List of Mario characters in other media

The following is a list of characters featured exclusively in Mario-related cartoons, films, and comics.

Films
Super Mario Bros. (film)

* Anthony Scapelli: A corrupt business man and rival to Mario and Luigi. He is later turned into a monkey by King Koopa.

* Bertha: A woman dressed in red with rocket shoes. She steals Mario and Luigi's rock, and later helps the Bros. in the final battle against Koopa.

* Daniella: Mario's girlfriend.

* Lena: Koopa's female henchman, who later betrays him to try and get the rock. She is later killed when the force of the meteorite is too strong for her.

* Iggy: One of King Koopa's cousins and henchmen, he later betrays King Koopa to aid Mario and Luigi.

* Spike: King Koopa's other cousin and minion; after being made super intelligent by King Koopa, Spike betrays him to help Mario and Luigi.

=== Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! ===

* Prince Haru: Princess Peach's fiancee from the Flower Kingdom, who was turned into a dog (Kibedango) by Koopa (Bowser). He follows Mario around for the entire movie as a dog; however, it is not until the very end of the movie that viewers see that he is actually a prince.

* Jugem: The Japanese name for Lakitu. He had a cloud from which he could control the weather, which made him much more powerful than he was in the games.

* Kibedango: A little blue dog that follows Mario around for the majority of the movie.

* Miss Endless: An elderly woman who is a frequent customer to Mario and Luigi's grocery store.

* Mushroom Hermit: A wise old sage that informs the Mario Bros. about their quest.

Television Shows
Saturday Supercade

*Bones: Donkey Kong Jr.'s traveling companion. Rides a motorcycle but is very incompetent at everything.

DiC Shows

* Alligator Dundee: An Australian hunter who planned to capture the Ratigator and become famous, enlisting an oblivious Mario and Luigi to help. He realizes that Ratigator is the brothers' pet and stops, but then gets the idea to star in a movie where he travels to New York City, captures a beast like the Ratigator and falls in love with a beautiful American woman and changes his name to "Ratigator Dundee". Appears in "Alligator Dundee", an obvious parody of Crocodile Dundee.

* Bowser's mother: Comes for her son's wedding in "Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?" She is apparently disappointed in the fact that he is still single.

* Big Bad Wolf: The resident villain of the Mushroom Woods, he grows a grudge against Koopa when he steals his shtick. Appears in "Little Red Riding Princess".

* Birdo Mother: Lil' Cheepy's mother who loses her son. She apparently has bad eyesight (she kidnaps Toad, mistaking him for her son, and holds a telephone wrong). The Mario Bros and Peach help reunite Cheepy with his mother in order to get Toad back.

* Brutius Maximus Grouchimus: The guardian of the Linguini Empire's colloseum. Appears in the episode "The Great Gladiator Gig".

* Butterfingers: The clumsy assistant of Dr. Sheldon, Butterfingers aids Princess Toadstool rescue the doctor in "Jungle Fever".

* Captain Clump: A surly sea captain with a hook, eye-patch and a large peg leg; he aids Mario, Luigi and Toad in saving Princess Toadstool from Blackbeard Koopa in "Pirates of Koopa".

* Cave-People: In the Super Mario World cartoon, Dinosaur World is inhabited by slow-witted cavepeople. Besides Oogtar, only two cavemen, Agga and Ooga, are revealed to have names in the episode "The Wheel Thing".

* Lil' Cheepy: A small, pink Birdo wearing a scarf who inexplicably becomes frozen in a block of ice in "".

* Clog: A cycloptic monster seemingly made of hair and garbage, it would occasionally venture into Mario and Luigi's apartment to cause havoc in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

* Cooie, Murrie, and Moma: Parodies of the Three Stooges, they are turned to stone by Kooptut in "The Ten Koopmandments" after trying to fight him and the Koopa Pack with pies.

* Cookooo Bird: A large, possibly sentient and rather poor looking Cookoo Bird that inhabits Mario Brothers Plumbing. Appears in "Toupee" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush".

