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* {{Hunk}}: Get a load of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy6f58XoAA4VEL?format=png&name=900x900 that mountain of big muscles!]] A BigBeautifulMan himself.
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* {{Hunk}}: Get a load of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy6f58XoAA4VEL?format=png&name=900x900 [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ea914385-70d7-476d-aa3b-37d0c449c464/dfx70er-6695c844-2745-462a-b310-b1e13c188347.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2VhOTE0Mzg1LTcwZDctNDc2ZC1hYTNiLTM3ZDBjNDQ5YzQ2NFwvZGZ4NzBlci02Njk1Yzg0NC0yNzQ1LTQ2MmEtYjMxMC1iMWUxM2MxODgzNDcuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.yrknBN8RppkzkOUd7cyrT7DnOTUZGwlI-4bAl1945O4 that mountain of big muscles!]] A BigBeautifulMan himself.
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* BewareOfViciousDog: Francis tries to ''maul'' the bros [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because Luigi broke his favorite bone.]] [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|trope}} after they save Brooklyn, whereupon he drops the grudge.]]
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* BewareOfViciousDog: Francis tries to ''maul'' the bros simply because Luigi (and [[MisplacedRetribution ''only'']] Luigi) [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because Luigi broke his favorite bone.]] bone by accident]]. [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|trope}} after they save Brooklyn, whereupon he drops the grudge.]]
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* MisplacedRetribution: Only Luigi broke his favorite bone (by ''accident'', mind you), yet Francis' vendetta is directed towards both brothers.
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* ShipperOnDeck: While he makes fun of him for it, he nonetheless recognizes that Mario talking with the Princess on their way to the castle is him flirting with her, even if Mario is seemingly unaware of this. He is later shown smiling at Mario and Peach holding hands when they reunite.
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* ShipperOnDeck: While he makes fun of him for it, he nonetheless recognizes that Mario talking with the Princess on their way to the castle is him flirting with her, even if Mario is seemingly unaware of this. He is later shown smiling at Mario and Peach holding hands when they reunite.reunite, making it clear that he does support them getting together after all.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: In addition to the standard application of this trope to the Kongs, Donkey Kong has been characterized increasingly as a DumbMuscle type in the games, such as the Retro Studios ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles. In the film, whilst he's a jock, he's never shown to be or treated as if he is particularly stupid, and in fact is able to cleverly assess the battlefield. There's even a moment in the film where he angrily complains to Mario that he's not some "big dumb smashy ape".
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in the games.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in the games.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: In addition to the standard application of this trope to the Kongs, Donkey Kong has been characterized increasingly as a DumbMuscle type in the games, such as the Retro Studios ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles. In the film, whilst he's a jock, he's never shown to be or treated as if he is particularly stupid, with his vices instead being arrogance and in fact is able to cleverly assess the battlefield. There's even a moment in the film where he angrily complains to Mario that he's not some "big dumb smashy ape".
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in thegames.games, developing into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold as events play out.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in the
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* ShipperOnDeck: He While he makes fun of him for it, he nonetheless recognizes that Mario talking with the Princess on their way to the castle is him flirting with her, even if Mario is seemingly unaware of this. He is later shown smiling at Mario and Peach holding hands when they reunite.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler:Unlike his canon counterpart from the games, DK cannot breathe underwater and was in danger of drowning. Luckily, Mario saved him in time.]]
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* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler:Unlike his canon counterpart from the games, DK cannot breathe underwater and was is in danger of drowning.drowning after falling off the Rainbow Road. Luckily, Mario saved him in time.]]
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* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The majority of the characters opposing Bowser are established as unambiguously kind-hearted, but DK stands out as a JerkJock who would have become Mario's arch-enemy if they weren't forced to work together, even giving implications he would have killed Mario in their fight. Even Cranky Kong isn't as openly abrasive about working on a team. With that being said, he never puts Mario and his allies in danger and honors Cranky's agreement, and even grows to like them to some extent.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The majority of the characters opposing Bowser are established as unambiguously kind-hearted, but DK stands out as a JerkJock who would have become Mario's arch-enemy if they weren't [[TeethClenchedTeamwork forced to work together, together]], even giving implications he would have killed Mario in their fight. Even Cranky Kong isn't as openly abrasive about working on a team. With that being said, he never puts Mario and his allies in danger and honors Cranky's agreement, and even grows to like them to some extent.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: It's implied that he is a child given his voice. However long he's been in Bowser's castle, it must have taken its toll since all he talks about is wanting to die.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: It's implied that he is a child given his voice. However long he's been in Bowser's castle, it must have taken its toll since all he talks about is hopelessness and he's been driven to wanting to die.
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* KarmaHoudini: He's responsible for the Mario Bros. accidentally wrecking their first client's bathroom and gets no comeuppance in the end.
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* CanonForeigner: A character made exclusively for this movie.
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* CanonForeigner: A character made exclusively for this movie.
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** The two uncles look almost identical to Luigi aside from their hair and mustaches, with dad's resemblance to Mario not far behind. [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance Not coincidentally,]] the three of them are brothers per an interview with the art directors and Papa Mario is heavily implied to be the oldest.
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* LargeHam: Both uncles spend almost all of their screentime being purposefully loud and obnoxious.
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* WackyParentSeriousChild: The cousin spends nearly all of her screentime tapped out [[PhoneaholicTeenager on her phone]] while her dad loudly makes fun of Mario and Luigi's commercial.
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** He effortfully halts the wheel causing the prisoners to drop into the lava and reverses it to save them all, and shields Peach and Toad from falling debris once they're all thrust into Brooklyn.
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** [[spoiler: He effortfully halts the wheel causing the prisoners to drop into the lava and reverses it to save them all, and shields Peach and Toad from falling debris once they're all thrust into Brooklyn.]]
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* KickTheDog: It was certainly quite harsh of him to say that Mario's father had the ''right'' to see him as a failure, which rubs ''more'' salt to Mario's wound.
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** He effortfully halts the wheel causing the prisoners to drop into the lava and reverses it to save them all, and shields Peach and Toad from falling debris once they're all thrust into Brooklyn.
* KickTheDog: It was certainly quite harsh of him to say that Mario's father had the ''right'' to see him as a failure, which rubs ''more'' saltto into Mario's wound.
* KickTheDog: It was certainly quite harsh of him to say that Mario's father had the ''right'' to see him as a failure, which rubs ''more'' salt
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SethRogen [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Felipe Garrido (EU Spanish), Mark Pokora (Latin American Spanish), David Jenner (Catalan), Xavier Fagnon (EU French), Creator/TristanHarvey (Canadian French), Pedro Azevedo (Brazilian Portuguese), José Nobre (EU Portuguese), Petter Isaksson (Swedish), Marios Gavrilis (German), Koji Takeda (Japanese), Miao Zhuang (PRC Mandarin), Chow Yee Tin (HK Cantonese), Chen Sixian (TW Mandarin), Kim Hyeon-soo (Korean), Creator/PaoloVivio (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SethRogen [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Felipe Garrido (EU Spanish), Mark Pokora (Latin American Spanish), David Jenner (Catalan), Xavier Fagnon (EU French), Creator/TristanHarvey (Canadian French), Pedro Azevedo (Brazilian Portuguese), José Nobre (EU Portuguese), Petter Isaksson (Swedish), Marios Gavrilis (German), Koji Takeda (Japanese), Miao Zhuang (PRC Mandarin), Chow Yee Tin (HK Cantonese), Chen Sixian (TW Mandarin), Kim Hyeon-soo (Korean), Creator/PaoloVivio (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
(Italian), Amnon Volf (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredArmisen[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando De Luis (EU Spanish), Germán Fabregat (Latin American Spanish), Tony Sevilla (Catalan), Nicolas Marié (EU French), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French), Léo Rabelo (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Claes Ljungmark (Swedish), Bernhard Völger (German), Yang Mo (PRC Mandarin), Lee Chung Keung (HK Cantonese), Sun Zhongtai (TW Mandarin), Ryu Hae-moo (Korean), Creator/PaoloBuglioni (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredArmisen[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando De Luis (EU Spanish), Germán Fabregat (Latin American Spanish), Tony Sevilla (Catalan), Nicolas Marié (EU French), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French), Léo Rabelo (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Claes Ljungmark (Swedish), Bernhard Völger (German), Yang Mo (PRC Mandarin), Lee Chung Keung (HK Cantonese), Sun Zhongtai (TW Mandarin), Ryu Hae-moo (Korean), Creator/PaoloBuglioni (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Mauricio Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ThierryDesroses (EU French), Fayolle Jean Jr. (Canadian French), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/AntonOlofssonRaeder (Swedish), Axel Malzacher (German), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Francesco De Francesco (Italian)[[/labelnote]](Italian), Yuval Yanai (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Juliet Jelenic, Yuya Takezawa (chirps)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Valeria Garzón (EU Spanish), Victoria Céspedes (Latin American Spanish), Kaycie Chase (EU French), Lily Rose Régnier (Canadian French), Monique Filardy (Brazilian Portuguese), Catarina Machado (EU Portuguese), Ann Yamane (Japanese), Ines Kolonej (Swedish), Luiza Kampf (German), Wang Yunhan (TW Mandarin), Giulietta Rebeggiani (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sebastian Maniscalco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Cordero (EU Spanish), Creator/ErickSelim (Latin American Spanish), David Brau (Catalan), Creator/BorisRehlinger (EU French), Alexandre Fortin (Canadian French), Filipe Albuquerque (Brazilian Portuguese), António Machado (EU Portuguese), Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matti Klemm (German), Chen Zhe (PRC Mandarin), Yuen Tak Kei (HK Cantonese), Sun Cheng (TW Mandarin), Lee Hyun (Korean), Gabriele Sabatini (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Father voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Canadian and EU French, Italian, EU Spanish, German]])[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Víctor Delgado (Latin American Spanish), Paulo Bernardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Tobias Almborg (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Mother voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]María Jesús Varona (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (EU French), Andrea Murucci (Brazilian Portuguese), Sun Ruoyu (TW Mandarin), Anneli Heed (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Tony voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Marc Perez (EU French), Sven Plate (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Mother voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]María Jesús Varona (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (EU French), Andrea Murucci (Brazilian Portuguese), Sun Ruoyu (TW Mandarin), Anneli Heed (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Tony voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Marc Perez (EU French), Sven Plate (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
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(Swedish), Shaul Ezer (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Mother voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]María Jesús Varona (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (EU French), Andrea Murucci (Brazilian Portuguese), Sun Ruoyu (TW Mandarin), Anneli Heed(Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
(Swedish), Adva Adani (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Tony voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Marc Perez (EU French), Sven Plate (German), Song Yucong (TWMandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
Mandarin), Albert Kohen (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TWMandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\Mandarin), Shachar Folk (Hebrew)[[/labelnote]]\\
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'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TW
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, Canadian and EU French, Japanese [through original English audio], German, Hindi, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, TW Mandarin, Norwegian, Brazilian and EU Portuguese, Slovenian, EU and Latin Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese]])
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* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the movie, he's the one who raises the cheer for the "Super Mario Brothers", seemingly gaining a high level of respect for them.
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* TookALevelInKindness: At the end of the movie, he's the one who raises the cheer for the "Super Mario Brothers", seemingly gaining a high level of respect for them.
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: Apparently, the character designs for the family were made by Nintendo's own artists and are many years old; presumably, they were considered to be included in the game series somehow, but this never ended up coming to fruition.
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* ActorAllusion: Seth Rogen does his trademark laugh almost deliberately after Mario shrinks himself with a Mini Mushroom during his fight with Donkey Kong.
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* ActorAllusion: Seth Rogen does his trademark laugh almost deliberately twice in the movie, first after Mario shrinks himself with a Mini Mushroom during his fight with Donkey Kong.Kong, and then later when messing with Mario as they all drive to the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* RambunctiousItalian: Most of the family fit this archetype to an extent, with the notable exception of the niece/little cousin who is [[InvertedTrope a moody teenager who barely emotes and never says anything.]]
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* UnseenNoMore: While Mario and Luigi's parents have been known to ''exist'' since 1995, their presence had never amounted to more than a brief, [[TheFaceless faceless]] cameo at the end of VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland (or rather, [[SequelReset technically,]] its [[VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland sequel]]) before their surprise appearance in the film.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Mauricio Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ThierryDesroses (EU French), Fayolle Jean Jr. (Canadian French), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/AntonOlofssonRaeder (Swedish), Axel Malzacher (German), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Francesco De Francesco (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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yield?"'']][[/labelnote]]
!!!'''Voiced by:'''Creator/KharyPayton[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Pablo Creator/KharyPayton [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]] Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Mauricio Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ThierryDesroses (EU French), Fayolle Jean Jr. (Canadian French), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/AntonOlofssonRaeder (Swedish), Axel Malzacher (German), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Francesco De Francesco (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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Large fish.
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Large red fish.
Large red fish.
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* ActorAllusion: Seth Rogen does his trademark laugh almost deliberately after Mario shrinks himself with a Mini Mushroom during his fight with Donkey Kong.
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* MauveShirt: The Ice Kingdom is set up to demonstrate the threat level that the Koopa Kingdom poses. It's also the place where the Super Star is hidden, granting it a degree of significance to the story.
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A jungle kingdom populated by anthropomorphic apes and monkeys. Despite their primitive aesthetic, they're developed enough to produce a series of custom-built combat-ready vehicles.
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!!Diddy Kong
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An overenthusiastic fan of Donkey Kong.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricBauza[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Luis Leonardo Suárez (Latin American Spanish), Enzo Dannemann (Brazilian Portuguese), Zhang Yunqi (TW Mandarin)
An overenthusiastic fan of Donkey Kong.
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!!Donkey Kong
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SethRogen [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Felipe Garrido (EU Spanish), Mark Pokora (Latin American Spanish), David Jenner (Catalan), Xavier Fagnon (EU French), Creator/TristanHarvey (Canadian French), Pedro Azevedo (Brazilian Portuguese), José Nobre (EU Portuguese), Petter Isaksson (Swedish), Marios Gavrilis (German), Koji Takeda (Japanese), Miao Zhuang (PRC Mandarin), Chow Yee Tin (HK Cantonese), Chen Sixian (TW Mandarin), Kim Hyeon-soo (Korean), Creator/PaoloVivio (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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->''"It's what they came here for! Dancing pecs!"''
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A boisterous Kong and the heir to the throne of the Jungle Kingdom.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: To a lesser extent; Donkey Kong is trying to earn his father's respect and wants to prove he's not just a guy that smashes things. The games imply that he's accustomed to his dad's attitude.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In addition to the standard application of this trope to the Kongs, Donkey Kong has been characterized increasingly as a DumbMuscle type in the games, such as the Retro Studios ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles. In the film, whilst he's a jock, he's never shown to be or treated as if he is particularly stupid, and in fact is able to cleverly assess the battlefield. There's even a moment in the film where he angrily complains to Mario that he's not some "big dumb smashy ape".
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in the games.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: DK showboats to his adoring fans, pointedly avoids using any of the provided power-ups, and deliberately prolongs his beatdown of Mario for entertainment purposes. Then, when he's beaten, DK refuses to put it behind him.
* AscendedMeme: He quotes the memetic "It is on like Donkey Kong!"
* BadassNormal: DK shows himself to be a very powerful and capable fighter, even without powerups.
* BaitTheDog: After he and Mario are [[spoiler:eaten by the Maw-Ray]], they talk about how both their fathers don't appreciate them. They seem to be finding common ground... until DK callously says that Mario's father is ''right'' to think he's a failure.
* BaritoneOfStrength: DK is a powerful brawler with Seth Rogen's gruff voice.
