Nintendo fans rank the WORST Mario characters

The Super Mario series has a TON of characters. Some of them are better than others. So, a few months ago I asked people who their least favourite Mario characters were. Here are the results.
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[@ThomasGameDocs]

justice for hellen gravely!!!! twitter.com/thomasgdocs

[@Proximity3ff3ct]

33 seconds ago

[@XxSilverXx44323Xx]

You cute😍😍

[@midnightflash]

Who was here when the comment said merry Christmas gamers

[@fridg3339]

Wait what is the most popular?

[@midnightflash]

@@fridg3339 luigi

[@thetman0068]

I feel as though most of the “dislike” answers can be chalked up to “I don’t know this person, therefore I cannot like them.” You should have added an “I don’t know” option to eliminate survey bias.

[@LuckySketches]

Bowser's brother was the control for that. It shows that the bias exists, but isn't as severe as the characters that got totally ratioed like Wart.

[@LaughCap]

I agree. I answered do not like for a lot of them including wart because I had no idea who they were

[@zoruasnivy]

@@LaughCap same here

[@toumabyakuya]

@@LuckySketches However, the way most tackled Bowser's Brother was by skipping him and that isn't useful data at all.

[@LuckySketches]

@@toumabyakuya It gives an indication of how many people will skip a character they don't know, and therefore if we see a similar number of skips we'll know that many people didn't know the character. If only a few, then probably not.

[@eluvianii]

To be honest, even the concept of disliking a Mario character feels alien to me. Most of the time their purpose is to look funny, provide a fun fight, and maybe quirky dialogue. Hard to gather hate with so little to hate it for.

[@Louie_Log]

Someone who feels-a the same as me?

[@AzafuseKingTora]

i mean... then again some characters are just... Pink Gold Peach

[@SpiralPoliFemboy]

Pink Gold Peach, Fawful, Waluigi I hate people with dumb fanbases and I hate Pink Gold Peach for no reason.

[@KyrieKirigiri]

@@leftsheppard5867 Watch the DIC cartoons, she is an actual good character there and it is criminal they didn't use that version of her in the games and instead stuck to generic damsel in distress

[@jaydenc367]

@@SpiralPoliFemboy Pink Gol Peach has a fanbase

[@otakutoongamer5616]

As a hardcore Birdo stan since I was 8, seeing how poorly she performed broke my heart.

[@Yetiiki]

Same😔💔

[@paulinowillbfree]

im late but shes a literal boss tf theyre just jealous of this yassified queen

[@m.jasondoty9062]

Birdo's a "he."

[@paulinowillbfree]

@@m.jasondoty9062 but not anymore, nintendo stated that she is a woman, implying shes also not trans

[@AvenueVillager]

She’s such a unique character and she needs more respect ngl (Birdetta is a better name for her)

[@Yomomcancomegetit]

So female characters are unpopular... But seriously Pauline is amazing how can people dislike her?!

[@Uesr2004D]

"FR" 😔 probably people doesn't know her in the Mario games series (1981-2021) Or i can say Pauline is not as hated as before. In fact, she has many toxic fans who take Peach too serious and wish to kill her off because they think she "replaced" Pauline. Peach gets more hate than any other Mario characters.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@Uesr2004D I've yet to see anyone even identify as a serious Pauline fan. Generally, they didn't even care until she got an actual personality. Sarcastically wish horrible things on Peach, though? That seems common, just due to all the times she's been kidnapped as her only personality trait, and the zero efforts to prevent it from happening.

[@rosalinaandedgefan]

she has red 👄 .

[@anakin1082]

she sang one of the most popular super mario odyssey theme song jump up super star

[@hypershadowstyle9336]

Y'all are simps

[@samueld8413]

"I'm surprised that people actually like Toad" -Miyamoto

[@Martiganz_]

i don't blame him xD, his high pitched voice gives me a headache

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@Martiganz_ Same. His voice is pretty impossible to impersonate.

[@Martiganz_]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 yah even though i hate it, i still do it -_-

[@chich-ai]

I like Toad because of his demon-screech voice, not my favorite character, but whenever I feel like, I play as him in MK7 because of how hilarious he sounds lol He just goes "WAAJAJAJWJEJNDKDK" "AWH YEAJH" and I laugh my ass off xD

[@samueld8413]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 I can do it poorly

[@jack54guy]

The person who said Pink Gold Peach is their least favorite, was Nathaniel Bandy, perhaps

[@UltraHylia]

He completed it multiple times haha

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

oh, so there's 3 of him?

[@skedzer4803]

Yep. And me too maybe.

[@amarisbutlr]

and jaymoji probably

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@cheeseburgermonkey7104 Mmmm, let's see: -Nathaniel Bandy -Bathaniel Nandy -Nathaniel Nandy Yup, there's three of them lol

[@naomino7222]

I demand a re-vote, there was clearly foul play going on in this servey I can feel it. Especially surrounding the female character's with an overwhelmingly negative reason who I think are people who just didn't have the options to either say that they just "don't know" or "neutral".

[@CharlotteNarukami]

Same because I feel like I have a need to stretch all the Wendy and Birdo haters

[@efp7247]

@@CharlotteNarukami birdo is just wierd and Wendy is a spoiled brat. I don't understand how she has "fans"

[@efp7247]

All of the female characters are fine except for daisy because the voice acting was super annoying in mario kart wii

[@hanthonyc]

@@CharlotteNarukami Absolutely nothing wrong with Birdo, she's precious. However, Wendy uncannily resembles my high school chemistry teacher. Down to the hairstyle and the first name.

[@robertoramirez660]

How can someone dislike Luigi? That's the real question here.