* Count Zoltan Dracula: A somewhat snooty vampire originating from Transylvania. He appears as an exchange student sent to live with Mario and Luigi in "Bats in the Basement". He appears in a later episode, posing as an exterminator the Mario Bros hire to get rid of a bat in their basement (which turns out to be Zoltan Dracula in disguise) and was only bothering the Marios because he was lonely and befriends them.

* Crimewave Clyde: A criminal from Earth whom Koopa breaks out of prison in "Crimes R Us" to help train the Koopalings into real troublemakers. He is considered a "fagin" (named after the Jewish criminal ringleader in Charles Dickens' novel, "Oliver Twist") a person who teaches children to commit crimes.

* Cutter: A tall, skinny and blonde stereotypical surfer living in Hawaii. He participates in various sports with the vacationing Princess Toadstool in "Reign Storm".

* Dealin' Delbert: The owner of a cow lot who trades "magic beans" to Mario and Luigi in exchange for the royal cow in "Mario and the Beanstalk".

* Dr. Sheldon: The world's most powerful witch doctor, he is abducted by Koopa in "Jungle Fever". He later defeats Koopa by throwing a powerful itching potion on him.

* Dr. Sigmund Fruitcake: A famous "head doctor" who helps Mario when he believes himself to be a monkey and chicken in "Bonkers from Yonkers". The character is a spoof of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud.

* Dr. T. Garden: A scientist and inventor of Super Sushi, which can make whoever eats it grow giant. Appears in "Mario Meets Koop-zilla". His name is a pun on "tea garden."

* Dr. Toby: An eccentric botanist dressed like a surgeon who claims to have "the power, the gift and the curse" of knowing when plants are in peril. Dr. Toby helps the Mario Bros. save their Mama's dying basil bush and later returns it to normal when it mutates in "Super Plant".

* Duke, Lulu, and Rockman: A trio known as the DinoRiders. They trick Yoshi into allowing them to capture the Mario Bros. so they can bring them to Koopa for a huge reward in "Born to Ride".

* E.C.: Mario's "computer date" in "E.C. The Extra Creepy". She is later revealed to be an alien robot sent to scout Brooklyn.

* Edison: An electrician who is apparently the Mario Bros.' roommate in the live-action segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. His name may be a reference to Thomas Edison.

* Einstein: A friendly scientist who gives Mario and Luigi the HAL 9001 and later helps them detroy it in "". He is clearly a reference to the famous scientist Albert Einstein.

* Elvin Parsley: The King of Rock and Roll and Sock Hop Land, he is kidnapped and frozen by Kool Koopa in "Elvin Lives". A parody of legendary rock singer Elvis Presley.

* Elvis Presley: The spirit of Elvis Presley visits the Mario brothers' home and teaches them to be better rock and roll stars.

* Emperor Ed: The ruler of Sky Land who is kidnapped by Bowser and Kooky in "Up, Up, and a Koopa".

* Flab Boys: Overweight rappers and inhabitants of Rap Land who help Mario and Co. defeat Rappin' Koopa in "Bad Rap". They appear to be parodies of The Fat Boys.

* General George Washingtoad: A Mushroomer who helps Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool fight Redcoat Koopa in "". Unlike most Mushroom People, he has ears and a nose. He is a parody of George Washington.

* Gramps: Toad's elderly grandfather who was imprisoned in Koopatraz State Prison years ago by King Koopa. He helps Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool escape the prison in "Escape from Koopatraz".

* Grunt: A dim-witted, yet powerful Super Troopa minion of King Koopa from "Mario and Joliet". He strongly resembles a Battletoad with a turtle shell.

* HAL 9001: A sentient pizza maker given to Mario and Luigi. It later turns malevolent and brainwashes them in "9001: A Mario Odyssey". Is a parody of the HAL 9000.

* Hercufleas: A Heracles-inspired hero and the official guardian of the Great Balls of Fire who, after gaining weight, is trained back into shape by the Marios and their companions in "The Fire of Hercufleas". He is apparently old friends with Toad.

