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|image=[[File:TSMBM Papa Mario.png|260px]]<br>Papa Mario's appearance in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
|image=[[Image:marioparents.PNG{{!}}215px]] <br>'''Mario and Luigi's father''' (right) and [[Mama Mario]] find their children delivered by the [[stork]] and pick them up.
|full_name=Papa Pio Mario<ref name=Papa>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAjhjLuWbC8</ref>
|full_name= Unnamed
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Issun-bōshi]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Amada Series|Super Mario Amada: Issunboshi]]''
|species=Human
|species=[[Human]]
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|affiliation = [[Mama Mario]]
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] (English, 2023)<ref>{{cite|url=www.imdb.com/title/tt6718170/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' (2023) Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb|language=en|accessdate=July 5, 2024}}</ref>
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
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{{quote|I think... [[Mario|you're]] nuts. You don't leave a steady job for some [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|crazy dream]]. And the worst part? You're bringing your [[Luigi|brother]] down with you.|Papa Mario|The Super Mario Bros. Movie}}
'''Papa Mario'''<ref>{{cite|date=September 1995|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30|page=10|quote='''THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM YESTERDAY''' It is the time before Mario is before. The Stork carrying Mama and Papa Mario’s special present to the Mushroom Kingdom is rushing to make its delivery before dawn.}}</ref> (also named '''Papa Pio'''<ref name=Papa/>) is the father of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], making only a few appearances throughout a variety of media. Papa Mario lives with Mario and Luigi's mother, [[Mama Mario]], in all of his appearances, and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Fake Bro]]" reveals that Mama Mario has a maiden name, suggesting that they are married. He later makes an appearance in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', living in [[Brooklyn]] along with Mama Mario and other members of Mario's family.


'''Mario and Luigi's father''', presumably '''Mr. Mario''' or '''Papa Mario''', is [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s father. He is a wide-set man, similar in frame to Mario. At the time of his sons' births, Mario and Luigi's father was living in a small mushroom-shaped house in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] with [[Mama Mario]], though it is not confirmed that they were married. Many other aspects of his life, including his current appearance, personality and residence, are unknown, and the few sources of information pertaining to Mario and Luigi's father are widely contradictory.
==History==
===''Super Mario Issun-bōshi''===
[[File:marioanddad.jpg|thumb|left|Papa holding his son [[Mario]] in ''[[Super Mario Issun-bōshi]]'']]
Papa Mario first appeared in the short anime video ''[[Super Mario Issun-bōshi]]'', a retelling of the Japanese fairy tale ''{{wp|Issun-bōshi}}'' with ''Super Mario'' characters. Though he is not given a name, Mario refers to his father as "Papa". Through the camera angles used, the father's face is obscured at all times, although what can be seen is similar to his son's: pudgy with a large nose and identical mustache. Also like his son, Papa wears his brown hair in the same style and wears blue overalls. However, his undershirt is yellow instead of red, and he does not wear gloves or a hat.


==Biography==
He and his wife lived in a futuristic house on top of a hill. One day, they were magically granted a son, Mario, who was small enough to fit in his father's hand, even after he had reached adulthood. He is shown to be a caring and understanding father figure, cautious for Mario's safety, yet recognizing of his son's need for independence. When Mario grew up, he asked Papa for permission to explore the world on his own. Agreeing that Mario was capable, Papa fashioned his son a motorboat made out of a kitchen bowl, a spoon to row the boat, and a sword made out of a needle. Mario's father saw him off on his first trip, carrying him in the boat to the river's edge.


===[[Yoshi (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
Mario and Luigi's father appeared at the end ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', when he and his supposed wife found [[Baby Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi]] on their doorstep, who had been delivered by the [[stork]]. Unaware that his sons had just been rescued from the [[Koopa Troop]] by the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], Mr. Mario held Luigi aloft (Mama Mario had Mario), and entered the world of parenthood.
Papa Mario is only mentioned once in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' in the episode "[[Mama Mia Mario]]", when Mario and Luigi say goodbye to their mother, ensuring her that they are going to be fine by themselves, and to tell that to their father as well.


