{"id":"what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead","name":"What Happened To Toadsworth Toadsworth Is Dead","summary":"\"What Happened To Toadsworth\" or \"Toadsworth Is Dead\" is a running gaming-fan question turned meme about Nintendo quietly retiring Peach's elderly steward Toadsworth from new Super Mario titles after 2013. The topic moved from long-form fan essays in 2021 and 2023 into full X meme format in early August 2026, when Nintendo published a Super Mario Sunshine redraw that left him out.","tags":["toadsworth","toadsworth is dead","what happened to toadsworth","super mario meme","mario mandate","paper mario","nintendo meme","super mario sunshine"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":2,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead/what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead-toadsworth-missing-poster-cover.webp","caption":"Cover image for the 'What Happened to Toadsworth? / Toadsworth Is Dead' meme, showing a MISSING poster of Toadsworth overlaid on a Super Mario Sunshine scene.","width":1280,"height":720,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead/what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead-mariocircuit-censored-toadsworth-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet from @mariocircuit_ jokes about 'new Sunshine screenshots' in which Toadsworth is censored out with black boxes, mocking his ongoing absence from Mario media.","width":716,"height":564,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/what-happened-to-toadsworth-toadsworth-is-dead/history.md","related":["koopa-troopa-dance","mario-the-idea-vs-mario-the-man","super-mario-world-ending-theme-monkey-circle","the-rainbow-road-song","waluigi","but-our-princess-is-in-another-castle","dj-luigi","luigi","luigis-death-stare","malleo","mario-kart","spiny-shell"],"popularityRank":3848,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}