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[[Image:foremanspike.jpg |frame|right|'''Foreman Spike''' in ''Mobile Golf''.]]
{{about|the character named Foreman Spike|other uses of the name Spike|[[Spike (disambiguation)]]}}
'''Foreman Spike''' (also known as '''Blackie''' in Japan) is the angry foreman of the construction site where [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] worked. Rather than help them, Spike continuously tries to hinder the brothers from doing their job and raking in the cash for himself. He is a fat, bearded villain who always wears sunglasses. Foreman Spike is said to be a prototype for [[Wario]], much like [[Pauline]] was for Princess Peach.
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Foreman Spike (Mario Character Encyclopedia).png|180px]]<br>Artwork of Foreman Spike from ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''
|species=Human
|first_appearance=''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' ([[List of games by date#1985|1985]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|portrayed_by=[[Sebastian Maniscalco]] (English, 2023)
}}
{{quote|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''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Foreman Spike has a habit of hitting Mario (Luigi) from behind and making him fall, so watch out!|date=1985|title=''Wrecking Crew'' NES instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-US|page=8}}</ref> 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.


== ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' ([[NES]] 1985) ==
Foreman Spike was designed by [[Hiroji Kiyotake]], who is also the original designer of [[Wario]].<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo DREAM]]'', Vol. 173|date=September 2008}}{{page needed}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=December 14, 2022|url=www.ndw.jp/wario-interview-220913|title=ワリオ誕生秘話(2008年 9月号より)|publisher=Nintendo DREAM WEB|accessdate=March 8, 2023}}</ref>
Foreman Spike first appeared in the bonus stages of the game ''[[Wrecking Crew]]''. While Mario runs around in the foreground, Spike runs around in the background trying to outdo the hero. He will smash down walls, and try knocking Mario off the platform he's standing on. However, Mario can do exactly the same things back to him. He also appears in the later regular stages.
[[Image:ForemanSpikeSprite.PNG|frame|left|This sprite makes Foreman Spike look like [[Waluigi]].]]
== ''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]'' ([[Super Famicom]] 1998) ==
Foreman Spike returns in the Japan-only title ''Wrecking Crew '98''. He is the fifth challenger in the puzzle mode game. In this game, Spike is working for [[Bowser]] himself, helping the [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] king build a series of new hideouts. Additionally, Foreman Spike has been completely redesigned as a moustachioed army man (but thankfully this is only a temporary change exclusive to this game).


== ''Mobile Golf'' ([[Game Boy Color]] 2001)==
==History==
In this Japan-only Game Boy golf title, Foreman Spike is an unlockable character. He has reverted back to his original Wrecking Crew design.
===''Wrecking Crew'' series===
====''Wrecking Crew''====
[[File:WCForemanSpikeSprite.png|frame|left]][[File:Wrecking Crew manual Foreman Spike exc.png|thumb|Mario knocking down Foreman Spike]]
Foreman Spike made his debut in the first [[Bonus Stage (Wrecking Crew series)|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 [[wall (Wrecking Crew series)|wall]]s with his [[hammer]] to find the coin before Mario.


== ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' (reference) ==
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 (Wrecking Crew)|drum]] on him or knocking him into an isolated [[floor (Wrecking Crew series)|floor]].
The '''[[Gold Mantis]]''' is one of the thirty-six karts in the game, related to Waluigi.


{{Mario villains}}
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.


[[Category: Characters]]
====''Wrecking Crew '98''====
[[Category: Enemies]]
[[File:ForemanSpikeSprite.png|frame|left]]
[[Category: Villains]]
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]]. {{br|left}}
[[Category: Humans]]
 
[[Category:Unlockables]]
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[Category:Playable Characters]]
The Japanese ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' Dojo website stated that Mario's brown 3P costume in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] is based on Foreman Spike's outfit in the original ''Wrecking Crew'' for the [[Family Computer|Famicom]].<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html|title=色ちがいのひみつ|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=April 4, 2015|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000301103031/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html}}</ref> This color choice for Mario would reappear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and subsequent installments in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|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]]''.<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/PostResult3.html|title=アンケート集計拳!!|accessdate=March 8, 2022|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000109104458/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/PostResult3.html}}</ref>
 
