Yūsha Kinopio Kamen

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If an acceptable English name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.

Yūsha Kinopio Kamen
First appearance	Super Mario (Super Mario: Wario no Mori) (1994)
Effect	Protection Turns Mario in Cape Mario (when enchanted)

The Yūsha Kinopio Kamen is a iron mask shaped like a Toad's head that Mario uses for the majority of the Wario's Woods adaptation in the Super Mario KC Deluxe manga, Super Mario: Wario no Mori, thus replacing Toad as the main character. In the table of content page, Kinoppe points out that the hole for the eyes in the mask do not match the position of Mario eyes, since Mario's eyes are close together, while a Toad's eyes are quite far apart from each other in the manga.

After Wario kidnaps Peach, Mario runs to her rescue, but he is stopped by Chiyōrō-sama, who gives him the iron mask, suggesting it to use it to fool Fauster and his monsters by making them think are going against a weak Toad. Wario is not fooled by it, and try to squash Mario with a Thwomp, but being resistant, the mask, prevents Mario's head from being squashed and he slips out the helmet and crawls from under the Thwomp.

Twenty years later, Kinopio-kun, during a hike in the Peaceful Woods, stumbles in the mask and brings it home. When Fauster is set free once again, Kinopio-kun and his neighbors are about to evacuate the village and ties the mask on his back. Mario notices it and, recognized as the same hero that stopped Fauster and Wario years ago, he is guided by the young Toad to the demon's lair location. Later, when Mario is attacked by Mad, she tries to bite Mario's head, but Kinopio-kun quickly tosses the mask onto Mario. Thanks to this, the mermaid's fangs ends up being shattered by the metal helmet. Later, when up against Drago, the fairies, from inside the diamond, power-ups the helmet, granting Mario a flying cape, allowing him to defeat the dragon.

Later, Mario uses the same enchantment to go against Debiruīji, but he loses the mask (and the cape) during the confrontation. In the end, after Fauster's death, the mask is retrieved and forced onto Wario's head as one of his numerous punishments.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	勇者ゆうしゃキノピオ仮面かめん Yūsha Kinopio Kamen	Brave/Heroic Toad Mask