Elephant Mario

"Wowie zowie!"

- Elephant Mario

Elephant Mario is the form Mario takes upon collecting an Elephant Fruit in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. While in this form, the character is transformed into a plump, anthropomorphic elephant, and they are able to attack and defeat enemies such as Goombas by swinging their trunk at them, similar to Raccoon Mario with his tail. They can also break through blocks from below or the side, store water in their trunk and spray it on flowers, and dash across two-block-wide gaps. Transforming into the Elephant form also has an effect on the level's music, changing the lead instrument to brass horns, reminiscent of an elephant trumpeting. Upon transforming, all characters will say "Wowie zowie!", as a possible reference to the Japanese word for elephant, ゾウ zō.

Unlike most other powerup transformations in the Mario series, this form transforms the character's physical body instead of being a suit of some kind; it is currently the only animal-based transformation that does so. When transformed, all characters lose their hair and shoes, though Mario and Luigi keep their mustaches and Peach and Daisy keep their eyelashes; all four of them also keep their eyebrows. While Mario, Luigi and Blue Toad assume a typical gray coloration, Yellow Toad becomes pale yellow, Peach and Toadette become pink, and Daisy becomes orange. Furthermore, the Toads and Toadette’s ears are rounded, while Peach and Daisy's are frilled and have their hair color inside. They also have the same color on the tip of their tails and heart-shaped soles under their feet.

Profiles

 * Trading card bio: In Elephant form, Mario can throw around his weight–and his nose! He can use his trunk to attack enemies, destroy blocks, and more.