Why is Mario Italian?

[@oreip8707]

As an italian I often do ask myself why I am

[@siddhartacrowley8759]

😂😂😂

[@millyformilly]

No way me too

[@SoulyG]

It could be worst, fratello

[@8054k]

You think, thus, you are

[@fostena]

Relatable

[@iKiwed]

As Italian, having a character like him is one of the best things ever, I love mimicking his voice during my daytime

[@mushroomcrepes]

what made you choose to be italian?

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

@@mushroomcrepesnah bruh that’s wild

[@AlessandroVigliotti-ny2jw]

​@@mushroomcrepes as an italian, I am offended

[@notaadamritm]

​💀 Bro, probobly is already an italian​@@mushroomcrepes

[@gamet2004]

​@@AlessandroVigliotti-ny2jw onestamente... pure io

[@telarocky]

Getting a notification for "Why is Mario Italian?" is insane

[@Boltywolf02]

I know right

[@MaroonFlameThrower45]

​@@Boltywolf02 I was just about to reply with that

[@Boltywolf02]

@@MaroonFlameThrower45 beat you to it lol

[@fl3mbobs]

I honestly never thought about it -- but why...?

[@charlieasalgadosalgado1369]

That’s like saying how cheese was created or saying how the world was created

[@CatsLilaSalem]

Never realized the Brooklyn thing was actual lore, thought the old Mario show came up with it and the movie used it as a reference to the old show

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

I don't think it's something that was ever officially stated at the time, just the info they gave the studios making those adaptations. And it was contradicted a few years later with Yoshi's Island on the SNES which shows Mario and Luigi being born in the Mushroom Kingdom. And then decades later, we are introduced to New Donk City in Odyssey, the true setting of the arcade games.

[@RTB-x2f]

Mario doesn’t really have canon or lore, per se.

[@yesmansam6686]

​. Yeah. He's more like a universal personality type character that can fit into different scenarios

[@RARANMA]

​@@darrenmacqueen9884 Odyssey says New Donk City's beginnings took place in the city of the Donkey Kong arcade game, which Miyamoto says in a 2023 Famitsu interview that Donkey Kong is set in New York City. So it's possible that Mario was born in the Mushroom Kingdom, then later was transported to New York City. And then New York City later became New Donk City if Earth and the Mushroom Kingdom worlds merged.

[@Mari_Izu]

@@darrenmacqueen9884 Yoshi's island is a babyfication game, babyfication things normally aren't the main canon. And as some people pointed, Mario doesn't have a set in stone canon, like Mickey, he's a mascot character that was made to fit any kind of setting and scenario, Miyamoto even says he see Mario and gang as a troupe of actors and the games are their pieces and that SMB3 indeed illustrates that.

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

"Where are you from?" "Italy." "...why?"

[@mrnubnub4584]

Racism 😡

[@Insanabiliter_In_Linea]

@@mrnubnub4584 I'm making fun of the title of the video by rephrasing it as a conversation to highlight how goofy it sounds. My name is in Latin, I'm obviously not racist against Italians lol.

[@parabelluminvicta8380]

@@Insanabiliter_In_Linea do you understand italians are latin people? latin birthplace is in rome not south america

[@pietrodauria7022]

​@@mrnubnub4584I don't see racism

[@cryanne2745]

​@@mrnubnub4584 Bro wtf 🤌🏻 .-.

[@adamnielson42]

You can't just ask somebody why they're Italian ThomasGD!

[@lorelaimorace-kk1xz]

why did i read that like that scene in mean girls Gretchen told Karen not to ask people why they are white XD

[@Insill]

It's like the infamous interview on Ugandan television where the host starts by asking "why are you gay?"

[@Jonathan-Anderson]

😂 you can't just tell someone that THEY can't just ask someone why they are Italian 😂😂😂

[@Jonathan-Anderson]

This comment is hilarious btw

[@adamnielson42]

@@lorelaimorace-kk1xz that was the reference I was making :)

[@sadmeat8937]

Because he's on the right track baby he was born this way.