* BashBrothers: After an act full of TeethClenchedTeamwork, DK and Mario join together in spectacular fashion to take on Bowser's army in the Mushroom Kingdom [[spoiler:to save Peach and everyone else captured for Bowser's wedding.]]
-->'''Mario:''' ''(Seeing a squadron of Koopas [[spoiler:procuring a stash of Power-Up Blocks]])'' [[LetsGetDangerous You wanna do this?]]\\
'''DK:''' ''([[HellYesMoment Sporting an ear-to-ear grin.]])'' '''Yes, I do!'''
* BicepKiss: He does [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy52VxXsAEyzFG?format=png&name=small this]] while singing along to the DK rap during his entrance at the arena.
* BigBeautifulMan: Played for laughs. He is often shown to be a [[MrFanservice beefcake of a handsome ape]] who performs his showboating dance moves, even his PecFlex would help to impress the ladies.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:DK and Mario make it back during the forced wedding and save the prisoners just in time, including Luigi and Cranky Kong, the latter of which finally shows some appreciation towards his son.]]
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: DK may be a boisterous showman beloved by the crowd, but beneath his cocky exterior is a son who just wants to earn his father's respect and be seen as a worthy successor.
* TheBigGuy: He's the muscle for Peach's resistance and physically the largest.
* BloodKnight: Implied. DK has a bit too much fun when fighting Mario in the Kong arena, and after [[spoiler:getting the Fire Flower and fighting Bowser's Koopa army alongside Mario, he exclaims that "This is fun!".]]
* BoisterousBruiser: He is shown to be as powerful a fighter as he is a showboating braggart, much to his father's consternation.
* BreakTheHaughty: Cranky Kong clearly didn't expect Mario to hold his own against his son at first -- especially not through snatching victory from the jaws of defeat after what initially appeared to be an open-and-shut case of a CurbStompBattle -- but he seemingly enjoyed seeing his arrogant heir get served a slice of humble pie. [[SoreLoser Meanwhile, DK has great emotional difficulty coming to terms with it at first]], but this unexpected victory ultimately leads to DK learning to fight for something greater than himself.
* ButtMonkey: Not to an extent like Mario, but he does get beaten several times.
* CanonForeigner: Fire DK. Donkey Kong generally has not used transformations in the games he headlines. The power-ups are implied to be usable by anyone in this continuity though.
* CharacterDevelopment: He starts out as an ArrogantKungFuGuy who relies solely on brute strength and fights only for his own vanity, yet is insecure about his father's disapproval of him. He learns to put his arrogance aside, fight for the common good instead of himself, and even becomes a bit more of a CombatPragmatist, using a Fire Flower in the final battle.
* ChickMagnet: He's implied to be this among the Kongs, because several female Kongs cheer when he does his pec dance.
* CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Bonds with Mario over their mutual issues with earning their fathers' respect.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's designed to be a combination of the classic [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong arcade]] design and his ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' design. His general design and attire are modeled after his look in the ''Country'' series, but his body structure and facial features are heavily inspired by the artwork displayed on the original arcade cabinet and portrayals prior to the ''Country'' series.
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: DK's eyelids are pitch-black, although they appear slightly less dark than they do in the games.
* CurbStompBattle: His fight with Mario starts off as a one sided beating, with the few blows [[NoSell Mario does land having no effect]]. He is on the receiving end when Mario gets the Cat Suit.
* CurbStompCushion: DK is no match for Bowser, but he does manage to get in a good punch that briefly sends Bowser flying.
* DecompositeCharacter: The traits he shares with Donkey Kong Junior are split into two Kongs. While DK being Cranky's son originated from some of the games, a separate Kong with Junior's appearance and tank top appears in the crowd to cheer him on. That is of course if you believe they're separate characters. This isn't totally clear.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[VitriolicBestBuds For a certain definition of "friendship"]], after Mario bests Donkey Kong in battle, he initially begrudgingly agrees to help Mario before gaining some respect for him and growing to see him as an ally.
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Donkey Kong is less of a braggart and less antagonistic towards Mario, forming a friendly rivalry with him. He's also more hyperactive and enthusiastic, requiring Cranky Kong to keep him restrained.
* EnemyMine: While he downright hates Mario by his own admission, he still works with Mario to help defeat Bowser, even before [[spoiler:their small bonding experience near the end]].
* FamedInStory: Donkey Kong is popular with the residents of the Jungle Kingdom and is implied to be respected outside of it, given Peach thinks Mario agreeing to fight him is a mistake.
* FemaleGaze: The camera focuses on DK's massive physique, including when he [[PecFlex makes his pecs dance]].
* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:DK ends up developing a genuine friendship with Mario after their escape from the Maw Ray and as they fight Bowser's forces on the way to Peach's forced wedding. He also becomes one with his brother Luigi, judging by his playful nudge to Luigi's shoulder after Bowser ends up shrunk by the Mini Mushroom.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: He has one with Mario. The two of them constantly argue and insult each other, but [[spoiler:Mario still saves Donkey Kong's life, and the two of them work together to crash Bowser's wedding with Peach.]]
* GladiatorGames: Mario fights Donkey Kong in a gladiator arena with numerous Kongs in the crowd, as part of a condition to get the Kong army to help stop Bowser.
* GoodIsNotNice: After the Kongs form an alliance with the main heroes, he's still openly rude and condescending towards Mario for most of their time together.
-->'''Donkey Kong:''' Cool raccoon suit!\\
'''Mario:''' Really?\\
'''Donkey Kong:''' Not at all!
* HelplessWithLaughter: He's overcome with laughter upon first seeing Mario in the Cat Suit.
* HiddenDepths: He reacts very strongly towards Mario telling him to "Smash things", citing in punctuations that he's more than just a monkey that smashes things, giving us a hint of how most, likely his father, see him as such and he doesn't like it.
* {{Hunk}}: Get a load of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy6f58XoAA4VEL?format=png&name=900x900 that mountain of big muscles!]] A BigBeautifulMan himself.
* ILetYouWin: He lies about letting Mario beat him on purpose to impress Peach.
* InkSuitActor: Downplayed. Although he doesn't ''quite'' resemble Seth Rogen, he does have some of the actor's facial characteristics.
* IResembleThatRemark: After Mario remarks that DK just smashes things, DK angrily rebutts that he is "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis MORE! THAN A GUY! WHO SMASHES THINGS!!!]]", while jumping around and smashing things.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After they get eaten by the Maw-Ray, Donkey Kong blames Mario for what happened on Rainbow Road. While this is a harsh accusation that offends Mario and he's still rather salty about his defeat against him, he's not totally wrong: as King Cranky's son, he's the prince of the Jungle Kingdom, and the only reason he and the other Kongs agreed to help Mario is because he made a deal with Cranky, who only gives his army in support of whoever manages to defeat DK. Since Mario defeated him and then they were ambushed and fell off because of the Koopa General, Donkey Kong's father and the other Kongs were all captured, meaning that Mario dragged his people in his mission to rescue his brother, putting everyone in danger.
* JerkassToOne: Most of his aggression is directed towards Mario, since the latter was the first one to actually outperform him in battle. But as they travel together, he does begin to develop a real connection with Mario.
* JerkJock: He takes every chance he can get to antagonize Mario. Pretty much the only reason they agree to work together is because Bowser is stronger than either of them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** He's a cocky show-off, but he's not a bad person and he does develop a genuine friendship with Mario later on -- and despite his frustrations with his situation, [[IGaveMyWord he honors the agreement to help the Mushroom Kingdom]].
** While traveling on Rainbow Road, he makes fun of Mario for trying to flirt with Peach. However, when Peach politely asks DK and Toad to back off, he does so without a begrudging attitude.
* KickTheDog: It was certainly quite harsh of him to say that Mario's father had the ''right'' to see him as a failure, which rubs ''more'' salt to Mario's wound.
* KillerGorilla: Downplayed -- he's a massive gorilla who, while by no means vicious or evil, is still a JerkJock who gives Mario a [[CurbStompBattle relentless beating]] in the arena while saying [[PrepareToDie death threats]].
* LargeHam: He tends to be quite loud and bombastic, which is expected given that Seth Rogen provides his voice.
* {{Leitmotif}}: He makes his debut wrestler style with his own theme music, that being none other than the first verse of [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 the DK Rap]].
* LightningBruiser: For an 800-pound gorilla, DK is very agile and light on his feet.
* LovedByAll: Across the Kong Kingdom, DK is highly beloved by his people as they cheer and worship him when he enters the arena. Even outside the Kong Kingdom, nobody seems to actively dislike him, as even when he and Mario started out butting heads a lot, they end up getting over their differences and become friends, after Mario was the one to reach out to him no less.
* MakesUsEven: [[spoiler:After they escape from the Maw-Ray on the rocket barrel, he says to Mario "Now we're even!"]]
* MoodSwinger: After cackling at Cat Mario, he glares at him while [[HaHaHaNo bluntly and seriously saying, "Now you die".]] Cue [[MegatonPunch punch]].
* MrFanservice: Downplayed as he's a cartoon gorilla, but [[FemaleGaze some shots emphasize his hunky physique]], especially when he stands by puffing out his chest and shows off his impressively swole muscles.
* NoSell: Mario comes at him with a leaping punch, but DK grabs him out of the air without even blinking, slams him into the ground, and starts slapping him around. When Mario does manage to land a few punches on DK later, they have no effect.
* PecFlex: He does this when he says "Dancing pecs!". Cranky finds it cringeworthy while the female Kongs love it.
* PetTheDog: Despite being a SoreLoser from his loss to Mario, he still saves him from falling off Rainbow Road once Mario's kart is destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: For the first time in the franchise, DK gets the power of the Fire Flower in the as he shoots fireballs at Koopa Troopas.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: After Mario gains the cat suit, Donkey Kong takes a moment to laugh at him before collecting himself and going back to their fight by saying, "Now you die".
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I! AM! MORE! THAN A GUY! WHO SMASHES THINGS!!!"
* RapidFireFisticuffs: The moment he has Mario pinned down during their fight, he repeatedly slaps and punches him in the face at breakneck speed, not giving Mario any time to breathe.
* RedIsHeroic: DK's fur turns red when he gets ahold of a Fire Flower.
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: The games have alternately portrayed DK as either Cranky's son or grandson. The film goes with him being Cranky's son.
* TheRival: To Mario. They meet by fighting a gladiatorial match and, after Mario wins, DK holds a grudge and continues competing with him before eventually realizing they have a lot in common.
* ShipperOnDeck: He recognizes that Mario talking with the Princess on their way to the castle is him flirting with her, even if Mario is seemingly unaware of this. He is later shown smiling at Mario and Peach holding hands when they reunite.
* SlasherSmile: He gives these to Mario on a regular basis.
* SoreLoser: He does ''not'' take his loss to Mario well. As soon as he recovers, he chucks a barrel at Mario while saying [[BlatantLies he let Mario win]]. When they're preparing to drive across the Rainbow Road, DK takes a moment to tell Mario he hates him with no provocation.
* StockShonenRival: DK is introduced as an opponent for Mario to beat. He's initially the stronger of the two, but then Mario gets his second wind and turns the tide of their fight. After that, DK develops an inferiority complex and acts hostile to Mario even as they team up to take on a mutual threat. He later softens up after Mario saves his life, however.
* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler:Unlike his canon counterpart from the games, DK cannot breathe underwater and was in danger of drowning. Luckily, Mario saved him in time.]]
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: True to the games, barrels are DK's primary weapon of choice. He chucks multiple ones at Mario during their showdown, mimicking the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong original arcade game that started it all]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The majority of the characters opposing Bowser are established as unambiguously kind-hearted, but DK stands out as a JerkJock who would have become Mario's arch-enemy if they weren't forced to work together, even giving implications he would have killed Mario in their fight. Even Cranky Kong isn't as openly abrasive about working on a team. With that being said, he never puts Mario and his allies in danger and honors Cranky's agreement, and even grows to like them to some extent.
* TooMuchAlike: DK refuses to admit he and Mario have anything in common even when it's obvious.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Despite being the team's most pompous and abrasive member, he does manage to generate a lot of chuckles. [[CharacterDevelopment He does get better, though]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[spoiler:Becomes this with Mario. Despite their still ongoing bickering dynamic, they empathise with each other over their daddy issues and work especially well as a team. Later, as Mario is at first fearful of Bowser and hiding from him, Donkey Kong defends him by punching Bowser hard. They even share a group hug after Bowser is defeated, hinting that any animosity between them has ended.]]
* WarriorPrince: He's the heir of King Cranky and the strongest Kong in the kingdom.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:He has some insecurities over Cranky not respecting him, mostly due to a difference of opinion towards his showboating attitude.]]
* WillfullyWeak: At the start of his challenge duel, Donkey Kong boasts that he won't need to use any of the power-ups in the arena to defeat Mario.
* TheWorfEffect: He goes up against Bowser and gets trounced within seconds.
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!!Cranky Kong
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredArmisen[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando De Luis (EU Spanish), Germán Fabregat (Latin American Spanish), Tony Sevilla (Catalan), Nicolas Marié (EU French), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French), Léo Rabelo (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Claes Ljungmark (Swedish), Bernhard Völger (German), Yang Mo (PRC Mandarin), Lee Chung Keung (HK Cantonese), Sun Zhongtai (TW Mandarin), Ryu Hae-moo (Korean), Creator/PaoloBuglioni (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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The king of the Jungle Kingdom and Donkey Kong's father. Princess Peach seeks out his aid because he has the largest and most skilled army in the known lands, although he's also notoriously aloof and unpredictable.
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* ActorAllusion: Seth Rogen does his trademark laugh almost deliberately after Mario shrinks himself with a Mini Mushroom during his fight with Donkey Kong.
* AdaptationalHeroism: If you go by the backstory that Cranky was the one who kidnapped Pauline and fought Mario, then he counts, since this version has done no such things...unless the ''Jump Man'' arcade game is a dramatization of past events.
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games, Cranky is a retired adventurer who still holds a leadership-type role. Here, he is specifically the king of the Jungle Kingdom.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Downplayed since he's still part of the origin story, but in the games, he was [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong famously]] Mario's very first antagonist, appearing before Mario travelled to the Mushroom Kingdom and encountered Princess Peach and Bowser.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Cranky in the video games is a classic grumpy old man who is in a perpetual foul mood, sneering down his nose at the younger Kongs, mocking their skills and openly berating them as {{Inadequate Inheritor}}s. Even the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' version was a short-tempered, snarky old jerk. This iteration of Cranky, in contrast, is constantly upbeat and happy throughout most of the movie; he still acts like a jerk, but now it's more mischievous than mean-spirited. He only briefly displays anything close to the classic Cranky's...''crankiness'' when he sees Donkey Kong showboating at the start of his duel with Mario.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: He never met Mario in his prime and formed a rivalry unlike in the games, with the initial rivalry instead being given to his son.
* AgeLift: Cranky isn't the crochety old ape he usually is in the games, appearing physically adept enough to pass for post middle-age and not even needing a cane.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: He sports a Jewish-sounding accent despite being voiced by a Venezuelan/German/Korean American actor, perhaps because Seth Rogen, who voices his son, comes from a Ukrainian/Russian Jewish family.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Unlike all the other Kongs, each of whom is an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal, he's got a full, {{Mayincatec}}-inspired regal robe and headdress -- but he's still barefoot. Which makes sense because, as an ape, his feet are a second pair of hands.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the games, he was the Donkey Kong [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong who kidnapped Pauline and fought Mario]], with his son (or grandson) having [[LegacyCharacter taken over his name]] after he retired. [[FlipFlopOfGod Maybe]]. In the film, he has no history with Mario, kidnapping, or being called Donkey Kong, with his son being the only DK around.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:After being ambushed by Bowser on Rainbow Road, he and the other Kongs except Donkey Kong end up in Bowser's cells.]]
