Ruben Toad

Ruben Toad is a character in the Mario Universe. He resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, though his exact location is unknown. He isn't exactly an OC, although his backstory and much of his personality is fanmade, although Rocky Stone has stated that Ruben is meant to be the Red Toad from Super Mario Sunshine, and the normal form of Captain Toad. Although sounding like Samantha Kelly in the actual games, Rocky imagines him sounding like Isaac Marshall, who voiced Toad in Mario Kart 64.

Biography
Ruben is known for being self confident; even somewhat arrogant, and optimistic, though he is also a big coward, sometimes clumsy and a little scatterbrained. He has a tendency to unintentionally insult someone or hurt their feelings. However, there isn't much he dislikes other than being scared or realising he's not the awesomeness he believes he is. He is friendly, though some find him annoying. Ruben is also fond of pizza and videogames, and is a bit of a flirt with Toadette.

The Rais
Ruben is Toad's older cousin, who is hogging all his remaining friends! He'd gladly let Toad join in, but then he accidentally breaks Toad's 3DS! Will Ruben and Toad ever make up?

Family
Ruben is an only child, and his parents are unknown. Despite not having siblings, he has five cousins; Kinopio, Yvan, Roxo, Jaden, and Wolley. Kinopio is a little jealous of Ruben hanging out with the other Toad brothers, but being the nice guy he is, Kinopio doesn't insult or wish badly of his cousin, instead simply being upset and lonely. Ruben and Kinopio eventually reconcile at the end of "The Rais".

Ruben often hangs out with his other cousins; Yvan, Wolley, Jaden and Roxo. In their youth, they all thought he was cool, although around the events of Super Mario Galaxy, Yvan started to get a little sick of his rambling about how "awesome" he is.

Friends
Ruben is friends with Peach, Mario, Luigi, Daisy, Yoshi and Birdo. He is also in friendly relations with Toadsworth, although he tends to find his strict attitude irritating at times.

Romance
In his final year of high school, he went to the dance with Toadette, who he had feelings for. They dated for 7 years before Toadette dumped him for accidentally insulting Toad. Toadette disliked him for a while after that, although they eventually made up shortly before the events of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, becoming "adventure pals".

While they were going out, they sometimes bickered like an old married couple, although is was mainly Toadette getting irritated with him at certain times. Although they often clashed, it was mainly played for laughs, and they weren't having serious problems or anything.