History Characters / MarioAndLuigi

* BigBadDuumvirate: He Antasma and Bowser team up early on in ''Dream Team''. By the end of the game, Bowser [[spoiler:becomes the true BigBad]].

* EnemyMine: He teams up with the Bros. to rescue Peach's voice because because he doesn't like ''other'' bad guys taking what he wants. It doesn't last long, however, as throughout the whole game, [[DeusExitMachina events conspire to prevent him from helping]] for anything other than getting to the Beanbean Kingdom.
* TheFightingNarcissist: Bowser is very open about the fact that he considers himself ravishingly handsome, and there are numerous moments of self-worship of his own physique, manliness and abilities.

* BigBad: She's the main villain of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]''; she stole Princess Peach's voice (or at least what she ''thought'' was her voice) in order to awaken the Beanstar and take over the Beanbean Kingdom (and later the Mushroom Kingdom).

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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Bowser]]
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->''"Did someone just page the king of awesome?"''

The proud, bombastic and arrogant King of the Koopas, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] is the brothers' recurring nemesis thanks to his constant attempts to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. He tries to do just this in ''Superstar Saga'', but quickly finds himself outmatched by the villain of the day and bereft of his memories. From then onward, he finds himself cooperating the Bros. more often than not, although not always knowingly, to deal with the succession of villains and invaders trying to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom -- because the kingdom is ''his'', thank you very much, and he won't tolerate some two-bit newcomers coming to snatch it from right under his nose.

[[folder:Dr. Toadley]]
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A Toad doctor who tries to find the cure to the mysterious disease plaguing the Mushroom Kingdom.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Debuts in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', but the remake of ''Superstar Saga'' has him replace Psycho-Kamek in Little Fungitown as the one who helps Luigi feel braver by hypnotizing him into thinking he's Mario.
* BigYes: He has this as a voice clip.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He has some awfully bizarre habits for such a renowned doctor.
* CrystalBall: He has one that can see where the Star Cures are located, though the vision of Bowser turned out to just be Bowser himself reflected in the glass.
* EccentricMentor: Is he the one to guide you in your quest? YES!
* InsistentTerminology: He insists that the Miracle Cure be called the Miracle Toadley Cure.
* {{Qurac}}: His expertise in medicine is somewhat implied to come from an Eastern origin, namely by his [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentricity]], [[VerbalTic unusual manner of speech]], and, most significantly, his stereotypically Arabian garb, including a face veil, large hoop earrings and a Toad hat that resembles a turban. The remake of ''Superstar Saga'' also implies that he used to live in a desert area.
* {{Retcon}}: In the remake of ''Superstar Saga'', he replaces Psycho Kamek.
* VerbalTic: Does he like to speak in the form of questions and answers? He does.
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[[folder:Broque Madame]]
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A lovelorn female Brock with some ''very'' bad back problems. She and Broque Monsieur once dated.
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->''"I am Princess Shroob. You interlopers...will be consumed."''

->'''Mario:''' ''Let's-a go!''
->'''Luigi:''' ''Okie dokie!''

The heroes of the games, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosMarioBrothers the Mario Bros.]] are a pair of heroic plumbers whose adventures have saved the day multiple times and earned them the respect of countless people...or at least earned one of them the respect of countless people.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: She's the only member of the Shroobs who speaks English, though it is IN ALL CAPS.

* TookALevelInJerkass: He was never kind to his rookies, but as of ''Dream Team'' he puts them in harm's way to save his skin, then betrays them when the opportunity strikes. Of course, since this time his "rookies" are the Mario Bros. [[BullyingADragon it doesn't end well for him]].

* AnIcePerson: She can freeze the Bros, or unleash a blizzard in the middle of battle.

* GlacierWaif: You wouldn't expect the dainty fairy girl to only take only one damage from every attack.%%{{Averted|trope}} in the remake.%%Averted how?

!!Antagonists
[[folder:Bowser]]
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->''"Did someone just page the king of awesome?"''

The proud, bombastic and arrogant King of the Koopas, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] is the brothers' recurring nemesis thanks to his constant attempts to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. He tries to do just this in ''Superstar Saga'', but quickly finds himself outmatched by the villain of the day and bereft of his memories. From then onward, he finds himself cooperating the Bros. more often than not, although not always knowingly, to deal with the succession of villains and invaders trying to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom -- because the kingdom is ''his'', thank you very much, and he won't tolerate some two-bit newcomers coming to snatch it from right under his nose.

[[folder:Fawful]]
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->''"I have fury!!!"''

A crazed inventor who constantly spouts strange similes and garbled English, he first appeared as Cackletta's right-hand man, aiding her in her schemes. He was seemingly killed near the end of ''Superstar Saga'', but in fact survived, laying low in the sewers of Peach's Castle, running a badge shop while plotting his return to glory. He carried out these plans in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', returning as the main antagonist, causing the Blorb outbreak, and taking control of both Bowser's and Peach's castles, as well as unearthing an ancient evil in order to use its power for his own ends. Of course, in taking Bowser's Castle, he angered the Koopa King; a mistake that ultimately led to his downfall.

[[folder:Broggy]]
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Broque Monsieur's rather ferocious cubical dog.

* AngryGuardDog: He is Bowser's final special attack in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. He also acts this way towards the Mario Bros.
* CivilizedAnimal: Civilized enough to run a Gear Shop for his master Broque though apparently it's just so he can eat the coins. Still, he can run the tutorial on how to use scratch cards if you talk to him first before shopping at Broque's item store.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he's a WarmUpBoss, the cashier of Bowser's gear shop, and Bowser's final special attack. In ''Dream Team'', he appears briefly to invite the Mushroom Kingdomites to Pi'illo Island before disappearing entirely.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Bowser gets him as a special attack if he delivers all of the [[CuteKitten Blitties]] to Broque Monsieur's shop.
* PerpetualFrowner: He never smiles and growls at anything that gets near him.
* RobotDog: Implied by him having a communication screen on his back, assuming that wasn't also [[AllJustADream part of Luigi's dream]].
* WarmUpBoss: Broque tells Bowser how to use his fire breath on Broggy to subdue him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Dream Team'', you'll never see him again after the intro, though Kylie still managed to get a picture of him.

[[folder:The Elite Trio (Private Goomp, Corporal Paraplonk, and Sergeant Guy)]]
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A Goomba, a Paratroopa, and a Shy Guy who escaped Fawful's brainwashing of the Koopa Troop. They return in ''Dream Team'' having been promoted and carrying out Bowser's orders almost as much as Kamek.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Turns out Private Goomp was one of the two Goombas aboard the Koopa Cruiser alongside Captain Goomba in ''Superstar Saga''.
* AffablyEvil: Despite working for Bowser, none of them are particularly mean.
* {{BFG}}: Sergeant Guy mans a pretty big Bullet Bill cannon in the boss battle with the Elite Trio in ''Dream Team''. This was also what they (and Bowser) tried to use in order to launch an attack against Bowser's Castle in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Averted; they join Fawful of their own will. [[VideoGame/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser Twice!]] [[PlayedStraight Although Private Goomp was only brainwashed once]].
* BucketHelmet: Corporal Paraplonk.
* ChromaticArrangement: Formed via the green-robed Sergeant Guy, the red-shelled Corporal Paraplonk, and the blue pajama-clad Private Goomp.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Despite being loyal to Bowser, they have defected to Fawful twice, once to spite Captain Goomba, and the other time because Fawful promised them with rations. Even after returning to Bowser's side [[EasilyForgiven with graciousness]], it would appear from the fourth game that they haven't truly learned their lesson, as they still [[TheStarscream act with ambitions of being promoted to the point of being able to boss around Bowser]], but they at least manage to keep the backstabbing in check.
* ClimaxBoss: In ''Dream Team'', where they're fought in Dreamy Driftwood Shore after revealing that the real Peach was kidnapped all along.
* ADayInTheLimelight: While they're not necessarily the main characters in ''VideoGame/MinionQuestTheSearchForBowser'', they play integral roles in the plot as well as both friendly units and bosses.
* DeadlyDodging: True of all enemies, but their giant Bob-Omb attack deserves special mention since it is easy to dodge and deals massive damage even to themselves. It is quite probable players will win the battle simply by letting them KO themselves [[TacticalSuicideBoss with that move.]]
* DoppelgangerAttack: Sergeant Guy can use his magic wand to transform the Goombas under Private Goomp into identical copies of himself, who will run around in an attempt to confuse Mario and get some hits in. It's stopped at the end, or if you manage to hit the real Sergeant Guy.
* EasilyForgiven: Bowser allows them back into the army assuming that they pull their weight in defeating Mario. In ''VideoGame/BowserJrsJourney'', the same was not said to the few Goombas in a post-game cutscene.
* EtTuBrute: They betray Bowser in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', and the ending confirms that they did it willingly.
* ExpositionFairy: Corporal Paraplonk acts as this during the first Giant Bowser Battle.
* FlunkyBoss: In their battle in ''Dream Team'', they're accompanied by a massive horde of regular Goombas called Sub-Goombas who'll help with various attacks, even briefly transforming into clones of Sergeant Guy with magic.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: They start out on Bowser's side, defect to Fawful willingly (twice even), then defect back (twice again), only to collectively try to become TheStarscream in ''Dream Team'', ''then'' give up that idea after the Mario Bros. deal them a sound thrashing.
* IconicOutfit: Crossed with TheArtifact. Goomp's pajamas, Paraplonk's BucketHelmet and Sergeant Guy's backpack of whatever the heck he could grab before fleeing were originally used to indicate that they had been caught off guard by Fawful's takeover, yet they're still wearing those items (now decorated with Bowser's insignia) in ''Dream Team'', where they would've had plenty of time to scrounge together something more practical. Retconned in ''Bowser's Minions'', where it's shown that the trio had been dressing that way ever since the Koopa Cruiser crashed.
* TheMedic: Corporal Paraplonk, who regularly heals his comrades with mushrooms during the battle with them.
* MightyGlacier: In ''Dream Team'', Sergeant Guy has the most HP and POW, but is the slowest of the bunch.
* MookLieutenant: They're higher ranking versions of normal Koopa Troop members. Bonus points for having military ranks.
* PajamaCladHero: Seems to be the case with Private Goomp, who is always seen with blue pajamas and nightcap.
* PuzzleBoss: All three of them must be defeated at the same time to win the boss battle in ''Dream Team''.
%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad
* RankUp: They all are promoted to Elite rank in the army as of ''Dream Team.'' This doesn't last too long once they're trounced by Mario and Luigi. Hell, they even ditch their "Elite" equipment for their less-surprising equipment when you see them again.
* ShellGame: One of Sergeant Guy's attacks in ''Dream Team'' is to transform the Goombas into clones of himself and then join them in a ZergRush against Mario. The attack can only be stopped by having Mario hit the Sergeant (told apart from his clones by having a larger flag with Bowser's logo on it).
* ShoutOut: Their ranks and coloration are the same as three characters in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' (respectively Tamama, Giroro and Keroro).
* TheStarscream: Believe they can be promoted to above '''''Bowser''''' if they win against Mario in ''Dream Team''. Of course, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* StoneWall: In ''Dream Team'', as befitting a Paratroopa, Corporal Paraplonk is the fastest of the group and also has the highest defenses in battle.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Dream Team'', they're promoted to elites and they fight the Mario Bros. ''Minion Quest'' and ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' also shows they got their experience of fighting through battles with Captain Goomba and Bowser Jr.
* WolfpackBoss: Combined with FlunkyBoss in ''Dream Team'', where all three of them are fought at once alongside numerous Goomba henchmen.

[[folder:Emoglobins]]
Symbiotic organisms that live within Bowser. The various types of Emoglobins serve as aides and guides to the Bros. in their travels through Bowser's anatomy.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Different Emoglobin types are mainly told apart by color -- regular Emoglobins are yellow with black eyes, healer Emoglobins are orange with green eyes, the Nutsoglobin is blue with black shades, and Evoglobins are purple with white eyes.
* LeaningTowerOfMooks: A non-villainous example. Several Emoglobins in the Airway have formed the "Emototem" that only lets you pass by completing a challenge to prove your worth.
* {{Smurfing}}: The Emoglobins have a globin of replacing random verbs and nouns with "globin".
* PunnyName: Nutsoglobin is a pun on "nutso", meaning "crazy", and "not so globin", where "globin" could mean anything in this context.
* VerbalTic: The Emoglobins all have very globin-ish and strange-ish speech patterns. They tend to [[{{Smurfing}} use too much-ish of the "Globin"]] in the talking, but that is to be expected from creatures possessed of such a globin. IS THAT NOT GLOBIN?

[[folder:Princess Lipid]]
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A strange being who claims to control Bowser's mucus membranes.

