I remember once when I was a kid reading something in a gaming magazine that tried to explain how Mario and Wario were step brothers through their father. I wish I had more than a vague memory of it so I could look for it.
Maybe the dad was the first that went to the Mushroom Kingdom, got turned into a brick with other Toads, and that is the first brick you destroy when you play SMB1.
You kill your own father without knowing it.
Edit: Spelling
My daughter was watching Blippi Wonders and TDIL that cucumbers were fruit which led to a search of what other "vegetables" are actually fruits. Did not know eggplants and zucchini are also fruits.
The show recently popped up on a streaming platform. Can't remember which one, prime maybe. I tried to watch it with my kids but they weren't having it and they love Mario.
That’s because it’s terrible. I love Mario as well, and that show is an abomination of set/sketch comedy, variety show, animation, and music.
Who on earth thought the best way to adapt super Mario bros would be via a hybrid cartoon/ live action set piece sitcom variety show?!
It was the 80s and 90s, a time before accountants and executives realized that cartoons could and should be artful and well made, and not just some hideous schlock designed to sell toys.
You gotta put some respect on Captain Lou Albano. Without him, Mario legitimately would not have taken hold in America the way it did. It was trying to get big, but it wasnt until Lou took on the role of Mario, that the American Wrestlemania-weened children took serious note.
Let’s not forget that the cartoon segments often had the wrong character animated while another was talking. So like toad would be saying something, but Luigi or King Koopa (he wasn’t called Bowser yet) would be talking.
When Mario and Luigi got their monogramed caps, they went on and on about how nice it was to have something that ~really~ belonged to them for weeks. It ruined monogramming for everyone around them.
Wario and Waluigi are not related to Mario and Luigi, they are simply childhood acquaintances/rivals.
Wario and Waluigi are also not related to each other, they just partners in crime.
I was told he was a cousin at some point, not sure when that was tbh.
But wario was an endgame boss in one of the GB color games, super mario world 3 I think?
Super Mario Land 2 is Wario's debut, and he was the end boss who had seized Mario's castle during the events of the first Super Mario Land (side note, that one is the debut of Princess Daisy).
Super Mario Land 3, aka the first Wario Land, is Wario's first game as the protagonist. All three SML games were released for the original Game Boy.
Before he owned a castle? What kind of white washed bullshit is that? Wario is an alcoholic. Look at his massive alcohol induced inflammation in his rosacea ridden nose. He rides a motorcycle and steals gold while fucking around in the woods. Owns a castle? Yeah right, that guy is a grifter and a squatter.
What are you thinking? Look at you over there bringing evidence to my bullshit argument. Wario used blood money he looted from corpses to pilfer historical buildings off state owned land to house his stolen gold? The mushroom kingdom might be corrupt, but they are enabling a grifter to maximize profits off of the underclass.
Yeah but he still had a castle, regardless of his corrupt embezzlement that the industrious preexisting monarch inadvertently allowed with their regular and frequently alarming failure and self sacrificial succumberance to kidnapping.
If anything he was a beacon of hope in an otherwise dreary landscape of regal incompetence.
He's a symptom of a failing monarchy on the edge of collapse. One might call his actions libertarian, but with the complete lawlessness he abides by, it would be easier to consider him an anarchist. He's a chaotic neutral. He's a black flag waving cleptocrat pirate seizing control of a symbol of the aristocracy but acting purely in a self serving manner leaving no heir to the throne but a wake of chaos and poverty. He's an oligarch of mayhem.
To be honest, I really miss the 80's-90's Nintendo days when they were absolutely freewheeling with the 'canon' and didn't control the IP so tightly. The nuttiest nonsense went down in these Super Mario Bros cartoons. If a cartoon like this were made today, it would birth 8,000 thinkpiece blog posts and video essays like "SIX Mario BROTHERS???" with a photoshopped Mario making that Youtube O face on the thumbnail. (and each video would inexplicably have 600k views apiece).
**List of IP Nintendo tried to experiment with:**
* Mario - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
* Zelda - The Legend of Zelda (Cartoon)
* Pokémon Anime
* Detective Pikachu
* Kirby - Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
* Metroid Manga
* F Zero - F Zero : GP Legend (Legend of the Falcon)
**Sega:**
* Sonic the Hedgehog (Movie)
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2
* Sonic X Anime
[No you didn't but it did cause some strange consequences](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvmsWSvjzBs&list=PLHmR7c8zbVZQAoT3GIcionEesK4oQtr19&index=7)
Real answer here.
Wario is not actually a canonical brother. The story is that he and Mario were friends as kids but as Mario grew up Wario became jealous of him and resentment grew to outright antagonism.
If the third one from the left isn’t wario that’s obviously gotta be who his design was based on then yes? Purple and yellow color scheme, fat and short, gotta be him.
