Mushroom King: Difference between revisions

The king appears in the ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' arc of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|''Super Mario'']] manga which stretches from volumes 15 to 17. After [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] accidentally break one of his items while on the job, he sponsors a tournament with the winner being made king for a day. Mario ends up winning the cup but ends up doing a mountain of paperwork for a day.

The king returns in the ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' adaptation, specifically in volumes 20 and 21. [[Princess Peach]] calls him with her cell phone, and he comes to pick her and Mario up in his royal submarine, but the submarine gets smashed by a giant hammer held by the [[octopus (boss)|octopus]]. After escaping from a [[whale]], the king joins Mario and friends in their renewed quest to saving [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]]. Near the end of the arc, Wario's dark power influences the king's [[Toad (species)|subjects]] to stage a coup and hijack a missile to destroy [[Mario's castle]] so no one can have it. Upon Wario's final defeat, the subjects regain their senses.