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|image=[[File:SantaCartoon.jpg{{!}}250px]]<br>'''Santa Claus''' in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Koopa Klaus]]". | |||
|image=[[File:SantaCartoon.jpg{{!}}250px]]<br>Santa Claus in | |||
|full_name=Saint Nicholas | |full_name=Saint Nicholas | ||
|first_appearance="[[Koopa Klaus]]" ([[List of Mario games by date#1989|1989]]) | |||
|first_appearance="[[ | |species=[[Human]] | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2009|2009]]) | ||
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{{ | {{redirectshere|Nick|the member of the N-Gang|[[N-Gang#Nick]]}} | ||
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{{LLQuote|[[Toad]], in all my life, I've never seen anyone express the true Spirit of Christmas better than you!|Santa Claus|[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show]]}} | |||
'''[[wikipedia: Santa Claus|Santa Claus]]''', (usually simply '''Santa''', alternatively known as '''Nick''') is a jolly man who gives presents to people on Christmas Eve. He has made a few appearances in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' series, and has received many allusions in games. Santa Claus lives in a home near his workshop at the [[North Pole]], where his elves make toys. Santa Claus also rides around in a reindeer-drawn sleigh. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
In games, Santa Claus has only appeared in ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', as one of the prizes similar to the [[Golden Hammer]], though he did appear in | In games, Santa Claus has only appeared in ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', as one of the prizes similar to the [[Golden Hammer]], though he did appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and the ''[[Club Nintendo]]'' comic series. | ||
[[Smithy]] bears a resemblance to Santa, and ''Nintendo Power'' even stated in the Official ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Player's Guide that [[Smithy]]'s first form resembled a "diabolical Santa Claus." | [[Smithy]] bears a resemblance to Santa, and ''Nintendo Power'' even stated in the Official ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Player's Guide that [[Smithy]]'s first form resembled a "diabolical Santa Claus." | ||
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''=== | ===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''=== | ||
===="Koopa Klaus"==== | ===="Koopa Klaus"==== | ||
[[File:Toad&SantaSMSS.jpg|thumb|230px|Santa holding [[Toad]] after | [[File:Toad&SantaSMSS.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Santa holding [[Toad]] after Toad had finally learned the true meaning of Christmas.]] | ||
In "[[Koopa Klaus]]", [[Bowser|King Koopa]] | In "[[Koopa Klaus]]", [[Bowser|King Koopa]] had frozen Santa's workshop, and dressed up as Santa himself, calling himself "[[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus (alter ego)|Koopa Klaus]]". Koopa Klaus then kidnapped Santa, and attempted to ruin Christmas, but [[Mario]] and his friends rescued Santa. Santa was happy to be saved, but remarked that he couldn't make any toy deliveries since his workshop was still frozen. [[Princess Peach]] urges [[Toad]] to cheer Santa up by giving him his beloved snowboard for Christmas which the Mushroom Retainer does with no regrets. Upon offering his snowboard, Santa becomes so touched by the kindness expressed by Toad that the warmth of holiday cheer melted Santa's workshop. Santa then went to deliver presents and let Mario and friends ride with him. | ||
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===="Santa Claus | ===="Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush"==== | ||
[[File:Nick.jpg|200px|thumb|left|"Nick" with Mario]] | [[File:Nick.jpg|200px|thumb|left|"Nick" with Mario.]] | ||
In "[[Santa Claus | In "[[Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush]]", he turned up at [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] on Christmas Eve, because someone had stolen his "transportation". As he used the name Nick in this episode, Mario and [[Luigi]] never concluded that he ''was'' Santa Claus, despite obvious, subliminal messages throughout his stay. Worn out and tired, Mario and Luigi felt obligated to take in the stranger on Christmas Eve, and treated him to both their dinners, despite having very little to eat. | ||
After the [[CooKoo Bird]] announced the midnight hour on Christmas Day, Mario and Luigi rushed to open their presents, but they looked back at Nick. Feeling sorry for Nick, they offered their presents to him, who was grateful to be receiving presents on Christmas for once. | After the [[CooKoo Bird]] announced the midnight hour on Christmas Day, Mario and Luigi rushed to open their presents, but they looked back at Nick. Feeling sorry for Nick, they offered their presents to him, who was grateful to be receiving presents on Christmas for once. | ||
In the morning, Mario and Luigi woke up to see that although Nick had left during the night, he left behind presents for the brothers, along with a note stating that the cops had found his transportations. Mario and Luigi then saw Santa Claus ride by the basement window on his sleigh, but had serious doubts that their visitor was actually Santa Claus. | In the morning, Mario and Luigi woke up to see that although Nick had left during the night, he left behind presents for the brothers, along with a note stating that the cops had found his transportations. Mario and Luigi then saw Santa Claus ride by the basement window on his sleigh, but had serious doubts that their visitor was actually Santa Claus. | ||
===''Super Mario World'' television series=== | ===''Super Mario World'' television series=== | ||
===="The Night Before Cave Christmas"==== | ===="The Night Before Cave Christmas"==== | ||
Although Santa Claus himself never appeared on the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series, Mario did dress up as him to help emulate the spirit of Christmas for the [[Cave People]] during the episode "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]". Dressed as Santa, Mario eventually sets out to deliver toys to all of the | Although Santa Claus himself never appeared on the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series, Mario did dress up as him to help emulate the spirit of Christmas for the [[Cave People]] during the episode "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]". Dressed as Santa, Mario eventually sets out to deliver toys to all of the Cave Children in a [[Winged Yoshi]]-drawn sleigh. | ||
