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Captain Syrup is another recurring nemesis. In her appearances in various ''Wario Land'' games, she and her gang often get involved in seizing treasure from Wario. Captain Syrup has mockingly called him "handsome" in her latest appearance in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]''. Wario is also on bad terms with Bowser, as they mercilessly taunt each other in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and possibly share some rivalry, as shown in the opening movie of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''. While they teamed up in ''Mario Power Tennis'' against the Mario Bros., this is the exception rather than the norm, with Wario helping to defeat Bowser in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', and Bowser stopping Wario from taking Mario down in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' out of a desire to finish off their mutual foe himself.

While Wario and [[Waluigi]] sometimes bicker, they share good chemistry in the baseball games and often team up in sports events and spinoff titles such as in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', and ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''. The two share many aspects of their personalities, the Mario Bros.'s being rivals, and even looks, although the exact relationship between Wario and Waluigi is somewhat ambiguous. Certain Nintendo of Europe sources, such as [[Wario's Warehouse]]<ref>In [[Wario's Warehouse]], Wario (in first-person writing) refers to Waluigi as his brother two times, in the articles based on ''[[Wario's Warehouse#Metroid Prime|Metroid Prime]]'' and ''[[Wario's Warehouse#New Super Mario Bros.|New Super Mario Bros.]]''</ref> or the ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' website,<ref>"''Wario's weird sibling constructed this high-speed track inside a giant pinball table; complete with bumpers, flippers, ramps and enormous steel spheres that bounce you around like - well, like a pinball. Make sure to bring plenty of aspirin for this race.''" - [[DS Waluigi Pinball|Waluigi Pinball]] description, [http://microsite.nintendo-europe.com/mariokartds/ European ''Mario Kart DS'' website]</ref>{{dead link}} suggest that they are siblings, but the DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' contradicts this idea by stating that they are not related under a News Brief.<ref>[[:File:Winter Olympics News Brief.png]]</ref> Waluigi's trophies in both ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' indicate that their relationship is intended to be unclear; Wario merely calls Waluigi his "sneaky pal" when the two were briefly in opposition in ''Mario Super Sluggers'', and Charles Martinet, who voices both characters, has stated his belief that they are simply "two evil guys who found each other". According to Fumihide Aoki, Waluigi was intended to be Wario's brother but pictured their current relationship as that of "like co-workers who only cooperate with each other when their goals are the same."<ref name="Aoki Instagram">[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz344UUyyAY/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D Thank you for 1000 subscribers!] (November 20, 2023). "Thank you.😄It seems like the two of them have a relationship like co-workers who only cooperate with each other when their goals are the same. When I first designed Waluigi, I intended him to be Wario's brother, but...😅". ''Instagram''. Retrieved November 21, 2023</ref> In a 2008 interview with ''[[Nintendo DREAM]]'', [[Shugo Takahashi]] stated that the two are not friends or brothers, or even blood-related.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230704235024/https://www.ndw.jp/waluigi-interview-221021/ ワルイージ誕生秘話（2008年 9月号より）]. ''Nintendo DREAM'' (Archived on July 4th, 2023), retrieved July 4th, 2023.</ref>