* Herman: A gruff-looking Floridian dog catcher who continually tries to capture Luigi and King Windbag, who have been turned into dogs, in "Life's Ruff".

* Herlock Solmes: A detective whose name is an obvious anagram of Sherlock Holmes. He apparently thinks Bowser is "a cross between a lizard and an inferior species of toad".

* Holly Mackeral: The mermaid princess of the underwater city of Mertropolis, and the ugly mermaid of the episode's title. She apparently cannot tell the difference between a real frog and a man dressed as a frog, and thus mistakenly believes the Frog Suited Mario to be a frog prince.

* Imperial Poobah: A worker for the "Grand Order of Plumbers", he appears to award Mario and Luigi with the status of Plumbers of the Year, after inspecting them. Appears "Plumbers of the Year".

* Indiana Joe: An Indiana Jones-esque explorer who helps Mario and company find the Lost Mushroom, but has a fear of the Koopas (akin to Jones' fear of snakes). He gets over his phobia after a failed attempt at babysitting. For some reason, he is drawn without an actual face.

* James Blonde: A secret agent who works for Princess Toadstool. He is turned to stone by Koopfinger in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service". Is a clear parody of James Bond.

* Junior: A bratty boy from Brooklyn whom the Mario Bros. reluctantly babysit in "Misadventures in Babysitting". Accompanied by the Koopalings, he pulls a prank that almost gets them killed.

* Kenneth: A goldfish who was to be babysat by Mario and Luigi, who later accidentally killed him. Appears in "Goodbye Mr. Fish".

* King James: The funky ruler of Rap Land who is taken hostage by Rappin' Koopa in "Bad Rap". Appears to be loosely based upon soul legend James Brown.

* King Neptune: The ruler of the Mermushrooms and an underwater kingdom. He is taken captive by Barra-Koopa and his Bloobers in "Mario of the Deep". He is extremely mellow in demeanor.

* King Windbag: The foul-mooded king of Iced Land whom Iggy and Lemmy turn into a dog in "Life's Ruff".

* Luigeena: A cousin of Mario and Luigi who visits them in "". The Marios also have an aunt of the same name that is said to be even more strict than their mother.

* Mama Fireplant: A Piranha Plant who provides fire for Dome City. Wendy O. Koopa kidnaps her in "Fire Sale".

* Marianne: The cousin of Mario and Luigi who visits them in ".

* Mama Mario: The Mario Bros. strict and overbearing mother

* Mark Twang: Bowser's opponent in the race to be King of the River in "Rolling Down the River." His name is a spoof of American writer and satirist Mark Twain (pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens).

* Mayor Fettuccinni: The mayor of Pastaland, who appears in "The Pied Koopa" and "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa".

* Mervin the Magician: A wizard who helps drive away Bowser in "King Mario of Cramalot." Official summaries for the episode describe him as being clumsy, but he shows no such trait in the actual episode. His name is a pun on Merlin, the famed advisor of King Arthur.

* Mighty Plumber: A television action hero whose show Mario and Luigi are big fans of. Koopa tricks him into helping him rob the Pipe Maze's coin treasury.

* Misaki: A powerful martial artist who teaches Mario and Luigi "Plumb Fu" and helps them beat Koopa in "Karate Koopa".

* Mouth of the River: A gypsy-like woman with large lips who aids Mario, Luigi and Mark Twang in "Rolling Down the River".

* Mousersaurus Rex: A gigantic dinosaur who resembles Mouser, he continues to try and help Alley Koop in "The Quest for Pizza", but keeps getting his foot hurt instead.

* Murphy: A leprechaun whose gold was stolen by King O'Koopa in "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold". With his gold gone, he kept unintentionally bringing bad luck to everyone around him. His name may have been inspired by Murphey's Law.