===="Rock TV"==== | ===="Rock TV"==== | ||
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===''Club Nintendo''=== | ===''Club Nintendo''=== | ||
[[File:SantaClausCN.jpg|thumb|Santa Claus in "Super Mario: Die Bescherung"]] | [[File:SantaClausCN.jpg|thumb|Santa Claus in "Super Mario: Die Bescherung".]] | ||
===="Super Mario: Die Bescherung"==== | ===="Super Mario: Die Bescherung"==== | ||
In the 1992 Club Nintendo comic "[[Super Mario: Die Bescherung]]", Mario and his friends throw a Christmas party. Mario leaves the house and shortly afterwards a man dressed as Santa Claus, but otherwise resembling Mario, enters the house, most of the guests are expecting that it's Mario dressed as Santa Claus. However, in this moment Mario joins the party again, astonishing the skeptical guests. | In the 1992 Club Nintendo comic "[[Super Mario: Die Bescherung]]", Mario and his friends throw a Christmas party. Mario leaves the house and shortly afterwards a man dressed as Santa Claus, but otherwise resembling Mario, enters the house, most of the guests are expecting that it's Mario dressed as Santa Claus. However, in this moment Mario joins the party again, astonishing the skeptical guests. | ||
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A differently-looking Santa Claus also appeared at the end of the story "[[Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24]]", joining the [[Kong]]s' Christmas party and bringing gifts. He also mentions that he is surprised to see [[Earth]] back in its original position (in the story, aliens accidentally pulled the planet away from the sun, and the Kongs convinced them to return it). | A differently-looking Santa Claus also appeared at the end of the story "[[Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24]]", joining the [[Kong]]s' Christmas party and bringing gifts. He also mentions that he is surprised to see [[Earth]] back in its original position (in the story, aliens accidentally pulled the planet away from the sun, and the Kongs convinced them to return it). | ||
===''Super Mario 64''=== | |||
Santa Claus was mentioned very briefly in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. His name was stated in the sign near the cabin at the top of [[Cool Cool Mountain]], where a sign said "Santa Claus isn't the only one who can go down the chimney!" | |||
===''Paper Mario'' series=== | ===''Paper Mario'' series=== | ||
====''Paper Mario''==== | ====''Paper Mario''==== | ||
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', if Mario chooses to sleep in the [[Toad House]] in [[Shiver City]], he will occasionally wake-up to find several [[Mushroom]]s and an [[ | In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', if Mario chooses to sleep in the [[Toad House]] in [[Shiver City]], he will occasionally wake-up to find several [[Mushroom]]s and an [[Ultra Shroom]] in the Toad House; the [[Toad (species)|Toad]] caretaker of the Toad House also implies that it may have been Santa Claus who left Mario these gifts. | ||
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==== | ====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==== | ||
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====''Super Paper Mario''==== | ====''Super Paper Mario''==== | ||
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the questions [[Boomer ( | In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the questions [[Boomer (Pixl)|Boomer]] the [[Pixl]] asks Mario is if he ever stays up at night wondering if anyone gives presents to Santa Claus. | ||
===''Mario & Luigi'' series=== | ===''Mario & Luigi'' series=== | ||
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====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''==== | ====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''==== | ||
The [[Hollijolli Mayor]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' is a reference to a Santa for the [[ | The [[Hollijolli Mayor]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' is a reference to a Santa for the [[Toad]]s, being the mayor of the winter-themed [[Hollijolli Village]] and even getting stuck in a chimney while wearing a red costume with white beard and having a Toad-like appearance. | ||
===''Mario Party 7''=== | ===''Mario Party 7''=== | ||
In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', there is a [[Bowser Time]] event exclusive to [[Neon Heights]] wherein Bowser will refer to himself as "Santa Bowser" before stealing either ten [[coin]]s from every player or a [[Power Star|Star]] from the player in the lead. Bowser will then order [[Koopa Kid]] to add the loot to the [[Treasure Chest]] on the board that already contains either the Star or twenty coins, noting that the player who claims the prize is getting a bonus out of it. | In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', there is a [[Bowser Time]] event exclusive to [[Neon Heights]] wherein Bowser will refer to himself as "Santa Bowser", before stealing either ten [[coin]]s from every player, or a [[Power Star|Star]] from the player in the lead. Bowser will then order [[Koopa Kid]] to add the loot to the [[Treasure Chest]] on the board that already contains either the Star or twenty coins, noting that the player who claims the prize is getting a bonus out of it. | ||
===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''=== | ===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''=== | ||
[[File:VIP Santa Invitation.png|200px|thumb| | [[File:VIP Santa Invitation.png|200px|thumb|Santa will visit Dream Events in December]] | ||
Santa Claus appears as a VIP member in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' during the month of December. He gives out 300 Star Tokens rather than 100 like the other VIP members. | Santa Claus appears as a VIP member in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' during the month of December. He gives out 300 Star Tokens rather than 100 like the other VIP members. So far, this is the only time that Santa Claus himself has appeared in a ''Mario'' game. | ||
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