[@Uesr2004D]

It's because they rather like Mario more. Mario is actually very cool and strong than Luigi at 1st but Luigi has done a lot of cool stuff at 1st while Mario is always fighting Bowser. Luigi should have been the mascot because he has done more cool stuff than Mario but eh. I guess Mario fighting Bowser is actually very cool but Luigi would be very cool than Mario because he can do a lot of things more than Mario.

[@MeWhenYourMom69]

Same with Waluigi

[@ppo1502]

@@Uesr2004D good joke

[@ECRALSE40LPS]

​@@Uesr2004Dwell I don't want favorites here I like both brothers, there are both good in their own way..

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@ECRALSE40LPS I prefer Luigi because of his shy personality and handsome apparence, but I still love Mario. I don't like how people are like "Luigi deserves to be more loved then Mario!" I love both of the Mario Brothers, let's not fight over them.

[@theskywolfwarrior6060]

There’s a big problem being that there was no neutral answer and when people don’t know a character they are most likely to vote they don’t like them, that’s definitely why wart, geno, and hellen gravely we’re super low because they are very niche. Should’ve been a “no opinion” or “I don’t know this character” answer for more accurate results

[@Robabin]

You're telling me they haven't watched a KZbin video about either character?.

[@oscarsoto8428]

@@Robabin I mean… this is the only KZbin video I’ve ever seen mention Bowser’s Brother. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@thebatpig8424]

I just skipped a question Where I didn’t know them

[@mirrikybird]

@@thebatpig8424 which is a good way to handle it, but there is not much representation in that with the final results, and a lot of people will vote even if they don't like them. The Bowsers Brother was an excellent benchmark entry for that but it was not used to improve any of the other data

[@Meofalulu]

IIRC there were instructions to not answer if you didn't know the character

[@Kosmicd12]

Bowser's Brother is named BRUCE!! WE LOVE BRUCE!

[@smbfanman]

Hey Kosmic!

[@nandolaysyt]

Lee

[@superjumpbros64]

AHHHHHhhhhhh Bruce

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

Really? I heard his name was Morton Sr., of course I've also heard that's my grandpa. Come to think of it, Daddykins has never told me the name of our mother either...

[@imjustanoob.]

We stan BRUCE

[@Superkid33]

I personally like the female characters. They have a certain charm to them. Toadette: Probably one of my favorites because of her pig tales. She has a bright personality. She somehow can pulls off the girly girl look while still being sort of heroic looking. Birdo: She’s great and probably the most unique character design. (Also she’s a villain which makes me like her more for some reason XD) Rosalina: I love how graceful she is and they gave her a strong backstory. Daisy: She seems cool, idk much about her. Pauline: I really love how they added her back into Mario Odyssey as this glamorous gal Peach: probably the most bland character due to her stupidity but idk why but I love to fill in the blanks with my own theories on why she acts the way she does.

[@gagatrondra8]

right? it also leads me to question how come the male characters all had significant appreciation but when it came to a female character they had so many dislikes. idk it kind of bothers me

[@Superkid33]

I agree!!! Thank you

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

You said they added her back in Galaxy for Pauline. I think you meant Odyssey.

[@Superkid33]

@@quangamershyguyyz7166 crud! I meant Odyssey! Thank you! I’ll edit my message right away

[@dopeystrawberry1037]

I love every female character but I'll have to disagree on what you said with Peach, She's very kind and loving towards everyone, there's been many times where Peach has the capability to protect herself and others, it's really just Nintendo being repetitive and having her get kidnapped again and again

[@beatsbycossack]

I think the main problem with the survey is that there are only two options for each question. Adding "I'm neutral on this character" and "I don't know this character" as options would make the data far more accurate.

[@ProjectTony]

Luigi literally has the most personality out of the entire mario franchise. I'm not surprised he's so popular he's a very relatable character.

[@BenderdickCumbersnatch]

Yeah he is cute, he is afraid, he is the underdog. Mario is just sorta... "there"... Super Mario is Super Bland.

[@GABESTA535]

I'd argue that Wario has the most personality.

[@hankpeterschmidt8626]

Yoshi too.

[@Thatkidxd1]

Daisy has personality as well, just doesn’t get shown

[@gio4931]

@@BenderdickCumbersnatch well that’s kinda the point with Mario. It makes sense why people wouldn’t find him as relatable. You can put Mario on anything and it wouldn’t seem weird, Nintendo won’t let him develop in any way because then he can’t be anything like they have him all the time.

[@N12015]

Basically the most popular characters are Luigi, Yoshi and Bowser. Knowing Mario fans that's honestly expected yet pleasant to confirm.

[@gooseguyfilms4460]

But toad was more popular than yoshi… hmmmmmmmm……

[@oscarsoto8428]

Heavy green representation.

[@wintergreen1436]

Not that much of a mystery why, luigi and bowser actually have personalities and yoshi is cute

[@nintendolife25]

@@wintergreen1436 I wouldn’t imply the others don’t have personalities (sans Mario), rather they are more engaged with the aforementioned characters.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Mostly because Mario has a lack of personality other than being a happy go luck plumber he is. He kinda fell into the "vanilla protagonist" category.

[@M4x_D4350n]

I think one of the biggest contributors to Luigi's popularity is the fact that it's a lot easier to relate to being afraid and preservering than it is to stand against an immposible force with a generic hero stance. ... To be fair to Mario though, they have been mixing up his relationship to bowser a bit. At least, they did in Bowser's fury. No idea if they'll carry the attitude into future games but I can hope!

[@blacklocksam]

Thomas - I just caught wind of your videos and I enjoy being blown away by these fun facts, you are answering many of my curiosity's growing up with Nintendo for 20+ years and what you dig up is really awesome man. I can't message that personally to you, as I don't use the Social platforms suggested, I just want to say - Keep up the good work, I'm loving these facts you throw out as you obviously do your homework.

[@geekmyths]

So the issue is people vote they don’t like them when they don’t know a character, which is why characters like Hellen got voted down

[@mistertagomago7974]

Honestly this seems to be the big factor.