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Cranky Kong is less cranky overall, being more weary than aggrivated.
* FrontlineGeneral: He personally goes with Princess Peach and leads his Army on Rainbow Road to fight Bowser.
* GoodParents: Though annoyed by his son's showboating, [[spoiler:when DK is seemingly sent plummeting to his death, he is clearly devastated. When DK is revealed to be alive, he doesn't hide how proud he is of him]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After Mario defeats Donkey Kong clean, Cranky looks annoyed, but relents with a "you got me" smile towards Peach.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might seem, well, cranky most of the time, but he is a fair and just ruler:
** While he at first is unwilling to help the Mushroom Kingdom, he was willing to give Mario, Peach, and Toad a chance to prove themselves, plus he even gave Mario a fighting chance by placing power-ups across the arena with no strings attached. Once Mario wins, he takes it in stride and immediately agrees to help the Mushroom Kingdom.
** His behavior towards DK is more of how he sees DK's antics as an embarrassment, not that he's embarrassed to have DK as his son. [[spoiler:When it seemed like the Blue Shell sends DK and Mario to their deaths, Cranky is clearly devastated by it. When DK not only is shown to be alive but saves all the prisoners and Cranky, he is overjoyed and actually asks DK to do his signature "Pec Dance", something DK says he'll do later, as there are more pressing matters at the moment, something that clearly impressed Cranky too.]]
* KingKongCopy: Narrative-wise. A group of adventurers (complete with a pretty blonde damsel) travel to an island surrounded by an impenetrable wall whose population have a simian king known as "Kong".
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice sounds remarkably similar to that of Creator/LarryDavid.
* NonIndicativeName: This version is more of a loud-mouthed [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] than the classic GrumpyOldMan from the games and the [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry '90s cartoon]].
* PassThePopcorn: When Donkey Kong is beating the tar out of Mario, while Peach and Toad are horrified, Cranky can be seen picking up a banana with a smile on his face.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Aloof and at first unwilling to help the Mushroom Kingdom he may be, he's willing to make a deal with Mario, a person lower in social class than him, the minute the latter challenges him, simply because he was impressed by his bravado despite laughing at his presence earlier. When Mario defeats his son, Donkey Kong, as part of the deal, he takes it in stride and upholds his end of the bargain by helping the Mushroom Kingdom.
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: He's Donkey Kong's father instead of grandfather in this movie ([[ContinuitySnarl though that hasn't always been consistent in the past]]).
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:DK earns his respect after he saves him and the others. He even tells DK that he earned a pec flex.]]
* {{Troll}}: Cranky Kong put power ups in boxes to help level the playing field between Mario and DK, [[spoiler:but he also included the Mini-Mushroom and Super Bell for nothing else than his own amusement. The cat suit ended up back firing, since it gave Mario increased speed and reflexes, and equips him with a pair of claws that helped Mario win]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kong (species)]]
!!Kongs
!!!'''Diddy Kong voiced by:''' Creator/EricBauza[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Luis Leonardo Suárez (Latin American Spanish), Enzo Dannemann (Brazilian Portuguese), Zhang Yunqi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]
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A simian species living on an island near the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: All the Kongs are shown wearing various pieces of clothing, including Donkey Kong with his now iconic monogrammed tie; the only Kong who is fully clothed is Cranky Kong with his royal robe.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Exactly how smart the Kongs are supposed to be has varied pretty wildly in the games. In the original arcade games, the Kongs are portrayed as effectively just animals -- maybe unusually cunning animals, but still animals. In the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' trilogy and its sequel ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', they are presented as fully sapient beings, using BambooTechnology and speaking their own language. The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and the Retro Studios-released ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles present them much more like animals, largely by never letting them speak. In the movie, there can be no doubts as to their sapience; they speak, they have highly developed technological tools, and their city is even built around their love of using motor vehicles, an homage to both ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' and ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''.
* AdaptationalModesty: A downplayed example for Dixie Kong. While she usually [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wears a short tied-up shirt and no pants]], she's clad here in a long basketball top-like shirt that covers her like a sleeveless dress.
* AnthropomorphicShift: Extremely Downplayed. In most Mario games, the Kongs speak their own language of grunts that are translated for the player. In this movie, the Kongs speak English and are fully understood by the humans and toads.
* TheBusCameBack: For Kongs such as Chunky and Swanky, this is the first time they've appeared in any official ''Mario'' or ''Donkey Kong'' media since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remake of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' in 2005.
* ContinuityCameo: [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Diddy Kong]], [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest Dixie Kong, Swanky Kong]], and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 Chunky Kong]] are among the denizens of Donkey Kong Island. Swanky drives a kart and slips on a banana peel during the "[[Music/{{Aha}} Take On Me]]" segment, while the others show up as audience members during DK's fight against Mario, with Diddy in particular being highlighted as he (with Dixie and Chunky sat next to him) cheers DK on. Fans have also noticed Kongs that resemble Funky Kong, [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble Kiddy Kong]], [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong Junior]], and even [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry Eddie the Mean Old Yeti]] among the movie's background characters, although it is unclear whether these are actual cameos or just generic lookalikes since they're not given any focus.
* HeroWorshipper: The Kongs idolize Donkey Kong and indulge his showboating, much to Cranky's frustration. Diddy in particular needs to be specifically called out to stop cheering for his hero.
-->'''Kongs:''' (''cheering'') D! K! Donkey Kong! D! K! Donkey Kong!\\
'''Cranky''': Okay, simmer down!\\
'''Kongs:''' (''continue cheering'') D! K! Donkey Kong!\\
'''Cranky:''' (''yells'') [[BigShutUp I said simmer down!]]\\
''(All the Kongs except Diddy stop cheering)''\\
'''Diddy:''' D! K! D! K! D! K!\\
'''Cranky:''' ''That means you, Diddy Kong!''\\
'''Diddy:''' D! K! D— ''(stops mid-cheer and then sits down with a sheepish look on his face)'' [-Sorry-].
* IntelligentPrimate: They have an affinity for technology (specifically go-karts) as well as a complex society and city. Their culture seemingly values more than brute strength, as shown by Cranky Kong filling the arena with power-ups that allowed Mario to win by via strategy and intelligent use of the resources at his disposal.
* OhCrap: Swanky only has a moment to yell in fear before he drives over a BananaPeel that sends his kart careening.
* WackyRacing: Rather than the Mushroom Kingdom, karting is depicted as a hat of the Jungle Kingdom, with everyone using karts in extremely dangerous ways with the most mundane treatment.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Ice Kingdom'''
[[folder:Penguin King]]
!!Penguin King
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Mauricio Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ThierryDesroses (EU French), Fayolle Jean Jr. (Canadian French), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/AntonOlofssonRaeder (Swedish), Axel Malzacher (German), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Francesco De Francesco (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:305:''"That is but a taste of our fury! Do you yield?"'']]
The ruler of a kingdom of penguins that Bowser invades.
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* BoisterousWeakling: When Bowser invades his kingdom, he proudly and confidently stands his ground against Bowser, even after his snowball attacks do absolutely zero damage to the Koopa King.
* CanonForeigner: The penguins never had a monarch in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. Thus, the Penguin King is a new character created for the movie.
* TheComicallySerious: The entire point of his characterization. He's a dead-serious king who attempts to lead his troops to victory, but he's also a tiny penguin who attacks his foes with snowballs.
* CurbStompBattle: He's on the receiving end of one from [[EvilSorcerer Kamek]], who uses his magic to push his entire army away in a fell swoop, and their {{snowball|Fight}}s do barely more than making Bowser unimpressed and hitting a single Koopa soldier.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Being trapped above a pit of lava is bad enough for a creature acclimated to an icy environment, but the real torture is having to be within earshot of Lumalee while he harps on about how hopeless things are.
* GrinOfAudacity: The king of the penguins can be seen smiling with furrowed brows as he orders his soldiers to attack the Koopas -- even though [[CurbStompBattle his confidence is woefully misplaced]].
* LittleNo: The penguin king gives one when watching Bowser destroy the entire ice palace with his fire breath.
* NiceGuy: Assures Luigi not to listen to Lumalee.
* NoNameGiven: He is merely referred to as "Penguin King".
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: He's the only penguin with a crown and ermine cape. This confirms he is the king of the penguins and their kingdom. He continues to wear them even while a prisoner of Bowser.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He leads his troops into battle as if he was their general, and directly tries to confront Bowser and get him to call off the invasion... though his snowballs [[NoSell barely do anything]] to Bowser.
* OutOfFocus: While the destruction of his Kingdom from Bowser and his theft of the Super Star is what kickstarts the plot, the Penguin King is a minor character that has very little scenes in which he appears, which is not helped by the fact that those scenes are short and show him sharing his limited screentime with Luigi, who also suffers this in the middle part of the movie, and Lumalee. Whenever he's on-screen, he's stuck putting up with Lumalee's macabre jokes. After he's freed in the last 15 minutes of the movie, he completely disappears.
* UnderequippedCharge: He and his forces had military preparation. The problem is, said preparation was just enough for a glorified snowball fight and not an actual life-or-death war with a monster that breathes fire.
* VocalDissonance: A tiny, cute penguin with a regal, commanding deep voice.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: The Penguin King exclaims this almost word-for-word after Lumalee mentions the only escape from Bowser's dungeon is death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Penguins]]
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The only things the penguins wear are some belts and bandanas (and a crown and ermine cape for the king).
* BigShadowLittleCreature: The penguins are introduced as huge shadows looming on the gates of their kingdom, scaring a Koopa. Then the gates open and it's revealed that they are smaller than the gate itself.
* IcePalace: The penguins live in a castle made of ice. Bowser is shown easily destroying it with his fire breath.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the opening scene, very few of the snowballs the penguins throw at Bowser and the Koopas even hit their targets ([[UnderequippedCharge not that it would have made any difference]]).
* PenguinsAreDucks: The penguins, much like the ones that appear in the games, have broad, duck-like beaks.
* PolarPenguins: The film begins with Bowser invading the penguins' kingdom, which features a giant castle made of ice. The penguins try (and fail) to attack the Koopa Troop with snowballs.
* SnowballFight: When Bowser invades a kingdom of penguins, its king orders his troops to throw snowballs at the invaders. Unsurprisingly, outside of one Koopa getting knocked out by a large, catapult-flung snowball, this does absolutely nothing.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Yoshi's Island'''
[[folder:Yoshi (species)]]
!!Yoshis
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kazumi Totaka (archival)
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A saurian species living on an island near the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* AdvertisedExtra: That one shot of them in the trailer? That's the ''only'' shot of them in the entire movie, and they don't have any story relevance, only being part of a TravelMontage. [[spoiler:Aside from the Green Yoshi egg, which similarly only gets two short shots during the movie proper -- and a SequelHook after the credits.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A variety of the Yoshis have colors seen in the games -- including red, yellow, cyan, pink, and black. Conspicuously absent is the green Yoshi, which is canonically treated as the "main" one. [[spoiler:One of the guests brings a green Yoshi egg as a present for Bowser and Peach's wedding, and in the post-credit scene, the egg is seen in the underground Brooklyn sewers... and ''hatching''.]]
* TheCameo: They appear in all of one shot in the film. [[spoiler:Although a green Yoshi egg is one of the wedding presents and is shown hatching in the post-credits sequence.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The green Yoshi egg somehow ended up in Brooklyn's sewers, and it's hatching...]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: [[spoiler:The green Yoshi egg understandably does not appear in any of the promotional material in part because it sets up a possible sequel.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Subtly referenced. As the heroes travel across the Yoshi homeland on their way to the Jungle Kingdom, Mario grabs a ''Super Mario World'' berry to eat. A pink Yoshi in the background pauses to look at this and starts enviously licking its lips.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Other Inhabitants'''
[[folder:Lumalee]]
!!Lumalee
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Juliet Jelenic, Yuya Takezawa (chirps)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Valeria Garzón (EU Spanish), Victoria Céspedes (Latin American Spanish), Kaycie Chase (EU French), Lily Rose Régnier (Canadian French), Monique Filardy (Brazilian Portuguese), Catarina Machado (EU Portuguese), Ann Yamane (Japanese), Ines Kolonej (Swedish), Luiza Kampf (German), Wang Yunhan (TW Mandarin), Giulietta Rebeggiani (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's no escape. The only hope is the sweet relief of death!"'']]
A Luma held captive by Bowser.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Lumalee in the games is shown to be just as cheerful as the other Lumas. In the movie, he's the main source of BlackComedy as he cheerfully accepts being one of Bowser's prisoners [[spoiler:and sacrifices]].
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the games, Lumas in general didn't appear until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', where Mario already had a long career. Here, one appears during Mario's origin story.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Big time, though it’s PlayedForLaughs. Lumalee was a friendly, cheery little shopkeeper in the ''Galaxy'' games; here, he’s a CreepyChild and a StrawNihilist, and only acts cheery because it humorously contradicts his negative attitude.
* TheAntiNihilist: Is a StrawNihilist for the movie proper, [[spoiler:but before the credits, he gives a speech to the audience about how now that the movie is over, there’s nothing left but “[the viewers] and the infinite void”... and then he decides to play the saxophone for them.]]
* BlackComedy: He talks about how there is no escape from Bowser's Castle and that the only hope is the sweet relief of death with a childish voice, much to the penguins' dismay.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:Before the credits roll, Lumalee pops out and drops one more existential bomb on the audience, as he did with his fellow prisoners. Then he [[MoodWhiplash whips out a saxophone and the main credits begin]]]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is considered such according to the Penguin King.
-->'''Penguin King:''' Pay him no heed. He is cute, but he is... ''(makes cuckoo whistle)''
* CrazySane: Lumalee makes a comment implying he sees himself and his attitude towards death this way.
* CreepyChild: The contrast between his childlike voice and his cheery disposition towards wanting to die is PlayedForLaughs.
* CuteAndPsycho: As the Penguin King puts it, the Lumalee is adorable but has a disturbingly twisted mind.
* DeathSeeker: He brings up a variety of macabre topics unprompted, and comments that the only escape from the dungeon is "the sweet relief of death." [[spoiler:When the prisoners are being lowered into Bowser's lava pit, he happily exclaims "Wheeeeeee!" and joyously giggles. He reacts with disappointment upon being saved]].
* TheEeyore: Though, not in the conventional sense. His attitude is chipper, but his comments are exceedingly pessimistic, to the point that the penguins see him as a complete downer who's bringing down the mood in an already grim situation.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He's a really great saxophone player.]]
* {{Irony}}: In ''Galaxy'', Lumalee sold 1-Up Mushrooms, an item that famously grants Mario or Luigi an extra life. His role gets turned on its head in this movie since he mostly talks about death.
* NoodleIncident: Unlike the penguins, Luigi, and [[spoiler:the Kongs]], it's never revealed how he ended up in Bowser's captivity, particularly when there are no other Lumas and Rosalina is nowhere to be seen.
* PerpetualSmiler: He says the most morbid things while maintaining a cute little smile. The only time he frowns is when he's [[spoiler:''denied'' the "sweet relief of death," and as he [[BreakingTheFourthWall talks to the audience at the end]]... [[MoodWhiplash At least until he pulls out his saxophone]]]].
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He could easily escape from his cage and even floats out of it once or twice, but stays in there seemingly because he wants to.
* ShesAManInJapan: Lumalee is originally referred to as a "he", but in the Croatian version (both dubbed and subtitled) he's female.
* StrawNihilist: Lumalee is comically obsessed with death and oblivion. [[spoiler:That being said, he comes off as more of TheAntiNihilist when he [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience just before the credits]].]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: It's implied that he is a child given his voice. However long he's been in Bowser's castle, it must have taken its toll since all he talks about is wanting to die.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Does not appreciate being rescued from the lava pit.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Lumalee:''' Booooo!]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cheep-Cheeps]]
!!Cheep-Cheeps
Large fish.
