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{{character infobox
|image=[[Image:MIM Princess.jpg|200px]]<br>A Curator as they appear in-game.
|image=[[File:MIM SNES Curator.png]]<br>Curators as they appear in the SNES release<br>[[File:MIM NES Curator.png]]<br>Curators as they appear in the NES release
|full_name=Unknown
|species=Human
|first_appearance=''"[[Mario is Missing!]]"'' ([[1992]])
|first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])
|species=[[Human]]
|affiliation =[[Luigi]]
|latest_appearance=''"[[Mario is Missing!]]"'' ([[1992]])
}}
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'''Curators'''<ref name=Manual>''Mario is Missing!'' instruction booklet, pages 6 and 11 (SNES) or 13 and 18 (NES).</ref> are non-playable characters that appear at Information Booths<ref name=Manual /> in the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']] They appear in every city of the game. Curators provide [[Luigi]] with information on why a landmark is closed. In the SNES release, they also give him a pamphlet with information about their landmark, while in the PC releases, Luigi has to manually pick up the pamphlet from the Information Booth. Luigi can return the stolen artifacts to Curators after answering some questions about their landmarks to prove the artifacts' authenticity. If Luigi correctly answers the questions, he is awarded a certain amount of money and, only in the SNES and DOS releases, he can enter the Information Booth to take a picture of the landmark. If he does not answer correctly or gives to the Curators the wrong artifact, they angrily tell Luigi to leave. In the PC releases, the Information Booths are fully closed and Luigi has to use his videophone instead to call the Curators' numbers indicated on the booths.


A '''Curator''' is a minor non-player character in the ''[[Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series used as the clerk at information centers in the game ''[[Mario is Missing]]''. A Curator appeared in every city, and was almost identical to Peach's ''[[Super Mario World]]'' sprite. The only difference being the change of hair and dress colors. Notable is the fact the recolor mimicked that of Daisy's only current in-game colored sprite from ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]''. Like other people Luigi spoke to throughout the game, Curators provided Luigi with information about the area where the green plumber was, or information on the artifact Luigi was holding.
In the DOS release, the Curators' appearance on the videophone is different for every city, but the sprite depicting them in their Information Booth uses the same appearance for every booth, like in the other releases.


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In the ''CD-ROM Deluxe'' release, the human Curators were replaced with five characters from the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise: a [[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]], [[Toad]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and a [[Monty Mole]]. However, the human Curator still appears inside of the Information Booths when they reopen.


{{Human}}
In the console releases, the Curators' appearance is the same for every landmark. in the SNES release, they are female and their appearance is almost identical to Princess Toadstool's sprite in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the only difference being the change of hair and dress colors to brown and blue respectively. Notable is the fact the recolor mimics that of [[Princess Daisy]]'s sprite from ''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]''. In the NES release, they instead have black bob haircuts and a white shirt.


[[Category: Characters]]
==Gallery==
[[Category: Humans]]
<gallery>
MIM DOS Information Booth.png|A Curator in an Information Booth in the DOS release
MIM Princess.png|A Curator in an Information Booth in the SNES release
MIM NES Information Booth.png|A Curator in an Information Booth in the NES release
Unused curator MIMNES.png|Unused sprite of a Curator in the NES release
</gallery>
 
===DOS Curators===
<gallery class="graybg rawsize" widths=70px heights=45px>
Mayor 1 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 2 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 3 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 4 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 5 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 6 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 7 MIMDOS.png
Mayor 8 MIMDOS.png
</gallery>
 
===''CD-ROM Deluxe'' Curators===
<gallery class="graybg rawsize" widths=70px heights=45px>
Toad MIMCD.png|[[Toad]]
Princess Toadstool MIMCD.png|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
Donkey Kong MIMCD.png|[[Donkey Kong]]
Dino-Rhino MIMCD.png|[[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]]
Monty Mole MIMCD.png|[[Monty Mole]]
</gallery>
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{Humans}}
{{MIM}}
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Mario is Missing! characters]]

Latest revision as of 13:07, September 15, 2024

Curator
Sprite of Curators in Mario is Missing! (SNES)
Curators as they appear in the SNES release
Sprite of Curators in Mario is Missing! (NES)
Curators as they appear in the NES release
Species Human
First appearance Mario is Missing! (1993)

Curators[1] are non-playable characters that appear at Information Booths[1] in the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing! They appear in every city of the game. Curators provide Luigi with information on why a landmark is closed. In the SNES release, they also give him a pamphlet with information about their landmark, while in the PC releases, Luigi has to manually pick up the pamphlet from the Information Booth. Luigi can return the stolen artifacts to Curators after answering some questions about their landmarks to prove the artifacts' authenticity. If Luigi correctly answers the questions, he is awarded a certain amount of money and, only in the SNES and DOS releases, he can enter the Information Booth to take a picture of the landmark. If he does not answer correctly or gives to the Curators the wrong artifact, they angrily tell Luigi to leave. In the PC releases, the Information Booths are fully closed and Luigi has to use his videophone instead to call the Curators' numbers indicated on the booths.

In the DOS release, the Curators' appearance on the videophone is different for every city, but the sprite depicting them in their Information Booth uses the same appearance for every booth, like in the other releases.

In the CD-ROM Deluxe release, the human Curators were replaced with five characters from the Super Mario franchise: a Dino-Rhino, Toad, Donkey Kong, Princess Toadstool, and a Monty Mole. However, the human Curator still appears inside of the Information Booths when they reopen.

In the console releases, the Curators' appearance is the same for every landmark. in the SNES release, they are female and their appearance is almost identical to Princess Toadstool's sprite in Super Mario World, the only difference being the change of hair and dress colors to brown and blue respectively. Notable is the fact the recolor mimics that of Princess Daisy's sprite from NES Open Tournament Golf. In the NES release, they instead have black bob haircuts and a white shirt.

Gallery[edit]

DOS Curators[edit]

CD-ROM Deluxe Curators[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mario is Missing! instruction booklet, pages 6 and 11 (SNES) or 13 and 18 (NES).