[@Mr._Ultracool]

Yeah, maybe this should be repeated with added options, like "I don't know them" or "I don't care about them"

[@UndrcoverCactus]

The problem is that “I don’t like them” is a neutral answer, not a negative one like “I dislike them” or “I hate them”.

[@t0biascze644]

If you didnt know them, you could Left the Field empty

[@TheGameCreator13]

@@t0biascze644 Yeah but that's not how People work. They want to fill every option and have an opinion on all of them and a lack of a neutral option really seems to have lead to lacking distinction between the genuine dislike or just no opinion side of the results Speaking as someone who left the unfamiliar options blank I doubt People genuinely hate Bowser's Brother. Clear that the negative option was perceived as a neutral option for a lot of People Oh well. Results are still useful if You just consider "dislike" as neutral and hate lumped together

[@burger84.]

I just gotta say, Wart is actually a pretty unique character.

[@mistertagomago7974]

I assume it's just people jumping on the SMB2 hate train over how it's not a real Mario game (even though it's the second best behind SMB3)

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@mistertagomago7974 That, and those who voted against Wart are Waluigi stands.

[@galegopaulista4564]

I also think he genuinely has potential. Considering how he only seems to appear in dreams (I'm pretty sure that the LoZ game in which he appeared was a dream), he could be made into a sort of a non-scary, family-friendly version of Freddy Krueger, being a character that appears regularly on people's dreams, and his role varies from dream to dream, from being a hero to being a villain. I feel like there's a lot of potential there for a very unique character.

[@crittr]

Wart didn't even originate from a Mario game...

[@galegopaulista4564]

@@crittr no offences, but no one really cares.

[@sino3318]

found your channel today and i've been binge watching it, your videos are really well done and entertaining!! great job man!

[@FluffyFrigginFox]

I'm not surprised Luigi is more popular than mario. What's not to love even though he's a coward he will head into danger to save his friends. Luigi has adorable reactions and the person who voices him did a stellar job. Plus let's face it Luigi's mansion was a masterpiece from the epic storytelling, the music, the atmosphere and each ghost had a biography on how they died.

[@crabman8321]

Imagine having a series named after you and your brother being more popular

[@chadroose6781]

Technically mario is way more popular but ok

[@syro33]

@@chadroose6781 did you watch the video, by any chance? Hate to say it, but I don't see any evidence for that claim.

[@gooseguyfilms4460]

@@chadroose6781 mario is far more known than luigi, but for most mario fans or people who even know a little about the games tend to like Luigi more. This is mainly because people seem to love underdogs.

[@chadroose6781]

@@syro33 luigi is more popular among the fans, but for the general public mario is more popular by a wide margin, people buy stuff because it has mario on it

[@theREALsilviautism]

well technically luigi also has a series named after him

[@UndrcoverCactus]

The options might not have been worded the best. “I like them” is a positive response. “I don’t like them” is a neutral response, not a negative one. For example, when people don’t know a character, it’s impossible for them to like the character so they say “I don’t like them.” It’s also impossible for them to hate the character, but that’s not an option on the form so you can’t tell that based on the results.

[@jendorei]

Not liking something is essentially a negative claim in English, unless you start to overanalyze the semantics.

[@DeerBonesBaby]

@@jendorei Honestly I think it could be where you live. Here in New England, "I dont like it" isn't really a negative. It's more akin to "meh" or "I didn't hate it, but I didn't enjoy it"

[@crittr]

based and redpilled pog champion

[@34disorder84]

yeah, there's so many issues i have with this entire poll. not giving 'indifferent' or 'i don't know this character' options, calling it "most popular" instead of 'most liked', not including the enemies or fludd and just weird character selection overall, etc. people don't realise the importance of poll wording and formatting when it comes to people's answers.

[@kalvarr]

The question wasn’t “most hated” but rather “least popular” so I think even taking “I don’t like them” as a neutral response is still fine.

[@TheLastGust]

6:21 this is the nathaniel moment

[@lauluis1mii124]

Who is Nathaniel?

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@lauluis1mii124 A KZbinr knowed for his love of the N64 and hate for Pink Gold Peach

[@lauluis1mii124]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 ???

[@TehJew22]

Nathaniel Bandy

[@pokepress]

Would have been interesting to have both “Princess Peach” and “Princess Toadstool” on the survey.

[@20000dino]

7:58 “Not to be rude to Wario fans out there, but I think Waluigi is objectively the better one of the two” And I took that personally.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

The Wario Land games were some of the first I *ever* beat at the tender ages of 6-8. They were a godsend to beginner gamers and made me feel like such a good gamer at such a young age (the only other one I remember beating that young was Super Mario Bros. Deluxe). For that, Wario will _always_ rank higher than the neglected sporty guy who people really wanted in a platformer fighter game series.

[@wubbin]

Yep same lol

[@userisdeadandarchived2995]

Wario should've been Mario, it would've been cool if Mario was an anti-hero.

[@20000dino]

@@Popcultureguy3000 This. Like I love you Waluigi, but not only is Wario an amazing character and the precursor to arguably Nintendo’s most creative era (1994-2005), he has one of the best 2D Platformer Franchises of all time (plus WarioWare, a super fun franchise and the precursor to the micro-game genre). Waluigi is still among my favorites, but Wario is just the best Mario character overall (for me, at least).

[@TheGameCreator13]

Waluigi: **has a small lead over Wario** Thomas: WOW the difference is *staggering*

[@Zyphon]

I'm honestly shocked, but not surprised, by the result. Srsly though, I'd actually be interested to see Wart return in another Mario game. I've always wanted to see that lol

[@aricmiller8736]

Same.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Yeah if Birdo and the shy guys can make numerous appearances, the others should even though they originally were not Mario characters.

