Mario is the typical hero of the story, but also not, being an Italian-American ex-plumber from Brooklyn. Everyone knows Mario; he's famous for his signature high jump and for saving the Mushroom Kingdom (and more) time and time again. Mario possesses many of the qualities of a hero such as selflessness, courage, caring and humility while also being quite an average person. He doesn't possess any supernatural powers, but rather benefits from the distorted gravity of the Mushroom Planet. He generally tries to have a happy-go-lucky attitude towards the hardships of life and dives into danger head-on.

Mario is:

• an average-sized role

• not yet required to swear

• not yet required to show romantic love (though he may have to later)

His voice should sound as much like he does in the games as possible (and accent should go without saying); the iconic sound should not be lost. Sometimes it may need to be downplayed a little when he's being more serious. If you don't know how Mario usually sounds, you definitely need to listen to some of his voice clips. He doesn't actually have much dialogue in any of his games, but it would be good to add random sounds like screams, sighs, whoas, wowowows and wahoos.