toad

(キノピオ , //Kinopio//[|?] ) is a humanoid [|mushroom] voiced by [|Isaac Marshall], [|Jen Taylor] and in 2005 by Kelsey Hutchison and Samantha Kelly. Toad plays a minimal role in //[|Super Mario Bros.]//. He appears at the end of every fourth stage after [|Mario] or [|Luigi] defeats [|Bowser], rewarding the heroes with the famous message: "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!". In //[|Super Mario Bros. 2]//, he was one of four playable characters. Toad appears in //[|Super Paper Mario]// in four aspects of the game. He appears in the intro, telling Mario and Luigi that Princess Peach has been kidnapped, later appearing in the Arcade mini-game Mansion Patrol. Additionally, Toad is one of the 256 Catch Cards in the game, as well as a member of the audience. In //[|Luigi's Mansion]//, Toad appears in various parts of the mansion as a save point. In "[|Super Mario 64]", Toad gives information about various things in the castle, while some will even give the player a star. In //[|Super Mario Galaxy]//, many Toads appear at the beginning of the game, and later on, several Toads appear as the **Toad Brigade**, helping Mario.Toad is the main protagonist of //[|Wario's Woods]//, trying to prevent [|Wario] from taking over the woods. Toad was a playable character in //[|Mario Tennis 64]//, and a playable racer in every //Mario Kart//. In //[|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]// he is a referee along with [|Cream the Rabbit], among others.[|[2]] He

appears in //[|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]// as a sticker, trophy[|[3]] and as an attack for [|Princess Peach]. Toad is a counter attack which releases spores if hit by another character. Toad starred in the animated series //[|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]// in 1989. Although he usually tagged along with Mario and Luigi in cases where [|King Koopa] had kidnapped Princess Toadstool, he sometimes got captured as well. He remained on the show when it spun off into [|//The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3//], allowing them to live in his house. Toad also appeared in the [|//Super Mario Bros.// comic books] published by [|Valiant]. In these comics, Toad often followed Mario on some of his adventures, seemingly replacing Luigi as the hero's sidekick. He was also a regular companion for [|King Toadstool], and even indulged in some of the King's activities. Played by [|Mojo Nixon], Toad appeared as a street musician in the non-canon [|//Super Mario Bros.// film]. In the film, Toad is arrested for singing a song that badmouths Koopa, who punishes him by having him turned into a [|Goomba]. Despite this, the Goomba-fied Toad (portrayed by [|John Fifer]) still manages to help [|Princess Daisy] escape and distract the other Goombas by playing his [|harmonica]. //Black Pear Tree//, an [|EP] by [|The Mountain Goats] and [|Kaki King], features a song titled "Thank You Mario But Our Princess is in Another Castle," sung from the perspective of Toad. Toad ranked in the seventh slot on [|Game Daily]'s top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list, explaining that he has a strong appeal that Nintendo has yet to tap into.[|[4]]