Talk:Mushroom Genie

Split Mushroom Genie and Genie of the Lamp into separate articles
These characters have a similar role and are summoned by similar means, but they look and act very differently; the Mushroom Genie is more lean and gentle to its master, whereas the Genie of the Lamp is far larger and rougher, not to mention they appear to have a different mushroom cap as well as a slightly different outfit. If this proposal passes, I might make a similar proposal for Magic Lamp and Genie Lamp.

Proposer: Deadline: December 21, 2014, 23:59 GMT.

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) It's pretty obvious they're different characters. They have different names (even in Japan, which is pretty much solid proof based on past merges/splits) and look pretty different too. Also, even if they do the exact same thing, the way they execute it is different too.
 * 3) The differing names, looks, personalities, and actions suggest to me that these are different characters. Per all.
 * 4) Per all.

Oppose

 * 1) Hardly worth worrying about for such a minor character, and the two articles created from the split would both be extremely short.
 * 2) The Japanese names aren't extremely drastic (Mushroom Genie, Genie of the Lamp), and I view the Mario Party 4 incarnation of the genie to be more of a drastic redesign rather than a separate character. So, I'm leaning toward keeping them merged.

Comments
@River Piranha: The importance of the character(s) and the length of the resulting articles are irrelevant here; what matters is whether or not they deserve to be split.

I always thought the Genie in Mario Party 4 is supposed to be a joke (a normally muscular Genie lets himself go) to the older Mario Party games. Not to mention, both their outfits and their mustache are the same. It can be just a drastic redesign. 22:01, 9 December 2014 (EST) Please notice, the Genie of the Lamp has feet, but the Mushroom Genie does not. Warioad (talk) 19:53, 10 December 2014 (EST)

Re-merge Mushroom Genie and Genie of the Lamp
They serve the exact same function of taking the player to the Star, they're summoned by the same item (the Genie Lamp, which was confirmed to be the same as MP4's Magic Lamp in MP:TT100), and despite some differences (mostly the different caps and one having legs while the other doesn't), they still share a lot of specific visual traits like the brown mustache, white vest, "under half" of the same color and golden bracelets.

Proposer: Deadline: June 27, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) Per the proposal above that originally split these. Although they are indeed similar to each other, that doesn't make them the same character. Their shared physical traits are just typical genie garb, and them both being summoned from the lamp isn't great evidence since that same lamp summons neither of them in The Top 100, so it's not like it can only ever summon one thing.