is not a bad guy (outside of his debut appearance), this is ''not'' someone you'd want your kids to look up to. [[EveryoneHasStandards Not even]] ''[[EveryoneHasStandards he]]'' [[EveryoneHasStandards thinks so.]]
--> "Bath -- NO! Brush teeth -- NO! Don't be like me, kids!"
* ArtEvolution: In his earlier appearances, Wario wore long sleeves and had a lazy eye. He was also much [[EvilIsBigger bigger and fatter]]. His modern appearance is still noticeably overweight, but he's noticeably shorter than Mario and more muscular as well.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Wario's nose resembles a giant, pink clove of garlic. Guess what his [[TrademarkFavouriteFood favourite food]] is.
* BadassBiker: In ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'', he has a personal motorbike, which carries over to his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros.''
* BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler:Gets a rather spiffy-looking golden suit as Wario Deluxe.]]
* BadassMustache: As an EvilCounterpart of Mario, this is a given.
* BigBad:
** Wario started as the antagonist of ''Super Mario Land 2'', and had a few antagonist roles in spin-offs such as ''Wario's Woods''. He went from this to VillainProtagonist, then to AntiHero as the games went on.
** However, Wario would return to his status as main antagonist in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', where he [[spoiler:attempts to cheat the player out of winning the Wario Bowl as Wario Deluxe and keep the prize money for himself]].
* BigEater: Especially in ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', where he has a Franchise/{{Kirby}}-like ability to suck in coins.
* TheBigGuy: When allied with Mario, he typically takes this role.
* BoisterousBruiser: Loud, arrogant, and with all the strength to back it up.
* BreakoutCharacter: Since appearing as an antagonist, he gets two series featuring him and has since become a staple AntiHero in the ''Mario'' franchise.
* BrilliantButLazy:
** In his own platform series, Wario can take extreme risks, push his physical limits and solve complex puzzles (sometimes the three at once)... [[VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3 as long]] [[VideoGame/WarioLand4 as money]] [[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt is involved]] or [[VideoGame/WarioLandII his possessions]] [[VideoGame/WarioWorld are stolen]] ([[VideoGame/WarioLand3 although some exceptions exist]]). Otherwise, he would rather slack off and eat sweets.
** [[VideoGame/WarioWare He made his own company]], but is too lazy to run it.
** Wario demonstrates actual artistic talent in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' when drawing portraits... but only of ''himself''. Using any other amiibo gets you a rather sloppy drawing, as if he didn't care.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The W on his cap and gloves.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: In ''Wario Land II'', he put a hold on getting his treasure back when his pet hen goes missing. He also talks about [[ADogNamedDog Hen]] rather fondly in the instruction manual.
* ChromeChampion: While Mario was this in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', Wario took over this capacity entirely in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Wario was an outright villain in his first appearance, and in his debut starring role, he was a VillainProtagonist. Later ''Wario Land'' games established that Wario is more greedy than evil, before finally reaching today, where Wario's villainy has all but disappeared completely. He's still [[AntiHero exceptionally greedy]] however.
* TheChosenOne: Wario is one of the [[VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS seven Star Children]].
* CompleteImmortality: In ''Wario Land II'' and ''3'', he cannot be killed by any means (all except for Rudy, the final boss in ''3'', which can kill him and give him a Game Over).
* CoolBike: As mentioned above, Wario drives one in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series.
* CoolCar: He also owns a pretty mean purple car that looks a lot like a Cadillac.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'' series.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Wario is extremely brainy and economical with lots of great ideas. Too bad his greed gets the better of him which costs him not only a lot more legitimate money, but his plans and ideas as well. [[spoiler:In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', the Wario Bowl games actually were a great success, it's really too bad Wario had to be greedy jerk and take all the prize money for himself and turn it into a scam. If he just fulfilled his end of the deal instead of trying to scam, the Wario Bowl likely would've grown into into an annual festivity, thus resulting in even more (legitimate) money for him in the long term.]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution:
** Design-wise -- in newer games, he wears a T-shirt under his overalls (unlike Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi, who wear long-sleeved shirts). Nowadays his ''[=WarioWare=]'' appearances give him an entirely unique outfit.
** Wario in his debut was able to use the same powerups Mario could, except he was able to obtain substantially more power from them. The ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series gave him his own set of skills, generally used for puzzle-solving rather than getting from point A to point B.
* DrivenByEnvy: According to the ''Super Mario Land 2'' manual, he's been jealous of Mario's popularity since they were children and tried to steal his castle many times before.
* DumbMuscle: The ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'' booklet describes him as lacking in brains... which [[AvertedTrope actually contradicts]] the events of other ''Wario''-centric games, where it's shown that he can make inventions, program microgames, and build companies in mere ''seconds''.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: He used to wear a long-sleeved shirt in his earlier appearances (similar to Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi, who also wear long-sleeved shirts) before trading it for a t-shirt that shows off his muscular arms. His ''[=WarioWare=]'' appearances also go a step further by giving him an entirely unique biker outfit.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Wario had a few elements of SorcerousOverlord and was capable of MindManipulation in his earliest appearances. In ''Six Golden Coins'', he hypnotized the entire island where Mario's castle resided, and he does something similar to the originally peaceful inhabitants of ''Wario's Woods''. The original commercial for ''Six Golden Coins'' also saw him attempting to hypnotize the viewer. [[spoiler:This gets a minor CallBack in ''[=WarioWare=]'' Gold, where Wario Deluxe uses sorcery to mess with the player's perception]].
** Wario was also apparently bald, going by his defeat animation in ''Super Mario Land 2''. Not the case nowadays, where he has a slick back.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite his repeated attempts to rip off his own employees and take all the money they make for himself, the [=WarioWare=] crew still continues to work for him, and they still consider him a friend. In ''Gold'', both the Dancing Team and Potluck Game levels end with someone (Mona and Dribble, respectively) saying they should invite Wario next time they hang out.
** This was notably [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''D.I.Y'' however, as that game's plot centers around half of his employees leaving him in favor of ''Diamond Software'' due to [[RealityEnsues him never paying them for their efforts.]] This didn't last long though [[Main/SnapBack as the next game has them working for him again with no explanation.]]
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth:
** The ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] says that all the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood garlic]] he eats scares off any germs that would cause tooth decay. Any plaque that's brave enough to stay there, he himself eats.
** Averted in ''[=WarioWare=]: Touched!'', where Wario finally gets a terrible toothache from eating sweets. Twice.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Wario was set apart from Bowser in his first appearance by his ability to use the same items as Mario. Then again, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Bowser himself is not above doing this.]]]]
** Wario being Mario's antithesis is exemplified in him being an outright caricature of Nintendo's famed mustachioed plumber, being obese compared to Mario's portly and being outright greedy compared to Mario (who also tends to collect coins left and right, but doesn't treat financial gain as his ultimate goal, unlike Wario), as well as being German rather than Italian (relations between the two countries have been notoriously rocky throughout European history).
** Wario also has his own Evil-er Counterpart in the Shake King, from ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'', who represents Wario's greed and jerkish behavior taken UpToEleven.
* EvilIsBigger: Lampshaded in his ArtEvolution. In his earliest appearances, Wario was a ''huge'' guy, standing a full head taller than Mario and his friends. As the games went on and Wario began to shed some of his villainy and became an AntiHero, his proportions became much smaller, to the point where now he's barely taller than Mario.
* EvilLaugh: Wario is best known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4p_mdK7THI bellicose cackle]]. ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' goes further and gives him a ''[laughing extra maniacally]'' cackle [[spoiler:when he becomes Wario Deluxe and host the final set of microgames]].
* EvilTwin: Evil Twin wannabe, anyway.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Wario's voice has consistently been much gruffer than Mario & Luigi's, emphasizing his comparative lack of moral integrity. Additionally, [[spoiler:upon becoming Wario Deluxe in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' his voice becomes deeper]].
* {{Expy}}: Much like Mario was created as an Expy of [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Popeye The Sailor]], Wario was envisioned by Nintendo as an expy of Popeye's main rival, Bluto.
* ExtraOreDinary: His hat power up in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' is the Metal Cap.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Garlic aside, Wario has eaten such things as [[PowerUpFood demonic mandrake roots]], bacterial plaque, and metal coins. In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, he can even eat ''his own bike'', and this is ''recommended'' by one of the loading screen tips.
* {{Fartillery}}: The "Wario Waft" is a move in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series. Wario (or rather, [[spoiler:Wario Deluxe]]) also weaponizes his flatuence as one of the potential [[InterfaceScrew distractions]] in ''Wario Interrupts'', which is also one of the harder distractions to deal with.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Waluigi's Skinny.
* FatBastard: He's not evil, but he's not nice either. In the same way that Mario is short and plump, Wario exaggerates this trait to villainous levels.
* FatSlob: He picks his nose, farts, eats a lot, and is generally very gross.
* FanDisservice: The RunningGag throughout his more recent appearances in which Wario shakes his ass in plain view of the camera.
* {{Fiction 500}}: In ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' more than ''VideoGame/WarioWare''.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins''. In the VideoGame/WarioWare series, most of the final stages are his.
* FoeTossingCharge: His primary method of defeating enemies.
* {{Flanderization}}: While Wario was always a {{Gonk}} and not exactly a pleasant person, his {{Gasshole}} tendencies weren't very played up until the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series. Before then, Wario's defining character trait was running off of {{Greed}}, which while still carrying over to the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series, he comes across more like a MiserAdvisor rather than being a shameless treasure hunter.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Averted within the ''[=WarioWare=]'' games, Wario is EasilyForgiven by his friends/employees despite his repeated attempts to rip them off. Mona and Dribble in particular insisting on inviting Wario to their future hangouts. On the other side, Wario actually ''does'' value his friends, though he won't let this stop him from avoiding paying them at all costs.
* FromASingleCell: When set on fire, he runs around before turning into ashes and regenerates from them.
* GadgeteerGenius: Wario invented the Telmet - a device capable of transporting himself into the realm shown on his television set - within ''seven seconds''.
* GagNose: A pink one.
* GarlicIsAbhorrent: Wario's favorite food is garlic, fitting for his often-times gross nature.
* {{Gasshole}}: Whilst exaggerated in ''Super Smash Bros.'', but toilet humor has been a part of his characterization in Japan since ''Wario Land 2'' where "Drunk Wario" had a burping attack.
* GeniusBruiser: In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise''. Can invent a device to transport himself to another dimension in a few seconds, and is just as capable in kicking ass as ever.
* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler:Wario Deluxe in ''Gold''. Wario gets golden-looking clothing in this form to match his crown, though his character card says he isn't any stronger than usual.]]
* {{Gonk}}: One of the few examples of a gonk ''protagonist''. This is possibly due to him starting off as an antagonist.
