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Princess Peach Toadstool (known mainly in Western territory by her surname, and by her first name in Japan) is one of the main characters of the Super Mario Bros. series. She is Mario's love interest.
Personality
Princess Peach is commonly known for her sweet, graceful, calm, sophisticated, and well-mannered demeanor. She rarely displays aggression, even when confronting enemies. Peach is willing to ally with Bowser and the Mario Bros. when a greater threat emerges. She maintains a friendly relationship with Luigi, despite interacting with him less frequently than with Mario. As shown in Super Mario Odyssey, Peach enjoys travel, fashion, gardening, and ballroom dancing.
While her femininity is often emphasized, contrasting her with the tomboyish Princess Daisy, Peach also exhibits tomboyish traits. She shares a passion for sports and video games with Daisy and the male characters, and is not afraid to engage in rough-and-tumble activities. Peach is frequently portrayed as brave and confident. When not kidnapped, she actively participates in adventures alongside Mario, or embarks on her own. Notably, she was the first to act when Bowser kidnapped the Sprixie Princesses. In Super Mario 3D Land, she bravely attempted to escape Bowser's clutches, demonstrating her courage even in failure.
Princess Peach is consistently portrayed as relaxed, gentle, noble, regal, and proud. She extends kindness and friendship to nearly everyone she encounters, showing care for both allies and adversaries. In any confrontation, she maintains respect and dignity. She is refined and proper without being arrogant or condescending. Peach is also highly organized, ensuring her appearance is impeccable and her castle and kingdom are orderly.
While calm and composed, she is also cheerful, though not as exuberantly so as Princess Daisy. Despite her royal status, Peach actively participates in events and activities, whether they involve action or sports.
Appearance
Princess Peach is a young woman with long waist-length golden blonde hair and blue eyes. She usually wears a pink ballgown with a blue brooch on her chest. She wears blue round earrings and a golden crown with red and cyan jewels. She wears pink shoes and long white opera gloves. Prior to her appearance in Mario Party 4, Peach's outfit had a somewhat different design with more dark pink on the lower portion of her dress and around the middle.
In athletics, Princess Peach ties her hair into a ponytail with a blue hairband, and wears a short pink sport clothing with pink shorts. She wears white socks and pink shoes. In golf and tennis, she wears a short pink dress. In Mario Golf: Super Rush, she wears a pink t-shirt and a light pinkish-skirt. As Fire Peach, she still wears her hair into a ponytail, except the hairband is red instead of blue. Her dress turns white and red and her shoes turn to red.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Princess Peach looks slightly different from how she appears in the Mario series. She looks anatomically realistic, as her head is a bit smaller and she is slightly taller than she normally is in the Mario series. Her dress, gloves and crown are all more ornate in design than in the Mario series.
Other Media
Hotel Mario
Princess Toadstool sends a letter to the Mario Bros., inviting them to join her on a relaxing picnic. However, once the brothers arrive, they find a letter from Bowser at the "Klub Koopa Resort", where it read that they have taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and turned it into a resort where it had seven hotels. In addition, they have Princess Toadstool trapped in one of the hotels and he challenges them to find her.
Each time Mario and Luigi overtakes a hotel, they often come close to freeing Princess Toadstool, only for another Koopaling to snatch her away and imprison her in their hotel, leading Mario and Luigi to chase that Koopaling down to catch up to them. She is often stuck in a tree, clouds, and buildings, and eventually in the hotels controlled by the Koopalings. Regardless of being tricked by Bowser numerous times, Mario will still have the volition to continue his search for the missing princess. Once Princess Toadstool is finally released from captivity, she will reward the Mario Bros. with kisses in thanks and the trio will tell the player, "You're the best player ever!".
Powers and Abilities
- Heart powers: Princess Peach is shown to be a heart princess. Her abilities are usually based around hearts and the power of love. With it, she can perform various abilities such as attacking, absorbing and repelling attacks, stunning opponents, interacting and manipulating objects, and healing.
- Wishing powers: Princess Peach also has powerful wishing abilities. She can strengthen and weaken anyone with it. Princess Peach was able to channel her powers into a beam of energy with the help of the Star Spirits and levitate Bowser through telekinesis with the help of Starlow.
- Magic: Princess Peach is an efficient user of magic. She can use it to put opponents to sleep, silence opponents from using special moves, revive allies, or bombard a cluster of foes.
