Editing Mario's face

[[File:SM64 Mario Head.png|thumb|Artwork of Mario's head for ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]
{{quote|I'm-a bet you can't-a do this! WHEEEEEEEEE! Ahahaha!|Mario's face|Mario Teaches Typing 2}}
'''Mario's face''', also referred to as the '''Mario face''', is a floating disembodied head of [[Mario]]. The gameplay element of an interactive floating head of Mario (along with other disembodied character heads) has appeared in many games.

==History==
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
Mario's floating head first appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Mario's head appears during [[Mario Brothers Rap|The Mario Rap]] and as a transition during live-action segments.

===''Mario Teaches Typing'' / ''Mario Teaches Typing 2''===
Mario's floating head (animated with [[Mario in Real Time|VActor technology]]) later appears in ''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]''. He narrates players' lessons and actions as they learn to type, while also making random small talk, sometimes invoking jokes and comments about his lack of body.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
Mario's head later appears on the title screen of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', where players can tug and stretch his facial features (his nose, ears, cheeks, chin, and [[Mario Cap|cap]]) to humorous positions. The model originates from a demo for real-time vertex calculations by ex-[[Nintendo]] programmer {{wp|Giles Goddard (video game programmer)|Giles Goddard}}, which featured a primitive Mario head controlled via movement from a camera on an {{wp|SGI Indy}} workstation.<ref>Green, Mark (September 10, 2010). [https://pixelatron.com/blog/the-making-of-super-mario-64-full-giles-goddard-interview-ngc/ The Making Of Super Mario 64 – full Giles Goddard interview (NGC)]. ''Pixelatron''. Retrieved June 26, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230328155419/https://pixelatron.com/blog/the-making-of-super-mario-64-full-giles-goddard-interview-ngc/ Archived] March 28, 2023, 15:54:19 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> As ''Super Mario 64'' was Nintendo's first title for the [[Nintendo 64]], an interactive Mario face served to familiarize the player with the [[Nintendo 64#Controller|Nintendo 64 Controller]] without worrying about the actual gameplay. Additionally, Mario's head appears dazed and worn out on the [[Game Over]] screen.

In the remake ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Mario's head appears along with a [[Yoshi]] head. In this game, Mario's face can turn into an ink outline version of itself, which can be distorted with the [[Nintendo DS#Stylus|stylus]] or various buttons. The player can also erase the face and draw their own creations.

Mario's face is also a feature in some of the [[minigame]]s in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. When the player opens a [[treasure chest]] in [[Boom Box (minigame)|Boom Box]], the chest makes a sound, astonishing Mario's face on the top screen. If the player makes a mistake, Mario's face frowns, while if the player succeeds, Mario's face beams joyously at the player. Mario's face yells and looks dazed if the player gets a Game Over in any minigame. When the player clears any minigame round or beats a high score, Mario's face is astonished, then bursts out laughing. In [[Tox Box Shuffle]], if the player finds Yoshi in the right [[Tox Box]], Mario's head bursts into laughter like how the player succeeds in Boom Box; if the player loses twice in a round, Mario's head yells.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Although a floating Mario head does not appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', it has appeared in website advertisements for certain events that promoted the game. In the [[Guide Book]], an icon of Mario's face represents the area on the map of [[Isle Delfino]] he is in. The game's save data icon in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] main menu is additionally an animation of Mario's disembodied head.

====''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
The heads of Mario, [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], Yoshi, and [[Toad]], along with [[Mii]] heads, have appeared in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' as file icons. In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', a [[Rosalina]] head can be unlocked as a file icon when the player collects 120 [[Power Star|Star]]s and unlocks the [[Prankster Comet#Green Comet|Green Comet]]s. Also, the Peach head has her neck removed unlike in the predecessor, allowing more of a disembodied feature.

''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' features a spaceship modeled after Mario's head, [[Starship Mario]].

===''Super Mario-kun''===
Mario's face is also referenced in the beginning chapter of volume 16 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. This volume also follows ''Super Mario 64''{{'}}s story. Later in the volume, there is a 4-koma that involves Yoshi playing the game and not only moving Mario's face to bizarre positions but also drawing on it.