* GratuitousGerman: In early [=N64=] apperances, in which he was voiced by Nintendo of Europe employee Thomas Spindler, he had the habit of saying, "So ein Mist!" According to Spindler, this was because voice director Takashi Tezuka intended for Wario to be ethnically German; while this seemed to have gone by the wayside following Creator/CharlesMartinet taking on the role (with his rendition using an Italian accent a-la Mario and Luigi), there are still occasional allusions to Wario being German, keeping in-line with Tezuka's intentions. As of ''Mario Kart 8'', he appears to have returned to doing it, but now his German is more varied, with phrases such as "Jawohl!"
* {{Greed}}: A poster child.
* GroundPound: The "Butt Stomp", one of his signature moves.
* HairTriggerTemper: It's not hard to make him mad, particularly if he's denied treasure.
* HarmlessVillain: To the point where he stopped being a villain altogether and became an anti-hero.
* HiddenDepths: Wario apparently has a thing has a thing for poultry farming, not only does he have his own farm but one of his most prized possessions is a hen. He also has a surprisingly introspective side, as demonstrated in the credits of ''Wario Land 4''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied. While he's still not exactly a hero, he doesn't go out of his way to mess with Mario and his friends anymore and even [[EnemyMine helps them on occasion]].
* HorrifyingHero: He's this towards ''King Boo'' of all people in Super Mario 64 DS.
* HotBlooded: Very adventurous and excitable.
* HypnoticEyes: In the American commercial for ''Super Mario Land 2''.
* HypnoTrinket: In the American commercial for ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''.
* InterpretativeCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Wario is an IronButtMonkey and FightingClown who revels in ToiletHumour, whereas in games like ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' his strength, greed, and malevolence are emphasized to the point where he almost becomes a completely different character. The creators of ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'' even discussed the different portrayals [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2008/Drawing-Wario-The-animation-of-Wario-Land-250334.html in an interview]]. That said, those interpretations aren't mutually exclusive, so it's easy for Wario to be both an accident-prone oaf and a greedy badboy at the same time in a single game (best shown in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series and the various sports spin-off games where both him and Waluigi are often villainous comic reliefs).
* IronButtMonkey: In most of the Wario Land games, he often ''needs'' to injure himself in hilarious ways to progress, though he'll shrug off any injuries like they were nothing.
* {{Jerkass}}: Initially he was nothing but this. Today he can still be this on his bad days. And sometimes on his good ones.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What he has since developed into. He'll gladly liberate the citizens of a music box from an evil clown... If you let him keep any treasure he finds. Then in ''Wario Land 4'', he was more than willing to risk his life to help a random cat out of a collapsing temple. He also goes out of his way to rescue Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' for no real profit ([[SeriousBusiness unless he really likes cake anyway]]).
** [[FridgeBrilliance All those coins weren't gonna pick themselves up, you know.]]
** He is probably at his nicest in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' games, he is still rude and crude but he is surprisingly very encouraging to the player and (despite scamming them on occasion) Wario is downright genial to his friends... Unless they ask him to pay them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Because Queen Merelda certainly needed whiplash less than a minute after being freed from a ''cage''. But Wario shaved down the time to get his money by several seconds, so it all evens out. [[spoiler:[[CantGetAwayWithNuthin Too bad Captain Syrup was counting on this so she could take the money while he wasn't looking]]]].
* KavorkaMan: Despite being fat, ugly and generally a greedy {{Jerkass}}, he somehow still manages to be a ChickMagnet of sorts, attracting the likes of Mona, Princess Shokora and Captain Syrup [[spoiler:(although that last one was just a ruse)]].
* LargeHam: More so in ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', where everything was his including the manual.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's delivered it as much as he's received it. If his greedy antics don't come at the expense of someone [[KickTheSonOfABitch more deserving of the karma]], Wario's schemes ''will'' bite him in the butt at the end.
* LightningBruiser: He is massively strong, can take a lot of damage, and can jump high and dash quickly (with his signature dash attack). This is especially true in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' -- he's actually ''faster'' in this game while dashing than Mario had been in previous games, and his strength and jumping remains the same as ever.
* MadeOfIron: He can take almost anything thrown at him. Heck, some of the AmusingInjuries inflicted on him in ''Wario Land II & 3'' actually serve as powerups!
* MascotWithAttitude: Wario was marketed as this in TheNineties, when the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series was most prominent, though with more of an emphasis on manliness rather than coolness proper, being the bigger, badder, tougher, [[DarkerAndEdgier hardcore]] (but [[BadButt not too hard]]) and more [[AntiRoleModel rebellious]] counterpart in comparison to the family-friendly Mario and other Nintendo protagonists. Promotional material for those games always depicted Wario acting like the pig he is, eating junk food or posing with a CoolCar, and his games relied way more on combat and slapstick than its parent series. Quite a few Wario game instruction manuals also had this vibe, with Wario outright [[NoFourthWall taking over the manual]] and giving the game instructions himself with his own snark and commentary. With the advent of the [=WarioWare=] series, Wario was inexplicably redesigned with a biker outfit for those games, but his manliness was somewhat downplayed for a [[DenserAndWackier wackier]] attitude.
* MeaningfulName: Combined with LuckyTranslation, his name works in Japan and in English-speaking countries.
** His name was originally a portmanteau of the Japanese word "warui" meaning "bad" and Mario. As such, his name means "bad Mario"; a play on his status as Mario's reverse doppelganger.
** In English-speaking countries, in addition to having the word "War" in his name (though this is not pronounced as such), the W in his name can instead be read as an upside-down M, which still perfectly fits his EvilTwin nature to Mario.
* MightyGlacier: In comparison to the Mario Brothers. All three are generally portrayed as [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]], but Wario is stronger while the Bros are faster and more agile. Especially notable in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' where he's easily the slowest amongst the four playable characters, but does the most damage to enemies, throws objects the farthest, and can destroy objects on his own that Mario would need a Metal Cap to break in the original ''Super Mario 64''.
** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', he's the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. His speed makes him harder to control, however.
* MirrorBoss: In ''Super Mario Land 2''.
* MoneyFetish: Need we say more?
* MoralityPet: Wario's pet hen, [[ADogNamedDog "Hen"]] in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' is one of the few things in the world besides money that he actually cares about. While chasing the Black Sugar Gang, the pirates disturb Hen, causing her to flee from her nest. Wario deliberately ''cuts off his chase for his treasure'' just to help Hen and return her to her nest.
* MrViceGuy: Sometimes.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Those bulky biceps Wario possesses aren't just for show. The fat guy has superhuman strength.
* MythologyGag: The fact that Wario doffs his cap for Princess Peach indicates a special regard for her he doesn't share for just any other girl (having been known to manhandle even royalty like Princess Merelda); in the ''Mario-kun'' manga, he had a crush on Her Highness.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Early English-language advertisements depicted him with a voice strongly resembling that of Creator/PaulWinchell, particularly as [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Gargamel.]]
* NoFairCheating: Most of his attempts at cheating end in failure-- an example of this is in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' series where his and Waluigi's attempts to bomb Mario and Luigi ended with them getting blown up themselves.
* OddFriendship: With Toadette apparently, if their team name in ''Mario Party 6'' is anything to go by. He also forms one with Goodstyle in ''Master Of Disguise''.
* OneManArmy: Rivals the Mario Bros in the sheer devastation he can wreak upon his enemies.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Especially in ''Shake It!''
* ParentalAbandonment: All of the other babies are taken home by storks at the end of ''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'', except for Baby Wario, who is instead taken to a raft with treasure on it, implying that he was homeless.
* PetTheDog:
** Whenever he gets something valuable or finishes an adventure, Wario is quick to give an approving thumbs up [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the player who helped him.]]
** He does not hesitate to help save Princess Peach in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. In the end, he even respectfully takes off his hat before the princess.
** In ''Wario Land 4'', when the pyramid he is in is collapsing, Wario risks his life to help the black cat that has been helping him, going so far as to make sure she safely gets out of the pyramid before him.
* PhantomThief: In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', he adopts "[[ToiletHumor the Purple Wind]]" as an alias when he enters the world of the show within the game.
* PowerUpFood: Wario has two different kinds: garlic, which [[HyperactiveMetabolism heals Wario's wounds]] and doubles as his TrademarkFavoriteFood, and mandrake roots, which turn him into Wario-Man.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Speaks one to the player in the final level of ''[=WarioWare=] Gold''.
-->'''Wario [[spoiler:Deluxe]]:''' Now, do your worst! Next to me, you're all number two!
* ProgressivelyPrettier: Comparatively speaking. Around the time of ''Wario Land II'', he no longer has a lazy eye, and his upper body became more muscular.
* PunnyName: In Japanese, ''warui'' means "bad". The letters R and L are interchangeable in Katakana, and thus Waluigi.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wario's overalls are a vibrant purple, and he regularly puts his bountiful muscles to use fighting enemies.
* RatedMForManly: A big guy with a huge mustache and huger arms, Wario has a boorish, slobbish attitude towards everything, thinks of himself as the epitome of machismo, and is well known for his StoutStrength and [[NighInvulnerable resilience]].
* RealMenWearPink: Wears pink pants in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Wario's eyes turn red when he puts the golden pot on his head and becomes Wario Deluxe in ''Gold''. It somehow makes his usual SlasherSmile expression even more menacing]].
* TheRival: To Mario. And in his own games, to Captain Syrup.
* TheScrooge: And how! He'd make the TropeNamer himself look charitable.
* ShockAndAwe: When he's not using his [[{{Fartillery}} body gasses]], this is Wario's go-to power of choice, especially in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis''. Unfortunately, the lightning doesn't always work in his favor, if his Bogey animation in Mario Golf World Tour is anything to go by. ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' sees him using lightning [[spoiler:to obfuscate the control hints as Wario Deluxe in the final stage]].
* SignatureMove: The move has gone by many names official and fanmade over the years, including the "shoulder bash", "tackle", "dash attack", "charge", "barge", and "body slam", but they all refer to one attack: [[FoeTossingCharge Wario dashing forward with one of his muscled arms out in front to slam into a foe]]. It's one of his attacks in both ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' and ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' made it his side smash attack in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' and his dash attack in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'', and even games that aren't about Wario fighting have had cameos of the move, such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' (where he uses it to smash walls and attack mummies in the Loot Scoot microgame) and ''VideoGame/WariosWoods'' (where he slams into a wall to lower the Thwomp above the playfield, decreasing your playing space).
* SlasherSmile: Just ''look'' at him! It almost seems permanent.
* SmugSuper: In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' [[spoiler:as Wario Deluxe. He sounds bored whenever the player beats one of his microgames and gives a very condescending "Too bad!" or "Couldn't, huh?" if they fail. The super part? He can mess with the microgame hints and even the screen to pester the player.]]
* SociopathicHero: It's all about money with this guy, any heroics he does are purely accidental... [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 most of the time, anyway.]]