===''Mobile Golf''===
{{rewrite-expand|section=y|Add information on his gameplay stats}}
In ''[[Mobile Golf]]'', Foreman Spike is a character who can be unlocked from using the [[nwiki:Mobile Adapter GB|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''===
[[File:Foreman SpikeSMM.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', one of the [[Costume Mario|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''===
Foreman Spike appears in the ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' microgame [[Wrecking Crew (WarioWare Gold)|Wrecking Crew]], where he sometimes appears behind the blocks after the player destroys them.
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
[[File:Spike TSMBM.png|thumb|280px|Spike in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''.]]
{{quote|Well, well, well! If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid [[Mario]] [[Luigi|Brothers]]! [...] Tell me... Have you even gotten one call since you left me to start your [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|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,<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=September 23, 2021|url=youtu.be/dG9fAtmYdlM?t=1854|timestamp=30:54|title=Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref> according to whom Spike serves as the former boss of Mario and Luigi in the movie,<ref>{{cite|author=Kaliroff, Marc|date=August 8, 2021|url=nintendowire.com/news/2021/08/09/sebastian-maniscalco-says-he-will-be-playing-foreman-spike-in-illuminations-super-mario-bros-movie|title=Sebastian Maniscalco says he will be playing Foreman Spike in Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie|publisher=Nintendo Wire|accessdate=September 30, 2021}}</ref> 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 [[The Super Mario Bros. Movie#SMBPlumbing.com|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."<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbplumbing.com/testimonials|title=Testimonials|publisher=SMB Plumbing|accessdate=February 19, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230212204230/https://www.smbplumbing.com/testimonials/|deadlink=y}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite|title=Testimonials|publisher=SMB Pumbling|accessdate=June 4, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230601204725/https://www.smbplumbing.com/testimonials/|deadlink=y}}</ref>
 
===Other appearances===
Two of the ''Wrecking Crew'' related challenges in ''[[NES Remix]]'' involve competing against Foreman Spike.
 
==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ブラッキー (JP) / Foreman Spike (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Foreman Spike (Mario Character Encyclopedia).png|100px]]
|shusshin=アメリカ
|seikaku=いじ{{ruby|悪|わる}}
|tojo_gemu=クルー
|desc='''<big>オレが{{ruby|元祖|がんそ}}ライバルだ</big><br>
「オレの{{ruby|生|い}}きがいはマリオの{{ruby|仕事|しごと}}の{{ruby|邪魔|じゃま}}をすること。ハシゴを{{ruby|壊|こわ}}して{{ruby|登|のぼ}}れないようにしてやるのさ。」<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/osj0tKY 32]}}</ref>
|origin=America
|disposition=Ill-tempered
|game_appearances=Crew
|eng_desc='''''<big>I'm the original rival.</big>'''''<br>
''"My job is to get in the way of Mario's work. I break ladders so he can't climb them."''
}}
 
===''[[Mobile Golf]]''===
{{Multilang profile
|columns=1
|type=website
|Jap=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......?
|JapM=This character hasn't appeared in a while. In fact, despite appearances, he is a hard worker and seems to be quite skilled...?
}}
 
==List of game appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
|-
!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release date
!width=20%|System/format
|-
|''[[Wrecking Crew]]''
|Enemy
|1985
|[[Family Computer]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Wrecking Crew '98]]''
|Challenger, unlockable playable character
|1998
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]
|-
|''[[Mobile Golf]]''
|Unlockable playable character
|2001
|[[Game Boy Color]], [[Game Boy Color#Mobile Adapter GB|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==
{{Media table
|file1=TSMBM - Foreman Spike.oga
|title1=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
|description1=''"Well, well, well! If it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid [[Mario]] [[Luigi|Brothers]]! [...] Tell me... Have you even gotten ONE call since you left me to start your [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|dumb company]]?"'' - Foreman Spike meeting Mario and Luigi in [[Punch-Out Pizzeria]]}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
WC Foreman Spike Manual Artwork.png|''[[Wrecking Crew]]''
MG Manual Spike.png|''[[Mobile Golf]]'' artwork
MobileGolfForemanSpikeSprite.png|''Mobile Golf'' sprite
NES Remix Stamp 058.png|[[List of NES Remix stamps|''NES Remix'' stamp]] of Foreman Spike
TSMBM Spike screenshot.png|Spike in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
Foreman Spike Emblem.png|Spike's [[emblem]] for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
</gallery>
 