* HonestAxe: She asks Mario if it was Luigi or "a treasure of e'erlasting wonder" that he dropped in the mucus. When Mario chooses his brother, she gives the the treasure anyway -- the Good Badge and Mushroom Badge, plus a Tenderling enemy to try them out on.
* TheRoyalWe: She refers to herself in the plural which, combined with her title and slightly antiquated speech, is clearly meant to evoke this trope.

[[folder:Durmite/Wisdurm]]
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A caterpillar creature resembling both Wiggler and Birdo that causes Bowser extreme pain after he accidentally swallowed it while eating the Giga Carrot, forcing Mario and Luigi to attack it. Later revealed to be Wisdurm, one of the Star Sages holding a Star Cure.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Her natural form isn't significantly larger than a typical caterpillar, but the giant form she takes when fighting Mario and Luigi is easily as tall at the "shoulder" as the brothers are from head to foot.
* ChekhovsGunman: No one would have guessed she was a Star Sage during her first appearance.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Particularly as Wisdurm, being {{pink|MeansFeminine}} with stars in her eyes and even crying briefly when Mario and Luigi nullify her attacks as though she is hurt (emotionally and/or physically) by their actions.
* HeartBeatDown: She can conjure a heart-shaped stone during her second fight. The image on it signifies which of the Bros it's going to hit.
* HeartSymbol: Has a lot of these in general. Even as Durmite, her siphoning straw is bent in the shape of a heart.
* InterfaceScrew: During her star attack in the second fight, she can switch Mario and Luigi's positions to confuse the player.
* MagicWand: She uses one during her second fight with the Mario Bros.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: When first encountered, she swallows the Biffidus to grow larger. In her second fight, this is done by attacking her small form, which fills the bar/magic wand on the top screen.
* ThresholdGuardians: Once the Mario Bros. confront her as Wisdurm, she's unwilling to hand over the Star Cure to "men who lack credibility" unless they are able to prove their worthiness by besting her in combat.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: She can change size at will, and one of her attacks is to shrink one of the Bros and trample them.
* UnstoppableRage: Moments after Bowser swallows the Giga Carrot she was living in, Durmite angrily rampages throughout his body until she's defeated by the Mario Bros.
* VerbalTic: She has a tendency to slurrrr certain worrrrds.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After giving the Mario Bros. the Star Cure, Wisdurm disappears and isn't even shown exiting Bowser's body at the end.

[[folder:Dr. Toadley]]
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A Toad doctor who tries to find the cure to the mysterious disease plaguing the Mushroom Kingdom.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Debuts in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', but the remake of ''Superstar Saga'' has him replace Psycho-Kamek in Little Fungitown as the one who helps Luigi feel braver by hypnotizing him into thinking he's Mario.
* BigYes: He has this as a voice clip.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He has some awfully bizarre habits for such a renowned doctor.
* CrystalBall: He has one that can see where the Star Cures are located, though the vision of Bowser turned out to just be Bowser himself reflected in the glass.
* EccentricMentor: Is he the one to guide you in your quest? YES!
* InsistentTerminology: He insists that the Miracle Cure be called the Miracle Toadley Cure.
* {{Qurac}}: His expertise in medicine is somewhat implied to come from an Eastern origin, namely by his [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentricity]], [[VerbalTic unusual manner of speech]], and, most significantly, his stereotypically Arabian garb, including a face veil, large hoop earrings and a Toad hat that resembles a turban. The remake of ''Superstar Saga'' also implies that he used to live in a desert area.
* {{Retcon}}: In the remake of ''Superstar Saga'', he replaces Psycho Kamek.
* VerbalTic: Does he like to speak in the form of questions and answers? He does.

[[folder:Broque Madame]]
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A lovelorn female Brock with some ''very'' bad back problems. She and Broque Monsieur once dated.

* AscendedExtra: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', her only purpose is to give an optional sidequest for Bowser. In ''Dream Team'', she helps hide Peach from the BigBadDuumvirate and also owns a very posh shop. In the remake of ''Bowser's Inside Story'', she serves as a boss in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' and she is the only person able to mix the ingredients to make Skeletone Formula:D.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: She becomes really big in Luigi's Luiginary Attack dream challenges.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Well, as beautiful as a living brick can be, anyway.
* FlyingBrick: Literally. She's a Flying unit in ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', and has [[StoneWall very large amounts of health.]]
* GratuitousFrench: Just like Broque Monsieur she peppers her dialogue with French in the English version.
* OddFriendship: ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' establishes that she is an old friend of Kamek, of all people.
* SelfDuplication: Each Luiginary Attack challenge consists of you plowing through numerous dream copies of her.
* VerbalTic: "Hee..."

[[folder:Kuzzle]]
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An elderly Koopa Troopa who lives on Plack Beach, he once held one of the Star Cures before Bowser stole it and all of his furniture [[DisproportionateRetribution after getting frustrated trying to figure out one of his signature jigsaw puzzles]].

* CoolOldGuy: The most humble and down-to-earth of the sages tasked with holding the Star Cures.
* PunnyName: Most translations make his name some sort of pun on "puzzle".
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[[folder:Chakron]]
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An octopoid ascetic meditating on top of a mountain near Plack Beach, he is first introduced as the creator of the Chakroads that Bowser can use to teleport across the Mushroom Kingdom. Later, he is revealed to hold one of the Star Cures, which he agrees to give to Mario and Luigi if they can somehow break him out of the meditative pose he has held constantly for 1,000 years.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: 9,999 HP and 999 in every other stat, but he won't move from his spot.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "You are unenlightened."
* ChekhovsGunman: Bowser first speaks with him in the first hour of the game. The Mario Bros. first see him near the end of the pre-final dungeon FetchQuest.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: His meditation allows him to access the Chakroads, and also gives him SuperToughness.
* FunnelMouthedCephalopod: He resembles a classic cartoon octopus with a pronounced, nozzle-like mouth.
* MeaningfulName: His name, Chakroads, and talk of mediation and enlightenment refer to "chakras", a type of LifeEnergy.
* NighInvulnerable: He quite simply cannot be damaged; he has ''999 DEF''[[note]]as well as attack and speed, in fact, but they're immaterial since he never takes offensive action[[/note]] and winning the "battle" just requires using a specific Special Attack.
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Midbus]]
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->''"Now it is time. Now we will fight! Then you will lose! And you will cry!"''

With Fawful's ascension to primary villain, it's only natural that he'd get a lackey of his very own. This porcine brute may be a rather dim bulb, but his strength rivals even that of the King of Koopas himself. He antagonizes Bowser throughout the game on his master's orders, until he is at last defeated for good in the final stages.
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* BrooklynRage: He's often quick to anger, and often gets his point across with the very Brooklyn-driven expression of "see?"

* BattleCouple: According to Birdo at least; Popple had his objections.

* VerbalTic: Tends to punctuate his sentences by saying "see," see?

* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', she is really quite blunt, almost to the point of rudeness, and insulting towards Luigi, questioning his abilities as a hero. In ''Dream Team'', she has warmed up considerably towards him even though she still gets frustrated with him at times and in ''Paper Jam'', Starlow is very much amiable towards Luigi even giving him a pep talk at one point. [[DownplayedTrope Downlplayed]] because this does not stop her from taking jabs at him through the game like she usually does.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When one Pi'illo makes mention of her being nude, she angrily replies "OPEN YOUR EYES! I have SHOES!"

* PureEnergy: With Peach, she is able to use an ability called 'Wish Power' which, in ''Bowser's Inside Story,'' helps weaken Bowser in the tutorial fight and in ''Dream Team'', stops Bowser from obliterating the Mario Bros. with the Dream Stone. She also uses an attack called "Supernova Sparkle" in ''Paper Jam'' when the team get blocked by Ludwig and Larry on their way to Bowser's Castle. [[FriendlyFire It shouldn't be used in enclosed spaces]] though, considering how the bros. come out of the Warp Pipe rather dazed.

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* EccentricMillionaire: Bubbles is a crazed hermit obsessed with making soda. Boddle is a lot more reasonable, but still wears a yoshi egg.

[[folder:Bowser]]
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->''"Did someone just page the king of awesome?"''

The proud, bombastic and arrogant King of the Koopas, [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] is the brothers' recurring nemesis thanks to his constant attempts to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. He tries to do just this in ''Superstar Saga'', but quickly finds himself outmatched by the villain of the day and bereft of his memories. From then onward, he finds himself cooperating the Bros. more often than not, although not always knowingly, to deal with the succession of villains and invaders trying to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom -- because the kingdom is ''his'', thank you very much, and he won't tolerate some two-bit newcomers coming to snatch it from right under his nose.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Fury status effect in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' gives Bowser a big attack boost while lowering his defenses if he's taken a lot of damage in a single fight. This will probably only happen in some of the tougher boss battles, and if you're not good enough at countering attacks that you take enough damage to activate it, you probably won't last too long.
* BadassInDistress: At one point in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he is [[spoiler:locked in his own safe and thrown away somewhere unknown by his own minions]]. You aren't allowed to return to playing as him for a sizable span of time, until Mario and Luigi finally find him in the junkyard of Peach's Castle.
* BigBadDuumvirate: He Antasma and Bowser team up early on in ''Dream Team''. By the end of the game, Bowser [[spoiler:becomes the true BigBad]].
* BoisterousBruiser: Bowser is portrayed as very physically powerful and as possessing a bombastic, proud and highly emotive personality.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Bowser's Inside Story'' serves as his playable debut and gives his personality, thoughts and characterization a much greater degree of focus and development than he usually gets.
* EnemyMine: He teams up with the Bros. to rescue Peach's voice because because he doesn't like ''other'' bad guys taking what he wants. It doesn't last long, however, as throughout the whole game, [[DeusExitMachina events conspire to prevent him from helping]] for anything other than getting to the Beanbean Kingdom.
* TheFightingNarcissist: Bowser is very open about the fact that he considers himself ravishingly handsome, and there are numerous moments of self-worship of his own physique, manliness and abilities.
* HyperspaceArsenal: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he pulls out a whole bunch of minions (or Broggy) from his shell when he does a minion attack.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', his anger at Fawful abusing his minions is due to the fact that if anyone should be abusing the Koopa Troop, it should be ''Bowser''.
* IdentityAmnesia: In the first game, after the airship crashes, Bowser loses his memory, forgets who he is, and ends up as Popple's dopey sidekick. He remembers who he is just after the second fight with Mario, but his mind is shortly after taken over by Cackletta.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he interrupts the meeting to discuss the Blorb crisis at the beginning of the game. When asked why he's there, Bowser states that even though he is a bad guy, he's also a citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, and as such he has as much right to be at a meeting discussing a national crisis as everyone else in the room. ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' makes this even clearer, revealing that the Blorbs also affects Goombas.
-->'''Peach:''' "What are you doing here? We're in an important meeting! The kingdom's in danger!"\\
'''Bowser:''' "Gee, PARDON ME! Guess what? I live here, Your Royal Genius! I've got as much right to be in this meeting as anyone!"
* LaserGuidedKarma: Bowser's entire history with the second Star Cure in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. Before the events of the game, Bowser entered the house of a sage named Kuzzle, who greeted him amicably and challenged him to solve a jigsaw puzzle. Bowser couldn't figure it out, and in a rage attacked him, trashed the place and stole his Star Cure. Having no use for it, he put it away in a safe in his castle. Cut to the game's events, and in his efforts to reclaim the Star Cure in a time of need, he [[spoiler:gets betrayed by two groups of people he had previously treated well, is severely injured by one of them, is forced to solve a jigsaw puzzle to remember the safe's combination, and is finally locked within the safe himself]].
* MightyGlacier: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he has way more attack and defense than the Bros., but is also way slower.
* PromotedToPlayable: After being a side character in ''Superstar Saga'' and a minor antagonist in ''Partners in Time'', ''Bowser's Inside Story'' has the gimmick of being able to fully play as Bowser.
* ThrowTheDogABone: In the ending of ''Bowser's Inside Story'', after helping to put an end to Fawful, destroy the Dark Star, and find a cure for the blorbs, he challenges Mario and Luigi to a fight and yet again gets the hell beaten out of him during the credits. However, as he is nursing his wounds at his castle, he receives a thank-you cake from Peach and the Mario Bros.
* TrainingBoss: He serves as this in the ''Superstar Saga'' and ''Bowser's Inside Story'' tutorials. In the first game, he does one point of damage to you (Mario has 11 health), and is automatically defeated when he is damaged on the sixth turn. Your only battle command is to attack him and hence damage him, so it's impossible to lose the fight.
* UnskilledButStrong: When he's playable in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', the only attacks he knows are punching things really hard, breathing fire, and punching things even harder. His Bob-Omb army is also this, as they are powerful, but must be placed precisely in front of the opponent if you don't want them to explode on their boss.
* VacuumMouth: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he gains the ability to create a powerful vortex when inhaling, which allows him to suck any creatures or objects in front of him into his mouth. He retains this ability in ''Dream Team''.
* TheWorfEffect: At the start of the first game, Bowser gets knocked out in one hit by Fawful. The same attack takes at least five hits to down a bro. Inverted in Dream Team when he becomes Dreamy Bowser and easily brushes Starlow and Dreambert aside.

