Captain Toad is a who first appears in . A red dressed with an oversized backpack and a headlamp, he is the leader of the , a group of Toads that provides help to in Super Mario Galaxy and (in these games, he is referred to as the Toad Brigade Captain). He subsequently appears in as a playable character in special levels called .
Captain Toad earns his own starring role in , which revolves around a tale of the hard-working Toad going out of his way to stop from taking away both his treasure.
