In what way is it Mario's fault? As far as we know he's out pursuing one of his many other hobbies (go-karting, tennis, teaching middle school students how to type) when Peach is kidnapped. He's not a member of Peach's inner circle, he's not in the Toadstool army, it's not his job to protect Peach.
I'm talking about when he gets to the end of a castle, finds Peach and then stands there while Bowser runs off with her, such as in Super Mario Brothers on DS.
If Mario gets points off for Peach getting kidnapped so often, then Bugs gets points off for Benghazi. The connection is that neither one of them are at all responsible for these events.
If Mario really cares about Peach, he should know that Bowser is going to kidnap her over and over. That shows a lack of intelligence and/or common sense which is going to cost him.
Ah ah ah not quite. His health meter has eight units but a single hit from several enemies, including the first ones in the first world, take away three of those units, meaning three hits would kill him, just from those basic enemies touching him.
Are you saying it's a weakness of Mario's that he can die from falling down a bottomless pit? Wut?
I'm saying that a single shot can knock him into something that kills him. Just because he's durable doesn't mean he can't be taken down by a simple attack that puts him into a trap (or pit in this case), which is something Bugs excels at.
Bugs goes right up to men with guns who are specifically hunting rabbits and casually stands there and chats them up. If Bugs tried that with anybody who wasn't actually an idiot (like Mario), then he'd be very quickly dispatched.
How? By jumping on his head? That's really not much of an offense save for against the weakest of weak opponents.
There's no reason to believe that once Mario starts attacking Bugs Bunny he can do anything to stop him. Mario has stood toe to toe with much bigger and badder opponents than Bugs Bunny and won.
He's gone toe to toe with bigger and badder
looking opponents and won. Those enemies have very predictable offensive patterns and are often taken down by mere stomps on the head. Bugs has survived lightning strikes and is possibly the least predictable character in this field (it's almost like he's looney).
Mario's world is one of predictability and Bugs turns that entire concept upside down, hence why he wins.