Why doesn't Pauline sound like she used to?

Pauline is the original Mario damsel, having been around since the days of Donkey Kong. And since Mario Odyssey, Pauline has had an iconic voice too! But did you know this isn't the first, or last, voice Pauline has had?!

SOURCES
DK Arcade
- Ken Horowitz (2020). “Beyond Donkey Kong: A History of Nintendo Arcade Games”, p. 53

Cartoons

Odyssey

Mario movie

CREDITS

[ThomasGameDocs]

Hey everyone! I hope you enjoy this new episode of my Nintendo voice actors series! Stay tuned, because a video about Wario's voice will be coming before the end of the year! :)

[_frankiefreak_]

I love how flirtatious she is. She reminds me of Jessica Rabbit & really stands out from the rest of the human Mario girls!

[clubtonberry]

It's nice that Nintendo let Pauline have a deeper, more mature voice. They seem to be deathly allergic to deeper female voices for some reason, Daisy and Rosalina's voice changes are examples of that.

[loganscottcolton]

0:23 Why's she so THIRSTY dayummn lmao

[UltimateDragonX]

22:14 for anyone wondering the character that jessica Diccico voiced in adventure time was flame princess. Along with her other voice acting roles such as lynn loud jr and lucy loud in loud house, duleena in ballmasterz 9009, Lexi bunny in Loonatics Unleashed, Candice in close enough, Giffany in Gravity Falls, Annie in It's pony life, Hanazuki in Hanazuki:full of treasure, and Shigeru Kamado in the English dub of demon slayer.

[TheRealBatabii]

Why does Nintendo keep changing everyone's hair color? Peach, Pauline, Daisy...they never stay the same.

EDIT: Stop saying game limitations. The old cartoons and ads don't match the game either. Pauline had blonde hair in the cartoons but now she has dark hair.

[SamChat]

10:46 that is the most suggestive voice I ever heard😂

[SnakeAnimation]

oH, iF dOnKey KOnG fALLs iNtO ThE HanDs of An uNSCrUmpuLoUS pErSon, TheRE's nO tEllIng WHAT'LL hApPen!

[kittenkid]

You might want to wear headphones when watching this....

[Geode.the.Sneasler]

Can we take the time to appreciate the demo recording at 16:33? It sounds really good and soothing! Rob did a great job singing it

Also, great video Thomas!

[davestrides]

pauline is definitely my favorite female mario character. her revamped version is a really refreshing addition to the cast lineup

[ShadyRK]

Back then I thought Pauline WAS Princess Peach...

[SorceressRose]

Kate Higgins has already worked on Nintendo projects before landing the role with Pauline, she got to voice Lissa from Fire Emblem Awakening in 2012, returning for Fire Emblem Heroes (2017) and Fire Emblem Warriors (2017) to voice the character again with the addition of voicing a new character in FEH with Serra from The Blazing Blade (2003) and then she voiced Purah from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) in a flashblack cutscene for the Champion's Ballad, where you can hear her directing the picture for the Champions + Zelda & Link, then she fully voiced Purah in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020), then reprised the role again in Tears of the Kingdom (2023), 2017 was basically a big year for Kate Higgins, because so many Nintendo games released with her voicing a character in it.

Fun Fact: She's the current voice of Princess Aurora from Disney as of 2010.

[BlueBabbuu]

This was a GREAT doc keep up the Amazing work Thomas!

[SamChat]

17:00 wow the male voice singing is soothing

[silverchan]

I always knew about Pauline a little when I was a kid but I always asked myself about who she was because no one really talked about her, I think I heard someone say it was Peach but that might be misremembering it's fun to see her get more attention and content from now then all those years, she's not a generic damsel anymore....

[Toadiferous]

I'm happy to see Pauline in the modern spinoffs. I think it really solidifies the Mario/DK connection that they've been trying to push more as well. Maybe we'll see Pauline (and DK) in a main line game like how they brought Rosalina into 3D World. Obviously they were in Odyssey, but I'm more referring to a platformer as a playable alternative to the Bros. like Peach and Toad have been.

[MrBallerinakaka]

Super Mario Odyssey Really Revived Everyone Interest of Pauline! Because Before SMO. Pauline Was Considered Obscure Nintendo Character as She Faded into Forgotten Characters Due to Princess Peach Popularity.

[kryzethx]

16:55 Surprisingly, male version of these vocals sounds pretty good! Very interesting in-progress version :D

[OrlandoAToons]

I remind you Pauline shares her VA with Tails.
Yeah, this is real.