- Levitation: Princess Peach can float in mid-air with the use of her skirt. This was introduced in the American version of Super Mario Bros. 2, her first playable appearance.
- Athletisism: She is shown to be skilled at tennis, gold, and soccer.
- Parasol skills: Princess Peach can effectively use a parasol. She can use it to block attacks, glide and float, and attack opponents. In Paper Mario, she gets a special parasol that turns her into Bowser's guards and in Super Princess Peach, her parasol has a mind of its own and can transform into a submarine.
- Emotion empowerment: In Super Princess Peach, being on location in Vibe Island allowed Princess Peach and her enemies to channel her emotions into powers. With Joy, she can fly and create cyclones. With Rage, she will create a magic fire around her, and create earthquakes by jumping. Gloom will enable her to run much faster, jump higher, and turn her tears into strong waterspouts. Calm heals her.
- Informant: Sometimes when Princess Peach is captured, she goes undercover, gathering information and sending it or useful items to Mario, usually by letters.
- Swordsmanship: In the Mario and Sonic series, Peach is shown to be skilled at fencing. But in Mario Party 2, she as a pirate in pirate land, she used the sword to fight against Captain Bowser. She can even use that skill when transforming into a swordfighter. She reprises this skill in Princess Peach: Showtime! as Swordfighter Peach.
- Gunsmanship: As a cowgirl, and astronaut, Peach has the ability to use a pistol to shoot Bowser down in Western land, and Space land, in Mario Party 2.
- Witchcraft: As a witch in Mario Party 2 she has the power of a wand to cast a spell to turn the cursed Koopa Troopa, back to his original self, and even turn Bowser into a frog, as well.
- Aquatic breathing and Swimming: As a mermaid, in Princess Peach: Showtime! she has the ability to breathe, talk, and use a powerful and beautiful singing voice (much like Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid can, while swimming underwater.)
- Rope Use: As Cowgirl Peach (in Princess Peach: Showtime!) she can use a lariat with exceptional skill, enough to wrangle a barrel thrown at her and then hurl it back at the sender.
- Super Strength: As Mighty Peach (in Princess Peach: Showtime!) she is stated to have 30 times her regular strength, though seeing as she can lift an entire bus over her head and throw it, this may be an understatement.
- Flight: As Mighty Peach, she uses a jetpack, which she can also use for space flight. As Dashing Thief Peach, she can fly via use of a collapsable hang glider stored in her backpack.
- Ninjutsu Skills: As Ninja Peach, she is proficient with twin kunai swords and various stealth techniques. She can use a variety of equipment to conceal herself against walls, in tall grass, or in shallow water. If spotted, she can employ the kawarimi technique to escape by creating a wooden dummy in her place. Her heightened agility lets her scale walls, and increased speed lets her run on vertical surfaces. She can also use special magical scrolls to ride tides of water or summon (and ride) a powerful flying serpent.
- Kung Fu: As Kung Fu Peach, her enhanced speed, agility, and fighting skills allows her to defeat dozens of enemies by herself.
- Supreme Chef: Her skills in baking are first mentioned in Super Mario 64, and it is shown in Mario Kart 8 that she and Daisy are co-owners of Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie, which sponsors the race. In Princess Peach: Showtime! her skills as a chef are literally magical, able to cure brainwashed victims of the Sour Bunch gang's dark magic.
- Ice Skating: As Figure Skater Peach, she excels at on-ice performing, able to perform graceful piroettes and chartreuse, either alone, with a partner (Figure Skater Sparkla) or with a group in a synchronized dance. She can use her skating to inspire allies and attack foes (using a death spiral move on said foe once he is stunned) while appealing to the audiece. Most remarkably, she can combine figure skating with speed-skating, able to skate uphill and downhill while avoiding obstacles.
