Foreman Spike
- This article is about the character named Foreman Spike. For other uses of the name Spike, see Spike (disambiguation).
| Foreman Spike | |
|---|---|
.png) Artwork of Foreman Spike from Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten | |
| Species | Human |
| First appearance | Wrecking Crew (1985) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
| Portrayed by | Sebastian Maniscalco (English, 2023) |
- “Get this through your tiny brain, Mario. You're a joke, and you always will be.”
- —Foreman Spike, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Foreman Spike,[1] occasionally referred to simply as 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 dark-bearded man who wears sunglasses, although in Wrecking Crew '98, he does not have a beard.
Foreman Spike was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, who is also the original designer of Wario.[2][3]
History[edit]
Wrecking Crew series[edit]
Wrecking Crew[edit]
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 follows Mario while remaining in the background. Whenever an object comes between the two, he hits 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[edit]
Foreman Spike returns in 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. However, in the good ending, as it turned out, Bowser realizes shortly after his defeat that Foreman Spike had tricked him, having only used him to get back at Mario, and Foreman Spike is chased off by an enraged Bowser. 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[edit]
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.[4] 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.
Foreman Spike was a requested character for inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Melee.[5]
Mobile Golf[edit]
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In Mobile Golf, Foreman Spike is a character who can be unlocked from using the Mobile Adapter GB. He has reverted to his original Wrecking Crew design and is now overweight. As shown in his artwork, he wears a yellow cap and purple clothes, and his hair has a slight purple hue. In-game, his hat appears to have an "S" on it, though his artwork instead shows it as a stylized "BL," for "Blackey."
Waluigi's Gold Mantis kart in Mario Kart DS resembles the excavator Foreman Spike uses in Mobile Golf.
Super Mario Maker[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- “Well, well, well! If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid Mario Brothers! [...] Tell me... Have you even gotten one call since you left me to start your dumb company?”
- —Foreman Spike, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spike appears in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, marking his first physical appearance in nearly 22 years since Mobile Golf. He is voiced by Sebastian Maniscalco in the film's English version,[6] according to whom Spike serves as the former boss of Mario and Luigi in the movie,[7] and Yasuhiro Mamiya in the Japanese version. Mario and Luigi resigned from their old job under Spike, and while the reason isn't explicitly explained, the SMBPlumbing.com website mentions that they left because they had enough of his unlikeable attitude. Despite the fact that the emblem used to represent Spike depicts his original sprite's design, Spike has a noticeably different appearance in the film itself. His outfit has the logo "Wrecking Crew" on his hat and left sleeve.
Spike first appears in the film at Punch-Out Pizzeria, where he mocks the brothers (calling them the "Stupid Mario Brothers") after the airing of their first commercial, scoffing at the idea that the Mario Bros. will succeed on their own and telling them that their plumbing business will fail; when Mario stands up to him, Spike threatens him physically before leaving. When Mario gets flung back into Brooklyn due to the Bomber Bill exploding in the Warp Pipe, Spike nearly runs over Mario and is shocked to see him land right in front of his van before he starts to yell at him for nearly damaging his vehicle, only to run away when other objects from the Mushroom Kingdom begin appearing. He is later seen among the panicking civilians when Bowser's army invades New York and is saved by Luigi while being attacked by Bowser’s minions, much to his shock. After the final battle between the brothers and Bowser in Brooklyn, Spike is the one who starts up the cheers for Mario and Luigi, finally calling them "the Super Mario Brothers".
A fictional testimonial on the SMBPlumbing.com website is attributed to Spike, who goes by the username SpikeIsCool. Spike does not directly address the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing company itself, to which the website pertains, instead directing the testimonial towards the Mario brothers, who operate the company; in it, he is bitter and critical, stating, with many spelling and grammatical errors, that the brothers used to work for him until they left to start up their own business. He ends the testimonial by threatening that they will "learn their lesson someday."[8] Since the release of the film, the testimonial has changed with Spike recognizing the brothers' heroism and increasing his rating of the company from one star to one and a half.[9]
Other appearances[edit]
Two of the Wrecking Crew related challenges in NES Remix involve competing against Foreman Spike.
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ブラッキー (JP) / Foreman Spike (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アメリカ | Place of origin | America | |
| いじ |
Disposition | Ill-tempered | |
| クルー | Game appearances | Crew | |
| オレが 「オレの |
I'm the original rival. "My job is to get in the way of Mario's work. I break ladders so he can't climb them." | ||
Mobile Golf[edit]
- Website description:
- Japanese:
久しぶりに登場したこのキャラクター。実は、見かけによらず努力家で、かなりの腕前のようですが......？
(Translation: This character hasn't appeared in a while. In fact, despite appearances, he is a hard worker and seems to be quite skilled...?)
