Toadiko

Toadiko (not to be confused with Toadette) (Japanese: キノッチェル Kinotcheru) is a pink-capped Toad and one of Princess Peach's attendants. During the events of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Toadiko accompanied Peach on her visit to the Mushroom Kingdom of the past in Professor E. Gadd's time machine. Unfortunately, Toadiko, Peach and Toadbert visit during the Shroob invasion of the kingdom and were captured by the mushroom aliens. When the princess was captured the Princess Shroob, Toadiko and Toadbert both escape but separate at some point due to unknown reasons. While Peach was imprisoned, Toadiko was sent to the Toadwood Forest and strapped to a vim-draining tree. When the Mario bros. of past and present arrived in the forest, they discovered Toadiko's near-lifeless body. With much of her vim drained, Toadiko had very little stamina left. However, she managed to reveal to the four Mario brothers that Peach was captured by the Shroobs, and that the Shroobs were draining the vim from Toads to use as fuel for their flying saucers.

Unfortunately, the Shroobs overheard the conversation. As such, a Shroob UFO arrived and shot an energy blast at Toadiko, turning the Toad into a purple Shroob mushroom. Toadiko's last words to the Mario brothers were "Gather... shards...", referring to Cobalt Star shards. When E. Gadd used the Hydrogush to send the baby tears into the past to destroy all Shroobs, she was turned back to normal. Unfortunately, she was never shown returning to the present, and her fate is unknown. It is likely that after she was turned back she decided to free the toads trapped in the trees before returning.

Her name includes "-ko," which is often seen in girls' names in Japan. Note that Toadette's Japanese name is "Kinopiko", though there is no relation as Toadiko's Japanese name is completely different (likely being a portmanteau of "Kinopio" and the feminine name "Rachel").