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|image=[[Image:WartTwo.jpg|200px]] <br> '''Wart'''
|image=[[File:SMA Wart Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|full_name=Wart
|species=[[Frog|Toad]]<ref>{{cite|quote=The evil toad, Wart, has used his magic to lay a curse upon the land.|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=13|language=en-us|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (''Mario'' series appearance)<Br> ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]'' (first appearance)
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])
|species=[[Frog]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' (Player Icon cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|affiliation=[[8-bits]]
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]]<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml|title=The Voice of Mario|publisher=GameSpy|accessdate=January 6, 2024}}</ref> (2001)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Collection Special Pack]]''
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] (''Super Mario Advance'')
}}
}}
{{quote|I am the great Wart! Bah ha ha!!|Wart|Super Mario Advance}}
{{quote|Well, I see you've made it at last. Too bad it was all for nothing. Subcon is mine, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!|Wart|Super Mario Advance (book)}}
'''Wart''', named '''Mamu''' in Japan and in {{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series}}, is the main antagonist of ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. He is the leader of a gang known as the [[8 bits]], and his major appearance centers around his efforts to conquer [[Subcon]], a land of dreams. Wart's information in the original instruction booklet states, "''He is the most mischievous of all in the world of dreams. He created monsters by playing with the [[Dream Machine|dream machine]].''"<ref name="SMB2">{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1988|page=28}}</ref> He created all of the game's monsters,<ref>{{cite|quote=Wart, creator of all the monsters in the World of Dreams and the source of all its evil!|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out'', Part II|date=1989|language=en-us|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|page=33}}</ref> which are also referred to as his "moppets."<ref>{{cite|title=[[Nintendo Power issue 1|''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1]]|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=July–August 1988|language=en-us|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1993|title=''Super Mario All-Stars'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|page={{file link|SMAS Guide 88.jpg|88}}}}</ref> His name comes from the bumps on toads which are also known as warts.


'''Wart''' (also known as '''Mamu''') is an evil humanoid frog and the main villain of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' and that game's base, ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]''.
==History==
===''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''===
[[File:DDP Intro.png|thumb|The monkey Rūsa watches in horror as Mamu reaches his hand through the storybook to grab hold of Piki and Poki.]]
[[File:SMB2 Solo Wart Artwork.png|thumb|left|Mamu's original artwork used for ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', Mamu's true origins lie in the tale of the dream world, Muu. In the original storyline, Mamu had taken control of the Muu people's [[Dream Machine]], producing monsters and mayhem. However, the Muu people knew of his weakness to [[vegetable]]s and used them to force a surrender, bringing peace back to the dream world.


==History==
In the "real" world, the green-dressed monkey Rūsa gives the storybook to the twins Poki and Piki. Towards the end of the book, the twins quarrel and tear out the final page of the story, thus erasing the book's ending. Freed, Mamu pulls through the pages of the storybook and kidnaps the two children. The two kids pleaded for help, and Rūsa hurries away. The family, which consists of Papa and Mama and their son, Imajin, as well as Imajin's girlfriend Lina, jumps through the storybook and embarks on a journey to save the two children and free Muu from Mamu's reign.
===''Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic''===
 
[[Image:ssdfddpintro1.gif|thumb|left|200px|The monkey Rūsa watches in horror as Wart reaches his hand through the storybook to kidnap the two children Piki and Poki.]]
One by one, Mamu engages the family in battle in the dream factory. Mamu can spit five bubbles at once and can destroy the vegetable projectiles produced by the Dream Machine. Conventional attack methods are ineffective against the tyrant. The family has to throw vegetables in his mouth when it is open, defeating him after four hits. After Mamu's final defeat, the inhabitants are saved, completing the story. The two kidnapped children are rescued from their cages (with the key being thrown at the cage while Mamu was being beaten offscreen to a pulp by the Muu people) and return with the family back to their world, where the game ends.
Sometime prior to the game, Wart and his army conquered the dimension that lies behind the unnamed storybook that was being read by two children named Piki and Poki, and imprisoned all of its inhabitants. For unknown reasons, Wart stuck his hand through the pages of the storybook and kidnapped the children, pulling them through the book and then having them locked within a cage. The two kids pleaded for help, and then the green dressed monkey Rūsa, presumably their pet, ran out of the room as quickly as he can to go find help, and came across an Arabian family, which consists of Papa, Mama, and their son and daughter, Imajin and Lina. After being informed of the situation, the four heroes jumped through the storybook and embarked on a journey to save the two children, as well as freeing that dimension from Wart's reign. It is unknown if the world of the book and [[Subcon (place)|Subcon]] are the same place or just very similar.
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===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
[[Image:supmario2-1.gif|thumb|200px|[[Toad]] battling Wart in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.]]
[[File:SMB2 Wart Screenshot.png|thumb|left|Wart is the final boss of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and is being fought by [[Toad]].]]
In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Wart had some how entered Subcon, the land of dreams and had begun a conquest of it. His voice is only heard in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', which features [[Charles Martinet]], the same voice for [[Mario]]. Enslaving Subcon's inhabitants to be his soldiers and also, creating monsters using a device called the [[Nightmare Machine]], Wart's victory was assured. In a desperate attempt to save their world, Subcon's original inhabitants, fairies also called [[Subcon (species)|Subcons]], contacted the great hero [[Mario]] in his sleep to ask for his help. They also gave him a hint to beat Wart. The clue was Wart did not like [[Vegetable]]s. Mario believing the message to be nothing more than a dream dismissed it and later that day went on a picnic to the park with [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and [[Princess Toadstool]]. It was there Mario discovered a door in cave which when the group went through brought them to Subcon.
When ''Doki Doki Panic'' was released overseas as ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Mamu's name was changed to "Wart." When the {{wp|Western world|Western}} ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' was localized as ''Super Mario USA'' in Japan, the original name of "Mamu" was used, but all other plot-related changes remained.
 