However, the babies were not yet out of danger, and were kidnapped once more by [[Kamek]] in the middle of the night during the events of ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', causing a great commotion in the Mario household. But while Papa and Mama Mario knew that their children were in peril this time, they were still powerless against the Koopas, and the Yoshis saved the day once again. The stork returned the babies, and although it was not the end of their adventures (as babies or as adults), their father has not made another in-game appearance (not counting the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''Yoshi's Island'': ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Super Mario Advance 3]]'').
==="Family Album 'The Early Years'"===
[[File:NCS Mario's Father.jpg|thumb|150px|Mario's father chases after his young son in [[Family Album "The Early Years"|"Family Album 'The Early Years]]."']]
The character had a small role in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' publication [[Family Album "The Early Years"|"Family Album 'The Early Years]].'" In the third photograph, a young, concerned Mario is being chased by his father, who is shaking his fist and holding a smoking pipe with bubbles coming out of it. The caption of the photograph reveals that Mario "fixed" his father's pipe. Mario and Luigi's father appears slightly skinnier than in ''Super Mario Issun-bōshi'' and is wearing a light-yellow shirt, blue pants, and dress shoes. The father's face is hidden, cut off by the picture's edge.


===Appearances in Other Media===
===''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga===
====[[Super Mario Amada Series|''Super Mario Amada'' series]]====
[[File:Mario's parents KC Mario.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
Papa Mario first appeared in the [[Super Mario Amada Series|''Super Mario Amada'' series]] adaptation of [[Issunboshi]]. The events depicted in this anime greatly differ from those in the ''Yoshi'' and greater ''Mario'' series of video games. In this version, Mario was miraculously born in Papa and Mama Mario's household when a [[Shooting Star|shooting star]] passed over the small dwelling. Mario was extremely tiny: he was smaller than Papa Mario's hand. The couple raised the baby, but to their amazement the child remained tiny. One day, Mario convinced his parents that he was old enough to explore the world alone, despite his small size. Papa and Mama Mario eventually agreed, allowing their son to independently pursue his own adventures around the globe.
During the final fight against [[Wario]] in the ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' arc, Mario is losing hope in beating and besting his rival and saving the [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]], until he turns and sees a portrait of his parents, whose faces are blacked-out, depicted as the former king and queen of [[Mario's castle]]. Mario regains confidence in order to make them proud and runs towards Wario to finish him.


====''[[Nintendo Comics System]]''====
===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
[[Image:NCS Mario's Father.jpg|thumb|'''Mr. Mario''' chases after [[Mario|his son]].]]
In the 1993 ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film, [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] and [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi]]'s parents are said to have passed away before the movie's events. While telling this to [[Princess Daisy (film character)|Daisy]], Luigi tells her that Mario replaced the mother role to him, only to then correct himself after Mario gets upset by it and calling him a father figure.
Mr. Mario was pictured in the third panel of ''[[Family Album "The Early Years"]]'', which was released five years before ''Yoshi's Island'', but is set later in Mario's life, when Mario was a toddler. In the comic, Mario is shown to have been meddling with his father's pipe, making it produce bubbles instead of smoke. Mario is pictured fleeing from from his irate father.


==Relatives==
The father is also mentioned while Mario and Luigi are sabotaging the heating system in [[Koopa's Tower]]. After Luigi is burned by touching a scorching valve barehanded, Mario gives him a tool, while quoting, "''Treat your tools like a friend. Keep 'em by you. Never let 'em down, and they're always at your side.''" After Luigi asks him why he always has some sort of aphorism about tools, Mario replies that he got it from their father, who in turn got it from their grandfather.
In the games, Mr. Mario has two sons: Mario and Luigi. Their mother, Mama Mario, is presumed to be his wife. Earlier sources (such as ''Family Album "The Early Years"'' and the game ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'') implied that Mario was older than Luigi, however as of ''Yoshi's Island'', they are usually recognized as twins.