Quotes
| “ | HELP ME! | „ |
| ~ One of Peach's Damsel in Distress cries in games. |
| “ | Help! | „ |
| ~ One of Peach's Damsel in Distress cries in games. |
| “ | EEEKK!!! | „ |
| ~ Peach shreiking |
| “ | UUUH! | „ |
| ~ Peach gasping |
| “ | Peachy! | „ |
| ~ Peach's catchphrase |
| “ | Oh my! | „ |
| ~ Peach. |
| “ | Uh-oh! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario 3D World |
| “ | Oh, no! | „ |
| ~ Peach. |
| “ | Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle...Just kidding! Ha ha ha! Bye bye. | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| “ | Thank you for rescuing me, Mario! | „ |
| ~ Peach. |
| “ | Mario: Princess! Thank goodnes! Peach: (gasps) Mario! Where am I?! What have I been doing, until now? (...) Oh, that's right; I ate an apple that was poisoned. |
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| ~ Peach realising she's been tricked by Queen Koopa, having to have one bite of a poisoned apple, after being revived by Mario in the Super Mario Bros. parody of the tale of Snow White. |
| “ | Dear Mario: Please come to the castle. I've baked a cake for you. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool, Peach. | „ |
| ~ Peach's message in Super Mario 64, and it's DS remake |
| “ | Mario! The power of the stars is restored to the castle, and it's all thanks to you! Thank you, Mario. We have to do something special for you. | „ |
| ~ Peach after being released from the imprisoning castle walls by Mario. |
| “ | Listen, everybody. Let's bake a delicious cake for Mario. | „ |
| ~ Peach in the end of Super Mario 64 |
| “ | Yoshi! The power of the Stars is restored to the castle, and it's all thanks to you! Thank you all! We have to do something special for you. | „ |
| ~ Peach after being released from the imprisoning Castle Walls by Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, and Wario. |
| “ | Listen: Let's bake a delicious cake, for my heroes. | „ |
| ~ Peach in the end of Super Mario 64 DS] |
| “ | It's Peach time! | „ |
| ~ Peach |
| “ | Get ready! | „ |
| ~ Peach in the Japanese game of Mario Kart 64 |
| “ | Oh, did I win? | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Smash Bros. Melee |
| “ | Mario, be careful! I have a bad feeling about this. | „ |
| ~ Peach's Star Wars Reference in Super Mario Sunshine |
| “ | So YOU'RE Bowser's son! | „ |
| ~ Peach realizing Bowser has a son, Bowser Jr. |
| “ | Oh yeah? Humph! Awww... ugh. | „ |
| ~ Peach before starting a soccer game, Super Mario Strikers' |
| “ | Pass it to me, pass it to me! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario Strikers & Mario Strikers Charged |
| “ | MARIO! | „ |
| ~ One of Peach's Damsel in Distress cries for Mario |
| “ | LUIGI! | „ |
| ~ One of Peach's Damsel in Distress cries for Luigi |
| “ | Come on, bring it! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Strikers Charged |
| “ | Dear Mario, I'll be waiting for you at the castle on the night of the Star Festival. There's something I'd like to give you. From Peach. | „ |
| ~ Peach's message, Super Mario Galaxy |
| “ | ♫Mario!♫ | „ |
| ~ Peach calling for Mario, Super Mario 64 |
| “ | ♫Yoshi!♫ | „ |
| ~ Peach calling for Yoshi, Super Mario 64 DS |
| “ | Oh, terrible... | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Party 8 |
| “ | Thank you! | „ |
| ~ Peach after being rescued. |
| “ | Oh, it's so beautiful... | „ |
| ~ Peach witnessing the Comet Observatory arrive, Super Mario Galaxy 2. |
| “ | So the little one was reunited with his special someone! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario Galaxy 2. |
| “ | ♫I am the Princess!♫ | „ |
| ~ Princess Peach singing in Mario Party 8 |
| “ | Yeah, Peach is the winner! | „ |
| ~ in Mario Party 4 & 5. |
| “ | Yeah! Peachy's got it! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Party and Mario Party 2 |
| “ | What?! | „ |
| ~ Peach seeing Toadette's Peachette form coming to rescue her, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe |
| “ | Mamma Mia! | „ |
| ~ Peach using one of Mario's catchphrases. |
| “ | Yay! Peach! Let's go! | „ |
| ~ Peach when selected in Super Mario 3D World |
| “ | Meow! | „ |
| ~ Cat Peach. |
| “ | It's on! | „ |
| ~ Peach chosing to continue after a "Game Over", Super Mario 3D World |
| “ | Lovely! | „ |
| ~ Peach |
| “ | Wait! | „ |
| ~ Peach going after Bowser who kidnapped the last Sprixie princess, Super Mario 3D World |
| “ | Come back! | „ |
| ~ Peach trying to stop Bowser from escaping with all the captured Sprixie Princesses, Super Mario 3D World |
| “ | Enough! | „ |