* StoutStrength: Out of all the overalled, mustachioed humans in the ''Mario'' universe, Wario is both the fattest and the strongest.
* StylisticSuck: ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'' reveals that Wario has artistic talent, but only when asked to draw [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue himself]]. When drawing everyone else, however, the picture tends to be comparable to [[https://imgur.com/a/VgkGtmU modern art]].
* SuperStrength: He can punch the ground to cause earthquakes and regularly pulverizes stone blocks.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Played with in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' [[spoiler:with Wario Deluxe. While Wario doesn't change much personality-wise as he's still a greed-driven jerk, he gains new powers and starts downright ''cheating'' to prevent the player from winning the tournament (and his money)]].
* SweetTooth: Despite his all around manliness, Wario has been described to be addicted to sweets (though not as much as his addiction to money). He has had dental care problems in ''[=WarioWare=]: Touched'' due to it and was described in one of the ''Mario Party'' games to do anything for candy.
* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: [[spoiler:Wario, as his Deluxe alter ego, causes a temporary InterfaceScrew partway through the final stage of ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', until Lulu intervenes. The secret mini-game ''Wario Interrupts'' has him do this ''constantly''.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Garlic.
** Interestingly, WordOfGod had originally envisioned him liking crepes, although that was later changed.
* ToiletHumour: While Western fans were introduced to this side of his character in ''Smash Bros. Brawl'', Wario was making butt and fart jokes as early as ''Wario Land 2'', and in the Japanese promotion page for ''Wario Land 4'' he gives a detailed description of his poop.
* TokenEvilTeammate: In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]''.
* TookALevelInKindness: While he's still a fat, greedy jerk, he's generally more of an AntiHero these days.
* TookALevelInJerkass: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has him in his most villainous role since ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins Super Mario Land 2]]''.
* TopHeavyGuy: He's got quite the biceps on him.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Shake It'', Merfle reveals in the end that Captain Syrup made a deal with him that she would lure Wario into the Shake Dimension so he could defeat the Shake King and save Queen Merelda. In exchange, she would get the Bottomless Coin Sack. Suffice it to say, Wario doesn't take it well.
* VillainProtagonist: Initially. After ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', he becomes more of an AntiHero.
* VillainousGlutton: He's got quite an appetite, though over the years he's become gradually less villainous.
* VocalEvolution: In his first voiced appearances, Wario more or less sounded like what he seemed like; an oddball variation of Mario that only sounded slightly more gravelly. However, as his DivergentCharacterEvolution came through in the 2000s, Wario's voice post-''Wario World'' gradually changed to become significantly deeper and far gruffer, while retaining the "offbrand Mario" style in his tone and speech pattern.
* WouldHitAGirl: Wario has pummeled Captain Syrup in ''VideoGame/WarioLand II'' (in the endings to be specific), the Golden Diva from ''Wario Land 4'', [=DinoMighty=] from ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', Queen Merelda in ''Shake It'', and [[spoiler:Terrormisu]] from ''[[VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise Master of Disguise]]''. He's got no problem with smacking chicks.
** In ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'', [[spoiler:running out of lives on the final stage after [[KidHero Lulu]] intervenes has him (or rather, Wario Deluxe) [[WouldHurtAChild throw Lulu off of his balloon basket.]] Continuing (only available if the stage is not cleared yet) will cause Lulu to get back in the fight and cling onto Wario Deluxe again. Should you replay the stage after beating it the first time, beating the boss microgame will (after the obligatory coin-collecting game) have Wario Deluxe throw Lulu off the basket. She's fine though, and will intervene after Wario Deluxe starts cheating again.]]
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[[folder:Waluigi]]
!!Waluigi
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Expecting a description? TOO BAD! Waluigi time!]]]]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDucAK-Jmg "Everyone cheating but me! WAAAAA!"]]''
->Debut: ''VideoGame/MarioTennis''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CharlesMartinet
Waluigi debuted in ''Mario Tennis'' as Wario's partner (we don't know for sure if they're brothers) and Luigi's rival. He has so far only appeared in Mario spin-off games, and ironically never in a Wario game. His odd confrontational and slightly crazed manner have seemed disturbing to some, and inspired [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/151-witf/ this comic]].
You can also see [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} Waluigi's own page for more information]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Waluigi has some degree of feelings for [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]], who utterly despises him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'', where Waluigi is the main villain of the story. In ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', he [[HostileShowTakeover knocks out Bowser]] and becomes the penultimate boss of the game. Waluigi gets a fair bit more screentime in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' games. He stars in Power Tennis' opening movie alongside Wario. [[VideoGame/MarioKart Also]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFHbtAyK_k WALUIGI PINBALL]]!
* AdvertisedExtra: Though promoted as a "central" Mario character, Waluigi has been relegated entirely to casual side-games. Waluigi's ''clothes'' sometimes appear in [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor non]] [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle casual]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey games]], but never Waluigi himself. ''Super Mario Odyssey'' lampshades it, saying Waluigi's costume is great for someone to lurk in the dark, waiting for their moment to shine.
* TheArtifact:
** Despite his status as Wario's partner, it's never shown in the Wario series proper due to his complete absence in it, ironically enough.
** Waluigi being on this page is a meta example. He has never appeared on any ''Wario'' game save for an awful drawing in ''Gold''. He's just listed here due to his association with Wario. In fact, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' classifies him as a ''Mario'' universe character instead of a ''Wario'' one.
* AssistCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', he is one of the many Assist Trophy characters. His function is to chase down opponents and try to stomp them into the ground and finish up by launching opponents with a mighty kick or a swing from his [[VideoGame/MarioTennis tennis racket]]. This carries over to ''3DS[=/=]Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', in spite of being a highly-requested character in the before ''Brawl'' and afterwards.
* AxCrazy: Just listen to his sound effects and ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]'', where he smashes the soccer ball into the face of a member of the opposite team and gleefully dances and laughs after it. Apparently, his true motive, besides spoiling the parties and making everyone angry, is to take over the world and spread chaos across the land.
* BadassMoustache: It ''is'' rather impressive.
%%* BeneathTheMask:
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He is mostly a very silly character, however, he wipes the floor with Bowser in ''Mario Party 3'' (and has an army of Piranha Plants) and can kick pretty much everyone to the ground in ''Brawl''.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: He doesn't want people to know how insecure and self-loathing he is.
* BlowYouAway: In ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'' and ''Mario Tennis''. In ''Mario Tennis'', he has to [[SpinAttack spin himself]] to create the tornado.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Whenever Waluigi loses in ''Mario Kart Wii'', he may say "I hate this game".
* BrilliantButLazy: He is very strong and fast physically, has a big assortment of weird and unpredictable powers, is the most skilled of the cast when it comes to sports, and often uses elaborate and deadly machinery. However, he really doesn't use much of his power for actual villainous purposes (even though, as we have seen in ''Mario Party 3'', he could).
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: An L, flipped upside-down and mirrored, on his cap and gloves. It could also be the Greek letter gamma (Γ). Coincidentally, if you write Waluigi's name phonetically in Modern Greek, it becomes Γουαλουίτζι (Gualuídzi).
* ButtMonkey: He tops Luigi. It seems like nothing goes right for this guy. Even he knows it.
* CampStraight: Despite his crush on Princess Daisy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9LHOgysmE he is]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNBHW2i4cJI quite a]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/5e8381d4737f66860fd26bb8a959a2d0/tumblr_mnsg8iV3ma1s3x93po1_500.gif fabulous fellow]].
* TheCasanova: Can be very romantic, as his victory pose in ''Mario Party 8'' shows.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just look at his lines in games like ''Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games'' or ''Fortune Street''.
* ConfusionFu: Every new game, Waluigi is likely to come with a set of weird abilities that have no rhyme nor reason for their existence.
* DastardlyWhiplash: He bears an uncanny resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] and fellow evil twin [[Literature/WheresWally Odlaw]].
* TheDitz: At least according to Wario.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Along with a SpinAttack in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'', there are a lot of times when Waluigi is spinning just for the heck of it.
* EvilCounterpart: To Luigi.
* EvilIsPetty: Pettiness is practically Waluigi's main trait.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Wario's Fat.
* {{Flight}}: ''Something'' like it. In ''Mario Power Tennis'' and ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'', he can "swim" through the air. He can't rise, though.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: "Friend" in a very loose term. Waluigi is generally disliked and has next to no real friends outside of Wario. Despite this, Waluigi is still invited to parties and gatherings in the Mushroom Kingdom.
* FreudianExcuse: Why does he have it out for Luigi? Take a look at their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJNaXk8UuIo first interaction.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He was the one who designed and built both Waluigi Pinball and Stadium Arena (a stadium full of energetic lights and robotic dinosaurs). In ''VideoGame/MarioSportsMix'', he also seems to have built a robot for Waluigi Pinball and designed a machine with four arms that instantly teleports to him and can fire lightning bolts.
* GagNose: Like Wario, he has a large pink nose. Although it's also crookedly evil.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* {{Gonk}}: Not as ugly as Wario, but still there.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Displays them upon victory in ''Mario Tennis'' and ''Game & Watch Gallery 4''.
* GravityMaster: He can swim ''in mid-air.''
* GreenEyedMonster: He utterly despises Luigi for his popularity and overshadowing him. To make matters worse, the girl he has some degree of feelings for, [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]], [[AbhorrentAdmirer hates him]] and actually prefers Luigi, just to rub it in even more.
* GreenThumb: His special attacks in ''Mario Strikers Charged'' involve summoning purple bramble.
* HappyDance: It seems he really loves celebrating some of his sports achievements with an impromptu dance, some of which, as mentioned, are rather fabulous.
* HarmlessVillain: So much that you wouldn't even know he was a villain, if he hadn't tried to TakeOverTheWorld.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[DependingOnTheWriter They can't seem to decide]] if he and Wario are brothers or not.
* HijackedByGanon: It at first looks like he's going to be the main villain of ''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix'', but he's just the first boss, with Bowser being the final one.
* HostileShowTakeover: He [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22y9hZpdh1rrftcdo2_1280.png is]] '''very''' fond of doing this. Usually, when he appears alongside Wario or [[VideoGame/MarioParty gets]] [[VideoGame/MarioTennis the]] [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix spotlight]], he will do this, abruptly interrupting the game to annouce his arrival. His [[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Brawl In The Family]] counterpart is the [[ImageSource Image Source]].
** He is implied to have done this to the Mushroom Kingdom itself in a ''Mario Party-e'' minigame. The game is called "Waluigi's Reign". It consists of Mario, trapped in a grey room with pipes above him and Waluigi in a cabin above. Waluigi starts to rain down coins and giant hammers at Mario. The number of hammers starts to increase and increase as Mario tries to avoid them. If you notice in the background not only is everything foggy and grey, but there is a construction site halfway finished, almost as it was being built recently. So much for [[HarmlessVillain Harmless Villain]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Accuses his opponents of cheating whenever he loses, while simultaneously taking pride in his own cheating.