[@maximyllion]

@The-Knocturnal-Ricolas why not both

[@Beckett379]

Hi

[@RhiannaAtriedes]

Or can we see wario, daisy and birdo as actual mario characters rather than sports sidekicks?

[@RealMrBB]

All the people who said they hate pink gold peach are obviously Nathaniel Bandy fans.

[@AntarcticaMade]

I hate Bowser. Never forget the time he tried to melt Antarctica! Definitely surprised that he was one of the most loved characters, especially considering he is an authoritarian dictator, and a tyrant.

[@Brixster]

My feedback is that it would have been wise to add an "I don't know who this character is" option, so we could see the overwhelming number of people who were confused by the decoy character (also might have probably relieved the "hate" on Wart, lol.) Would have been interesting to see Love the video!

[@wubbin]

I'd love to see this for zelda characters!

[@PieJee1]

That is tingle obviously

[@MASTERMIND2368]

@@PieJee1 I like Tingle tbh he's hillarious. It's probably Navi tbh

[@sina1452]

@@MASTERMIND2368 Navi is right up there but I think Fi takes the cake.

[@Arthus850]

@@sina1452 I disagree about Fi. I actually like her. In fact, I think the only Zelda character I don’t like is the villain from Triforce Heroes, who was so bland and shallow that I don’t even remember her name.

[@sunny_sketches]

WE NEED THIS- as a diehard zelda fan, i approve

[@davisbowe8668]

Sometimes I wonder if Luigi receiving so much shade in the RPG games (Mario & Luigi series especially) is the result of Nintendo devs passively-aggressively sticking it to all the Luigi fans because of Luigi's huge popularity.

[@xdbruhmaster299]

me with my 3 favorite character Luigi,Bowser and Kingboo seeing that other people like them too: This puts a smile on my face

[@oddracir28]

WART? Seriously? I’ve always wanted Wart to come back.

[@mistertagomago7974]

Ifkr? Also what the fuck with how they did Birdo as well :(

[@RainingMetal]

I always imagine if Wart were to come back, it would be in a Paper Mario RPG. But we all know how the IP department's treating that series of games these days.

[@Srcsqwrn]

I'm surprised. I want Nintendo to do a survey like this one day. I wish I got to vote

[@GmNdWtchr96]

Wart not being in Dream Team was a MASSIVE missed opportunity.

[@mihyroiz_heatlair]

@@RainingMetal so now it’s good?or are you one of those OG rubbish game supporter because of your stupid nostalgia!

[@TheCobwebQueen]

I’m assuming a majority of those who say they don’t like Mario still believe in the ‘Mario is Mental’ theory

[@piranhalettuce]

"MaRiO iS a BaD bRoThEr!1!1!1!!"

[@EricJSamme]

Damn the internet really made Mario look bad huh.

[@Soul_King77]

Nah he's just too boring of a character he's made to be a happy mascot of a company that is supposed to appeal mostly to familys

[@Bluecupcake_funko7]

Is that from matpat?

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Don't forget those articules from website like TheGamer and ScreenRant in which they loved treating Mario like a punching bag while worship Luigi. "When Mario does something, that makes him bad. But when Luigi does that too, that makes him cool" Look, I do prefer Luigi but I still love Mario. It feels hypocritical to complain how Luigi gets treating unfairly when people do the same thing with Mario.

[@mateuszpaszkiewicz3831]

As a Birdo stan I do not get surprised she doesn't get enough respect from Mario fandoms. Regarding the final results, SMB2 characters, who didn't get carried over to other main series aside of spin-offs have less popularity with people.

[@GoWeegee64]

1:20 ah yes, my favourite evil reptile, *toad*

[@RioBlitzle]

Lot of hatred for female characters it seems? Hopefully most of that is coincidental, I know characters like Daisy and Birdo have been actively viewed as annoying for a long time so most people still hold that negative impression of them, but either way that really sucks :( I think pretty much all the female Mario characters are perfectly fine. I like to imagine some of the female characters from the RPGs like Vivian and Starlow have more fans, but..... (hey though on different note glad to see my boy Cappy's viewed positively, he's a fav of mine and I was concerned for him cause I know companion characters sometimes have a bad rep lmao)

[@PinkAgaricus]

I wonder if Wendy O is disliked because of how she attacks with rings that are hard to avoid and yea in most cases they also kill you. Besides the bratty girl thing.

[@RioBlitzle]

@@PinkAgaricus maybe! i can see people disliking her character design as well, or feeling like they had to/should vote dislike on one of the koopalings since they were listed separately and she happened to just be their least favourite? there's a bunch of reasons so heeere's hoping it's mostly not misogyny hahaha

[@bluberrydee6205]

I am a daisy fan but I also dislike peach so as they say "a soul for a soul"

[@loulou3676]

I definitely think people just hate the female characters. It was a clear trend across female characters with a wide range of different personalities. :( That said, I wonder if the opinion poll would vary by country. I get the feeling Princess Peach would be more popular there than in the North America/Europe markets. They seem to really like cute characters.

[@Thundero13]

Yeah idk man, the fact that the only Koopaling people dislike just so happens to be the only woman can't be a coincidence, I don't think people are invested enough to think about her boss, most people are going to vote on them based on their designs, the fact that people dislike Daisy and Peach when they're pretty different can't really be chalked up to anything else, but most of all I'm not really sure how anyone could dislike Toadette, she's just a cute mushroom person and she doesn't even have the annoying Toad voice so what else could there be to take issue with??

[@arcuscotangens]

"Nabbit is a nothing character." Which is probably why people don't like him.

[@PinkAgaricus]

...and probably because he's just there to steal stuff and first place wins from Luigi, since wasn't Nabbit only in Super Luigi U/Bros?

[@Lar_me]

@@PinkAgaricus Nabbit is also in Paper Jam, where he only exists to annoy everyone by stealing everything.

