The most famous Toad has red spots and wears a blue vest.

Toad (known as Kinopio in Japanese releases) is a humanoid mushroom in games of the Super Mario Bros. series by Nintendo. Like many characters in Nintendo games related to Mario, Toad is both a unique character called "Toad" and a specimen of an entire, homonymous race. For instance, in Paper Mario, there is an entire race of Toads who live in Toad Town. Toads, the general collective name of the "mushroom people" found in the Mushroom Kingdom, are a sapient, anthropomorphic mushroom race, with a peaceful, human-following monarchistic culture. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Super Mario Bros. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Paper Mario, known in Japan as Mario Story (マリオストーリー), is a video game that was developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and first released in 2000. ... The Mushroom Kingdom (Japanese:キノコ王国) is a fictional setting in the Super Mario Bros. ...

He and others like him made their debut in Super Mario Bros. (called merely "Mushroom Retainer") but didn't have a name until Super Mario Bros 2. It is believed that his name originated from the word "toadstool," another name for a mushroom. Toad is a loyal mushroom retainer, a servant and companion to Princess Peach. He is also a good friend of Mario and Luigi. Super Mario Bros. ... Super Mario Bros. ... Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Princess Peach (ピーチ姫, Piichi Hime) is a fictional character in Nintendos Mario video games series. ... For over 20 years, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... Luigi (Japanese: ルイージ, ruīji) is Marios younger brother from Nintendo video games. ...

Toads famously thank Mario after each castle in Super Mario Bros. (NES).

Apart from SMB2 and the Mario Kart series, where he is a light, high acceleration driver, Toad is seldom a playable character or protagonist - more often officiating, such as in the Mario Party series, or helping other characters (i.e. Mario) out. Toad from Mario series, in Super Mario Bros. ... Super Mario Bros. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... Super Mario Bros. ... Mario Kart is a series of Nintendo racist games that feature characters from the Mario Bros. ... Mario Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Toad was however the hero of Wario's Woods where he had to line up then blow up strange creatures in a Nintendo puzzle game. His partners were Catherine (a Birdo referred to by the character's Japanese name) and Wanda, but his connection to them is unknown. Warios Woods is a puzzle game made by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo in 1993, and then later released on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Satellaview in 1994. ... Birdo as it appeared in (left) and Birdo in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (right) Birdo (Japanese: キャサリン; Catherine) is a fictional, anthropomorphic dinosaur featured in Nintendos Mario series of video games. ... Wanda is the name of a fictional fairy featured in the Mario video game series. ...

Toad is a playable character in multiple games, including Super Mario Bros. 2, Wario's Woods, Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Mario Kart DS, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, and Mario Superstar Baseball. This article is about the American version of Super Mario Bros. ... Warios Woods is a puzzle game made by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo in 1993, and then later released on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Satellaview in 1994. ... Super Mario Kart is the first video game in the Mario Kart series, released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... Mario Kart 64 is a racing video game for the Nintendo 64 game system for up to four players. ... Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube video game console. ... Mario Kart DS is a video game being developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system, set for release in late 2005. ... Mario Golf is a sports video game made for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, in which Mario, his friends, and his enemies play golf. ... Mario Tennis is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color in 2000. ... The Mario Party series is a video game series for the Nintendo 64, GameCube and Game Boy Advance where up to four total characters (humans + the computer) compete in a type of board game with a series of minigames interspersed. ... Mario Party 6 is the sixth game in the Mario Party series. ... Mario Superstar Baseball is a video game being developed exclusively for Nintendos GameCube console. ...

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Toad makes several cameo appearances. He is both a trophy and a living shield held out as part of Princess Peach's B button attack. As a shield, Toad reflects damage back to the attacker. He also appears in the background of Mario's Adventure level multiple times. Super Smash Bros. ...

In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Toadette, the female counterpart of Toad, was introduced. Whether or not Toadette is his girlfriend, sister or merely a friend is unknown. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube video game console. ... Toadette, as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. ...

In a poll taken by Nintendo Power on what characters they would like to see in Super Smash Bros. Revolution, and the top two characters chosen are Wario and Toad. This may get Toad an appearance in the game, since in a poll for characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Princess Peach and King Bowser were the most wanted. The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ... Wario (ワリオ in Japanese) is a fictional character created by Nintendo. ... Super Smash Bros. ... Princess Peach (ピーチ姫, Piichi Hime) is a fictional character in Nintendos Mario video games series. ... King Bowser Koopa, as seen in Super Smash Bros. ...

Toad in Other Media

Toad as seen in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

As with the games, Toad played a major supporting character in other forms of media starring Mario, starting with the animated series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, in 1989. Numerous toads were also featured on episode 21 of the popular T.V. series Family Guy, entitled "Let's Go to the Hop", in which Peter turns real. On the Mario show, however, Toad wasn't a frog toad, and usually tagged along with the Mario Bros. and Princess Peach Toadstool wherever they went. Although he usually tagged along with Mario and Luigi in cases where King Bowser Koopa had kidnapped Princess Toadstool, he sometimes got captured as well. An interesting quirk about the cartoon version of Toad was his voice, provided by John Stocker. Although the cartoon established Mario and Luigi to be from Brooklyn (a fact commonly accepted by fans, despite having never been mentioned in any games), Toad seemed to speak with thicker Brooklyn dialect. He also had a habit of making a squeaking noise whenever he jumped, and his hat was revealed to indeed be a hat, as he occasionally took it off to reveal three strands of hair on his head. Screenshot of Toad from The Super Mario Bros. ... Screenshot of Toad from The Super Mario Bros. ... Various television shows based on Super Mario Bros. ... Various television shows based on Super Mario Bros. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... King Bowser Koopa, as seen in Super Smash Bros. ... John Stocker was born in Canada on August 12, 1948. ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ...

