History Characters / MarioAndLuigi

* 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.

* ManipulativeBitch: Masquerades as the benevolent spirit of the Cobalt Star to trick the Bros. into freeing her. Peach told them the real story but she still managed to be released thanks to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Baby Bowser]].

* StrongerSibling: She's ''much'' stronger than Princess Shroob- she doesn't even need a machine to fight!

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Cackletta was a magical witch with [[GreenAndMean sickly green skin]] who had the goal of awakening the Bean Star using Princess Peach's voice in order to grant her wish for [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. In spite of her horrific crimes, she was only able to do so much damage in one area and only had one henchman under her wing. Fitting to her game's tone, she often had a goofy undertone to her. Princess Shroob is a [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] alien who relies on advanced technology rather than magic and is played far more sinisterly. Her goal is to kill Princess Peach and wipe out the Mushroom Kingdom so the Shroobs can rule over its ashes, and quickly lays waste to it with her entire army at her disposal. While what she wants to do with the Cobalt Star isn't made clear, its implied that she's trying to keep it apart to prevent her sister from being freed and thus remain in power. While Cackletta was killed halfway through her game, she remains in power via possessing Bowser before the second half and then becoming the final boss before being KilledOffForReal. Princess Shroob on the other hand, stays alive until the climax where she fights the Bros. as the penultimate boss, in which she then dies and the final boss role is fulfilled by her sister instead.

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.

* CrazyPrepared: Had a trap door ready in case Captain Goomba saw through Cackletta's "unpossessed" Bowser disguise.

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 during the events of ''Partners in Time'', 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.

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* DropTheHammer: They're hammers that create hammers by mashing their heads on their anvil.

* DropTheHammer: It doesn't so much use a hammer as ''become'' a giant hammer and smash into the Mario Bros.

* DropTheHammer: It doesn't so much use a hammer as ''become'' a giant hammer and smash into the Mario Bros.

* BadassBookworm: A skilled inventor, a competent schemer, and more than capable of handling himself in a fight if he has to.

** 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* EmergencyTransformation: After being beaten by Bowser, Fawful transforms...into a small insectoid blob of dark energy.

* IShallTauntYou: Loves to excessively taunt and ridicule his enemies, almost to the point of [[{{Troll}} trolling]] them. His constant targets are Captain Goomba and Bowser, who he goes out of his way to anger.

* 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.

** 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.

* OneWingedAngel: An accidental one. See EmergencyTransformation for details.

* DarkActionGirl: She may be an old crone, but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty; especially when she becomes Bowletta.

* EvilCounterpart: To Wigglers, to the point where it shares many of the same moves as them.

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* PunnyName: Nutsoglobin is a pun on "nutso", meaning "crazy", and "not so globin", where "globin" could mean anything in this context.

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* PlayingWithFire: She can throw magical fireballs. As Bowletta, she gains Bowser's fire abilities, and her Soul ca use fire to attack.

* 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.

* 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]].

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: A downplayed version in ''Superstar Saga''. No one thought, or at least had time, to tell the Bros. that Princess Peach never lost her voice in the first place, since Prince Peasley saw Crackletta's plot coming and warned ahead. It wasn't out of any malice, since Peach did try to let them in on the plan, but circumstances wouldn't allow it, and either way, The Bros. would have been fighting Crackletta regardless.

* GotVolunteered: In ''Superstar Saga'', Luigi never wanted to join Mario on the adventure to begin with, it's only because Bowser mistook him as a volunteer for his army against Crackletta and literally dragged along by him that he had no choice to but to accompany Mario on his adventure.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "HELLO YELLO!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: Whenever she's in danger, she always yells out, "YOIKS!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "I have fury!" In ''Bowser's Inside Story'', he instead favors the variation "I have chortles!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "I'll be taking that, see?" and "Boo, I say!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "BACK TO ADVENTURE!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "You are unenlightened."

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Dreamy!" and "INSOLENCE!"

* VillainHasAPoint: Fawful mocks Captain Goomba and the Koopa Troop for leaving Bowser's Castle empty for an easy conquering may be mean-spirited, but he is correct since they should've had some guards stationed there to hold down the fort until they've returned from the mission of trying to save Princess Peach's voice. Even Captain Goomba, who hates Fawful with a burning passion, admits that he's right.

* 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.

** In general, each of the Bros. will scream the other's name if he dies during a battle.

* WhatTheHellHero: In the first game, hammering Mario or Luigi or setting fire to/electrocuting Luigi or Mario before they have learnt the appropriate moves will cause the unlucky bro to yell at his tormentor.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Popple introduces Birdo by her commonly known name, but being a trans woman, Birdo states that she doesn't want to be called by that name, and would rather go by "Birdie". Popple immediately replies by saying that [[KickTheDog he doesn't care about her preferred name]].
-->'''Popple:''' I don't care about names, see?!

%%* CastingAShadow: After absorbing the Dark Star's energy.

* KingKoopaCopy: He's designed as a MirrorBoss to Bowser, having a similar build and temperament as him, along with the HornsOfVillainy. Unlike him, though, he gains [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]] to contrast Bowser's fire breath.

* KingKoopaCopy: {{Invoked|trope}} for Bowletta, because she uses Bowser's body as well as his army, stronghold and vehicles.