===''Mario Party'' series===
Mario's face later appears in the ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' version of [[Face-Lift (minigame)|Face Lift]] (also in ''[[Mario Party]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' but with [[Bowser]]'s face and no other faces), where the player has to alter the face of Mario or other characters in the game. The more accurately the face is changed to match a picture, the more [[point]]s the player receives. The player who earns the most points wins, although two players can win if they earn the same number of points. Mario's head, along with a Luigi head, Peach head, Yoshi head, [[Wario]] head, and [[Donkey Kong]] head, appears in the 1-vs-3 minigame [[Look Away]], where each head has to dance along to the music, and the team of three heads must avoid looking in the same direction as the single player head. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Mario's face is one of the faces (alongside [[Wiggler]] and Toad) to appear in the minigame [[Picture Imperfect]]. The player must get his ''M'' on his hat right, nose right, mustache right, mouth right, and eyes right. In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', the minigame [[Making Faces]] involve players' recreating Mario's or Bowser's face as accurately as possible.

===Unused appearances===
====''Mario Artist: Paint Studio''====
Mario's face appears as an icon and on a TV screen during the minigame [[Gnat Attack]] in a prototype of ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''.<ref>{{media link|Mario-artist-gnat-attack.png|Image of the minigame, featuring Mario's face in the top-left corner of the screen}}</ref> Additionally, according to an image shared by Nintendo of America's Twitter account on [[Mario Day|Mar10 Day]] 2023, Mario's face in ''Super Mario 64'' was taken from a prototype of what eventually became this game,<ref>Nintendo of America. [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1634252793795039232 MAR10DAY post]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 10, 2023.</ref> previously referred to by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] as ''Mario Paint 3D''.<ref>[https://shmuplations.com/mario64/ Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews]. ''shmuplations''. Retrieved January 27, 2022.</ref>