[@CrustyFox87]

Hell yeah! :D

[@jabronick]

Yeow

[@cool_bug_facts]

Yeeeow

[@LinkLinkStudios]

⁠Yeeeeeoooooow

[@WiiFan-1300]

Ye boi lol

[@shaniaduchene8063]

1:31 absolutely dead at the thought of them shipping the arcade cabinets from Japan to America over all of Asia, Europe, Africa, and almost all of the continental US to reach Washington state, instead of just shipping them across the Pacific

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

Yeah no wonder those things failed, they broke down from the long journey😂

[@erodingrock7653]

Get well soon

[@User3arcq42x]

Well the actual reason is because during ww2, when the allies landed in Italy, Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi were on the frontlines of the battle until they found their distant relatives Muigi and Lario and they offered to take them back to America for a new life and that’s how they met the American sounding princesses

[@geealion]

really disappointed that thomas somehow missed this important detail

[@User3arcq42x]

@@geealion ah it’s fine, plenty do

[@cloverisfan818]

a docudubery reference?

[@BrunoNeureiter]

There is a Via Lario in my city with a big shopping mall

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

Lario is a lake not a person 🙂

[@fabioalvesshow]

Daisy has the best voice, she is always ready for some adventure

[@TheOneGuy1111]

She's ready for some NEXT LEVEL GAMES!

[@downwardtumble4451]

She’s #1 hottest woman in Mario

[@TheSizzleDash]

she has the best ass yoo top five

[@cryanne2745]

Fav character 🌼🧡

[@Trontasia]

There' another piece of info that another video from years ago mentioned: Mario Segale farmed mushrooms. That's where Mario wearing overalls, and mushrooms came in. His full name was Mario Arnold Segale. Also: in Washington, near Nintendo of America, there was an Itatian restaurant named 'Mario & Luigi's'; that's where they got THAT from. 🙂

[@Peepimus]

11:27 - Hold on… “M.A.R.T.” (Charles MARTinet) It was destiny.

[@bulba802]

holy crap, i didn't realize that

[@sigmamale69420-j]

Frrrrrrrr

[@robbiewalker2831]

that's a misprint; it's actually "M.I.R.T".

[@TheJanusBiscuit]

@@robbiewalker2831 It could also be MArio in Real Time

[@TheSizzleDash]

@@TheJanusBiscuitcrazy

[@Ant0ine526]

I can just imagine you going up to someone and going « yo why are you italien » 😭

[@chirone00]

Oh my good Karen, you can't just ask someone why they're Italian.

[@sytonblack]

Don't. The only answer you would get is: 🤨🤌🏻

[@bulba802]

Nintendo in 1980: what reigon should jump man be from? Miyamoto: eh, he's a big old nose and a mustache, we'll just make him Italian. Nintendo: some one give this man a raise! -Then a year later, the world was introduced to Mario, and became one of the biggest video game characters of all time.

[@cloverisfan818]

nice bulbasaur pfp

[@LeoStaley]

I mean, Italians do have big noses.

[@ViolaDragon621]

Then decades later when that would be considered racist, they have to explain the racism away

[@sebalby34]

@@LeoStaley nah, some people here in italy got them noses flat as hell

[@bulba802]

@@cloverisfan818 THX

[@YouTrolol]

my entire teens i thought mario was mexican, because i know more mexicans named mario than italians, as well as i thought he would yell "mexico!" before entering a stage, not "let's a go!"

[@ViolaDragon621]

I'm not gonna be able to unhear Mario saying "Mexico!" At the beginning of each stage now lol

[@door-chan]

you can tell someone's nationality by the fact that they randomly shout the name of their country

[@razezxmusic]

​@@door-chandemocratic republic of the congo!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not my actual country btw)

[@Frenchman27801]

Same here

[@quest2782]

As a Mexican this is hella funny

[@luistailsprower3051]

God bless Italy (even though I'm Mexican) 🇮🇹

[@bulba802]

MEH-HI-KO

[@xzodiayinzero5929]

What is it about you being Mexican that prevents you from sending good wishes to Italy?