==Quotes==
*"''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==
===Spike / Foreman Spike===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブラッキー
|JapN=before ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
|JapR=Burakkī
|JapM=Blackey / Blacky, presumably in reference to his hair
|Jap2=スパイク
|Jap2R=Supaiku
|Jap2M=Spike, after the Western name
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|author=Nintendo|date=April 20, 2023|url=x.com/Nintendo/status/1648938391814443008|title=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。|publisher=X|accessdate=April 20, 2023}}</ref>
|Cat=Spike
|ChiS=司派克
|ChiSR=Sīpàikè
|ChiSM=Spike
|ChiT=布拉奇
|ChiTR=Bùlāqí
|ChiTM=Blacky
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|url=youtu.be/iE-BqYVfA4I|author=環球影片 官方頻道|title=【超級瑪利歐兄弟電影版】官方預告- 2023年 全台戲院見|publisher=YouTube|date=November 30, 2022|accessdate=December 9, 2022}}</ref>
|Dut=Spike
|Fre=Contremaître Gros clou
|FreM=Foreman Big Nail
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Le contremaître Gros clou a l'habitude de frapper Mario (Luigi) par derrière et de le faire tomber.|title=''Wrecking Crew'' French instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo|language=fr|page=26|url=https://ia800206.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/21/items/emuvr-ugc/Nintinbox/NES/Manuals/WreckingCrew_NES-Manual_EUR%28NES-WR-FAH%29.zip&file=WreckingCrew_NES-Manual%2827%29_EUR%28NES-WR-FAH%29_20180523.jpg}}</ref>
|FreN=''Wrecking Crew''
|Fre2=Spike
|Fre2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
|Ger=Vorarbeiter Spike
|GerM=Foreman Spike
|Ita=Capomastro Spike
|ItaM=Master builder Spike
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wrecking Crew]]'' Italian instruction booklet|page=11}}</ref>
|Ita2=Caposquadra Spike
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Maker''
|Ita2M=Foreman Spike
|Ita3=Spike
|Ita3N=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
|Kor=블랭키
|KorR=Beullaengki
|KorM=Blanky
|KorC=<ref>{{cite|language=ko|url=youtu.be/8m6Cz1GJG3s|title=<nowiki>[슈퍼 마리오 브라더스]</nowiki> 공식 2차 예고편|date=November 30, 2022|publisher=YouTube|author=유니버설 픽쳐스|accessdate=December 9. 2022}}</ref>
|PorA=Spike
|PorE=Capataz Spike
|PorEN=''Super Mario Maker''
|PorEM=Foreman Spike
|Rus=Прораб Спайк
|RusR=Prorab Spaĭk
|RusM=Foreman Spike
|Spa=Capataz Spike
|SpaM=Foreman Spike
|Tha=สไปค์
|ThaR=Sa-pai
|ThaM=Spike
|ThaC=<ref>{{cite|author=UIP Thailand|date=November 30, 2022|url=youtu.be/3Egwz629D8c|title=The Super Mario Bros.Movie {{!}} Trailer 2 {{!}} Thai Sub {{!}} UIP Thailand|publisher=YouTube|language=th|accessdate=December 9, 2022}}</ref>
}}
 