====''Mario's Face''====
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A [[tech demo]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] involved Mario's face, which could be squeezed and stretched so as to demonstrate to players about the usage of the Touch Screen.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MTT Marios face.jpg|The floating Mario head as seen in ''Mario Teaches Typing'' (CD-ROM version)
Mario's Head Model SM64.png|Model from ''Super Mario 64'' 
SM64 MarioHead.gif|Animation from the title screen of ''Super Mario 64''
MarioMiniSM64.png|Mario's face in ''Super Mario 64''
MTT2 Mario Head.png|The floating Mario head as seen in ''Mario Teaches Typing 2''
Pnpvol5 marioface.PNG|''[[Picross NP|Picross NP Vol. 5]]''
Mario Party 2 Face Lift.png|Mario's face in the minigame [[Face-Lift (minigame)|Face Lift]] from ''Mario Party 2''
MarioHeadSM64DS.png|In-game model from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
File:MarioMiniSM64DS.png|[[Tox Box Shuffle]] from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
File:Boom Box.png|[[Boom Box (minigame)|Boom Box]] from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
SMG2 Mario File Select.png|Mario's head as a file icon in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
File:SMP Making Faces Mario.png|[[Making Faces]] from ''[[Super Mario Party]]''
Mario'sFace SuperMarioKun.jpg|Mario's face in ''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
|-
!width=30%|Title
!width=35%|Description
!width=15%|Release date
!width=20%|System/format
|-
|''[[Mario Teaches Typing]]'' (CD-ROM version only)
|Makes small talk with player while playing. 
|1994
|PC
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
|Appears on Title Screen, speaks occasionally. Can be altered with hand.
|1996
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]''
|Makes small talk with player while playing. 
|1996
|PC
|-
|''[[Mario Party 2]]''
|Must be altered in the minigame [[Face Lift]]. Also appears in [[Look Away]] along with other character heads.
|1999
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium 2|Pokémon Stadium 2]]''
|Cameo on a TV screen, and appears exactly as in ''Super Mario 64''.
|2001
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|Face appears on Title Screen. If touched with stylus, it becomes a sketch. Also observes several minigames.
|2004
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
|Featured in one of the loading screens, similarly to Peach's, Yoshi's, Wario's, Donkey Kong's, and Bowser's head each having their own loading screen variation.
|2005
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|File icon
|2007
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|File icon and [[Starship Mario]]
|2010
|Wii
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Appears on title screen, speaks occasionally. Can be altered with hand. (''Super Mario 64'')<br>File icon (''Super Mario Galaxy'')
|2020
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Quotes==
The following quotes are from the ''Mario Teaches Typing'' series.
*''"Oh! That's the file menu. Hmm."''
*''"Oooh! That's-a the student's menu."''
*''"That's-a the lesson's menu."''
*''"You're fantastic! I know you're going to be a great typist one day."''
*''"I'm-a going to fly for you. Mmmmmph. Mmmmmmmph. Mmmmmmmmph. Mmmmmmmph. KRSH! Ow! ... I hit my nose."''
*''"Oh no! {{wp|I've fallen, and I can't get up!|I'm-a fallen, and I can't-a get up!}} That is my impression of [[United States of America|American]] advertising! Thank you very much! Thank you! Thank you!"''
*''"Hmmm... Oh! Nice computer you've got here. Can I have it?"''
*''"Look, I'm {{wp|Pong|a video game}}. Pong...pong pong...pong pong...pong... Thank you very much, thank you, thank you."''
*''"Hey, you got a good joke for Mario?"''
*''"My nose-a feels-a funny against this screen. Hmm."''
*''"Have you seen [[Luigi]]? Hmm."''
*''"Have you seen [[Princess Peach|the Princess]]? PRINCESS! Hmm."''
*''"Thank you for choosing [[Mario Teaches Typing]], from [[Nintendo]] and [[Interplay]]."''
*''"Have you seen the Princess? PRINCESS! Hmm, I'm-a can't find her."''<ref>1983parrothead (July 24, 2013). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFzFsCHPuNA Mario Teaches Typing 1]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 24, 2015.</ref>
*''"Say, I'm-a thirsty. You got something to drinky?"''
*''"Hey, I'm-a hungry. Have you got any food?"''
*''"Okey-dokey. Let's do the next lesson."''
*''"Oh, boy, finally! I'm-a get to move on the ground! Here we go! Movin' on the ground, movin' on the ground! Hee hee hee hee! Hey, where'd everybody go? Oh, there you are! Hahaha!"''