| ~ Peach wrongfully rejecting Mario and Bowser for fighting childishly on marraige, Super Mario Odyssey |
| “ | Peach: Hey! Mario & Bowser: Huh? Peach: Let's go home! |
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| ~ Peach calling out to Mario and Bowser before heading back to Earth on the Odyssey. |
| “ | Oh, Mario! Glad to see you're still traveling! Tiara and I have decided to take a trip around the world. It'll be nice to see all of these places we "visited" before, but on our own terms. | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario Odyssey |
| “ | Bowser's Castle? I think this is the first time I've come here on my own two feet. | „ |
| ~ Peach visiting Bowser's Castle by herself. |
| “ | My travels with Tiara were wonderful - so many memories! And I realized something: How important it is to see different things and talk with different people, that no matter what kingdom you're in, people smile with the same little sparkle! We have to do what we can with our time to put smiles on as many faces as possible! So I've decided to invite people from all around the world to the castle! | „ |
| ~ Peach returning to her Castle from her vacation. |
| “ | You've got to be kidding me! | „ |
| ~ Peach when Bowser called her his beloved, Super Mario Bros. Wonder. |
| “ | Wow! | „ |
| ~ Peach upon arrival at the Sparkle Theater |
| “ | What's wrong? | „ |
| ~ Peach seeing Stella screaming for help. |
| “ | En guarde! | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | Victory. | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | Flawless. | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | Sharp. | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | Lance. | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | Charge. | „ |
| ~ Swordfighter Peach |
| “ | On the case! | „ |
| ~ Detective Peach |
| “ | Case closed! | „ |
| ~ Detective Peach |
| “ | Time to bake! | „ |
| ~ Patissiere Peach |
| “ | Sweet success! | „ |
| ~ Patissiere Peach |
| “ | Bon appétit! | „ |
| ~ Patissiere Peach |
| “ | Delicious! | „ |
| ~ Patissiere Peach |
| “ | Ready for action! | „ |
| ~ Kung Fu Peach |
| “ | Focus! | „ |
| ~ Kung Fu Peach |
| “ | Balance! | „ |
| ~ Kung Fu Peach |
| “ | It's time! | „ |
| ~ Ninja Peach |
| “ | Now! | „ |
| ~ Ninja Peach |
| “ | It's done. | „ |
| ~ Ninja Peach |
| “ | Howdy, there! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | YEE-HAW! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | Saddle out! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | Let's ride! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | Yippie ki-yay! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach, when referencing John McClane |
| “ | Giddy up! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | Well shucks! | „ |
| ~ Cowgirl Peach |
| “ | Time to shine! | „ |
| ~ Figure Skater Peach |
| “ | Divine. | „ |
| ~ Figure Skater Peach |
| “ | Perfect 10. | „ |
| ~ Figure Skater Peach |
| “ | Brilliant. | „ |
| ~ Figure Skater Peach |
| “ | Beautiful! | „ |
| ~ Figure Skater Peach |
| “ | Easy. | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | Leave it to me! | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | Got it. | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | No problem. | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | On the job. | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | Piece a cake! | „ |
| ~ Dashing Thief Peach |
| “ | Hero time! | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | I'm here. | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | Super! | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | Boom! | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | To me! | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | Gotcha. | „ |
| ~ Mighty Peach |
| “ | Enchanting! | „ |
| ~ Mermaid Peach |
| “ | Mystical. | „ |
| ~ Mermaid Peach |
| “ | Aquatic! | „ |
| ~ Mermaid Peach |
| “ | I've arrived! | „ |
| ~ Mermaid Peach |
| “ | Dazzling! | „ |
| ~ Radiant Peach |
| “ | HAAAAAA... [charges at Grape, dealing her the final bow] YAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH...!!! | „ |
| ~ Super Radiant Peach defeating Madame Grape the Great, once and for all. |
| “ | Halloween! | „ |
| ~ Peach dressed as a witch in Mario Kart Tour |
| “ | Wheeeee!!! | „ |
| ~ Peach cheering in joy. |
| “ | Yay! I won! | „ |
| ~ Peach winning, Mario Kart Wii, and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games |
| “ | Ta-da! | „ |
| ~ Peach |
| “ | I'm ready! | „ |
| ~ Peach all prepared, Mario Party 8 |