[@tramthun2474]

Nabit is my second favorite charter.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Poor Nabbit

[@_G.C]

Every time I think about the mario cast, I just think about how they haven't done anything with them in years and it frustrates me to think about all of that wasted potential

[@Iamverylazy]

The Mario Kart "remix" characters are generally not from RPG's. Baby Peach is the only one of those characters that originated in an RPG (being from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time). The reason that Baby Daisy, Baby Rosalina, and Pink-Gold Peach specifically get so much hate is because they all originated in Mario Kart (Baby Daisy in Wii, the other two in 8). I think Baby Rosalina also gets some extra hate for going against Rosalina's canon younger design from Super Mario Galaxy.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

I think the most underrated character in the _Super Mario_ franchise is Stanley the Bugman from Donkey Kong 3 (he was originally debuted in _Green House_ for the Game and Watch before that). My man hasn't gotten another game for years and he deserves another shot.

[@animatedblox7461]

He would be such a good player two for a Luigi's Mansion game.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@magma1675 The Mario Fandom wiki said that otherwise. (I can't tell if I'm misinformed or something)

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@magma1675 I couldn't agree more. Maybe that site has some errors or something but overall it's flawed.

[@JayBleu25]

So the two things I've learned from this video are: -The most popular Mario character is Luigi (which is understandable that man is amazing) -The least popular Mario character is Wart

[@someguy4262]

You should probably have thrown out all the data where people were willing to weigh in on "Bowser's Brother". It's an absolutely esoteric question I would have included in such a survey simply to gauge whether a given user's responses were genuine. You should also definitely have included an "I don't know/care who this character is" option.

[@Ian64]

I actually love Madame Broode I think she’s got a ton of character for a mario boss, she’s like a Victorian-era evil socialite

[@Star050]

I've never seen why the Girls especially Are always so pinned against each other It's not nessarsery just because you like A specific woman in the franchise doesn't mean u haft to hate or bad mouth another It isnt needed ofc we all have our own list from favourite to least favourite but it doesnt mean that any of them are bad

[@persona2is]

RIGHT!! and like maybe cause i just love women so i don't usually hate girls in media but these r mario characters , where its really hard to hate a character and so u either dislike or as u said have favorites

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I guess people are sexist

[@pigeonite]

I AM A FIERCE SUPPORTER OF THE KOOPALINGS. HOW CAN YOU DISLIKE THEM? I THINK THEY'RE AWESOME...

[@SudiPaddi]

I like Larry

[@TurdaleNerdingle]

@Shell Ayo same!

[@gkakssnjdkxiajqnwnaallaka3991]

they're good but overused

[@10thletter40]

I like Lemmy and Ludwig. But I'd prefer to destroy their existence. Them, Birdo, Boom Boom and Pom Pom are my least fave :>

[@Link_1129]

I agree completely. The problem is that when they were brought back for NSMB Wii, Nintendo promptly proceeded to over-saturate most of the subsequent Mario games with them, and people got sick of them.

[@booitsjohnny]

The female characters being so disliked is honestly fucked up and telling of the fandom. Wendy being the most hated for no damn reason of all the Koopalings. These are the same people that ignored the female characters action figures in toy stores and made fun of their friends for picking female characters in games.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I'm guessing the reason why Wendy is disliked is because people found her annoying to fight in the games and annoying in the Mario cartoons

[@DrGooseDuckman]

This is the most important video I have watched this year. GODS WORK.

[@Jellyman4]

My question is...why is there a reason to *not* like Roy? He's got glasses! Also I like the fact that Waluigi is mostly popular because the memers kept him alive.

[@FriskyD.]

He's our boy

[@Jellyman4]

@@FriskyD. Exactly.

[@lazrpo]

Roy is the best Koopaling and I will die on that hill.

[@Jellyman4]

@@lazrpo And I'll die on that hill with you my guy. Roy is the best Koopaling.

[@roykoopaplush8610]

Agree

[@sylv3053]

4:32 Of course, Luigi's the most popular, and I fully support that. He's cute. He's a good boy. He's cute. (I bet King Boo made those 634 votes) 5:12 I can see Wendy being the least popular Koopaling. If I bet there was one word a lot of people would use to describe her, it'd be "brat," whereas some of the other ones, you might use "brute", "crazy", "smart", "Roy". 6:45 NO ONE likes them. They're copy-paste clones that take up slots that could've been easily replaced with other, more unique characters like the other ones mentioned, like Diddy Kong, Pauline, or even the Broodals (who no one also likes apparently, but I digress). In games with larger rosters overall, it's not as egregious, but keep in mind that out of 30 characters in the base game of MK8, 7 of them were clones. That's more than 20%, and they cut out veterans. There's crazy, and then there's lazy. Compare that to Smash 4's 3(?) out of a base roster of 51, and they got a redemption arc. Also, babies...can be annoying, really really annoying.

[@hankpeterschmidt8626]

Baby Mario and Luigi are ok but the others suck. I actually commit a target montage for Baby Peach in Mario Kart.

[@Luminoth-il1yt]

Apparently Luigi is popular with female gamers but the funny thing is though if Luigi was a real person he would not be desired by women at all, he is too cowardly, shy, awkward and way too beta. However Bowser with that dominant personality and "i don't give a shit about you" attitude would be a total Chad and extremely popular with the ladies.

[@jesaea]

@@hankpeterschmidt8626 I love Baby Peach in Mario Kart Wii, she's pretty good with the second bike :( my poor baby don't hate her

[@piranhalettuce]

@@hankpeterschmidt8626 At least Baby Peach kind of has an excuse because she was in Yoshi's Island DS, but Baby Daisy and Baby Rosalina serve zero purpose other than filling in a character slot that could've been filled by a cooler and unique character.

