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===Personality===
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Mario is known for being courageous and headstrong, and is also eager and cocky in certain occasions. He has an immutable sense of heroism, friendliness, and somewhat of a fiery personality.
Mario has been shown on very occasions, such as certain cutscenes in ''Mario Power Tennis'', but often in ''Super Mario-Kun'', to have an almost overbearing attitude towards his brother. However, this could also just be Mario's outgoing "big brother" personality interacting with Luigi's more introverted nature. While Mario will accept help and even partners during his adventures, at times he may also resent the implication that he needs the help in the first place. Despite this, he seems to enjoy their company.
Mario shows generally good sportsmanship, even complimenting his opponents, as shown in instances like ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Fortune Street]]'', as well as smiling if he loses in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. However, in other spin-offs, he is usually sad after a loss and sometimes sobs. For example, in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', if he does not place on the podium, he is shown wiping a tear. In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', if he attains a Double Bogey, he throws a small fit. It has been said that Mario loves animals, especially the most unusual ones,<ref name="1993 Nintendo Character Manual"/> and he also enjoys music, particularly opera or new-wave Europop,<ref name="1993 Nintendo Character Manual"/> although there is no further comment for these statements. ''Mario Strikers Charged'' gives Mario a rock-n'-roll theme for his entrance and scoring animations and an orchestrated theme for his Super Ability. Finally, game art and gameplay depict Mario playing the saxophone,<ref>[[:File:MarioplaySaxophone.png]]</ref><ref>[[:File:SM3DW Art.jpg]]</ref><ref>[[:File:8bitMario Bigband.png]]</ref> piano, guitar, synthesizer, timpani, xylophone, and trumpet.<!--Revealed by what?--> Mario is also said to be an avid ''{{wp|All Night Nippon}}'' listener.<ref>''All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet, pages 6 and 7.</ref>
Mario has occasionally shown aggressive or vulgar tendencies throughout his appearances, albeit in a lighthearted and comic-relief manner; a notable exception is in ''[[Super Mario Momotarō]]'', when Mario is shown holding a gun and aiming at Bowser, albeit to intimidate him. In ''Super Mario-kun'', Mario is short-tempered and resorts to yelling at his friends for failing or taking uncalled-for actions; Mario himself is not above certain vulgar actions, such as farting to taunt his opponents or urinating on Yoshi, and he also cross-dresses several times, though these actions are not restricted to Mario. The title itself and the art style of the ''Super Mario-kun'' manga also depict Mario with a childish personality. "Kun" is a generally masculine Japanese honorific for juniors such as boys or teenagers.
Overall, Mario is a kind-hearted and brave hero who often places the problems and needs of others before his own. This is shown in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' when [[Doopliss]] steals his identity, and he is still willing to help [[Vivian]] with her problem. He is willing to risk his life to save the lives of millions from Bowser's destructive forces and any other villains he comes across.
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He has full speech capabilities in some sports games and outside games (including in real life) and also speaks regularly in the DiC cartoon trilogy, though he speaks perfect English with a Brooklyn accent in the latter. In a press conference, Mario is shown to be able to speak in full sentences.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQVjYNE2Kew</ref>. Also, people can communicate with Mario by asking various questions; there, too, Mario can fully speak. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihWsOcbS_E</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atM5ZjqVVE4</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAjhjLuWbC8</ref> In the games, other characters speak for him, mainly Lakitu and Toad.
The ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series makes Mario a much more serious character in comparison to his typical playful depiction, whereas his younger brother is made into somewhat of a "comical and childish, yet depressive" character. This is evident in Mario's actions, since all of his attacks are "straightforward and serious," while his brother looks unwilling, hesitant, or too drowsy to be on the offense. Mario also keeps a straight face or firm expression when battling, unlike Luigi. Mario's other facial expressions are not wild or gloomy like his brother's, since he will appropriately smile during his side taunt and victory poses; appear surprised or shocked when grabbed, pummeled, or launched; or appear angry when hanging on to ledges or attacking. However, Mario's personality does not change drastically, since he is still a person who values fairness. This is evident in his losing animation, where he claps for his opponent with a smile. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''{{'}}s [[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary]], Mario assumes a leadership role, since he makes it his job to unite the playable roster of ''Brawl'' to combat the evil [[Tabuu]] and the Subspace Army. Mario is friendly, since he is able to bond with most characters, including [[Kirby]] and [[Pit (character)|Pit]], and is very happy to cooperate with them. Mario, however, depending on how the game's story is followed, can witness witness [[Link]] and [[Yoshi]] defeating the [[False Peach]] (thinking she is the real Peach), causing him to try fighting them. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Mario is more whimsical and lighthearted during battle. One of his new taunts has him flash a thumbs-up.
Mario seems to have a small fixation with food. This is most notably seen in the DiC cartoon trilogy, which may also be the origin of this trait, where Mario is almost constantly hungry and fascinated with Italian food (mostly pizza and pasta), typically wanting to stop Bowser's latest scheme simply so he could eat and going to nearly any length to do so. In fact, in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Koopenstein]]", when Princess Peach asked him if he ever thought about anything besides food, Mario, with pure honesty, replied, "What else is there?" As in ''Super Mario 64'' and its remake, the original reason Mario came to the castle is that Peach was baking him a cake. In the opening of ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Mario is apparently daydreaming about seafood. In ''Fortune Street'', he offers Yoshi to help by finding Yoshi's cookies, but before playfully saying, "just give me a second to brush these cookie crumbs out of my mustache!" Quite a few characters in other games also advised Mario to refrain from eating much.▼
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===Powers and abilities===
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