Editing Talking Flower

|image=[[File:ArtworkTalkingflowerSMBW.png|130px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''

|portrayed_by=[[Mick Wingert]]<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=mickwingert|date=October 21, 2023|url=www.threads.net/@mickwingert/post/CyopsA1y6GE|title=I am so proud to announce that I am the voice of aaaaaaall those talking flowers you meet in #SuperMarioWonder. Thank you to nintendoamerica and @cupofteaproductions for this incredible honor of joining the Mario Brothers universe.|publisher=Threads|accessdate=October 21, 2023|archive=archive.today/2023.10.20-223111/https://www.threads.net/@mickwingert/post/CyopsA1y6GE}}</ref> (English; see Portrayals section for other languages)

==History==

===''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''===

Talking Flowers first appeared in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''. They are small flowers that talk to the player when approached; the messages they say are small reactions to what is currently ongoing in the level, which may sometimes serve as hints. They typically come in a warm yellow color (typically associated with brass instruments), but red and blue varieties also exist. The red variety appears in the Badge Challenges, in [[The Desert Mystery]]'s [[Wonder Effect]], [[Color-Switch Dungeon]], which appears red when the [[ON/OFF Switch]]es are set to "ON" and blue when they are set to "OFF", and also appear in [[The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon]]. Talking Flowers do not appear in any of the [[Castle Bowser]] levels except for [[The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage]], where they have a light-green aura around them and their speech is distorted and higher-pitched so as to fit the level's theme.

Unlike the other characters, their dialogue is fully voiced, and they have separate voice actors in each of the game’s languages. Players have the option to turn either the speech bubbles or spoken dialogue on and off, and can change the language they can talk in. Their design is reminiscent of the {{wp|Brugmansia|angel's trumpet}} and {{wp|Datura|devil's trumpet}} flowers.

According to an interview for Nintendo's Ask the Developer series, the Talking Flowers were a reconfigured version of a concept proposed by producer [[Takashi Tezuka]] where the game would provide live commentary on the player's actions. The original idea was scrapped due to it being too much work to implement, with the Talking Flowers being seen as a more practical alternative that better fit the ''Super Mario'' franchise.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-3|title=Ask the Developer Vol. 11, ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''—Part 3|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=October 18, 2023}}</ref>

 

==Profiles and statistics==

===''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''===

{{main|List of Talking Flower quotes}}

*"''Love that sound!''"

*"''Well, that was something.''"

*"''Feel like you're missing something?''" (heard in certain stages if the player avoids collecting the [[Wonder Flower]])

*"''Oh! Was it something I said?''" (if the flowers' voice is disabled in the options menu)

*"''Well then.''"

*Ma Bo Qiang (Mandarin Chinese)

*[[Ewout Eggink]] (Dutch){{footnote|main|1}}

*Jérémy Prévost (French){{footnote|main|2}}

*Jan Uplegger (German)

*Paolo De Santis{{footnote|main|3}} (Italian)

*Junji Kitajima (Japanese)

*Nakyoon Choi (Korean)

*Leandro Hainis (Brazilian Portuguese)

*[[Luís Barros]]{{footnote|main|4}} (European Portuguese)

{{footnote|note|3|De Santis also voiced [[Young Cricket]], [[Mike]] and [[18-Volt]] in the Italian dub since ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' and [[Rabbid Mario]], [[Sweetlopek]] and [[Alkementor]] in the Italian dub of ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]''.}}

{{footnote|note|4|Barros also voiced [[Mario]] in the European Portuguese dub of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=@CentralComics|date=March 8, 2023|url=www.centralcomics.com/super-mario-bros-o-filme-as-vozes-portuguesas|title=Super Mario Bros. O Filme: as vozes portuguesas|publisher=Central Comics|language=pt|accessdate=October 20, 2023}}</ref>}}

{{footnote|note|5|Parra also voiced [[Jimmy T]] and [[18-Volt]] in the European Spanish dub since ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''. He also voiced [[Zazz]] in the European Spanish dub since ''Sonic Lost World''.}}

|Jap=おしゃべりフラワー<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/bffa6bfc-719f-4ac1-bb72-f810a61796fd|date=June 22, 2023|title=「スーパーマリオブラザーズ」完全新作がNintendo Switchに登場。『スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー』は10月20日発売。|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 22, 2023}}</ref>

|ChiT=閒聊花花<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/3TCT7LvW5JmSpBZR4WnNnv|title=《超級瑪利歐兄弟 驚奇》的最新資訊公開！ {{!}} TOPICS {{!}} 任天堂(香港)有限公司網站|publisher=Nintendo of HK|accessdate=June 20, 2023}}</ref>

|Fre=Fleur cancan

|FreM=Gossip Flower

|Kor=수다쟁이 꽃<ref>{{cite|language=ko|url=www.nintendo.co.kr/news/article/yH5AqBMPhiG5kJWcCxje4|title=『슈퍼 마리오브라더스 원더』, 『슈퍼 마리오 RPG』, 『끝내주게 춤춰라 메이드 인 와리오』, 「돌아온 명탐정 피카츄」등, Nintendo Switch로 발매되는 타이틀의 최신 정보를 전달!|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|accessdate=June 21, 2023}}</ref>

|Por=Flor tagarela

|Spa=Flor parlante

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