''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' introduces many more members of the Mario family. Mr. Mario has a pair of nieces named [[Marianne]] and [[Luigeena]], and two nephews called [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob]]. As it is not revealed which sides of the family any of the relatives hail from, it is unknown whether [[Grandma Mia]] is Mr. Mario's mother or mother-in-law, and whether [[Aunt Luigeena]] is his sister or sister-in-law. ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' mentions a second sister/sister-in-law named [[Aunt Maria]].
===''Yoshi'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
[[File:marioparents.PNG|thumb|200px|Mario and Luigi's [[Mama Mario|mother]] and father discover their recently delivered children in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'']]
At the end of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Mario and Luigi's father made his first video game appearance. He is portrayed as a skinny man in a nightshirt of indeterminate color. Only his lower half and hands are seen. Once [[Yoshi]] rescues the [[stork]] and [[Baby Luigi]], the stork takes [[Baby Mario]] and Baby Luigi and continues on his way to deliver them to their parents. The video game's narration states that the boys' delivery has been "long awaited." Flying to a small, unnamed town surrounded by mountains where "mom and dad live", the stork leaves the bundles on the doorstep of a house that resembles a [[mushroom]]. The parents awake, turn on a light, open the door, and are pleasantly surprised to see their twins have arrived. Luigi is picked up by his father and Mario by his mother.


Also, according to the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' segment, [[Pauline]] is Mario's niece, which would make Mr. Mario her grandfather. However, this contradicts the continuity of the [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]], in which she is Mario's ex-girlfriend, and thus of no relation to his parents.
====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
The introduction to ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' features a short retelling of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are seen in the hands of one of their parents. Additionally, the introduction shows various children being kidnapped by [[Kamek]] and his [[Toady]] minions. Mario and Luigi are taken from their parents, who are not shown, during the night. The lights are on and red marks indicating commotion emerge from the house during the kidnapping; it is likely, yet unconfirmed, that Mario and Luigi's father is one of the people making this commotion.


<br clear=all>
====''Yoshi's New Island''====
{{MarioFamily}}
It is revealed in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' that the parents seen in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' are not the parents of Mario and Luigi, and the stork made a mistake. By the end of the game, the stork delivers the Mario Bros. to the right parents.
{{Siblings}}
 
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===''Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater''===
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[[File:Mario's_parents_4-koma.png|left|thumb|150px]]
In the ''Yoshi's Island'' 4-koma collection, the [[Stork]] has a photo as a reference for the couple to whom it needs to deliver the babies. Both Papa and Mama Mario have a similar appearance and clothing to Mario. The only distinguishing features for Papa Mario are the overalls' buttons, being star-shaped.
 
===Mario Quiz Cards===
[[File:Mario's dad MQC.png|thumb]]
One of the 1996 Human Body [[Mario Quiz Cards]] shows Mario looking at a picture of his dad who has a longer moustache and is almost completely bald.
 
===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
Mario's father, unnamed in this appearance, appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''. In the film, he attends a family dinner in which he expresses his disapproval of Mario's decision to leave a steady job under [[Foreman Spike|Spike]] to start [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing]] with Luigi, going as far as to say that he is bringing Luigi down with him, which causes Mario to go back to his bedroom, offended and upset by his lack of support. As everyone looks at him in disappointment for hurting Mario's feelings, he asks, "What did I say?" However, at the end of the film, after Mario and Luigi defeat [[Bowser]], the father embraces his sons, telling Mario that he was amazing, to which Mario thanks him. He then proudly shouts, "These are my boys!" to everyone who cheers for the brothers.
 
He is voiced by [[Charles Martinet]] in English, Catalan, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish.
 
Mario's father wears a greenish-brown button shirt, dark blue pants, and black sneakers. He is bald, and his mustache extends to his sideburns, making him resemble [[Zeldawiki:Talon|Talon]] from the ''[[Zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Legend of Zelda]]'', whose appearance was based off Mario himself. However, this was revealed by Nintendo to be the original design they intended to use for Mario's father.<ref name=Polygon/>
 
==Family==
[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are Papa Mario's only children, and their mother, [[Mama Mario]], is presumed to be his wife. Earlier sources (such as ''[[Family Album "The Early Years"]]'') implied that Mario was older than Luigi, although they are usually recognized as twins as of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' (however, twins are divided into older and younger siblings in Japan, even if they're only minutes apart).
 