Another quirk came in the form of his design, based slightly off of his sprites from the first game (red vest and white hat with red spots, but with light blue pants and purple shoes in the cartoon). However, the first three episodes of the show featured Toad in a somewhat reversed color scheme (red hat with white spots, white vest, red pants, and white shoes). DiC Entertainment, the company which produced the show, has never given an official explanation for this apparent mistake, although it's quite possible that the first three episodes were animated before the introduction segments (which had Toad in his regular color scheme). However, a later episode, "The Fire of Hercufleas" (an obvious riff of Hercules), featured Toad with this alternate color scheme, this time explaining that it was how he looked when using a Fire Flower. The term sprite is used in computer graphics to refer to a two dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. ... DiC Entertainment (pronounced deek) is a film production company which was created in 1971 by Jean Chalopin in Paris, France. ... Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ... Like the Starman, Fire Flowers flashing colors were achieved by quickly rotating through several palettes. ...

Toad remained a regular on the show when it spun off into The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. As with the previous series, he accompanied the Mario Bros. on their adventures. This time, though, he usually stayed behind with Peach. Ironically, despite having always come along for previous adventures, in the last episode for this series, "Super Koopa", he complains about always having to stay behind. Just as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had done, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 had Toad (and Princess Toadstool) using the Marios' Power-Ups, mainly the Raccoon Suit and Frog Suit. Despite being such a regular character, Toad did not appear in the Super Mario World cartoon (as he was not in the game itself); his character was filled in by Oogtar the Caveboy, who, incidentally, had the same voice actor. Various television shows based on Super Mario Bros. ... Various television shows based on Super Mario Bros. ... Oogtar the Caveboy is a fictional character created for the Super Mario World cartoon, based on the video game of the same name. ...

Toad also regularly appeared in the Super Mario Bros. comic books published by Valiant. The comic Toad, who was featured the same way in other Mario print media published in the early 1990s was seemingly based more towards his game counterpart, as he did not have the Brooklyn accent of his cartoon counterpart, and he had the color scheme depicted in official Nintendo artwork. In these comics, Toad often followed Mario on some of his adventures, seemingly replacing Luigi as the hero's sidekick. He was also a regular companion for King Toadstool (Peach's father, created just for the comic), and even indulged in some of the King's activities. Incidentally, in one of these stories, "Cloud Burst", Toad alerts everyone that Bowser has set up an army in World 5-3, saying that he "barely escaped with [his] mold intact" - suggesting that he is, in fact, an actual fungus. The Nintendo Comics System was a series of comic books published by Valiant Comics in 1990 and 1991. ... Valiant can refer to Valiant, a British comic 1968-71 Valiant, a 2006 movie Valiant Comics, a comic book publisher Prince Valiant, a comic strip Vickers Valiant, a British bomber Valiant, the name of several ships. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... King Toadstool, usually referred to as the King of the Mushroom Kingdom or the King of Mushroomland, is, as his name suggests, the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the father of Princess Peach. ...

The Super Mario Adventures manga comic printed by Nintendo Power during 1992 featured several Mushroom Retainers who looked as Toad did elsewhere, but Toad himself spent most of the story wearing an army outfit, as he was among Peach's troops (whom she signalled by whistling). When Bowser sends some Lakitus to capture Peach, Toad escapes to alert Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi and tell them that the Koopalings are holding her captive. After a complicated incident involving Mario being captured by the Koopalings following Peach escaping by way of a cape (ala Super Mario World), Toad disguises himself and Yoshi as pizza delivery boys in order for Peach to infiltrate the Koopalings' tower (with bombs provided by Friendly Floyd) and help Luigi rescue Mario. After they all escape, Toad offers to use the aforementioned cape to fly back to the Mushroom Kingdom and send for a rescue party, but he ends up being lured into a spaceship commandeered by Bowser, who then captures Peach. Afterwards, Toad, strangely, is not mentioned again in the story. Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ... 1991 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lakitu, as depicted in the Mario Kart series, utilizes a fishing pole and a flying cloud to keep the racetrack running smoothly. ... Yoshis current design reduces the size of his neck, resembling the baby Yoshies in Yoshis Story. ... Larry, the youngest of the brood, shows off the Koopa Kids trademark upright hairdo. ... Super Mario World was the first game Nintendo made for the Super Famicom for its Japanese release, and the Super Nintendo for its release in North America and Europe. ... Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta probe on 2nd of March, 2004. ...

Played by Mojo Nixon, Toad appeared as a street musician in the Super Mario Bros. movie. In the film, Toad is arrested for singing a song that badmouths Bowser, who punishes him by having him turned into a Goomba. Despite his transformation, the Goomba-fied Toad (portrayed by John Fifer), still manages to serve as a good guy by helping Princess Daisy escape and distracting the other Goombas by playing his harmonica. After Bowser's defeat, though, it is not shown if he ever returns to normal. Mojo Nixon (born August 2, 1957) is a satirical psychobilly musician. ... Super Mario Bros. ... Goombas were the ubiquitous enemies in the first game. ... Princess Daisy is a Nintendo character who first appeared in Super Mario Land, where she was captured by Tatanga and rescued by Mario. ... A harmonica A harmonica is a very common free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, french harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot of like dimension into...

External links

• Mario series character guide