| “ | Go Peach! Umph! | „ |
| ~ Peach winning a mini-game, Mario Party 8 |
| “ | I'm a superstar! | „ |
| ~ Peach in Mario Party 8, and Mario Party DS |
| “ | Wheels up! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Kart 8 |
| “ | Oh! | „ |
| ~ Peach |
| “ | Huh? | „ |
| ~ Peach. |
| “ | This hotel is so big, Luigi! It's gorgeously decorated too! We're so lucky to have gotten an invitation to come here! Hee hee! | „ |
| ~ Peach in Luigi's Mansion 3 |
| “ | AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! | „ |
| ~ Peach screaming before she was trapped in a painting by King Boo, Luigi's Mansion 3 |
| “ | NO... NOOOO!!! | „ |
| ~ Peach screaming, Mario Party 8' |
| “ | Oh, no! I lost? How could I lose? | „ |
| ~ Peach losing, Mario Power Tennis |
| “ | I just adore golf! Want to play a round of 18 with me? | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour |
| “ | Look out! | „ |
| ~ Peach after Koopa Troopa won a tournament, Mario Power Tennis |
| “ | Congratulations, Mario! [giggles] Yay! | „ |
| ~ Peach after her true love, Mario won a tournament, Mario Power Tennis |
| “ | Whoa! I can't believe I lost! | „ |
| ~ Peach losing, Mario Kart: Double Dash |
| “ | Next time, it's mine! | „ |
| ~ Peach in 2nd or 3rd, Mario Kart: Double Dash |
| “ | Oh, yeah! How nice! Lucky me! | „ |
| ~ Peach winning, Mario Kart: Double Dash |
| “ | Hi! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario Power Tennis, and Super Smash Bros. series |
| “ | Hehe, yahoo! | „ |
| ~ Peach |
| “ | It can't have been easy to make it here. You have my thanks! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Super Mario Maker |
| “ | The Toads are in danger... I have to help! | „ |
| ~ Dr. Peach's plans |
| “ | OH MY GOODNESS!!! | „ |
| ~ Peach shocked when she saw her paper self. |
| “ | I can't believe there's a whole other dimension. And another me! | „ |
| ~ Peach meeting her paper self. |
| “ | Oh my! What a lovely castle! You must have all worked so hard on this. Thank you so much, Mario! | „ |
| ~ Peach in the end of Super Mario Maker 2 |
| “ | Please hurry, Mario. In some ways, Bowser Jr. is even worse than his father... | „ |
| ~ Peach in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle |
| “ | Why are you the one always having all the fun? I want to do my part, too! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle |
| “ | Mario! Rabbid Peach! Beep-0! I'm SO relieved to see you! The Rabbids are especially... exuberant today! Someone has "misplaced" Rabbid Mario's overalls. They're missing, and he's too embarrassed to come out from that bush he's hiding in! | „ |
| ~ Peach, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope |
| “ | Thanks to you two, I can safely rule the Mushroom Kingdom, free from the terrible Koopaling clan. | „ |
| ~ Princess Peach, Hotel Mario. |
| “ | I love you mario! | „ |
| ~ Peach to Mario. |
Trivia
- In the Super Mario Bros live-action film, Princess Peach isn't actually the princess Mario and Luigi have to rescue. Instead, it's Princess Daisy (although her chief inspiration came from Peach).
- Is same with the Super Mario Bros animated film where Mario rescues Luigi instead of Princess Peach.
- In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Peach is referred to as Princess Toadstool; her appearance resembles her sprite from Super Mario Bros. and she had a major role in several episodes.
- Princess Peach debuted on October 18, 1985, and this coincides with her sapphire brooch.
- Princess Peach has appeared in more games than any other female character in video game history.
- Princess Peach and Dr. Eggman both had different names in western regions. Princess Peach was named Princess Toadstool and Dr. Eggman used to be named Dr. Robotnik. Coincidentally, both characters had their names changed to match their original ones around the debut of new video game consoles (Nintendo 64 and SEGA Dreamcast respectively). In addition to that, they are both skill type characters in Mario and Sonic.
- Princess Peach was actually first referred to as such international in Yoshi's Safari on SNES.
- She earned her name from the idiom "to be a peach"; which is for an attractive, likable, admirable, or otherwise good person.
External Links
- Princess Peach on Wikipedia
- Princess Peach on the Super Mario Wiki
- Princess Peach at the Pure Good Wiki
- Princess Peach at the Heroes Wiki
- Princess Peach at the Mario Wiki
- Princess Peach at the Super Smash Bros. Wiki
- Princess Peach at the Nintendo Wiki
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