The Toad Brigade
- This article is about the musical theme from Super Mario Galaxy. For the group of Toads led by Captain Toad, see Toad Brigade.
| "The Toad Brigade" | |
|---|---|
| "The Toad Brigade" in Super Mario Galaxy | |
 Image from Nintendo Music | |
| Composed by: Mahito Yokota | |
| Key | F major |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart World (2025) |
"The Toad Brigade"[1][2] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for Super Mario Galaxy, where it plays whenever the player talks to Captain Toad. In subsequent games and other works in the Super Mario franchise, this theme is often used as a leitmotif for Captain Toad.
Reuses[edit]
The following list does not include ports and remakes of Super Mario Galaxy.
| Game | Description |
|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | "The Toad Brigade" plays whenever the player talks to Captain Toad. |
| Super Mario Odyssey | "The Toad Brigade," now titled "Toad Brigade Member" in the in-game Music List, plays whenever Mario talks to Captain Toad. |
| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | "The Toad Brigade," now titled "It's Captain Toad!" in the Nintendo Music app, plays whenever the player talks to Captain Toad on the world map. |
Arrangements[edit]
This section is a stub. Please consider expanding it to include any missing information. Specifics: Super Nintendo World information
Super Mario 3D World[edit]
In Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, an arrangement of "The Toad Brigade," titled "Captain Toad Goes Forth" in the game's official soundtrack, plays in the Captain Toad's Adventures levels Captain Toad Goes Forth, Captain Toad Makes a Splash, Captain Toad Gets Thwomped, and Captain Toad Takes a Spin. The first half of the arrangement is almost identical to the Super Mario Galaxy original, but the second half includes a new extended melody heard in later arrangements of the theme.
A ghost house-style arrangement of "The Toad Brigade" titled "Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo" plays in the level of the same name.
The theme "Captain Toad's Fiery Finale," which plays in the level of the same name, features an arrangement of the main motif of "The Toad Brigade" throughout.
 Captain Toad Goes Forth - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World | File info 0:30 |
| Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World | File info 0:30 |
| Captain Toad's Fiery Finale - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World | File info 0:30 |
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports of the same name feature multiple arrangements of "The Toad Brigade," including the game's title theme, the main ground theme, and the themes heard during cutscenes. In the level Retro Ramp-Up, a chiptune cover incorporating the melody of "Round 1 BGM" from Donkey Kong plays.
| Title Theme - The arrangement heard in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | File info 0:30 |
WarioWare: Get It Together![edit]
In WarioWare: Get It Together!, a brief arrangement of "The Toad Brigade" plays in the Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker microgame.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie features arrangements of "The Toad Brigade" in two tracks: "Strange New World" and "Level Complete." In "Strange New World," an arrangement of "The Toad Brigade," including the extended melody from Super Mario 3D World, plays during the scene when Mario first meets Toad.
In "Level Complete," the main motif of the "The Toad Brigade" plays interspersed throughout the arrangement of the "Underground Theme" from Super Mario Bros. towards the beginning of the track. "Level Complete" plays during the film's credits, and the arrangement of "The Toad Brigade" first plays when Keegan-Michael Key is credited as the voice actor for Toad.
Mario Kart World[edit]
In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Captain Toad Goes Forth" can play in Free Roam and during routes in VS Race.
Gallery[edit]
Image for "It's Captain Toad!" from Super Mario Bros. Wonder in Nintendo Music
List of Super Mario appearances[edit]
Games[edit]
| Work | System | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy | Wii | 2007 | Original | "The Toad Brigade"[2] | Mahito Yokota |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Wii | 2010 | Original | Mahito Yokota | |
| Super Mario 3D World | Wii U | 2013 | Arrangement | "Captain Toad Goes Forth"[3] | |
| "Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo"[3] | |||||
| "Captain Toad's Fiery Finale"[3] | |||||
| Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Wii U | 2014 | Arrangement | ||
| Super Mario Odyssey | Nintendo Switch | 2017 | Original | Mahito Yokota | |
| Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch | 2018 | Past arrangement (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker [Wii U]) | ||
| Super Mario 3D All-Stars | Nintendo Switch | 2020 | Original | "The Toad Brigade"[2] | Mahito Yokota |
| Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | Nintendo Switch | 2021 | Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) | "Captain Toad Goes Forth"[3] | |
| "Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo"[3] | |||||
| "Captain Toad's Fiery Finale"[3] | |||||
| WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo Switch | 2021 | Arrangement | ||
| Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Nintendo Switch | 2023 | Original | "It's Captain Toad!"[1] | Mahito Yokota |
| Mario Kart World | Nintendo Switch 2 | 2025 | Arrangement |
Film and television[edit]
| Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | Arrangement | "Strange New World" | Brian Tyler |
| "Level Complete" |
Albums[edit]
| Work | Year | Type | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack | 2008 | Original | "The Toad Brigade" | Mahito Yokota |
| Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack | 2013 | Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) | "Captain Toad Goes Forth" | |
| "Captain Toad Plays Peek-a-Boo" | ||||
| "Captain Toad's Fiery Finale" | ||||
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 2023 | Past arrangement (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) | "Strange New World" | Brian Tyler |
| "Level Complete" |
Notes[edit]
- A video tutorial for drawing Captain Toad,[4] formerly posted on the Play Nintendo Tumblr account,[5] features a song performed by former Nintendo Minute hosts Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang over this theme in the style of "The Mario Drawing Song."
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nintendo Music
- ^ a b c Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack
- ^ a b c d e f Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
- ^ allwillbeone (August 31, 2018). Reposted video (MP4). Tumblr. Retrieved June 8, 2025. (Archived May 20, 2022, 18:24:01 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "There's also a song about how to draw Captain Toad in just a few easy steps, you can watch the video and sing along here. [Link leads to playnintendo.tumblr.com.]" – Description of the How to Draw Captain Toad activity. Play Nintendo. Archived August 27, 2020, 19:38:13 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