''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' introduces many more members of the Mario family, although Papa Mario himself does not make an appearance. Judging from her last name, it is implied that the late [[Grandma Mario]] is Papa Mario's mother, as it is revealed that Mama Mario's maiden name is "Rigassi" and she took on her husband's surname when they got married. Papa Mario has a pair of nieces named [[Marianne]] and [[Luigeena]], and two nephews called [[Mario Joe and Luigi Bob]]. It is not revealed which sides of the family any of the relatives hail from, so it is unknown whether [[Aunt Luigeena]] is his sister or sister-in-law. ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' mentions a second sister/sister-in-law named [[Aunt Maria]].
 
''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' depicts him living with several other members of his family. In addition to his wife and sons, he lives with [[Uncle Tony]] and [[Uncle Arthur]]. The directors revealed that they are his brothers,<ref name=Polygon>{{cite|author=McWhertor, Michael|date=April 8, 2023|url=www.polygon.com/23673074/mario-movie-family-members-dad-mom-uncles-aunt|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' drew on unused Nintendo designs to build out Mario’s family|publisher=Polygon|language=en|accessdate=April 9, 2023}}</ref> and they resemble Luigi. Also living with them is a grandfather, an aunt named Marie, and a niece. It is unknown which side of the family they are from.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=パパ
|JapR=Papa
|JapM=Papa
|Ita=Papà
|ItaM=Dad
|ItaC=<ref>''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', "[[Mama Mia Mario|Arriva la mamma]]", "Sì, e salutaci papà." -[[Luigi]]</ref><ref>''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', "Papà. Tu che ne pensi?" -[[Mario]]</ref>
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
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Latest revision as of 14:26, November 7, 2024

Papa Mario
Papa Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Papa Mario's appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Full name Papa Pio Mario[1]
Species Human
First appearance Super Mario Issun-bōshi (1989)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet (English, 2023)[2]
“I think... you're nuts. You don't leave a steady job for some crazy dream. And the worst part? You're bringing your brother down with you.”
—Papa Mario, The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Papa Mario[3] (also named Papa Pio[1]) is the father of Mario and Luigi, making only a few appearances throughout a variety of media. Papa Mario lives with Mario and Luigi's mother, Mama Mario, in all of his appearances, and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Fake Bro" reveals that Mama Mario has a maiden name, suggesting that they are married. He later makes an appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, living in Brooklyn along with Mama Mario and other members of Mario's family.

History[edit]

Super Mario Issun-bōshi[edit]

Papa holding his son Mario in Super Mario Issun-bōshi

Papa Mario first appeared in the short anime video Super Mario Issun-bōshi, a retelling of the Japanese fairy tale Issun-bōshi with Super Mario characters. Though he is not given a name, Mario refers to his father as "Papa". Through the camera angles used, the father's face is obscured at all times, although what can be seen is similar to his son's: pudgy with a large nose and identical mustache. Also like his son, Papa wears his brown hair in the same style and wears blue overalls. However, his undershirt is yellow instead of red, and he does not wear gloves or a hat.

He and his wife lived in a futuristic house on top of a hill. One day, they were magically granted a son, Mario, who was small enough to fit in his father's hand, even after he had reached adulthood. He is shown to be a caring and understanding father figure, cautious for Mario's safety, yet recognizing of his son's need for independence. When Mario grew up, he asked Papa for permission to explore the world on his own. Agreeing that Mario was capable, Papa fashioned his son a motorboat made out of a kitchen bowl, a spoon to row the boat, and a sword made out of a needle. Mario's father saw him off on his first trip, carrying him in the boat to the river's edge.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

Papa Mario is only mentioned once in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in the episode "Mama Mia Mario", when Mario and Luigi say goodbye to their mother, ensuring her that they are going to be fine by themselves, and to tell that to their father as well.

"Family Album 'The Early Years'"[edit]

Nintendo Comics System: Family Album "The Early Years". Mario and Luigi's father.
Mario's father chases after his young son in "Family Album 'The Early Years."'