===SpikeIsCool===
{{foreign names
|Chi=酷酷司派克<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbplumbing.tw/testimonials|title=客戶評價|publisher=SMBPlumbing.tw|language=zh-hant|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230311223327/https://www.smbplumbing.tw/testimonials|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|ChiR=Kù kù Sīpàikè
|ChiM=Cool Cool Spike
|FreE=SpikeIsCool<ref>{{cite|url=www.supermarioplomberie.fr/temoignages|title=Témoignages|publisher=supermarioplomberie.fr|language=fr|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230310023703/https://www.supermarioplomberie.fr/temoignages|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|Ger=SpikeIsCool<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbklempner.de/bewertungen|title=Bewertungen|publisher=SMBKlempner.de|language=de|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230311223140/https://www.smbklempner.de/bewertungen|deadlink=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.smbklempner.ch/bewertungen|title=Bewertungen|publisher=SMBKlempner.ch|language=de|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230311223122/https://www.smbklempner.ch/bewertungen|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|Ita=SpikeÉfigo<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbidraulica.it/dicono-di-noi|title=Dicono di noi|publisher=SMBIdraulica.it|language=it|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230309224437/https://www.smbidraulica.it/dicono-di-noi|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|ItaM=SpikeIScool
|PorA=SpikeIsCool<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbencanadores.com.br/depoimentos|title=Depoimentos|publisher=SMBEncanadores.com.br|language=pt-br|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230307065125/https://www.smbencanadores.com.br/depoimentos|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|SpaA=SpikeElCool<ref>{{cite|url=www.smbplomeria.com.mx/testimonios|title=Testimonios|publisher=SMBplomeria.com.mx|language=es-mx|accessdate=March 11, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230310025442/https://www.smbplomeria.com.mx/testimonios|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|SpaAM=SpikeTheCool
|SpaE=SpikeMola<ref>{{cite|url=www.supermariobros-fontaneros.com/testimonios|title=Testimonios|publisher=SuperMarioBros-Fontaneros.com|language=es-es|accessdate=March 19, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230307204532/https://www.supermariobros-fontaneros.com/testimonios|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|SpaEM=SpikeRocks
}}
 
==Trivia==
*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==
<references/>
 
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[[it:Caposquadra Spike]]

Latest revision as of 00:20, October 24, 2024

This article is about the character named Foreman Spike. For other uses of the name Spike, see Spike (disambiguation).
Foreman Spike
An illustration of Foreman Spike.
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
Artwork of Mario and Foreman Spike from Wrecking Crew
Mario knocking down Foreman Spike

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

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]

It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: Add information on his gameplay stats

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]

Foreman Spike, in Super Mario Maker.

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]

Spike in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Spike in 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, 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)
An illustration of Foreman Spike.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん アメリカ Place of origin America
性格せいかく いじわる Disposition Ill-tempered
登場とうじょうゲーム クルー Game appearances Crew
オレが元祖がんそライバルだ

「オレのきがいはマリオの仕事しごと邪魔じゃまをすること。ハシゴをこわしてのぼれないようにしてやるのさ。」[10]

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...?)

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]

Audio.svg 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 infoMedia:TSMBM - Foreman Spike.oga
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Gallery[edit]

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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ September 2008. Nintendo DREAM, Vol. 173.[page number needed]
  3. ^ December 14, 2022. ワリオ誕生秘話(2008年 9月号より). Nintendo DREAM WEB. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  4. ^ 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.)
  5. ^ 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.)
  6. ^ Nintendo of America (September 23, 2021). Nintendo Direct - 9.23.2021 (30:54). YouTube. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Testimonials. SMB Plumbing. Archived February 12, 2023, 20:42:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  9. ^ Testimonials. SMB Pumbling. Archived June 1, 2023, 20:47:25 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  10. ^ 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 32.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ Wrecking Crew Italian instruction booklet. Page 11.
  15. ^ 유니버설 픽쳐스 (November 30, 2022). [슈퍼 마리오 브라더스] 공식 2차 예고편. YouTube (Korean). Retrieved December 9. 2022.
  16. ^ UIP Thailand (November 30, 2022). The Super Mario Bros.Movie | Trailer 2 | Thai Sub | UIP Thailand. YouTube (Thai). Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Témoignages. supermarioplomberie.fr (French). Archived March 10, 2023, 02:37:03 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  19. ^ Bewertungen. SMBKlempner.de (German). Archived March 11, 2023, 22:31:40 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  20. ^ Bewertungen. SMBKlempner.ch (German). Archived March 11, 2023, 22:31:22 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  21. ^ Dicono di noi. SMBIdraulica.it (Italian). Archived March 9, 2023, 22:44:37 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  22. ^ Depoimentos. SMBEncanadores.com.br (Brazilian Portuguese). Archived March 7, 2023, 06:51:25 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  23. ^ Testimonios. SMBplomeria.com.mx (Mexican Spanish). Archived March 10, 2023, 02:54:42 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  24. ^ Testimonios. SuperMarioBros-Fontaneros.com (European Spanish). Archived March 7, 2023, 20:45:32 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 19, 2023.