Toadette

Toadette as seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Toadette
Species	Toad
Voiced by	Jen Taylor (2003-2005) Jennifer Hale (2005) Samantha Kelly (2007-Present)
Debut	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Toadette is an adventurous young Toad girl who has acted as a recurring character in the Super Mario series. Originally introduced as an extra character for the spin-off games and a female counterpart to Toad, she has gone on to gradually make more prominent appearances in mainline games as both a supporting and playable character, including acting as one of the main characters of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. She is depicted as having a pink mushroom cap with white spots, along with two distinctive plaits of hair which match the coloring and pattern of her cap.

Background

Adventure Games

Gamecube-Wii U Eras

Toadette made her first appearance outside of sports games in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Whenever Mario gained a new boot or hammer upgrade, Toadette appeared to provide a tutorial on how to use the upgrade's accompanying move. She was shown to be quite sad when she finished teaching Mario the last move and had to say goodbye. She also appeared in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix as the owner of an island hotel. When Mario and Toad accidentally twisted the hotel into a corkscrew, she demanded that they fixed it, despite their hurry. After they used the power of dance to do so, Toadette warned them about the dangers of the sea, but was promptly ignored.

In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Toadette joined Captain Toad in exploring for treasure. In the prologue of Episode 1, they discovered a Power Star, only for Wingo to swoop in and take it. Toadette clung to the Star and ended up being taken away with it. At the end of the episode, Captain Toad defeated Wingo and saved her. Wingo returned in Episode 2 to claim another Power Star that they had found, with a reversed outcome: this time, it was Captain Toad was was captured. So Toadette donned a headband light similar to Captain Toad's and went on her on adventure in Episode 2 in order to save him. This ended with Toadette finding Captain Toad in a pile of Wingo's spoils at Battle Tower Blitz. Their victory was short-lived, as Wingo then grabbed Toadette and sent Captain Toad flying away. Within Episode 2, Wingo dropped Toadette into the Stumpy Springs Sanctuary, and she went on her own journey parallel to Captain Toad's, until she was captured again at the Scalding Scaffold Sinkhole. Captain Toad proceeded to defeat Wingo once more time, with Toadette throwing him a Super Mushroom during the battle. After they were reunited, they rode a minecart and celebrated, until Captain Toad retreated to go on another adventure.

Toadette played an important behind-the-scenes role in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, where she worked with the Paper Toads that Mario, Paper Mario and Luigi collected in order to create Papercrafts and other useful items for their quest, as well as making Trio Attacks for the three protagonists to use. Toadette described herself as the brains of the operation, with the Paper Toads acting as her manual labor. After her Papercraft Yoshi defeated Papercraft King Boo, the Kameks attempted to have her captured to stop her from making any more Papercrafts, at which point Mario's group had to save her from a Fly Guy in a minigame before they could progress further.

In Super Mario Run, Toadette appeared as a referee for Toad Rally mode and could also be unlocked as a playable character by unlocking her house in Kingdom Builder, which itself was unlocked by recruiting 200 Toads of each available color and spending 1000 coins to build the house. Toadette's gameplay was the same as Mario's, except that she initially took only one hit to defeat until an update made it so that she alternated between small and Super forms, much like Mario himself. Toadette was also temporarily playable in some stages of the Remix 10 mode. When played as in the Toad Rally mode, Toadette could also infatuate some Toads to her player's side before the final tally.

Switch Era

Toadette also appeared in Super Mario Odyssey, After the main story was completed, she could be found in Princess Peach's Castle, where she kept track of the achievements that Mario made within the game and gave him a Power Moon (in the shape of a Power Star, like all other Power Moons obtained in that kingdom) for every achievement that he accomplished. In New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Toadette was added as a playable character joining Mario, Luigi, a Toad and Nabbit in their quest to save Peach from Bowser and the Koopalings. Toadette was exclusively able to use a unique power-up known as the Super Crown, which would transform her into Peachette, a form that was nearly identical to Peach's appearance and gave her the same gliding effect that Peach typically has.

In Super Mario Maker 2, she was available as a playable character for multiplayer mode and also had an NPC role in Story Mode. Within the Story Mode, she was referred to as Chief, as she was the head of the construction group that was rebuilding Peach's castle. They had used up all of their budget in their first attempt at building the castle, so Mario had to collect coins to fund the project. The Toads working under her had a tendency to shirk off, which she blamed their union for, but they were also critical of her management style. For the last mission (which is triggered when the castle's stained glass window, its last part, is only one step from completion), Toadette was kidnapped by Bowser (in the form of Meowser) and had to be rescued. She also appeared in Dr. Mario World as Dr. Toadette, one of various playable doctors who could be unlocked through the game's Staffing feature. Her Skill in Story Mode was to turn two objects into boxes at random, while in Versus Mode, it was to hide four of the opponent's viruses in clouds. Toadette also made a small appearance in Bowser's Fury, in which she camped out at Fur Step Island and tasked Mario with finding the rest of the Toad Brigade, who each joined her at the campsite after being rescued.

She made another playable appearance in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, in which she was part of the group who visited the Flower Kingdom and promptly worked together to save it from Bowser.

In Other Mario-Related Games

Sports, Racing and Party Spin-Offs

Toadette first appeared in a sports game, and they were initially her primary source of appearances.