*''"Hey! Are you ready to Mariocise? Okey-dokey. You do just like Mario, OK? One... Very good! Two... And three! Wheeeeee! Oh. Sorry. That's hard for you, but easy for me. You know why? (in sing-song voice) {{wp|I Ain't Got Nobody|I ain't got no body!}} (in normal voice) Get it? No body? Heeheeheeheehee! Eeheeheehee! Wheeee haha!"''
*''"Hey, can you tell me what the back of my head looks like? Oops! I'm-a disappeared for a minute. Hey, why are you upside-down? Oh, sorry. Heeheehee! It was me."''
*''"Can I sing a song for you? {{wp|That's Amore|When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's amore}}; when an eel lunges out, and he takes a bite of your snout, that's a moray! Get it? The {{wp|moray eel}}? Heeheeheeheehee! I said-a funny!"''
*''"Hey, wait a minute. Where's all my furniture? Hey, somebody must've brought a moving van in here! Hmm."''
*''"Oh, boy! That-a makes me so happy, I'm-a lightheaded! Wee!"''
*''"Hey, what are you doing upside-down anyway? What's-a matter for you? Oh, wait a minute... Hmm... Oh, it's me, sorry. Heehee!"''<ref>LuigiBlood (June 2, 2009). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZS4NFJyZCM Mario Teaches Typing (CD Version) DOS - Gameplay]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 24, 2015.</ref>
*''"Oh boy, look at that keyboard! I'll bet you're going to learn how to type on it! Heehee!"''
*''"Hoo hoo! Hello! It's me, Mario! And I'm-a want to thank you for choosing Mario Teaches Typing. I know you're gonna be a great typist. Hee hee."''
*''"I'm-a bet you can't do this! WHEEEEEEEEEE! Ahahaha!"''
*''"Hello! It's me, Mario! Thank you for starting me up!"''
*''"Hmm, Mario's Smash and Dash."''
*''"Mario's Wet World Challenge."''
*''"Ooh! Mario's Tunnel of Doom! Very scary!"''
*''"Oh, look! It's-a Mario's Expert Express!"''
*''"Oh, look! Hmm... It's Mario's Expert Express! I'll bet you're an expert, too."''
*''"Oh, you're doing great!"''
*''"Ooh! You're getting faster. Keep it up."''
*''"Hey, who's that behind you? Made you look! Made you look! Heeheehee!"''
*''"Look I don't got no tonsils! Aaaah..."''
*''"Hoo hoo! I always want to type."''
*''"Hoo hoo! You're getting better with each lesson."''
*''"Oh, boy! That was a tough lesson! But I bet, if we do it again, it's-a gonna be easier!"''
*''"Hmm... Guess what time it is? It's time for you to type! Let's do this!"''
*''"Hey, Luigi! It's-a time for you to try!"''
*''"Hello there, are you ready to type? Good! Then let's go."''
*''"Hey, are you ready to type? Gooooooooooood!"''
*''"So, you want to type, eh? Well, there's no better time than now. Go for it."''
*''"If you’re ready, go for it."''
*''"Okey-dokey! I'm-a ready to run!"''
*''"Okey-dokey! Begin typing now!"''
*''"Okey-dokey! Get ready to move your fingers!"''
*''"Hey, that was pretty good. But I know you can do even better."''
*''"Hey, that was pretty good. Let's see if we can go even faster next lesson, eh?"''
*''"Okey-dokey. It's time to type now, so go for it."''
*''"That was great! Want to try again?"''
*''"Oh oh! That wasn't as fast as last time. Let's try again, okay?"''
*''"Uh-oh. That wasn't quite as-a fast as the last time. Hmm... Are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now...if I had any! Hehehehehe!"''
*''"Uh-oh, we slipped a little bit. Now let's get back in there and try real hard to get better, eh?"''
*''"That was fantastic! See you next time! Okay, bye-bye! ... Peekaboo!"''
*''"Hey, don't leave me all alone! Hey, where is everybody? Come back!"''
*''"Get ready to show those rock heads what you can do!"''
*''"Okey-dokey, it's time to type now, so go for it."''
*''"Hmm, you have a nice PC here. Hmm, very nice. Hmm, nice keyboard, too."''
*''"Hey! Anybody got a diving board?"''
*''"Hey! I wonder there's hidden treasure down there?"''
*''"Oooh! I can swim very fast when someone is chasing me!"''
*''"Welcome to the outside world. You going to be typing one letter at a time. I know you can do it."''
*''"Welcome to the intermediate level. You going to be typing whole words now. Hoo hoo!"''
*''"Okey-dokey. Now we go to advanced level. Watch out for falling rocks! Heeheehee, scary!"''
*''"On your mark...get set...go!"''
*''"Typing is fun. Try it!"''
*''"Hey, I got something in my eye. Can you help me get it out?"''
*''"I'm-a look better when I standing still. Hmm!"''
*''"When I kiss-a the Princess, I'm-a get lightheaded. Hee!"''
*''"Hey, you must be pretty ready to type now, so do it!"''
*''"Hoo hoo! Good job!"''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|ChiS=马力欧的脑袋<ref>iQue's ''Super Mario 64'' instruction booklet, page 7.</ref><br>''Mǎlì'ōu de Nǎodai''<br>马力欧头像<ref>[https://ia803005.us.archive.org/33/items/iQueSM64DSManual/0607.png  iQue's ''Super Mario 64 DS'' instruction booklet, page 7].</ref><br>''Mǎlì'ōu Tóuxiàng''
|ChiSM=Mario's Head<br><br>Mario Head Portrait
}}

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