The character had a small role in the Nintendo Comics System publication "Family Album 'The Early Years.'" In the third photograph, a young, concerned Mario is being chased by his father, who is shaking his fist and holding a smoking pipe with bubbles coming out of it. The caption of the photograph reveals that Mario "fixed" his father's pipe. Mario and Luigi's father appears slightly skinnier than in Super Mario Issun-bōshi and is wearing a light-yellow shirt, blue pants, and dress shoes. The father's face is hidden, cut off by the picture's edge.

Super Mario Kodansha manga[edit]

Fire Mario getting motivated by his parents' portrait in Super Mario

During the final fight against Wario in the Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins arc, Mario is losing hope in beating and besting his rival and saving the Mario Land, until he turns and sees a portrait of his parents, whose faces are blacked-out, depicted as the former king and queen of Mario's castle. Mario regains confidence in order to make them proud and runs towards Wario to finish him.

Super Mario Bros. film[edit]

In the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, Mario and Luigi's parents are said to have passed away before the movie's events. While telling this to Daisy, Luigi tells her that Mario replaced the mother role to him, only to then correct himself after Mario gets upset by it and calling him a father figure.

The father is also mentioned while Mario and Luigi are sabotaging the heating system in Koopa's Tower. After Luigi is burned by touching a scorching valve barehanded, Mario gives him a tool, while quoting, "Treat your tools like a friend. Keep 'em by you. Never let 'em down, and they're always at your side." After Luigi asks him why he always has some sort of aphorism about tools, Mario replies that he got it from their father, who in turn got it from their grandfather.

Yoshi series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

Mario and Luigi's mother and father
Mario and Luigi's mother and father discover their recently delivered children in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

At the end of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Mario and Luigi's father made his first video game appearance. He is portrayed as a skinny man in a nightshirt of indeterminate color. Only his lower half and hands are seen. Once Yoshi rescues the stork and Baby Luigi, the stork takes Baby Mario and Baby Luigi and continues on his way to deliver them to their parents. The video game's narration states that the boys' delivery has been "long awaited." Flying to a small, unnamed town surrounded by mountains where "mom and dad live", the stork leaves the bundles on the doorstep of a house that resembles a mushroom. The parents awake, turn on a light, open the door, and are pleasantly surprised to see their twins have arrived. Luigi is picked up by his father and Mario by his mother.

Yoshi's Island DS[edit]

The introduction to Yoshi's Island DS features a short retelling of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are seen in the hands of one of their parents. Additionally, the introduction shows various children being kidnapped by Kamek and his Toady minions. Mario and Luigi are taken from their parents, who are not shown, during the night. The lights are on and red marks indicating commotion emerge from the house during the kidnapping; it is likely, yet unconfirmed, that Mario and Luigi's father is one of the people making this commotion.

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

It is revealed in Yoshi's New Island that the parents seen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island are not the parents of Mario and Luigi, and the stork made a mistake. By the end of the game, the stork delivers the Mario Bros. to the right parents.

Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater[edit]

Papa Mario and Mama Mario on the Stork's photo reference; from Super Mario 4koma Manga Theater

In the Yoshi's Island 4-koma collection, the Stork has a photo as a reference for the couple to whom it needs to deliver the babies. Both Papa and Mama Mario have a similar appearance and clothing to Mario. The only distinguishing features for Papa Mario are the overalls' buttons, being star-shaped.

Mario Quiz Cards[edit]

A card from Mario Quiz Cards featuring Papa Mario's portrait

One of the 1996 Human Body Mario Quiz Cards shows Mario looking at a picture of his dad who has a longer moustache and is almost completely bald.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

Mario's father, unnamed in this appearance, appears in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In the film, he attends a family dinner in which he expresses his disapproval of Mario's decision to leave a steady job under Spike to start Super Mario Bros. Plumbing with Luigi, going as far as to say that he is bringing Luigi down with him, which causes Mario to go back to his bedroom, offended and upset by his lack of support. As everyone looks at him in disappointment for hurting Mario's feelings, he asks, "What did I say?" However, at the end of the film, after Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser, the father embraces his sons, telling Mario that he was amazing, to which Mario thanks him. He then proudly shouts, "These are my boys!" to everyone who cheers for the brothers.