Wart's role is similar as in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''. Just as before, he used the hijacked Dream Machine and his army (known as the [[8 bits]]) to conquer Subcon. Instead of fighting him, the [[Subcon (species)|natives]] of Subcon make contact with [[Mario]] through one of his dreams, pleading for him to save them and telling him about Wart's weakness: vegetables. The next day he, [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Toad]] discover a door to Subcon and decide to save the dream world from Wart. The battle with Wart is largely the same, except it takes six vegetables to defeat Wart. After his defeat, Wart is seen one last time during the victory celebrations, being crowd-surfed across the screen by the now-freed Subcons. As he disappears off the screen, the Subcons pummel him one last time. During the cast roll, Wart appears laughing at the very end.
 
In the [[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]], Wart is given dialogue, and speaks clear sentences such as, ''"I am the great Wart!"'' and ''"Ah, ribbit!"''. One minor difference is that after he is defeated, Wart's body becomes intangible to the player, unlike in the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (and its port in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''), where the player can still take damage from contact with his defeat animation. The remake expands on Wart by implying he is capable of casting magic. This is shown in cutscenes prior to fighting [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]], bosses that are initially seen in a weaker form before bubbles that resemble Wart's arrive to envelop and transform them into their massive forms.
 
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
[[File:BSSMUSA Wart.png|thumb|Wart is fought very similarly in ''BS Super Mario USA'' as in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version in particular.]]
Wart once again appears in all four "Power Challenge" installments of ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', a follow-up to the Western ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. In this game, it is shown that after his defeat, Wart and his crew escaped to another dream and laid low for a while; they eventually return and attack Subcon once more, forcing its [[Ōsama|king]] into hiding and moving him to summon Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Peach once more.
 
Wart can be found in every [[jar]] in [[Subspace]], where his room is actually identical to that of the final room of the factory (World 7-2) from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. He possesses the same attacks and is defeated the same way as in his earlier appearances. Like all the major characters in this version, he is voiced but his picture does not appear on the top right when he talks. On certain intervals, Wart's harmful bubbles will float up from the bottom of the screen.
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Although Wart does not appear as a usable course element in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', his original sprite appears briefly when the Final Boss [[List of sound effects in Super Mario Maker 2|sound effect]] is played while wearing the [[SMB2 Mushroom]], just as [[Birdo]]'s appears with the Boss Music sound effect.
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===''Nintendo Comics System''===
[[File:ComicWart.jpg|thumb|Wart as he appears in the Nintendo Comics System comic "Cloud Nine".]]
[[File:WartTanookiComic.jpg|thumb|left|Wart and Bowser in "Tanooki Suits Me".]]
Wart appears in a few ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' stories. He first appears in the issue "[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]," where he is disguised as a bed salesman, abducts the [[Mushroom King]] and also tries to flood the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Notably in this story, Mario mentions Wart had abducted the king on at least one previous occasion. In "[[Duh Stoopid Bomb!]]", where his name is seen on [[Wooster]]'s list of people who think the Mushroom King is dumb. Wart has his second role in "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]," in which [[Bowser]] plans to sell Wart pieces of artwork that he had stolen from [[Peach's Castle|the Mushroom Castle]]'s Royal Art Gallery for a huge profit. However, a disguised Mario is stolen along with the artwork and, upon discovering Bowser's plot, manages to fool Wart into believing that the artwork is nothing more than worthless droplets of the [[Apook Corporation]]. In comparison to ''Cloud Nine'', Wart here bears a closer resemblance to his official artwork appearance.
 
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
{{quote|Right here in [[Subcon|the Land of Outrageous Dreams]]. It's a most excellent dream, [[Mario|Dude]]. Far superior to that conquer-the-world stuff. Now I dream of skating the most radical inclines possible. That [[Dr. Sporis von Fungenstein|short fungus doctor dude]] helped me turn Subcon into this raucous skate park. Gnarly, don't you agree?|Wart|Doors to Doom}}
Wart's first appearance in a ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]'' book is ''[[Doors to Doom]]''. [[Dr. Sporis von Fungenstein]] had convinced him to convert the denizens of Subcon into surfers, and when the Mario Brothers meet Wart, he is friendly and welcoming, munching on a corn dog and playing a [[Game Boy]]. He tries to trade a garage door opener, which is a required item for the book's good ending, for one of the brothers' hats. However, Wart is still a potentially dangerous figure; making the wrong choices when trying to enter his lair results in [[Game Over]]s, either by being assaulted by Wart on his skateboard or being exposed to dangerously loud rock music. Also, when trading with him, offering him Luigi's hat (which is too small for him) ends up with Wart ripping the hat and a furious Luigi insulting him in response. If Luigi follows up on his anger by attacking Wart with vegetables, Wart counters by spitting them back and running the brothers down with his skateboard, also resulting in a Game Over.


Mario realizing that the call for help was real convinced the others to help liberate Subcon. After a long journey in which Mario and co. defeated Wart's generals, [[Tryclyde]], [[Mouser]], [[Birdo]], [[Fryguy]], [[Clawgrip]] and [[Robirdo]] the gang eventually encountered Wart himself. Engaging Wart in combat Mario managed to defeat him by throwing vegetables (which Wart is allergic to) into his mouth. With Wart defeated Subcon was free and after the victory celebration Mario woke up in his bed and was left to ponder if the events that transpired had really happened or if they were all just a dream.
In ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', Wart has a cameo as one of the guests invited to the party Bowser is holding at his [[Dinosaur Island]] [[Bowser's Castle|Castle]], in honor of being chosen as the recipient of that year's Snowbell Prize. The text introduces Wart as "the king of the Land of Nightmares".


===''Nintendo Comics System===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
===="Cloud Nine"====
[[File:Wart SMKun.png|left|thumb|Wart's appearance in volume 8 of ''Super Mario-kun'']]
[[Image: ComicWart.jpg|thumb|right|Wart, as he appears in the ''Nintendo Comics System''.]]
Wart is the main villain of [[Super Mario-kun Volume 8|volume 8]]'s first storyline in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', though he was previously mentioned in chapter 6 as the one that sold to Bowser some of his minions (like Mouser, Phanto and Shy Guys).
Wart made an appearance in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' issue "[[Cloud Nine (comic)|Cloud Nine]]". In the comic Wart, disguised as a bed salesman, abducts [[King Toadstool]] and also tries to flood the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Notably in this story, Mario mentions that Wart seems to have made a hobby out of kidnapping The King (similar to Bowser and the Princess). Wart looked more like a crocodile than a frog in the comic.