- Japanese:
List of game appearances[edit]
| Title | Description | Release date | System/format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrecking Crew | Enemy | 1985 | Family Computer/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 |
Voice samples[edit]
 The Super Mario Bros. Movie - "Well, well, well! If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid Mario Brothers! [...] Tell me... Have you even gotten ONE call since you left me to start your dumb company?" - Foreman Spike meeting Mario and Luigi in Punch-Out Pizzeria | File info |
Gallery[edit]
Mobile Golf artwork
Mobile Golf sprite
NES Remix stamp of Foreman Spike
Spike in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spike's emblem for The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Quotes[edit]
- "Mario?! You almost dented my-" — The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- "Let's hear it for the Super Mario Brothers!" — The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Names in other languages[edit]
Spike / Foreman Spike[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブラッキー[?] Burakkī |
Blackey / Blacky, presumably in reference to his hair | before The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| スパイク[11] Supaiku |
Spike, after the Western name | ||
| Catalan | Spike[?] | - | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 司派克[?] Sīpàikè |
Spike | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 布拉奇[12] Bùlāqí |
Blacky | |
| Dutch | Spike[?] | - | |
| French | Contremaître Gros clou[13] | Foreman Big Nail | Wrecking Crew |
| Spike[?] | - | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | |
| German | Vorarbeiter Spike[?] | Foreman Spike | |
| Italian | Capomastro Spike[14] | Master builder Spike | |
| Caposquadra Spike[?] | Foreman Spike | Super Mario Maker | |
| Spike[?] | - | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | |
| Korean | 블랭키[15] Beullaengki |
Blanky | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Spike[?] | - | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Capataz Spike[?] | Foreman Spike | Super Mario Maker |
| Russian | Прораб Спайк[?] Prorab Spaĭk |
Foreman Spike | |
| Spanish | Capataz Spike[?] | Foreman Spike | |
| Thai | สไปค์[16] Sa-pai |
Spike |
SpikeIsCool[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 酷酷司派克[17] Kù kù Sīpàikè |
Cool Cool Spike | |
| French (NOE) | SpikeIsCool[18] | - | |
| German | SpikeIsCool[19][20] | - | |
| Italian | SpikeÉfigo[21] | SpikeIScool | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | SpikeIsCool[22] | - | |
| Spanish (NOA) | SpikeElCool[23] | SpikeTheCool | |
| Spanish (NOE) | SpikeMola[24] | SpikeRocks |
Trivia[edit]
- Foreman Spike holds the record for the longest time between his first appearance and his first voiced appearance, with nearly 38 years between Wrecking Crew and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
References[edit]
- ^ "Foreman Spike has a habit of hitting Mario (Luigi) from behind and making him fall, so watch out!" – 1985. Wrecking Crew NES instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 8.
- ^ September 2008. Nintendo DREAM, Vol. 173.[page number needed]
- ^ December 14, 2022. ワリオ誕生秘話（2008年 9月号より）. Nintendo DREAM WEB. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ 色ちがいのひみつ. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2015. (Archived March 1, 2000, 10:30:31 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ アンケート集計拳!!. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 8, 2022. (Archived January 9, 2000, 10:44:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Nintendo of America (September 23, 2021). Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021 (30:54). YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Kaliroff, Marc (August 8, 2021). Sebastian Maniscalco says he will be playing Foreman Spike in Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie. Nintendo Wire. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ Testimonials. SMB Plumbing. Archived February 12, 2023, 20:42:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
- ^ Testimonials. SMB Pumbling. Archived June 1, 2023, 20:47:25 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 32.
- ^ Nintendo (April 20, 2023). ファミリーコンピュータ向けソフト『レッキングクルー』などに登場するキャラクター「ブラッキー」の名称を、欧米での名称と同じ「スパイク」に変更いたします。. X (Japanese). Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ 環球影片 官方頻道 (November 30, 2022). 【超級瑪利歐兄弟電影版】官方預告- 2023年 全台戲院見. YouTube (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ "Le contremaître Gros clou a l'habitude de frapper Mario (Luigi) par derrière et de le faire tomber." – Wrecking Crew French instruction booklet. Nintendo (French). Page 26.
- ^ Wrecking Crew Italian instruction booklet. Page 11.
- ^ 유니버설 픽쳐스 (November 30, 2022). [슈퍼 마리오 브라더스] 공식 2차 예고편. YouTube (Korean). Retrieved December 9. 2022.
- ^ UIP Thailand (November 30, 2022). The Super Mario Bros.Movie | Trailer 2 | Thai Sub | UIP Thailand. YouTube (Thai). Retrieved December 9, 2022.
- ^ 客戶評價. SMBPlumbing.tw (Traditional Chinese). Archived March 11, 2023, 22:33:27 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Témoignages. supermarioplomberie.fr (French). Archived March 10, 2023, 02:37:03 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Bewertungen. SMBKlempner.de (German). Archived March 11, 2023, 22:31:40 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Bewertungen. SMBKlempner.ch (German). Archived March 11, 2023, 22:31:22 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Dicono di noi. SMBIdraulica.it (Italian). Archived March 9, 2023, 22:44:37 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Depoimentos. SMBEncanadores.com.br (Brazilian Portuguese). Archived March 7, 2023, 06:51:25 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Testimonios. SMBplomeria.com.mx (Mexican Spanish). Archived March 10, 2023, 02:54:42 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ Testimonios. SuperMarioBros-Fontaneros.com (European Spanish). Archived March 7, 2023, 20:45:32 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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