"He’s a man on a mission and he’s not as easily dismissible. He’s not as pathetic and you can tell just by looking at. Dick Dastardly was a very very wimpy guy in the original cartoons and now, he’s got a giant simian jaw and a huge kind of Mr. Incredible body. He’s slightly more of a force in this."
"Quicksilver in this series makes the Quicksilver in the MCU look like an absolute joke. Here he has personality and we get to see his powers used in one of the best scenes in the franchise. Before I watched this movie people would always tell me, "Bro, wait until you see the Quicksilver scene" and I admit I was not disappointed. I didn't really fully get why people were so excited that this guy shows up in WandaVision but now that I've experienced him here, I'm pretty upset that he was wasted as this cheap tease in that show."
—The Cosmonaut Variety Hour on Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past
And then you got Toadstool. Yeah, I know: she just sits back smiling like an idiot and waits for the Mario Brothers to save her again, right? FUCK NO, the chick saves herself! Look at this badass bitch, she literally has a whole part of the story just about her breaking out and kicking ass. It's a really cool escape and in every other panel she looks goddamn awesome. Even the Mario Brothers at the very end are like: "Jesus lady, give us some screentime!" But on top of that, when Bowser attacks in the opening, she doesn't just sit back and have the Mario Brothers do all the work: she fucking jumps out the window, gets a Mushroom Army and goes after him herself. Goddamn, this lady is on fire. In fact, believe it or not; but theres' actually a scene where Mario gets' captured. And guess who the hell has to go save him? FUCKIN' PRINCESS TOADSTOOL! She switches places with Luigi and ends up blowing the place apart. Fuckin' a-you are a MACHINE! I'm sorry, I know I'm really dwelling on this, but for YEARS we've seen this goddamn broad do nothing and smile about it. And in the Comic, she's probably the best element of the entire story.
— Nostalgia Critic on Princess Toadstool, Super Mario Adventures