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* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: One part of the trio's trek to the Jungle Kingdom shows Mario, Peach, and Toad crossing a bridge with Cheep Cheeps jumping from an unseen body of water over them (referencing certain levels from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'').
* PersonalSpaceInvader: While crossing a bridge on the path to the Jungle Kingdom, a Cheep-Cheep flies itself onto Mario's face.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maw-Ray]]
!!Maw-Ray
A gigantic eel.
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* GettingEatenIsHarmless: [[spoiler:[[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. It swallows both Mario and DK whole, holding them harmlessly inside it. Naturally results in TooSpicyForYogSothoth with a rocket. This is somewhat justified as Mario and DK were very clearly not in it's stomach acid area yet and DK even comments that they will inevitably be slowly digested to death.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All of the characters in this movie are faithful adaptations of their video game designs with slight adjustments (or a new costume in the case of Cranky Kong), with the notable exception of [[spoiler:the Maw-Ray that Mario and Donkey Kong encounter in the ocean]], which looks more realistic than its counterpart from ''Super Mario 64'', and also looks different than its design in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', which was also a more realistic version of the character design.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Bob-omb]]
!!King Bob-omb
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The King of the Bob-ombs.
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* ActionBomb: He explodes during the scuffle at Bowser's wedding.
* TheCameo: He appears momentarily as a guest at Bowser's wedding.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When he realizes he can't put out his fuse he sadly sighs and stops trying to put it out.
* HeavySleeper: He nods off during the wedding and somehow manages to sleep through all of the chaos caused by [[spoiler:Peach getting the Ice Flower]], only waking up when his fuse is lit by Peach.
* OhCrap: He starts to lose it when Peach lights his fuse.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Peach lights his fuse, he panics trying to put it out, before he stops and groans, accepting his fate.
* TheVoiceless: Even though he's perfectly capable of speech in the games, he doesn't speak once during the movie. Though he does make some audible grunting and screaming noises when his fuse is lit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Boo]]
!!King Boo
The King of the ghost-like Boos.
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* TheCameo: Like King Bob-omb, he appears as a guest at [[spoiler:Bowser's wedding]]. He's also the only member of the Boo species that shows up in the movie.
* DirtyCoward: Implied. Unlike the other wedding guests, Boo doesn’t jump into action, instead he remains in his seat and later flees the battle offscreen as soon as things start going south.
* FairWeatherFriend: He's implied to be one to Bowser. Despite Bowser inviting him to his wedding he doesn't move a ghostly muscle to help when Peach starts fighting Bowser's forces. A later shot also shows he's absent, meaning he left at some point off screen.
* LivingProp: He has no lines and does nothing of significance in the film, simply mingling with the crowd and not even participating in the wedding battle or the one in Brooklyn.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Peach freezes Bowser at [[spoiler:the wedding]], all guests jump in to attack her, except for King Boo who quietly leaves the wedding offscreen.
[[/folder]]
!!Brooklyn, New York City
[[folder:Pauline]]
!!Pauline
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Marisol Romero (Latin American Spanish), Regina Maria Maia (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
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The Mayor of New York.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Pauline has a long history with Mario in the games, being his first-ever love interest in the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. In the film’s continuity, it’s apparent that the two have never met.
* BlatantLies: She claims that the city's sewer problem on the streets is under control while geysers of water are erupting from the ground.
* TheCameo: She shows up on a news report, addressing a large flooding problem in the city's streets.
* DemotedToExtra: Whenever she appeared in the games, she either had a main role (''Donkey Kong'' and ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'') or a supporting role (''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''). She also appeared frequently in the newer sports games. Here, she only has a small cameo in the first act.
* OhCrapSmile: Her reaction when the worsening flood disproves her assurance that it's under control. On live TV, too.
* PragmaticAdaptation: She is still the mayor of a big city like in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', but is instead the mayor of New York City in a separate world rather than New Donk City being in the Mushroom Kingdom's world.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foreman Spike]]
!!Foreman Spike
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sebastian Maniscalco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Cordero (EU Spanish), Creator/ErickSelim (Latin American Spanish), David Brau (Catalan), Creator/BorisRehlinger (EU French), Alexandre Fortin (Canadian French), Filipe Albuquerque (Brazilian Portuguese), António Machado (EU Portuguese), Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matti Klemm (German), Chen Zhe (PRC Mandarin), Yuen Tak Kei (HK Cantonese), Sun Cheng (TW Mandarin), Lee Hyun (Korean), Gabriele Sabatini (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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->''"Well, well, well. If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid Mario Brothers!"''
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Mario and Luigi's former boss, and the owner of VideoGame/WreckingCrew.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the games, Spike's color scheme ranges from yellow or khaki to purple. His outfit is blue in the film, likely to avoid confusion with Wario or Waluigi.
* AdaptationalNameChange: In Japan, he was always known as “Blacky” in the games. However, he’s renamed “Spike” in the Japanese dub of this movie, precedenting his name being officially changed to "Spike" in the games as well.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but nothing suggested that he actively tried to have the Mario Brothers killed when they worked for him, and he never worked for Bowser here. [[spoiler:After seeing them save Brooklyn against Bowser and the Koopas, he happily cheers them on along with the civilians.]]
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: [[spoiler:He allied himself with Bowser in ''Wrecking Crew '98'', but here, when Bowser attacks Brooklyn, not even Spike is safe from his rampage.]]
* ArtEvolution: Compared to other characters who are based on either modern appearances or promotional artwork, Spike's appearance is a translation of his 8-bit sprite to modern graphics, with similar color shades and a thicker beard.
* BeardOfEvil: More rude than outright evil, but Spike has a distinctly bushy beard that completes his boorish image.
* TheBusCameBack: This movie is Spike's first non-cameo appearance in a very, very long time. His last appearance was in ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mobile Golf]]'', which was released in Japan in 2001, 22 years before this movie.
* DirtyCoward: Spike enjoys picking on Mario and Luigi, who are both much smaller than him. [[spoiler:Also, when Bowser’s army comes to the human world and some of his minions gang up on Spike, he cowers in fear and doesn’t even try to fight back, even though the minions were smaller than him.]]
* EvilIsPetty: He's not genuinely evil, simply by writing a negative review on the Mario Bros.' website out of spite, but his reason for doing so has nothing to do with the service but because Mario and Luigi "deserted" his business. Also, [[spoiler:right before Mario battles Bowser in New York, he was going to beat him up for scratching his truck when he didn't even touch it]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:During the climax when Mario warps back to Brooklyn, he nearly hits Mario with his van and manhandles him for almost scratching it (albeit Mario did appear with almost no warning), never mind Mario would've been dead or injured from the impact.]]
* JabbaTableManners: He slurps down a whole pizza slice without chewing it.
* {{Jerkass}}: Spike antagonizes Super Mario Bros. Plumbing and leaves a negative review on their website because the founders left his employ. In the film proper, he mocks and antagonizes them at the pizzeria for leaving his business and questions if they had even found work, even physically squaring up when Mario has had it with his nasty attitude before leaving them be.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's a massive bully to the Mario Bros, he still remembers to pay as he's leaving the restaurant and [[spoiler:is the one who starts the cheers for them after they save Brooklyn.]]
* KickTheDog: He leaves a negative, 1-star review on the Bros.' website that says nothing about their plumbing business all so he can berate them for leaving ''his'' business. There were only three reviews when the website first launched.
* MaliciousMisnaming:
** He calls Mario and Luigi the "SUBPAR Mario Bros" in his review on their website, clearly angry that they quit working for him to go into business for themselves.
** He also calls them the “Stupid Mario Bros.” when they run into him at the pizzeria. [[spoiler:However, at the end, he does actually call them the "Super Mario Bros".]]
* {{Manchild}}: Has the personality of a schoolyard bully despite being a full grown man with a Foreman job.
* MeanBoss:
** According to the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, the Mario Bros. got so tired of his "spiky" behavior that they ended up quitting and starting their own business. He was so angry about them quitting that he gave them a bad review on their website.
--->'''Spike:''' There's no loyalty w/ mario and luigi!!! The SUBPAR Mario Bros used to wrk for me until they decided to break off and start there own bussines... theyll learn their lesson someday...
** [[spoiler:Subverted when Spike decides to update his review after the Mario Brothers save Brooklyn.]]
--->'''Spike:''' [[spoiler:the SUBPAR Mario Bros somhow managed to save Brooklynn… so i’m officiallly bumpin my review from 1 Star to 1 & a Half.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name is Spike and he's a real {{Jerkass}}. Mario and Luigi even acknowledge it by saying his personality while working for him was "spiky".
* MilesGloriosus: He acts extremely macho and tough when dealing with people smaller and weaker than him, such as the Bros, but [[spoiler:is left cowering in fear when some of Bowser’s minions attack him during the final battle and has to be saved by Luigi.]]
* NoodleIncident: While it's known that the bros quit working for him due to his "spiky behaviour", the exact things he'd done to them are never revealed.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He's the one to lead the cheer for the Mario Brothers after they save the day.]]
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The angry review he leaves on their website contains numerous spelling and grammar errors. At the very least in the movie itself, he pronounces his words correctly.
* SinisterShades: He wears a set of highly reflective, single lens sunglasses that immediately signify that he's an asshole.
* SinisterSchnoz: His character emblem, first shown in the cast reveal video in 2021 and later seen as his user profile picture on the SMB Plumbing website, depicts him with a big and pointy nose, and the website indicates that he's a jerk who mistreated the Bros. when they worked for him and continues to antagonize them for leaving. Contrasted quite noticeably with the brothers' more benevolent-looking button-noses.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Despite being among the first characters that appears in the movie, he did not appear in a single piece of promotional material (barring a non-physical reference on the SMB Plumbing website).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: He gets angry finding the Mario Brothers in the same pizzeria he's in (Punch-Out Pizzeria) and instigates a fight with them insulting their lack of business but ultimately decides [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he refuses to stay there]] and walks away from his pizza only a quarter-way eaten and briskly throws cash at it.
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[[folder:Woman from Commercial]]
!!Woman from Commercial
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Harumi Nishizawa (Latin American Spanish), Jéssica Vieira (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thesupermariobrosmovieplumbingadwoman.png]]
A woman who acts inside the Super Mario Bros. commercial as their customer.
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* BadBadActing: When she's reading prompted lines during the commercial, she squints at them, reads them in a stilted manner, and then shrugs incredulously. Additionally, her line suggests she's checking her bank account on her phone, but the screen clearly shows that's not the case.
* NoNameGiven: Her name is not known, told, or given to us.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: In the commercial, she reads her prompted lines with a confused expression, no doubt finding them cheesy.
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[[folder:Mario and Luigi's Family]]
!!Mario Brothers' Family
!!!'''Father voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Canadian and EU French, Italian, EU Spanish, German]])[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Víctor Delgado (Latin American Spanish), Paulo Bernardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Tobias Almborg (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Mother voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]María Jesús Varona (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (EU French), Andrea Murucci (Brazilian Portuguese), Sun Ruoyu (TW Mandarin), Anneli Heed (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Tony voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Marc Perez (EU French), Sven Plate (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Aunt Marie voiced by:''' [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Grandfather voiced by:''' [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jorge Roig Sr. (Latin American Spanish), Marcos Castro (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]\\
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marios_family_tsmbm.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Hey-ohhhhh!"]]
Mario and Luigi's family members.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Mario Bros.'s mother is far more supportive than the ControlFreak she was in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.
* AdaptationExpansion: In the movie, we finally get to see Mario and Luigi's family like their mother and father (along with additional relatives) instead of leaving their family status vague (in the original games, their mother and father only have appeared briefly at the end of the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' games, though their faces aren't seen) or non-existent (the additional relatives [[CanonForeigner haven't appeared or been mentioned whatsoever]] in the games thus far).
* AscendedExtra: The parents, compared to TheFaceless versions seen in the ''Yoshi's Island'' games. Here, we actually get to see them in the flesh, and they're much more characterized than their game counterparts.
* BrutalHonesty: When asked directly by Mario what he thinks about their ad, the father says he thinks their decision is nuts.
* CanonImmigrant: Uncle Tony was mentioned in a segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. What makes it likely that this is a conscious reference instead of just the mutual use of a common Italian name is that the show alluded to him taking more than his fair share of food during family meals, which is exactly how he behaves in the film.
* CanonForeigner: In the games’ canon, Mario and Luigi don’t have any known family members aside from their parents, though they were alluded to in other Western media like ''Super Show''.
* CastingGag:
** Creator/CharlesMartinet, Mario and Luigi’s voice actor in the games, plays their father in this film.
** The other family members are played by voice actors whose last names indicate Italian heritage.
* DisapprovingLook: Everyone gives the father one after he insensitively hurts Mario's feelings by saying that Mario drags Luigi into reckless decisions by fulfilling a dream he finds "crazy".
* DopeSlap: Aunt Marie lightly slaps Uncle Arthur for making Mario and Luigi a laughingstock, prompting a "what did I do?" reaction from him.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur make fun of Mario and Luigi’s commercial during dinner, as well as using coordinated outfits and white work gloves as a trademark of their business. However, when their father tells Mario he's dragging Luigi down with him for his “crazy dream” (along with deeming him a disappointment), making him storm off to his room, the uncles give the father looks of disapproval along with the rest of the family, showing that even ''they'' knew that the father went ''too'' far with his words.
* ExactWords: The mother's review on the SMB Plumbing website says that SMB Plumbing "treated me like family" -- because she ''is'' family.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Their father is skeptical towards Mario and Luigi's plans to start their own plumbing business.
* GoodParents: The mom's review on her sons' website was the only five-star review when the website launched, and she talks about how polite and professional they are, as well as them being adorable and treated her like family (when she ''is'' family). It's clear as day how biased she is, but it shows just how much she cares. She's also the only relative wholly supportive of their dream at the dinner table.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Their father didn't mean to hurt Mario's feelings when he told him that his refusal to give up was a cause of trouble and tells him in the process that he's dragging Luigi down with him, even asking what he said when Mario storms off and the rest of the family gives him disapproving looks for offending him.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Despite some of the family making Mario and Luigi's plumbing business the laughing stock at dinner, they aren't wrong when they said quitting their day jobs and dumping their entire life-savings on a dream of becoming working-class heroes (and with a cheap low-quality commercial for good measure) was a very risky move.
** The father did hurt Mario's feelings when he admonished his son's refusal to give up and accused him of "dragging [his] brother down with [him]", but since his actions would later result in Luigi being kidnapped, imprisoned [[spoiler:and almost killed]], his concerns aren't unfounded.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur poke fun at the Bros. for their struggling business, but they come off as more playful and [[EveryoneHasStandards didn't like the father's harsher criticisms of them when Mario gets hurt and leaves dinner]]. [[spoiler:They also cheer for the Bros. after the two save Brooklyn]].
** Mario and Luigi's father was quite critical of their decisions, but he [[InnocentlyInsensitive didn't mean to hurt Mario's feelings]] when reprimanding him and doesn't hide how [[SoProudOfYou proud he is]] when [[spoiler:they save Brooklyn at the end of the film]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The mother praises the song used during their plumbing ad, saying it should belong in a movie.
* MultigenerationalHousehold: Three of them, with nine members in total.
* MythologyGag:
** The father resembles Talon, the Mario lookalike from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. His brother Arthur likewise resembles Ingo, the Luigi lookalike.
** Uncle Tony was one of the Mario Bros.' relatives mentioned in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super Show]]'' episode "Glasnuts", where he was recalled as a BigEater.
** According to the directors, the aunt's name is Marie. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'', Luigi mentions an Aunt Maria in the episode "''Crimes R Us''".
