Your pet peeves in the Mario series

No you can't. That's nonsense.
 
I mean honestly there's very few characters I can be bothered to care about nowadays but they still exist.
 
Mario has nothing going for him.

He goes for himself and Luigi.
 
Well toddlers are still babies per se. And it just rolls off the tongue better to say "baby" than "toddler".
 
winstein said:
From what I see, Mario's personality mainly revolves around positive qualities rather than flawed ones (examples: Luigi has fear, Wario has greed and Waluigi has jealousy), and I guess people consider positive traits as bland?

In case you don't know how Nintendo outlined Mario's personality, here's a reference from a 1993 guidebook. Although it has been many years since, the fact that nothing in the recent years contradicted the information below shows that Mario's personality is more or less consistent.

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Thank you for reading.
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This is accurate! To add to this, I believe the character archetype they use for Mario is called the "positive flat character". Mario's personality never really changes or "develops", because he's already got an ideal set of morals and is portrayed as a good person with only minor flaws (ex. being a bit on the chubby side). He doesn't need to change, and there'd be no use trying to get him to turn evil or simply to do a bad thing. Rather, the purpose of Mario's character would be to influence the world around him with his good nature, changing it for the better rather than the world changing him. A key example I can think of off the top of my head is Koops. In the beginning, he's incredibly timid and unsure of himself, which only got worse when his father Koopley was seemingly killed by Hooktail. Once Mario comes along, Koops joins him after learning he plans to take down Hooktail, wanting to become stronger not just for himself, but for his girlfriend, Koopie Koo. And in doing so, he gets to reunite with his father once Hooktail is done in, and by the end of the game, Koops does indeed become more self-confident and is a much happier person, thanks to Mario having influenced him in a positive way.