Toad (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)

Toad is a major character from the Mario games and the TV adaptions. He is the friend of Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool (aka Peach). Where he retained his look and personality from the games. Toad is seen as somewhat of a sidekick to Mario throughout the show, while Luigi was upgraded to a partner. He was voiced by John Stocker.

Why He Sucked
'''NOTE: This is only focusing on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! TV version of him since the video game version of him is likable, and also because he redeems himself in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 TV show.'''
 * 1) His character generally feels out of place in the gang. While Mario and his friends are either light-hearted or genuinely heroic, Toad is mostly noisy and obnoxious, and sometimes messes with the flow of the episode.
 * 2) He has the most ear-shattering voice possible. Where his distinctively raspy voice performance is below average and pretty annoying. He also speaks in an unnecessarily nasally Brooklyn accent.
 * 3) * He often makes squeaky sounds, which is noticeable whenever he gets grabbed or touches the ground.
 * 4) He is nothing more than being the true embodiment of a Scrappy, where he acts way too loud, that he hurts.
 * 5) He often does nothing to help Mario and his friends. This is better shown where he can be bratty and whiny sometimes, in episodes like "Koopa Klaus", when Koopa attacked Mario and Co., Toad cared more about his snowboard than helping them. Earning him a well-deserved scolding from the Princess.
 * 6) Much like Scrappy-Doo (Lennie Weinrib), the way he tries to challenge monsters much stronger than him, such as King Koopa, to a fight is overwhelmingly annoying and predictable.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Like his game counterpart, Toad is one of Toadstool's most loyal servants and has constantly tried his best to protect Princess Toadstool from Bowser and his Koopa Troop forces until the Mario Bros. arrived to protect her as well.
 * 2) As the series progressed, Toad started to became more tolerable and less annoying, and in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, he redeems himself, despite complaining about always being left behind in the adventures, as he become a whole lot better portrayed and much more tolerable and he even allowed his friends to live in his house.

Trivia

 * According to the episode "Escape from Koopatraz", Toad's father is named Moldy. Additionally, he calls his paternal grandfather Gramps.
 * He acts as the tag-along kid in the gang, yet he is also old enough to be an official Mushroom Retainer (a title he himself uses in a few episodes), is legally able to drive, and is close friends with Hercufleas, a middle-aged man.
 * Toad's "froggy" voice would be a character trait and direction that would make its way into future game portrayals.