!''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]''

[[folder:Prince Peasley]]
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The son of Queen Bean, Prince Peasley is a hero of the Beanbean Kingdom. Despite this, even he gets into predicaments that require the Bros. help from time to time.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: He's regarded very highly by the Beanbean Kingdom citizens for his mission work and generally being very cool.
* EleventhHourRanger: In ''Minion Quest'', he joins Captain Goomba's squad after the penultimate mission.
* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: He's turned back into Peasley by the Bros. beating the snot out of him in his Dragohoho form.
* BigDamnHeroes: In Bowser's Castle, he swoops in at the last minute to help the Mario Bros. defeat Fawful.
* BishieSparkle: He lights up the whole screen with a flip of his hair. The remake adds in LoveBubbles as well.
* BlackBeadEyes: His eyes, like those of most of his Beanish compatriots, are solid black ovals.
* CrazyPrepared: He knew of Cackletta's plan to steal Peach's voice, and [[spoiler:warned her and Toadsworth so they switched with Birdo]]. Unfortunately, Bowser arrived before she could tell the Bros. the truth.
* DishingOutDirt: As Dragohoho, his main attack is spitting rocks at the Mario Bros.
* DistressedDude: He manages to be turned into a dragon by Cackletta and saved by the Bros. He later gets eaten by a Piranha Bean, and is saved by Luigi.
* {{Foil}}: As the hero of the Beanbean Kingdom, he is the Beanish counterpart of Mario. However, Peasley is egotistical, pretty, and of royal blood, as opposed to Mario's humbleness, unconventional attractiveness, and laborer's job (as a plumber).
* ForcedTransformation: He is introduced having been transformed into Dragohoho by Cackletta.
* FriendlyRivalry: Starts a friendly competition with the Mario Bros. to see who can find the Beanstar pieces first.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Getting eaten by the Piranha Bean briefly made him shrink. Even his BishieSparkle got smaller.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very full of himself but still unambiguously heroic and beloved by his kingdom.
* LivingShip: He flies around everywhere using a strange bean with feathered wings.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: He is always shown wearing a fancy red cape and white gloves.
* RoyalRapier: His weapon of choice is a slender rapier.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Peasley warns Peach about Cackletta's plans, tries to put a stop to her (and gets turned into a dragon, but points for trying) and instigates the search for the Beanstar pieces.
* ScaledUp: Being forcibly transformed into Dragohoho.

[[folder:Queen Bean]]
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The good-natured ruler of the Beanbean Kingdom, Queen Bean was driven to a mad rampage when Cackletta infected her with a worm. She is eventually snapped out of it by the Bros.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: She is apparently quite beloved by her subjects, which is shown during ''Dream Team'''s ChainOfDeals when you must give a photo of Queen Bean to a homesick Beanish to cheer him up.
* AbnormalAmmo: When her arms are taken out as a boss, she spits beans at the Bros. to attack.
* ActionDressRip: Apparently hulking out tore up the edges of her dress, which she is content to wear even in her normal form for the rest of the playable game. Only in the epilogue does she wear undamaged clothes.
* AdiposeRex: A doubly rare instance of both a female ''and'' a good-natured use of the trope.
* BigBeautifulWoman: One homesick Beanish tourist in ''Dream Team'' certainly thinks so.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Is turned into a violent and mindless monster after she ingests belly blech worm courtesy of Cackletta.
* TheCaligula: Averted, as she seems to be a very effective ruler when snapped out of her rage.
%%* CharlesAtlasSuperpower:
* CognizantLimbs: Her arms must be taken out before you can attack her proper.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After knocking the mutant Queen Bean unconscious, Lady Lima takes Mario aside to explain how to get to Chuckola Woods. During this part of the exposition, Luigi plants himself besides the limp Queen Bean to sulk and idly poke the latter.
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When not brainwashed by Cackletta.
* HulkingOut: The apparent effect of the belly blech worm is to [[TemporaryBulkChange force most of the woman's body mass into her arms and shoulders]] and drive her absolutely bonkers.
* ShockwaveStomp: As a boss, she can pound the ground with each or both of her fists to create a shockwave.
* TemporaryBulkChange: In her mutant state, Queen Bean's arms can be attacked until they deflate; they will remain deflated for a few turns and then reinflate. Indeed, her mutant state itself is a bulk change of its own, given that normally most of that body mass is around her midriff.
* UnstoppableRage: The brothers first meet Queen Bean after Cackletta forced her to eat a Belly Blech Worm, which turned her into a muscular brute only focused on violent destruction.

[[folder:Lady Lima]]
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Queen Bean's cloaked advisor who helps the brothers after they free her from the bowels of the castle. Cackletta disguised herself as her and used her appearance to not only steal Peach's voice, but also trick the Brothers into disabling the security system around the Beanstar, thus getting the plot started.

* BetaCouple: With Toadsworth, as indicated by the last cutscene showing the two hugging affectionately before he has to return to the Mushroom Kingdom.
* GagNose: She has a rather large curved nose. Sorta counts as SinisterSchnoz when Cackletta is disguised as her.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: Waves her arms in a wizard-like fashion sometimes when saying something dramatic or when agitated.
* RescueIntroduction: She is first met for real (by both the characters and the player) when the Mario Bros. unlock her jail cell. The fact that she talks to them as if she has just met them for the first time is also the first clear indication that the "Lady Lima" you met earlier was actually a fake.
* TreacherousAdvisor: Subverted; the "Lady Lima" who betrays you is actually Cackletta, whereas the real Lima helps direct the brothers on where to go next, and helps successfully run the Beanbean kingdom.

[[folder:Starshade Bros.]]
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Two Toad brothers who diligently scout out Stardust Fields. They teach Mario and Luigi the High and Spin Jump moves.

* AscendedFanboy: They're admirers of the Mario Bros., and not only do they get to meet, the Starshade Bros. also get to teach their idols a couple of useful abilities.
* ColorCodedCharacters: The general is red, the sergeant is green.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Think some angry turtle guy is whining too loudly? Just fire him out of a cannon!
* DrillSergeantNasty: Their main character trait, though they're somewhat nicer than most examples.
* RecurringElement: They're one of several examples in the game of a sibling pair consisting of a red elder and a green younger.
%%* SiblingTeam
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Green gets irritated by the noise made during the fight against Tolstar and lights the cannon Bowser was stuck in out of spite. This ends up causing several problems for the heroes later, one of which being Bowser losing his memories because of this and joining Popple as Rookie.

[[folder:Hammerhead Bros.]]
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Two master blacksmiths who forge the Mario bros hammers, and later upgrade them.

* BirdsOfAFeather: ''Minion Quest'' sees them bonding with two Hammer Bros. over their love of hammers.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Sledge is red, Mallet is green.
* DropTheHammer: They're hammers that create hammers by mashing their heads on their anvil.
* FetchQuest: They send the Mario Bros. to obtain a Hoohoo block to create their hammers.
* ForcedTutorial: You're forced to sit through their tutorial even if you've mastered how the hammer works.
* MythologyGag: After giving Mario and Luigi their hammers, one of them says "Now you're playing with power!" That was an advertising slogan that was used until the mid-late [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]] era.
* RecurringElement: They're one of several examples in the game of a sibling pair consisting of a red elder and a green younger.
%%* SiblingTeam
* UseYourHead: They make their hammers by using their own hammer-shaped heads as mallets.

[[folder:Hoohooros]]

The stone guardian of Hoohoo Mountain constructed by the ancient Hoohoo civilization. He subjects the brothers to a challenge of collecting Hoohoo spirits using the Spin Jump before battling them to see if they are worthy of climbing to the summit.

* BreathWeapon: His usual attack consists of firing a sweeping laser from his mouth.
* GetBackHereBoss: One of Hoohooros's battle tactics is summoning laser-firing stone pillars to hide under. If you first destroy the one he is hiding under, he will simply relocate to the other one and summon a new one in the old one's place. The best way to deal with this is to first destroy the one he is not hiding under and then the one where he is, depriving him of his cover for a time.
* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: His tests determine whether or not someone is worthy of climbing to Hoohoo Mountain’s summit.

[[folder:Blablanadon]]
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A large-toothed pterosaur who inhabits Hoohoo Mountain. He's initially found tending an egg on the mountain's peak (revealed to hold Peasley in the form of Dragohoho), he later flies the Bros. up to the peak whenever they want.

* ChekhovsGunman: He flies you up to Bowser's Castle near the end.
* MotorMouth: As his PunnyName indicates, he rarely stops talking.
* PteroSoarer: A toothy, dragon-winged, hook-beaked pseudo-pterosaur.

[[folder:Cork and Cask]]

The Beanish owners of Chateau de Chucklehuck who teach the Mario bros. hammer techniques in exchange for getting two special goblets for them.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Cork is red, Cask is green.
* GratuitousFrench: Both of them have French accents and tend to insert French words into their sentences.
* MeaningfulName: Both of their names reference objects pertaining to alcoholic beverages.
* RecurringElement: They're one of several examples in the game of a sibling pair consisting of a red elder and a green younger.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They don’t show up again after getting the goblets.

[[folder:Bubbles and Boddle]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:Bubbles (left) and Boddle (right)]]

Eccentric Beanish brothers, Bubbles is a Chuckola brewer who has been telling the Chuckola Reserve many jokes for many, many years, while Boddle is a Yoshi enthusiast who is planning to open Yoshi Theater.

* FetchQuest: Two layers. In order for him to relinquish the Beanstar piece in his possession, the heroes must give Boddle seven Neon Eggs from the Yoshis in his theater, who in turn will only lay them if they were fed Bean Fruits.
* EccentricMillionaire: Bubbles is a crazed hermit obsessed with making soda. Boddle is a lot more reasonable, but still wears a yoshi egg.
* MuggingTheMonster: Popple and Rookie attempt to rob Bubbles of the legendary Chuckola Reserve. Unfortunately for them, he is stronger than they thought and rather crazy.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Bubbles has been aging the Chuckola Reserve for a thousand years. Though he definitely looks old, his brother does not.
* SeriousBusiness: Bubbles spends a ''very'' long time concocting a special kind of soda, and then has the soda come to life and attack people who try to take it.
* UnclePennybags: Boddle uses his money to build the yoshis a theater and is willing to listen to the Mario bros about giving them the beanstar piece.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bubbles vanishes after the Chuckolator fight.

[[folder:Chuckleroot]]
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[[caption-width-right:150:In the original (top) and remake (bottom).]]

An elderly tree who lives in the lives in Chucklehuck Woods and guards the Mother Chuckalola, the forest's mother tree. He tasks the brothers with bringing him three special fruits before he can let them pass.

* FetchQuest: He tasks the Mario Bros. with finding a special trio of red, white, and purple chuckola fruit and bringing them back to him, and only lets them go past him once they've done so.
* {{Treants}}: He straddles the line between being this and a "regular" living tree, being an animated and at least partly mobile tree who guards the heart of an ancient forest.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He gets a drastic redesign between the original game and the remake, which replaces his purple and blue coloring with a more typical brown palette, removes the large crack over his left eye, makes him somewhat slimmer, and turns his nose into a large branch stump or knothole.

[[folder:Guffawha Ruins Monster]]

A rock monster residing in the Guffawha Ruins. While described by the Toads of Little Fungitown as being malicious and bloodthirsty, he is actually quite friendly. To help ease the stress the rumors give him, he challenges Luigi to a game, opening the way for the latter to the room containing Crabbie Grass to cure Mario's Bean Fever if he wins.

* FaceOfAThug: Is actually friendly despite the rumors circulating through Little Fungitown suggesting otherwise, with said rumors causing him much distress.
* PlayingWithFire: The monster can spit out blue (purple in the remake) fireballs, tasking Luigi with dodging his attacks on some platforms in order to ease his stress. If a fireball hits Luigi, he's merely knocked off the platforms instead of taking damage.
* RockMonster: He's a large stone head that can talk and breathe fire. Compared to the poster that warns of him in Little Fungitown, the monster himself looks nowhere near as threatening.
* SssssnakeTalk: As mentioned below, the monster has a habit of talking like ''thisssss''.
* TechnicolorFire: The fireballs that he spits out for his minigame are blue.
* VerbalTic: Has a tendency to stretch out words containing the letters "f" and/or "s".

[[folder:The Jellyfish Sisters]]
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[[caption-width-right:214:Gigi (left) and Merri (right)]]
Sister masseuses who teach the brothers how to use the techniques for Firebrand (Mario) and Thunderhand (Luigi).

* ColorCodedElements: Gigi, who teaches the Firebrand, wears a red dress; Merri, who teaches the Thunderhand, wears a green dress.
%%* DoubleEntendre: Pretty much all of their dialogue is this.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: They sport exaggeratedly thin waists and large hips.
* MeaningfulName: Merri = '''Mari'''o and Gigi = Lui'''gi''', although the colors are swapped.
* PlayingWithFire: Gigi teaches Firebrand.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Great Firebrand says that the last person before Mario to show up at his temple did so 3000 years ago, implying that the Jellyfish Sisters have to be ''much'' OlderThanTheyLook.
* RecurringElement: They're one of several examples in the game of a sibling pair consisting of a red elder and a green younger.
* ShockAndAwe: Merri teaches Thunderhand.
%%* SiblingTeam

[[folder:Hermie III]]
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A large, speech-impaired, sidestepper-like hermit crab who lives in Gwarhar Lagoon. He finds a piece of the Beanstar after it breaks apart and with help from his Beanish friends uses it as a star for his Christmas-themed shell. He gets into a fight with the Bros when they come to get the Star Piece, but amends are later made when they replace the lost star with Spangle, a small starfish in need of a stage.

* AttentionWhore: His posse are so elated by the Bros.' appearance that they stop decorating his shell and begin gushing. He then loses it and attacks the two.
* CognizantLimbs: His claws can be targeted independently of the rest of him, and he'll counter every attack used against him with his claws if his claws aren't down.
* GiantEnemyCrab: He's a hermit crab big enough that he needs a shell the size of a medium-height tree to live in, and towers over both the brothers and his Beanish pals.
* HolidayMotif: He's a giant hermit crab with a shell designed after a Christmas tree, which he decorates with various found objects in the vein of ornaments. Mario and Luigi fight him to obtain a piece of the Beanstar that he's using as a tree-topper, and after defeating him, the brothers can undertake an optional sidequest to replace it with Spangle, an anthropomorphic starfish. The Christmas theming is more explicit in the Japanese and Chinese versions, where Hermie III is respectively named Yadorufu Sansei (a play on ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'') and Shèngdàn Xiè Sānshì (literally "Christmas Crab III").
* ItsAllAboutMe: He attacks you because you barged in looking for a MacGuffin and happened to be a world-famous superstar, distracting his friends from fussing over him. Fortunately, in an optional sidequest, you can get him a replacement star that has a mutual relationship with him.
* PennyPinchingCrab: He's a gigantic hermit crab obsessed with hoarding trinkets with which to decorate his shell: the crowning piece of his collection is one of the fragments of the Beanstar placed on the top of his shell, which leads to trouble when Mario and Luigi come looking for it. He's also very narcissistic -- his battle is initiated when he gets angry that his companions are paying more attention to the famous brothers than to him and his decorations. He does eventually give up the star fragment, and the bros make peace with him later in the game by offering up Spangle, a starfish musician looking for a stage, as a replacement star.
* PoisonousPerson: Spits poison bubbles as an attack.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: [[https://www.mariowiki.com/File:Tomato_Adventure_Yadotsuri.png Hermie III looks very similar to the Yadotsuri enemies]] from ''VideoGame/TomatoAdventure'', also developed by the same company.
* SpeechImpediment: He speaks with a lisp, using th- instead of s-.
* StoneWall: When he retracts into his shell, he can tank all attacks. Worse, he will heal himself in this phase until Mario hits him with a fire attack.

[[folder:Harhall/Bleetch]]
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A renowned tailor who exhibits a nasty angry side, he has come up with the practice of "Splart" as a complex method of dyeing clothes. When a piece of the Beanstar accidentally ends up in his possession, the Mario Bros. are forced to work for him to obtain it.

* AmbiguouslyGay: He's a flamboyant, somewhat androgynous fashion designer.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take a lot to make him angry. Quitting on him or giving him the wrong design both enrage him, and he's quick to shut the Mario Bros. up when they try to tell him that the item he's offering for their work is a piece of the Beanstar.
* PunnyName: Harhall is a play on Andy Warhol, with "har" going along with the game's laughter-based ThemeNaming.

!!Antagonists
[[folder:Cackletta]]
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[[caption-width-right:325:As Bowletta]]
-> ''"I shall dispose of you quickly, and then eat you for lunch!"''

A WickedWitch who has long bedeviled the Beanbean Kingdom, Cackletta learned that only one with a beautiful voice could use the wish-granting artifact known as the Beanstar...so she and her eccentric henchman, Fawful, turned to the neighboring Mushroom Kingdom to steal the voice of its monarch, Princess Peach. Big mistake--the Mario Bros. were on the case in a heartbeat.

Halfway through the game, Mario & Luigi confront Cackletta and successfully defeat her. She nearly dies from the fight, but Fawful saves her by absorbing her soul with his headgear. Shortly afterward, Fawful projects her soul into an unconscious Bowser's body, reviving her as Bowletta.

* AmbiguousGender: When she possesses Bowser and becomes Bowletta, resulting in PronounTrouble.
* AnimalMotif: Bats. Her cape resembles one, and her clones turn into them if you attack them in her first fight. Interestingly, she isn't the only villain in this series to be associated with bats; see Antasma under ''Dream Team.''
* BadassBoast: When Mario and Luigi corner her in the Woohoo Hooniversity, she makes it clear that she's going to really let the Bros. have it:
--> ''"Ha! Hmmph! Well, won't this be fun! Oh yes! If that's how it is, I'm ready for you! I'm going to knock you all the way back to the Mushroom Kingdom!"''
* BadassCape: She wears a black, spiky one which resembles a bat's wings.
* BatOutOfHell: Attacking one of her [[DoppelgangerAttack copies]] will cause it to turn into a swarm of bats and attack the bros.
* BigBad: She's the main villain of ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]''; she stole Princess Peach's voice (or at least what she ''thought'' was her voice) in order to awaken the Beanstar and take over the Beanbean Kingdom (and later the Mushroom Kingdom).
* BossRemix: Her first battle theme is a remix of her {{leitmotif}} crossed with the "panic" theme, which is also Fawful's theme.
* CognizantLimbs: Cackletta's ghost has four separate targets: her right hand, her left hand, her head, and her heart.
* CombatPragmatist: Despite all the powers Bowser's body grants her, she still has a Time Bob-omb set up off-screen to take down the bros if they manage to wear her down in combat to ensure her victory. She actually gets pretty close to winning this way, knocking the Bros out and swallowing them whole. Just about the only reason she still loses in the end is because they're [[{{Determinator}} The Mario]] [[NoNonsenseNemesis Bros.]]
* CoolChair: She uses a jet-propelled throne as her method of transportation, though once she becomes Bowletta, she ditches it in favor of using Bowser's vehicles instead.
* DarkActionGirl: She may be an old crone, but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty; especially when she becomes Bowletta.
* DeaderThanDead: Initially, she's mortally wounded after her encounter with the Bros. at Woohoo Hooniversity. But after becoming Bowletta, her soul is destroyed from within Bowser's body, ending her for good.
* DeathFromAbove: When Bowletta is low on health, they will start using an attack which causes star-shaped projectiles to rain down. The stars are ColorCodedForYourConvenience - the red ones are aimed at Mario, the green ones are aimed at Luigi, and the purple (yellow in the remake) ones don't hit anyone and are just for show.
* DemonicPossession: Cackletta's body dies about halfway through the game, but her spirit possesses Bowser, creating the mind-scarring...''thing''...that is Bowletta.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: She manages to play this to ''herself'' -- she's fought and defeated in her original body halfway through the game, which you're briefly led to believe is the end, but then she comes back as Bowletta...
* DopplegangerAttack: She can create duplicates of herself to confuse attackers.
* EatingTheEnemy: In the final boss fight, Bowletta pretends to be defeated, only to inhale the Mario Bros. up. Unfortunately, this [[HoistByHisOwnPetard proves their undoing]], as it leads to [[spoiler:a WombLevel where the Bros. can take on Cackletta's Soul and destroy her heart, thus ending Cackletta for good]].
* EvilerThanThou: While she's not the ''first'' Mario villain that would upstage Bowser[[labelnote:*]]that honor goes to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Smithy]][[/labelnote]], Cackletta was the trend-setter, demonstrating levels of cunning and improvisation that Bowser had no chance to match until several games later.
* EvilIsBigger: She's one of if not the tallest of the residents of the Beanbean Kingdom, being at least twice as tall as the Mario Bros. Naturally, she's even larger when she takes over Bowser's body.
* EvilLaugh: "Eeyah ha ha ha!"
* FinalBoss: Of ''Superstar Saga'', as Bowletta (and her spirit).
* ForgottenFallenFriend: She isn't mentioned at all by Fawful in ''Partners in Time'' or ''Bowser's Inside Story''. Justified, given that Fawful expresses a desire to become his own boss when fought for the final time in ''Superstar Saga'', suggesting that he was TheStarscream and would have turned on Bowletta eventually if he wasn't defeated first.
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Bowletta has Cackletta's personality and visuals in Bowser's body]], confusing even other characters.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In ''Minion Quest'', by proxy of being the boss of Fawful, the actual BigBad of this sidequest.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: After the bros. seemingly defeat Bowletta, a Time Bob-Omb walks on screen and instantly [=KOs=] them. Bowletta then swallows them whole, and the bros. are forced to fight Cackletta's ghost inside Bowser's body.
* HPToOne: Mario & Luigi's HitPoints are reduced to one before the final battle with her spirit.
* KilledOffForReal: Mario and Luigi kill her body, and then exorcise her soul inside of Bowser. In a series where DeathIsCheap, she holds the dubious honor of being the first ''Mario'' villain to ever suffer such a fate.
* KingKoopaCopy: {{Invoked|trope}} for Bowletta, because she uses Bowser's body as well as his army, stronghold and vehicles.
* MasterOfDisguise: Her Lady Lima disguise is flawless despite Lady Lima being much smaller than she is. ''Minion Quest'' shows she can pull off a near flawless Bowser disguise in her Bowletta form as well, apart from the "[[EvilLaugh Eeyah ha ha ha!]]"
* MeaningfulName: '''Cackle'''tta. The Beanbean Kingdom values innocent and happy laughter, so what better a name for a villain than one derived from an EvilLaugh?
* NightmareFace: During her first encounter with the Mario Bros. in Woohoo Hooniversity. Also, as Bowletta, her default expression is a nightmarish grin which turns into an expression which gives way to an expression of berserk rage when things don't go her way.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Features heavily in her rather somber {{Leitmotif}}, as well as the battle themes of both Bowletta and her ghost.
* OneWingedAngel: She has both Bowletta (Cackletta possesing Bowser) and her ghost form.
* OrganicBra: When she is Bowletta, she has two large plates on her chest.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The final enemy Mario and Luigi face in ''Superstar Saga'' is Cackletta's ghost, possessing Bowser.
* OutGambitted: Quite possibly the only reason her plans failed was because Peach had been warned well ahead of time that she'd be after her voice for awakening the Beanstar, so she set up a decoy. This is also the case when she (as Bowletta) tries to take Peach and the Beanstar at Jokes End, as Luigi fooled both her and Fawful with his Peach disguise and managed to escape them with the Beanstar.
* PlayingWithFire: She can throw magical fireballs. As Bowletta, she gains Bowser's fire abilities, and her Soul ca use fire to attack.
* PortableHole: In her boss battles, she can create these to make the Mario Bros. fall inside and take damage.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Has one for the Bros. in her final battle.
-->'''Cackletta Soul:''' Are you still conscious? Ugh. You're a persistent pair! Eeyah ha ha ha! I shall dispose of you quickly, and then eat you for lunch!
* PunnyName: In both English and Japanese; in the latter her name is "Geragemōna", "geragera" being an onomatopoeia for laughter. Her localized name refers to cackling, which she does in fact do (being a WickedWitch and all).
* RegalRuff: Wears one that resembles a flower's petals. Although she is not from a noble background, as far as we know, her fancy style of clothing symbolizes her aspirations of taking over a kingdom.
* SequentialBoss: The final battle has two phases. The first phase is the fight with Bowletta. For the second phase, she eats the Mario Bros., and they fight her spirit inside Bowser's belly.
* ShieldedCoreBoss: When fighting her ghost, her CognizantLimbs need to be destroyed in order to expose her heart, which is the main target.
* ShockAndAwe: Her main attack in the first battle is firing magical lightning bolts. Her soul uses an orb of lightning as one of her attacks.
* SlasherSmile: As Bowletta, her default expression is a toothy, demonic grin.
* SoreLoser: She most certainly doesn't take her defeat at the hands of the Mario Bros. well.
* StatusBuff: In her final ghost form, after her heart takes enough damage, her head will start applying Attack Power Buffs to either itself or her arms. The inflated damage numbers can even potentially hit three digits.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: She agrees with Captain Boo and the other Captains, since Mario and Luigi are on their way to fight both Fawful and her right now while the Captains have them dead to rights, though Fawful prepared for the Captains by opening a trap door beneath them.
-->'''Bowletta:''' My, my, what a pickle this is. And I DESPISE pickles.
* SummonMagic: Her spirit is capable of summoning an apparition that resembles Fawful, which will continuously attack the Mario Bros. until they hit it with their hammer.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Or at least two kingdoms. She was probably planning on expanding, eventually.
* TurnsRed: Two examples (''three'' in the remake):
** Once Cackletta becomes low on health, she will reuse the black hole attack she uses at the start of the battle. Also, she'll be making that NightmareFace ''constantly''. This is kept in the remake, though she also starts glowing and fuming as with every other boss.
** When Bowletta is low on health, it will change its color palette to mostly black. In this state, Bowletta cannot be jumped on, and they get a new attack where they cause a bunch of stars to fall on the bros. This is kept in the remake, though Bowletta starts glowing as above.
** Exclusive to the remake, Cackletta Soul will literally turn red after its health is depleted enough.
* TheUnfought: Despite appearing a few times in ''Minion Quest'', the four Captains never get to fight her.
* VacuumMouth: Using Bowser's body, she does this to Mario and Luigi after the first phase of the final battle, leading to them fighting her soul.
* VoicesAreMental: Implied for the original, as Bowletta is technically Cackletta using Bowser's body, and speaks with the former's voice. This was both implied and averted in the remake's overworld where Cackletta's regular voice is used and the Bowletta boss fight where Bowser's voice is used instead.
* WalkingSpoiler: Not so much Cackletta on her own as Bowletta, the form she takes midway through the game upon being killed and then possessing Bowser.
* WickedWitch: Just look at her. She's even got the cackle down.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Even when her plans are thwarted, she comes up with a backup. After being tricked into stealing a fake Princess Peach's voice, she kidnaps Peach and demands the Mario Bros. reassemble the shattered Beanstar and bring it to her in exchange for Peach's safety. When ''that'' fails, she takes over Bowser's Castle and uses it to rain destruction on Beanbean Castle Town from the sky, forcing the Mario Bros. to fly up and storm the castle to get to her. Lady Lima describes it as the heroes having "played their hand out, only to find the game's not over".

