Editing Chancellor

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Chancellor.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
{{quote|All we can do is wait here. Don't let us down!|Chancellor|[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]}}
The '''chancellor''' (or '''Chancellor''') is an advisor to [[Princess Peach]]. He is an older, green-spotted [[Toad (species)|Mushroom person]]. In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch remake]], the chancellor assumes the princess's duties during her absence. He is also overprotective of the princess, and he forbids her from joining [[Mario]] in his quest to defeat [[Smithy]]. The chancellor's appearance and actions suggest that he is an earlier counterpart of [[Toadsworth]].

Early in the game, the chancellor gives Mario a [[MarioWiki:Glossary|map]] of [[Mario's world|the world]]. He also authorizes Mario to stock up on items in the [[Mushroom Castle (Super Mario RPG)|Mushroom Castle]]'s vault, which is protected by the [[Vault Guard]]. Additionally, the chancellor is easily frightened (like many other Mushroom People). He is scared of Mario's impersonation of [[Bowser]], and during the [[Smithy Gang]]'s invasion of the [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario RPG)|Mushroom Kingdom]], the chancellor hides behind a column in the throne room during the entire occupation. He is also forgetful at times.

[[File:ToadMinister PM.png|thumb|left]]
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', a character known as the '''Toad Minister''' or simply the '''Minister''' makes an appearance. His color palette is slightly different, noticeably having a white mustache and red robe instead of a black mustache and green robe. While it is unknown if they are intended to be the same individual, the Minister nonetheless takes the place of the chancellor from the previous RPG and serves a nearly identical role as a high-ranking government official. The Minister is imprisoned along with other Toads after Bowser seizes [[Peach's Castle]]. Mario meets the prisoners when he storms [[Bowser's Castle]] later in the game, and he frees them when Bowser is defeated.
==Profile==
===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
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|Jpn=キノコ王国の大臣。心配性で、ピーチ姫をいつも案じている。<br>「あれ、もしかして　大臣イヤな予感がします。　ま‥　まさか‥　まさか‥‥」
|JpnM=Chancellor of the Mushroom Kingdom. As a worrywart, he always frets about Princess Peach.<br>"I fear the worst! Could Bowser somehow be behind all of this?"
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mario RPG Chancellor.png|''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''
SMRPG Mushroom Chancellor.png|Sprite
SMRPG Chancellor.png|The Chancellor, along with several retainers and Mario
MarioRPGEndingScreen.png|The Chancellor at the ending screen
SMRPGbetaChancellor.jpg|Early Chancellor
PM Toad Minister Peach Castle.png|The Toad Minister in [[Peach's Castle]]
Toadminister2.png|The chancellor alongside his retainers in ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)
SMRPG NS Ending Screen.png|The chancellor at the ending screen in the remake
</gallery>

==Tattle==
[[Goombario]] can use [[Tattle]] on the Toad Minister after Mario unlocks a cell in which the Minister is imprisoned.
*"''This is the Toad Minister. Uh... Pleasure to meet you! My name is Goombario, sir. I'm Mario's right hand, sir. Just joking. But seriously, one day I'd love to be invited to a castle party. How about it?''"

==Names in other languages==
;Chancellor
{{foreign names
|Jpn=キノコ{{ruby|大臣|だいじん}}<ref> [[:File:Top 29.jpg|''Super Mario RPG'' 1995 Top Sun trading card]] </ref><ref> [[:File:SMRPG Toads Card.jpg|''Super Mario RPG'' 1996 Bandai Namco trading card]] </ref>
|JpnR=Kinoko Daijin
|JpnM=Mushroom Chancellor/Minister; shortened to「{{ruby|大臣|だいじん}}」<ref>{{cite|date=1996|title=''Super Mario RPG Final Edition''|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4091025382|page=37, 38}}</ref>(''Daijin'', "Chancellor" or "Minister")
|Chi=蘑菇大臣
|ChiR=Mógū Dàchén
|ChiM=Mushroom Chancellor/Minister; shortened to "大臣" (''Dàchén'', "Chancellor" or "Minister")
|Dut=Gouverneur
|DutM=Governor
|Fre=Chancelier
|FreM=Chancellor
|Ger=Kronminister
|GerM=Crown minister
|Ita=Cancelliere
|ItaM=Chancellor
|Kor=버섯대신
|KorR=Beoseot Daesin
|KorM=Mushroom Chancellor/Minister; shortened to "대신" (''Daesin'', "Chancellor" or "Minister")
|Spa=Canciller
|SpaM=Chancellor
}}
;Toad Minister
{{foreign names
|Jpn=だいじん
|JpnR=Daijin
|JpnM=Chancellor/Minister
|Fre=Ministre Toad
|FreM=Toad Minister
|Ger=Toad-Minister
|Spa=Ministro Toad
|SpaM=Toad Minister
}}

==Notes==
*In Japanese versions, this character refers to Mario as「マリオどの」(''Mario-dono'', "Master Mario"). This would later become a trait of [[Toadsworth]]. In the Nintendo Switch remake of ''Super Mario RPG'', only the Chinese translations retain a unique form of address ("马力欧阁下" simplified and "瑪利歐閣下" traditional).
*In a [[list of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars pre-release and unused content|prototype]] version of ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'', the Chancellor used the same bearded, generic design used for various elderly Mushroom People, including the shopkeeper of the local [[Item Shop]]. The original appearance was possibly a placeholder.
*The "Chancellor" name is shared with minor characters in ''{{wp|Final Fantasy VI}}'' and ''{{wp|Chrono Trigger}}''.

==References==
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