[@Speedster91real]

I dont believe in flying man in the sky but grazie mille

[@-haclong2366]

Nearly the same flag... 🇮🇹🇲🇽

[@inserthahafunniusername9656]

​@xzodiayinzero5929 as a fellow Mexican I'm just as confused lmao

[@armando_az1]

3:26 You can also make a video on which Italian comic books Miyamoto that inspired him initially. 😮

[@almond_22]

@@armando_az1 I would love something like that, especially as an Italian myself

[@giorgiamoretti6642]

Especially as none of the famous Italian comic characters have big nose with big mustache

[@duckygamer01]

0:26 Yes. Thank you again Daisy.🙂👍

[@masterjunky863]

As an Italian I think that "clearly Italian accent" doesn't resemble an actual Italian accent at all. If someone spoke with that accent in Italy he would be considered mentally ill.

[@MartiganzYT]

This is the question that i have been pondering and looking for for years 😭🙏

[@annarenfold438]

I can imagine some of the auditions sounding like either the villains from Home Alone or Mario from The Super Show, only for this weird guy to come and fascinate everyone with his own twist on an Italian plumber. And somehow, not only did it stick but it also gave the most popular character ever his voice. A voice that fits so well, Nintendo has never tried to change it since. I absolutely love Charles' acting, he will forever be Mario.

[@francescoscanu6957]

Probably everyone else tried an Italian American accent, the Italian accent is way more unique and recognisable

[@Tremot-l8l]

​@@francescoscanu6957L'accento attuale non è per niente italiano😂

[@francescoscanu6957]

@@Tremot-l8l 😂😂 no vabbuo fratomo troppo fuort

[@keroppib4ptista]

0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Mario is created 5:40 - Mario is named 7:50 - Mario Bros. is created 10:50 - Mario, meet Charles 13:35 - Patreon

[@ThomasGameDocs]

Ah, thank you! I'll add that to the description :)

[@GriffinForte]

@@ThomasGameDocs epuc

[@keroppib4ptista]

@@ThomasGameDocs thx

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@ThomasGameDocs I'd like to add some rebuttals on things. 8:39: While it is likely that Mario being from Brooklyn that somehow was transported to the Mushroom Kingdom by Warp Zone would be an agreed upon concept with Nintendo (and that this concept has been a major idea in official non-canon material, to the point of being used for the Mario Movie from Illumination), the narrative in-game never explicitly state this. In fact, the first two games to change the narrative would be 1994's Donkey Kong for the Game Boy, and Yoshi's Island on the SNES. In the former, it says Mario was chasing Donkey Kong by foot on a wild goose chase that led him to the Mushroom Kingdom, which also means the Sewers that Mario and Luigi were in are actually in the basement of Castle Toadstool (which not only would explain how Mario heard Peach's cries for help, but also because Bowser's proposed name was gonna be Boss Creeper, a reference to the Koopa Troopas being originally called Shellcreepers); In the latter, Mario and Luigi were delivered by Stork before Kamek interfered, and it led to Yoshi helping Mario save his brother so they can get back home. In fact, it's likely that this *new* narrative was made to cut ties with the outdated narrative, after the Live-Action film bombed at the box office for disregarding the Fantasy Script. 10:40: Charles Martinet was actually not the first to give Mario some Italian dialect; if you remember what you said earlier about Lou Albano, you stated that he was an Italian American. Albano took advantage of this and was the first to give Mario his iconic dialect; in fact, you can look up "TUMF Pasta Proclamations", and see a compilation of various clips where Mario (and Luigi) speaking of Italian Food and saying "Mama Mia" (TUMF also made one for the multiple Uh-Ohs, which Mario also said in the games). It could also be the reason why Mario's SMB3 and SMW cartoons were short lived; not only did it not go for a Syndication Package, but Mario (as well as Luigi) was made less Italian and more American. Same applies to the Live-Action film, as Mario was portrayed by Bob Hoskins, a British Man. While he does great as Eddie Valiant, he didn't think highly of playing as Mario. Although the Illumination film was great, it felt weird that Chris Pratt would play the character; but it is interesting they made Mario being Italian again, by having a big Italian Family. 12:20: Not just any Shakespearean play, but "Taming of the Shrew", in which during his time performing, he was casted as Gremio, the elderly suitor of Bianca. Also, sidenote, even though it's just speculation, Charles Martinet's voice for Mario reminds me of when Mel Blanc does a voice for Christopher Columbus in Bugs Bunny's "Hare We Go" (great, now even the title of that short makes me think of Mario).