===="Duh Stoopid Bomb!"====
While Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Birdo are adventuring to Bowser's Castle to save Peach, they receive nightmares from the Subcons, telling them that they have been kidnapped by Wart. The next morning, the four are kidnapped by a Pidgit, who takes them to Subcon and Wart via a giant moving cardboard and explains that he was so impressed that they managed to defeat his minions (in volume 8) that now he wants to test them against his entire army, challenging them to save Subcon and its people.
Wart was also briefly mentioned in a later Nintendo Comics System entitled "[[Duh Stoopid Bomb!]]" where his name is seen on [[Wooster]]'s list of people who think King Toadstool is dumb.


===="Tanooki Suits Me"====
During the trip to Wart's castle, the group loses Birdo to Mouser's bombs, and they are later reached by Toad and Birdo's twin, all while Wart watches them from hidden cameras, sending his army's generals against them. In chapter 5, the heroes face Wart and, even though they learn from the booklet that Warts should die to the vegetables they collected, Wart gladly eats the greens without getting harmed, since he made a spell to prevent that. Trapped in his bubbles, Birdo manages to escape and calls her other sister, who brings the [[Bonus Chance]] roulette, finally hurting Wart by crushing him.
Wart would eventually reappear in the comics in the story "[[Tanooki Suits Me]]", in which Bowser plans to sell him pieces of artwork that he had stolen from [[Princess Peach's Castle|the Mushroom Castle]]'s Royal Art Gallery for a huge profit. However, a disguised Mario is stolen along with the artwork and, upon discovering Bowser's plot, manages to fool Wart into believing that the artwork is worthless droplets of the [[Apook Corporation]]. By comparison to "Cloud Nine", in this story, Wart bears a better resemblance to his official artwork appearance.


===''Nintendo Adventure Books===
In the next chapter, Wart molts himself into a nightmarish beast, which is a mix of his body and his generals': Wart's head, Tryclyde as hairs, Clawgrip's body and claws, Mouser's infinite bomb ammunition and Fryguy's flammable aura. With his friends each falling to a different part of Wart's new body, Toad summons a door with a magic potion, but it does not lead to a Subspace, but to a ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Toad House from which he takes a [[treasure chest]] full of every ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' power-up (as well as a [[Poison Mushroom]] from ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' that is taken by Luigi). With the [[Anchor]], Mario freezes Wart and the heroes attacks him with all their might, but Wart laughs: since they are in the realm of dreams, he can wish for anything he thinks of. In a matter of seconds, the power-ups disappear and the heroes are all trapped in glue.
===="Doors to Doom"====
Wart made an appearance in the book ''[[Doors to Doom]]''. [[Dr. Sporis Von Fungenstein]] had convinced him to convert the denizens of Sub-Con into surfers, and when the Mario Brothers meet Wart he is friendly and playing a [[Game Boy]]. He tries to trade a garage door opener for one of their hats.


===''Club Nintendo===
In the next and last ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' chapter, Wart puts the glued heroes outside his castle, so that they form the word "STUPID(S)". Later, the entirety of Bowser's Castle falls on top of Wart's and breaks the heroes out of the glue: having disappeared from the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach forced the Koopa Troop to find Mario. Bowser and Mario join forces and attack Wart, but he is no match for them and tries to send his army against him, but they are too tired. Mario tries to do something by taking the Subspace Mushroom to the army in order to make them stronger, but Wart zaps him. This does not help him, however, since he just fuses Mario with a [[Thwomp]], a [[Koopa Troopa]], a [[Paragoomba]], a [[Bullet Bill]]. With the powers of all the Koopa Troop with which he has combined, Mario finally kills Wart and turns back to normal. Wart, though, is not finished, and his ghost possesses his castle's crumbles, creating a giant Wart face made of stone, but Yoshi summons with the dream power an army of hungry [[Baby Yoshi]]s that eat the stone face, finally defeating Wart.
===="Wart steht unter Strom"====
Wart was the protagonist in the ''[[Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Wart steht unter Strom]]" where he was playing Game Boy and got involved in a fight with Mario due to him simply throwing the batteries of his Game Boy away. Wart looked just like a smaller version of [[Bowser]] in this comic. This may be considered as a mistake, since later appearances of him in the magazine refer to him as Bowser.


Wart later appears briefly in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 10|volume 10]], in a chapter based on ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', where he allies with Bowser and [[Wario]] to beat Mario via mazes.
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===''The Legend of Zelda'' series===
===''The Legend of Zelda'' series===
====''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening====
{{main-wiki|ZeldaWiki|Mamu|Zelda Wiki}}
[[File:LinkAwakening Mamu Shamu.png|thumb|left]]
[[File:TLOZ LA remake Mamu.jpg|thumb|200px|Mamu in the Nintendo Switch remake]]
Wart made an appearance in the game ''[[Wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', although here he is referred to by his Japanese name Mamu. Wart was actually helpful to [[Link]] in this game, teaching him the third and final song to play on his Ocarina (which opened the way to the last two dungeons).
{{quote|Everybody knows me!|Mamu|[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]}}
{{multiframe|[[File:TLOZLA Mamu sprite.png]] [[File:LinkAwakening Mamu Shamu.png]]|Mamu in ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' (left) and its ''DX'' enhanced port (right)|align=left|size=150}}
Wart, under his Japanese name Mamu, makes an appearance in the [[Game Boy]] game ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', its {{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX|Game Boy Color version}}, and the {{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake}}, the latter being the first game to give Mamu, or Wart, a 3D model. He lives in a pond beneath the Signpost Maze on {{iw|zeldawiki|Koholint Island}}, which, like Subcon, is a dream land. However, unlike in the ''Super Mario'' game, Wart is not an antagonist in ''Link's Awakening'', and actually helps the hero, [[Link]]. In exchange for 300 Rupees, Wart teaches Link a song on the {{iw|zeldawiki|ocarina}}, the "{{iw|zeldawiki|Frog's Song of Soul}}", which is required to revive the {{iw|zeldawiki|Flying Rooster}} and to access the {{iw|zeldawiki|Turtle Rock (Link's Awakening)|final main dungeon}}. After teaching Link the song, Mamu is not seen again.
 
