It’s in the same font from 2002’s Super Mario Sunshine. ![]() ![]() As the brothers depart, you can see a Sunshine Travel Agency next door to Punch-Out. Listen out closely in that same scene and you’ll notice Mario’s ringtone is the startup sound of the Nintendo GameCube. He’s not just comic relief: he was a foreman in 1985’s Wrecking Crew, an obscure Famicom title featuring Mario and Luigi. You’ll also notice he’s playing on a Donkey Kong arcade cabinet, which featured the first appearance of Mario way back in 1981. Because it is: it’s voice actor Charles Martinet, who first started voicing Mario in 1991. Exploits of its protagonist, Little Mac, can be seen dotted on the walls in newspaper clippings.īrilliantly, the first person Mario talks to about the dodgy Italian accent he puts on in the commercial is a person who sounds exactly like game Mario. It's then revealed that Mario and Luigi are watching the ad in Punch-Out Pizzeria, which is a reference to Nintendo’s Punch-Out series. They’re items first introduced as power-ups at the beginning of Super Mario World via the Cape Feather. How’s that for a deep cut? The end of the ad also sees Mario and Luigi ‘flying’ in yellow capes. The cheesy ad for their plumbing company includes a rap that is directly taken from the equally-camp Super Mario Bros Super Show from 1989. Next, we move over to Mario and Luigi’s introduction in the movie. ![]() (Image credit: Universal/Illumination/Nintendo)
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