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Robot (Donkey Kong Country television series)
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| Species | Robotic Kong |
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country - "The Big Switch-a-Roo" (2000) |
- “I'm a metal head, a metal head, a metal head, a metal head
I'm a metal head, a metal head, a metal head, a METAL HEAD!” - —Donkey Kong, "The Big Switch-a-Roo"
A robot built by Cranky Kong appears in the Donkey Kong Country episode "The Big Switch-a-Roo". The robot has a Kong-like appearance with a toaster on its head. This robot is built for Bluster to help make barrels for him. After Donkey Kong arrives at Cranky's Cabin (after jumping out of Funky's plane), one of Cranky's brain transfer helmets lands on the robot's head. Later, DK attempts to mimic Klump by wearing one of the brain transfer helmets, accidentally pressing the button on the helmet when saluting, causing his and the robot's "brain" to switch, though DK does not notice this. Cranky and Bluster soon discover this while the former searches for him. Bluster decides to use the robot, DK's body, to make barrels. However, his plan goes poorly as the robot quickly presses the buttons at Bluster Barrelworks. It appears to be literal-minded as it attempts to snap his neck after he claims it is a "pain in the neck."
DK (while in the robot's body) eventually finds Diddy, explaining his predicament to him in a song. They both return to Cranky, realizing that DK's original body is gone, working for Bluster. Klump and Krusha eventually arrive at the cabin, with DK attempting to fight them. However, Krusha breaks his head off, and Cranky cannot fix it. Bluster and the robot in DK's body return to the cabin after the Kongs (with Diddy holding the head of the robot that DK's brain is in) leave to raid K. Rool's hideout. The robot is then under Klump's control while in Candy's body. Both K. Rool and Krusha return to see this, though K. Rool finds it useless, telling it to "go make a barrel." The robot attempts to make a barrel with K. Rool in it, trapping him. The Kongs then arrive back, and eventually, DK returns to his original body. Bluster demands a refund for the robot, stating it to be "dumber than DK."
Mushroom retainer
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 Artwork of a mushroom retainer from the Japanese detail site for Super Mario Bros. | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. (1985) | ||
| Latest appearance | Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2024) | ||
| Species | Toad | ||
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- “Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!”
- —Mushroom retainer, Super Mario Bros.
Mushroom retainers (sometimes spelled Mushroom Retainers), also known as just Retainers, are a group of Toads (previously called Mushroom People) that appear in Super Mario Bros. They are Princess Toadstool's seven mushroom servants who are not transformed, unlike the rest of the Mushroom People, but were captured by Bowser and the Koopa. The term "mushroom retainer" would also be used in other Super Mario works. The character, Toad, is referred to as such in the 1993 Nintendo Character Guide and the Nintendo Adventure Books and the Nintendo Comics System issue, "The Legend". In the Nintendo Comics System series, Wooster is referred to as the royal mushroom assistant. The mushroom retainers' Japanese name, Kinopio, initially referred to this group, though it would later appear as the Toad species' name, as well as the character's name. Other Toads have been portrayed as guards in the Super Mario franchise, such as the Toads that try to protect Peach from Bowser in Super Mario Galaxy, though they are not referred to as mushroom retainers.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. / VS. Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
According to the instruction manual for Super Mario Bros., Bowser, and the Koopa capture the seven mushroom retainers and are imprisoned in the first seven castles. The first mushroom retainer can be rescued in World 1-4, after defeating the fake Bowser. The retainer will say thank Mario or Luigi for rescuing it, but will also remind them to rescue Princess Toadstool. They say their lines are in English, even in other versions of the game presumably due to programming limitations at the time, with English text being common in Japanese games. Rescuing any of the mushroom retainers is not mandatory for beating the game and can be skipped by taking Warp Zones. The English instruction booklet claims the mushroom retainers are under Bowser's spell; the Japanese manual makes no such reference. The Official Nintendo Player's Guide describes them as Toadstool's maids and refers to "her" in the singular. While they reprise their roles in VS. Super Mario Bros., the ending has the seven mushroom retainers appearing after Toadstool is rescued, appearing above the brother and Toadstool, with a few disappearing, seemingly to make them look like they are celebrating.
In its remake in Super Mario All-Stars, the retainers are trapped in bags, being released once Mario or Luigi rescues them. The retainers have unique animations for being rescued and the number of retainers depends on the world number, with World 6 showing four retainers, rather than six, making twenty-six mushroom retainers to rescue.