[@gab6439]

I always thought Mario was Italian since the verry beginning and it make sense since Miyamoto was inspired by Italian Comics to create him

[@digi5711]

I wonder what comics he was referring to, i’ve seen some old comics and never noticed big noses 😆

[@areamusicale]

BE HONEST! Have you ever heard an Italian talking like that: (0:11) ????

[@jmtradbr]

I'm surprised they didn't put Jumpman on his surname. Mario Jumpman, Luigi Jumpman. Lol

[@kittie420]

they wouldnt be the mario brothers then

[@jmtradbr]

@@kittie420 oh yeah, true

[@downwardtumble4451]

@@kittie420yes they would. What are you talking about

[@kittie420]

@@downwardtumble4451 mario and luigi's last name is mario, mario mario and luigi mario. if their last names were not mario, they wouldnt be the mario brothers

[@bulba802]

@@downwardtumble4451 yeah they would be the jumpman brothers

[@rominaaluia2680]

C'ha li baffi, se magna gli spaghetti e fa ride. È italiano per forza! [this comment uses Mario's native language]

[@almond_22]

Mario romano canon 100%

[@Il_Fru]

Ao

[@Henkita2]

si però mario è del sud SICURO

[@AgagaSnsns]

​@@Henkita2Roma Sud

[@masterjunky863]

​@@Henkita2 È palesemente di Sondrio

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

It's Mario Segale (1934-2018), his namesake. Segale was Nintendo of America's warehouse manager at the time when the company moved its operations from New York City to Seattle in mid-1981, and demanded back pay. They honored him by renaming Jumpman after him. And the reason why Mario was given a mustache in Donkey Kong, was due to graphical limitations at the time.

[@EmiWi]

It's surprising just how many coincidences had to go right for us to have the Mario we know today and for Nintendo's golden child to have grown their company this much.

[@AllieThePrettyGator]

The name Mario comes from the Italian origin meaning "manly" which sounds fitting.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yeah because Mario is manly

[@aidandecavitte4758]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 Well, actually, his name biblically means bitter or king, and spiritually. His name means that you have psychic control.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@aidandecavitte4758 It fits him well. Mario is full of courage and passion for heroism

[@paulgilbert5278]

And Luigi means warrior in Italian which is pretty ironic on paper but then again Luigi has that courageous dawg inside him

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

@@paulgilbert5278 Mario is the manly man and Luigi is the sensitive pretty boy

[@DemaGraphexTube]

Great Job correcting the "Popeye Arcade Misconception." It's kind of wild that it took us this long to find out the real truth...that the Popeye arcade game faced technical problems and not a license one. It also doesn't help that we would get a Popeye game after Donkey Kong, which should mean that they fixed the issue by then. Very cool. As for the Mario series, Nintendo and Miyamoto really should insinuate the original backstory for the Mario Bros a bit more. 2 Italian plumbers from Brooklyn getting sucked into a wacky world like the Mushroom Kingdom sounds way more logical and still fantastical. Fun Fact: According to Don James, a veteran worker at the Nintendo Warehouse who knew Mario Segale, he stated that Segale was quite reclusive. So, they decided to name "Jumpman" after Segale himself as a neat joke. When Mario Segale was questioned about this, he said, "I guess you could say I'm still waiting for my royalty checks." Nice to know that even Segale had a good sense of humor. 🤭

[@S0l0ppYT]

My name is Mario as an italian and strangers always say to me: It's a me Mariooo. So funny 😂

[@Lucky_Number113]

Molto interessante ed informativo! 😃😄

[@RobertoBonifacio-d2u]

ITALIA!!