* NoNameGiven: While some like Tony and Arthur are identified [[AllThereInTheScript via the credits]], the bros.' parents, aunt, and cousin go unnamed in the film. [[https://www.polygon.com/23673074/mario-movie-family-members-dad-mom-uncles-aunt According to the directors]], their aunt is named Marie. The family name is also not revealed. While the ''Super Show'' includes a niece named Marilyn, there's no way to know whether or not the niece in the movie is meant to be an adaptation of the same character.
* ParentalFavoritism: The father appears to favor Luigi, as he initially chastises Mario for "bringing [his] brother down with [him]" when he brings up why they left their old jobs. [[spoiler:He comes around after seeing Mario's heroics during the finale.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Mario and Luigi's father clearly loves them both, but he is also clearly shown to not be able to see when his words genuinely hurt his eldest son and generally seems oblivious to a lot of his insensitive comments towards him and how they affect him.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: While her age isn't revealed, their cousin, the youngest member of the family, is constantly seen on her phone. She is seen looking down at it for the entirety of dinner and [[spoiler:uses it to take a picture of the aftermath of the battle in Brooklyn]].
* RemakeCameo: The Mario Bros.' dad is voiced by the most well-known voice actor for Mario himself.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: The grandfather doesn't seem to be all there anymore, needing to be fork-fed, biting into the fork despite the spaghetti already having fallen off of it and not showing any hint of interest in the dinner conversation.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:After the final battle, the father tells Mario he was amazing, and then happily declares "These are my boys!" to the whole cheering crowd]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance:
** All the men have the same style of mustache.
** The larger, rounded nose shape is a trait of all members of the family, even the ones who married in.
* UnnamedParent: The mom and dad are among the unnamed members of the family.
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[[folder:Francis the Dog]]
!!Francis
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3488.png]]
A dog that botches Mario and Luigi's first onscreen job.
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* AxCrazy: Is pretty vicious, almost mauling Mario and Luigi just because the latter stepped on his favorite bone.
* BerserkButton: All it takes for Francis to go from a lovable Golden Retriever to a vicious, relentless dog out for blood is seeing his favorite bone ''accidentally'' stepped on by Luigi.
* BewareOfViciousDog: Francis tries to ''maul'' the bros [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because Luigi broke his favorite bone.]] [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|trope}} after they save Brooklyn, whereupon he drops the grudge.]]
* DeathGlare: He delivers these twice in the movie. He first gives one to Luigi after the man in green accidentally steps on and in-turn breaks the dog's favorite bone. He then gives another one to ''both'' of the Mario Bros. when he confronts them in the bathroom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His whole reason for attacking and attempting to maul the Mario brothers and, in-turn, indirectly sabotaging and ruining their entire plumbing business in the first place? '''Because Luigi accidentally broke his favorite bone.'''
* DogStereotype: Completely and utterly ''[[InvertedTrope inverted]]''; he's a Golden Retriever, but his [[AxCrazy actual]] [[JerkAss personality]] is the ''complete opposite'' of what Golden Retrievers are typically [[BigFriendlyDog portrayed]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings as]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a vicious dog, but after [[spoiler:The Mario Bros. save Brooklyn]], he nods at them in respect.
* KillerRabbit: Golden retrievers are usually seen as {{Big Friendly Dog}}s that wouldn't hurt a fly. Francis is an unusually psychopathic one.
* SlasherSmile: He gives the brothers such a look after they trap him in the shower, only for the plumbing to flood the cubicle and carry him to the top where he's able to escape.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Francis takes an immediate dislike to Luigi when he steps on his bone. This leads to a series of events which culminates in the bathroom being completely destroyed. To a larger extent, this also motivates Mario into taking on greater jobs to repair their damaged reputation, leading to them being sucked into the warp pipe.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After the Mario brothers save Brooklyn from Bowser, he drops the animosity towards them and is seen giving a mutual head nod to Luigi in respect.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giuseppe]]
!!Giuseppe
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, Canadian and EU French, Japanese [through original English audio], German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, TW Mandarin, Norwegian, Brazilian and EU Portuguese, Slovenian, EU and Latin Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese]])
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paisano.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Too much? It's-a PERFECT! WAHOO!"'']]
A rather eccentric old Italian who enjoys playing the arcade game ''Jump Man''.
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* ActorAllusion: He compliments the Mario Brothers for their fake Italian accents; bear in mind, he’s played by the man who gave the brothers their distinct accents in the first place. Even the accent that Charles Martinet uses for Giuseppe is flat-out his Mario voice.
* CanonForeigner: He’s a character unique to the movie.
* CoolOldGuy: He plays arcade games despite looking to be in his fifties or sixties, and he supports the brothers when their commercial goes to air, which is a big deal considering how the brothers are held in low esteem by everyone else.
* InkSuitActor: Giuseppe bears quite a resemblance to [[Creator/CharlesMartinet his voice actor]], just with a graying mustache and an outfit inspired by the look of the original 8-bit Mario.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: In-universe. When Mario asks Luigi if their use of exaggerated Italian accents in a commercial is "too much," the Italian Giuseppe overhears them and responds in a way that indicates his positive amusement:
-->'''Giuseppe:''' (''in a dead-ringer for Mario's game voice'') [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Too much? It's-a perfect!]] (''hops in the classic jump pose'') Wahoo!\\
'''Mario:''' Okay, I'm gonna trust you!
* MythologyGag:
** He looks exactly like Mario's original Jump Man-era design as an old man, and he's introduced playing "Jump Man", an obvious expy of [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Mario and Donkey Kong's video game debut.]] And of course, he's voiced by Charles Martinet, not just in the original English but twenty-six of the film's foreign language dubs, including the variants of French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish.
** Rather than overalls, he is seen wearing suspenders. It was the landlord of Nintendo of America, Mario Segale, wearing suspenders that encouraged the localization team to rename Jump Man into Mario.
* NiceGuy: Unlike everyone else (excluding their mother), Giuseppe is supportive of Mario and Luigi's plumbing business.
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'''''Characters/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'''''\\
[[Characters/SMBMMarioBros Mario Bros.]] | [[Characters/SMBMMushroomKingdom Mushroom Kingdom]] | [[Characters/SMBMDarkLands Dark Lands]] | '''Everyone Else'''-]]]]]
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!!Assorted Islands
!!!'''Jungle Kingdom'''
[[folder:Donkey Kong]]
!!Donkey Kong
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SethRogen [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Felipe Garrido (EU Spanish), Mark Pokora (Latin American Spanish), David Jenner (Catalan), Xavier Fagnon (EU French), Creator/TristanHarvey (Canadian French), Pedro Azevedo (Brazilian Portuguese), José Nobre (EU Portuguese), Petter Isaksson (Swedish), Marios Gavrilis (German), Koji Takeda (Japanese), Miao Zhuang (PRC Mandarin), Chow Yee Tin (HK Cantonese), Chen Sixian (TW Mandarin), Kim Hyeon-soo (Korean), Creator/PaoloVivio (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kong_6.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"It is on like Donkey Kong!"'']]
->''"It's what they came here for! Dancing pecs!"''
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A boisterous Kong and the heir to the throne of the Jungle Kingdom.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: To a lesser extent; Donkey Kong is trying to earn his father's respect and wants to prove he's not just a guy that smashes things. The games imply that he's accustomed to his dad's attitude.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In addition to the standard application of this trope to the Kongs, Donkey Kong has been characterized increasingly as a DumbMuscle type in the games, such as the Retro Studios ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles. In the film, whilst he's a jock, he's never shown to be or treated as if he is particularly stupid, and in fact is able to cleverly assess the battlefield. There's even a moment in the film where he angrily complains to Mario that he's not some "big dumb smashy ape".
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed, but he is noticeably more arrogant in the movie than in the games.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: DK showboats to his adoring fans, pointedly avoids using any of the provided power-ups, and deliberately prolongs his beatdown of Mario for entertainment purposes. Then, when he's beaten, DK refuses to put it behind him.
* AscendedMeme: He quotes the memetic "It is on like Donkey Kong!"
* BadassNormal: DK shows himself to be a very powerful and capable fighter, even without powerups.
* BaitTheDog: After he and Mario are [[spoiler:eaten by the Maw-Ray]], they talk about how both their fathers don't appreciate them. They seem to be finding common ground... until DK callously says that Mario's father is ''right'' to think he's a failure.
* BaritoneOfStrength: DK is a powerful brawler with Seth Rogen's gruff voice.
* BashBrothers: After an act full of TeethClenchedTeamwork, DK and Mario join together in spectacular fashion to take on Bowser's army in the Mushroom Kingdom [[spoiler:to save Peach and everyone else captured for Bowser's wedding.]]
-->'''Mario:''' ''(Seeing a squadron of Koopas [[spoiler:procuring a stash of Power-Up Blocks]])'' [[LetsGetDangerous You wanna do this?]]\\
'''DK:''' ''([[HellYesMoment Sporting an ear-to-ear grin.]])'' '''Yes, I do!'''
* BicepKiss: He does [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy52VxXsAEyzFG?format=png&name=small this]] while singing along to the DK rap during his entrance at the arena.
* BigBeautifulMan: Played for laughs. He is often shown to be a [[MrFanservice beefcake of a handsome ape]] who performs his showboating dance moves, even his PecFlex would help to impress the ladies.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:DK and Mario make it back during the forced wedding and save the prisoners just in time, including Luigi and Cranky Kong, the latter of which finally shows some appreciation towards his son.]]
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: DK may be a boisterous showman beloved by the crowd, but beneath his cocky exterior is a son who just wants to earn his father's respect and be seen as a worthy successor.
* TheBigGuy: He's the muscle for Peach's resistance and physically the largest.
* BloodKnight: Implied. DK has a bit too much fun when fighting Mario in the Kong arena, and after [[spoiler:getting the Fire Flower and fighting Bowser's Koopa army alongside Mario, he exclaims that "This is fun!".]]
* BoisterousBruiser: He is shown to be as powerful a fighter as he is a showboating braggart, much to his father's consternation.
* BreakTheHaughty: Cranky Kong clearly didn't expect Mario to hold his own against his son at first -- especially not through snatching victory from the jaws of defeat after what initially appeared to be an open-and-shut case of a CurbStompBattle -- but he seemingly enjoyed seeing his arrogant heir get served a slice of humble pie. [[SoreLoser Meanwhile, DK has great emotional difficulty coming to terms with it at first]], but this unexpected victory ultimately leads to DK learning to fight for something greater than himself.
* ButtMonkey: Not to an extent like Mario, but he does get beaten several times.
* CanonForeigner: Fire DK. Donkey Kong generally has not used transformations in the games he headlines. The power-ups are implied to be usable by anyone in this continuity though.
* CharacterDevelopment: He starts out as an ArrogantKungFuGuy who relies solely on brute strength and fights only for his own vanity, yet is insecure about his father's disapproval of him. He learns to put his arrogance aside, fight for the common good instead of himself, and even becomes a bit more of a CombatPragmatist, using a Fire Flower in the final battle.
* ChickMagnet: He's implied to be this among the Kongs, because several female Kongs cheer when he does his pec dance.
* CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Bonds with Mario over their mutual issues with earning their fathers' respect.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's designed to be a combination of the classic [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong arcade]] design and his ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' design. His general design and attire are modeled after his look in the ''Country'' series, but his body structure and facial features are heavily inspired by the artwork displayed on the original arcade cabinet and portrayals prior to the ''Country'' series.
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: DK's eyelids are pitch-black, although they appear slightly less dark than they do in the games.
* CurbStompBattle: His fight with Mario starts off as a one sided beating, with the few blows [[NoSell Mario does land having no effect]]. He is on the receiving end when Mario gets the Cat Suit.
* CurbStompCushion: DK is no match for Bowser, but he does manage to get in a good punch that briefly sends Bowser flying.
* DecompositeCharacter: The traits he shares with Donkey Kong Junior are split into two Kongs. While DK being Cranky's son originated from some of the games, a separate Kong with Junior's appearance and tank top appears in the crowd to cheer him on. That is of course if you believe they're separate characters. This isn't totally clear.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[VitriolicBestBuds For a certain definition of "friendship"]], after Mario bests Donkey Kong in battle, he initially begrudgingly agrees to help Mario before gaining some respect for him and growing to see him as an ally.
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Donkey Kong is less of a braggart and less antagonistic towards Mario, forming a friendly rivalry with him. He's also more hyperactive and enthusiastic, requiring Cranky Kong to keep him restrained.
* EnemyMine: While he downright hates Mario by his own admission, he still works with Mario to help defeat Bowser, even before [[spoiler:their small bonding experience near the end]].
* FamedInStory: Donkey Kong is popular with the residents of the Jungle Kingdom and is implied to be respected outside of it, given Peach thinks Mario agreeing to fight him is a mistake.
* FemaleGaze: The camera focuses on DK's massive physique, including when he [[PecFlex makes his pecs dance]].
* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:DK ends up developing a genuine friendship with Mario after their escape from the Maw Ray and as they fight Bowser's forces on the way to Peach's forced wedding. He also becomes one with his brother Luigi, judging by his playful nudge to Luigi's shoulder after Bowser ends up shrunk by the Mini Mushroom.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: He has one with Mario. The two of them constantly argue and insult each other, but [[spoiler:Mario still saves Donkey Kong's life, and the two of them work together to crash Bowser's wedding with Peach.]]
* GladiatorGames: Mario fights Donkey Kong in a gladiator arena with numerous Kongs in the crowd, as part of a condition to get the Kong army to help stop Bowser.
* GoodIsNotNice: After the Kongs form an alliance with the main heroes, he's still openly rude and condescending towards Mario for most of their time together.
-->'''Donkey Kong:''' Cool raccoon suit!\\
'''Mario:''' Really?\\
'''Donkey Kong:''' Not at all!
* HelplessWithLaughter: He's overcome with laughter upon first seeing Mario in the Cat Suit.
* HiddenDepths: He reacts very strongly towards Mario telling him to "Smash things", citing in punctuations that he's more than just a monkey that smashes things, giving us a hint of how most, likely his father, see him as such and he doesn't like it.
* {{Hunk}}: Get a load of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyy6f58XoAA4VEL?format=png&name=900x900 that mountain of big muscles!]] A BigBeautifulMan himself.
* ILetYouWin: He lies about letting Mario beat him on purpose to impress Peach.
* InkSuitActor: Downplayed. Although he doesn't ''quite'' resemble Seth Rogen, he does have some of the actor's facial characteristics.
* IResembleThatRemark: After Mario remarks that DK just smashes things, DK angrily rebutts that he is "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis MORE! THAN A GUY! WHO SMASHES THINGS!!!]]", while jumping around and smashing things.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After they get eaten by the Maw-Ray, Donkey Kong blames Mario for what happened on Rainbow Road. While this is a harsh accusation that offends Mario and he's still rather salty about his defeat against him, he's not totally wrong: as King Cranky's son, he's the prince of the Jungle Kingdom, and the only reason he and the other Kongs agreed to help Mario is because he made a deal with Cranky, who only gives his army in support of whoever manages to defeat DK. Since Mario defeated him and then they were ambushed and fell off because of the Koopa General, Donkey Kong's father and the other Kongs were all captured, meaning that Mario dragged his people in his mission to rescue his brother, putting everyone in danger.
* JerkassToOne: Most of his aggression is directed towards Mario, since the latter was the first one to actually outperform him in battle. But as they travel together, he does begin to develop a real connection with Mario.
* JerkJock: He takes every chance he can get to antagonize Mario. Pretty much the only reason they agree to work together is because Bowser is stronger than either of them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** He's a cocky show-off, but he's not a bad person and he does develop a genuine friendship with Mario later on -- and despite his frustrations with his situation, [[IGaveMyWord he honors the agreement to help the Mushroom Kingdom]].
