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 a young Toad girl who was introduced as an extra character for Mario's sports games. She has since started making sporadic appearances in other Mario games, including appearing in some of the RPG titles and having a supporting/playable role in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.

Background

Adventure Games

Gamecube-Wii U Eras

Toadette made her first appearance outside of sports games in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. She showed up whenever Mario learned a new move and taught him how to use it. She seemed 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. However, her attempt to stop Wingo from stealing a Power Star resulting in her being captured. After she was rescued, Captain Toad was kidnapped instead, and Toadette was then able to travel on a solo adventure where she fought Wingo herself. She ended up being recaptured twice before Captain Toad defeated Wingo for good. She was later included in Super Mario Maker as one of Mario's possible Mystery Mushroom costumes, after she was unlocked by completing the "Toadette: Treasure Tracker" event course.

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 took only one hit to defeat. Toadette was also temporarily playable in some stages of the Remix 10 mode.

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. The Toads working under her had a tendency to shirk off, but they were also critical of her management style. 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.

Sports Games

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

• Kart Racing: Toadette appears 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. 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. Toadette and Peachette were two of the three characters that the player could unlock as their first playable character (the other being Toad).
• Baseball: Toadette is a playable character in Mario Superstar Baseball (unlocked by completing Peach's Challenge Mode) and Mario Super Sluggers.
• Golf: Toadette appears in Mario Golf: World Tour as a playable character who can be downloaded as part of the Mushroom Pack.
• Tennis: She is playable in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Tennis Aces.

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, 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 and Super Mario Party, she and Toad acted as hosts for the game. In the latter game, Toadette also guarded the Stars on each board.

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.
• 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 also made several small appearances in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

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.
• Toadette's picture appears on a scoreboard in the opening sequence of Mario Power Tennis, but she does not appear elsewhere in the game.
• 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.