[@shrektheswampless6102]

apparte il fatto che pensa che l'accento di mario sia italiano

[@Ilmi9n9me]

​@@shrektheswampless6102 infatti non ho mai sentito un italiano urlare LEtssagOo con quella pronuncia però mi piace che Mario sia italiano

[@Nicc2609]

@@Ilmi9n9mecomunque gli accenti di mario, luigi ecc sono moooolto accentuati e stereotipati, però se ci fai caso, sono quelli del sud che quando provano a parlare in inglese hanno questo forte accento

[@Flegan777]

Because Italians are the greatest people who ever lived. Even Jenova and Sephiroth fear them.

[@Sebastian_A_Var_Herman]

7:28 to 7:36 Hate to be that guy but that’s the flag of Ireland (light green white and orange), not Italy (dark green white and red). I recommend checking your monitor colour settings

[@mannyodonnell]

i kept wondering if it was just my eyes or the lighting, because that flag sure looked Irish

[@qyu]

i saw it as red the entire time but now your comment made it orange

[@Julie83ab]

THATS WHAT I SAID 🙏

[@microska2656]

No matter what, I don't see it orange

[@Iwwilolnatchu]

Tho the city look Italian.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

It's worth noting that the story of him getting sucked into the Mushroom Kingdom is no longer canon in the games, and hasn't been for a long time. In Yoshi's Island on the SNES, we see he was born in the Mushroom Kingdom. Which means he couldn't have been in New York in the arcade games. And finally, in Mario Odyssey, we get our answer for where those games actually took place. New Donk City. So he's not really Italian, technically speaking. He's not even from our world.

[@misael64]

Then the Mario movie comes in...

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@misael64 That's not a video game.

[@misael64]

@@darrenmacqueen9884 whoops... misread!

[@zeonmoo192]

Maybe the Mario from Donkey Kong is an ancestor to the Mario from Super Mario Bros/Yoshi's Island. So the original Mario got sucked into the mushroom Kingdom from Brooklyn, but the next Mario (his son?) was born there - implying the original Mario never escaped...

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@zeonmoo192 The original Mario being Mario's dad is a theory that had been around for a while, and makes sense since Rare has said that Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong and Yoshis Island DS shows Mario and DK being the same age. But unless Pauline and Cranky Kong also got sucked into the Mushroom Kingdom, it still doesn't make sense for the arcade games to be in New York. Since clearly Pauline, Cranky, DK, etc or all on the same planet as the Mushroom Kingdom now. And it's openly stated that New Donk City is where the original Donkey Kong took place now. The ceremony is depicting an event from the city's history, and reenacts the events of Donkey Kong arcade.

[@Pixlewatchtoo]

How do you not have over a million subscribers? You deserve it

[@natashanabein]

Aw you answered the question but I didn’t want the video to end! Your voice was lulling me to sleep but keeping me engaged :)

[@darktetsuya]

wow I did not know that about miyamoto's inspiration from italian comics! suppose that would explain miyamoto's artwork style for the cabinets at the time.

[@Somethingaweful]

Could you imagine existing, and someone having the audacity to ask "Why are you Italian?" Like geez.

[@MattHatter360]

I am Italian, it doesn't bother me. It's completely fine to ask someone why they are Italian, it's because we were born in Italy ahahah

[@DividingLeo]

Because he was born Italian

[@stevenmark4407]

Well he from Brooklyn New York. The only other time he wasn’t from there was in that one Yoshi game.