* Obi Wan Cannoli: The spirit of a martial artists that helps people who "are about to get pounded" and helps Mario face a bully. A parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

* Obi Wan Toadi: An old and wise Mushroomer who aids Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool in "Star Koopa". He is a clear parody of Obi-Wan Kenobi of Star Wars fame.

* Oogtar the Caveboy: A slang-speaking and somewhat mischivious caveboy living in Dinosaur Land. Voice played by John Stocker, who previously voiced Toad in the first two Super Mario cartoon series.

* Patty the Sad-Eyed Orphan: A girl who claims to be an orphan in "Day of the Orphan".

* Pietro: A man who claimed to be Mario and Luigi's long-lost older brother in "Fake Bro". He was later revealed to be a scam artist.

* Prince Hugo the Huge: The giant ruler of Big Island. Koopa turns him into a poodle in "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas".

* Pronto: An extremely quick Mushroom native. He aids Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool defeat Billy the Koopa in "The Provolone Ranger".

* Queen Mushroomkhamen: A mummifed queen whose slumber is disturbed when Iggy and Lemmy kidnap her son, who looks just like Mario, in "Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario." She briefly mentions that her husband looks just like Luigi.

* Queen Rotunda: The obese and self-delusional queen of Rotunda Land who, after drinking a love potion, falls madly in love with Mario in "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em". Luigi later poors the same potion into the punch at their wedding causing Rotunda to fall back in love with her original love interest, Prince Pompotour and vice versa.

* Ratigator: A large creature looking like a cross between a sewer rat and an alligator; the Ratigator would occasionally enter Mario and Luigi apartment through the sewer system in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

* Robot Princess: A poorly-constructed robot created by Kooky Von Koopa in Princess Toadstool's likeness. Koopa attempts to use it to take control of the Mushroom Kingdom while the real Princess Toadstool is away in "Reign Storm".

* Salvador Drainado, alternatively spelled as Salvador Drainotto: A master plumber who had apparently disappeared into the Mushroom World and met the Mario brothers and friends who helped him find a way back to Brooklyn thirteen years later.

* Sam Shalam: A dishonest used magic carpet salesman who lives in the clouds. Appears in "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa." "Shalam" is a pun on "sham."

* Santa Claus/"Nick": The jolly saint who delivers gifts on Christmas, Santa Claus first appeared in "Koopa Klaus", where he was kidnapped by King Koopa. He later appeared, under the alias of Nick, in "Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush". Santa was also briefly mentioned by Luigi in "Rock TV".

* Secret Agent N: A large agent who works in Princess Toadstool's Secret Service. He supplies Mario and Luigi with several gadgets and weapons in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service". He is a spoof of both James Bond's superior "Agent M," and gadget maker "Q."

* Sergeant Kooperman: The strict, but unsavory instructor at the plumbing college Mario and Luigi attended in "Plummers Academy". Voiced by Harvey Atkin and thus sounded exactly like Koopa.

* Sergeant Slaughter: He first appears in an episode as a customer to the Marios Bros. and hires them to repair his steam machine. He is portrayed as being bossy and demanding. He appears in a later episode, assigned by the president to recruit the brothers for the army, when in fact he was meant to recruit the Ratigator.

* Sultan Pasbah: The gluttonous sultan of a desert kingdom who captures Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool to make them his slaves. Appears in "Mario's Magic Carpet".

* Ted Bull: A wealthy Texan and oil tycoon who offers to buy Mario Brothers Plumbing from the Mario Bros. after they find oil in it. Appears in "Texas Tea".

* The Sultan of Desert Hill: Appears in "The Beauty of Kootie." His palace is built on an oil well.

* Tyrannosaurus Twins: Dinosaur wrestlers hired by King Koopa to take-down Mario and Luigi in "Rock TV".

* The Wizard King of the West: The king of Skyland, who receives his wand fifty years after he requested it in "A Toadally Magical Adventure".

* Vampa White: Koopfinger's female minion and the host of "Wheel of Misfortune" in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service". She is a parody of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White.