He is voiced by Charles Martinet in English, Catalan, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish.

Mario's father wears a greenish-brown button shirt, dark blue pants, and black sneakers. He is bald, and his mustache extends to his sideburns, making him resemble Talon from the Legend of Zelda, whose appearance was based off Mario himself. However, this was revealed by Nintendo to be the original design they intended to use for Mario's father.[4]

Family[edit]

Mario and Luigi are Papa Mario's only children, and their mother, Mama Mario, is presumed to be his wife. Earlier sources (such as Family Album "The Early Years") implied that Mario was older than Luigi, although they are usually recognized as twins as of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (however, twins are divided into older and younger siblings in Japan, even if they're only minutes apart).

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! introduces many more members of the Mario family, although Papa Mario himself does not make an appearance. Judging from her last name, it is implied that the late Grandma Mario is Papa Mario's mother, as it is revealed that Mama Mario's maiden name is "Rigassi" and she took on her husband's surname when they got married. Papa Mario has a pair of nieces named Marianne and Luigeena, and two nephews called Mario Joe and Luigi Bob. It is not revealed which sides of the family any of the relatives hail from, so it is unknown whether Aunt Luigeena is his sister or sister-in-law. The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 mentions a second sister/sister-in-law named Aunt Maria.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie depicts him living with several other members of his family. In addition to his wife and sons, he lives with Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur. The directors revealed that they are his brothers,[4] and they resemble Luigi. Also living with them is a grandfather, an aunt named Marie, and a niece. It is unknown which side of the family they are from.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese パパ[?]
Papa 		Papa
Italian Papà[5][6] Dad