Although Mamu himself does not actually appear in ''{{iw|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors Legends}}'', he is referenced as a costume for [[Ganondorf]] in the Link's Awakening DLC Pack.
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
Wart was referenced in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in that "WART" was one of the randomly generated names offered to players. Additionally, Wart appears as an Advanced-class Grab-type {{iw|smashwiki|primary spirit}} in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. When equipped, it simply increases the fighter's power. In {{iw|smashwiki|Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light}}, the [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] can be encountered on the Light Realm map. The spirit's puppet fighters are [[King K. Rool]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]], and the battle takes place on the Battlefield form of the [[Skyworld]] stage. "WART" also returns as a randomly selected name.
 
===Other appearances===
[[File:Wart Jr..jpg|thumb|80px|Wart Jr. as seen in ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''.]]
[[File:SMB Pinball-Backglass Artwork Sheet.JPG|thumb|left|Wart right to Mario on the world six castle in ''Super Mario Bros.'' pinball machine.]]
{{wp|Jeff Pillars}} played a part in the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]] as a [[de-evolution]] technician; in earlier cuts of the film, he would have been named Wart as a reference to the character.
 
In the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' story "[[Wart steht unter Strom]]," Bowser is incorrectly referred to as "Wart".
 
Wart never appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', though many of his characteristics were given to King Koopa instead. Of further note, {{file link|SMBSSHotdogPoster.jpg|an early promotional poster}} featuring several highly off-model enemies features a large frog monster wearing a necklace among them, possibly intended to represent Wart; however, it also is purple, has large lips, no clothes other than the necklace, and wields a spear. In addition, Wart, mislabeled as "King Koopa," appears in reels B and C in a Master-view toy released during the run of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''.
 
In the artwork for the [[Super Mario Bros. (pinball)|''Super Mario Bros.'' pinball machine]], Wart is shown on the [[castle]] in world 6, presumably holding [[Luigi]] captive despite the former not appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the game that the pinball machine is based on, as well as the fact that Luigi is never at any point held captive during said game.
 
Wart is briefly mentioned in [[Shy Guy]]'s biography in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''.
 
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Francis]] owns and wants more of a comic named ''[[List of implied entertainment#Cyborg Wart|Cyborg Wart]]'', which is named for its protagonist.
 
A frog villager named {{iw|nookipedia|Wart Jr.}} appears in ''{{iw|nookipedia|Animal Crossing (series)|Animal Crossing}}'' games, a possible nod to Wart in name and species.


''Link's Awakening'', like ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', supposedly took place in a dream world; this creates the possibility that both Koholint Island and Subcon share the same plane of existence and some method of traveling between the two &ndash; a method which Wart likely knew about, and used to his advantage, following his defeat in Subcon. Since the Wind Fish woke up at the game's climax, causing the island and all of its inhabitants to disappear, Wart's fate is unknown.
In ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', Wart is mentioned by a yellow Toad at [[Sunglow Ridge]]. Said Toad states that he saw Wart in a dream, only to ponder whether it really was a dream, referencing the events of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
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===''Mario Baseball'' series===
==General information==
====''Mario Superstar Baseball====
===Physical description===
Wart was mentioned in [[Shy Guy]]'s biography in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''; however, he was directly never seen in the game.
Wart is a large, green [[frog|toad]] with a big white round belly, a general body shape resembling most toads, a vaguely crocodilian snout filled with large blunt white teeth, and large claws on his two-toed feet and four-fingered hands. The Nintendo Comics System depicts him with scales and even a spiked tail (similar to [[Bowser]]), giving him a closer resemblance to a crocodile or alligator, rather than a toad. He is typically depicted as wearing a blue cape (white in-game, and light brown in remakes). He also wears a crown with an emerald on it, a large diamond-shaped ruby set in a gold pendant on a gold necklace, and gold bracelets.


===''Paper Mario'' series===
===Personality===
====''Super Paper Mario====
Very little of his personality has been revealed beyond the fact that he is willing to cause mayhem and destruction in order to achieve his goal of ruling Subcon. However, ''BS Super Mario USA'' does suggest that he is cunning and patient enough to bide his time between attacks, and the fact that he stole all the Mario statues may indicate a spiteful side to his personality.
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Wart is featured in a product that [[Francis]] owns wants more of called [[Cyborg Wart]].
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==Video Game Appearances==
==Profiles and statistics==
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===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
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|Eng=He is the most mischievous of all in the world of dreams. He created monsters by playing with the dream machine.<ref name=SMB2/>}}
 
;Game Boy Advance version
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Wart is the most uncontrollable mischief maker in all of the land of dreams. He uses the Dream Machine to create a myriad of monsters.<ref>{{cite|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English section)|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-gb|page=12|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}</ref>}}
 
===''[[Mario Mania]]''===
''The evil ruler of the world of dreams is a big green nightmare with an appetite for flies and heroes. Lucky for Mario, Wart is not very keen on vegetables. After the big guy gets a stomach-full of radishes, onions, carrots and tomatoes, he'll have his own nightmares to contend with.''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=August 1991|title=''[[Mario Mania]]''|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|page=14}}</ref>
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=マムー (JP) / Mamu (EN)
|shusshin=夢の国サブコン
|seikaku=わがまま
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>USA生まれの夢の魔王</big>'''<br>「ワタシ、マムー言います。アメリカでは、ワートと呼ばれてました。マリオUSAで夢の世界を支配しようとしたけど、マリオさんにやられてしまいました。残念ね」<ref>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|date=1994|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 27]}}</ref>
|origin=Dream Land Subcon
|disposition=Self-centered
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>USA-born Dream Demon King</big>'''''<br>''"My name is Mamu. In America, they called me Wart. I tried to rule the dream world in Mario USA, but Mario defeated me. What a shame."''
}}
 
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{spirit
|no=47
|name=Wart
|image=[[File:SMUSA Wart.png|x100px]]
|series=''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' Series
|type={{iw|smashwiki|Primary spirit|Primary}}
|slots=2
|class=Advanced
|effects='''{{color|limegreen|Grab}}'''
|obtain={{iw|smashwiki|Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light}} ({{iw|smashwiki|The Light Realm}}); {{iw|smashwiki|Spirit Board}}
|opponents=[[King K. Rool]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]]
|hazard_2=Slumber Floor
|conditions=
*Defeat the main fighter to win
*The floor is sleep-inducing
|stage=[[Skyworld]] (Battlefield)
|song=Boss Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2
}}
 
