Welcome to the Character Biographies section. Find out everything you could ever want to know about your favourite Super Mario characters here including background information, who their friends are, who their enemies are and where the character has featured.
Species name: Chain Chomp (Wanwan in Japanese, “bark-bark”) First Appearance: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988) Home: Various Mushroom Kingdom locations, typically chained to wooden posts Voiced by: Wordless barking and growling vocalizations across all appearances Notable individual Chain Chomps: Chain Chompikins (Bowser Jr.‘s pet in Super Mario Galaxy), Chomp Bro (a Koopa-Chomp hybrid), Big … Read more
Species name: Lakitu (Jugem in Japanese, a play on a rakugo-comedy traditional Japanese name) First Appearance: Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985) Home: The clouds above the Mushroom Kingdom Voiced by: Wordless vocalizations across most appearances; Charles Martinet (2003-2023, occasional spoken roles) Notable individual Lakitus: Lakilester (Paper Mario, 2000), Lakilulu, Cameraman Lakitu (Mario Kart series), Fishin’ … Read more
Species name: Boo (Teresa in Japanese, a pun on “tereru” meaning “to be shy”) First Appearance: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988, as “Boo Diddly”) Home: Various haunted manors and ghost-themed locations across the Mushroom Kingdom Voiced by: Wordless giggle and ghost-laugh vocalizations across all appearances Notable individual Boos: King Boo (their monarch), Lady Bow … Read more
Species name: Shy Guy (Heiho in Japanese, “soldier”) First Appearance: Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (FDS, 1987) / Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, 1988) Home: Subcon dream world (originally) / various Mario series locations (modern) Voiced by: Wordless whispers and mumbles across all appearances Notable individual Shy Guys: Captain Shy Guy (M&L: Bowser’s Inside Story … Read more
Species name: Koopa Troopa (Nokonoko in Japanese) First Appearance: Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983, as Shellcreeper) / Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985) Home: Koopa Village / Koopa Kingdom / various locations throughout the Mushroom World Voiced by: Wordless shell-clack vocalizations across all appearances Notable individual Koopa Troopas: Kooper (Paper Mario, 2000), Koops (Paper Mario: TTYD, 2004), … Read more
Species name: Goomba (Kuribo in Japanese, “chestnut person”) First Appearance: Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985) Home: Goomba Village / Goomba Road / various Mushroom Kingdom forests Voiced by: Wordless rustling vocalizations across all appearances Notable individual Goombas: Goombella (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, 2004), Goombario (Paper Mario, 2000), Goombrat, Captain Goomba, the Goomba Village leader, … Read more
Name: Bowletta (Gerokumba in Japanese, “frog-Kumba”; a portmanteau of Bowser + Cackletta) First Appearance: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance, 2003) Home: Bowser’s Castle (her physical host body’s home) / formerly Cackletta’s lair in the Beanbean Kingdom Voiced by: Wordless RPG vocalizations (2003); various performers (2017 3DS remake) Associates: Fawful (her devoted underling), … Read more
Name: The Shroobs (Gerogero in Japanese, “frog-frog”) First Appearance: Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time (Nintendo DS, 2005) Home: The Shroob Planet (a distant alien homeworld) Voiced by: Wordless alien vocalizations performed by Nintendo studio staff Associates: Princess Shroob (royal leader), Elder Princess Shroob (her sister and true final boss), Shrooboid Brat, Petey Piranha-styled Shroob … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Tatanga (Tatanga in Japanese, same name across all regions) First Appearance: Super Mario Land (Game Boy, 1989) Home: Outer space (Sarasaland invader) / unknown alien homeworld Voiced by: Wordless alien-monster vocalizations across all appearances Associates: Pagosu (his spaceship and signature weapon), the various Sarasaland-region minions he commanded during the events of … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Wart (Mamu in Japanese) First Appearance: Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (FDS, 1987) / Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, 1988) Home: Subcon, the dream-world kingdom Voiced by: Wordless croak vocalizations across all appearances Associates: The Dream Machine (his bubble-spewing weapon), Mouser, Tryclyde, Fryguy, Birdo, Clawgrip (the Subcon villain hierarchy) General profile … Read more