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'''Shadow Mario''' (also known as '''?''' in the ''Super Mario Sunshine'' instruction manual) is a doppelgänger of [[Mario]] and serves as the main antagonist of ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He has the same appearance as Mario, except that his body is blue and has the consistency of liquid, and he has glowing red eyes when angry. He also has a long, red tongue, which he occasionally sticks out at Mario to taunt him. Shadow Mario wields the [[Magic Paintbrush]], an invention designed by [[Professor Elvin Gadd]]. With the brush, Shadow Mario can magically create large quantities of [[Graffiti]], which occasionally spawns lesser enemies. He used this power to vandalize all of [[Isle Delfino]] with varying amounts of graffiti, thereby making Mario the main suspect in the trial held thereafter. Midway through the game, it is revealed that Shadow Mario is actually [[Bowser Jr.]] ([[Bowser]]'s eighth child) masquerading as a Mario look-alike. He does so by using a blue bandanna which he wears around his neck that has Mario's nose and mustache drawn on it. When he wears this over his mouth, similar to a mask, it allows him to assume Mario's form. It is unknown how Shadow Mario originally acquired the Magic Paintbrush, though it is suggested that Professor E. Gadd gave it to him (perhaps having mistook Shadow Mario for the actual Mario).