| “ | I'm-a Wario; I'm-a gonna win! | „ |
| ~ Wario's famous catchphrase. |
Wario (ワリオ, Wario) is a major character in Nintendo's Mario franchise, and the titular main protagonist of its spin-off series of the same name.
He is the anti-heroic and incredibly greedy counterpart, as well as the arch-rival of Mario, who either tries to best him on every occassion or seeking ways of gaining money and power for himself, depending on the game. Debuting in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Wario began his envious rivalry with Mario by stealing a castle from the latter when he was away saving Princess Daisy from Tatanga. Even though Mario defeated him, his tricks and schemes didn't end there. While he may be considered more of a pesky nuisance, he is willing to put his differences aside when participating in Mario's day-off activities with his partner-in-crime Waluigi, and occassionally assisting him in defeating Bowser. Unlike Mario, who is more than willing to help and save others, Wario's adventures are mostly focused on collecting money and treasure to gain fame.
He was voiced by Charles Martinet from Mario Kart 64 to Mario Strikers: Battle League, and by Kevin Afghani from WarioWare: Move It! onwards. However, in the Japanese versions of Mario Kart 64 as well as Mario Kart: Super Circuit and the first two Mario Party games, he was voiced by Thomas Spindler.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- He helps Mario into saving Princess Peach from Bowser in Super Mario 64 DS, without showing any signs of greed.
- He frees the Genie from Captain Syrup's manipulative clutches, something which the Genie was happy about.
- He defeats Rudy, an evil clown-like creature who curses people into monsters, after being manipulated into freeing him.
- He defeats the Shake King and released Queen Merelda to end the former's reign of terror in the Shake Dimension.
- He saves the Spritelings from Black Jewel's captivity.
- He stops Terrormisu from stealing and consuming the souls of everyone.
- After defeating the Mega Bug, he spared its life because it made his final level perfect.
- Upon realizing that Red, Master Mantis and Lulu are still trapped inside the game he made, he goes back in to save them along with his friends.
- Despite sometimes bickering and often getting into trouble, he still treats Waluigi rather well as a genuine friend.
- He had no problem with Petey Piranha and King Boo joining his team in Mario super star Baseball.
- He gets along with the other employees of WarioWare, Inc., as he praises them for their talents and even keeps a picture with all of them as of WarioWare Gold. In addition, he also has a genuine friendship with Jimmy T., a close friend from his childhood who he grew up with and is also his texting buddy.
- He cares about his pet chicken, Hen, and even prioritized of taking her back to the nest over getting his treasure back.
- He also cares about Princess Shokora and gave out a happy reaction when he received a kiss from her.
- When teamed up with Toadette in Mario Party 6, they are given the title "Secret Friends", which seems to imply that he does cares about her.
- After a bit of doubtful reflection, he agreed to help the fighters into defeating Tabuu from recreating the World of Smash Bros. in the Subspace.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is an overall anti-hero who generally does heroic things out of greed and only for obtaining his treasure, and his actions usually have no good intentions.
- He never once pays his WarioWare employees for their hard work.
- He is on & off, as he does villainous things from time to time, with such instances being:
- Taking over Mario's castle while the latter has saved Princess Daisy, as well as hypnotizing the inhabitants of Mario Land to destroy Mario.
- Joining the Subspace Army and taunting Lucas over a trophified Ness.
- Taking over the Peaceful Woods and renaming them Wario's Woods.
- Creating a video game tournament to scam others.
- Helping Bowser into sabotaging a tennis tournament (along with Waluigi) as revenge for losing against Mario and Luigi on their first match.
- Working with Waluigi into sabotaging a cannon from Bob-omb Derby by inserting a Bullet Bill into it, which would have got Mario killed or injured badly had Bowser not intervened and saved him.
- Even in his heroic roles, he is often lazy, incompetent and a massive jerk to others around him.
- He is known for being a bad sport, as he calls his opponents cheaters if he loses a go-kart race.
- In WarioWare: Get it Together!, he is the ultimate cause of the creation of the Bugs, and him and his friends getting sucked into a game and are endangered, because of his crummy programming and poor attempt to fix it.
- He is extremely arrogant and a massive narcissist, as he intentionally draws himself better than any one else, is constantly focused on benefiting himself, has golden statues of himself, and many of the Microgames he creates involve himself in some way.
- He is rather mischievous, as he tends to enjoy messing around and pulling pranks on others, especially when he plots on sabotaging sports games.
- With the exception of Waluigi, Mona, and Jimmy T., barely anyone actually likes him since in Mario Super Sluggers he only has good chemstry with Waluigi.
Trivia[]
- So far, he, alongside Donkey Kong and Bowser, is one of the only three characters in the mainstream Mario franchise to be Inconsistently Admirable.
- Coincidentally, the three serve as antagonists and rivals to Mario: although Bowser is Mario’s arch-nemesis and Donkey Kong is more of a friendly rival to Mario, whereas Wario is more of a bitter arch-rival.
- Out of the three, he is the only one to not become a Skylander.
- He is the first Brawl character to be Inconsistently Admirable.
External Links[]
- Wario on the Heroes Wiki
- Wario on the Villains Wiki
- Wario on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
- Wario on the Nintendo Wiki
- Wario on the Mario Wiki
- Wario on the Super Mario Wiki
- Wario on the Super Smash Bros. Wiki
- Wario on the Smash Wiki
- Wario on the VS Battles Wiki
- Wario on the Shonen Rivals Wiki
- Wario on the Love Exalted Wiki
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