[@Uesr2004D]

There's no way Baby Peach can't be Hated

[@celestia.5758]

Wendy and Birdo do not deserve this treatment.

[@cat2890]

I KNOW RUGHT SUCH QUEENS

[@Carol_343]

I’m proud to say I took part in the survey! It was fun! Good job Thomas!

[@libbyh1835]

omg I remember filling out this poll and being excited to see the results!! I glad you got a lot of responses and didn't decide to scrap this idea. It was pretty cool. Great video as always !!!

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Thank you!! Really glad you enjoyed the video! (I was a little worried about what people what think of the video, so it's really reassuring that you liked it haha)

[@Martiganz_]

@@ThomasGameDocs tbh i really loved it

[@Srcsqwrn]

@@ThomasGameDocs It would be interesting if you did this poll multiple times

[@deyadeeznutz]

@@ThomasGameDocs you are doing gods work by answering questions we have all asked before

[@bsgsmusic3451]

@@ThomasGameDocs You should do this again, but add a “don’t know” option. I think the lack of a neutral option screwed with the results, especially with characters like Wart and Bowser’s Brother, who are perceived as hated when they’re really just unknown.

[@Dakernl]

There seems to be a subset of Luigi fans who feel like liking Luigi more mean having to dislike Mario just because he is the mascot or something. I like Mario more, but I still really like Luigi. Idk how you could dislike either of them tbh.

[@irvingamer2235]

I also like mario I think people hate on him because the parodies that put him as a jerk or psyco and then the matpat theory.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Gaming Articles: Luigi gets treated unfairly! This is so rude because he dosen't deserved to be a punching bag! *Process to do the same thing with Mario*

[@irvingamer2235]

Basically@@mariajimenafigueroa233

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@irvingamer2235 I think people also hate him all because of Mario Power Tennis where he got jealous of Luigi winning if you win a tournament as they him

[@irvingamer2235]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 Just on game on cutscene and the worst in other cutscense mario shows concerne for luigi

[@flxwer_xo]

Fun fact: if you turn on high contrast mode on Bowser at 2:33 you'll see him in proper colour

[@julianacharter3567]

Mario,Luigi,Peach,Daisy,Bows- Me:THATS TOAD

[@CountShaman]

Honestly suprising how much dislike Geno gets, given how he has the second most zealous fanbase in the community, just below Luigi.

[@nintendolife25]

I think it’s because he’s a victim to his popularity, which sucks because I think he’s a cool character. You know the TV Trope “It sucks because it’s popular” ?

[@liquidalumina7141]

I think it's because of his popularity, I personally got tired of hearing about him because of people constantly asking for him in Smash (this doesn't mean I hate him btw), so yeah it's pretty much the "it sucks because it's popular" thing.

[@CountShaman]

@@liquidalumina7141 Waluigi is kind of the same thing, but I guess he's more iconic than Geno, so there's less scorn given that more people are familiar with him.

[@milestone380]

It's because of how annoying , toxic and obnoxious some people were about adding him in Smash. up until Sephiroth's reveal, you couldn't go a single Smash character-reveal video without a bunch of people commenting "next character should be Geno" "Geno for Smash Sakurai" "Geno this, Geno that". it got old fast and soon just became annoying to the point where people began to hate the mere mention of Geno

[@CountShaman]

I suppose you're all correct. Besides, Mallow is superior in every way anyway lol He's so badass, he doesn't need to be in the polls. This one or Smash's because he transcends both.

[@Cubano42]

“metal ones and dababy’s” 6:45

[@rayryde1724]

You make such interesting content!

[@Minkfang]

For my own mental health I’m gonna have to assume birdo is the result of not knowing the character. Obviously we all know her but does the average person in their 20s really know who birdo is? I love birdo 🥺

[@CubaNectie]

Wart and Tatanga need to make a comeback and give Bowser some MUCH needed vacation.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Tatanga the Alien is an underrated boss character.

[@CubaNectie]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 indeed.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@CubaNectie 100% Agree

[@Scott89878]

People suck, when I was a kid, my older cousin told me that Wart was Bowser's cousin (which I think he just made up) and I wanted to see a universe where both Bowser and Wart were reoccurring villains, just as how TV shows generally had a main villain but also other ones. Like say how Rescue Rangers had Fat Cat, but also Professor Norton as the mad scientist. Some people loathe SMB2, but it's a good game and I wish we could go back to that universe. I'd like to see a game with Wart as a villain and his minions going against Bowser. And since SMB2 was a game about choosing different characters with different attributes you could maybe make Bowser align with Mario and friends to take down Wart, because as we have seen, people like Bowser a lot. Also, why put Geno in a poll but not Mallow. When I played SMRPG, I didn't use Geno much but used Mallow all the time, due to certain bosses being weak to lightning or snow. But I think overall, your survey didn't actually give accurate results because people just disliked the characters they didn't know.

[@nesyboi9421]

I honestly was a bit suprised at some of the characters that didn't make it in to be honest

[@Seupodertodorok]

I like koopalings so much, they are so underrated!

[@jadenruanes1858]

4:23 Audio (In Princess Peach’s voice): Peach! Me: Wait What?

[@Trixilii]

Totally agree with that person who commented Fawful, and I also want to add Prince Peasley (also from Superstar Saga) is really good too! Such a good game

[@stwbmc98]

Peach being more liked than Daisy is a crime

[@spitzeer]

fr daisy is the interesting one

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

She’s in one mainline game and has done nothing

[@chidaluokoro9104]

Ikr

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

Daisy's voice is annoying "HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY HI IM DAISY"

[@chidaluokoro9104]

@@Bagel_Le_Stinky it not

[@henrycooksey3282]

This is clearly an unpopular opinion based on the video... But I like Birdo and she easily makes my top 5 best Mario characters👍

[@someguy4262]

I think it's pretty easy to explain why the Broodlings aren't liked. For a start, it's pretty obvious that someone high-up in the dev team told some concept artists to make "new Koopalings that aren't Koopalings because we don't want to use Koopalings", but then also gave no character direction or opportunities for character presentation (let alone development) in-game. They're basically just a collection of half-assed bosses that don't ingrain themselves with or impact the players since they're absolutely trivial obstacles that don't even get removed from the pantheon once you beat them. They're non-entities.