==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
|-
!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release date
!width=20%|System/format
|-
|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
|Boss
|1987
|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|-
|-
! width=50% | Title
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
! width=20% | Description
|Boss
! width=20% | Release Date
|1988
! width=10% | System/Format
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]''
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''
| Boss
|Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu)
| 1987
|1993
| [[Famicom]]
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
| Boss
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' remake
| 1988
|1993
| [[NES]]
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|-
| ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
| Non-Playble Character (Uses Japanese name Mamu)
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' remake
| 1993
|1994
| [[Game Boy]]
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''
| Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' remake
|Boss
| 1993
|1996
| [[SNES]]
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] ([[Satellaview]])
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]''
| Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' remake
|Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu)
| 1994
|1998
| [[SNES]]
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|-
| ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX''
|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
| Non-Playable Character (Uses Japanese name Mamu)
|Boss
| 1998
|2001
| [[Game Boy Color]]
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
| Boss
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros 2.'' remake
| 2001
|2010
| [[Game Boy Advance]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|-
| ''Animal Forest''  
|''[[NES Remix 2]]''
| Indirect appearances- his son Wart Jr. appears as Non-Playable Character
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
| 2001
|2014
| [[Nintendo 64]]
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|-
| ''Animal Crossing''
|''[[NES Remix Pack]]''
| Indirect appearances- his son Wart Jr. appears as Non-Playable Character
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
| 2001
|2014
| [[Nintendo GameCube]]
|Wii U
|-
|-
| ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]''
| Referenced in Shy Guy's bio, does not physically appear
|Boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
| 2005
|2014
| [[Nintendo GameCube]]
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|-
| ''Animal Crossing: Wild World''
|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
| Indirect appearances- his son Wart Jr. appears as Non-Playable Character
|Mentioned
| 2005
|2016
| [[Nintendo DS]]
|Wii U
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
| Referenced on Francis' to-buy list as a comic named ''Cyborg Wart'' does not physically appear.
|Spirit
| 2007
|2018
| [[Wii]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|-
| ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''
| Referenced as his name comes up as a random name, does not physically appear.
|Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu)
| 2008
|2019
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|-
| ''Animal Crossing: City Folk''
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (version 3.0.0)
| Indirect appearances- his son Wart Jr. appears as Non-Playable Character
|Cameo
| 2008
|2020
| [[Wii]]
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|-
|''[[zeldawiki:Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda|Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda]]''
|Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu)
|2021
|[[Game & Watch]]
|-
|''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]''
|Player Icon cameo
|2024
|Nintendo Switch
|}
|}
==Voice samples==
{{media table
|file1=SMA Wart I am the great Wart.oga
|title1=''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|description1="''I am the great Wart! Ha-haha!''"
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
 
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Wart_Super_Mario_Bros._2.png|Wart, looking worried.
Wart SMB2 artwork.jpg|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Image: Wart.PNG|A sprite of Wart in the remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMB2 Mario and Wart Nintendo Power.jpg|''[[Nintendo Power]]''
Image: WartTwo.jpg|Wart, looking mad.
Wart BS SuperMario.png|''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''
Image: WartLeap.jpg|Wart, leaping through the air.
SMA Wart.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
image: WartDead.gif|The aftermath of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
LANS Model Asset Mamu.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Names in other languages==
[[Image:Wart Jr..jpg|thumb|right|'''Wart Jr.''' as seen in ''Animal Crossing: Wild World''.]]
{{foreign names
*A frog named '''Wart Jr.''' appeared in ''[[Wikipedia:Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Animal Crossing: Wild World|Animal Crossing: Wild World]]''. It is unknown is he is meant to be a relation or an allusion to Wart, as they do not look similar, and apart from Wart Jr.'s latent desire to take over the world, share nothing in common.
*Interestingly, a mini-boss in ''[[Wikipedia: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' shares the same name as Wart, though he is a gigantic eyeball.
*Oddly, Wart appears in reels B and C in a Master-view toy released during the run of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. Despite being labeled as "[[Bowser|King Koopa]]" the character in the Master-view reels is obviously Wart.
*In ''[[Doki Doki Panic]]''/''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Wart can be easily defeated by merely catching [[vegetable]] and jumping behind him (Wart actually starts walking forwards when he is one block away from the wall behind him) and throwing a veggie at his back when he spits a spray of bubbles (he always faced left, no matter where [[player]] is). After enough hits, he would be also defeated.
*Wart has a close resemblance to [[King K. Rool]], the main villain from the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' series.
*In the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (along with its remake on ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''), when defeated, Wart could still hurt the player if he/she touches Wart during his defeat.  In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' however, he'd go through the player without hurting him/her when defeated.
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', one of the names that can be gotten from pressing the "RANDOM NAME" button is ''WART''.
*Being a frog, Wart screams, "AH, Ribbit" every time [[Mario]] or his friends throw vegetables in his mouth.  This only happens in ''Super Mario Advance'' though.
 
==Names in Other Languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=マムー
|Jap=マムー
|JapR=Mamū
|JapR=Mamū
|JapM=
|JapM=Anagram of「夢魔」(''muma'', nightmare), with「ム」elongated
|Jap2=ワート<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|date=1992|format=PDF|page=31}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Wāto
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|ChiS=沃特
|ChiSN=''Super Mario Advance'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|ChiSR=Wòtè
|ChiSM=Transliteration of English name
|ChiS2=玛穆
|ChiS2N=''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
|ChiS2R=Mǎmù
|ChiS2M=Transliteration of Japanese name
|ChiT=瑪穆
|ChiTN=''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' (Nintendo Switch)
|ChiTR=Mǎmù
|ChiTM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|Dut=Wart
|Fre=Wart
|Ger=Wart
|Ger=Wart
|GerM=-}}
|Ger2=Willi
<br clear=all>
|Ger2N=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|Ita=Wart
|Ita2=Mamu
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''The Legend of Zelda: Enciclopedia di Hyrule''|language=Italian|page=233}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Link's Awakening'' only
|Rus=Крокожабер
|RusR=Krokozhaber
|RusM=From ''крокодил'' (''krokodil'', "crocodile") and ''жаба'' (''zhaba'', "toad")
|Spa=Wart
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
==External links==
{{NIWA|ZeldaWiki=Mamu}}
*[https://zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Mamu Mamu on Zelda Dungeon Wiki]
*[https://triforcewiki.com/wiki/Mamu Mamu on Triforce Wiki]
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Latest revision as of 23:38, October 23, 2024

