Mario franchise > multiple characters throughout the video games
Inanimate Object Characters List | Entry: 51
I have played plenty of Mario games (far from all, but I'm a not-so-often-gaming gamer in general) and I've been a huge fan of some of them, so naturally, I would not forget about the eligible characters from the Mario universe. However, since it is a franchise so immense, I doubt if I have even come across all of these characters. Thus, I will put all characters I know in this list and add new ones if I find them.
Please notify me if you find a character is/characters are misses.
Also, I'm skipping food characters, so Goomba etcetera don't count.
And to save space, I'm not adding the video games' cover images.
Franchise: Mario (1983-)*
*based on the series' first installment
Characters: Bullet Bill, Torpedo Ted, Banzai Bill, Chain Chomp
The Bullet Bill family (bullets) and Chain Chomp (wrecking ball) are definitely eligible for this list. Funny thing is that I actually had Bullet Bill as one of my most favourite Mario enemies before I actively realized it was, once again, an object. It may have been at that point that I concluded that it's not even a conscious preference. Haha.
Characters: Thwomp, Whomp, Wallop, Walleye
These are guys made out of stone, so they are not actual objects, but they are sentient regularly inanimate "things", so I'm adding them.
The mighty Whomp King (with the design he got in Super Mario Galaxy 2) was my favourite among these. I once started writing a story about him (may still finish that one day). Also, Walleye is cute.
Now we go to the next set of eligible Mario characters, which are those that occur less often or solely in one video game. For this post, I went with the European release dates.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Characters: Boomer (bomb), Thudley (weight), Fleep (window shade), Cudge (hammer), Picolo (music note), Sproing-Oing (slinky, I think, but it also looks like a hamburger - man's got seeds on his face), Mister I (eyeball) King Sammer (crown), Dorguy the First (door), Tileoids (tiles)
There's two more variation of Sproing-Oing [Boing-Oing, Zoing-Oing, Dark Sproing-Oing], one more variation of Mister I [Red I] and two more guardian doors [Dorguy the Second, Dorguy the Third].
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2006)
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012)
Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Characters: Cappy, Volbonans
Cappy can transform in different types of headwear. Volbonans come in different sizes [2] and colours [5].
Paper Mario: Origami King (2020)
Sounds familiar? Yes, that's right!
I already did this one before, because they deserved a seperate post.
Characters: The Legion of Stationary [Jean-Pierre Colored Pencils the 12th, Hole Punch, Rubber Band, Scissors, Stapler, Tape]
PS: this post excludes the character type tags outside of the characters that appeared in this post. Character name tags are also excluded. Furthermore, it is only catagorized in the video games catagory, despite including more types of media, for simplicity.