* InexplicablyAwesome: We barely know ''anything'' about this guy, from his exact relationship to Wario to where he even came from, and yet he continues to show up doing weird, bizarre, and totally incomprehensible things on his way to victory.
* InASingleBound: He's the ''only'' character who has ever come close to Luigi's jump height without flying.
* InformedAbility: He is said to be good at cheating and apparently does so regularly. However, since Waluigi is playable in almost all of his appearances, we rarely ever see him do it. [[YouBastard Unless the player themselves is cheating, of course]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: He seems to believe that to become world-famous, all he needs to do is defeat Luigi.
-->With these Waluigiscopes, Waluigi will [[StalkerWithoutACrush spy on Luigi like a hawk]] and learn all of his weaknesses. Then, when [[ThirdPersonPerson Waluigi finally beats Luigi]], he will be the number one superstar of the world! Wa ha ha!
* {{Jerkass}}: One of his most defining characteristics. It seems like he exists solely to piss on everyone's parade. He is even more of one than Wario; due to not having his own games, he hasn't been given the opportunity to perform any of the heroic feats that Wario has. He is also noticeably more antagonistic to Luigi than Wario is to Mario. While Wario generally dislikes Mario, Waluigi actively harasses Luigi with little to no provocation. He's also hardly any nicer to the other characters, like Mario. By contrast, Wario doesn't really seem to mind Luigi or any of Mario's other friends, and he is mostly just antagonistic toward Mario.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being portrayed as a mischievous, obnoxious and petty cheater and not being as heroic, Waluigi definitely has his better moments and especially when facing much more evil foes.
%%What moments?
* LaughablyEvil: He's too much of a petty villain and a ButtMonkey to take seriously.
* LeanAndMean: In the same way Wario's fatness is an exaggeration of Mario's physique, Waluigi's leanness is an exaggeration of Luigi's thin physique.
* MasterOfIllusion: In the ''Mario Baseball'' series, he creates visual tricks like creating an oversized baseball or disguising a venomous eggplant as a baseball.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: He did this to Bowser as well in ''Mario Party 3''. After getting the Beauty Star Stamp, Bowser shows up. Expecting a fight with Bowser for the Mischief Star Stamp, Waluigi steals it instead, ''[[TheWorfEffect curbstomps]]'' Bowser when he tries to object, and forces the player to fight for the Stamp on a board of his own creation. While Waluigi only ends up being the penultimate boss-of-sorts, that scene was Bowser's last appearance in ''3'''s Story Mode.
* MindScrew: Many of his abilities fall on this category, such as suddenly conjuring water to swim through the air and generating huge thorny brambles wherever he runs and [[WhipItGood even making a powerful spiked whip from these brambles]].
* MeaningfulName: Even more so than Wario's; not only is it a portmanteau of "warui" and "Luigi" like Wario's, but it's ''also'' a pun on top of that; "ruiji" in Japanese means "similar", while "warui" means "bad". Put the two together and you get "waruiji", or "bad similar"; [[LampshadeHanging mocking his vastly different appearance to Luigi]]. It's also an anagram of "ijiwaru", meaning "spiteful person".
* {{Narcissist}}: Waluigi blows his own horn at every opportunity and abhors anything that might tarnish his image. Guy literally thinks the sun is ''trying to outshine him''.
* NeverMyFault: He has a tendency to accuse his opponents of cheating whenever he loses.
* PurpleIsPowerful: [[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Everything is purple today. Purple is a color.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: His very first appearance was in ''Mario Tennis''. He was shown to have some kind of history with the other characters, but we're not given any backstory on this guy. Over 20 years later, we ''still'' barely know anything about him.
* SatelliteCharacter: He seems to have no real purpose other than serving as Wario's partner and Luigi's rival. Unlike Wario or Luigi, he has never appeared in his own official game.
%%* SmugSnake
* SpinAttack: One of his special moves in ''Mario Power Tennis''.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Revealed to be this to Luigi in the 3DS version of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', but [[AscendedFanon people definitely thought he was this already]].
* StoneWall: Due to his long limbs, Waluigi is one of only two characters classed as "defensive" in the ''Mario Tennis'' series.
* SomethingAboutARose: His victory animation in ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', his [[http://i.imgur.com/YqCjigZ.png birdie animation]] in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf World Tour'', and his Special Shot animation in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis Aces''. All complete with [[BishieSparkle sparkles]]. Seems to hint at [[{{Bishounen}} a rather different]] [[TheCasanova interpretation]] of Waluigi than the one we're used to...
* SourOutsideSadInside: Waluigi acts like a jerkass so people won't see his faults.
* SuperStrength: No, really. Though, unlike the other characters in the series, it's all in his legs, and not to nearly the same degree.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His goal. You can probably guess how good he is at it.
* TeleportSpam: In ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]''.
%%* TheTrickster
* ThirdPersonPerson: Waluigi will spy on Luigi using his new Waluigiscopes!
* ThisIsADrill: According to Wario Warehouse, Waluigi ended up drilling himself to the center of the Earth while trying to look into the back of his shirt. He used his chin like a pickaxe in order to make his way back to the world.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Eggplants, to go with his [[color:purple: purple]] theme.
* WeakButSkilled: This is his usual role in the Mario spinoffs in contrast to [[MightyGlacier Wario]], as in his debut game, ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'', where his shots don't have much power but he has great control and enough height to make him a terror on the net.
** This also ties into the abilities he shows. He can't match up to the sheer athleticism of the Mario Brothers or Wario's strength. His most displayed powers are GreenThumb and MasterOfIllusion, which he uses in unique and creative ways to compete with the rest of the cast.
* ZanyScheme: In ''DDR: Mario Mix''. When Waluigi goes to the Truffle Towers, he tries to use the keys to make his wish come true. His wish is to become the best dancer in the world so he can [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]] by hypnotizing everyone with his dance moves.
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!!Wario & Waluigi
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The Mario Brothers' [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]]. A [[ThoseTwoGuys pair]] of angry, greedy [[{{Jerkass}} jerks]] who often try to ruin the day simply out of jealousy and spite. Wario is the [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[LaboriousLaziness lazy]], and [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] counterpart of Mario. Waluigi is the scowling, bitter, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} strange]] counterpart to Luigi.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: They are humanoid in appearance, and they are said to be humans. But the elf ears, gangly eyes, pink noses, and extremely deformed proportions make them look super bizarre. Plus their even weirder anatomies and powers.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: They're the {{Evil Counterpart}}s to twins Mario and Luigi. However, their relationship is unspecified. It's unknown if Wario and Waluigi are also brothers. The official word is that Wario and Waluigi don't ''seem'' to be related, but not outright stating that they aren't.
* AntiRoleModel: Both represent greed and scheming.
* ArtEvolution:
** Wario started out far crazier looking, had long [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/N5jYnnyIB68/hqdefault.jpg sleeves]], and would constantly drool in the commercials.
** Waluigi started out with a far bigger smile on his face, his eyes were ganglier, he would be constantly [[http://www.dkvine.com/features/images/nazi_waluigieyes.jpg hunched]], and he would perform scarier, more psychotic sounds.
* ArtisticAge: They look a ''lot'' older than the Mario Bros, who already look quite a bit older than their age of twenty-four, but they're said to be roughly the same age.
* BadassMustache: Just like the Mario Bros, both Wario and Waluigi have mustaches. Wario's is shaped like thunderbolts while Waluigi's are straight and pointy.
* BrainsAndBrawn: As expected, when they team together, Wario is the brawn, while Waluigi is the brains. Both are still extremely prone to stupid decisions.
* BrilliantButLazy: These two are very skilled characters when it comes to mechanics and designing plans. It's a shame they usually resort to simple vandalism and petty mischief.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Wario has the "W" on his hat and his gloves. Waluigi, however, wears a vertically-flipped L (Γ) on his hat and gloves. It could also be the Greek letter "Gamma".
** Waluigi's hat makes more sense if you think of Wario's "W" as an upside-down version of Mario's "M"; that makes Waluigi's logo logical as the upside-down version of Luigi's.
* ButtMonkey: Both are extremely prone to slapstick whenever they team up on the spin-offs.
* CardCarryingVillain: Okay, "villain" might be a strong word to describe them most of the time, but they are still very much rude, greedy {{Jerkass}}es and joyfully revel in every single second of it.
* CatchPhrase:
** Wario:
*** "Have a rotten day!"
*** "Hurry up!". This one comes from ''VideoGame/WarioLand4''.
*** "[[GratuitousGerman So ein Mist!]]"
** Waluigi:
*** "Waluigi Time!"
*** "WALUIGI NUMBER ONE!"
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: They both started out as simple bad guys. Wario was established as more greedy than evil, and Waluigi was given traits of self-pity, vengeful anger, and romantic passions.
** Later ''Mario Party'' games also made efforts to associate Waluigi with cunning and craftiness.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Camelot-developed ''Mario Golf'' and ''Mario Tennis'' spinoffs tend to give the pair the spotlight. Showcasing their antics and mischievious hijinks. ''Mario Tennis Aces'' begins with them unwittingly digging up [[BigBad Lucien]] and jump starting the plot.
* {{Determinator}}: Both of them are extremely dedicated towards their goals. Wario does whatever it takes to gain gold, and Waluigi goes to great lengths to beat his rival and cause mischief (which tends to [[ButtMonkey backfire hilariously]]).
* DemonicPossession: The first unfortunate victims of Lucien's possessive powers in ''Mario Tennis Aces''.
%%* ElementalPowers: Waluigi more so.
* {{Envy}}: Wario was originally designed as Mario's jealous counterpart, but eventually became [[VideoGame/WarioLand defined by his greed]]. Waluigi, on the other hand, has always been motivated by envy of Luigi, down to having a crush on the same girl and believing with every fiber of his being that Mr. Green is the only thing standing between him and ultimate stardom.
* EvilCounterpart: These two are practically {{Evil Twin}}s of the Mario Brothers and the [=TvTropes=] Poster Boys for the trope, though they usually act as a GoldfishPoopGang in sports spin-offs. The symbols on their hats are even an M and L turned upside-down.
* FatAndSkinny: Wario's the Fat. Waluigi is the Skinny.
* GagNose: One way they differ from the Mario Bros. is that their noses are bright pink and very large, adding to their ugly appearances.
%%* {{Gonk}}: Part of their charm.
* {{Greed}}: Even though Wario is a poster child for this, they both are extremely greedy, though Waluigi is less on the money sense, and more on the competitive sense. They will even steal from each other!
* HairTriggerTemper: They often get in trouble because of it.