Wart
Official artwork of Wart.
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
Species Toad[1]
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Player Icon cameo) (2024)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[2] (2001)
“Well, I see you've made it at last. Too bad it was all for nothing. Subcon is mine, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!”
—Wart, Super Mario Advance (book)

Wart, named Mamu in Japan and in The Legend of Zelda series, is the main antagonist of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is the leader of a gang known as the 8 bits, and his major appearance centers around his efforts to conquer Subcon, a land of dreams. Wart's information in the original instruction booklet states, "He is the most mischievous of all in the world of dreams. He created monsters by playing with the dream machine."[3] He created all of the game's monsters,[4] which are also referred to as his "moppets."[5][6] His name comes from the bumps on toads which are also known as warts.

History[edit]

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic[edit]

Mamu reaches his hand through a book to kidnap the two children.
The monkey Rūsa watches in horror as Mamu reaches his hand through the storybook to grab hold of Piki and Poki.
Wart
Mamu's original artwork used for Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Mamu's true origins lie in the tale of the dream world, Muu. In the original storyline, Mamu had taken control of the Muu people's Dream Machine, producing monsters and mayhem. However, the Muu people knew of his weakness to vegetables and used them to force a surrender, bringing peace back to the dream world.

In the "real" world, the green-dressed monkey Rūsa gives the storybook to the twins Poki and Piki. Towards the end of the book, the twins quarrel and tear out the final page of the story, thus erasing the book's ending. Freed, Mamu pulls through the pages of the storybook and kidnaps the two children. The two kids pleaded for help, and Rūsa hurries away. The family, which consists of Papa and Mama and their son, Imajin, as well as Imajin's girlfriend Lina, jumps through the storybook and embarks on a journey to save the two children and free Muu from Mamu's reign.

One by one, Mamu engages the family in battle in the dream factory. Mamu can spit five bubbles at once and can destroy the vegetable projectiles produced by the Dream Machine. Conventional attack methods are ineffective against the tyrant. The family has to throw vegetables in his mouth when it is open, defeating him after four hits. After Mamu's final defeat, the inhabitants are saved, completing the story. The two kidnapped children are rescued from their cages (with the key being thrown at the cage while Mamu was being beaten offscreen to a pulp by the Muu people) and return with the family back to their world, where the game ends.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

Wart is the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 2, and is being fought by Toad.

When Doki Doki Panic was released overseas as Super Mario Bros. 2, Mamu's name was changed to "Wart." When the Western Super Mario Bros. 2 was localized as Super Mario USA in Japan, the original name of "Mamu" was used, but all other plot-related changes remained.

Wart's role is similar as in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Just as before, he used the hijacked Dream Machine and his army (known as the 8 bits) to conquer Subcon. Instead of fighting him, the natives of Subcon make contact with Mario through one of his dreams, pleading for him to save them and telling him about Wart's weakness: vegetables. The next day he, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad discover a door to Subcon and decide to save the dream world from Wart. The battle with Wart is largely the same, except it takes six vegetables to defeat Wart. After his defeat, Wart is seen one last time during the victory celebrations, being crowd-surfed across the screen by the now-freed Subcons. As he disappears off the screen, the Subcons pummel him one last time. During the cast roll, Wart appears laughing at the very end.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Wart is given dialogue, and speaks clear sentences such as, "I am the great Wart!" and "Ah, ribbit!". One minor difference is that after he is defeated, Wart's body becomes intangible to the player, unlike in the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (and its port in Super Mario All-Stars), where the player can still take damage from contact with his defeat animation. The remake expands on Wart by implying he is capable of casting magic. This is shown in cutscenes prior to fighting Fryguy and Clawgrip, bosses that are initially seen in a weaker form before bubbles that resemble Wart's arrive to envelop and transform them into their massive forms.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Wart is fought very similarly in BS Super Mario USA as in Super Mario Bros. 2, the Super Mario All-Stars version in particular.

Wart once again appears in all four "Power Challenge" installments of BS Super Mario USA, a follow-up to the Western Super Mario Bros. 2. In this game, it is shown that after his defeat, Wart and his crew escaped to another dream and laid low for a while; they eventually return and attack Subcon once more, forcing its king into hiding and moving him to summon Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Peach once more.

Wart can be found in every jar in Subspace, where his room is actually identical to that of the final room of the factory (World 7-2) from Super Mario Bros. 2. He possesses the same attacks and is defeated the same way as in his earlier appearances. Like all the major characters in this version, he is voiced but his picture does not appear on the top right when he talks. On certain intervals, Wart's harmful bubbles will float up from the bottom of the screen.

Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Although Wart does not appear as a usable course element in Super Mario Maker 2, his original sprite appears briefly when the Final Boss sound effect is played while wearing the SMB2 Mushroom, just as Birdo's appears with the Boss Music sound effect.

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Wart as he appears in the Nintendo Comics System comic "Cloud Nine".
Wart and Bowser in "Tanooki Suits Me".

Wart appears in a few Nintendo Comics System stories. He first appears in the issue "Cloud Nine," where he is disguised as a bed salesman, abducts the Mushroom King and also tries to flood the Mushroom Kingdom. Notably in this story, Mario mentions Wart had abducted the king on at least one previous occasion. In "Duh Stoopid Bomb!", where his name is seen on Wooster's list of people who think the Mushroom King is dumb. Wart has his second role in "Tanooki Suits Me," in which Bowser plans to sell Wart pieces of artwork that he had stolen from the Mushroom Castle's Royal Art Gallery for a huge profit. However, a disguised Mario is stolen along with the artwork and, upon discovering Bowser's plot, manages to fool Wart into believing that the artwork is nothing more than worthless droplets of the Apook Corporation. In comparison to Cloud Nine, Wart here bears a closer resemblance to his official artwork appearance.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

