Talking Flower

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Talking Flower
Artwork of an orange Talking Flower
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Portrayed by	Mick Wingert (English; see Portrayals section for other languages)
Subject origin	Flower

Template:Quote2 Talking Flowers (also written in lowercase) are characters that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are small flowers that talk to the player when approached; the messages they say are small reactions to what is currently ongoing in the level, which may serve as hints. They typically come in orange, but red and blue varieties also exist. The red variety appears in the Badge Challenges, in The Desert Mystery's Wonder Effect, and also in Color-Switch Dungeon, which appears red when the ON/OFF Switches are set to "ON" and blue when they are set to "OFF". In The Final Battle! Bowser's Rage Stage, they have a light-green aura around them and their speech is distorted and higher-pitched so as to fit the level's theme.

Unlike the other characters, their dialogue is fully voiced, and they have separate voice actors in each of the game’s languages. Players have the option to turn either the speech bubbles or spoken dialogue on and off, and can change the language they can talk in. Their design is reminiscent of the angel's trumpet flower.

According to an interview for Nintendo's Ask the Developer series, the Talking Flowers were a reconfigured version of a concept proposed by producer Takashi Tezuka where the game would provide live commentary on the player's actions. The original idea was scrapped due to it being too much work to implement, with the Talking Flowers being seen as a more practical alternative that better fit the Super Mario franchise.

Profiles

• Trading card bio: These flowers will chat with Mario and friends to liven up their adventure or give hints.

Quotes

This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

Welcome to the Flower Kingdom!

• "Onward and upward!"
  • "Maybe it's time for a break. I'm not one to rush." (when the player stays idle)
  • "What's the matter? You tired or something?" (when the player continues staying idle)
  • "*yawn* I'm tired... How 'bout you?"
• "What a beautiful day." (after the first flower coin)
  • "Love a good breeze."
• "That Goomba looks so serene."(next to a Goomba after the first Elephant Fruit)
  • "Well then."(if the player wakes up said Goomba)
• "Mmm, refreshing!" (dipped in a pool of water)
• "Ahaha!" (flying in the air next to a hidden block with a flower propeller)
  • "Oh!" (after the hidden block is hit)
  • "Would ya look at that!"
  • "Coiiiiins!" (when the cloud blocks from an above platform turn into coins)
• "Heyyyy!" (after the Checkpoint Flag to the left of a sideways pipe)
• "Hiiii!" (on the other side of that sideways pipe)
• "Whoa!" (after the Wonder Flower appears)
  • "Whoa-whoa!" (said in a panicked tone after Mario grabs the Wonder Flower)
• "What's that?" (right before the Wonder Seed)
  • "Hey, you! What WAS that?" (after grabbing the Wonder Seed)
    • "Didn't you see something back there?"
    • "Are you just gonna leave?" (if the Wonder Flower is avoided)
• "Bye-bye!" (on the pipes leading to the Goal Pole)
  • "So long!" (if the Wonder Flower is avoided)

Other

• "Heya!"
• "Whoa..."
• "Whoa!"
• "Whoawa-whoa!"
• "Roll! Roll! Rolllll!"
• "Wow, zippy!"
• "Oh no no no no no no no!"
• "It's time to fly!"
• "Oooh! So exciting!"
• "How'd you get up here?!"
• "What a pretty sunset..."
• "Timing is key..."
• "I wonder what Goombas taste like..."
• "Wonder if you can get over there..."
  • "Oh! So you can get over there!"
• "My poor withered roots..."
• "You'd share your water with me?!"
• "Boiiing!"
• "Thank you!"
• "That trunk sure is useful, huh?"
• "Zzz-HUH?!"
• "Wasn't expecting company!"
• "OooOOaaaAAH!"
• "Wheeeeeee."
• "Go for it!"
• "Aaaaah!"
• "What a beautiful day."
• "Mmm, refreshing!"
• "What's that?"
• "Doing great!"
• "Bye-bye!"
• "AaaaAAaaAAAH!"
• "That was wild."
• "Deep breaths..."
• "You've got it!"
• "Impressive!"
• "I loved the fireworks!"
• "I hope they happen again!"
• "So many shooting stars!"
• "Dazzling!"
• "Sparkly!"
• "Go! Go!"
• "Nice work!"
• "Great job!"
• "They say they bring good luck!"
• "Love that sound!"
• "Gah..."
• "Glad I'm not a Goomba..."
• "Wow!"
• "Don't let 'em see you!"
• "I've discovered a new species!"
• "Wonder what you taste like..."
• "A full moon..."
• "Could be quite a night!"
• "Something feels...off..."
• "Oh hey, it's you."
• "Hanging in there?"
• "You've really come along way."
• "Chaaaaarge!"
• "One! Two! Three! Jump!"
• "You're gonna be amazing."
• "Hello!"
• "Hi!"
• "Hi, again!"
• "And we all lived happily ever after. Come back again sometime, yeah?" (after-credits scene)
• "Oh! Was it something I said?" (if the flowers' voice is disabled in the options menu)

Gallery

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  Key artwork of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

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  Mario peeking out of a Warp Pipe next to a Talking Flower

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  A red variant of a Talking Flower

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  A blue variant of a Talking Flower found in Color-Switch Dungeon

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  A Talking Flower

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  Animated artwork as seen on the Japanese website

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  Animated artwork as seen on the Japanese website

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  Photo-taking area based on Super Mario Bros. Wonder at the Nintendo Live event at PAX West 2023

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  A Talking Flower featured on a promotion image counting down to Super Mario Bros. Wonder's release

Portrayals

• Mick Wingert (English)
• Ma Bo Qiang (Mandarin Chinese)
• Ewout Eggink (Dutch)
• Jérémy Prévost (French)
• Jan Uplegger (German)
• Paolo De Santis (Italian)
• Junji Kitajima (Japanese)
• Nakyoon Choi (Korean)
• Luís Barros (European Portuguese, also voiced Mario in the European Portuguese dub of The Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Leandro Hainis (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Anton Kobylko (Russian)
• Rafael Parra (European Spanish)
• Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	おしゃべりフラワー Oshaberi Furawā	Chatty Flower
Chinese (simplified)	闲聊花花[?] Xiánliáo Huāhuā	Gossip Flowers
Chinese (traditional)	閒聊花花 Xiánliáo Huāhuā	Gossip Flowers
Dutch	Babbelbloem[?]	Chatter Flower
French	Fleur cancan[?]	Gossip Flower
German	Plauderblume[?]	Chat Flower
Italian	Fiore parlante[?]	Talking flower
Korean	수다쟁이 꽃 Sudajaeng'i Kkot	Talkative Flower
Portuguese	Flor Tagarela[?]	Chatty Flower
Russian	Цветочек-болтун[?] Tsvetochek-boltun	(Little) chatterbox flower
Spanish	Flor parlante[?]	Talking Flower