** While traveling on Rainbow Road, he makes fun of Mario for trying to flirt with Peach. However, when Peach politely asks DK and Toad to back off, he does so without a begrudging attitude.
* KickTheDog: It was certainly quite harsh of him to say that Mario's father had the ''right'' to see him as a failure, which rubs ''more'' salt to Mario's wound.
* KillerGorilla: Downplayed -- he's a massive gorilla who, while by no means vicious or evil, is still a JerkJock who gives Mario a [[CurbStompBattle relentless beating]] in the arena while saying [[PrepareToDie death threats]].
* LargeHam: He tends to be quite loud and bombastic, which is expected given that Seth Rogen provides his voice.
* {{Leitmotif}}: He makes his debut wrestler style with his own theme music, that being none other than the first verse of [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 the DK Rap]].
* LightningBruiser: For an 800-pound gorilla, DK is very agile and light on his feet.
* LovedByAll: Across the Kong Kingdom, DK is highly beloved by his people as they cheer and worship him when he enters the arena. Even outside the Kong Kingdom, nobody seems to actively dislike him, as even when he and Mario started out butting heads a lot, they end up getting over their differences and become friends, after Mario was the one to reach out to him no less.
* MakesUsEven: [[spoiler:After they escape from the Maw-Ray on the rocket barrel, he says to Mario "Now we're even!"]]
* MoodSwinger: After cackling at Cat Mario, he glares at him while [[HaHaHaNo bluntly and seriously saying, "Now you die".]] Cue [[MegatonPunch punch]].
* MrFanservice: Downplayed as he's a cartoon gorilla, but [[FemaleGaze some shots emphasize his hunky physique]], especially when he stands by puffing out his chest and shows off his impressively swole muscles.
* NoSell: Mario comes at him with a leaping punch, but DK grabs him out of the air without even blinking, slams him into the ground, and starts slapping him around. When Mario does manage to land a few punches on DK later, they have no effect.
* PecFlex: He does this when he says "Dancing pecs!". Cranky finds it cringeworthy while the female Kongs love it.
* PetTheDog: Despite being a SoreLoser from his loss to Mario, he still saves him from falling off Rainbow Road once Mario's kart is destroyed.
* PlayingWithFire: For the first time in the franchise, DK gets the power of the Fire Flower in the as he shoots fireballs at Koopa Troopas.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: After Mario gains the cat suit, Donkey Kong takes a moment to laugh at him before collecting himself and going back to their fight by saying, "Now you die".
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "I! AM! MORE! THAN A GUY! WHO SMASHES THINGS!!!"
* RapidFireFisticuffs: The moment he has Mario pinned down during their fight, he repeatedly slaps and punches him in the face at breakneck speed, not giving Mario any time to breathe.
* RedIsHeroic: DK's fur turns red when he gets ahold of a Fire Flower.
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: The games have alternately portrayed DK as either Cranky's son or grandson. The film goes with him being Cranky's son.
* TheRival: To Mario. They meet by fighting a gladiatorial match and, after Mario wins, DK holds a grudge and continues competing with him before eventually realizing they have a lot in common.
* ShipperOnDeck: He recognizes that Mario talking with the Princess on their way to the castle is him flirting with her, even if Mario is seemingly unaware of this. He is later shown smiling at Mario and Peach holding hands when they reunite.
* SlasherSmile: He gives these to Mario on a regular basis.
* SoreLoser: He does ''not'' take his loss to Mario well. As soon as he recovers, he chucks a barrel at Mario while saying [[BlatantLies he let Mario win]]. When they're preparing to drive across the Rainbow Road, DK takes a moment to tell Mario he hates him with no provocation.
* StockShonenRival: DK is introduced as an opponent for Mario to beat. He's initially the stronger of the two, but then Mario gets his second wind and turns the tide of their fight. After that, DK develops an inferiority complex and acts hostile to Mario even as they team up to take on a mutual threat. He later softens up after Mario saves his life, however.
* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler:Unlike his canon counterpart from the games, DK cannot breathe underwater and was in danger of drowning. Luckily, Mario saved him in time.]]
* ThrowABarrelAtIt: True to the games, barrels are DK's primary weapon of choice. He chucks multiple ones at Mario during their showdown, mimicking the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong original arcade game that started it all]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The majority of the characters opposing Bowser are established as unambiguously kind-hearted, but DK stands out as a JerkJock who would have become Mario's arch-enemy if they weren't forced to work together, even giving implications he would have killed Mario in their fight. Even Cranky Kong isn't as openly abrasive about working on a team. With that being said, he never puts Mario and his allies in danger and honors Cranky's agreement, and even grows to like them to some extent.
* TooMuchAlike: DK refuses to admit he and Mario have anything in common even when it's obvious.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Despite being the team's most pompous and abrasive member, he does manage to generate a lot of chuckles. [[CharacterDevelopment He does get better, though]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[spoiler:Becomes this with Mario. Despite their still ongoing bickering dynamic, they empathise with each other over their daddy issues and work especially well as a team. Later, as Mario is at first fearful of Bowser and hiding from him, Donkey Kong defends him by punching Bowser hard. They even share a group hug after Bowser is defeated, hinting that any animosity between them has ended.]]
* WarriorPrince: He's the heir of King Cranky and the strongest Kong in the kingdom.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:He has some insecurities over Cranky not respecting him, mostly due to a difference of opinion towards his showboating attitude.]]
* WillfullyWeak: At the start of his challenge duel, Donkey Kong boasts that he won't need to use any of the power-ups in the arena to defeat Mario.
* TheWorfEffect: He goes up against Bowser and gets trounced within seconds.
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[[folder:Cranky Kong]]
!!Cranky Kong
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredArmisen[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando De Luis (EU Spanish), Germán Fabregat (Latin American Spanish), Tony Sevilla (Catalan), Nicolas Marié (EU French), Sébastien Dhavernas (Canadian French), Léo Rabelo (Brazilian Portuguese), Fernando Luís (EU Portuguese), Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Claes Ljungmark (Swedish), Bernhard Völger (German), Yang Mo (PRC Mandarin), Lee Chung Keung (HK Cantonese), Sun Zhongtai (TW Mandarin), Ryu Hae-moo (Korean), Creator/PaoloBuglioni (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Buckle up!"'']]
->''"Enough with the showboating!"''
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The king of the Jungle Kingdom and Donkey Kong's father. Princess Peach seeks out his aid because he has the largest and most skilled army in the known lands, although he's also notoriously aloof and unpredictable.
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* ActorAllusion: Seth Rogen does his trademark laugh almost deliberately after Mario shrinks himself with a Mini Mushroom during his fight with Donkey Kong.
* AdaptationalHeroism: If you go by the backstory that Cranky was the one who kidnapped Pauline and fought Mario, then he counts, since this version has done no such things...unless the ''Jump Man'' arcade game is a dramatization of past events.
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games, Cranky is a retired adventurer who still holds a leadership-type role. Here, he is specifically the king of the Jungle Kingdom.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Downplayed since he's still part of the origin story, but in the games, he was [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong famously]] Mario's very first antagonist, appearing before Mario travelled to the Mushroom Kingdom and encountered Princess Peach and Bowser.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Cranky in the video games is a classic grumpy old man who is in a perpetual foul mood, sneering down his nose at the younger Kongs, mocking their skills and openly berating them as {{Inadequate Inheritor}}s. Even the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' version was a short-tempered, snarky old jerk. This iteration of Cranky, in contrast, is constantly upbeat and happy throughout most of the movie; he still acts like a jerk, but now it's more mischievous than mean-spirited. He only briefly displays anything close to the classic Cranky's...''crankiness'' when he sees Donkey Kong showboating at the start of his duel with Mario.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: He never met Mario in his prime and formed a rivalry unlike in the games, with the initial rivalry instead being given to his son.
* AgeLift: Cranky isn't the crochety old ape he usually is in the games, appearing physically adept enough to pass for post middle-age and not even needing a cane.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: He sports a Jewish-sounding accent despite being voiced by a Venezuelan/German/Korean American actor, perhaps because Seth Rogen, who voices his son, comes from a Ukrainian/Russian Jewish family.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Unlike all the other Kongs, each of whom is an AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal, he's got a full, {{Mayincatec}}-inspired regal robe and headdress -- but he's still barefoot. Which makes sense because, as an ape, his feet are a second pair of hands.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the games, he was the Donkey Kong [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong who kidnapped Pauline and fought Mario]], with his son (or grandson) having [[LegacyCharacter taken over his name]] after he retired. [[FlipFlopOfGod Maybe]]. In the film, he has no history with Mario, kidnapping, or being called Donkey Kong, with his son being the only DK around.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:After being ambushed by Bowser on Rainbow Road, he and the other Kongs except Donkey Kong end up in Bowser's cells.]]
* DubPersonalityChange: In the "Super Japanese version" Cranky Kong is less cranky overall, being more weary than aggrivated.
* FrontlineGeneral: He personally goes with Princess Peach and leads his Army on Rainbow Road to fight Bowser.
* GoodParents: Though annoyed by his son's showboating, [[spoiler:when DK is seemingly sent plummeting to his death, he is clearly devastated. When DK is revealed to be alive, he doesn't hide how proud he is of him]].
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After Mario defeats Donkey Kong clean, Cranky looks annoyed, but relents with a "you got me" smile towards Peach.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He might seem, well, cranky most of the time, but he is a fair and just ruler:
** While he at first is unwilling to help the Mushroom Kingdom, he was willing to give Mario, Peach, and Toad a chance to prove themselves, plus he even gave Mario a fighting chance by placing power-ups across the arena with no strings attached. Once Mario wins, he takes it in stride and immediately agrees to help the Mushroom Kingdom.
** His behavior towards DK is more of how he sees DK's antics as an embarrassment, not that he's embarrassed to have DK as his son. [[spoiler:When it seemed like the Blue Shell sends DK and Mario to their deaths, Cranky is clearly devastated by it. When DK not only is shown to be alive but saves all the prisoners and Cranky, he is overjoyed and actually asks DK to do his signature "Pec Dance", something DK says he'll do later, as there are more pressing matters at the moment, something that clearly impressed Cranky too.]]
* KingKongCopy: Narrative-wise. A group of adventurers (complete with a pretty blonde damsel) travel to an island surrounded by an impenetrable wall whose population have a simian king known as "Kong".
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice sounds remarkably similar to that of Creator/LarryDavid.
* NonIndicativeName: This version is more of a loud-mouthed [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] than the classic GrumpyOldMan from the games and the [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry '90s cartoon]].
* PassThePopcorn: When Donkey Kong is beating the tar out of Mario, while Peach and Toad are horrified, Cranky can be seen picking up a banana with a smile on his face.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Aloof and at first unwilling to help the Mushroom Kingdom he may be, he's willing to make a deal with Mario, a person lower in social class than him, the minute the latter challenges him, simply because he was impressed by his bravado despite laughing at his presence earlier. When Mario defeats his son, Donkey Kong, as part of the deal, he takes it in stride and upholds his end of the bargain by helping the Mushroom Kingdom.
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: He's Donkey Kong's father instead of grandfather in this movie ([[ContinuitySnarl though that hasn't always been consistent in the past]]).
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:DK earns his respect after he saves him and the others. He even tells DK that he earned a pec flex.]]
* {{Troll}}: Cranky Kong put power ups in boxes to help level the playing field between Mario and DK, [[spoiler:but he also included the Mini-Mushroom and Super Bell for nothing else than his own amusement. The cat suit ended up back firing, since it gave Mario increased speed and reflexes, and equips him with a pair of claws that helped Mario win]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kong (species)]]
!!Kongs
!!!'''Diddy Kong voiced by:''' Creator/EricBauza[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Luis Leonardo Suárez (Latin American Spanish), Enzo Dannemann (Brazilian Portuguese), Zhang Yunqi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]
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A simian species living on an island near the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: All the Kongs are shown wearing various pieces of clothing, including Donkey Kong with his now iconic monogrammed tie; the only Kong who is fully clothed is Cranky Kong with his royal robe.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Exactly how smart the Kongs are supposed to be has varied pretty wildly in the games. In the original arcade games, the Kongs are portrayed as effectively just animals -- maybe unusually cunning animals, but still animals. In the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' trilogy and its sequel ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', they are presented as fully sapient beings, using BambooTechnology and speaking their own language. The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' and the Retro Studios-released ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' titles present them much more like animals, largely by never letting them speak. In the movie, there can be no doubts as to their sapience; they speak, they have highly developed technological tools, and their city is even built around their love of using motor vehicles, an homage to both ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' and ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing''.
* AdaptationalModesty: A downplayed example for Dixie Kong. While she usually [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wears a short tied-up shirt and no pants]], she's clad here in a long basketball top-like shirt that covers her like a sleeveless dress.
* AnthropomorphicShift: Extremely Downplayed. In most Mario games, the Kongs speak their own language of grunts that are translated for the player. In this movie, the Kongs speak English and are fully understood by the humans and toads.
* TheBusCameBack: For Kongs such as Chunky and Swanky, this is the first time they've appeared in any official ''Mario'' or ''Donkey Kong'' media since the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remake of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' in 2005.
* ContinuityCameo: [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 Diddy Kong]], [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest Dixie Kong, Swanky Kong]], and [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 Chunky Kong]] are among the denizens of Donkey Kong Island. Swanky drives a kart and slips on a banana peel during the "[[Music/{{Aha}} Take On Me]]" segment, while the others show up as audience members during DK's fight against Mario, with Diddy in particular being highlighted as he (with Dixie and Chunky sat next to him) cheers DK on. Fans have also noticed Kongs that resemble Funky Kong, [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble Kiddy Kong]], [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong Junior]], and even [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry Eddie the Mean Old Yeti]] among the movie's background characters, although it is unclear whether these are actual cameos or just generic lookalikes since they're not given any focus.
* HeroWorshipper: The Kongs idolize Donkey Kong and indulge his showboating, much to Cranky's frustration. Diddy in particular needs to be specifically called out to stop cheering for his hero.
-->'''Kongs:''' (''cheering'') D! K! Donkey Kong! D! K! Donkey Kong!\\
'''Cranky''': Okay, simmer down!\\
'''Kongs:''' (''continue cheering'') D! K! Donkey Kong!\\
'''Cranky:''' (''yells'') [[BigShutUp I said simmer down!]]\\
''(All the Kongs except Diddy stop cheering)''\\
'''Diddy:''' D! K! D! K! D! K!\\
'''Cranky:''' ''That means you, Diddy Kong!''\\
'''Diddy:''' D! K! D— ''(stops mid-cheer and then sits down with a sheepish look on his face)'' [-Sorry-].
* IntelligentPrimate: They have an affinity for technology (specifically go-karts) as well as a complex society and city. Their culture seemingly values more than brute strength, as shown by Cranky Kong filling the arena with power-ups that allowed Mario to win by via strategy and intelligent use of the resources at his disposal.
* OhCrap: Swanky only has a moment to yell in fear before he drives over a BananaPeel that sends his kart careening.
* WackyRacing: Rather than the Mushroom Kingdom, karting is depicted as a hat of the Jungle Kingdom, with everyone using karts in extremely dangerous ways with the most mundane treatment.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Ice Kingdom'''
[[folder:Penguin King]]
!!Penguin King
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Pablo Adán (EU Spanish), Mauricio Pérez (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ThierryDesroses (EU French), Fayolle Jean Jr. (Canadian French), Marco Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Creator/AntonOlofssonRaeder (Swedish), Axel Malzacher (German), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Francesco De Francesco (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:305:''"That is but a taste of our fury! Do you yield?"'']]
The ruler of a kingdom of penguins that Bowser invades.
