Ah, Mario, so many unforgettable characters.

Who could forget the terror the first time they encounter Wingo?

The sheer delight that comes with your first modos toss,

the confusing new feelings surging through your body the first time you meet Bowsette.

All right, obviously these aren't the ones that immediately come to mind when you think Mario.

This is a 40 year old franchise.

There are a lot of characters and not all of them are going to be winners.

For every shy guy, you're getting a King Sammer.

For every lack of too, there's a Lord of Lightning.

But when it comes down to it, there's a small handful of true icons in the series.

And ever since the introduction of spin-offs like Mario Tennis, those characters are required to come in matching sets.

Mario is suddenly a game of pairs. Of course, you have the original duo that started at all,

Mario and Luigi. You have the dueling princesses, Peach and Daisy.

For every Bowser, you've got Bowser Jr.

Yoshi and Birdo, Warrio, and Mem God.

So then where does that leave poor Toad?

Fortunately when Mario Kart Double Dash released back in 2003,

whoa, that is nearly 20 years old. Oh boy, I am going to need a minute to process this.

Existential crises about my own mortality aside double dash gave toad a partner

who's now almost synonymous with the brand toadette pallet swap the original toad give it some

pigtails bam you've got yourself toad's. The perfect partner for...

Sorry, what was that?

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