Monty Bros.

“And you handed it off to us, the Monty Bros., because we rule dirt!”

—Monty Bros., Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Monty Bros.
A screenshot of the Monty Bros. in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
General information
Species	Monty Mole
Appearances
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)

The Monty Bros. (generically referred to as Montys in the Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Prima Guide) are a group of five Monty Mole brothers who appeared in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its Nintendo 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. The Monty Bros. were originally minions of Bowser that helped with making Project K. However, the Monty Bros. would later betray Bowser and work for Fawful instead, as well as also becoming the main conductors for the Fawful Express. The Monty Bros. are also known to talk in a surfer dude dialect and constantly use (or make puns off of) the word "bro."

History

The Monty Bros. are encountered by Bowser in the Underground Tunnel beneath Cavi Cape. Here, they are seen using a large drilling machine to drill a tunnel through to reach Toad Town for Project K, with the project being them making an escape tunnel for Bowser to use after he has kidnapped Princess Peach, straight back to his castle. They had already drilled from Bowser's Castle to Cavi Cape, almost reaching Toad Town. Bowser, who had just spotted them, said that he did not remember giving the Monty Bros. that order, but helped them nonetheless. Mario and Luigi, inside Bowser's body, would then go to the Leg Outpost and stimulate his leg muscles to push the giant drill before its battery ran out (or in this case, ninety seconds of minigame time). After the minigame, the drill then crashes, with Bowser then apologizing as he got too carried away.

Later, the Monty Bros. are seen in the treasure vault of Bowser's Castle, where Bowser sees that the Monty Bros. built railway tracks around their tunnel. After seeing Bowser's shocked face at the tracks, the Monty Bros. reveal that they had switched sides, over to Fawful and joined the Fawful Foundation as well as outsourced the actual hole drilling to some other Bros. in the process. The Monty Bros then jokingly remark that the Fawful Express tickets are too expensive that even Bowser's Castle could not pay for them. This angers Bowser a bit and makes the Monty Bros. jump into the Fawful Express, the reason they had built the tracks. Once Bowser walked onto the tracks, the huge cargo train then proceeds to push Bowser all along the train track, slamming him into a colossal boulder. Bowser then is re-awakened by Mario and Luigi, turning him giant. A battle with the Fawful Express and the Monty Bros. then starts. For most of the fight, they drive the train or make repairs in the Fawful Mountain. Near the end of the battle, they wear yellow masks and have jetpacks to attempt to throw Fawful Bob-ombs at Bowser. Bowser can counterattack them by punching one of the Monty Bros. to make them drop bombs on the Fawful Express instead, dealing more damage. After Bowser destroys the train, the flying bits of debris from it fall onto the Monty Bros., ultimately crushing them. It is implied that the Monty Bros. were killed after getting crushed by the train debris, as they are not seen for the rest of the game.

However, in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, the Monty Bros. death was retconned and instead the Monty Bros. (along with several Monty Mole passengers) escape the Fawful Express without getting crushed by any debris. When Bowser picks up the Fawful Express to throw it into the canyon, one of the Monty Bros. leaves the train, but accidentally lands on Bowser's nose. Fortunately, the Monty Bro. was also able to escape the Fawful Express before Bowser threw it in the canyon.

Quotes

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Underground Tunnel

Main cutscene

• "C'mon, bro! We've made ZERO progress in forever!"
• "Beef up that drill power again, will ya?"
• "I'm maxing it out right now, broski!"
• "Keep at it, broham! Gotta get it done!"
• "We're a force of nature handpicked by Bowser!"
• "Bros do NOT get defeated by some stupid dirt wall!"
• "Buh-Bowser?!"
• "Buh-bros! Take five!"
• "Yeah, so our secret tunnel mission is going super smooth!"
• "Remember, bro--I mean, Bowser? You wanted an escape tunnel for kidnapping Peach?"
• "The big tunnel project... You named it Project K!"
• "And you handed it off to us, the Monty Bros., because we rule dirt!"
• "I-I-I... Look, sorry, brogurt!"
• "We're all lined up to connect to Toad Town if we go straight through here, but..."
• "Broyo, this dirt is crazy hard! It's a dead end, I kid you not!"
• "Yeah, broham! Straight through there!"
• "But, bro, the dirt's so hard..."
• "You, uh... You sure about this, bro?"
• "Bros."
• "What was that?"
• "He activated the drill battery. Runs for 1 minute 30 seconds."
• "If it runs out, he's gotta head back and get a new one..."
• "They're pricey too, brodeo--50 coins a pop!"
• "Looks like Bowser's taking care of business for us."
• "Well... As long as he makes it to Toad Town within 1 minute 30 seconds!"

Cutscene after failing the minigame

• "Broshi, that drill eats power in a big way..."
• "Uh, bro--I mean, Bowser?"
• "We paid 50 coins for each spare battery..."
• "Huh?!"
• "Bro! Check it out!"
• "Sounded like a cave-in, bros. I hope that path Bowser just dug didn't collapse..."
• "Oh, bro!"
• "Complete and utter collapse, brodingtons! All Bowser's progress got filled in!"

Treasure Chamber

• "Now arriving at the always-run-down-falling-apart-dirty-nasty-thanks-to-Bowser Castle"
• "Yeah... Well, bro..."
• "As you can see, the secret tunnel project you ordered is finally finished, broski!"
• "Yeah, remember, brotown? You helped us drill this tunnel?"
• "Bro!"
• "This secret tunnel got bought out by the Fawful Foundation!"
• "It was a buyout, brodington! Get me? A BUYOUT!"
• "Thanks to the sweet cash infusion, we outsourced the hole drilling to some other bros."
• "So now we're elite employees of Lord Fawful! The salary's great, brodie! Insane benefits!"
• "Trust me, this Fawful Express that Lord Fawful built is SUPER awesome. Wanna ride, brotron?"
• "Although... Come to think of it, bro, it's a pretty pricey ticket. Maybe too posh for you."
• "Even if you sold this cruddy old castle...you still can't afford it!"
• "WAHAHAHA!"
• "All aboard Fawful Express!"

Fawful Express

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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

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Gallery

Sprites and models

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  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

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  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story sprite of one of the Monty Bros. in the drill machine

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  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

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  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Screenshots

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  Giant Bowser chasing the Monty Bros. driving the Fawful Express in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

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  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey screenshot

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	チョロプー兄弟 Choropū Kyōdai	Monty Mole Siblings
Spanish (Americas)	Hermanos Monty	Monty Bros.

Trivia

• Before the battle with the Fawful Express, only four of the five Monty Bros. can be seen.
• In the Prima Guide, it is confirmed that their plan was to give Fawful easy transportation around the Mushroom Kingdom.
• in the cutscene prior to the Fawful Express battle, the Monty Bros. imply that there are other Monty Bros. when saying that other Bros took their old job.
• Most of the aboveground sprites for the Monty Bros. in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey are extremely similar to the sprites for the Monty Moles seen in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, with the only major difference being the removal of the bowtie.