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAjhjLuWbC8
  2. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Full Cast & Crew. IMDb (English). Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM YESTERDAY It is the time before Mario is before. The Stork carrying Mama and Papa Mario’s special present to the Mushroom Kingdom is rushing to make its delivery before dawn." – September 1995. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #30. Page 10.
  4. ^ a b McWhertor, Michael (April 8, 2023). The Super Mario Bros. Movie drew on unused Nintendo designs to build out Mario’s family. Polygon (English). Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  5. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, "Arriva la mamma", "Sì, e salutaci papà." -Luigi
  6. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Movie, "Papà. Tu che ne pensi?" -Mario
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Mario Tennis series A. Coz • Ace • Alex • Allie • B. Coz • Barb • Beth • Bob • Brian • Chad • Chas • Chet • Chris • Clay • Curt • Dweezil • Elden • Elroy • Emi • Emily • Fay • Flit • Gary • Harry • Headmaster • Jet • Joy • Kate • Kevin • Leon • Linda • Mason • Mark • Meg • Mel • Micki • Mynx • Nina • Oscar • Pam • Paula • Peter • Roy • Samantha • Sammi • Sasha • Sass • Sean • Shadow Swing King • Shadow Swingstress • Shawn • Sheri • Skipper • Sophia • Spike • Sylvia • Tori • Whisker • Willy
Mario is Missing! (PC, SNES, NES) Amsterdam mayor • Boy • Curator • Mayor A. Cheever • Mayor Bernstein • Mayor Cellout • Mayor Chasen • Mayor Cook • Mayor Devotegetter • Mayor Froobnitz • Mayor Grenewetzki • Mayor Griffeath • Mayor Ima Worrywart • Mayor I. V. Gottserve • Mayor Kotzenberg • Mayor Laabs • Mayor Lan Slide • Mayor Linguine • Mayor L. S. Ismore • Mayor McCarthy • Mayor McChan • Mayor Munchkins • Mayor O. K. Leeder • Mayor Schmutznikov • Mayor Sidley • Mayor Singer • Mayor Smallburg • Police officer • Reporter • Scientist • Toronto mayor • Tourist
Mario's Time Machine (PC, SNES, NES) Abraham Lincoln • Albert Einstein • Andrew Iverson • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washington • Catherine Dickens • Charles Dickens • Charles-Gaspard de la Rive • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozart • David Grenewetzki • Deborah Read • Don Lloyd • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglass • Galileo Galilei • George Washington Carver • Henry Ford • Ho Ti • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeath • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydn • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteur • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincoln • Michael Faraday • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomo • Pierre Paul Emile Roux • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnard • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Lun • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Other Alarm man (Donkey Kong Hockey) • Alarm man (Mario's Cement Factory) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. show hosts • Antonio Zico • Booster • Bronco Maccini • Buddy • Chopperbird • Driver • Foreman Spike • Genius Girl • George Turbo • Heavy Smoker • Howard Axel • Il Piantissimo • Kings • King Fret • Lady Timpani • Mama Mario • Mary O. • Michel Rumble • New Donker • Nina (Super Mario Maker 2) • Onnanoko • Ōsama • Oyazi • Panther Pedalf • Papa Mario • Prince Pine • Shireikan • Stanley • Unnamed Worlds A-C human
Wario franchise Wario Land series Captain Syrup • Princess Shokora • Queen Merelda
WarioWare series Major characters 5-Volt • 9-Volt • 18-Volt • Ashley • Dr. Crygor • Jimmy T • Kat & Ana • Lulu • Master Mantis • Mona • Penny • Young Cricket
Other 13-Amp • Abby • Amy and Mimi • Ana's Crew • Boy • Bridget the Baker • Caresawayan • Danny • Dr. Payne • The Dinosaurs • Garbage Boy • Jimmy P. • Jimmy's Folks • Leo • Monettes • Mr. Sparkles • Ms. Munchly • Ninja Steve • Pizza Patrons • Pops • Sal Out • Sammy Rai • Shop Manager Iwata • Sensei • Ski bunnies • Sugar • Vanessa • Winnie and Summer • Woods Watchers
Other Abata • Carpaccio • Count Cannoli
Crossover characters Final Fantasy series Ninja • White Mage
Sonic the Hedgehog series Dr. Eggman • Eggman Nega
Dragon Quest series Alena • Angelo • Bianca • Carver • Jessica • Kiryl • Patty • Princessa • Yangus
Other Balloon Fighter • Bomberman • Cicada • Link • Mad Scienstein • Samus • Villager
In other media