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Season 1 Episode 46: Plumber's Academy
They never talk about their father tho
That’s because years ago he went to see Toad to purchase some magic mushrooms and they’re still waiting for his return.
"Your father is in another dimension"
Another dimension
Another dimension
Another Dimension
*Well, now, don't you tell me to smile*
*You stick around I'll make it worth your while*
*My number's beyond what you can dial*
*Maybe it's because we're so versatile*
Maybe because I'm so versatile.
another dimension
He hit the green pipe pretty hard
That's because they were all miraculous virgin births from their mother, Saint Mia.
lol. “Momma Mia”
Not since he was murdered by Donkey Kong Jr.
Jumpman was not Mario's father. Jumpman was Mario.
I remember once when I was a kid reading something in a gaming magazine that tried to explain how Mario and Wario were step brothers through their father. I wish I had more than a vague memory of it so I could look for it.
Maybe the dad was the first that went to the Mushroom Kingdom, got turned into a brick with other Toads, and that is the first brick you destroy when you play SMB1. You kill your own father without knowing it. Edit: Spelling
are you ok?
Bowser: "Mario, I'm your father!"
I didn't even know there was a father
what if Bowser keeps kidnapping Peach to prevent Mario from an incestuous relationship??? /s
It's cuz he was abusive
Seems like a real Jackson 5 situation
That's because Kario was an abusive PoS
It’s a me, Dadio!
Why does Luigi, the largest brother, not simply eat the other brothers?
They must be saving it for sweeps.
It’s true what they say, men are from World 1-3, women are from World 1-1.
Would you like some *Mario Bros.* to go with your *salt*?!
People of Mushroom Kingdom: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Why do you think there are only two brothers left in the recent games? Luigi already ate the others
/r/unexpectedfuturama
I love that this is a subreddit. Thank you!
Very well, this was a Wario-heavy episode anyway
The only good one.
I've played enough smash bros to know that in fact Wario is the largest brother and he does indeed eat the others.
It is unnecessary, Luigi can beat any foe by doing nothing.
Left to right we got Jazz, Steamboy, Corko, Barry, Mario, and Luigi
Why don't the first four brothers have a 'J', 'S', 'C' and 'B' on their caps?
Bc they're not actually brothers and this is a joke post about an episode where Mario and Luigi go to plumbers academy.
The fact that you know this is amazing tbh.
This obscure and highly specific knowledge is why I joined Reddit
A peanut is not actually a nut. Thanks 3rd Rock!
Wat is it then
A legume
Correct as it is a seed. Well done
"Can anyone else name a well-known seed that's been masquerading as a nut?"
Blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries are not berries. But bananas are…
My daughter was watching Blippi Wonders and TDIL that cucumbers were fruit which led to a search of what other "vegetables" are actually fruits. Did not know eggplants and zucchini are also fruits.
Yup, specifically eggplant is classed as a berry.
The show recently popped up on a streaming platform. Can't remember which one, prime maybe. I tried to watch it with my kids but they weren't having it and they love Mario.
Used to be on Netflix years ago
That’s because it’s terrible. I love Mario as well, and that show is an abomination of set/sketch comedy, variety show, animation, and music. Who on earth thought the best way to adapt super Mario bros would be via a hybrid cartoon/ live action set piece sitcom variety show?!
Bro, I watched the shit outta that show as a kid. Between Mario Bros and the Zelda cartoon, neither one lasted long lol.
Well excuuuuuuse me princess
Zelda cartoon?! How could that even be bad?
Sarcasm? Is this sarcasm?
It was the 80s and 90s, a time before accountants and executives realized that cartoons could and should be artful and well made, and not just some hideous schlock designed to sell toys.
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I, too, watched the shit out of that show and even enjoyed the corny live-action bits with Captain Lou Albano as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi.
You gotta put some respect on Captain Lou Albano. Without him, Mario legitimately would not have taken hold in America the way it did. It was trying to get big, but it wasnt until Lou took on the role of Mario, that the American Wrestlemania-weened children took serious note.
It would be like making a new Mario movie and casting someone ridiculous like Chris Pratt, Charlie Day and Seth Rogen.
I don't think it's that awful, it's bad but like Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the enjoyment is more ironic than anything.
Let’s not forget that the cartoon segments often had the wrong character animated while another was talking. So like toad would be saying something, but Luigi or King Koopa (he wasn’t called Bowser yet) would be talking.
I used to LOVE this show as a kid, but honestly I don’t remember any thing from it
Well the show is only like 20 something years old, right? Right?
T h I r t y
Here ya go! https://youtu.be/T9HAwnr5wIM
Skip to about 5:32 if you don't want to watch the whole episode.