* HarmlessVillain: Presented as evil versions of Mario and Luigi, but their brand of villainy only extends towards embodying [[{{Greed}} certain]] [[{{Envy}} vices]] as opposed to actual villainy that Bowser and other villains possess.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Sometimes they spitefully try to ruin the day, but other times, like in the ''Mario Party'' series, they'll even ally with Mario and the others.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[FlipFlopOfGod They can't seem to decide if these two are brothers or not.]]
* HostileShowTakeover: In earlier appearances.
* IronButtMonkey: They have lived through things that even the Mario Bros couldn't. Examples include Bob-ombs and a Banzai Bill.
%%* {{Jerkass}}: It's obvious, really.
* LargeHam: Always over the top, with exaggerated actions and lines.
* LaughablyEvil: Their antics are the focus of the Camelot [[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mario]] [[VideoGame/MarioTennis sports]] games.
* MadBomber: They are usually associated with bombs and explosives.
* MeaningfulName: Portmanteaus of the words "warui" and their rivals' names. More details below for the respective characters.
%%* {{Narcissist}}: Both.
* OddballDoppelganger: While both of them initially started off as {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Mario and Luigi, they've since [[CharacterDevelopment changed]] to be more like this.
* {{Parody}}: An interesting example in a meta-sense, Wario and Waluigi are gross exaggerations of Mario and Luigi's designs. Mario may be chubby, but Wario's practically as wide as tall. Luigi's the skinnier of the two, but Waluigi has lengthy, spider-like limbs.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wario wears purple pants, and Waluigi's cap and shirt are purple. Interestingly enough, their purples are distinctly different hues, with Waluigi's being a more bluish purple.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Wario may wear yellow, but he also wears purple overalls and green shoes, possibly as a nod to his [[AntiHero ''Grey'' area as a character]] rather than outright villain. Waluigi plays this a lot more straight, with purple being the colors of his cap and shirt, orange shoes, and [[EvilWearsBlack black]] overalls.
* SuperStrength: They are polar opposites. Wario has great strength in his arms and punches, but his stubby legs are pretty weak on their own. Waluigi's arms are scrawny and he is usually pretty weak, but his long, lanky legs can deliver nasty kicks.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Though Waluigi makes the most use of this, Wario is prone to do so sometimes.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Even though Wario and Waluigi aren't exactly good guys, they're on Team Rocket-levels in terms of actual threat and are LaughablyEvil at best.
* TokenHuman: They are one of the few existing humans in the Mario games. And they don't even look that human.
* TombstoneTeeth: Both Wario and Waluigi's teeth are almost cube-shaped, adding to their grotesque appearances; and Wario puts them to good use in games like ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wario loves garlic, and Waluigi loves eggplants.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In ''Mario Tennis Aces'', the pair dig up [[SealedEvilInACan Lucien]], kickstarting the plot.
* VerbalTic: Both Wario and Waluigi like muttering their own names a lot. Also: "WAAAA".
* VillainTeamUp: Waluigi was actually first developed to do this with Wario in ''Mario Tennis''. In ''Mario Power Tennis'', Bowser recruits them after they lose a doubles match and puts them through TrainingFromHell in an attempt to sabotage the game's tournament.
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[[folder:Wario]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:EXCELLENT!]]
->''"Obey Wario, DESTROY MARIO!"''
!!!Debut: ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''
!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese Ads, ''BS Excitebike''), Thomas Spindler (''Mario Kart 64'', Japanese version; ''Mario Party 1-2'', ''Mario Kart Super Circuit''), '''Creator/CharlesMartinet''', Gerardo Alonso (Latin American Spanish, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'') Hironori Kondō, (Japanese, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'')
A fat, ill-tempered, greedy, [[VideoGame/WarioLand treasure hunter]] and [[VideoGame/WarioWare microgame designer]] who is often described as Mario's rival. Debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' as the BigBad, but branched off with VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} and his own platformers; his nemesis is Captain Syrup. He sticks around for the spin-offs, though.
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* AccidentalHero: Wario almost never intends to perform acts of heroism, he just wants treasure.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Still capable of feats of agility/acrobatics despite being fatter than Mario. As Mario's EvilCounterpart, Wario tends to emphasize feats relating to horizontal speed over vertical jumping distance, whereas Mario is known for his verticality.
* AntiHero: On his best days, he ''barely'' qualifies. Wario really doesn't mind helping people out... as long as it is within his price range.
* AntiRoleModel: While Wario is not a bad guy (outside of his debut appearance), this is ''not'' someone you'd want your kids to look up to. [[EveryoneHasStandards Not even]] ''[[EveryoneHasStandards he]]'' [[EveryoneHasStandards thinks so.]]
--> "Bath -- NO! Brush teeth -- NO! Don't be like me, kids!"
* ArtEvolution: In his earlier appearances, Wario wore long sleeves and had a lazy eye. He was also much [[EvilIsBigger bigger and fatter]]. His modern appearance is still noticeably overweight, but he's noticeably shorter than Mario and more muscular as well.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Wario's nose resembles a giant, pink clove of garlic. Guess what his [[TrademarkFavouriteFood favourite food]] is.
* BadassBiker: In ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'', he has a personal motorbike, which carries over to his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros.''
* BadassInANiceSuit: [[spoiler:Gets a rather spiffy-looking golden suit as Wario Deluxe.]]
* BadassMustache: As an EvilCounterpart of Mario, this is a given.
* BigBad:
** Wario started as the antagonist of ''Super Mario Land 2'', and had a few antagonist roles in spin-offs such as ''Wario's Woods''. He went from this to VillainProtagonist, then to AntiHero as the games went on.
** However, Wario would return to his status as main antagonist in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', where he [[spoiler:attempts to cheat the player out of winning the Wario Bowl as Wario Deluxe and keep the prize money for himself]].
* BigEater: Especially in ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', where he has a Franchise/{{Kirby}}-like ability to suck in coins.
* TheBigGuy: When allied with Mario, he typically takes this role.
* BoisterousBruiser: Loud, arrogant, and with all the strength to back it up.
* BreakoutCharacter: Since appearing as an antagonist, he gets two series featuring him and has since become a staple AntiHero in the ''Mario'' franchise.
* BrilliantButLazy:
** In his own platform series, Wario can take extreme risks, push his physical limits and solve complex puzzles (sometimes the three at once)... [[VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3 as long]] [[VideoGame/WarioLand4 as money]] [[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt is involved]] or [[VideoGame/WarioLandII his possessions]] [[VideoGame/WarioWorld are stolen]] ([[VideoGame/WarioLand3 although some exceptions exist]]). Otherwise, he would rather slack off and eat sweets.
** [[VideoGame/WarioWare He made his own company]], but is too lazy to run it.
** Wario demonstrates actual artistic talent in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' when drawing portraits... but only of ''himself''. Using any other amiibo gets you a rather sloppy drawing, as if he didn't care.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: The W on his cap and gloves.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: In ''Wario Land II'', he put a hold on getting his treasure back when his pet hen goes missing. He also talks about [[ADogNamedDog Hen]] rather fondly in the instruction manual.
* ChromeChampion: While Mario was this in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', Wario took over this capacity entirely in ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Wario was an outright villain in his first appearance, and in his debut starring role, he was a VillainProtagonist. Later ''Wario Land'' games established that Wario is more greedy than evil, before finally reaching today, where Wario's villainy has all but disappeared completely. He's still [[AntiHero exceptionally greedy]] however.
* TheChosenOne: Wario is one of the [[VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS seven Star Children]].
* CompleteImmortality: In ''Wario Land II'' and ''3'', he cannot be killed by any means (all except for Rudy, the final boss in ''3'', which can kill him and give him a Game Over).
* CoolBike: As mentioned above, Wario drives one in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series.
* CoolCar: He also owns a pretty mean purple car that looks a lot like a Cadillac.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}}'' series.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Wario is extremely brainy and economical with lots of great ideas. Too bad his greed gets the better of him which costs him not only a lot more legitimate money, but his plans and ideas as well. [[spoiler:In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', the Wario Bowl games actually were a great success, it's really too bad Wario had to be greedy jerk and take all the prize money for himself and turn it into a scam. If he just fulfilled his end of the deal instead of trying to scam, the Wario Bowl likely would've grown into into an annual festivity, thus resulting in even more (legitimate) money for him in the long term.]]
* DivergentCharacterEvolution:
** Design-wise -- in newer games, he wears a T-shirt under his overalls (unlike Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi, who wear long-sleeved shirts). Nowadays his ''[=WarioWare=]'' appearances give him an entirely unique outfit.
** Wario in his debut was able to use the same powerups Mario could, except he was able to obtain substantially more power from them. The ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series gave him his own set of skills, generally used for puzzle-solving rather than getting from point A to point B.
* DrivenByEnvy: According to the ''Super Mario Land 2'' manual, he's been jealous of Mario's popularity since they were children and tried to steal his castle many times before.
* DumbMuscle: The ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'' booklet describes him as lacking in brains... which [[AvertedTrope actually contradicts]] the events of other ''Wario''-centric games, where it's shown that he can make inventions, program microgames, and build companies in mere ''seconds''.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: He used to wear a long-sleeved shirt in his earlier appearances (similar to Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi, who also wear long-sleeved shirts) before trading it for a t-shirt that shows off his muscular arms. His ''[=WarioWare=]'' appearances also go a step further by giving him an entirely unique biker outfit.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Wario had a few elements of SorcerousOverlord and was capable of MindManipulation in his earliest appearances. In ''Six Golden Coins'', he hypnotized the entire island where Mario's castle resided, and he does something similar to the originally peaceful inhabitants of ''Wario's Woods''. The original commercial for ''Six Golden Coins'' also saw him attempting to hypnotize the viewer. [[spoiler:This gets a minor CallBack in ''[=WarioWare=]'' Gold, where Wario Deluxe uses sorcery to mess with the player's perception]].
** Wario was also apparently bald, going by his defeat animation in ''Super Mario Land 2''. Not the case nowadays, where he has a slick back.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite his repeated attempts to rip off his own employees and take all the money they make for himself, the [=WarioWare=] crew still continues to work for him, and they still consider him a friend. In ''Gold'', both the Dancing Team and Potluck Game levels end with someone (Mona and Dribble, respectively) saying they should invite Wario next time they hang out.
** This was notably [[AvertedTrope averted]] in ''D.I.Y'' however, as that game's plot centers around half of his employees leaving him in favor of ''Diamond Software'' due to [[RealityEnsues him never paying them for their efforts.]] This didn't last long though [[Main/SnapBack as the next game has them working for him again with no explanation.]]
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth:
** The ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' [[AllThereInTheManual manual]] says that all the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood garlic]] he eats scares off any germs that would cause tooth decay. Any plaque that's brave enough to stay there, he himself eats.
** Averted in ''[=WarioWare=]: Touched!'', where Wario finally gets a terrible toothache from eating sweets. Twice.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Wario was set apart from Bowser in his first appearance by his ability to use the same items as Mario. Then again, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Bowser himself is not above doing this.]]]]
