Mario Characters Who Have Canonically Died

Mario Characters Who Have Canonically Died

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Despite being a kid-friendly franchise, the Mario series actually touches on death a fair amount in many of its games, especially in the RPGs.

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Mario Characters Who Have Canonically Died

Although plenty of adults enjoy the series too, the Mario franchise has stayed pretty kid-friendly over the years. Darker, more morose actions and themes rarely find their place (at least superficially) in the generally happy world of the Mushroom Kingdom. Death is no exception to this rule. However, even a kid-friendly franchise like Mario has some skeletons in its closet.

Dead characters in Mario games are more common than one might think. Mario has been around for over thirty years, and has hundreds of games associated with its brand. There’s bound to be some genuine deaths somewhere in the series, especially in more narrative-focused titles like the Paper Mario games. Sacrifice and consequence are two important themes in storytelling, and some of the most powerful ways to convey them is through the death of a character. Still, even the whimsical plots of other Mario properties have managed to sneak in a death or two.

The bulk of these deaths come in relatively story-heavy titles like the Paper Mario series. Oftentimes it is villains — such as Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga’s Cackletta or King Olly from Paper Mario: The Origami King — who find themselves shuffled off of this mortal coil. They are joined, at times, by supporting hero characters. For example, Olly’s sister, Olivia allies herself with Mario for the duration of The Origami King but ends up sacrificing her life to undo her brother’s misdeeds at the game’s conclusion.

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Apart from the laundry list of deaths present in various Mario RPG off-shoots, there are also several deceased characters in various Mario cartoons like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. In the latter, according to Game Rant, the Mario brothers encounter Prince Mushroomkhamen, mummy Prince of the Desert land. Likewise, in the episode The Venice Menace, the brothers hear the story of two plumbers hired by Marco Polo who are supposedly also their ancestors.

However, both of these sources neglect to mention one of the most populated categories of deceased Mario characters: the undead. Across the entire Mario franchise, nearly every Boo, dry-bones, or other undead entity has lived an implied life in the mortal realm before departing for the great beyond (and failing to get there). Unsurprisingly, this includes every ghost enemy, including the bosses, ever featured in a Luigi’s Mansion title. It also includes Wrinkly Kong, the wife of Cranky Kong who originally appears alive and well in Donkey Kong Country 2, but who dies and reappears as a spirit by Donkey Kong 64.

So, perhaps it’s best not to judge the Mario universe by its cover. The Mushroom Kingdom seems like a fun place, but even there, one can be cursed to wander forever as a ghostly Boo, or die in the fight against the forces of darkness. The mortality of the Mushroom Kingdom’s inhabitants is rarely considered, and it might give the player a reason to think twice about doing some things in-game. Who knows how many Yoshis Mario has sacrificed to make a jump, or how many baby penguins they’ve killed in Super Mario 64?

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