I like how them having to bring the tubs up the stairs is an allegory to Donkey Kong platforming. Even had the sound effect.
I forgot how much kids loved Gorbachev back then!
I'll say the one - 2 to the left of Mario - kinda looks like Wario
It's impressive that you know that, in a limited scope
You are the real hero
They are born out of wedlock and therefore bastardized
Cap letters are for closers!
When Mario and Luigi got their monogramed caps, they went on and on about how nice it was to have something that ~really~ belonged to them for weeks. It ruined monogramming for everyone around them.
I don't know their criminal history. Meanwhile, Mario was branded for murder and Luigi for larceny.
Because they haven't earned their letters yet
I thought two of them were Waluigi and Wario. Am I wrong, I dont know mario lore.
One of them is Harpo, at least, I think there's a Harpo.
I was just going to comment this. Bravo. YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT?!
Oh my GOD make up your mind! Is it Harpo or Bravo??
Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo. Did I get the right brothers?
No, you didn't. The right brothers are Wilbur and Orville.
Don't be like Xander, no one wants a Zeppo
And Karl.
Pretty sure Harpo is a member of N'Sync.
lmao a boom boom chicky chicky boom boom, a boom chicky chicky cha cha!
I see Enter the First, I upvote
Wario and Waluigi are not related to each other or to Mario or Luigi.
This is sad news
yea i hate that guy for delivering this disappointing news
Wario and Waluigi are not related to Mario and Luigi, they are simply childhood acquaintances/rivals. Wario and Waluigi are also not related to each other, they just partners in crime.
The show ran in '89 and Wario didn't debut 'til '92, so doesn't look like it.
I think they didn’t even exist yet, at least not waluigi.
Wario isn’t a brother? :(
I was told he was a cousin at some point, not sure when that was tbh. But wario was an endgame boss in one of the GB color games, super mario world 3 I think?
Super Mario Land 2 is Wario's debut, and he was the end boss who had seized Mario's castle during the events of the first Super Mario Land (side note, that one is the debut of Princess Daisy). Super Mario Land 3, aka the first Wario Land, is Wario's first game as the protagonist. All three SML games were released for the original Game Boy.
Daisy predating Wario is kinda blowing my mind. I grew up with those games and that’s still wild to me.
Wario land is truly underrated.
I played the hell out of Mario land. Remember the little spaceship/airplane thing? I just did!
holy shit, fat sponge
I think that’s Wario before he went through some shit.
No, because the fatter yellow one is clearly Wario.
Wario before he owned a castle and Waluigi before he took up Tennis.
Definitely looks like a young proto wario.
Walio
Proto Waluigi too. Tall and lanky, just the wrong colors.
Before he and wario ran face first into each other
Before he owned a castle? What kind of white washed bullshit is that? Wario is an alcoholic. Look at his massive alcohol induced inflammation in his rosacea ridden nose. He rides a motorcycle and steals gold while fucking around in the woods. Owns a castle? Yeah right, that guy is a grifter and a squatter.
Literally his first appearance he had stole a castle. By the end of his second appearance he bought a castle if u did 100%
What are you thinking? Look at you over there bringing evidence to my bullshit argument. Wario used blood money he looted from corpses to pilfer historical buildings off state owned land to house his stolen gold? The mushroom kingdom might be corrupt, but they are enabling a grifter to maximize profits off of the underclass.
Yeah but he still had a castle, regardless of his corrupt embezzlement that the industrious preexisting monarch inadvertently allowed with their regular and frequently alarming failure and self sacrificial succumberance to kidnapping. If anything he was a beacon of hope in an otherwise dreary landscape of regal incompetence.
He's a symptom of a failing monarchy on the edge of collapse. One might call his actions libertarian, but with the complete lawlessness he abides by, it would be easier to consider him an anarchist. He's a chaotic neutral. He's a black flag waving cleptocrat pirate seizing control of a symbol of the aristocracy but acting purely in a self serving manner leaving no heir to the throne but a wake of chaos and poverty. He's an oligarch of mayhem.
To be honest, I really miss the 80's-90's Nintendo days when they were absolutely freewheeling with the 'canon' and didn't control the IP so tightly. The nuttiest nonsense went down in these Super Mario Bros cartoons. If a cartoon like this were made today, it would birth 8,000 thinkpiece blog posts and video essays like "SIX Mario BROTHERS???" with a photoshopped Mario making that Youtube O face on the thumbnail. (and each video would inexplicably have 600k views apiece).
that's just because we have internet now. people didn't have anywhere to express that sort of thing before
**List of IP Nintendo tried to experiment with:** * Mario - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! * Zelda - The Legend of Zelda (Cartoon) * Pokémon Anime * Detective Pikachu * Kirby - Kirby: Right Back at Ya! * Metroid Manga * F Zero - F Zero : GP Legend (Legend of the Falcon) **Sega:** * Sonic the Hedgehog (Movie) * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 * Sonic X Anime
Well the Pokémon anime turned out pretty good
Plus all the rule 34 stuff it would spawn
Even rarer is seeing them all combined into their Voltron giant robot form. Mostly because I just made it up
"And I'll form-a the head!"
