characters

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“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” which had a production budget of $110 million, continues the story of iconic Nintendo characters Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach as they journey to rescue Princess Rosalina.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There is no opening credits sequence, not even a single bit of pre-title exposition to get viewers acclimated to the characters or the setting.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The hardest and most "important" item to source was the yellow flotation barrels, which are like those used by the characters in the blockbuster to track the shark.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The characters say something and mean something else, but the connection is so obvious it embarrasses the reader.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri