Fawful

“I HAVE FURY!”

—Fawful, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Fawful is a servant of Cackletta. He is her right-hand man and inventor. His main transport is a helmet (his "Headgear") with rocket-jets. There is a vacuum peripheral on the helmet, which can be used to shoot energy balls, but was also used to suck in Cackletta's spirit to transfer to Bowser and create Bowletta. This could be that Fawful's Headgear is some kind of vacuum-like object.

Though his past is largely unknown, Fawful is inferred to have been a long-time follower of Cackletta prior to the events of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and names himself as a pupil of hers in-game. He is officially confirmed to have gained his status as the greatest of Cackletta's students through his evil genius.

Fawful accompanied Cackletta to the Mushroom Kingdom, where he aided her in stealing the Princess's voice. While the two were on their way to the Beanbean Kingdom they encountered the Mario Bros. and Bowser who had formed a temporary alliance to stop the two villains. Taking care of Bowser, Fawful attacked the Mario Brothers. The Bros. destroyed Fawful's Headgear and then beat him. Unfortunately, Fawful summoned another Headgear and used it to knock Bowser's Koopa Cruiser out of the sky.

Fawful appeared again attacking Beanbean guards in the mountains. When Mario and Luigi encountered him, he summoned a large stone to block their path.

Fawful attacked Woohoo Hooniversity with Cackletta; it was there that they planned to awaken the Beanstar with Princess Peach's voice. The plan didn't work out so well; it seemed the Princess was aware of the villains' plan and had gone into hiding, and the Princess whose voice had been stolen was Birdo. Birdo's squawking voice irritated the Beanstar so much it smashed through the floor and then the Mario Bros. showed up. The Bros. took out Fawful and then fought Cackletta who they defeated and crippled. Fawful sucked his mistress's energy into his Headgear and planned to attack the Mario Bros., only to be stopped and flung through the roof by Prince Peasley. Landing in Stardust Fields, Fawful found an unconscious Bowser whose body Cackletta possessed. Cackletta then began to call herself Bowletta.

Fawful appeared again guarding Joke's End where he stole the Beanstar from Luigi after seeing through a fake one. Like Bowletta, Fawful was fooled by Luigi pretending to be the Princess and as a result, the plumber was able to steal back the Beanstar.

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Fawful as he appears prior to his last battle.

Fawful showed up again as the penultimate boss in Bowser's Castle. Fawful, here suited in a skin-tight pink suit with wing-like cloth under its arms, now had a large mech that looked like his head and could shoot lasers. Mario and Luigi could only attack Fawful when the mech overheated and he was forced to come out. After beating him in battle, Fawful tried one last ditch effort to beat the Mario Bros., but only ended up being knocked out of the castle by Prince Peasley. What appears to be Fawful, albeit completely pink (speculated to be the ghost of Fawful until his survival of the game's events was confirmed) reappears as one of Cackletta's attacks.

Fawful appears again in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time; this time he is running a shop called Fawful's Bean 'n' Badge that is located in the sewers of Princess Peach's Castle. He is only encountered by the babies, whom he does not completely recognize as the younger versions of Mario and Luigi. He goes on a long speech to them about how the brothers defeated him in the previous game, notably mentioning that he plans to return in the future, creating a period of time in which "no baby's candy will have safety." He, demonstrating apparent clairvoyance, also suggests that the babies go to Princess Peach's Castle's viewing platform prior to the time they discover Gritzy Desert.

He has a wacky way of talking, saying things like "I have FURY!!!" and making obscure food metaphors for Cackletta's evil plans. This is a parody of how dialog used in early video games was often incorrectly translated and came out as grammatically incorrect "Engrish." In the French version, Fawful speaks with a strong accent, exaggerating when aspiring the letter R. In the German version, he stutters.

Trivia

• A Sammer Guy talked similarly to him; in fact, he was named Mustard of Doom, which was a line he said in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the names that can be gotten from pressing the "RANDOM NAME" button is FWFUL, a reference to Fawful.
• His battle theme for the second and final battle against him is the same as Popple's battle theme.
• In the Mario & Luigi RPG 3 trailer, Bowser is seen chasing what appears to be Fawful riding something similar to the winged bean Prince Peasley uses as a ways of transportation.
• In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fawful mentions in his speech that he is "Fawful, who is just a Toady". Thus it is possible that Fawful is some sort of beanish Toady. Both normal Toadys and Fawful have spectacles, and they fly by using some sort of headgear mechanism, as well as the fact that they serve some type of master. (Fawful serves Cackletta, while normal Toadys serve Kamek.) Fawful also claims to have been the best of Cackletta's pupils, which means that Cackletta does, or did at the very least, have other henchmen, who probably were also beanish Toadys. Prince Peasley seems to confirm this when he mentioned that Cackletta and her underlings had snuck into Woohoo Hooniversity.