[[folder:Fawful]]
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->''"I have fury!!!"''

A crazed inventor who constantly spouts strange similes and garbled English, he first appeared as Cackletta's right-hand man, aiding her in her schemes. He was seemingly killed near the end of ''Superstar Saga'', but in fact survived, laying low in the sewers of Peach's Castle, running a badge shop while plotting his return to glory. He carried out these plans in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', returning as the main antagonist, causing the Blorb outbreak, and taking control of both Bowser's and Peach's castles, as well as unearthing an ancient evil in order to use its power for his own ends. Of course, in taking Bowser's Castle, he angered the Koopa King; a mistake that ultimately led to his downfall.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: During the fight with the Dark Star Core, Fawful will shroud the area in darkness then chase Mario and Luigi while the Dark Star Core flings itself at Mario or Luigi.
* BadassBookworm: A skilled inventor, a competent schemer, and more than capable of handling himself in a fight if he has to.
%%* BadassCape
* BaldOfEvil: As the picture shows, he's completely bald save the little wisp of hair on his head.
* BenevolentBoss: He is kind and respectful to Midbus and gets complete loyalty in return. His benevolence towards Midbus is one of his very few, if not only, redeeming qualities.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's very entreatingly nuts, but also a dangerous and cunning villain.
* BigBad:
** He ascends to this position in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', stepping up from being an earlier villain's second-in-command to the main antagonist and mover of the plot.
** He's also the villain of ''VideoGame/MinionQuest'' in the remake of the first game. He still works for Cackletta, but she isn't fought and isn't even much of a factor, with Fawful instead being responsible for much of the plot.
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'' he, the GadgeteerGenius, serves as the BigBad and Bowser, the DumbMuscle, serves as the VillainProtagonist.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He brainwashes much of Bowser's army in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. The remake of ''Superstar Saga'' shows that this isn't the first time he's done this.
* BreakoutVillain: He goes from a right-hand man to the main villain of the first game, and a sewer hermit in the second, to being the third game's main antagonist himself.
%%* CastingAShadow: After absorbing the Dark Star's energy.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "I have fury!" In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he instead favors the variation "I have chortles!"
* CatchphraseInsult: In ''Superstar Saga'', he has the tendency to call people "fink-rats". He only does it once in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* CheshireCatGrin: His default expression is a wide, ear-to-ear and very toothy grin. This can turn into unsettling {{Slasher Smile}}s near the end of the game, especially as he tries to take out Mario and Luigi as he dies.
* TheChessmaster: He masterminds the plot of ''Bowser's Inside Story'', by selling Blorb Mushrooms to the Toads of the Mushroom Kingdom and the Goombas of the Koopa Kingdom, resulting in the Blorbs epidemic, while making sure Bowser isn't invited to the meeting, causing him to storm out of his castle so he could take it over later.
* ClassicVillain: He represents Ambition, Pride and Wrath. At the end of ''Superstar Saga'', Fawful realize he could be much more than a mere "toady" of Cackletta, a glimmer of ambition that paved the way for his eventual ascension to the role of main villain in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. Once he achieved this, he wasted no time in demonstrating of much of a narcissist freak he is, from creating a army of minions that bear his likeness, transforming Bowser's Castle into a theater dedicated to himself and brainwashing the koopa king's subjects into his rabid fans that worship he ground he hovers on to even slapping his swirly glasses and toothy grin on every statue he found at Peach's Castle. As for wrath... His catchphrase in the first game ''is'' "I have Fury". At some point, Fawful even laments that as much as he tries to suppress his fury, the fury always has him.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His odd speech comes off as this. Several characters openly state how weird he is based on how he talks alone.
--> "And this battle will be the delicious mustard on that bread! The mustard of your doom!"
* CrazyPrepared: Had a trap door ready in case Captain Goomba saw through Cackletta's "unpossessed" Bowser disguise.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Fawful has a high-pitched, childlike voice, and ''Bowser's Inside Story'' adds [[VoiceOfTheLegion a reverb effect]] that makes him sound quite a bit more unsettling.
%%* DarkIsEvil: As Dark Fawful.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Partners in Time'', his role is reduced to being a shopkeeper. He does foreshadow his role as a BigBad in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', however.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He has a tendency to repeat himself when he talks, restating a basic idea in various different wordings in short succession.
-->'''Fawful:''' But now it is the time for the final act in the finale's closing last encore!
* DisneyVillainDeath: He gets sent flying in ''Superstar Saga''. The Mario Bros. should have made sure he was dead.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: His iconic "the mustard of your doom" line in ''Superstar Saga''.
* TheDragon: In ''Superstar Saga'', he's Cackletta right-hand man and the main agent sent to deal with the Mario Bros. for most of the game.
* DragonAscendant: He starts out as Cackletta's main minion, but later becomes the BigBad of ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* DragonInChief: Not quite in the original, where he's just a particularly noisy-but-loyal henchman to Cackletta, his last words notwithstanding. His final speech in both versions has him realize this, and he is the one who resurrects her in both versions as Bowletta. But in the 3DS remake, it's more obvious than ever that Cackletta needs him a lot more than the other way around. In the final boss fight of the Minions' sidestory he defies a direct order from Cackletta to take down the Minions once and for all. Instead, he fights the minions with an army of mechs made in his own image, and outright tells her to her face that he's busy with scheming.
* DualBoss: In the final battle of ''Bowser's Inside Story'', the Dark Fawful Bug and the Dark Star Core team up to attack in their phase of the fight. Once Fawful's legs are taken out, he is rendered immobile until the cycle repeats.
* EmergencyTransformation: After being beaten by Bowser, Fawful transforms...into a small insectoid blob of dark energy.
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: That grin of his remains gleamy white no matter what he goes through.
* EvilGenius: He's an evil scientist working for Cackletta and is the mind behind all the gadgets used in the game. And he continues using these tools in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* EvilIsHammy: He goes off the walls with his speech, especially when talking about how he's going to defeat the Mario Bros. or Bowser.
* EvilTastesGood: He's quite fond of food-related metaphors, especially in ''Superstar Saga''.
--> ''Princess Peach's sweet voice will soon be the bread that makes the sandwich of Cackletta's desires! And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom The mustard of your doom]]!''
* FinalBoss:
** Of ''Bowser's Inside Story'', fused with the Dark Star as the Dark Star Core. He shares this duty with Dark Bowser, but in order to make Bowser able to defeat him, Mario and Luigi must defeat the Core first.
** Of ''VideoGame/MinionQuest'', first fought in a long, yet standard battle in his main form and then fought with his robot army in his second form.
* FinalExamBoss: In ''Minion Quest'', the final battle with him is a six-part fight in which he switches between Melee, Flying, and Ranged patterns.
* {{Foil}}: To Bowser. Bowser is strong but doesn't act super smart most of the time though he has his moments of massive brilliance, whereas Fawful is smart but physically weak and relies on his equipment and outside factors to fight his battles. Bowser rules his minions through a combination of fear and respect with his charisma whereas Fawful brainwashes everyone into worshipping him.
* FloweryInsults: He's a master of this. A noteworthy example just before engaging Mario and Luigi at the end of ''Superstar Saga'': "Your lives that I spit on are now but a caricature of a cartoon drawn by a kid who is stupid!"
* ForTheEvulz: While Fawful ''does'' have a plan, very few of his projects involve it at all. The only apparent motive for 80% of his actions appear to be for sheer fun.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A crazed villain with thick swirly spectacles.
* GadgeteerGenius: On top of his magic powers, he invents many quirky machines, such as the Peach-bots and Vacuum Helmet. He even turns ''Peach's Castle'' into a HumongousMecha near the end of the game.
* GambitRoulette: Fawful, predictably, slips into this territory. For instance, getting Toads infected with the Blorbs seems to have no other purpose than to draw Bowser out of his castle in concern for "his" kingdom and get beaten up by Mario, then smacked into the forest where he'd accept the mushroom from Fawful in desperation for a means to beat Mario. [[KansasCityShuffle The Blorbs have the added effect of keeping everyone busy with the epidemic and off his tail]], effectively making his work invisible until it was too late. The remake even reveals the reason he drew Bowser out of his castle in the first place was because he got some Goombas infected with the Blorbs as well.
* GigglingVillain: "I HAVE CHORTLES!"
* GodhoodSeeker: His ultimate goal in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' was to absorb the power of the Dark Star and take over the Mushroom Kingdom.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Bowser Jr.'s Journey''. The Best Fitness Friends are taking orders from Fawful.
* HatOfPower: His Vacuum Helmet in ''Superstar Saga'' and ''Bowser's Inside Story'', which helps him fly and fight.
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: Fawful's most defining trait.
* IShallTauntYou: Loves to excessively taunt and ridicule his enemies, almost to the point of [[{{Troll}} trolling]] them. His constant target is Bowser, who he goes out of his way to anger.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Showed shades of this in ''Superstar Saga''. He had a literal camera crew during the cutscene before his final battle. ''Bowser's Inside Story'' has him Bowser's castle into Fawful Theater, complete with statues and merchandise of him, a show about him that he would perform, and brainwashing Bowser's minions into treating him like a celebrity. And his speech at the end of ''Inside Story'' can be summed up as "It wasn't my fault. I did everything right! It was you Mario Bros. who ruined everything! And if I'm going down, I'm TakingYouWithMe!"
* KilledOffForReal: He dies at the end of ''Bowser's Inside Story'' and makes no appearance in later games. He's notably the only character in the ''entire franchise'' to appear in multiple games before being killed permanently, without even so much as coming back as a ghost.
* LargeHam: His laughs are very loud even compared to those of his master Cackletta and he tends to spout hammy and cheesy lines wherever he goes, and this is taken up a notch in "Bowser's Inside Story".
* LaughablyEvil: His bizarre speech patterns, nonsensical metaphors, and zany actions are amusing, and yet he managed to unleash an EldritchAbomination upon the Mushroom Kingdom all while remaining as hilarious as always.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: "I have ____!", typically filled with "fury!" but substitutable for whatever emotion he's feeling at the moment. This is used the most in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* MadScientist: He's a brilliant inventor despite being a complete nut.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: During the fight with Dark Bowser, Fawful can revive Dark Bowser when his health is depleted and double his normal size. And when he fights the Mario Bros., he grows to a towering insect monster.
* MalevolentMugshot: Good God! The guy has statues of himself ''everywhere'' in Bowser and Peach's castle. In the remake, even in Bowser's insides.
* MeaningfulName: His name is derived from the words "guffaw" and "awful". His Japanese name "Gerakobits", just like his boss's, comes from "geragera", an onomatopoeia for laughter.
* TheNapoleon: After his ascension to main villain status he's far shorter than all his minions and has a massive ego in spite of his stature.
* {{Narcissist}}: Bar none the most narcissistic villain in the Mario series.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: His Vacuum Helmet in ''Superstar Saga'' and his RayGun in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', both of which do whatever the plot needs him to do.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Giving Bowser the Vacuum Shroom would prove to be a fatal mistake, as Bowser eventually learns how to control it and turns it against him in the FinalBattle.
** On a smaller scale, by turning Midbus into Blizzard Midbus, he unintentionally provides the means for Mario and Luigi to traverse the Airway and chase the Dark Star when Blizzard Midbus is defeated by Bowser and transformed into an ice block.
* NobleDemon: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', when Bowser arrives just as they are attempting to break the seal on the Dark Star, Midbus prepares to fight him. Fawful is uneasy about it at first and decides to fight alongside him. But he then changes his mind out of respect for Midbus's pride and instead powers him up with his ray gun to give him an edge.
* NoNameGiven: In the Spanish version of ''Superstar Saga'', he's merely known as Esbirro Jijí, "Cackletta's Minion".
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His defeat in ''Superstar Saga'' reduced him to a lowly shopkeeper with delusions of grandeur and plans for revenge. ''Bowser's Inside Story'' sees him carrying out those plans and his rise to the BigBad of the game, and the fruit of his planning lets him successfully decommission the Bros, Princess and and Bowser in one fell swoop, overthrow both royal leaders' castles, and brainwash creatures around the kingdom into his minions within what was likely about a ''single day''.
* OneWingedAngel: An accidental one. See EmergencyTransformation for details.
* OpaqueLenses: With swirls on them. Fitting, given what a nutjob he is.
* PerpetualSmiler: He almost always has a huge grin on his face, regardless of his emotions.
* PreFinalBoss:
** In ''Superstar Saga'', Fawful is the last thing standing in between the Mario Bros. and Bowletta.
** Dark Fawful in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. An incomplete Dark Bowser absorbs him after he's defeated, regaining the power Fawful drained from it so it can become the final boss.
* PsychopathicManchild: The "child" part really shines in his voice clips.
-->'''Fawful:''' YAY!
* RayGun: Has one in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', which can be used for a [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands variety of purposes]].
* RecurringBoss: Fought twice in ''Superstar Saga'', ''Minion Quest'' and ''Bowser's Inside Story'' for a total of six unique fights in the series, a number beaten only by Popple's seven and Bowser's thirteen.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he wears a black jumpsuit with a red cape.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: After absorbing the Dark Star's power, his glasses turn red.
* RedOniBlueOni: Serves as the red to Cackletta's blue and conversely, the blue to Bowser and Midbus' red.
* ShieldedCoreBoss: The second time he's fought in ''Superstar Saga'', he sits inside a mechanical head. In order to get to the man himself, the Bros. have to overheat it by attacking it, which makes Fawful come out.
* ShockAndAwe: His antenna in ''Superstar Saga'' can fire electric bolts.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he's switched from his old tattered cape to a new gold-trimmed one, signifying that he's now an [[DragonAscendant independent villain]].
* SlasherSmile: His default expression. It gets even wider as he's about to try and take down the Mario Bros. with him.
* SquishyWizard: He struggles to carry Princess Peach after removing her from Bowser's body.
* TheStarscream: Subverted near the end of ''Superstar Saga'', when he considers being his own boss for a change instead of merely a henchman. He ends up being defeated before he can pursue the issue any further, [[DragonAscendant but ultimately gets his wish anyway]].
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: He tends to phrase things as "I have (some emotion)" rather than just saying "I'm mad" like most sane people do.
* SuddenNameChange: Twice, in fact! In the Spanish translation, he goes from [[NoNameGiven Esbirro Jijí]] in ''Superstar Saga'', to Fawful in ''Partners in Time'', and finally Gracóvitz (a transliteration of his Japanese name) in ''Bowser's Inside Story''.
* SupremeChef: He cooks gourmet food as a hobby and even Bowser admits that Fawful's cooking is amazing. Unfortunately, it really bites Bowser in the tail when his brainwashed minions repeatedly stuff him with it until he gets so fat, he breaks through the floor and gets stuck.
* TakingYouWithMe: He tries to take the Mario Bros. down with himself at the end of ''Bowser's Inside Story'' as his final attempt to defeat them, but ultimately fails. This just causes Bowser to throw up everyone inside of him.
* TalksLikeASimile: Likes to liberally sprinkle his speech with similes. Really weird ones, too.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Most of his "I have ____!" quotes are this, as he loudly proclaims what mood he's feeling at the moment.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Bowser's Inside Story.'' Watching him go from TheDragon to BigBad is a sight to behold.
* UnEvilLaugh: He has a goofy, high-pitched laugh, in contrast to Cackletta's witch-like cackle.
* VerbalTic: In the Japanese version (where he was known as Gerakobits), Fawful punctuated his sentences with "~Fururururu!". This was [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny changed drastically]] in the localization. The French localization keeps the tic in the form of an EvilLaugh that goes "Fuyuyuyuyuyuyu!".
* VileVillainLaughableLackey: He's is Cackletta's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Superstar Saga'', and his [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny strange way of talking]] is played for laughs.
* VillainSong: Parodied in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', where he tries to sing one but can't come up with rhymes. Although he does a better job of it in ''Minion Quest''.
-->'''Fawful:''' Fawful sings a song of bad! Mushroom Kingdom is so sad! All of it for Fawful and the...rhyme...with that.
* WarmUpBoss: He's the first boss battle in ''Superstar Saga'', and is mainly there to introduce the boss battle system and the concept of enemies telegraphing their attacks to distinguish which brother they are attacking.
* WeakButSkilled: In terms of physical prowess, Fawful is sorely lacking; even carrying someone as dainty as Princess Peach is a huge burden for him. But he's a very skilled GadgeteerGenius and a [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] with a gift for improvisation.