** Wario being Mario's antithesis is exemplified in him being an outright caricature of Nintendo's famed mustachioed plumber, being obese compared to Mario's portly and being outright greedy compared to Mario (who also tends to collect coins left and right, but doesn't treat financial gain as his ultimate goal, unlike Wario), as well as being German rather than Italian (relations between the two countries have been notoriously rocky throughout European history).
** Wario also has his own Evil-er Counterpart in the Shake King, from ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'', who represents Wario's greed and jerkish behavior taken UpToEleven.
* EvilIsBigger: Lampshaded in his ArtEvolution. In his earliest appearances, Wario was a ''huge'' guy, standing a full head taller than Mario and his friends. As the games went on and Wario began to shed some of his villainy and became an AntiHero, his proportions became much smaller, to the point where now he's barely taller than Mario.
* EvilLaugh: Wario is best known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4p_mdK7THI bellicose cackle]]. ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' goes further and gives him a ''[laughing extra maniacally]'' cackle [[spoiler:when he becomes Wario Deluxe and host the final set of microgames]].
* EvilTwin: Evil Twin wannabe, anyway.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Wario's voice has consistently been much gruffer than Mario & Luigi's, emphasizing his comparative lack of moral integrity. Additionally, [[spoiler:upon becoming Wario Deluxe in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' his voice becomes deeper]].
* {{Expy}}: Much like Mario was created as an Expy of [[ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} Popeye The Sailor]], Wario was envisioned by Nintendo as an expy of Popeye's main rival, Bluto.
* ExtraOreDinary: His hat power up in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' is the Metal Cap.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Garlic aside, Wario has eaten such things as [[PowerUpFood demonic mandrake roots]], bacterial plaque, and metal coins. In the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, he can even eat ''his own bike'', and this is ''recommended'' by one of the loading screen tips.
* {{Fartillery}}: The "Wario Waft" is a move in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series. Wario (or rather, [[spoiler:Wario Deluxe]]) also weaponizes his flatuence as one of the potential [[InterfaceScrew distractions]] in ''Wario Interrupts'', which is also one of the harder distractions to deal with.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Waluigi's Skinny.
* FatBastard: He's not evil, but he's not nice either. In the same way that Mario is short and plump, Wario exaggerates this trait to villainous levels.
* FatSlob: He picks his nose, farts, eats a lot, and is generally very gross.
* FanDisservice: The RunningGag throughout his more recent appearances in which Wario shakes his ass in plain view of the camera.
* {{Fiction 500}}: In ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' more than ''VideoGame/WarioWare''.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins''. In the VideoGame/WarioWare series, most of the final stages are his.
* FoeTossingCharge: His primary method of defeating enemies.
* {{Flanderization}}: While Wario was always a {{Gonk}} and not exactly a pleasant person, his {{Gasshole}} tendencies weren't very played up until the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series. Before then, Wario's defining character trait was running off of {{Greed}}, which while still carrying over to the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series, he comes across more like a MiserAdvisor rather than being a shameless treasure hunter.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Averted within the ''[=WarioWare=]'' games, Wario is EasilyForgiven by his friends/employees despite his repeated attempts to rip them off. Mona and Dribble in particular insisting on inviting Wario to their future hangouts. On the other side, Wario actually ''does'' value his friends, though he won't let this stop him from avoiding paying them at all costs.
* FromASingleCell: When set on fire, he runs around before turning into ashes and regenerates from them.
* GadgeteerGenius: Wario invented the Telmet - a device capable of transporting himself into the realm shown on his television set - within ''seven seconds''.
* GagNose: A pink one.
* GarlicIsAbhorrent: Wario's favorite food is garlic, fitting for his often-times gross nature.
* {{Gasshole}}: Whilst exaggerated in ''Super Smash Bros.'', but toilet humor has been a part of his characterization in Japan since ''Wario Land 2'' where "Drunk Wario" had a burping attack.
* GeniusBruiser: In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise''. Can invent a device to transport himself to another dimension in a few seconds, and is just as capable in kicking ass as ever.
* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler:Wario Deluxe in ''Gold''. Wario gets golden-looking clothing in this form to match his crown, though his character card says he isn't any stronger than usual.]]
* {{Gonk}}: One of the few examples of a gonk ''protagonist''. This is possibly due to him starting off as an antagonist.
* GratuitousGerman: In early [=N64=] apperances, in which he was voiced by Nintendo of Europe employee Thomas Spindler, he had the habit of saying, "So ein Mist!" According to Spindler, this was because voice director Takashi Tezuka intended for Wario to be ethnically German; while this seemed to have gone by the wayside following Creator/CharlesMartinet taking on the role (with his rendition using an Italian accent a-la Mario and Luigi), there are still occasional allusions to Wario being German, keeping in-line with Tezuka's intentions. As of ''Mario Kart 8'', he appears to have returned to doing it, but now his German is more varied, with phrases such as "Jawohl!"
* {{Greed}}: A poster child.
* GroundPound: The "Butt Stomp", one of his signature moves.
* HairTriggerTemper: It's not hard to make him mad, particularly if he's denied treasure.
* HarmlessVillain: To the point where he stopped being a villain altogether and became an anti-hero.
* HiddenDepths: Wario apparently has a thing has a thing for poultry farming, not only does he have his own farm but one of his most prized possessions is a hen. He also has a surprisingly introspective side, as demonstrated in the credits of ''Wario Land 4''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Implied. While he's still not exactly a hero, he doesn't go out of his way to mess with Mario and his friends anymore and even [[EnemyMine helps them on occasion]].
* HorrifyingHero: He's this towards ''King Boo'' of all people in Super Mario 64 DS.
* HotBlooded: Very adventurous and excitable.
* HypnoticEyes: In the American commercial for ''Super Mario Land 2''.
* HypnoTrinket: In the American commercial for ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''.
* InterpretativeCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Wario is an IronButtMonkey and FightingClown who revels in ToiletHumour, whereas in games like ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'' his strength, greed, and malevolence are emphasized to the point where he almost becomes a completely different character. The creators of ''VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt'' even discussed the different portrayals [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2008/Drawing-Wario-The-animation-of-Wario-Land-250334.html in an interview]]. That said, those interpretations aren't mutually exclusive, so it's easy for Wario to be both an accident-prone oaf and a greedy badboy at the same time in a single game (best shown in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series and the various sports spin-off games where both him and Waluigi are often villainous comic reliefs).
* IronButtMonkey: In most of the Wario Land games, he often ''needs'' to injure himself in hilarious ways to progress, though he'll shrug off any injuries like they were nothing.
* {{Jerkass}}: Initially he was nothing but this. Today he can still be this on his bad days. And sometimes on his good ones.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What he has since developed into. He'll gladly liberate the citizens of a music box from an evil clown... If you let him keep any treasure he finds. Then in ''Wario Land 4'', he was more than willing to risk his life to help a random cat out of a collapsing temple. He also goes out of his way to rescue Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' for no real profit ([[SeriousBusiness unless he really likes cake anyway]]).
** [[FridgeBrilliance All those coins weren't gonna pick themselves up, you know.]]
** He is probably at his nicest in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' games, he is still rude and crude but he is surprisingly very encouraging to the player and (despite scamming them on occasion) Wario is downright genial to his friends... Unless they ask him to pay them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Because Queen Merelda certainly needed whiplash less than a minute after being freed from a ''cage''. But Wario shaved down the time to get his money by several seconds, so it all evens out. [[spoiler:[[CantGetAwayWithNuthin Too bad Captain Syrup was counting on this so she could take the money while he wasn't looking]]]].
* KavorkaMan: Despite being fat, ugly and generally a greedy {{Jerkass}}, he somehow still manages to be a ChickMagnet of sorts, attracting the likes of Mona, Princess Shokora and Captain Syrup [[spoiler:(although that last one was just a ruse)]].
* LargeHam: More so in ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', where everything was his including the manual.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's delivered it as much as he's received it. If his greedy antics don't come at the expense of someone [[KickTheSonOfABitch more deserving of the karma]], Wario's schemes ''will'' bite him in the butt at the end.
* LightningBruiser: He is massively strong, can take a lot of damage, and can jump high and dash quickly (with his signature dash attack). This is especially true in ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' -- he's actually ''faster'' in this game while dashing than Mario had been in previous games, and his strength and jumping remains the same as ever.
* MadeOfIron: He can take almost anything thrown at him. Heck, some of the AmusingInjuries inflicted on him in ''Wario Land II & 3'' actually serve as powerups!
* MascotWithAttitude: Wario was marketed as this in TheNineties, when the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series was most prominent, though with more of an emphasis on manliness rather than coolness proper, being the bigger, badder, tougher, [[DarkerAndEdgier hardcore]] (but [[BadButt not too hard]]) and more [[AntiRoleModel rebellious]] counterpart in comparison to the family-friendly Mario and other Nintendo protagonists. Promotional material for those games always depicted Wario acting like the pig he is, eating junk food or posing with a CoolCar, and his games relied way more on combat and slapstick than its parent series. Quite a few Wario game instruction manuals also had this vibe, with Wario outright [[NoFourthWall taking over the manual]] and giving the game instructions himself with his own snark and commentary. With the advent of the [=WarioWare=] series, Wario was inexplicably redesigned with a biker outfit for those games, but his manliness was somewhat downplayed for a [[DenserAndWackier wackier]] attitude.
* MeaningfulName: Combined with LuckyTranslation, his name works in Japan and in English-speaking countries.
** His name was originally a portmanteau of the Japanese word "warui" meaning "bad" and Mario. As such, his name means "bad Mario"; a play on his status as Mario's reverse doppelganger.
** In English-speaking countries, in addition to having the word "War" in his name (though this is not pronounced as such), the W in his name can instead be read as an upside-down M, which still perfectly fits his EvilTwin nature to Mario.
* MightyGlacier: In comparison to the Mario Brothers. All three are generally portrayed as [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]], but Wario is stronger while the Bros are faster and more agile. Especially notable in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]'' where he's easily the slowest amongst the four playable characters, but does the most damage to enemies, throws objects the farthest, and can destroy objects on his own that Mario would need a Metal Cap to break in the original ''Super Mario 64''.
** In ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', he's the "slow to start, hard to stop" variant: his heavyweight drains his acceleration, but also makes him one of the fastest characters after a certain amount of time. His speed makes him harder to control, however.
* MirrorBoss: In ''Super Mario Land 2''.
* MoneyFetish: Need we say more?
* MoralityPet: Wario's pet hen, [[ADogNamedDog "Hen"]] in ''VideoGame/WarioLandII'' is one of the few things in the world besides money that he actually cares about. While chasing the Black Sugar Gang, the pirates disturb Hen, causing her to flee from her nest. Wario deliberately ''cuts off his chase for his treasure'' just to help Hen and return her to her nest.
