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Foreman Spike character depicting a man resembling mario with a hammer, beard and mallet.

Foreman Spike

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About

Foreman Spike is a character in the Super Mario Bros. canon who appears as Mario and Luigi's boss at the construction site in the 1984 Nintendo game Wrecking Crew. He is an enemy in the game and has briefly appeared and been referenced in a number of games in the Mario Bros. series since. In August 2021, actor Sebastian Maniscalco revealed he was voicing "Spike" in the upcoming Illumination Mario Bros. film, specifically calling him "their boss" in an interview, causing many to believe Spike will appear in the film.

Origin

Foreman Spike first appeared in the 1984 Nintendo video game Wrecking Crew as the foreman of a construction yard and boss to the two protagonists, Mario and Luigi of the Super Mario series. Foreman Spike attempts to stop the player throughout the game, chasing after them to knock objects in the way (promotional art showing Foreman Spike below).



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Foreman Spike has appeared in a number of Nintendo video games, including:

  • Wrecking Crew
  • Wrecking Crew '98 (shown below)
  • Mobile Golf
  • Super Mario Maker
  • WarioWare Gold



Despite not appearing as a primary character in any recent Nintendo titles, Spike has remained a popular obscure Mario Bros. character, inspiring numerous works of fan art and memes about him over the course of the 2000s. On December 28th, 2015, Deviant Art[5] user FlintofMother3 posted an original piece of art depicting Spike, Wario, and Waluigi cat calling Princess Daisy on a construction site, gaining over 95 favorites and 2,000 views in six years (shown below).


STUFF PEOPLE SAY THE MARIO MAKERS HEY BABY! WHEN ARE YOU COMING HERE? YES WHEN? WA! WA'S YOU HAD TO BE! MACOATL.COM Rey F. zas

Illumination's Super Mario Bros. Movie

On August 5th, 2021, actor Sebastian Maniscalco appeared on comedian Bert Kreischer's podcast Bertcast. Around the 01:35 mark, Kreischer asks Maniscalco what he's doing after the show. He answers, saying he's recording lines for Spike in the upcoming animated Super Mario Bros. film, clarifying that he's the boss of the duo (shown below).[1]



The reveal inspired excitement online due largely to the lack of details released about the film, as well as over the inclusion of Spike, seeing as he's one of the lesser-known and utilized characters in the Mario Bros. franchise. On August 9th, Twitter[2] page @SMWikiOfficial made a post celebrating the announcement with a fact about Spike, saying he was created by the same man who created Wario (shown below).


SUPER MARIO WIKI Super Mario Wiki @SMWikiofficial ... Fun Foreman Spike fax since he's back in the public consciousness: Did you know that he was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, also the daddy of Wario and Samus? (Source is the September 2008 issue of Nintendo Dream magazine)

The news also inspired a number of memes about Spike, with fans embracing the character (examples shown below, left and right).[3][4]


Mario @MarioMario85 My boss, who had been in a coma for 21 years and presumed dead just texted me this I lived bitch BITCHES BE LIKE 10 MINUTES LATER can't stand ME AND THE BESTIE his illumination ass HOMINATI

Various Examples


Fs AD! READY FOR OUR DATE, SPIKE? CALL ME MR. FOREMAN, BABYI MR. FORE MAN, THEN. WAHAHAHAI BIG MONEY, PAULINE, AND NO MORE MARIOI BEING BAD FEELS SO GOOD! SHALL WE? WICCLER НЕНЕ HEHE! When you were Mario's first human rival but everyone likes Wario and Waluigi better Sad Foreman Spike Noises*

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External References

[1] YouTube – bertcast

[2] Twitter – fun fact

[3] Twitter – Heard Foreman Spike is gonna be in the new Mario movie

[4] Twitter – people before and after foreman spike reveal in illumination mario movie

[5] Deviant Art – Stuff people say 138

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Molemanninethousand
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I really hope this rumor is true, as such an inclusion would seem to indicate that the movie will incorporate some really obscure/random elements from throughout the history of the franchise (much like the live-action film did, albeit in more recognizable forms) rather than just mimicking the formula/cast of the most modern games.

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patriot712
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Wouldn't be the first time Foreman Spike was in a Mario movie… well, KINDA.

According to the writers of the 1993 live-action movie, Scapelli, the mafia boss, is loosely based on Foreman Spike in the sense that he's a rival of Mario who's in charge of a construction site.

And then he's turned into an ape in said contruction site, making him also a Donkey Kong reference.

Say what you want about the 1993 movie, but I kinda respect the obscure/subtle references it has.

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