“Right here in the Land of Outrageous Dreams. It's a most excellent dream, Dude. Far superior to that conquer-the-world stuff. Now I dream of skating the most radical inclines possible. That short fungus doctor dude helped me turn Subcon into this raucous skate park. Gnarly, don't you agree?”
—Wart, Doors to Doom

Wart's first appearance in a Nintendo Adventure Books book is Doors to Doom. Dr. Sporis von Fungenstein had convinced him to convert the denizens of Subcon into surfers, and when the Mario Brothers meet Wart, he is friendly and welcoming, munching on a corn dog and playing a Game Boy. He tries to trade a garage door opener, which is a required item for the book's good ending, for one of the brothers' hats. However, Wart is still a potentially dangerous figure; making the wrong choices when trying to enter his lair results in Game Overs, either by being assaulted by Wart on his skateboard or being exposed to dangerously loud rock music. Also, when trading with him, offering him Luigi's hat (which is too small for him) ends up with Wart ripping the hat and a furious Luigi insulting him in response. If Luigi follows up on his anger by attacking Wart with vegetables, Wart counters by spitting them back and running the brothers down with his skateboard, also resulting in a Game Over.

In Dinosaur Dilemma, Wart has a cameo as one of the guests invited to the party Bowser is holding at his Dinosaur Island Castle, in honor of being chosen as the recipient of that year's Snowbell Prize. The text introduces Wart as "the king of the Land of Nightmares".

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Wart in Super Mario-kun
Wart's appearance in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun

Wart is the main villain of volume 8's first storyline in Super Mario-kun, though he was previously mentioned in chapter 6 as the one that sold to Bowser some of his minions (like Mouser, Phanto and Shy Guys).

While Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Birdo are adventuring to Bowser's Castle to save Peach, they receive nightmares from the Subcons, telling them that they have been kidnapped by Wart. The next morning, the four are kidnapped by a Pidgit, who takes them to Subcon and Wart via a giant moving cardboard and explains that he was so impressed that they managed to defeat his minions (in volume 8) that now he wants to test them against his entire army, challenging them to save Subcon and its people.

During the trip to Wart's castle, the group loses Birdo to Mouser's bombs, and they are later reached by Toad and Birdo's twin, all while Wart watches them from hidden cameras, sending his army's generals against them. In chapter 5, the heroes face Wart and, even though they learn from the booklet that Warts should die to the vegetables they collected, Wart gladly eats the greens without getting harmed, since he made a spell to prevent that. Trapped in his bubbles, Birdo manages to escape and calls her other sister, who brings the Bonus Chance roulette, finally hurting Wart by crushing him.

In the next chapter, Wart molts himself into a nightmarish beast, which is a mix of his body and his generals': Wart's head, Tryclyde as hairs, Clawgrip's body and claws, Mouser's infinite bomb ammunition and Fryguy's flammable aura. With his friends each falling to a different part of Wart's new body, Toad summons a door with a magic potion, but it does not lead to a Subspace, but to a Super Mario Bros. 3 Toad House from which he takes a treasure chest full of every Super Mario Bros. 3 power-up (as well as a Poison Mushroom from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels that is taken by Luigi). With the Anchor, Mario freezes Wart and the heroes attacks him with all their might, but Wart laughs: since they are in the realm of dreams, he can wish for anything he thinks of. In a matter of seconds, the power-ups disappear and the heroes are all trapped in glue.

In the next and last Super Mario Bros. 2 chapter, Wart puts the glued heroes outside his castle, so that they form the word "STUPID(S)". Later, the entirety of Bowser's Castle falls on top of Wart's and breaks the heroes out of the glue: having disappeared from the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach forced the Koopa Troop to find Mario. Bowser and Mario join forces and attack Wart, but he is no match for them and tries to send his army against him, but they are too tired. Mario tries to do something by taking the Subspace Mushroom to the army in order to make them stronger, but Wart zaps him. This does not help him, however, since he just fuses Mario with a Thwomp, a Koopa Troopa, a Paragoomba, a Bullet Bill. With the powers of all the Koopa Troop with which he has combined, Mario finally kills Wart and turns back to normal. Wart, though, is not finished, and his ghost possesses his castle's crumbles, creating a giant Wart face made of stone, but Yoshi summons with the dream power an army of hungry Baby Yoshis that eat the stone face, finally defeating Wart.

Wart later appears briefly in volume 10, in a chapter based on Super Mario All-Stars, where he allies with Bowser and Wario to beat Mario via mazes.

The Legend of Zelda series[edit]

Zelda Wiki article: Mamu
Mamu in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
Mamu in the Nintendo Switch remake
“Everybody knows me!”
—Mamu, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Mamu Mamu from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Mamu in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (left) and its DX enhanced port (right)

Wart, under his Japanese name Mamu, makes an appearance in the Game Boy game The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, its Game Boy Color version, and the Nintendo Switch remake, the latter being the first game to give Mamu, or Wart, a 3D model. He lives in a pond beneath the Signpost Maze on Koholint Island, which, like Subcon, is a dream land. However, unlike in the Super Mario game, Wart is not an antagonist in Link's Awakening, and actually helps the hero, Link. In exchange for 300 Rupees, Wart teaches Link a song on the ocarina, the "Frog's Song of Soul", which is required to revive the Flying Rooster and to access the final main dungeon. After teaching Link the song, Mamu is not seen again.

Although Mamu himself does not actually appear in Hyrule Warriors Legends, he is referenced as a costume for Ganondorf in the Link's Awakening DLC Pack.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Wart was referenced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in that "WART" was one of the randomly generated names offered to players. Additionally, Wart appears as an Advanced-class Grab-type primary spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. When equipped, it simply increases the fighter's power. In World of Light, the spirit can be encountered on the Light Realm map. The spirit's puppet fighters are King K. Rool and Peach, and the battle takes place on the Battlefield form of the Skyworld stage. "WART" also returns as a randomly selected name.

Other appearances[edit]

Wart Jr. as seen in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Backglass artwork
Wart right to Mario on the world six castle in Super Mario Bros. pinball machine.

Jeff Pillars played a part in the Super Mario Bros. film as a de-evolution technician; in earlier cuts of the film, he would have been named Wart as a reference to the character.

In the Club Nintendo story "Wart steht unter Strom," Bowser is incorrectly referred to as "Wart".