* MrViceGuy: Sometimes.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Those bulky biceps Wario possesses aren't just for show. The fat guy has superhuman strength.
* MythologyGag: The fact that Wario doffs his cap for Princess Peach indicates a special regard for her he doesn't share for just any other girl (having been known to manhandle even royalty like Princess Merelda); in the ''Mario-kun'' manga, he had a crush on Her Highness.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Early English-language advertisements depicted him with a voice strongly resembling that of Creator/PaulWinchell, particularly as [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Gargamel.]]
* NoFairCheating: Most of his attempts at cheating end in failure-- an example of this is in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' series where his and Waluigi's attempts to bomb Mario and Luigi ended with them getting blown up themselves.
* OddFriendship: With Toadette apparently, if their team name in ''Mario Party 6'' is anything to go by. He also forms one with Goodstyle in ''Master Of Disguise''.
* OneManArmy: Rivals the Mario Bros in the sheer devastation he can wreak upon his enemies.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Especially in ''Shake It!''
* ParentalAbandonment: All of the other babies are taken home by storks at the end of ''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS'', except for Baby Wario, who is instead taken to a raft with treasure on it, implying that he was homeless.
* PetTheDog:
** Whenever he gets something valuable or finishes an adventure, Wario is quick to give an approving thumbs up [[BreakingTheFourthWall to the player who helped him.]]
** He does not hesitate to help save Princess Peach in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. In the end, he even respectfully takes off his hat before the princess.
** In ''Wario Land 4'', when the pyramid he is in is collapsing, Wario risks his life to help the black cat that has been helping him, going so far as to make sure she safely gets out of the pyramid before him.
* PhantomThief: In ''VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise'', he adopts "[[ToiletHumor the Purple Wind]]" as an alias when he enters the world of the show within the game.
* PowerUpFood: Wario has two different kinds: garlic, which [[HyperactiveMetabolism heals Wario's wounds]] and doubles as his TrademarkFavoriteFood, and mandrake roots, which turn him into Wario-Man.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Speaks one to the player in the final level of ''[=WarioWare=] Gold''.
-->'''Wario [[spoiler:Deluxe]]:''' Now, do your worst! Next to me, you're all number two!
* ProgressivelyPrettier: Comparatively speaking. Around the time of ''Wario Land II'', he no longer has a lazy eye, and his upper body became more muscular.
* PunnyName: In Japanese, ''warui'' means "bad". The letters R and L are interchangeable in Katakana, and thus Waluigi.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wario's overalls are a vibrant purple, and he regularly puts his bountiful muscles to use fighting enemies.
* RatedMForManly: A big guy with a huge mustache and huger arms, Wario has a boorish, slobbish attitude towards everything, thinks of himself as the epitome of machismo, and is well known for his StoutStrength and [[NighInvulnerable resilience]].
* RealMenWearPink: Wears pink pants in the ''[=WarioWare=]'' series.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Wario's eyes turn red when he puts the golden pot on his head and becomes Wario Deluxe in ''Gold''. It somehow makes his usual SlasherSmile expression even more menacing]].
* TheRival: To Mario. And in his own games, to Captain Syrup.
* TheScrooge: And how! He'd make the TropeNamer himself look charitable.
* ShockAndAwe: When he's not using his [[{{Fartillery}} body gasses]], this is Wario's go-to power of choice, especially in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis''. Unfortunately, the lightning doesn't always work in his favor, if his Bogey animation in Mario Golf World Tour is anything to go by. ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' sees him using lightning [[spoiler:to obfuscate the control hints as Wario Deluxe in the final stage]].
* SignatureMove: The move has gone by many names official and fanmade over the years, including the "shoulder bash", "tackle", "dash attack", "charge", "barge", and "body slam", but they all refer to one attack: [[FoeTossingCharge Wario dashing forward with one of his muscled arms out in front to slam into a foe]]. It's one of his attacks in both ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' and ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' made it his side smash attack in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' and his dash attack in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'', and even games that aren't about Wario fighting have had cameos of the move, such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' (where he uses it to smash walls and attack mummies in the Loot Scoot microgame) and ''VideoGame/WariosWoods'' (where he slams into a wall to lower the Thwomp above the playfield, decreasing your playing space).
* SlasherSmile: Just ''look'' at him! It almost seems permanent.
* SmugSuper: In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' [[spoiler:as Wario Deluxe. He sounds bored whenever the player beats one of his microgames and gives a very condescending "Too bad!" or "Couldn't, huh?" if they fail. The super part? He can mess with the microgame hints and even the screen to pester the player.]]
* SociopathicHero: It's all about money with this guy, any heroics he does are purely accidental... [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 most of the time, anyway.]]
* StoutStrength: Out of all the overalled, mustachioed humans in the ''Mario'' universe, Wario is both the fattest and the strongest.
* StylisticSuck: ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'' reveals that Wario has artistic talent, but only when asked to draw [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue himself]]. When drawing everyone else, however, the picture tends to be comparable to [[https://imgur.com/a/VgkGtmU modern art]].
* SuperStrength: He can punch the ground to cause earthquakes and regularly pulverizes stone blocks.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Played with in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' [[spoiler:with Wario Deluxe. While Wario doesn't change much personality-wise as he's still a greed-driven jerk, he gains new powers and starts downright ''cheating'' to prevent the player from winning the tournament (and his money)]].
* SweetTooth: Despite his all around manliness, Wario has been described to be addicted to sweets (though not as much as his addiction to money). He has had dental care problems in ''[=WarioWare=]: Touched'' due to it and was described in one of the ''Mario Party'' games to do anything for candy.
* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: [[spoiler:Wario, as his Deluxe alter ego, causes a temporary InterfaceScrew partway through the final stage of ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', until Lulu intervenes. The secret mini-game ''Wario Interrupts'' has him do this ''constantly''.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Garlic.
** Interestingly, WordOfGod had originally envisioned him liking crepes, although that was later changed.
* ToiletHumour: While Western fans were introduced to this side of his character in ''Smash Bros. Brawl'', Wario was making butt and fart jokes as early as ''Wario Land 2'', and in the Japanese promotion page for ''Wario Land 4'' he gives a detailed description of his poop.
* TokenEvilTeammate: In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]''.
* TookALevelInKindness: While he's still a fat, greedy jerk, he's generally more of an AntiHero these days.
* TookALevelInJerkass: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'' has him in his most villainous role since ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins Super Mario Land 2]]''.
* TopHeavyGuy: He's got quite the biceps on him.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Shake It'', Merfle reveals in the end that Captain Syrup made a deal with him that she would lure Wario into the Shake Dimension so he could defeat the Shake King and save Queen Merelda. In exchange, she would get the Bottomless Coin Sack. Suffice it to say, Wario doesn't take it well.
* VillainProtagonist: Initially. After ''VideoGame/WarioLand'', he becomes more of an AntiHero.
* VillainousGlutton: He's got quite an appetite, though over the years he's become gradually less villainous.
* VocalEvolution: In his first voiced appearances, Wario more or less sounded like what he seemed like; an oddball variation of Mario that only sounded slightly more gravelly. However, as his DivergentCharacterEvolution came through in the 2000s, Wario's voice post-''Wario World'' gradually changed to become significantly deeper and far gruffer, while retaining the "offbrand Mario" style in his tone and speech pattern.
* WouldHitAGirl: Wario has pummeled Captain Syrup in ''VideoGame/WarioLand II'' (in the endings to be specific), the Golden Diva from ''Wario Land 4'', [=DinoMighty=] from ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', Queen Merelda in ''Shake It'', and [[spoiler:Terrormisu]] from ''[[VideoGame/WarioMasterOfDisguise Master of Disguise]]''. He's got no problem with smacking chicks.
** In ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'', [[spoiler:running out of lives on the final stage after [[KidHero Lulu]] intervenes has him (or rather, Wario Deluxe) [[WouldHurtAChild throw Lulu off of his balloon basket.]] Continuing (only available if the stage is not cleared yet) will cause Lulu to get back in the fight and cling onto Wario Deluxe again. Should you replay the stage after beating it the first time, beating the boss microgame will (after the obligatory coin-collecting game) have Wario Deluxe throw Lulu off the basket. She's fine though, and will intervene after Wario Deluxe starts cheating again.]]
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[[folder:Waluigi]]
!!Waluigi
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Expecting a description? TOO BAD! Waluigi time!]]]]
->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDucAK-Jmg "Everyone cheating but me! WAAAAA!"]]''
->Debut: ''VideoGame/MarioTennis''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CharlesMartinet
Waluigi debuted in ''Mario Tennis'' as Wario's partner (we don't know for sure if they're brothers) and Luigi's rival. He has so far only appeared in Mario spin-off games, and ironically never in a Wario game. His odd confrontational and slightly crazed manner have seemed disturbing to some, and inspired [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/151-witf/ this comic]].
You can also see [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} Waluigi's own page for more information]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Waluigi has some degree of feelings for [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]], who utterly despises him.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix'', where Waluigi is the main villain of the story. In ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', he [[HostileShowTakeover knocks out Bowser]] and becomes the penultimate boss of the game. Waluigi gets a fair bit more screentime in the ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' games. He stars in Power Tennis' opening movie alongside Wario. [[VideoGame/MarioKart Also]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFHbtAyK_k WALUIGI PINBALL]]!
* AdvertisedExtra: Though promoted as a "central" Mario character, Waluigi has been relegated entirely to casual side-games. Waluigi's ''clothes'' sometimes appear in [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor non]] [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle casual]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey games]], but never Waluigi himself. ''Super Mario Odyssey'' lampshades it, saying Waluigi's costume is great for someone to lurk in the dark, waiting for their moment to shine.
* TheArtifact:
** Despite his status as Wario's partner, it's never shown in the Wario series proper due to his complete absence in it, ironically enough.
** Waluigi being on this page is a meta example. He has never appeared on any ''Wario'' game save for an awful drawing in ''Gold''. He's just listed here due to his association with Wario. In fact, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' classifies him as a ''Mario'' universe character instead of a ''Wario'' one.
* AssistCharacter: In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl'', he is one of the many Assist Trophy characters. His function is to chase down opponents and try to stomp them into the ground and finish up by launching opponents with a mighty kick or a swing from his [[VideoGame/MarioTennis tennis racket]]. This carries over to ''3DS[=/=]Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', in spite of being a highly-requested character in the before ''Brawl'' and afterwards.
* AxCrazy: Just listen to his sound effects and ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]'', where he smashes the soccer ball into the face of a member of the opposite team and gleefully dances and laughs after it. Apparently, his true motive, besides spoiling the parties and making everyone angry, is to take over the world and spread chaos across the land.
* BadassMoustache: It ''is'' rather impressive.
%%* BeneathTheMask:
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He is mostly a very silly character, however, he wipes the floor with Bowser in ''Mario Party 3'' (and has an army of Piranha Plants) and can kick pretty much everyone to the ground in ''Brawl''.
