Toadstool is a type of mushroom.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes... but what about Birdo?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What, are dinosaurs not allowed to have names? Dinosaurist. >:c

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Peach isn't a peach, and Daisy isn't a daisy. Donkey Kong isn't a donkey. It goes on and on; names can be names you know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I never did understand donkey kong. Maybe its just one letter away from monkey kong?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The name was chosen by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as a combination of the word "Kong", since the movie King Kong had caused it 'to colloquially mean monkey' in Japan. According to Snopes, Donkey was chosen because Miyamoto intended it "to convey a sense of stubbornness." Various urban legends have circulated, saying that the actual name was to be "Monkey Kong" but was changed by accident for the American release. Snopes debunked these myths in "Donkey Wrong." Mystery solved. P:

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh cool. Never knew that. Ty!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think I did but forgot. But I just googled it to get that ^

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But Toad is the name of the Mushroom people as a whole, not a particular individual, they are collectively known as Toads, so it is not about names as in a given name, Peach is called Peach but she is a Human. Somebody already answered that Toadstool is a type of Mushroom, so that must be the reason, since Princess Peach and her father, King Mushroom, have Toadstool as their family name.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

But Toad is the name of the Mushroom people as a whole, not a particular individual, they are collectively known as Toads, so it is not about names as in a given name, Peach is called Peach but she is a Human. Somebody already answered that Toadstool is a type of Mushroom, so that must be the reason, since Princess Peach and her father, King Mushroom, have Toadstool as their family name.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Good lord! Not to be a troll, but do that many people here SERIOUSLY not know that a toadstool is a mushroom?!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not a toad you sit on?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's short for toadstool

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I want to know why people only focus on the names. I mean, the whole concept of Mario is that some fat plumber runs around a huge rainbow world with evil turtles and living mushrooms, while eating other kinds of mushrooms and "Fire Flowers" All while a super evil turtle kidnaps the fat plumbers hot girlfriend, and tries to kill the plumber. But somehow the plumber manages to kill the turtle with an axe, and save the hot girlfriend. And of course there's always the thing about shooting flames out of his hands, and doubling his size and stuff.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I believe Princess Peach isn`t Mario`s girlfriend. She is the princess of the Mushroom kingdom who is repeatedly kidnapped by Bowser, and Mario keeps rescuing her. I actually think it was ever stated in the Mario games` history that they are a couple. Only good friends The reason Bowser keeps kidnapping Princess Peach is that the Koopa kingdom, of which Bowser is the king, is a long time enemy of the Mushroom kingdom, in fact the Toads, the mushroom population of the Mushroom kingdom, were humans, but were turned into mushrooms and bricks and other objects by Bowser`s magic, and King Toadstool (aka Mushroom King) and Princess Peach are the only ones who have power to undo the spell. So Bowser keeps attacking them to prevent her from undoing his spell. This in canon lore [IMAGE:103964]

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I call him Mushroom Boy

by Anonymous 13 years ago