Mayor Smallburg

Mayor Smallburg
Mayor Smallburg in the MS-DOS (left) and CD-ROM Deluxe version
Species	Human
First appearance	Mario is Missing! (1993)

Mayor Smallburg is a character exclusive to the PC version of Mario is Missing!, appearing as the fictional mayor of Madrid. Like all other mayors in the game, they contact Luigi via videophone upon his arrival in the city, as well as after all of the artifacts in the area have been returned to their rightful locations. In the first call, Mayor Smallburg states that the landmarks are in chaos. Once all of the artifacts have been recovered, Luigi receives a second call from Mayor Smallburg, who thanks him for saving the city from the Koopas and wishes him luck on the rest of his adventure. Later in the game, newspaper article in Kathmandu describes him meeting with Mayor Schmutznikov, Mayor Devotegetter, and the mayor of Marrakech in Montana as "The 'M' Club".

In the MS-DOS version, Smallburg is depicted as a woman while the CD-ROM Deluxe version is depicted as a man. In the European CD-ROM versions, like all mayors, Smallburg's appearance changes every time the player starts a new game or resumes the saved file.

Quotes

• "This is Mayor Smallburg. See the stories I sent you from our paper? My tourist sights are a mess, my landmarks are in chaos. From what I can make out, extremely small turtles are stealing these things and escaping by very clever means. Track those turtles and return those artifacts, ASAP!"
• "Luigi. You've saved our city from the Koopas, and the people are grateful. Thank you, good luck and good bye! And say hi to Mario when you find him!"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
German	Bürgermeister Carlos	Mayor Carlos

Trivia

• In the MS-DOS version, besides sharing the same appearance as the curators in different cities, Mayor Smallburg does not share the same appearance as the mayors.