[@keyos1955]

@@stevenmark4407 If your parents are ITalians you are Italian aswell. The fact that you live in a city or another doesn't change that

[@MrKuroNyan]

I was listen to the patreons and I'm like... CYPRIEN IOV ?! That's like, a Famous french youtuber !! That's so cool !

[@Chokun-Gaming]

Mario was one of the first ever vtubers

[@danielbracken2792]

You always do a great job on these videos, keep up the good work.

[@giuliobros.123]

Well, proud to be Italian like Mario!! ;D

[@ItsaMeAruigio]

Nothing hits like a Thomas Game Docs vid 🗣️🔥

[@Silverheart575]

I was literally talking about mario being italian with some earlier today. I just assumed it had something to do with the Super Mario Super Show.

[@jan-of-finland]

We need more Charles Martinet voicing Mario games…! 😭 He isn’t retired, according to him, and is still doing other acting roles. It’s just a common company practice in Japan to silently move a key figure of power to a limited position instead of firing them, to avoid controversy. That’s what this whole "Mario Ambassador" thing actually means. While such a move might work well in the Japanese cultural context, such practices can be considered against the worker’s rights in other countries and even illegal in some, making it controversial at least. One that doesn’t increase the trust towards Nintendo necessarily.

[@chanextra]

I absolutely love the loony toons style effect in the end

[@AJG-c9m]

Thomas! Keep up the 10/10 content!❤

[@redguydhmis]

Fun fact mario is so popular that as an Italian other people trying to do an Italian accent will always subconsciously make their voice high pitched to sound like mario even though italian is a pretty low pitched language

[@Schizzo.]

I am Italian and Super Mario is my childhood hero. I have always been proud of this since I was very little.

[@scound_rel]

13:45 Cyprien Iov was one of France's biggest KZbinrs a while back. Surprising to see him here, if it is him.

[@Henkita2]

honestly mario becoming popular is nothing short of a miracle, imagine explaining to someone from a parallel universe that he's the mascot of gaming and they would never believe you "guess what the most poular video game character is" and they would probably say something cute like pikachu, or an anthropomorphic animal that follows every popular character design rule like sonic or mickey, or even just a cool human guy with a weapon like link, but no, it's a chubby short italian guy that used to talk like a chain smoker like for 10 years

[@LunaticWithNoLastName]

Good video!

[@The_Chaotic_Hylian-z7j]

Gonna be honest this whole past week I’ve been waiting for Thomas to upload a new video I’m so happy Thomas you’re the best ❤️

[@groom_of_the_stools]

*Thomasina

[@LukeDJoyce]

7:28 isn't that an Irish flag?

[@sigmamale69420-j]

Fr

[@Sophonizbah]

It’s the light that gives that impression

[@carolinian2009]

At the Irish Embassy in Rome, perhaps? :D

[@bulba802]

yep

[@bradentheman1373]

LOL

[@meicalcreigiau2346]

It would be so cool if there was a mario game setting in Italy

[@tjrowland8836]

Loving the Emio soundtrack in the background TGD!!

[@swhawk]

9:24 I find it interesting that despite this, Mario is depicted as Mexican instead of Italian on the "Mission to Rescue Princess Peach" movie. Maybe the people who made that movie just mistook Mexican charro suits and ponchos with Italian stuff.

[@MistLikesSoybean]

yeah i've always wondered why i'm half italian

[@Attard73]

Love that you put in some FDC music in this 🖤

[@alphnx]

why not bro

[@repoversemedium]

real

[@Cpyousef]

real

[@Justaguy-.]

real

[@CrustyFox87]

real

[@EnmaSatoru]

Real

[@lore-g5h]

As an italian, seeing this notification was something

[@jellojiggler1693]

Why are you Italian?

[@miniaturedeletion]

7:32 Thomas Game Docs: Talks about Italy What it shows: IRELAND

[@repoversemedium]

His own name says it all.