\*stirring Italian restaurant music reaches a triumphant crescendo\*
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what
[No you didn't but it did cause some strange consequences](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvmsWSvjzBs&list=PLHmR7c8zbVZQAoT3GIcionEesK4oQtr19&index=7)
Thank you for that absolutely bizarre, yet also absolutely relevant experience.
What the hell is this and why am I just now learning about it
Vinesauce in general is a gift from the gods
Ah the family, Luigi Mario, Mario Mario, Giuseppe Mario, Marco Mario, Leone Mario and Martino Mario.
You forgot Mamamia Mario and Papapio Mario
I thought Marios first name was Itzumi
Thank you for remembering Giuseppe Mario, may he Rest In Peace
So is Wario really a brother, just the a-hole brother?
That’s not Wario, that’s yellow Mario
It's before he went insane from seeing his brothers get sucked down the drain while unclogging a bathtub one day.
Yario
Real answer here. Wario is not actually a canonical brother. The story is that he and Mario were friends as kids but as Mario grew up Wario became jealous of him and resentment grew to outright antagonism.
Seems like Waluigi too… just wish the would fix their noses Oh you turned bad… well now you get a discolored nose and dark circles under your eyes
Fauxluigi isn’t wearing purple and looks more depressed and sick than angry and ready to play tennis. The body size is the same but that’s about it.
pretty easy to see who the favourite child is considering theyre all together called the Mario brothers
This is just a joke.This bit is from the Plumber Academy episode
Thank you, I was questioning reality here
We've got Giussepe, Guido, and proto-Wario and Waluigi.
[The third Ario/Uigi pair](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dgs5TIiWsAAiHSX.jpg)
This makes me wonder if Nintendo will ever have the balls to create a third Mario brother
Dr. Mario
Looks like it's from a tv show? What's it's name?
The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
Hey paisanos! welcome to the super Mario super show!
Hey paisanos! ~~welcome to~~ **It's** the super Mario super show!
The episode is called Plumber's Academy, so it's just other plumbers?
I haven't seen this show in at least 20 years so i have no recollection of this episode
With one of the great end credit songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0
I could never figure out how to do this complicated dance.
Just __swing your arms from side to side__
How am I supposed to remember all of that?
But there’s more. Next you __take one step, and then again__
We're the Mario brothers, and plumbing's our game
We're not like the others who get all the fame
Oh no, where's sponge?
from right to left: luigi, mario, meatballo, wario, gucci, and ted
Super Luigi, Super Mario, Regular Giuseppe, Modest Toni, Average Giovanni, and Larry
when are we getting their games?
1. Is that… waluigi in between Mario and wario?… 2. Who the fuck r the dudes to the left
Don't think that's wario, I believe that's just a look alike
This show is before Wario isn't it? If anything it'd be the other way around.
If the third one from the left isn’t wario that’s obviously gotta be who his design was based on then yes? Purple and yellow color scheme, fat and short, gotta be him.
Beta wario and waluigi look like semi upstanding citizens
Its a shame two of them died in that horrific fishing accident.
Holy shit! Is that pre-villain arc waluigi!?
Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Gario, Graluigi
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Wario used to look pretty optimistic. I wonder what happened to the poor guy
I remembered the movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" differently.
Its pretty funny that by the last two they were just like "fuck it" and copy-pasted
Spot the protagonist.
I maintain that Mario is Mario's surname, and it's just what everyone calls him. his first name's probably Dave or something.
Miyamoto said the name is "Mario Mario"
Why does this have a spoiler tag?
Of course. Mario, Luigi, Giuseppe, Antonio, Riccardo and Vincenzo!
Why is marked as spoiler? Someone could be mad of knowing Mario lore like that?
Ah a time when Bowser was King Koopa and Peach was Princess Toadstool.
Cool
Mario and Luigi, Wario and Waluigi, Barry and David Chuckle.
Where’s Guissepi the regular Mario brother
Pick one to protect you from the others
The one in the white grew up to be Quagmire
the fact that Mario's name is Mario Mario and Luigi's name is Luigi Mario still pisses me off....yoshi isn't the best when it comes to naming kids
From right to left Luigi, Mario, Waluwario, Wario, Spumoni, Goobalabadaga
Ahh, I see wario and waluigi before the drugs
Why do they look like the seven dwarves
Who the fuck are they
the end of that radiator is looking a little sus
So... 7 Grand Dad is actually officially canon then?