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* BoisterousWeakling: When Bowser invades his kingdom, he proudly and confidently stands his ground against Bowser, even after his snowball attacks do absolutely zero damage to the Koopa King.
* CanonForeigner: The penguins never had a monarch in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. Thus, the Penguin King is a new character created for the movie.
* TheComicallySerious: The entire point of his characterization. He's a dead-serious king who attempts to lead his troops to victory, but he's also a tiny penguin who attacks his foes with snowballs.
* CurbStompBattle: He's on the receiving end of one from [[EvilSorcerer Kamek]], who uses his magic to push his entire army away in a fell swoop, and their {{snowball|Fight}}s do barely more than making Bowser unimpressed and hitting a single Koopa soldier.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Being trapped above a pit of lava is bad enough for a creature acclimated to an icy environment, but the real torture is having to be within earshot of Lumalee while he harps on about how hopeless things are.
* GrinOfAudacity: The king of the penguins can be seen smiling with furrowed brows as he orders his soldiers to attack the Koopas -- even though [[CurbStompBattle his confidence is woefully misplaced]].
* LittleNo: The penguin king gives one when watching Bowser destroy the entire ice palace with his fire breath.
* NiceGuy: Assures Luigi not to listen to Lumalee.
* NoNameGiven: He is merely referred to as "Penguin King".
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: He's the only penguin with a crown and ermine cape. This confirms he is the king of the penguins and their kingdom. He continues to wear them even while a prisoner of Bowser.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He leads his troops into battle as if he was their general, and directly tries to confront Bowser and get him to call off the invasion... though his snowballs [[NoSell barely do anything]] to Bowser.
* OutOfFocus: While the destruction of his Kingdom from Bowser and his theft of the Super Star is what kickstarts the plot, the Penguin King is a minor character that has very little scenes in which he appears, which is not helped by the fact that those scenes are short and show him sharing his limited screentime with Luigi, who also suffers this in the middle part of the movie, and Lumalee. Whenever he's on-screen, he's stuck putting up with Lumalee's macabre jokes. After he's freed in the last 15 minutes of the movie, he completely disappears.
* UnderequippedCharge: He and his forces had military preparation. The problem is, said preparation was just enough for a glorified snowball fight and not an actual life-or-death war with a monster that breathes fire.
* VocalDissonance: A tiny, cute penguin with a regal, commanding deep voice.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: The Penguin King exclaims this almost word-for-word after Lumalee mentions the only escape from Bowser's dungeon is death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Penguins]]
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The only things the penguins wear are some belts and bandanas (and a crown and ermine cape for the king).
* BigShadowLittleCreature: The penguins are introduced as huge shadows looming on the gates of their kingdom, scaring a Koopa. Then the gates open and it's revealed that they are smaller than the gate itself.
* IcePalace: The penguins live in a castle made of ice. Bowser is shown easily destroying it with his fire breath.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the opening scene, very few of the snowballs the penguins throw at Bowser and the Koopas even hit their targets ([[UnderequippedCharge not that it would have made any difference]]).
* PenguinsAreDucks: The penguins, much like the ones that appear in the games, have broad, duck-like beaks.
* PolarPenguins: The film begins with Bowser invading the penguins' kingdom, which features a giant castle made of ice. The penguins try (and fail) to attack the Koopa Troop with snowballs.
* SnowballFight: When Bowser invades a kingdom of penguins, its king orders his troops to throw snowballs at the invaders. Unsurprisingly, outside of one Koopa getting knocked out by a large, catapult-flung snowball, this does absolutely nothing.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Yoshi's Island'''
[[folder:Yoshi (species)]]
!!Yoshis
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kazumi Totaka (archival)
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A saurian species living on an island near the Mushroom Kingdom.
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* AdvertisedExtra: That one shot of them in the trailer? That's the ''only'' shot of them in the entire movie, and they don't have any story relevance, only being part of a TravelMontage. [[spoiler:Aside from the Green Yoshi egg, which similarly only gets two short shots during the movie proper -- and a SequelHook after the credits.]]
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: A variety of the Yoshis have colors seen in the games -- including red, yellow, cyan, pink, and black. Conspicuously absent is the green Yoshi, which is canonically treated as the "main" one. [[spoiler:One of the guests brings a green Yoshi egg as a present for Bowser and Peach's wedding, and in the post-credit scene, the egg is seen in the underground Brooklyn sewers... and ''hatching''.]]
* TheCameo: They appear in all of one shot in the film. [[spoiler:Although a green Yoshi egg is one of the wedding presents and is shown hatching in the post-credits sequence.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The green Yoshi egg somehow ended up in Brooklyn's sewers, and it's hatching...]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: [[spoiler:The green Yoshi egg understandably does not appear in any of the promotional material in part because it sets up a possible sequel.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Subtly referenced. As the heroes travel across the Yoshi homeland on their way to the Jungle Kingdom, Mario grabs a ''Super Mario World'' berry to eat. A pink Yoshi in the background pauses to look at this and starts enviously licking its lips.
[[/folder]]
!!!'''Other Inhabitants'''
[[folder:Lumalee]]
!!Lumalee
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Juliet Jelenic, Yuya Takezawa (chirps)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Valeria Garzón (EU Spanish), Victoria Céspedes (Latin American Spanish), Kaycie Chase (EU French), Lily Rose Régnier (Canadian French), Monique Filardy (Brazilian Portuguese), Catarina Machado (EU Portuguese), Ann Yamane (Japanese), Ines Kolonej (Swedish), Luiza Kampf (German), Wang Yunhan (TW Mandarin), Giulietta Rebeggiani (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's no escape. The only hope is the sweet relief of death!"'']]
A Luma held captive by Bowser.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Lumalee in the games is shown to be just as cheerful as the other Lumas. In the movie, he's the main source of BlackComedy as he cheerfully accepts being one of Bowser's prisoners [[spoiler:and sacrifices]].
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the games, Lumas in general didn't appear until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', where Mario already had a long career. Here, one appears during Mario's origin story.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Big time, though it’s PlayedForLaughs. Lumalee was a friendly, cheery little shopkeeper in the ''Galaxy'' games; here, he’s a CreepyChild and a StrawNihilist, and only acts cheery because it humorously contradicts his negative attitude.
* TheAntiNihilist: Is a StrawNihilist for the movie proper, [[spoiler:but before the credits, he gives a speech to the audience about how now that the movie is over, there’s nothing left but “[the viewers] and the infinite void”... and then he decides to play the saxophone for them.]]
* BlackComedy: He talks about how there is no escape from Bowser's Castle and that the only hope is the sweet relief of death with a childish voice, much to the penguins' dismay.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:Before the credits roll, Lumalee pops out and drops one more existential bomb on the audience, as he did with his fellow prisoners. Then he [[MoodWhiplash whips out a saxophone and the main credits begin]]]].
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is considered such according to the Penguin King.
-->'''Penguin King:''' Pay him no heed. He is cute, but he is... ''(makes cuckoo whistle)''
* CrazySane: Lumalee makes a comment implying he sees himself and his attitude towards death this way.
* CreepyChild: The contrast between his childlike voice and his cheery disposition towards wanting to die is PlayedForLaughs.
* CuteAndPsycho: As the Penguin King puts it, the Lumalee is adorable but has a disturbingly twisted mind.
* DeathSeeker: He brings up a variety of macabre topics unprompted, and comments that the only escape from the dungeon is "the sweet relief of death." [[spoiler:When the prisoners are being lowered into Bowser's lava pit, he happily exclaims "Wheeeeeee!" and joyously giggles. He reacts with disappointment upon being saved]].
* TheEeyore: Though, not in the conventional sense. His attitude is chipper, but his comments are exceedingly pessimistic, to the point that the penguins see him as a complete downer who's bringing down the mood in an already grim situation.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He's a really great saxophone player.]]
* {{Irony}}: In ''Galaxy'', Lumalee sold 1-Up Mushrooms, an item that famously grants Mario or Luigi an extra life. His role gets turned on its head in this movie since he mostly talks about death.
* NoodleIncident: Unlike the penguins, Luigi, and [[spoiler:the Kongs]], it's never revealed how he ended up in Bowser's captivity, particularly when there are no other Lumas and Rosalina is nowhere to be seen.
* PerpetualSmiler: He says the most morbid things while maintaining a cute little smile. The only time he frowns is when he's [[spoiler:''denied'' the "sweet relief of death," and as he [[BreakingTheFourthWall talks to the audience at the end]]... [[MoodWhiplash At least until he pulls out his saxophone]]]].
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He could easily escape from his cage and even floats out of it once or twice, but stays in there seemingly because he wants to.
* ShesAManInJapan: Lumalee is originally referred to as a "he", but in the Croatian version (both dubbed and subtitled) he's female.
* StrawNihilist: Lumalee is comically obsessed with death and oblivion. [[spoiler:That being said, he comes off as more of TheAntiNihilist when he [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience just before the credits]].]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: It's implied that he is a child given his voice. However long he's been in Bowser's castle, it must have taken its toll since all he talks about is wanting to die.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Does not appreciate being rescued from the lava pit.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Lumalee:''' Booooo!]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cheep-Cheeps]]
!!Cheep-Cheeps
Large fish.
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* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: One part of the trio's trek to the Jungle Kingdom shows Mario, Peach, and Toad crossing a bridge with Cheep Cheeps jumping from an unseen body of water over them (referencing certain levels from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'').
* PersonalSpaceInvader: While crossing a bridge on the path to the Jungle Kingdom, a Cheep-Cheep flies itself onto Mario's face.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Maw-Ray]]
!!Maw-Ray
A gigantic eel.
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* GettingEatenIsHarmless: [[spoiler:[[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. It swallows both Mario and DK whole, holding them harmlessly inside it. Naturally results in TooSpicyForYogSothoth with a rocket. This is somewhat justified as Mario and DK were very clearly not in it's stomach acid area yet and DK even comments that they will inevitably be slowly digested to death.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All of the characters in this movie are faithful adaptations of their video game designs with slight adjustments (or a new costume in the case of Cranky Kong), with the notable exception of [[spoiler:the Maw-Ray that Mario and Donkey Kong encounter in the ocean]], which looks more realistic than its counterpart from ''Super Mario 64'', and also looks different than its design in ''Super Mario Odyssey'', which was also a more realistic version of the character design.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Bob-omb]]
!!King Bob-omb
[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_272.jpg]]
The King of the Bob-ombs.
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* ActionBomb: He explodes during the scuffle at Bowser's wedding.
* TheCameo: He appears momentarily as a guest at Bowser's wedding.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When he realizes he can't put out his fuse he sadly sighs and stops trying to put it out.
* HeavySleeper: He nods off during the wedding and somehow manages to sleep through all of the chaos caused by [[spoiler:Peach getting the Ice Flower]], only waking up when his fuse is lit by Peach.
* OhCrap: He starts to lose it when Peach lights his fuse.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When Peach lights his fuse, he panics trying to put it out, before he stops and groans, accepting his fate.
* TheVoiceless: Even though he's perfectly capable of speech in the games, he doesn't speak once during the movie. Though he does make some audible grunting and screaming noises when his fuse is lit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:King Boo]]
!!King Boo
The King of the ghost-like Boos.
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* TheCameo: Like King Bob-omb, he appears as a guest at [[spoiler:Bowser's wedding]]. He's also the only member of the Boo species that shows up in the movie.
* DirtyCoward: Implied. Unlike the other wedding guests, Boo doesn’t jump into action, instead he remains in his seat and later flees the battle offscreen as soon as things start going south.
* FairWeatherFriend: He's implied to be one to Bowser. Despite Bowser inviting him to his wedding he doesn't move a ghostly muscle to help when Peach starts fighting Bowser's forces. A later shot also shows he's absent, meaning he left at some point off screen.
* LivingProp: He has no lines and does nothing of significance in the film, simply mingling with the crowd and not even participating in the wedding battle or the one in Brooklyn.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Peach freezes Bowser at [[spoiler:the wedding]], all guests jump in to attack her, except for King Boo who quietly leaves the wedding offscreen.
[[/folder]]
!!Brooklyn, New York City
[[folder:Pauline]]
!!Pauline
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Marisol Romero (Latin American Spanish), Regina Maria Maia (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paulinemovie.png]]
The Mayor of New York.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Pauline has a long history with Mario in the games, being his first-ever love interest in the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''. In the film’s continuity, it’s apparent that the two have never met.
* BlatantLies: She claims that the city's sewer problem on the streets is under control while geysers of water are erupting from the ground.
* TheCameo: She shows up on a news report, addressing a large flooding problem in the city's streets.
* DemotedToExtra: Whenever she appeared in the games, she either had a main role (''Donkey Kong'' and ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'') or a supporting role (''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''). She also appeared frequently in the newer sports games. Here, she only has a small cameo in the first act.
* OhCrapSmile: Her reaction when the worsening flood disproves her assurance that it's under control. On live TV, too.
* PragmaticAdaptation: She is still the mayor of a big city like in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', but is instead the mayor of New York City in a separate world rather than New Donk City being in the Mushroom Kingdom's world.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Foreman Spike]]
!!Foreman Spike
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Sebastian Maniscalco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Cordero (EU Spanish), Creator/ErickSelim (Latin American Spanish), David Brau (Catalan), Creator/BorisRehlinger (EU French), Alexandre Fortin (Canadian French), Filipe Albuquerque (Brazilian Portuguese), António Machado (EU Portuguese), Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese), Göran Gillinger (Swedish), Matti Klemm (German), Chen Zhe (PRC Mandarin), Yuen Tak Kei (HK Cantonese), Sun Cheng (TW Mandarin), Lee Hyun (Korean), Gabriele Sabatini (Italian)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foremanspikeinthemovieyessss.jpg]]
->''"Well, well, well. If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid Mario Brothers!"''
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Mario and Luigi's former boss, and the owner of VideoGame/WreckingCrew.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the games, Spike's color scheme ranges from yellow or khaki to purple. His outfit is blue in the film, likely to avoid confusion with Wario or Waluigi.
* AdaptationalNameChange: In Japan, he was always known as “Blacky” in the games. However, he’s renamed “Spike” in the Japanese dub of this movie, precedenting his name being officially changed to "Spike" in the games as well.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but nothing suggested that he actively tried to have the Mario Brothers killed when they worked for him, and he never worked for Bowser here. [[spoiler:After seeing them save Brooklyn against Bowser and the Koopas, he happily cheers them on along with the civilians.]]
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: [[spoiler:He allied himself with Bowser in ''Wrecking Crew '98'', but here, when Bowser attacks Brooklyn, not even Spike is safe from his rampage.]]
* ArtEvolution: Compared to other characters who are based on either modern appearances or promotional artwork, Spike's appearance is a translation of his 8-bit sprite to modern graphics, with similar color shades and a thicker beard.
* BeardOfEvil: More rude than outright evil, but Spike has a distinctly bushy beard that completes his boorish image.
* TheBusCameBack: This movie is Spike's first non-cameo appearance in a very, very long time. His last appearance was in ''[[VideoGame/MarioGolf Mobile Golf]]'', which was released in Japan in 2001, 22 years before this movie.
* DirtyCoward: Spike enjoys picking on Mario and Luigi, who are both much smaller than him. [[spoiler:Also, when Bowser’s army comes to the human world and some of his minions gang up on Spike, he cowers in fear and doesn’t even try to fight back, even though the minions were smaller than him.]]
* EvilIsPetty: He's not genuinely evil, simply by writing a negative review on the Mario Bros.' website out of spite, but his reason for doing so has nothing to do with the service but because Mario and Luigi "deserted" his business. Also, [[spoiler:right before Mario battles Bowser in New York, he was going to beat him up for scratching his truck when he didn't even touch it]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:During the climax when Mario warps back to Brooklyn, he nearly hits Mario with his van and manhandles him for almost scratching it (albeit Mario did appear with almost no warning), never mind Mario would've been dead or injured from the impact.]]