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: He doesn't want people to know how insecure and self-loathing he is.
* BlowYouAway: In ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'' and ''Mario Tennis''. In ''Mario Tennis'', he has to [[SpinAttack spin himself]] to create the tornado.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Whenever Waluigi loses in ''Mario Kart Wii'', he may say "I hate this game".
* BrilliantButLazy: He is very strong and fast physically, has a big assortment of weird and unpredictable powers, is the most skilled of the cast when it comes to sports, and often uses elaborate and deadly machinery. However, he really doesn't use much of his power for actual villainous purposes (even though, as we have seen in ''Mario Party 3'', he could).
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: An L, flipped upside-down and mirrored, on his cap and gloves. It could also be the Greek letter gamma (Γ). Coincidentally, if you write Waluigi's name phonetically in Modern Greek, it becomes Γουαλουίτζι (Gualuídzi).
* ButtMonkey: He tops Luigi. It seems like nothing goes right for this guy. Even he knows it.
* CampStraight: Despite his crush on Princess Daisy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv9LHOgysmE he is]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNBHW2i4cJI quite a]] [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/5e8381d4737f66860fd26bb8a959a2d0/tumblr_mnsg8iV3ma1s3x93po1_500.gif fabulous fellow]].
* TheCasanova: Can be very romantic, as his victory pose in ''Mario Party 8'' shows.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Just look at his lines in games like ''Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games'' or ''Fortune Street''.
* ConfusionFu: Every new game, Waluigi is likely to come with a set of weird abilities that have no rhyme nor reason for their existence.
* DastardlyWhiplash: He bears an uncanny resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick Dastardly]] and fellow evil twin [[Literature/WheresWally Odlaw]].
* TheDitz: At least according to Wario.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Along with a SpinAttack in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'', there are a lot of times when Waluigi is spinning just for the heck of it.
* EvilCounterpart: To Luigi.
* EvilIsPetty: Pettiness is practically Waluigi's main trait.
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to Wario's Fat.
* {{Flight}}: ''Something'' like it. In ''Mario Power Tennis'' and ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'', he can "swim" through the air. He can't rise, though.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: "Friend" in a very loose term. Waluigi is generally disliked and has next to no real friends outside of Wario. Despite this, Waluigi is still invited to parties and gatherings in the Mushroom Kingdom.
* FreudianExcuse: Why does he have it out for Luigi? Take a look at their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJNaXk8UuIo first interaction.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He was the one who designed and built both Waluigi Pinball and Stadium Arena (a stadium full of energetic lights and robotic dinosaurs). In ''VideoGame/MarioSportsMix'', he also seems to have built a robot for Waluigi Pinball and designed a machine with four arms that instantly teleports to him and can fire lightning bolts.
* GagNose: Like Wario, he has a large pink nose. Although it's also crookedly evil.
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* {{Gonk}}: Not as ugly as Wario, but still there.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Displays them upon victory in ''Mario Tennis'' and ''Game & Watch Gallery 4''.
* GravityMaster: He can swim ''in mid-air.''
* GreenEyedMonster: He utterly despises Luigi for his popularity and overshadowing him. To make matters worse, the girl he has some degree of feelings for, [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]], [[AbhorrentAdmirer hates him]] and actually prefers Luigi, just to rub it in even more.
* GreenThumb: His special attacks in ''Mario Strikers Charged'' involve summoning purple bramble.
* HappyDance: It seems he really loves celebrating some of his sports achievements with an impromptu dance, some of which, as mentioned, are rather fabulous.
* HarmlessVillain: So much that you wouldn't even know he was a villain, if he hadn't tried to TakeOverTheWorld.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[DependingOnTheWriter They can't seem to decide]] if he and Wario are brothers or not.
* HijackedByGanon: It at first looks like he's going to be the main villain of ''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix'', but he's just the first boss, with Bowser being the final one.
* HostileShowTakeover: He [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22y9hZpdh1rrftcdo2_1280.png is]] '''very''' fond of doing this. Usually, when he appears alongside Wario or [[VideoGame/MarioParty gets]] [[VideoGame/MarioTennis the]] [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolutionMarioMix spotlight]], he will do this, abruptly interrupting the game to annouce his arrival. His [[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Brawl In The Family]] counterpart is the [[ImageSource Image Source]].
** He is implied to have done this to the Mushroom Kingdom itself in a ''Mario Party-e'' minigame. The game is called "Waluigi's Reign". It consists of Mario, trapped in a grey room with pipes above him and Waluigi in a cabin above. Waluigi starts to rain down coins and giant hammers at Mario. The number of hammers starts to increase and increase as Mario tries to avoid them. If you notice in the background not only is everything foggy and grey, but there is a construction site halfway finished, almost as it was being built recently. So much for [[HarmlessVillain Harmless Villain]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Accuses his opponents of cheating whenever he loses, while simultaneously taking pride in his own cheating.
* InexplicablyAwesome: We barely know ''anything'' about this guy, from his exact relationship to Wario to where he even came from, and yet he continues to show up doing weird, bizarre, and totally incomprehensible things on his way to victory.
* InASingleBound: He's the ''only'' character who has ever come close to Luigi's jump height without flying.
* InformedAbility: He is said to be good at cheating and apparently does so regularly. However, since Waluigi is playable in almost all of his appearances, we rarely ever see him do it. [[YouBastard Unless the player themselves is cheating, of course]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: He seems to believe that to become world-famous, all he needs to do is defeat Luigi.
-->With these Waluigiscopes, Waluigi will [[StalkerWithoutACrush spy on Luigi like a hawk]] and learn all of his weaknesses. Then, when [[ThirdPersonPerson Waluigi finally beats Luigi]], he will be the number one superstar of the world! Wa ha ha!
* {{Jerkass}}: One of his most defining characteristics. It seems like he exists solely to piss on everyone's parade. He is even more of one than Wario; due to not having his own games, he hasn't been given the opportunity to perform any of the heroic feats that Wario has. He is also noticeably more antagonistic to Luigi than Wario is to Mario. While Wario generally dislikes Mario, Waluigi actively harasses Luigi with little to no provocation. He's also hardly any nicer to the other characters, like Mario. By contrast, Wario doesn't really seem to mind Luigi or any of Mario's other friends, and he is mostly just antagonistic toward Mario.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being portrayed as a mischievous, obnoxious and petty cheater and not being as heroic, Waluigi definitely has his better moments and especially when facing much more evil foes.
%%What moments?
* LaughablyEvil: He's too much of a petty villain and a ButtMonkey to take seriously.
* LeanAndMean: In the same way Wario's fatness is an exaggeration of Mario's physique, Waluigi's leanness is an exaggeration of Luigi's thin physique.
* MasterOfIllusion: In the ''Mario Baseball'' series, he creates visual tricks like creating an oversized baseball or disguising a venomous eggplant as a baseball.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: He did this to Bowser as well in ''Mario Party 3''. After getting the Beauty Star Stamp, Bowser shows up. Expecting a fight with Bowser for the Mischief Star Stamp, Waluigi steals it instead, ''[[TheWorfEffect curbstomps]]'' Bowser when he tries to object, and forces the player to fight for the Stamp on a board of his own creation. While Waluigi only ends up being the penultimate boss-of-sorts, that scene was Bowser's last appearance in ''3'''s Story Mode.
* MindScrew: Many of his abilities fall on this category, such as suddenly conjuring water to swim through the air and generating huge thorny brambles wherever he runs and [[WhipItGood even making a powerful spiked whip from these brambles]].
* MeaningfulName: Even more so than Wario's; not only is it a portmanteau of "warui" and "Luigi" like Wario's, but it's ''also'' a pun on top of that; "ruiji" in Japanese means "similar", while "warui" means "bad". Put the two together and you get "waruiji", or "bad similar"; [[LampshadeHanging mocking his vastly different appearance to Luigi]]. It's also an anagram of "ijiwaru", meaning "spiteful person".
* {{Narcissist}}: Waluigi blows his own horn at every opportunity and abhors anything that might tarnish his image. Guy literally thinks the sun is ''trying to outshine him''.
* NeverMyFault: He has a tendency to accuse his opponents of cheating whenever he loses.
* PurpleIsPowerful: [[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Everything is purple today. Purple is a color.]]
* RememberTheNewGuy: His very first appearance was in ''Mario Tennis''. He was shown to have some kind of history with the other characters, but we're not given any backstory on this guy. Over 20 years later, we ''still'' barely know anything about him.
* SatelliteCharacter: He seems to have no real purpose other than serving as Wario's partner and Luigi's rival. Unlike Wario or Luigi, he has never appeared in his own official game.
%%* SmugSnake
* SpinAttack: One of his special moves in ''Mario Power Tennis''.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Revealed to be this to Luigi in the 3DS version of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', but [[AscendedFanon people definitely thought he was this already]].
* StoneWall: Due to his long limbs, Waluigi is one of only two characters classed as "defensive" in the ''Mario Tennis'' series.
* SomethingAboutARose: His victory animation in ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', his [[http://i.imgur.com/YqCjigZ.png birdie animation]] in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf World Tour'', and his Special Shot animation in ''VideoGame/MarioTennis Aces''. All complete with [[BishieSparkle sparkles]]. Seems to hint at [[{{Bishounen}} a rather different]] [[TheCasanova interpretation]] of Waluigi than the one we're used to...
* SourOutsideSadInside: Waluigi acts like a jerkass so people won't see his faults.
* SuperStrength: No, really. Though, unlike the other characters in the series, it's all in his legs, and not to nearly the same degree.
* TakeOverTheWorld: His goal. You can probably guess how good he is at it.
* TeleportSpam: In ''[[VideoGame/MarioStrikers Mario Strikers Charged]]''.
%%* TheTrickster
* ThirdPersonPerson: Waluigi will spy on Luigi using his new Waluigiscopes!
* ThisIsADrill: According to Wario Warehouse, Waluigi ended up drilling himself to the center of the Earth while trying to look into the back of his shirt. He used his chin like a pickaxe in order to make his way back to the world.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Eggplants, to go with his [[color:purple: purple]] theme.
* WeakButSkilled: This is his usual role in the Mario spinoffs in contrast to [[MightyGlacier Wario]], as in his debut game, ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'', where his shots don't have much power but he has great control and enough height to make him a terror on the net.
** This also ties into the abilities he shows. He can't match up to the sheer athleticism of the Mario Brothers or Wario's strength. His most displayed powers are GreenThumb and MasterOfIllusion, which he uses in unique and creative ways to compete with the rest of the cast.
* ZanyScheme: In ''DDR: Mario Mix''. When Waluigi goes to the Truffle Towers, he tries to use the keys to make his wish come true. His wish is to become the best dancer in the world so he can [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the world]] by hypnotizing everyone with his dance moves.
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