[@Average_Grilledcheese_fan]

Certainly not the upload I was expecting but one I will except with open arms 😂

[@tooncami8503]

Amazing video as always

[@Ludraman_]

You can't just ask why someone is Italian

[@Bragbigfoot]

The real question here is: Why Aren't You Italian?

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

Mario Video sounds like an OK name for a game character.

[@JulianR2JG]

0:17 Isn't Wario German?

[@DmitriZamarripa]

He was until charles martinet started to voice him and give him an Italian accent

[@KaiserMazoku]

SO EIN MIST

[@Gui2226]

Wario was concepted as German in Mario Party 1 and 2, when he appeared for first time as a 3d character, as his voicer was a German. But on other games, seems that Charles Martinet took Wario to voice him later, beginning in Mario Party 3 and voicing him on platfirm games, that came later.

[@Gui2226]

Mario as Jumpman those times looked like an American circus owner or old store owner.

[@MarioStalin-x4q]

@@Gui2226or a Russian circus owner

[@JustJulyo]

Thank you Mario Mario for being inclusive before it was a thing

[@Rocka7038]

Before it was forced and cringe like today

[@Andrea-t4j5v]

omg now that I think about it... Mario in the mushrooms kingdom could be the first isekai!

[@SamuelBrownFilms]

Loving all the uses of the music from Emio: Famicom Detective Club in this video!

[@Pieman-jm3rf]

In 1986 there was a Japanese only Mario OVA, Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Peach! where the lines of the "real world" the mushroom kingdom, and the video game itself were kind of blurred. In it Mario & Luigi were shown to run a store in a western town. So at least with that OVA, it seemed to imply they could be from Texas or possibly even Mexico. But that of course was in those early formative years and never caught on.

[@harukaze7388]

I like the Mario Bros. pipes were infested by turtles because there was a portal in the pipes to the Mushroom Kingdom headcanon. Super Mario Bros. as a sequel to Mario Bros. is fun. I really like Mario Bros. taking place in the same city as Donkey Kong, it makes it all feel connected. It bothers me a lot how Nintendo often retcons things to make them the most boring possible. "Ah yes, these two turtle enemies? Completely different, don't you dare imply they're even related. (They were the same)" "Mario never was from Brooklin. Nor Italy. There's no Warp Pipe to the Mushroom Kingdom. (It was all official.)" "The Donkey Kong that has a Jr. shirt and is smaller than the big Donkey Kong and fought Mario and we had in every game before Rare came in and made a beloved series of games and redesigns? Don't you even imagine that teenage Donkey Kong is him grown up he's, his Father/Uncle/??? (Have you wondered why he fights crocodiles?)" Nintendo at some point just kinda insisted to depersonify Mario, he got to point he wasn't even allowed to do his V pose anymore.

[@stormy2049]

So basically he's italian because his name is Mario. No but all jokes aside this was a really interesting video, I know so much about Mario and yet I still learned new things here, so thank you for that!

[@DANIEL_Hackett]

0:14 That's an irish flag🇮🇪

[@Lil-mushroom-guy]

I think it’s the lighting 🇮🇹

[@paccianiod]

Nah it’s the light I’m Italian and that is an Italian flag

[@hahaoriginal6921]

Hmm, now that you mention it is interesting to think of games that don’t have voice acting and thinking about how the characters would sound. Like, in any Pokémon game where there are unique characters do the developers or designers think of what they would sound like since they’re basing a region on England or Spain? Or the characters that have accepted voices in two different languages, would the creators consider the voices they would actually have or just write a character based off their own experience.

[@winterburden]

Yoooooooo it's a new Thomas Game Docs! ✨️

[@noelsalguero5621]

Mario is just THE face of video games

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Yes, he is!

[@l3rvn0]

He said italian comics, but I think that he was inspired by Asterix. They share a lot of tropes, and Mario even gets a winged cap on Mario 64.