[[folder:Popple]]
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->''"I'll be taking that, see?"''

A Beanish criminal and self proclaimed Shadow Thief who encounters the brothers several times. He has [[LoneWolfBoss no ties to the main villains]], but becomes a nuisance with the help of his incredibly dangerous sidekicks and propensity for stealing plot-important items.

* BashBrothers: The only bosses that have their own Bros. Attacks are himself and Bowser.
* BattleCouple: According to Birdo at least; Popple had his objections.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' trying to rob the denizens of Pi'illo island.
* ButtMonkey: He doesn't get a piece of loot for his efforts, suffering even at the hands of his Rookies. Even his Bros. Moves always involve him getting harmed in some extraordinary fashion.
* CaptainOblivious: He makes enemies of two famous heroes and enlisted a king as a lackey, and still has no idea. Lampshaded when Captains Goomba, Shy Guy, Boo, and Koopa Troopa try to ask him about Bowser's whereabouts.
-->'''Popple:''' Who's this "Lord Bowser" anyhow? Ya mean that big lunk, Rookie?
* {{Catchphrase}}: "I'll be taking that, see?" and "Boo, I say!"
* CombinationAttack: With his "Bros. Moves". He also tends to be on the short end of them too.
* CowardlyBoss: In all of his DualBoss battles, once his "rookie" is defeated, he's quick to turn tail and flee. In the remake, he drops the Popple Badge A (in his second battle) and the Popple Badge AA (in his fourth battle) if defeated, which is the only way to obtain them.
* CrashIntoHello: His first appearance in ''Dream Team'' has the Mario Bros. (specifically Luigi) running into him as he exits a house in Wakeport. The crash resulted in Popple dropping a few Pi'illo trinkets.
* DemotedToExtra: While he made a few major contributions to the plot in ''Superstar Saga'', he has very little importance in ''Dream Team.''
* DirtyCoward:
** Runs as soon as his partner falls, aside from a rare moment of VillainousValour.
** In ''Dream Team'', he attacks Mario and Luigi immediately after Wiggler is beaten just because he wants all of the treasure for himself.
* DiscardAndDraw: In the Teehee Valley battle, he's a bit weaker than the last time the Mario Bros. fought him, but now has Birdo backing him up.
* DragonInChief: Inverted. He has a bad habit of hiring "rookies" that are way more dangerous than he is. Taken to its logical extreme when he makes the Mario Bros. ''themselves'' his rookies in ''Dream Team''.
* DualBoss: Most of the battles with him are fought alongside whoever his current "rookie" is. The only exception is the third battle; he fights solo since, at the time, he didn't have a rookie.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Willing to move the Beanstar out of harm's way and bow to Mario before battle.
* LaughablyEvil: His sheer ineptitude and [[KarmicButtMonkey tendency to suffer from slapstick]] make for a regular source of laughs whenever he appears.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Despite all his earnest attempts, he never manages to pull off a single successful robbery. Of course, the fact that he's a {{Jerkass}} [[DownplayedTrope keeps him from being]] ''[[DownplayedTrope too]]'' [[DownplayedTrope sympathetic]].
* {{Irony}}: After beating him for the final time in ''Superstar Saga'', he can be seen working a job polishing mushrooms in Little Fungitown. His Toad boss calls him "Rookie."
* {{Jerkass}}: He was never nice, even to his own rookie(s).
* KarmicButtMonkey: The terrible way he treats his "rookies" makes the misfortune he suffers throughout his screentime and his failure to collect any loot well-deserved.
%%* LetMeGetThisStraight:
* LoneWolfBoss: He isn't affiliated with the main antagonist of either of the two games that he appears in, he just wants to steal treasure.
* TheMillstone: When he's "on your side" in ''Dream Team''. He not only provokes a completely unnecessary boss fight with a friendly Wiggler, all his actions ''in'' the fight only make the Wiggler madder.
* NeverMyFault: Possibly the only person who has placed blame on Bowser and got away with it. Birdo didn't take it kindly.
* RecurringBoss: Fought four times in ''Superstar Saga'' and twice in ''VideoGame/MinionQuest''. With those and the fight in ''Dream Team'', he is fought seven times, more than any other boss in the series except for Bowser, who is a boss in some way for thirteen unique fights as of ''Paper Jam''.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He declares he had enough of Pi'illo Island while being chased by the Wiggler he forced the Mario Bros. to fight.
* SlasherSmile: His default expression. It turns into a slasher scowl when he's angry.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He fancies himself as a master thief, but all of his heists throughout the game end in total failure. It's even more apparent in ''Dream Team'', where he brags about being able to take down a huge Wiggler himself... only for his "attacks" to do nothing but aggravate it even more.
* ThiefBag: Carries one. In battle he uses it to throw random stuff at Mario and Luigi.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was never kind to his rookies, but as of ''Dream Team'' he puts them in harm's way to save his skin, then betrays them when the opportunity strikes. Of course, since this time his "rookies" are the Mario Bros. [[BullyingADragon it doesn't end well for him]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Inspires this from his Rookies, both become furious if he's attacked. [[BadBoss One has to wonder why, though.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Inadvertently set the second half of ''Superstar Saga'' into motion by trying to claim the Beanstar.
* VerbalTic: Tends to punctuate his sentences by saying "see," see?
* VideoGameStealing: Capable of stealing the hammers out of the Bros.' hands.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: His attacks are limited to tackling, stealing, and throwing loot. Dangerous enough against the Mario Bros., but completely useless against a Wiggler.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: He's a very sneaky jackass of a thief, with the yellow eyes to match.

[[folder:Tolstar]]
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A Spike who rules over the Stardust Fields, the border between the two kingdoms. After Bowser's Koopa Cruiser is brought down by Fawful, The Koopa King lands in one of Tolstar's cannons. He asks for a bribe in return for not telling anyone about the incident, but since the Mushroom Kingdom's currency exchange rate is low, the Bros. have to scour the Fields to scrounge up enough money.

