History Characters / WarioAndWaluigi

* 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, and ''Wario World'' has his most energetic portrayal of him. However, as his DivergentCharacterEvolution came through in the 2000s, Wario's voice post-''Wario World'' gradually changed to become significantly deeper and far gruffer and raspier, while retaining the "offbrand Mario" style in his tone and speech pattern, using a few of his catchphrases at times. With the two more recent Wario Ware games, ''Gold'' and especially ''Get It Together!'', which feature full voice acting, Charles Martinet sounds clearly aged over the course of the 25 years he's voiced the character, as Wario's voice has become more and more hoarse.

!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese Ads), James H. Sawyer Sr. (American Ads for "Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins", "Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3", "Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!" and "Virtual Boy Wario Land") Thomas Spindler (''Mario Kart 64'', Japanese version; ''BS Excitebike'', ''Mario Party 1-2'', ''Mario Kart Super Circuit''), '''Creator/CharlesMartinet''', Gerardo Alonso (Latin American Spanish, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold''), Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Get It Together!''), Hironori Kondō (Japanese, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold''), Frédéric Souterelle (French, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'')
->''"Obey Wario, DESTROY MARIO!"''

* CoolCar: He also owns a pretty mean purple car that looks a lot like a Cadillac.

** 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, in which his sleeves have varied in length but never gone up to his wrists.
** Small Wario was also apparently bald, going by his defeat animation in ''Super Mario Land 2''. However, [[https://www.mariowiki.com/Tiny_Wario#Gallery his appearances in the form]] spanning ''Wario Land'' to present day consistently depict him with a very short spiky mohawk, making it somewhat questionable if that's simply not visible at the angle the form was shown at in his debut or if he had an actual change in hairstyle.

* 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]].

* {{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.

* FanDisservice: The RunningGag throughout his more recent appearances in which Wario shakes his ass in plain view of the camera.

* {{Flanderization}}: While Wario was always a {{Gonk}} and not exactly a pleasant person, his {{Gasshole}} tendencies weren't very played up until his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros''. 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.

* {{Gasshole}}: Whilst exaggerated in ''Super Smash Bros.'', but toilet humor has been a part of his characterization in Japanese since ''Wario Land 2'', where "Crazy Wario" ([[FrothyMugsOfWater originally, 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.

* GroundPound: The "Butt Stomp", one of his signature moves.

** Wario apparently has a thing for poultry farming, not only does he have his own farm but one of his most prized possessions is a hen.

--> "Oh! The money! The power! I feel it--inside! Gurgling! ...Building! It's... it's, uh... EXPLOSIVE!"

* IShallTauntYou : In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', Wario Deluxe straight up mocks you if you fail a minigame, and dismisses you if you clear one.

* JetPack: Wario gets one in ''[=WarioWare=]: Get It Together!'' He uses another one made from a golf bag in ''Mario Golf: Super Rush''.

* 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!

* 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''.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 [[UpdatedRerelease DS]]''.

* TookALevelInJerkass: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' has him in his most villainous role since ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins Super Mario Land 2]]''. His role [[spoiler:as Wario Deluxe]] in ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'' also has him actively antagonizing ''the player''.

* 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.

--> "Eh, good enough."

* Four-TemperamentsEnsemble : Choleric

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: He doesn't want people to know how insecure and self-loathing he is.

* Four-TemperamentsEnsemble : Melancholic

* 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.

* 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]].

* AssholeVictim: Their jerkish personalities and malicious intent, such as cheating in sports, unwarrant any sympathy for the duo whenever they run into any bad luck or are [[KickTheSonOfABitch on the receiving end of Bowser's fury]], with their misfortunes being framed as something the audience is supposed to laugh at.

* 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.

* 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]].

%%JerkWithAHeartOfGold and JerkWithAHeartOfJerk are both Sub-Tropes for {{Jerkass}}, as revealed on the unabridged page for SuperTrope.

* 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. In ''[=WarioWare=] Gold'', [[spoiler: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 an annual festivity given its massive popularity, thus resulting in even more (legitimate) money for him in the long term.]]

** 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 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.

->''"Obey Wario, DESTROY MARIO!"''

->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDucAK-Jmg "Everyone cheating but me! WAAAAA!"]]''

* BadassBaritone: He has one of the deepest voices of all the major ''Mario'' characters, a sign of his raw power. It becomes even deeper when he turns into [[spoiler:Wario Deluxe]].

* SevenDeadlySins: He has seven of these sins:

** Gluttony: He always eats garlics, one of his favorite food.

** Pride: He always describes himself as "Number One".

* HiddenDepths: It seems Waluigi is a very talented (and passionate) dancer, especially highlighted in ''Super Mario Party'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', where Waluigi is the dance teacher in Time to Shine. For his dancing animation, he does the ''[[MoonwalkDance moonwalk.]]''

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* MeaningfulName: Combined with LuckyTranslation, his name works in Japanese and in English-speaking countries.

* LaughablyEvil: Both are have their antics played mostly for laughs.

** Envy: He's always jealous Mario.

!!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese Ads, ''BS Excitebike''), James H. Sawyer Sr. (American Ads for "Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins", "Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3", "Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!" and "Virtual Boy Wario Land") 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''), Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Get It Together!''), Hironori Kondō (Japanese, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold''), Frédéric Souterelle (French, ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'')

** In ''Mario Kart 8'', Wario oftens screams "Wario always wins!" at the end of the race.

[[caption-width-right:250:I'm-a Wario! I'm-a gonna win![[note]][[MemeticMutation D'oh, I missed!]][[/note]]]]

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: He has several over his games.
** "IM'MA GONNA WIN!"
** "Wario's number one!"
** [[BorrowedCatchphrase "Oh Yeah, Lets-a Go!"]]
** "Rock and Roll!"
** "Have a Rotten Day!"

* TheScrooge: And how! He'd make the TropeNamer himself look charitable.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Garlic, whole cloves of it! They're his version of Mario's mushrooms. Interestingly, his favorite food was originally envisioned to be crepes, although that was later changed.

* 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!

* ThirdPersonPerson: Waluigi will spy on Luigi using his new Waluigiscopes!

* TookALevelInKindness: While he's still a fat, greedy jerk, he's generally more of an AntiHero these days. Oneof the better examples is a later ''WarioWare'' microgames is burying the hatchet with Mario by meeting his hand to shake.