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Toadette

Toadette, known in Japanese as , is a character in the Mario franchise, first introduced in 2003's Mario Kart: Double Dash as Toad's racing partner. Originally appearing as mainly a side character playable in many spin-off titles, Toadette has since gone on to appear as a main playable character in many mainline Mario installments such as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Super Mario Maker 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, as well as serving as one of the two protagonists in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. In her debut, Toadette was initially voiced by Jen Taylor and has since gone on to be voiced by Samantha Kelly and Laura Stahl respectively. Despite often being seen as the female counterpart to the Toads, neither Toad or Toadette were designed by Nintendo with genders in mind but instead as a genderless race that display gendered characteristics. In her appearance in U Deluxe, Toadette is capable of using a power-up called the Super Crown, which transforms her into a Princess Peach look-alike called that allows her to improve her jumping abilities. Toadette received commentary in regards to her gender and the roles she appears in, with some characters describing her as a "Ms. Male Character" and comparing her to the comic strip character Smurfette. Additional commentary was given about her relationship with Toad.…

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Toadette, known in Japanese as , is a character in the Mario franchise, first introduced in 2003's Mario Kart: Double Dash as Toad's racing partner. Originally appearing as mainly a side character playable in many spin-off titles, Toadette has since gone on to appear as a main playable character in many mainline Mario installments such as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Super Mario Maker 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, as well as serving as one of the two protagonists in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. In her debut, Toadette was initially voiced by Jen Taylor and has since gone on to be voiced by Samantha Kelly and Laura Stahl respectively. Despite often being seen as the female counterpart to the Toads, neither Toad or Toadette were designed by Nintendo with genders in mind but instead as a genderless race that display gendered characteristics. In her appearance in U Deluxe, Toadette is capable of using a power-up called the Super Crown, which transforms her into a Princess Peach look-alike called that allows her to improve her jumping abilities. Toadette received commentary in regards to her gender and the roles she appears in, with some characters describing her as a "Ms. Male Character" and comparing her to the comic strip character Smurfette. Additional commentary was given about her relationship with Toad.…

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  1. release date: 2019 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2019". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378843397

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