* ArcVillain: He keeps Mario and Luigi from exiting Stardust Fields, indirectly causes Bowser's amnesia (Although in ''Minion Quest'' it wasn't even strong enough since Bowser was just sent flying and is knocked out but still had his memory), and vouches for the Bros. to the Beanbean soldiers, then is not heard from for the rest of the game.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: He claims to be the king of Stardust Fields, but has no legal authority and no subjects and is opposed by the Starshade Bros.
* CashGate: He demands a hundred Beanbean coins before he lets you pass (the 100+ Mushroom coins you have by that point come out to only ten due to the exchange rate between the two kingdoms).
* ComicalAngryFace: When angry, he puffs out his cheeks and his eyes go blank.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: To an extent. After he's defeated, he reappears when the Brothers are cornered and accused by a group of Beanbean guards, vouching for your innocence.
* EvilLaugh: "Nyeck nyeeck nyeeeeck!" Not only is he one of few characters to have a distinct laugh, it's also an attack indicator.
* ExactWords: He said he wouldn't tell anyone about Bowser's predicament if he got 100 coins. He never said he'd let the Bros. pass.
* FatBastard: He mocks Bowser for getting stuck in his cannon and refuses to help him out unless the Mario Bros. pay him 100 Beanbean coins. Even after the bros. ''do'' give him the coins, he double-crosses them and attacks them.
* {{Flight}}: He is somehow capable of this despite the fact that his wings look ''way'' too small to lift him.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. After being beaten by the Mario Bros., he shows up later to vouch for the Bros. to the Beanbean soldiers to help let them through, despite not appearing to have any motivation for this.
* SlasherSmile: He gets a particularly good one whenever he laughs, complete with blank happy eyes.
* SpikeBallsOfDoom: He attacks by throwing spiked balls at Mario or Luigi.
* StarterVillain: The first real threat that the Mario Bros. face in the game, and his defeat allows the Mario Bros. to properly get into the Beanbean Kingdom at last.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He is heavily based on Spikes from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', given his appearance and his attacking method of throwing spiked balls.
* VocalDissonance: His speech sound effect is the one used for younger or high-pitched characters rather than the deep and crackly sound you'd expect from someone as fat and brutish as him.
* WarmUpBoss: He's the first boss in the game who isn't a tutorial boss, and the first one to have boss music.

[[folder:Chuckolator]]
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A special reserve of Chuckola Cola created by Bubbles to protect his Chuckola Reserve. When the Bros. come looking for some of the soda, Chuckolator comes to life and attacks.

* AnimateInanimateObject: It's an animated barrel of soda created from infamous jokes and puns. It turns back into regular soda once defeated.
* BrokenArmorBossBattle: Chuckolator begins its battle wielding a wooden shield made from its barrel, which prevents the Bros. from being able to attack it with hammer-based moves; it can still be hit by jumps, but doesn't take much damage from them. Breaking the shield is necessary to defeat it in good time, but doing so allows it to attack more often as well.
* FoodEatsYou: It's a monster made of soda that fights the Bros. in Chucklehuck Woods.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: It's a barrel's worth of living soda that grows stronger by hearing puns and jokes.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: It can freely turn its arms into a gun or a sword when attacking, and these serve as its primary weapons in its battle.

[[folder:Mom Piranha]]
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[[caption-width-right:193:Mom Piranha's two in-battle forms.]]

A large Piranha Plant that takes root in the Beanbean International Airport, preventing planes from landing or taking off until the Bros. deal with it.

* BarrierChangeBoss: Her elemental weakness changes depending on her color -- she vulnerable to lightning if she's red, and to fire if she's blue.
* CombatTentacles: One of her attacks consists of sweeping her tentacle-like vines to damage the Bros.
* ElementalAbsorption: She alternates between fire-resistant and electricity-resistant forms, and is healed if hit by the element she's resistant to.
* FlunkyBoss: She fights alongside respawning piranha plants that form a barrier between her and the Bros.
* ManEatingPlant: She's a large, aggressive and semi-mobile plant whose form is dominated by a large bulb split by a mouth filled with sharp fangs.
* VineTentacles: She has a pair of green, tentacle-like vegetable growths growing from her base.

[[folder:Trunkle]]
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A giant boulder that attacks the princess as she approaches the elevator leading to Little Fungitown.

* AdaptationalBadass: The remake makes its fight more complex while making it much more difficult than in the original to end the fight in one turn.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tree on its head, as using several Bros. attacks on it can take it out before it is able to divide.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere / PlotIrrelevantVillain: While all of the bosses have some plot relevance or foreshadowing, Trunkle attacks out of nowhere and has no extra appearances after his fight.
* OutsideTheBoxTactic: It dies to one or two hits of the Chopper Bros. attack to the forehead.
* RockMonster: It resembles a giant living boulder, and most of its body is highly resistant to damage.
* SelfDuplication: When Trunkle starts running out of health, it'll create four copies of itself, one of which has his weak point inside. It'll then shuffle it around so that Mario and Luigi will have a harder time figuring it out.

[[folder:Jojora]]
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A fairy-like child found in [[IcePalace Joke's End]]. She harasses the Mario Bros. throughout the place, culminating in a battle with her and a friend of hers.

* AnIcePerson: She can freeze the Bros, or unleash a blizzard in the middle of battle.
* ArcVillain: She gets in your way for the majority of Joke's End.
* ArmoredButFrail: Her defense is ''massive''. Anything that isn't an ArmorPiercingAttack or SpamAttack will deal 1 point of damage. However, her HP total is low, so the aforementioned attacks will take her out in a few turns. This is toned down in the remake, where her defense was greatly lowered but her HP is ten times higher, being 500 instead of 50, and she sports resistances to everything except fire.
* BarrierChangeBoss: Not Jojora herself, but her friend periodically changes hair colors, also changing her elemental weakness -- blonde for Firebrand and pink for Thunderhand. Hitting her with the wrong one heals her.
* CowardlyBoss: Counter her staff attack and she'll leave the battle for a few turns.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Before the battle starts, you can choose one of four friends -- Chucklissa, Oholina, Hoohoolia, and Teeheena -- to appear alongside Jojora, but there is no difference whatsoever in appearance, stats or behavior between the four choices.
* DualBoss: She's fought alongside her friend.
* ElementalAbsorption: Jojora's friend alternates between fire-resistant and electricity-resistant forms, and is healed if hit by the element she's resistant to.
* TheFairFolk: She has shades of this, being a mischievous fairy girl living in an inhospitable and dangerous land with very warped ideas of playtime.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* GlacierWaif: You wouldn't expect the dainty fairy girl to only take only one damage from every attack.%%{{Averted|trope}} in the remake.%%Averted how?
* HelloInsertNameHere: She's a rare villainous example: She gives the Bros. the choice of which of her friends to invite -- Chucklissa, Oholina, Hoohoolia, or Teeheena -- but they're all the same appearance and stat-wise, so it's really just a matter of which name you want her friend to have.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Jojora is the buddy of the cousin of the descendant of the one who once owned Joke's End.
* MagicWand: Her weapon. Knocking it away causes her to flee the battle temporarily in order to retrieve it.
* PsychopathicManchild: She considers dragging the Mario Bros. through the inhospitable Joke's End and inviting her friend to pulverize them a game, and throws a tantrum upon losing.
* SkippableBoss: Beating Jojora is optional. If you defeat her friend first, she'll throw a fit and leave. In the remake, she drops the Revenge Jeans if defeated, which is the only way to obtain them.
* SupportPartyMember: Jojora's friend is the real boss, but while Jojora herself is on the field, she will counter any attack done to the friend. This counter-attack is not only very difficult to avoid, but heals both herself and the friend.

!''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]''

!![=NPCs=]
[[folder:Stuffwell]]
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A living mechanical suitcase created by Professor E. Gadd to help Mario and Luigi on their quest and to hold all their items.

* ArmlessBiped: He's basically a suitcase with legs and a face.
* BagOfHolding: He can hold an absurd amount of materials. Made most apparent with the Cobalt Star, which has a graphical field sprite even bigger than his despite it being stored within him for most of the game.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: At one point in ''Paper Jam'' Starlow uses his "BACK TO ADVENTURE!" phrase, complete with shouting it right as a cutscene ends and control is returned the player.
%%* BlackBeadEyes
* {{Catchphrase}}: "BACK TO ADVENTURE!"
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Went MIA after Starlow took over as the ExpositionFairy.
* ExpositionFairy: Specifically designed as such by Professor E. Gadd.
* [[{{UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns}} Japanese Pronouns]]: Uses the [[{{Keigo}} ridiculously-polite]] "watakushi" in the Japanese version of the game.
* {{Keigo}}: Uses polite diction and the pronoun "watakushi" in the Japanese script. This, combined with some of the unusual sentence structures Stuffwell uses, has the effect of making him come across as a detached observer who describes things the way an encyclopedia might, often to amusingly over-the-top and whimsical effect - something that was preserved in the English localization in the form of Stuffwell's SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
* {{Neologism}}: His main speech quirk is a tendency to take at least two words, either of which would be appropriate for a certain context, and then combine them into some new word.
* PointOfNoReturn: Subverted thanks to him. During the endgame, he warns you that it's the point of no return, but at any save point thereafter, he gives you the option of going back in time to before you passed the point, giving you the option to go and get better prepared.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Prone to this. He'll even go as far as to [[PerfectlyCromulentWord make up words that sound complex]] [[BuffySpeak but are merely extensions of simpler words]].
* SuperCellReception: Is capable of communicating with E. Gadd while in the past.
* WaddlingHead: Inasmuch as his body can be considered a "head."

[[folder:Kylie Koopa]]
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A friendly, spunky Koopa Troopa who the Mario Bros. first meet as a reporter for the Koopa Kronicle covering the ongoing Shroob Invasion while also helping the plumbers in their fight against the invaders. She returns in ''Dream Team'' as a tourist guide writer who tasks the Bros. with retrieving pictures from the Camera Blocks she scattered across Pi'illo Island.

* ActionGirl: She's definitely not afraid of throwing herself into the fray to earn herself some scoops.
* BigDamnHeroes: She saves the Mario Bros. from Princess Shroob and her underlings by disguising herself as one of them and blasting every other Shroob in the room with one of their own {{Ray Gun}}s.
%%* BrooklynRage
* TheBusCameBack: She returns in ''Dream Team'' after a seven-year absence.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: She disguised herself as a Shroob so she could infiltrate the Shroob Mother Ship and rescue the Mario Bros.
* IntrepidReporter: She cheerfully treks across the Mushroom Kingdom recording every possible scoop concerning the AlienInvasion.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: She got turned into a Shroob mushroom by the Elder Shrooboid before she could reveal the true nature of the Cobalt Star.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She doesn't appear to have aged a day between ''Partners in Time'' and ''Dream Team'' despite at least a 30 year time gap. Justified since she's a Koopa, which are turtles.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her shell, shoes, bows, and eyeshadow are all pink.
* SeenItAll: Upon meeting her again in ''Dream Team'', Mario and Luigi try to remind her of her helping them during the Shroob invasion when she was a reporter, only for her to state that she's had too many jobs to remember that one in particular. That's right, her life has been ''so'' eventful that witnessing the near-destruction of the Mushroom Kingdom by alien invaders and getting turned into a mushroom were all ''comparatively unmemorable''.
* SpeciesSurname: Kylie ''Koopa''.
* SwallowedWhole: By Petey Piranha.
* TagalongReporter: She follows the Mario Bros. around knowing that they're Shroob magnets.

[[folder:Toadiko]]
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A female Toad who accompanied Princess Peach and Toadbert in Professor Gadd's time machine. She was promptly captured by the Shroobs to have her vim extracted. She is found being drained by a tree in Toadwood Forest, where she tell the Mario Bros. about the Vim Factory before being turned into a Shroob Mushroom.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Not seen in the sequel.
* ForcedTransformation: She spends most of the game [[AndIMustScream Shroobified]].
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The pink to Toadbert's blue.
* SacrificialLamb: Her character exists almost entirely to establish how evil the Shroobs are and how their actions will affect everyone if they are not defeated quickly. Even though she recovers later.

[[folder:Toadbert]]
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A spectacled Toad who accompanied Princess Peach and Toadiko in Professor Gadd's time machine. He escapes the Shroobs but loses his memory. He is later found inside Yoob's gut on Yoshi's Island, where he shows the Mario Bros. a sketch of his he was able to draw before his amnesia. He reappears in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' as one of the Toads who got inhaled by Bowser.

* AmnesiaDanger: His amnesia keeps him from telling the Mario Bros. of the important info about the sketch that has him so spooked. He gets Shroobified ''right after'' regaining his memories, only able to tell the Bros. to clean off the image but without being able to explain the full significance of it.
* DemotedToExtra: He's not nearly as important to the plot in ''Bowser's Inside Story'' as he was in ''Partners In Time''.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: He got Shroobified by the Elder Shrooboid before he could reveal the true nature of the Cobalt Star.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The blue to Toadiko's pink.
* VerbalTic: He certainly has one, by boogity!

[[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Thwomp]]
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[[caption-width-right:180:Mr. Thwomp (left) and Mrs. Thwomp (right)]]

A Thwomp couple who have traveled to Thwomp Volcano to witness its yearly eruption; when they find the Mario Bros. are more or less responsible for the volcano being quenched, Mrs. Thwomp gets mad and attacks them. Once she calms down, Mr. Thwomp helps them into Thwomp Caverns by acting as an elevator. While Mr. Thwomp looks just like a regular Thwomp, Mrs. Thwomp looks like a round boulder with arms.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Mrs. Thwomp is one of the few female Thwomps anywhere in the franchise.

[[folder:Gramma Red and Gramma Green]]
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Two elderly Toad merchants who maintain an item shop in the middle of a Shroob-devastated, enemy-infested Toad Town.

* DungeonShop: They are the only people still inhabiting Toad Town after the Shroob invasion.
* RecurringElement: They have the same "red elder, green junior" motif as the Mario Bros. and all the other sibling pairs in the series.

[[folder:Star Shrine Gate]]

A sapient gate who keeps the unworthy out of the inner depths of the Star Shrine.

%%* BlackBeadEyes
* HiddenHeartOfGold: His cruelty to Luigi was just to test Mario's loyalty.
* JerkassToOne: His condescending attitude is reserved to just Luigi. This was intentional so as to test if Mario would pass if his brother were being mistreated and abused in an equal position.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: His apparent refusal to let Luigi pass was meant to bring out the Bros.' togetherness.

!!Antagonists
[[folder:The Shroobs]]
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A militant race of mushroom-like aliens who abandoned their dead, barren planet in favor of greener pastures, laying their eyes on the Mushroom Kingdom of the past. When they attacked Peach's Castle while the adult Princess Peach happened to be visiting in E. Gadd's time machine, they took her prisoner, driving the Mario Bros. to travel back in time and team up with their younger selves in order to defeat the invaders.

[[folder:Starlow]]
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A little yellow ball of a creature who is sent to assist Princess Peach and the Mario Bros. as a representative of the Star Sprites, the beings who watch over the Mushroom Kingdom. In ''Dream Team'', she is also sent to represent the Star Sprites on Pi'illo Island, though how exactly is never specified. Whenever Mario heads into the Dream World, she stays behind to do things to Luigi like pull his mustache and tickle his nose in order to alter things in the dream. While she is openly annoyed by Luigi's cowardice, she gradually warms up to him as she sees more examples of his heroism.

* EleventhHourRanger: In ''Minion Quest'', she joins Captain Goomba's squad after the penultimate mission.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She debuts in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', but the remake of ''Superstar Saga'' shows that she was apparently in the Beanbean Kingdom at the same time Mario and Luigi were, relaxing in Gwarhar Lagoon and making a few minor appearances in ''Minion Quest'' during Captain Goomba's visit to said area.
* ArmlessBiped: And handless and legless too. She's basically a floating ball with feet and a star.
* BlackBeadEyes: What her eyes normally are, with eyelashes to indicate her gender.
* BlankWhiteEyes: When shocked by something.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Uses Stuffwell's "BACK TO ADVENTURE!" phrase at one point in ''Paper Jam''.
* BreakoutCharacter: Since her debut, she has gone on to appear in all subsequent ''Mario & Luigi'' games in some capacity.
* ButtMonkey: She doesn't have it ''quite'' as bad as Luigi and Bowser, but she goes through quite a lot of torment during the games she's in, being frequently grabbed, swallowed whole, spit back out, and generally just tossed around, all in a comedic way.
* TheCameo: She appears in the ''Minion Quest'' scenario, first as Hermie's captive, then as a contestant in Wendy's pageant.
* TheChewToy: Her being the most prominent female character in the games since her introduction (Princess Peach is usually kidnapped, and thus absent most of the time) does nothing to stop her from sharing Luigi's and Bowser's role as a comedic punching bag.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When one Pi'illo makes mention of her being nude, she angrily replies "OPEN YOUR EYES! I have SHOES!"
* ExpositionFairy: To the Mario Bros. and Bowser.
* GuileHero: It was only through her lying to Bowser that the latter would even bother doing some heroic things in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', let alone that Bowser was inadvertently helping his nemeses out. At one point Bowser actually had to ask for her help so he can remember the combination to his safe, and Starlow refuses to comply until Bowser, very reluctantly, asks her again by saying the magic word, "Please".
* HairTriggerTemper: She gets angry rather easily. Then again, she does go through quite a bit of abuse over the course of the games.
* HiddenDepths: Knows powerful magic involving the use of PureEnergy. Hinted at within several games and outright proven in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'' when she decides to use her abilities offensively and used "Supernova Sparkle" onto Ludwig and Larry (and accidentally [[FriendlyFire the Mario Bros.]]) in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Is good friends with Peach, Mario and Luigi.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: This element of her personality is most apparent in her dealings with Luigi. In ''Dream Team'', she initially expresses frustration with his HeavySleeper habits (partly out of jealousy that he can sleep so easily, and partly because him falling asleep on Dreambert led to Peach getting kidnapped in the first place). However, she shows concern for him later on when he is forced to sleep on the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld frigid summit]] of [[DeathMountain Mount Pajamaja]], lighting the nearby furnace to keep him warm and demonstrating that she does ultimately care for his well-being.
* LittleMissSnarker: She's rather sassy with various characters, ''especially'' Luigi and Bowser.
* MeaningfulName: Starlow is a portmanteau of "star" and "yellow". Her Japanese name is literally "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yellow Star]]".
* MissionControl: In ''Dream Team'', she doesn't join any excursions into the dream world and stays behind to watch over Luigi instead. Anything she does to Luigi in the real world helps out Mario and Dreamy Luigi in various ways.
* NeverSayDie: "YOU GOT A KO WISH?!"
* PureEnergy: With Peach, she is able to use an ability called 'Wish Power' which, in ''Bowser's Inside Story,'' helps weaken Bowser in the tutorial fight and in ''Dream Team'', stops Bowser from obliterating the Mario Bros. with the Dream Stone. She also uses an attack called "Supernova Sparkle" in ''Paper Jam'' when the team get blocked by Ludwig and Larry on their way to Bowser's Castle. [[FriendlyFire It shouldn't be used in enclosed spaces]] though, considering how the bros. come out of the Warp Pipe rather dazed.
* SupportPartyMember: She generally keeps away from direct combat though she will assist Mario and Luigi by having them grab onto her, so she can fly them out of the way of dangerous wide-ranged attacks that seemingly can't be evaded like Bowser's flame breath or Dark Star's [[WaveMotionGun giant laser attack]]. She also turns into a cross-hair to help Mario and Luigi aim when using the Falling Star Special Attack.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She is only visually distinguishable as female thanks to the long eyelash marks on her beady eyes. However, these eyelashes aren't visible on her in-game sprite and dialogue references to her as female are surprisingly few in number. During ''Dream Team'', you can see the eyelashes when she's Luigi-sitting.
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', she is really quite blunt, almost to the point of rudeness, and insulting towards Luigi, questioning his abilities as a hero. In ''Dream Team'', she has warmed up considerably towards him even though she still gets frustrated with him at times and in ''Paper Jam'', Starlow is very much amiable towards Luigi even giving him a pep talk at one point. [[DownplayedTrope Downlplayed]] because this does not stop her from taking jabs at him through the game like she usually does.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: She adopts the name "Chippy" for her dealings with Bowser in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. Played with since the player always knows they're the same person, only Bowser doesn't.
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: Acts as this for Mario & Luigi and has, at this point, adopted herself as their official guide.
* WaddlingHead: Well, the "waddling" part is absent, considering that she spends the whole time flying around, but she still fits the "round object with feet" part of the trope.

[[folder:Broque Monsieur]]
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A member of the Brock race, who resemble the Blocks frequently seen in the ''Mario'' games, Broque is a block collector who has set up a shop in the Mushroom Kingdom where Bowser can buy stuff. In contrast to most other good characters in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise, he is ''not'' friendly to the Mario Bros., as he disapproves of their block-hitting escapades. He returns in ''Dream Team'' as the head of Pi'illo Island's tourism business, where he is slightly more amicable toward the plumbers. In public at least.

* BigOlEyebrows: His mustache becomes this when he flips his head over.
* FrenchJerk: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; he's generally a NiceGuy and is only callous towards the Mario Bros (he even apologizes to them immediately afterward).
* GratuitousEnglish: In the Japanese version ("Oh my dog! What's happen!").
* GratuitousFrench: [[KeepItForeign In the English version]].
* JerkassToOne: He's a very friendly fellow under normal circumstances, but should you take the Mario Bros to his shop in Dimble Wood in ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he'll admit that as a block-collector, he dislikes the Mario Bros for hitting every block they find and "de-valuing" them and will refuse to sell them anything. While he's able to entertain and be hospitable towards the Bros as a Tour Guide in his appearance in ''Dream Team'', he can still be found complaining about The Bros to his co-workers.
* LosingYourHead: He [[http://www.mariowiki.com/File:CharlesBloquette.gif takes it off]] in order to go from one expression to another. Also, when his Mega Mushroom attack is countered.
* PunnyName: His name is combination of "block" and "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur croque-monsieur]]." [[http://www.mariowiki.com/Broque_Monsieur#Names_in_other_languages Other translations]] make his name some sort of block pun, such as the European Spanish version naming him "Charles Bloquette" after Creator/CharlesMartinet.
* RightBehindMe: In ''Dream Team'', you can walk in on him ranting about the Mario Bros. to his coworkers because he doesn't like the fact how they keep bashing blocks and devaluing them.
* SeriousBusiness: He LOVES collecting blocks and tends to be rude towards Mario and Luigi for simply bashing them because it renders them invaluable.
* WarmUpBoss: He willingly lets Bowser wail on him and suck him up to teach him the Vacuum Block mechanic. He does actually fight back as part of the battle though.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Broggy]]
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Broque Monsieur's rather ferocious cubical dog.
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* AngryGuardDog: He is Bowser's final special attack in ''Bowser's Inside Story''. He also acts this way towards the Mario Bros.
* CivilizedAnimal: Civilized enough to run a Gear Shop for his master Broque though apparently it's just so he can eat the coins. Still, he can run the tutorial on how to use scratch cards if you talk to him first before shopping at Broque's item store.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he's a WarmUpBoss, the cashier of Bowser's gear shop, and Bowser's final special attack. In ''Dream Team'', he appears briefly to invite the Mushroom Kingdomites to Pi'illo Island before disappearing entirely.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Bowser gets him as a special attack if he delivers all of the [[CuteKitten Blitties]] to Broque Monsieur's shop.
* PerpetualFrowner: He never smiles and growls at anything that gets near him.
* RobotDog: Implied by him having a communication screen on his back, assuming that wasn't also [[AllJustADream part of Luigi's dream]].
* WarmUpBoss: Broque tells Bowser how to use his fire breath on Broggy to subdue him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Dream Team'', you'll never see him again after the intro, though Kylie still managed to get a picture of him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Elite Trio (Private Goomp, Corporal Paraplonk, and Sergeant Guy)]]
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A Goomba, a Paratroopa, and a Shy Guy who escaped Fawful's brainwashing of the Koopa Troop. They return in ''Dream Team'' having been promoted and carrying out Bowser's orders almost as much as Kamek.
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[[folder:Fawful]]
See ''Superstar Saga'' antagonists
[[/folder]]

* DoppelgangerAttack: Sergeant Guy can use his magic rod to transform the Goombas under Private Goomp into identical copies of himself, who will run around in an attempt to confuse Mario and get some hits in. It's stopped at the end, or if you manage to hit the real Sergeant Guy.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Earthwake is a humanoid mecha made of blocks of various colors who can rearrange said blocks into various shapes by shifting them around, much like Animation/{{Cubix|Robots for Everyone}}. The difference is that Cubix is a heroic robot who fights evil, while Earthwake is an evil robot who will kill (and has killed) anyone who tries to destroy the Nightmare Chunk in Dreamy Wakeport.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: Earthwake is a humanoid mecha made of blocks of various colors that can rearrange said blocks into various shapes by shifting them around, much like Animation/{{Cubix|Robots for Everyone}}. The difference is that Cubix is a heroic robot who fights evil, while Earthwake is an evil robot who will kill (and has killed) anyone who tries to destroy the Nightmare Chunk in Dreamy Wakeport.

Earthwake is a robotic colossus who guards the Nightmare Chunk in Dreamy Wakeport, and which has destroyed all who tried to remove it. When Mario and Luigi try to do just that to awaken the Bedsmith, Earthwake assembles its body from Dreamy Wakeport itself and attacks.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: It has an attack that consists of creating a big ball of bricks it then sends rolling at Giant Luigi. It moves so slowly that jumping on it doesn't require much timing, then you just have to hit Earthwake with it between the swings of its arms, again not that demanding in terms of timing, and you send it directly in the water pond, ready for [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown punishment]]. Add to this that Earthwake doesn't benefit from its heavy armor when attacking, rendering it useless against this counterattack if it was on and you hadn't broken it yet.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Has one for the Bros. in her final battle, before she proceeds to absolutely destroy you.

* {{Foil}}: To Bowser. Bowser is strong but doesn't act super smart most of the time though he has his moments of massive brilliance, whereas Fawful is smart but physically weak amd relies on his equipment and outside factors to fight his battles. Bowser rules his minions through a combination of fear and respect with his charisma whereas Fawful brainwashes everyone into worshipping him.

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* JerkassToOne: His condescending attitude is reserved to just Luigi.