* JabbaTableManners: He slurps down a whole pizza slice without chewing it.
* {{Jerkass}}: Spike antagonizes Super Mario Bros. Plumbing and leaves a negative review on their website because the founders left his employ. In the film proper, he mocks and antagonizes them at the pizzeria for leaving his business and questions if they had even found work, even physically squaring up when Mario has had it with his nasty attitude before leaving them be.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he's a massive bully to the Mario Bros, he still remembers to pay as he's leaving the restaurant and [[spoiler:is the one who starts the cheers for them after they save Brooklyn.]]
* KickTheDog: He leaves a negative, 1-star review on the Bros.' website that says nothing about their plumbing business all so he can berate them for leaving ''his'' business. There were only three reviews when the website first launched.
* MaliciousMisnaming:
** He calls Mario and Luigi the "SUBPAR Mario Bros" in his review on their website, clearly angry that they quit working for him to go into business for themselves.
** He also calls them the “Stupid Mario Bros.” when they run into him at the pizzeria. [[spoiler:However, at the end, he does actually call them the "Super Mario Bros".]]
* {{Manchild}}: Has the personality of a schoolyard bully despite being a full grown man with a Foreman job.
* MeanBoss:
** According to the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, the Mario Bros. got so tired of his "spiky" behavior that they ended up quitting and starting their own business. He was so angry about them quitting that he gave them a bad review on their website.
--->'''Spike:''' There's no loyalty w/ mario and luigi!!! The SUBPAR Mario Bros used to wrk for me until they decided to break off and start there own bussines... theyll learn their lesson someday...
** [[spoiler:Subverted when Spike decides to update his review after the Mario Brothers save Brooklyn.]]
--->'''Spike:''' [[spoiler:the SUBPAR Mario Bros somhow managed to save Brooklynn… so i’m officiallly bumpin my review from 1 Star to 1 & a Half.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name is Spike and he's a real {{Jerkass}}. Mario and Luigi even acknowledge it by saying his personality while working for him was "spiky".
* MilesGloriosus: He acts extremely macho and tough when dealing with people smaller and weaker than him, such as the Bros, but [[spoiler:is left cowering in fear when some of Bowser’s minions attack him during the final battle and has to be saved by Luigi.]]
* NoodleIncident: While it's known that the bros quit working for him due to his "spiky behaviour", the exact things he'd done to them are never revealed.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He's the one to lead the cheer for the Mario Brothers after they save the day.]]
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The angry review he leaves on their website contains numerous spelling and grammar errors. At the very least in the movie itself, he pronounces his words correctly.
* SinisterShades: He wears a set of highly reflective, single lens sunglasses that immediately signify that he's an asshole.
* SinisterSchnoz: His character emblem, first shown in the cast reveal video in 2021 and later seen as his user profile picture on the SMB Plumbing website, depicts him with a big and pointy nose, and the website indicates that he's a jerk who mistreated the Bros. when they worked for him and continues to antagonize them for leaving. Contrasted quite noticeably with the brothers' more benevolent-looking button-noses.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Despite being among the first characters that appears in the movie, he did not appear in a single piece of promotional material (barring a non-physical reference on the SMB Plumbing website).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: He gets angry finding the Mario Brothers in the same pizzeria he's in (Punch-Out Pizzeria) and instigates a fight with them insulting their lack of business but ultimately decides [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he refuses to stay there]] and walks away from his pizza only a quarter-way eaten and briskly throws cash at it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Woman from Commercial]]
!!Woman from Commercial
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Harumi Nishizawa (Latin American Spanish), Jéssica Vieira (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thesupermariobrosmovieplumbingadwoman.png]]
A woman who acts inside the Super Mario Bros. commercial as their customer.
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* BadBadActing: When she's reading prompted lines during the commercial, she squints at them, reads them in a stilted manner, and then shrugs incredulously. Additionally, her line suggests she's checking her bank account on her phone, but the screen clearly shows that's not the case.
* NoNameGiven: Her name is not known, told, or given to us.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: In the commercial, she reads her prompted lines with a confused expression, no doubt finding them cheesy.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mario and Luigi's Family]]
!!Mario Brothers' Family
!!!'''Father voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Canadian and EU French, Italian, EU Spanish, German]])[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Víctor Delgado (Latin American Spanish), Paulo Bernardo (Brazilian Portuguese), Chen Guowei (TW Mandarin), Tobias Almborg (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Mother voiced by:''' Creator/JessicaDiCicco[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]María Jesús Varona (EU Spanish), Gaby Cárdenas (Latin American Spanish), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (EU French), Andrea Murucci (Brazilian Portuguese), Sun Ruoyu (TW Mandarin), Anneli Heed (Swedish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Tony voiced by:''' Creator/RinoRomano[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish), Marc Perez (EU French), Sven Plate (German), Song Yucong (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Uncle Arthur voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDiMaggio[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Iván Muelas (EU Spanish), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin American Spanish), Mathieu Buscatto (EU French), Chen Jinyi (TW Mandarin)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Aunt Marie voiced by:''' [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (Latin American Spanish)[[/labelnote]]\\
'''Grandfather voiced by:''' [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jorge Roig Sr. (Latin American Spanish), Marcos Castro (Brazilian Portuguese)[[/labelnote]]\\
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marios_family_tsmbm.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Hey-ohhhhh!"]]
Mario and Luigi's family members.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The Mario Bros.'s mother is far more supportive than the ControlFreak she was in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.
* AdaptationExpansion: In the movie, we finally get to see Mario and Luigi's family like their mother and father (along with additional relatives) instead of leaving their family status vague (in the original games, their mother and father only have appeared briefly at the end of the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' games, though their faces aren't seen) or non-existent (the additional relatives [[CanonForeigner haven't appeared or been mentioned whatsoever]] in the games thus far).
* AscendedExtra: The parents, compared to TheFaceless versions seen in the ''Yoshi's Island'' games. Here, we actually get to see them in the flesh, and they're much more characterized than their game counterparts.
* BrutalHonesty: When asked directly by Mario what he thinks about their ad, the father says he thinks their decision is nuts.
* CanonImmigrant: Uncle Tony was mentioned in a segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. What makes it likely that this is a conscious reference instead of just the mutual use of a common Italian name is that the show alluded to him taking more than his fair share of food during family meals, which is exactly how he behaves in the film.
* CanonForeigner: In the games’ canon, Mario and Luigi don’t have any known family members aside from their parents, though they were alluded to in other Western media like ''Super Show''.
* CastingGag:
** Creator/CharlesMartinet, Mario and Luigi’s voice actor in the games, plays their father in this film.
** The other family members are played by voice actors whose last names indicate Italian heritage.
* DisapprovingLook: Everyone gives the father one after he insensitively hurts Mario's feelings by saying that Mario drags Luigi into reckless decisions by fulfilling a dream he finds "crazy".
* DopeSlap: Aunt Marie lightly slaps Uncle Arthur for making Mario and Luigi a laughingstock, prompting a "what did I do?" reaction from him.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur make fun of Mario and Luigi’s commercial during dinner, as well as using coordinated outfits and white work gloves as a trademark of their business. However, when their father tells Mario he's dragging Luigi down with him for his “crazy dream” (along with deeming him a disappointment), making him storm off to his room, the uncles give the father looks of disapproval along with the rest of the family, showing that even ''they'' knew that the father went ''too'' far with his words.
* ExactWords: The mother's review on the SMB Plumbing website says that SMB Plumbing "treated me like family" -- because she ''is'' family.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Their father is skeptical towards Mario and Luigi's plans to start their own plumbing business.
* GoodParents: The mom's review on her sons' website was the only five-star review when the website launched, and she talks about how polite and professional they are, as well as them being adorable and treated her like family (when she ''is'' family). It's clear as day how biased she is, but it shows just how much she cares. She's also the only relative wholly supportive of their dream at the dinner table.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Their father didn't mean to hurt Mario's feelings when he told him that his refusal to give up was a cause of trouble and tells him in the process that he's dragging Luigi down with him, even asking what he said when Mario storms off and the rest of the family gives him disapproving looks for offending him.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Despite some of the family making Mario and Luigi's plumbing business the laughing stock at dinner, they aren't wrong when they said quitting their day jobs and dumping their entire life-savings on a dream of becoming working-class heroes (and with a cheap low-quality commercial for good measure) was a very risky move.
** The father did hurt Mario's feelings when he admonished his son's refusal to give up and accused him of "dragging [his] brother down with [him]", but since his actions would later result in Luigi being kidnapped, imprisoned [[spoiler:and almost killed]], his concerns aren't unfounded.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur poke fun at the Bros. for their struggling business, but they come off as more playful and [[EveryoneHasStandards didn't like the father's harsher criticisms of them when Mario gets hurt and leaves dinner]]. [[spoiler:They also cheer for the Bros. after the two save Brooklyn]].
** Mario and Luigi's father was quite critical of their decisions, but he [[InnocentlyInsensitive didn't mean to hurt Mario's feelings]] when reprimanding him and doesn't hide how [[SoProudOfYou proud he is]] when [[spoiler:they save Brooklyn at the end of the film]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The mother praises the song used during their plumbing ad, saying it should belong in a movie.
* MultigenerationalHousehold: Three of them, with nine members in total.
* MythologyGag:
** The father resembles Talon, the Mario lookalike from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. His brother Arthur likewise resembles Ingo, the Luigi lookalike.
** Uncle Tony was one of the Mario Bros.' relatives mentioned in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow Super Show]]'' episode "Glasnuts", where he was recalled as a BigEater.
** According to the directors, the aunt's name is Marie. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'', Luigi mentions an Aunt Maria in the episode "''Crimes R Us''".
* NoNameGiven: While some like Tony and Arthur are identified [[AllThereInTheScript via the credits]], the bros.' parents, aunt, and cousin go unnamed in the film. [[https://www.polygon.com/23673074/mario-movie-family-members-dad-mom-uncles-aunt According to the directors]], their aunt is named Marie. The family name is also not revealed. While the ''Super Show'' includes a niece named Marilyn, there's no way to know whether or not the niece in the movie is meant to be an adaptation of the same character.
* ParentalFavoritism: The father appears to favor Luigi, as he initially chastises Mario for "bringing [his] brother down with [him]" when he brings up why they left their old jobs. [[spoiler:He comes around after seeing Mario's heroics during the finale.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Mario and Luigi's father clearly loves them both, but he is also clearly shown to not be able to see when his words genuinely hurt his eldest son and generally seems oblivious to a lot of his insensitive comments towards him and how they affect him.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: While her age isn't revealed, their cousin, the youngest member of the family, is constantly seen on her phone. She is seen looking down at it for the entirety of dinner and [[spoiler:uses it to take a picture of the aftermath of the battle in Brooklyn]].
* RemakeCameo: The Mario Bros.' dad is voiced by the most well-known voice actor for Mario himself.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: The grandfather doesn't seem to be all there anymore, needing to be fork-fed, biting into the fork despite the spaghetti already having fallen off of it and not showing any hint of interest in the dinner conversation.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:After the final battle, the father tells Mario he was amazing, and then happily declares "These are my boys!" to the whole cheering crowd]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance:
** All the men have the same style of mustache.
** The larger, rounded nose shape is a trait of all members of the family, even the ones who married in.
* UnnamedParent: The mom and dad are among the unnamed members of the family.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Francis the Dog]]
!!Francis
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_3488.png]]
A dog that botches Mario and Luigi's first onscreen job.
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* AxCrazy: Is pretty vicious, almost mauling Mario and Luigi just because the latter stepped on his favorite bone.
* BerserkButton: All it takes for Francis to go from a lovable Golden Retriever to a vicious, relentless dog out for blood is seeing his favorite bone ''accidentally'' stepped on by Luigi.
* BewareOfViciousDog: Francis tries to ''maul'' the bros [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because Luigi broke his favorite bone.]] [[spoiler:However, this is {{subverted|trope}} after they save Brooklyn, whereupon he drops the grudge.]]
* DeathGlare: He delivers these twice in the movie. He first gives one to Luigi after the man in green accidentally steps on and in-turn breaks the dog's favorite bone. He then gives another one to ''both'' of the Mario Bros. when he confronts them in the bathroom.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His whole reason for attacking and attempting to maul the Mario brothers and, in-turn, indirectly sabotaging and ruining their entire plumbing business in the first place? '''Because Luigi accidentally broke his favorite bone.'''
* DogStereotype: Completely and utterly ''[[InvertedTrope inverted]]''; he's a Golden Retriever, but his [[AxCrazy actual]] [[JerkAss personality]] is the ''complete opposite'' of what Golden Retrievers are typically [[BigFriendlyDog portrayed]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings as]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a vicious dog, but after [[spoiler:The Mario Bros. save Brooklyn]], he nods at them in respect.
* KillerRabbit: Golden retrievers are usually seen as {{Big Friendly Dog}}s that wouldn't hurt a fly. Francis is an unusually psychopathic one.
* SlasherSmile: He gives the brothers such a look after they trap him in the shower, only for the plumbing to flood the cubicle and carry him to the top where he's able to escape.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Francis takes an immediate dislike to Luigi when he steps on his bone. This leads to a series of events which culminates in the bathroom being completely destroyed. To a larger extent, this also motivates Mario into taking on greater jobs to repair their damaged reputation, leading to them being sucked into the warp pipe.
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After the Mario brothers save Brooklyn from Bowser, he drops the animosity towards them and is seen giving a mutual head nod to Luigi in respect.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giuseppe]]
!!Giuseppe
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlesMartinet ([[MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor English, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, Canadian and EU French, Japanese [through original English audio], German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, TW Mandarin, Norwegian, Brazilian and EU Portuguese, Slovenian, EU and Latin Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese]])
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paisano.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Too much? It's-a PERFECT! WAHOO!"'']]
A rather eccentric old Italian who enjoys playing the arcade game ''Jump Man''.
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* ActorAllusion: He compliments the Mario Brothers for their fake Italian accents; bear in mind, he’s played by the man who gave the brothers their distinct accents in the first place. Even the accent that Charles Martinet uses for Giuseppe is flat-out his Mario voice.
* CanonForeigner: He’s a character unique to the movie.
* CoolOldGuy: He plays arcade games despite looking to be in his fifties or sixties, and he supports the brothers when their commercial goes to air, which is a big deal considering how the brothers are held in low esteem by everyone else.
* InkSuitActor: Giuseppe bears quite a resemblance to [[Creator/CharlesMartinet his voice actor]], just with a graying mustache and an outfit inspired by the look of the original 8-bit Mario.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: In-universe. When Mario asks Luigi if their use of exaggerated Italian accents in a commercial is "too much," the Italian Giuseppe overhears them and responds in a way that indicates his positive amusement:
-->'''Giuseppe:''' (''in a dead-ringer for Mario's game voice'') [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Too much? It's-a perfect!]] (''hops in the classic jump pose'') Wahoo!\\
'''Mario:''' Okay, I'm gonna trust you!
* MythologyGag:
** He looks exactly like Mario's original Jump Man-era design as an old man, and he's introduced playing "Jump Man", an obvious expy of [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Mario and Donkey Kong's video game debut.]] And of course, he's voiced by Charles Martinet, not just in the original English but twenty-six of the film's foreign language dubs, including the variants of French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish.
** Rather than overalls, he is seen wearing suspenders. It was the landlord of Nintendo of America, Mario Segale, wearing suspenders that encouraged the localization team to rename Jump Man into Mario.
* NiceGuy: Unlike everyone else (excluding their mother), Giuseppe is supportive of Mario and Luigi's plumbing business.
[[/folder]]
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