[@bigboss164_]

The bowsers brother question reply freaked me out!😂

[@Martiganz_]

may rio, who else loves how thomas says mario?

[@host23]

May rio chain

[@torico7022]

May rio

[@Chloe-gv9nr]

May rio

[@goatmilk1]

May I go to the bathroom?

[@samuel5655]

May rio

[@thecoolmariobros5554]

Thomas - Bowser Also Thomas - Writes Toad

[@ArtsyDiamond]

I’m just glad Peach and Daisy are in the positive! They are my favorites :)

[@kyrum1234]

I've been interested in this since you did that poll

[@T.E.K_studios]

Got to admit, my favourite character is mummy penguin :)

[@T.E.K_studios]

Bowser’s brother is my g as well

[@T.E.K_studios]

One like = one supportive hug for wart

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

She deserves to be in Mario Kart.

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

I like baby penguin because I can throw it off the world

[@echo8625]

hey thomas, you could always make a video doing the statistics of scariest horror games ever according to votes since it’s october !!

[@Sovic91]

7:32 Counter theory. After they've seen a character they've never heard about, they might have decided to Google him and saw he was a mere obstacle in SMB2.

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

No one likes that one yellow Toad from new super Mario Bros, all we wanted was to play as Wario, and he stole that from us

[@jamessheeran4931]

Yellow Toad is one of my favorite tho

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

@@jamessheeran4931 Then what is his personality? HE HAS NONE, unlike the godly personality of Wario

[@koldenfoster2780]

@@EnigmaticGentleman I think it would be cool for waluigi too, I know, he hasn't been in any real mario games but would be great espeshialy if wario was in.

[@MockiN6j4y]

I loved yellow toad!!! He was my favorite in nsmb wii

[@cbfranco3307]

@@o31075 Mario: we'll let-a you keep-a Bowser's treasures. Wario: *So anyways I started blasting*

[@flipex6304]

Some of these I understand. Luigi is my personal favorite character largely due to his shy, cowardly, and awkward persona. When it comes to Peach I noticed people tend to hate her because they find her character boring or she’s “generically nice” (which,I mean, all of them can be considered this)Do people still not like Daisy?? Lmao Toadette is literally just Toad but...female. I also think she’s way cuter than Toad but maybe that’s the reason a lot of people don’t like her? Maybe “cute” is seen as more annoying here in the states compared to Japan? Birdo is so underrated. She’s been present since SMB2 and we’ve seen her character evolve so much from the former enemy to the sassy diva we see now. Though, maybe that’s a reason for not liking her? A lot of negativity toward the female/very feminine characters. Also wouldn’t be surprised if the “gender controversy”? Also some people call her ugly? Dafuk, why are people so like this towards her lmao.I honestly love Birdo and she’s def in my top 5 for nostalgic, personal, and in-universe reasons. Waluigi being more popular than Wario is interesting. I like both equally, though I will say I am more sympathetic to Waluigi. Also his rise due to memes is not surprising Pauline and Diddy Kong def need more love but the former is likely due to her being a more recent addition to the franchise (despite always being present) Subjective obviously, but some of these I would genuinely love to here the reasons WHY they dislike them. For me it’s always been Luigi, followed by Bowser, then Rosalina, then Birdo, and finally D.K. Runner ups would be Yoshi, Daisy, Waluigi, Pauline, and Kamek. I honestly love all these characters. I legit can’t hate any of the main Mario series cast because they’re just very friendly and welcoming characters. What’s there to hate?

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

Daisy is my favorite character.

[@nyanfox4754]

To me daisy is also quite generic tbh. We don't know much about her. The only thing that changed is that instead of a "girly-girl" that has to personality, she's a "tomboy" that has no personality

[@flipex6304]

@@nyanfox4754 True lol. Though I think I prefer Daisy's lively/boisterous blandness over Peach's more gentle/demure blandness. I still like both though.

[@nyanfox4754]

@@flipex6304Cool. My personal favorite is captain toad, don't know why, I just do.

[@nyanfox4754]

@@flipex6304 However Mario and Luigi are a close second. Everyone says Mario doesn't have a personality and though It's a little true, I do think he has SOMETHING. He's confident and caring, willing to risk his own life to protect everyone (even creatures he only met seconds ago). He loves food and competition but he can be a sore loser sometimes (While his reaction to losing is different in each game, I think it fits his personality well as he's probably not used to losing). He also isn't much of a talker either. I like both of them the same tho.

[@kristalpfeffer9102]

Finally Luigi gets justice

[@almightycinder]

I have a feeling the dislike for Wendy O is from her portrayal on the Super Mario 3 cartoon. Most of the koopa kids were fairly innocuous, if a bit one note, but Wendy (under the name Koodie Pie) was an obnoxious, spoiled brat. She was very annoying in that cartoon.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

I just realized: Wendy's name in the Mario 3 cartoon... Kootie Pie = Cutie Pie

[@TheZebbga]

How isn't FLUDD a character? Because it's a robot? So does that mean R2D2 isn't a character? Or Wall-E?

[@TheGameCreator13]

It'd be one thing if it was a personality-less tool but it talks and responds to situations with a clear enough "opinion" on what's going on, giving it a personality (and yes, Robotic" is a personality. Just ask Fi from The Legend of Zelda)

[@TheZebbga]

@@TheGameCreator13 It has a personality, at least in a basic sense. Like when Mario is in prison it says "tomorrow we will do our best to resolve the situation" which seems to be it being somewhat motivating. When Bowser Jr escape with Peach after defeating Mecha Bowser you hear it go "No! Not again" implying it has some sort of worry or investment in what is going on and then finally when it breaks at the end it asks if it was helpful in its dying words, like it cares. Like sure, I am not trying to say FLUDD is a deep, complex character or anything but it honestly had more personality that most other characters on the list. Of course it is a game mechanic first but I honestly think it has more personality and character that Fi does to be honest. She only seems to show some sort of personality at the end of the game, yet I would 100% call her a character too.

[@bowsersex]

Yeah I don’t see why include Cappy but not FLUDD…

[@jclkaytwo]

not gonna lie, I wish more RPG characters were included. paper mario, mario & luigi, etc. you can't make a poll on popular mario characters but exclude fawful, dimentio, vivian, etc., because they're really popular and widely known characters. characters like kersti would be able to hold a candle against wart.

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

The Survey would’ve been way too long if those characters were added. Plus, not that many people care for those characters anyway unless they played the games they were in.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

He coulden't included every (OFFICIAL) Mario character, so he only picked the main characters, the supporting characters and a couple others

[@jclkaytwo]

@@quangamershyguyyz7166 bruh some of the characters included in this video are miles more obscure than any of the characters I named

[@jclkaytwo]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 when did I ever imply that he should've included every mario character?

[@ingramfry7179]

"You guy's need to change franchise we only have great characters here in Hyrule" - Tingle

[@TheRedSoulofDT]

That moment where Bowser the Villain is more popular than Mario, what happened there? Lol

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

He's an awesome villain

[@Liyahdabesrdr]

Mario gives me back memories when I was younger 🥺. I remember I use to have the PJs , candy , game , toys and almost everything !💓.

[@ay2948]

The Women of Mario getting bashed 😤

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

The hatred for the girls could be because of the following reasons: -Peach: Vanilla damsel in distress or her rejecting Mario in Odyssey -Daisy: People finding her annoying -Toadette: People annoyed at her being overused or her being easy mode in Mario U Deluxe -Birdo: People finding her ugly or are transphopic -Rosalina: Same reason as the first one for Toadette or it could Odyssey Central fans (As he hates her and keeps calling her Cringe) -Wendy: Same reason as the first one for Birdo, her and the other Koopalings being overused in the NSMB games or her potrayed in the cartoons -Pauline: Same reason as the first one for Toadette -Madame Broode: People either find her ugly or they just don't know her -Honey Queen Bee: Taking Waluigi's slot in Mario Kart 7 -Mama Penguin, Hariet and Hellen Gravely: People simply don't know them

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

2:10 Hol' up, Chargin Chuck is a SPECIES? I assumed they were some sort of Koopa militia squad that Bowser hired.

[@kennethfang9]

Most popular character: Luigi Least popular character: Wart

[@Darvoth]

I feel like with at least Bowser’s Brother and maybe Wart people didn’t know who they were and said they didn’t like them because of it. Not liking something and actively disliking something are 2 different things.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Honestly, I didn't even know Bowser's Brother exists. The game could've been called "Super Bowser Bros."

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yeah, they should had been a third opinion: Neutral or I don't know this character

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

I like to think Bowser's brother (or Browser, as I call him) is the one managing day-to-day life for the wider koopa population, while Bowser acts more as a military leader and official figurehead. Such behaviour seems to be expected of the head of the state, as one look at Bowser's ancestral fortress in Odyssey reveals the Koopa Dynasty's long history of warfare and conquest, however the inclusion of a gift shop implies that when not actively being invaded by plumbers, the citadel's role is that of tourist attraction. Perhaps this is why Bowser's tactics always seem so relatively tame for someone in charge of a massive military power. He always aims to non-lethally terrorize those he invades while leaving the wider population completely alone. This bullying allows him to fulfill his ancestral duties as a warmonger and serve as a properly despotic role-model for his son, all while minimizing collateral.

[@nanonunio]

And a lot of people that took the survey where probably very young and only know the new characters. but it was fun. Nice video

[@RodrigoBadin]

Missing the "Don"t remember/Don't know" option messes up a lot the survey, people would put "hate him" if they can't remember who is.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yeah, the "dislike" option can be described as "I don't like this character because I don't know him/her". I feel that a "neutral" or "I don't know this character" option would had let more accurate results.

[@theartofnina]

When asked you pick between "like" and "don't like" for a character you don't know, i believe most people would pick "don't like" because that's the most neutral out of the two. You should've included a true neutral third option so the results would've be clearer!

[@ivverivve0049]

4:34 Proof that Toad actually is more popular than people believe he is

[@novaburst2982]

You should absolutely do this same survey but for other series as well, like LoZ, Kirby or Sonic the Hedgehog

[@QB_L]

Interesting idea! Pretty sure there was an official poll conducted in Japan (I think it was exclusively Japan at least, can't remember), were all age groups were asked the same question; "Who's your favorite Mario character?" Yoshi scored 1st, and was generally well liked amongst all age groups! While Mario I believe was 2nd place lol

[@lpsgenerationtvlpsgenerati3641]

yoshi deserves first place everywhere

[@nahumgardner]

I wonder if Wart would also be the least liked Zelda character. He's more likeable in Link's Awakening.

[@loycos3648]

Like many others I noticed the trend of female characters being generally more disliked. Another thing I noticed is that the comments tend to pit them against each other. "X female character deserves to be more liked than Y female character!". lemme just say, its just as bad for girls that you do that. There is a place for them all and they all deserve to be loved.

[@anthonystrangio]

100% true, it's all because of "simp wars"

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Girl Wars

[@Naoplays1]

I feel like a Neutral and a "I don't know" this character would lead to more accurate data