Wart never appeared in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, though many of his characteristics were given to King Koopa instead. Of further note, an early promotional posterMedia:SMBSSHotdogPoster.jpg featuring several highly off-model enemies features a large frog monster wearing a necklace among them, possibly intended to represent Wart; however, it also is purple, has large lips, no clothes other than the necklace, and wields a spear. In addition, Wart, mislabeled as "King Koopa," appears in reels B and C in a Master-view toy released during the run of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.

In the artwork for the Super Mario Bros. pinball machine, Wart is shown on the castle in world 6, presumably holding Luigi captive despite the former not appearing in Super Mario World, the game that the pinball machine is based on, as well as the fact that Luigi is never at any point held captive during said game.

Wart is briefly mentioned in Shy Guy's biography in Mario Superstar Baseball.

In Super Paper Mario, Francis owns and wants more of a comic named Cyborg Wart, which is named for its protagonist.

A frog villager named Wart Jr. appears in Animal Crossing games, a possible nod to Wart in name and species.

In Paper Mario: Color Splash, Wart is mentioned by a yellow Toad at Sunglow Ridge. Said Toad states that he saw Wart in a dream, only to ponder whether it really was a dream, referencing the events of Super Mario Bros. 2.

General information[edit]

Physical description[edit]

Wart is a large, green toad with a big white round belly, a general body shape resembling most toads, a vaguely crocodilian snout filled with large blunt white teeth, and large claws on his two-toed feet and four-fingered hands. The Nintendo Comics System depicts him with scales and even a spiked tail (similar to Bowser), giving him a closer resemblance to a crocodile or alligator, rather than a toad. He is typically depicted as wearing a blue cape (white in-game, and light brown in remakes). He also wears a crown with an emerald on it, a large diamond-shaped ruby set in a gold pendant on a gold necklace, and gold bracelets.

Personality[edit]

Very little of his personality has been revealed beyond the fact that he is willing to cause mayhem and destruction in order to achieve his goal of ruling Subcon. However, BS Super Mario USA does suggest that he is cunning and patient enough to bide his time between attacks, and the fact that he stole all the Mario statues may indicate a spiteful side to his personality.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      He is the most mischievous of all in the world of dreams. He created monsters by playing with the dream machine.[3]
Game Boy Advance version
  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Wart is the most uncontrollable mischief maker in all of the land of dreams. He uses the Dream Machine to create a myriad of monsters.[7]

Mario Mania[edit]

The evil ruler of the world of dreams is a big green nightmare with an appetite for flies and heroes. Lucky for Mario, Wart is not very keen on vegetables. After the big guy gets a stomach-full of radishes, onions, carrots and tomatoes, he'll have his own nightmares to contend with.[8]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

マムー (JP) / Mamu (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん 夢の国サブコン Place of origin Dream Land Subcon
性格せいかく わがまま Disposition Self-centered
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
USA生まれの夢の魔王
「ワタシ、マムー言います。アメリカでは、ワートと呼ばれてました。マリオUSAで夢の世界を支配しようとしたけど、マリオさんにやられてしまいました。残念ね」[9] 		USA-born Dream Demon King
"My name is Mamu. In America, they called me Wart. I tried to rule the dream world in Mario USA, but Mario defeated me. What a shame."

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Spirit
#47 Wart
Wart from Super Mario USA Series/game Super Mario Series
Type Primary
Slots 2
Class Advanced
Strength / effect(s) Grab
How to obtain World of Light (The Light Realm); Spirit Board
Spirit battle Opponent(s) King K. Rool, Peach
Conditions Hazard: Slumber Floor
  • Defeat the main fighter to win
  • The floor is sleep-inducing
Stage Skyworld (Battlefield)
Song Boss Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2

List of appearances[edit]

Title Description Release date System/format
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Boss 1987 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu) 1993 Game Boy
Super Mario All-Stars Boss in Super Mario Bros. 2 remake 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Boss in Super Mario Bros. 2 remake 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System
BS Super Mario USA Boss 1996 Super Famicom (Satellaview)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu) 1998 Game Boy Color
Super Mario Advance Boss 2001 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Boss in Super Mario Bros 2. remake 2010 Wii
NES Remix 2 Boss in Super Mario Bros. 2 2014 Wii U
NES Remix Pack Boss in Super Mario Bros. 2 2014 Wii U
Ultimate NES Remix Boss in Super Mario Bros. 2 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Color Splash Mentioned 2016 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit 2018 Nintendo Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu) 2019 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Maker 2 (version 3.0.0) Cameo 2020 Nintendo Switch
Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda Non-playable character (uses Japanese name Mamu) 2021 Game & Watch
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Player Icon cameo 2024 Nintendo Switch

Voice samples[edit]

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Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Wart.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マムー[?]
Mamū 		Anagram of「夢魔」(muma, nightmare), with「ム」elongated
ワート[10]
Wāto 		Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
Chinese (simplified) 沃特[?]
Wòtè 		Transliteration of English name Super Mario Advance and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
玛穆[?]
Mǎmù 		Transliteration of Japanese name The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
Chinese (traditional) 瑪穆[?]
Mǎmù 		Transliteration of Japanese name The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)
Dutch Wart[?] -
French Wart[?] -
German Wart[?] -
Willi[?] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Italian Wart[?] -
Mamu[11] Link's Awakening only
Russian Крокожабер[?]
Krokozhaber 		From крокодил (krokodil, "crocodile") and жаба (zhaba, "toad")
Spanish Wart[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The evil toad, Wart, has used his magic to lay a curse upon the land." – 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
  2. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy. Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 28.
  4. ^ "Wart, creator of all the monsters in the World of Dreams and the source of all its evil!" – 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part II. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 33.
  5. ^ July–August 1988. Nintendo Power Volume 1. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11.
  6. ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 88Media:SMAS Guide 88.jpg.
  7. ^ Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet (English section) (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  8. ^ August 1991. Mario Mania. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 14.
  9. ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 27.
  10. ^ 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 31.
  11. ^ The Legend of Zelda: Enciclopedia di Hyrule. Page 233.

External links[edit]

Wart coverage on other NIWA wikis:
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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Other Bonus Chance • Gallery (Advance) • Glitches (Advance) • Ground Theme • Life Meter • Mario Bros.b • Media (Advance) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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