- World 1-4: The retainer will jump out of the bag and keep jumping in celebration.
- World 2-4: Two retainers jump out of the bag and use a V sign. The left retainer uses its right hand, while the right uses its left hand.
- World 3-4: When the bag is opened, one retainer is initially shown. Two other retainers appear behind it with their fists out (the left one using its right hand and the right one using its left hand) and jump out.
- World 4-4: When the bag is opened, one retainer is initially shown. Three other retainers appear on the others' heads. They all jump off and land on the ground, giving a V sign with their right hand.
- World 5-4: Five retainers jump out of the bag in a ball and fall on the ground, dizzy.
- World 6-4: A big mushroom cap, based on their mushroom heads, jumps out of the bag with four retainers carrying it.
- World 7-4: The bag's right side breaks, with small seven retainers walking out. The retainer on the front carries a flag.
In Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, the mushroom retainers are animated when talking to Mario or Luigi. Their speech to either brother now has a comma after "you." One of the new features, the Mystery Room, incorporates the retainers. Once one is rescued, they'll appear in the Mystery Room and each retainer gives out a different reward.
- World 1-4: It shows the player banners to print out on the Game Boy Printer.
- World 2-4: It shows the player animations.
- World 3-4: It shows the player banners to print out on the Game Boy Printer.
- World 4-4: It shows the player animations.
- World 5-4: It shows the player various graphics available for printing.
- World 6-4: It shows the player a certain mode that allows them to create a story.
- World 7-4: It shows the player banners to print out.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
In Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, the mushroom retainers play the same role as they did in their first game. The ending featured in VS. Super Mario Bros. is retained here. The additional worlds, World A, World B, and World C have additional mushroom retainers to rescue. The Super Mario All-Stars version reuses the same animations that are used through the numbered castles from the first game. The letter worlds reuse the animations from previous worlds, with World A-4 using World 5-4's, World B-4 using World 6-4's, and World C-4 using World 7-4's.
Super Mario Bros. 3
While no mushroom retainers appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, Toadstool references their lines from Super Mario Bros. when she is rescued in World 8-
Bowser's Castle saying, "Thank you! But our Princess is in another castle!…Just kidding!" However, the Japanese version does not refer to this line, with its rerelease, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, changing it to, "Thank you! Peace has at last returned to our fair Mushroom Kingdom!", which is more accurate to the Japanese script.
Super Mario 3D Land
In Super Mario 3D Land, the two castle levels, World 1-
Castle and World 5-Castle have Toads as hostages referencing the mushroom retainers.
Super Mario Maker
In Super Mario Maker's 10 Mario Challenge or the 100 Mario Challenge on Easy difficulty, Toad will reference the mushroom retainers' line when he meets Mario by saying, "Mario! It's terrible! Princess Peach has been taken to another castle!"
Super Mario Bros. Special
Mushroom retainers play the same role as they did in Super Mario Bros.
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
In All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros., the mushroom retainers are replaced with the Nippon Broadcasting System hosts, who otherwise retain the same role the mushroom retainers did.
Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.
In the Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. episode, Super Mario Shirayuki-hime, a Super Mario retelling of the story of the fairytale of Snow White, seven Toads play the roles of the Seven Dwarfs. They appear to be a possible reference to mushroom retainers, due to being seven Toads.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Toadsworth the Younger refers to the mushroom retainer's lines when Baby Peach is launched away with the Baby Cakes move when he says, "You will save her, won't you? I assure you she's NOT in another castle."
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the blue Toad guard that defends Peach's Castle refers to this line to Mario and Toad when he says, "Oh wait, I did. Our princess, though, is in another castle!" In the Japanese dub, he says, "Our princess, though, is in another castle!" in English.
Profiles
- Instruction booklet description:
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
- Instruction booklet bio: Seven mushrooms who originally served in the court of Princess Toadstool but are now under the spell of the evil Koopa King.[3]
References
[[Category:Groups]] [[Category:Toads]] [[Category:Allies]] [[Category:Super Mario Bros.]] [[Category:Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]
- ^ Super Mario Bros. English instruction booklet. Page 14. nintendo.co.jp.
- ^ 「スーパーマリオブラザーズ 取扱説明書」 (Super Mario Bros. Toriatsukai Setsumeisho). Page 14. Legends of Localization.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Deluxe instruction booklet. Page 33. Games Database.