[@ArtemisAYO]

She*

[@l3rvn0]

@@ArtemisAYO Miyamoto is a she? Or are you talking about Thomas?

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

​@@l3rvn0 Thomas, of course

[@Mari_Izu]

"Mario even gets a winged cap on Mario 64" 15 years after his creation.

[@l3rvn0]

@@Mari_Izu Miyamoto was still the director, it was even the last time he ever directed a Mario game

[@eliel_360]

Wasn't the Super Mario World Pinball game the first time that Charles Martinet voiced Mario?

[@koolaid33]

I have no idea what that is.

[@eliel_360]

@@koolaid33 the Super Mario World Gottlieb pinball machine, search it up

[@seanmyster6]

It is, but I guess that wouldn't be considered a mainline Mario game.

[@novauviolon]

It's not 100% confirmed that Martinet did the pinball voice, as the voice actor hasn't officially been credited and the performance is quite different from other early Martinet performances. The claim that Martinet was the actor comes from a Reddit post that claimed he said he was when asked about it, but a known issue is Martinet's memory of some of his early work has been mistaken in some other disputes about credit, notably over Thomas Spindler's portrayal of Wario in certain N64 games.

[@eliel_360]

@@novauviolon I just check and in the Mario Wiki shows that Craig Brolley voiced it, sourcing an email from Dave Zabriskie, the composer for that machine in particular

[@bloodystatic4156]

Guess that means that Mario’s last name is Video because Mr. Video!

[@wagnerramosmidichannelabso514]

Those who guessed Itsumi Mario:

[@hedgiehogdudeu_u406]

Reading these comments, its kinda wild to me that so many people don't know that Mario and Luigi are New Yorkers lol, did they only ever run with that bit of trivia here in the states?

[@MrMegaManFan]

I thought this story was well known by now but I enjoyed hearing it again anyway.

[@wonder6835]

i feel like im livin in a situation cuz i just thought of this question and this vid was here only 2 days before

[@donsanchodelapanza]

Thank you for this, a not unsignificant part of my lost sleep over the years was likely due this very till now unanswered question fermenting in my subconscious

[@ChrisSpartan]

9:05 wasn’t the game released in 1985?

[@starleaf-luna]

this is a strange year. 1985 was the year it was released in the US and on the Famicom in Japan, we in Europe got it in 1987, while in 1986 came a Famicom DIsk System port of the game. why he said 86 instead of 85 or 87 is a mystery for me.

[@ChrisSpartan]

@@starleaf-luna same

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Happy 39th anniversary to Super Mario Bros!!! I love this franchise!!!

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Even Illumination’s Super Mario Bros. movie has that backstory.

[@pokemontrainerkywan8327]

Wild to see this pop up in my recommended 😂

[@rays7805]

Apparently the story about Mario Segale bursting in and demanding payment is a myth. Mario was someone the Nintendo staff had never actually met. He was an enigma. And it seems to have struck their fancy that the protagonist of the game could be Mario.

[@toferg.8264]

I’m old enough to think of the deeper voice of the cartoon as his real voice.

[@blueyoshi8517]

7:30 That flag's Ireland. It's too orange for Italy.

[@sigmamale69420-j]

Fr

[@Maryet40]

How is it irish if the background clearly shows Rome which is in Italy

[@ReitheOffbeatOtaku]

Mario: *Exists* Thomas Game Docs: “Why are you white?” (In all seriousness, this was a great video; it’s fun to see how things that we take for granted come about, in gaming or otherwise.)

[@DutchDread]

The most famous (outside of Pikachu I think) video game character being an italian plumber is so random.

[@italian_weirdo]

because italy is fucking awesome, end of video.

[@tigersandflowers]

because he was born there?? um

[@JeoffreyZzz]

No? He’s from Brooklyn New york and have probably lived there

[@Wwefan33]

Mike Myers would be perfect to play Miyamoto in any biopic lmao