Toad (film character)

This article is about the character from the Super Mario Bros. film. For the character from the video games, see Toad. For the species, see Toad (species).

“Ain't got no water anywhere...Food's bad, so's the air...Got no resources, in a great big stupor...All because of the evil King Koopa!”

—Toad (film character), Super Mario Bros. (film)

Toad is an inhabitant of Dinohattan who is against President Koopa. He is a street performer, who plays anti-Koopa songs in revolt against him, detailing all the bad that he has done in their world.

History

after Big Bertha took Daisy's meteorite shard from Mario and Luigi, Toad sees their dismay, and plays one of his anti-Koopa songs to cheer them up, but two police officers then arrive and arrest Toad, along with the Mario brothers.

In prison, Toad plays a song about how Mario and Luigi originate from another dimension. When Luigi asks what he means, Toad explains the time the meteorite crashed in Earth and blasted the universe into two parallel dimensions. he then tells him that he believes that the fungus choking the city is their previous king, de-evolved by Koopa.

Toad is later seen again in the de-evolution chamber, strapped to a chair wearing a dark red trench coat. when Koopa walks in, Toad insults him, saying he's a terrible leader and that he can't get rid of their old king. the machine is then activated, and Toad is de-evolved into a Goomba. now a goomba, Koopa orders Toad to join the other goombas, and when he does do, a goomba gives him a harmonica around his neck, and then leaves the scene.

later, when Daisy is attempting to escape from Koopa when he seduces her, she runs into Toad, and Koopa orders him to take her away, and he does so. later, Toad arrives in Daisy's room With a plate of meat. Daisy informs him that she is a vegetarian, and wishes for some steamed vegetables instead. Lena then enters, and tells Toad to leave. Later, while she is escaping Lena, who wishes to kill her, Daisy runs into Toad, who is carrying her vegetables. She runs away from him, but he catches up with her as soon as she runs into two more Goombas with Iggy and Spike, leading them to be executed. The Goombas then pull out flamethrowers and fire at Daisy, but she dodges the flames and they instead ignite Toad. However, he is soon after put out by Daisy, who uses a fire extinguisher on a nearby wall.

Even later, during Mario and Koopa's fight on the catwalk, Toad gives Daisy and Luigi a pair of Devolution Guns. Soon after, when Koopa orders four Goombas to de-evolve Mario, Toad distracts them by playing his harmonica, which causes his Goombas to dance, and makes Koopa angrily punch them dominoes-style. later, shortly after Mario and Luigi return to Manhattan, Toad arrives with Daisy and Yoshi, and waves bye to the Mario Bros. it is unknown what happened to Toad after this, though it could be assumed he was evolved back to his human form as Dinohattan was being repaired now that Koopa's gone and the King's back on the throne.

Quotes

The Super Mario Bros. film

• Ain't got no water anywhere/Food's bad, so's the air/Got no resources, in a great big stupor/All because of the evil King Koopa! - Toad's anti-Koopa song
• "What a lousy Kingdom ever since Koopa took over. And YOU, Koopa! You're a lousy leader! [...] Our old king! You tried to get rid of him, but the king is everywhere. You can't get rid of him."
• "Ever!" - Toad's response when Koopa implicitly requests Toad's submission before de-evolving him.

Trivia

• The film character appears to be loosely based on the character Toad from the Super Mario video games (based on namesake and role) as he plays a similar supporting role as the character in terms of helping the Mario Bros. and the Princess in the movie script. However, unlike the character, the movie portrayed Toad bears very little resemblance to the actual character aside from his blue vest.