Spike looks nearly identical to Wario in the game aside from his dark attire and less plump figure. While Foreman Spike has an overgrown beard in Wrecking Crew, he shaves most of it leaving only a mustache in Wrecking Crew '98 (a Japanese exclusive sequel).

Both wear yellow overalls and a big yellow hat. Wario and Foreman Spike also sport similar attire. Both characters will do anything to take Mario's wealth in their never-ending quest for riches. The burly foreman shares many of the same personality traits as Wario, such as greed and envy. Players would have to find a hidden coin before Foreman Spike could take it for himself. He appeared in bonus levels of the game trying to take Mario's hard-earned gold coins. Related: Super Smash Bros Ultimate: Why Rayman Should Join the Fightįoreman Spike was Mario's adversary many years before Wario made his way into the franchise. Instead, Wario is mostly likely based on a different character from another Nintendo game released half a decade before the cartoon aired: 1985's Wrecking Crew.

However, the yellow-wearing mustachioed plumber is probably not Mario's arch-rival, and the parallels between the two are probably a coincidence. These similarities have led some to believe this isn't just a lookalike, but the greedy anti-hero himself. The character also has a yellow hat and a mustache that looks remarkably like Wario's. A 1989 episode titled 'Plummers Academy' depicts another student in Mario and Luigi's plumbing class who is wearing yellow overalls and a purple undershirt. Some fans believe that the show introduced Wario a few years before he appeared in Super Mario Land 2.

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