* Waldo the Wizard: A friendly wizard who's home was taken over by King Koopa and his clan. He invented a shrinking potion to help the brothers defeat him but the brothers themselves were accidentally shrunk. He gets his home back when the Marios defeat King Koopa.

* Wizardheimer: A Magikoopa who took Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool hostage in his Ghost House. Claims to own the Forest of Illusions. Hates it when people pronounce his name wrong.

* Zero: A masked vigilante in the style of Zorro. "His" secret identity is actually a nameless girl who runs a taco stand.

Comics
Nintendo Comics System

* Barbara the Bush: Stanley the Talking Fish's first girlfriend.

* Baroness Blue Blood: Also known as "the Cheerful Champion of Social Status", Baroness Blue Blood is Princess Toadstool's favorite character. She considers Blue Blood as "the only magazine worth reading in our generation".

* Bertha: Stanley the Talking Fish's on-and-off girlfriend. She once fell in love with Mario when she mistook him for a frog.

* Dark Dirk: Dirk Drain-Head's evil twin.

* Dirk Drain-Head: He was first briefly mentioned in the story A Mouser in the Houser as Mario's favorite comic book star. A more detailed description of him is given in a later story, titled The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head.

* Dr. Waldo Bloom: The usual doctor at the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital. He ends up giving the job to Mario as a result of becoming addicted to golf.

* Herman Smirch: The protagonist of the Game Boy comic book series, based on the Super Mario Land video game. In this series, he is the apparent human servant of the game's villain, Tatanga. Because Smirch is a weak-willed man, he is easily hypnotized by Tatanga into releasing him into via "the gateway" (a Game Boy system, actually).

* Josh p: A teenager who summoned Mario to Earth and aided him in defeating Tatanga; is Rick's brother.

* King Toadstool: The ruler of the a mushroom land. His character was mentioned in the packaging and instruction manual for the original Super Mario Bros. game, but he is never seen in the games themselves. In the Nintendo Comic System, his design seems to be based on the King of Grass Land from Super Mario Bros. 3. The King confides in Mario, and often assigns him to do some tasks, such as gathering Coins with which to balance the royal budget.

* Moonfungie: One of a group of Mushroom people on an island that Mario, Peach, and Toad stumble onto in the story "Beauty and the Beach".

* Mr. Levison: Herman Smirch's boss.

* Muck: Pipe Ooze's sidekick.

* Pipe Ooze: Dirk Drain-Head's archnemesis.

* Piranha Sue: Leader of a Piranha Plant rebellion who attempts to take over the world behind Koopa's back.

* Pookie: Roy Koopa's pet bunny, whom he often roughs up for Koopa's amusement. He escapes at the end of the story he appears in.

* Rick: A teenager who aids Mario in defeating Tatanga; is Josh's brother.

* Rusty Water: A friend of Dirk Drain-Head. In "Revenge of Pipe Ooze!", he is cosplayed by a Piranha Plant wearing a rusty faucet.

* The Shrubs: A pair of talking bushes Toad briefly interviews in "The Kingdom Enquirer". They are apparently movie stars.

* Smirch's mother: Herman Smirch's mother, who asks Smirch to give up the Game Boy and come home in "It's a Small World After All". Smirch hides out in her house at the start of the next issue's story, "Team Play".

* Smookers the Jelectro: One of Stanley the Talking Fish's many girlfriends.

* Snakey: Dirk Drain-Head's teenage companion, who is named after the plumber's snake he wears around his waist. He is first mentioned while Mario was sleep-walking in "Bedtime for Drain-Head", when Mario thinks that he is Dirk and tries to find Snakey.

* Stanley the Talking Fish: An annoying fish who often pestered Mario about his dating problems.

* Tannis Rhodes: Another one of Tatanga's prisoners.

* Wooster: A toad who's role is to be the royal advisor of King Toadstool.

Super Mario Adventures

* Friendly Floyd: A human traveling salesman who helped the Mario bros. more than once.

* Minister of Massage: He turns a petrified Mario back to normal through the use of martial-arts.

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