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She was introduced in the arcade game Donkey Kong and serves as the damsel-in-distress Mario must save from an ape. She is Mario's former love interest before Princess Peach’s introduction in later games and is not only one of the few damsels in the series who is not a princess, but is the first damsel-in-distress in all of video game history.
Pauline later reappears in Donkey Kong '94 and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, both in which she reprises her previous role and is reintroduced as Mario’s close friend. In Super Mario Odyssey, It is revealed that Pauline has become mayor of New Donk City in the Metro Kingdom.
Pauline is Mario's original love interest who was kidnapped by Donkey Kong, setting the stage for Mario's initial arcade outing. Since her modern reintroduction, she does not compete (or interact) with Princess Peach, and is now no longer considered Mario's girlfriend. Although some things never change, she holds no hard feelings for Donkey Kong. She has since become the mayor of New Donk City.
Personality[]
In spite of her damsel role in the original game, Pauline turns out to be sweet, outgoing and sympathetic, as well as having a sense of humor and eye for business. She seems to think highly of herself, but she has a kind-hearted nature and enjoys spending time with her friends.
Until Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline did not have much character development. She is shown to be friendly, happy, kind, and even business minded, seen when she tests the quality of the Mario Toy Company’s Mini Mario toys in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! She is also quick to forgive others, especially apparent when it comes to Donkey Kong’s numerous abductions of her. She is also implied to enjoy games, which is shown when she opens a gaming theme park called Mini-Land with Donkey Kong in Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move. Pauline also acts as a mediator between Mario and Donkey Kong. As mayor, she is apparently adept at city planning, as one of the residents of New Donk City mentioned that he was surprised at how fast she managed to get the city up and running again. In Super Mario Odyssey Pauline has been given more character (re)development overall. She enjoys peppy and jazz music because it brings people together, frequently practices singing to prepare for the next New Donk City Festival, has such a love for New Donk City that she often takes walks to admire it all, and also mentions she adores cake, stating that "It has to be 'good' cake and 'not that package stuff'". On another hand, however, she admits that she is not good at fixing machinery, and implies that she is also bad with flowers. She also goes on walks as a hobby due to her love for New Donk City and has indicated that she likes Fried Mushrooms and Flower Stew (the former due to being a massive Mushroom fan), but is not fond of Leaf Salad.
Physical appearance[]
In the original Donkey Kong, Pauline's appearance was similar to Princess Peach's; she had blonde hair and was wearing a pink dress.
Pauline is now depicted as having light to dull blue eyes, long wavy dark brown hair (slightly darker in Mario Golf: Super Rush), and fair skin. She has large, slanted eyes with four long eyelashes at the top and three smaller lashes at the bottom (a total of seven), coupled with long defined arching eyebrows. Her face is oval in shape with a triangular nose and pointed chin. She is typically shown wearing violet eye shadow, dark red lipstick and nail polish.
Pauline has a curvy figure, in comparison to other human female characters.
Clothing[]
Pauline wears a fitted red halter neck dress with a bow knot connecting the straps behind her neck, and a low cut back. The dress, when not ripped, finishes just above her ankles and loosens to flair out about a third of the way down her legs. Pauline's accessories include a gold bangle on her left arm and large gold bead and teardrop style earrings. She also wears black ankle strap high heel pumps. In Super Mario Odyssey, she wears a red-colored pantsuit as well as a purple hat while out in public, and her trademark dress during the festival, however with sparkly details.
In Mario Tennis Aces, Pauline wears a red sundress derived from her trademark dress. Also included in the build are red and white cross-trainer shoes and white ankle length socks. Similarly, to Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina, she wears a yellow and white sweatband on her right wrist that matches the color of her jewelry. In addition, she appears to have a black sports bra barely visible under her dress, and she wears a red sun visor over her forehead with a golden heart on the left side of the brim.
In Mario Kart Tour, aside from her trademark dress, she also wore two additional outfits for her Pauline (Party Time) and Pauline (Rose) variants. The first is composed of a knee-length red skirt, red heels, black opera gloves, a pear bangle on her right wrist, a mirror-patterned top resembling a disco ball, white spherical earrings, a blue-gem-encrusted belt, and various decorations on her hair composed of various colored gems, hearts, and stars. For the other alternate form, she had a similar dress to her trademark dress, only black fading to a deeper shade of red near the bottom, as well as a poofy red collar around the chest that was reminiscent of a heart, a red beret, heart earrings, and had a rose bouquet on her hand.
In Mario Golf: Super Rush, Pauline wears a sleeveless red polo shirt with a golden heart emblem near the collar, white cleats with black and red accents, and black leggings held up by a thin pink belt with a golden buckle. She also wears a red newsboy cap and a matching golf glove on her left hand.
In Mario Strikers: Battle League, she wears soccer uniform consisting of a short sleeve jersey and shorts with knee-length socks and cleats that can be customized with or without armor.
Quotes[]
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Help! HELP!
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~ Pauline kidnapped by Donkey Kong.
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Oh Mario, my hero!
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~ Pauline
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I'm sorry, I really don't have enough time to chat right now. I need to figure out a way to save my city. Things have been utter chaos since that Brutish Monster showed up. And he has the nerve to be advertising this wedding of his all over New Donk City?! A bit tasteless, is you ask me.
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~ Pauline's reunion with Mario, Super Mario Odyssey
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New Donk City really means to me... I just can't thank you enough for all of your help, Mario. You must really join us for our upcoming festival! I'd love to show my gratitude to both you and the city with a surprise. Do you think you could find me four back up musicians so I could do a small musical number? Something simple.
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~ Pauline
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That's all the musicians we needed-thanks! I am amazed at your persistence! You should consider running for public office! Now I just need to figure out this other problem... See, the underground power plant seems to be out of commission. We need that thing to supply power to the festival. I don't suppose you're familiar with underground work, are you?
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~ Pauline
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Thank you, Mario! Now that you've (clears throat) powered up the city, it's time for the festival to begin! Now we can finally kick off the festival in style and power! Shall we? Oh, hey! Would you like to participate in the festival? It's right up your alley!
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~ Pauline
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Great! I know you'll do us proud!
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~ Pauline
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Thank you, again, Mario! I'm dedicating this festival to you! We couldn't have done it without your help! Please accept this as a gift.
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~ Pauline
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Go Mario! Jump, man!
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~ Pauline
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Yeah!
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~ Pauline, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Tennis Aces
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too doo-doo tooo!
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~ Pauline
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Not too shabby!
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~ Pauline, Mario Kart Tour
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Jump with me!
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~ Pauline
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High up in the sky!
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~ Pauline, Mario Kart Tour
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WOW!
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~ Pauline, Mario Tennis Aces
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Trivia[]
She is the first damsel-in-distress in any video game.
In the Japanese Mario continuity, Lady and Pauline were originally two separate characters, but this was eventually retconned to make them one and the same.
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