• Kart Racing: Toadette appears as a playable racer in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (unlocked by completing the 150cc Special Cup, with her personal kart being the Toadette Kart, and Toad as her partner), Mario Kart Wii (unlocked by playing Time Trials in 32 different courses), Mario Kart 8 (unlocked at random upon completion of any cup), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Mario Kart Tour. Her Peachette form was also playable in Mario Kart Tour and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (as part of the Booster Course Pass's final wave of DLC in November 2023).
  • In Tour, she could be unlocked at random through the game's pipe-firing mechanic, with a rarity level of Super, and Peachette was also included with a rarity level of High End. Either Toadette or Toad would be unlocked as the player's starting racer when first starting the game, and Peachette was one of the characters who could be unlocked through a free pipe launch after the tutorial. There have also been a number of Variants that have been made available throughout the game's run, typically of High-End rarity and starting as tour-exclusive racers: Explorer (based on her Treasure Tracker appearance), Builder Toadette (based on her Super Mario Maker 2 appearance), Penguin Toadette, Sailor and Astronaut.
• Baseball: Toadette is a playable character in Mario Superstar Baseball (unlocked by completing Peach's Challenge Mode) and Mario Super Sluggers.
• Golf: Toadette appeared as a playable character in Mario Golf: World Tour (as DLC included in the Mushroom Pack) and Mario Golf: Super Rush (after a free update in August 2020). In Super Rush, she also played a role in the Golf Adventure mode as one of the aspiring golfers staying at the same camping-house that the player's Mii moved into.
• Tennis: She was playable in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Tennis Aces.
• The Olympics: In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Toadette appeared as a playable guest character for the 110m Hurdles event.

Mario Party

Toadette appeared as an unlockable playable character in Mario Party 6, where she was unlocked after depositing thirty stars in the Star Bank. She made return appearances as a normal playable character in Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8 and Mario Party 10, while she was left out of Mario Party 9 entirely. She could also be unlocked in Mario Party: Star Rush by recruiting her in the Toad Scramble mode.

She also made a nonplayable appearance as the host/co-host of several modes in Mario Party Advance and in Mario Party DS as host of the Toadette's Music Room board. In the second stage of the latter game's Story Mode, Toadette asked for Mario and company's help in defeating a Hammer Bro who was messing up her instruments, and after they did so, she rewarded them with the second Sky Crystal. In Mario Party: The Top 100, Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars, she and Toad acted as hosts for the game. In the latter two games, Toadette also guarded the Stars on each board.

Cameos and Non-Storyline Appearances

• Toadette's picture appears next to Toad's on a scoreboard in the opening sequence of Mario Power Tennis, but she does not appear elsewhere in the game.
• During the opening sequence of Super Mario Galaxy, a figure resembling Toadette can be seen from behind with a Toad in one image, while another image shows two Toads resembling Toadette, again from behind, sitting among a group of Toads.
• In Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, a large cut-out image of Toadette was seen at the Trick House of the Yoshi Park 2 course.
• In Super Mario Maker, she appeared as one of Mario's possible Mystery Mushroom costumes, after she was unlocked by completing the "Toadette: Treasure Tracker" event course.
• In WarioWare: Get It Together!, Toadette could appear in the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker microgame when it was played in two-player co-op mode.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• She made a non-playable appearance in Yakuman DS as a default opponent.
• Within the Super Smash Bros. series, Toadette has been represented through a trophy and two stickers (one of her her from Mario Party 6 and one of her and Toad from Mario Party 7) in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and a Master Spirit (using her Treasure Tracker appearance) in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In her Spirit battle, Toadette's Spirit possessed a female Villager and fought alongside a Mii Brawler dressed as Toad. After being defeated, Toadette's spirit moved to a nearby hut and ran explorations of the Ruins. An Ace-rank Primary Spirit of Peachette also became available starting in May 2019.
• In Nintendo releases of Minecraft, Toadette appears as a playable skin that can be obtained as part of the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack.
• Toadette appeared in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as a minor character who was mostly featured in escort missions. Throughout the first three worlds of the game, Toadette and Toad were separated at least once per world, and one of them would enlist the help of Mario's group to find the other, much to Beep-0's chagrin. Toadette acted as a temporarily playable character when escorted, although she could not do anything other than move around. She later made only one appearance in the sequel, Sparks of Hope, in which she had to be rescued from a Darkmess Puddle at the Barrendale Mesa.

Canceled Appearances

• Unused data for Toadette was found in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, which seems to indicate that she was intended to be added as a playable character at some point in development, similar to her inclusion in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. She still makes a non-playable appearance in Bowser's Fury mode.

Other Media

• In Super Mario-Kun, she made a cameo appearance among a group of Toads in one of the chapters based on Super Mario Galaxy.
• In the 2023 CGI film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Toadette's image is seen on an illustrated banner in the Mushroom Kingdom, depicting her performing music with two other Toads.

Trivia

• Her Japanese name is "Kinopiko" (officially romanized as "Kinopico"). It is a play on the Kinopio, Japanese name for "Toad" (which itself is a play on "kinoko", the Japanese word for "mushroom") combined with "ko", which means "child" and is often used to signify female names in Japanese. The same name was previously used for Vanna T. in the Japanese version of Paper Mario.
• Her team names in Mario Party 7 suggest a darker or more mischievous side to Toadette. When paired with Wario, they are the "Secret Friends", with Waluigi the "Diabolical Duo", with Boo the "Terrifying Twosome" and with Koopa Kid the "Potent Pals".
• Several Toads resembling Toadette are also seen in the storybook opening of Super Mario Galaxy.
• After being kidnapped by Bowser in Super Mario Maker 2, she claims that it was the first time she saw Bowser up close.