" I am the great Wart! MWAHAHA!"

—Wart, Super Mario Advance

Wart (マム, Mamu^?) is the main antagonist of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and its overseas conversion Super Mario Bros. 2. While he has little difference during gameplay, Wart's role within each game's story is considerably different, but both involve him conquering Subcon and ruling over its namesake inhabitants.

Profile[]

Physical description[]

Wart is a fat regal frog, with a crown on his head and a purple robe that can scarcely conceal his big belly. He seems to be very prideful and selfish, however, he also seems to be cruel as he brainwashed the innocent inhabitants of Subcon and turned them into his own personal foot soldiers.

Personality traits[]

Wart does not like vegetables. This is taken advantage of in both Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

In Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic[]

Wart abducts the youngest brother and sister from an Arabian family by snatching them away through an enchanted storybook. This game's heroes, siblings Imajin and Lina and parents Mama and Papa, fight Wart by throwing vegetables at him. After four vegetables are thrown at Wart, he is defeated, and the Subcon are freed from his tyranny.

In Super Mario series[]

Super Mario Bros. 2[]

Mario has a dream in which a voice pleads for his help. The voice explains that Wart has taken over Subcon, the land of dreams, but that Mario can defeat him by throwing vegetables at him.

During his boss fight, Wart moves back and forth on a platform and attacks by blowing bubbles at Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, or Toad. The Dream Machine produces vegetables that can be thrown at Wart. After six hits, Wart is defeated, and the Subcon species are freed from his tyranny. During the character rankings, a beaten Wart is seen being crowd-surfed by the Subcons from left-to-right across the screen.

In the Game Boy Advance remake Super Mario Advance, Wart, like the other bosses, were given a few lines of voice acting. Wart in particular was voiced by Charles Martinet. One of Wart's lines is "Ah, ribbit!", being the only time in the game where it was made evident that Wart is a frog. There is a small difference from previous versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 in which after Wart is defeated, the player's character no longer takes damage from touching Wart.

BS Super Mario USA[]

Wart appears in all four parts of the 1996 Satellaview title BS Super Mario USA.

While a lot of the locations are largely the same, BS Super Mario USA features a story taking place after the original Super Mario Bros. 2. Here, Wart and his army of 8-bits return to Subcon to conquer it once more, overthrowing its king, Ōsama.

Every jar in Subspace leads to Wart's room, which is identical to the one he has in World 7-2 of Super Mario Bros. 2. Wart is fought in the same manner as before, and the Dream Machine produces vegetables that can be used on him.

Like Mouser and Birdo, his portrait will periodically appear on the screen as he casts randomly a spell on Mario. This could be stopped only when Princess Toadstool aggressively interrupts it. Wart has voice acting like the other major characters, but unlike them, his picture is not shown on the top-right while he talks.

In Super Paper Mario[]

One of the items listed on Francis' to-buy list is issue #47 of "Cyborg Wart." Later, when Francis speaks to Princess Peach through the Swoon.exe, a dating simulator, one of the items on his list of things to give her is an issue of Cyborg Wart.

Crossover appearances[]

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening[]

Wart appears as a minor character in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, under his Japanese name Mamu. Mamu's sprite in this game is almost identical to the sprite used in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, in fact. For 300 rupees, Wart teaches Link a new song to play on the ocarina, the Frog's Song of Soul. After teaching Link the song, Wart is not seen again.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

Wart is featured as a primary spirit. It can be obtained either from its corresponding spirit battle in Adventure Mode: World of Light or the Spirit Board or from buying it at the Vault Shop for 1,000G.

In other media[]

Nintendo Comics System[]

Wart appears in story "Cloud Burst." Here, Princess Toadstool's father, King Toadstool is looking to buy a new mattress, as his current one is too lumpy. Disguised as a bed salesman, Wart takes the king up into the clouds and advertises a bed-shaped rain cloud as a Cloud Nine mattress. As the King rests up on that cloud, it causes rain all over the Mushroom Kingdom, but is quickly patched up by the Mario Bros. Oddly, his character design resembled a crocodile rather than a frog.

In "Duh Stoopid Bomb!," Wart's name is seen on Wooster's list of characters who believe the King Toadstool to be stupid.

Wart also appears in the story "Tanooki Suits Me."

Nintendo Adventure Books[]

Wart appears in the sixth Nintendo Adventure Book, titled "Doors to Doom." In the book, Wart is a skateboarder who helps the Mario Bros. in their plight, rather than attempting to thwart them.

Game data[]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit[]

Primary Spirit
47. Wart Super Mario Series	Information Type Class ★★ Slot ⬡⬡ Ability N/A Stats Lvl. 1 Lvl. 99 Power 1,539 Power 6,180 Attack 677 Attack 2,719 Defense 862 Defense 3,461

Timeline[]

Nomenclature[]

Trivia[]

• Wart was planned to appear in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, but many of his characteristics ended up being inherited by King Koopa, i.e. Bowser as he appears within the show.
• In the German Club Nintendo magazine, Wart is the main character of his own story, "Wart steht unter Strom," but he oddly takes on Bowser's appearance throughout.
• There is a popular theory says that the Animal Crossing character Wart Jr. is Wart's son.

Gallery[]

To view Wart's image gallery, click here.

Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool • Subcon
	Bosses	Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdo • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
Enemies	Enemies	Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Shy Guy • Big Ninji • Bob-Omb • Bouncing blade • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Small Fry Guy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items	Items	1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coin • Cherry • Coin • Mushroom • Small heart • Starman • Yoshi Egg
Objects	Objects	Bomb • Brick wall • Carrot • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetable • Grass • Hidden Item Container • Jar • Key • Key Door • Magic Potion • Mushroom Block • POW • Rocket • Spark Chaser • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable
Worlds	World 1	World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3
	World 2	World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3
	World 3	World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3
	World 4	World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3
	World 5	World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-3
	World 6	World 6-1 • World 6-2 • World 6-3
	World 7	World 7-1 • World 7-2
Alternate versions	Alternate versions	BS Super Mario USA • Super Mario Advance
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Gallery • 8 bits • Bonus Chance • Subcon • Subspace