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 sme of the RPG titles and having a supporting/playable role in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.
Background
Adventure Games
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 fix 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 later 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 tree 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 to progress.
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) for every achievement that he accomplished.
Sports Games
Toadette first appeared in a sports game, and they are 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) and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
- Baseball: Toadette is an unlockable character in Mario Superstar Baseball, and (unlocked by completing Peach's Challenge Mode) and as an automatically playable character in Mario Super Sluggers.
- Golf: Toadette appears in Mario Golf: World Tour as a playable character who can be dowloaded 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 went on to become a regularly playable character in Mario Party 7, Mario Party 8, Mario Party 10 and Mario Party: Star Rush (unlocked by recruiting her in the Toad Scramble mode), while she was left out of Mario Party 9 entirely.
She also makes a nonplayable appearance in Mario Party DS as host of the Toadette's Music Room board. In the second stage of the game's Story Mode, Toadette asks 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, she and Toad acted as hosts for the game.
Trivia
- 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 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".
- Toadette appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Brawl also contains a sticker of her from Mario Party 6 and one of her with Toad from Mario Party 7.