Foreman Spike

This article is about the character named Foreman Spike. For other uses of the name Spike, see Spike (disambiguation).

Foreman Spike
Species	Human
First appearance	Wrecking Crew (1985)
Latest appearance	WarioWare Gold (2018)

Foreman Spike is the foreman of the demolition site where Mario and Luigi work in Wrecking Crew. He continuously tries to hinder the brothers' progress. He is usually depicted as a bearded man who wears sunglasses, although in Wrecking Crew '98, he does not have a beard.

History

Wrecking Crew series

Wrecking Crew

Mario knocking down Foreman Spike

Foreman Spike made his debut in the first bonus stage of Wrecking Crew, where he competes against Mario in finding a coin. While Mario moves in the foreground, Spike runs around in the background, smashing walls with his hammer to find the coin before Mario.

In regular phases, Foreman Spike will follow Mario while remaining in the background. Whenever an object comes between the two, he will hit it with his hammer to knock Mario all the way to the bottom of the stage. However, Mario can do the same back to him. With a Golden Hammer, Foreman Spike can be knocked down without having to hit an object between them. Like the rest of the enemies in the game, Foreman Spike can only be permanently defeated by trapping him, such as dropping a drum on him or knocking him into an isolated floor.

Foreman Spike's in-game appearance showed the same build as Mario and Luigi, a hooked nose, sunglasses, yellowish brown clothing, a beard, and a mouth full of crooked teeth when struck.

Foreman Spike did not appear in the first game of the series, VS. Wrecking Crew. In that game's single player mode, the CPU Luigi fulfills a similar role and can not be damaged by the enemies just like Foreman Spike.

Wrecking Crew '98

Foreman Spike returns in the Japan-only title Wrecking Crew '98. He is the fourth challenger in the puzzle mode game. In this game, Foreman Spike is working for Bowser, helping him build a series of new hideouts. Foreman Spike was redesigned to have a mustache, no beard, a cleft chin, straight teeth, more defined arm muscles, and a red nose, resembling Wario.

Super Smash Bros. series

The Japanese Super Smash Bros. Dojo website stated that Mario's brown 3P costume in the Super Smash Bros. series is based on Foreman Spike's outfit in the original Wrecking Crew for the Famicom. This color choice for Mario would reappear in Super Smash Bros. Melee and subsequent installments in the Super Smash Bros. series, but becoming more black and white than brown and yellow.

Mobile Golf

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Promotional art for Mobile Golf

In the Japan-only Game Boy Color golf title Mobile Golf, Foreman Spike is an unlockable character through the Mobile Adapter GB. He has reverted to his original Wrecking Crew design and is now overweight.

Waluigi's Gold Mantis kart in Mario Kart DS resembles the excavator Foreman Spike uses in Mobile Golf.

NES Remix

Two of the Wrecking Crew related challenges in NES Remix involve competing against Foreman Spike.

Super Mario Maker

In Super Mario Maker, one of the Mario costumes the player can get from a Mystery Mushroom is Foreman Spike. Besides a slight color difference, the sprite is identical to the original NES Wrecking Crew title.

WarioWare Gold

Foreman Spike appears in the WarioWare Gold microgame Wrecking Crew, where he sometimes appears behind the blocks after the player destroys them.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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Spike's emblem for The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Foreman Spike, referred to as simply Spike, appears in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He is voiced by Sebastian Maniscalco, according to whom Spike serves as the boss of Mario and Luigi in the movie.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ブラッキー
出身 アメリカ
性格 いじ悪
登場ゲーム クルー
オレが元祖ライバルだ
「オレの生きがいはマリオの仕事の邪魔をすること。ハシゴを壊して登れないようにしてやるのさ。」

Foreman Spike
Place of origin: America
Disposition: Ill-tempered
Game appearances: Crew
I'm the original competitor.
"My job is to get in the way of Mario's work. I break ladders so he can't climb them."

Game appearances

Title	Description	Release date	System/format
Wrecking Crew	Enemy	1985	Nintendo Entertainment System
Wrecking Crew '98	Challenger, unlockable playable character	1998	Super Famicom
Mobile Golf	Unlockable playable character	2001	Game Boy Color, Mobile Adapter GB
NES Remix	Enemy on a Wrecking Crew stage	2013	Wii U
NES Remix Pack	Enemy on a Wrecking Crew stage	2014	Wii U
Super Mario Maker	Costume Mario outfit	2015	Wii U
WarioWare Gold	Cameo in microgame	2018	Nintendo 3DS

Gallery

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  Mobile Golf

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  NES Remix stamp of Foreman Spike

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ブラッキー Burakkī	Blackey / Blacky
Chinese (traditional)	布拉奇 Bùlāqí	Blacky
Dutch	Spike	-
French	Spike	-
German	Vorarbeiter Spike	Foreman Spike
Italian	Caposquadra Spike	Foreman Spike
Korean	블랭키 Beullaengki	Blanky
Portuguese	Capataz Spike	Foreman Spike
Russian	Прораб Спайк Prorab Spaĭk	Foreman Spike
Spanish	Capataz Spike	Foreman Spike
Thai	สไปค์ Sa-pai	Spike

Trivia

• Foreman Spike was a requested character for inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• Foreman Spike holds the record for the most years between his original debut in Wrecking Crew and his eventual first appearance with an official voice actor in The Super Mario Bros. Movie with nearly 38 years apart between both.