Live-action The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Alligator Dundee • Angelica • Aunt Luigeena • Belle (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) • Brian Bonsall • Cher • Cyndi Lauper • David Horowitz • Doc Freud • Dr. Frankenstein • Dr. Sigmund Fruitcake • Dr. Toby • Edison • Einstein • Elvira • Elvis Presley • Ernie Hudson • Fred Van Winkle • George Washington • Grandma Mario • Ellie Mae • Harry Blackstone Jr. • Howard Stevens • Imperial Poobah • Inspector Gadget • Inspector Klean • Jim Lange • Jodie • Little Robert • Liz • Lou Albano • Luigeena • Luigi's girlfriend • Lyle Alzado • Madam AGoGo • Mad Donna • Marianne • Marilyn • Mario Joe and Luigi Bob • Mikhail S. Gorbachev • Mr. Gibbel • Mrs. Gammliss • Mrs. Periwinkle • Nicole Eggert • Obi-Wan Cannoli • Pam Matteson • Patty • Patty's mother and father • Pietro • Ralph Washington • Rob Stone • Rowdy Roddy Piper • Roxanne • Sgt. Slaughter • Shabba-Doo • Susanna Ross • Tawny Tyler • Ted Bull • The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens • Tommy Lasagna • Tulio • Uncle Tony • Vincent Van Gook • Willy White • Young McDonald
Club Mario Co-MC • Tammy Treehugger • Tommy Treehugger
Donkey Kong Planet Jean-Claude Truchet • Mélanie Angélie • OM
Super Mario Bros. Angelica • Anthony Scapelli • Daniella • Egon • James • Luigi Mario • Mario Mario
Other Alyssa Milano • Andrew Trego • Bill Gates • Cowboy Jed • Jason Bateman • Ken Darling
Animation Saturday Supercade Aurora • Barnacle • Belle • Biff • Billy Bob • Bones • Brian • Colonel Culpepper • Dr. Demise • Doug's Health Club • Gorilla Ghost • Hooligan brothers • Horace • Hugo • Jenny • Jenny's father • Kenworth • Kid Dynamo • Long John • Lucy Belle • Miss Persimmon O'Hara • Mr. Bancroft • Mr. Barkley • Mr. X • Patty Johnson • Roller Stars • Sheep Rustlers • Solmes • Trapper Jack • Trucknappers • Mugsy • Knuckles • Bruto • Maxwell • Boris • Flint Westwood • Barney Todd • Trixie • Hoss • Coach • Don Diego • Cabeza • Nature Scouts • Mickey • Stretch • Alan • Slick • Shorty • Pai • Six • Peter Windson • Dandy Andy • Harry (Saturday Supercade) • Dee-Dee • Slam (band) • Al • Clyde • Hobo brothers • Mr. Anderson • Mrs. Johnson • Charlie (Saturday Supercade) • Harry (Saturday Supercade (Donkey Kong Junior segments)) • Walt
Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! Haru-ōji • Miss Endless
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Brutius Maximus Grouchimus • Butterfingers • Calamity Clam • Captain Abidab • Captain Clump • Dealin' Delbert • Dr. Nerdnick • Dr. Sheldon • Dr. T. Garden • Elvin Parsley • Fire God • Flab Boys • Gramma Toadstool • Hercufleas • Herlock Solmes • Hildy • Indiana Joe • James Blond • Joliet • Joliet's father • King James • Mark Twang • Misaki • Mervin • Mouth of the River • Mugga • Prince Pompadour • Queen Rotunda • Romano • Romano's father • Salvador Drainotto • Secret Agent N • Sergeant Kooperman • Sultan Pasbah • Vampa White • Waldo the Wizard • Zero
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Bud • Bud and Missy's mother • Crime Wave Clyde • Cutter • Gondolier • Herman • Junior • Junior's mom and dad • King Windbag • Marco Polo's Plumbers • Mayor of New York City • Milli Vanilli • Missy • Mighty Plumber • Mr. President • Mrs. President • Norman • Prince Mushroomkhamen • Queen Mushroomkhamen • Sam Shalam • Submarine captain • Wizard King of the West
Super Mario World Cave People • Oogtar
The Super Mario Bros. Movie BrKLnCouple • Giuseppe • Luigi's bully • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing customer • Uncle Arthur • Uncle Tony
Other Kaoru • Super Cool Jake • Tatsuya
Comics Club Nintendo Ali Mustafa • Baleog • Balu • Blanka • Chun-Li • Crab • Dhalsim • Dr. Light • Dr. Wily • Erik • Helmut Kohl • Joe • Kid Klown • Klösn • Mac • Mahgo • Max Milliplatt • Mona • Netty • Nicole • Olaf • Pia • Zangief
Donkey Kong Jungle Action Special Ace investigative reporter • Electrician
Game Boy Eliana • Greg Campbell • Herman Smirch • Herman Smirch's mother • Jonathan • Jose • Josh Campbell • Melody Ann-Evers • Michael Hallis • Michael Hallis's mother • Mr. Levison • Mr. Petrov • Rebecca Rhodes • Rick • Tannis Rhodes
Nintendo Comics System Dr. Waldo Bloom
Super Mario Amazon • Āreku Taichō • Ayako Okamomo • Dousi • Dr. Areku • Germane • Kazuki Motoyama (Mototin) • Marīo • Minmei • Mushroom King • Nankin • Pichi-hime • Princess Daisy's father • Risa Motoyama • Run • Shanbo Ozaki • Sue • Tetris Ningen
Super Mario-kun Ima no Mario • Obā-chan • Wario's father • Wario's mother • Yukio Sawada
Other Friendly Floyd
Other Cybele • Fukusuke • Jake the Watchman • Jordan • Maki • Master Tetsu • Santa Claus • Yūji
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Characters Main characters Donkey Kong • Luigi • Mario • Princess Peach • Toad
Antagonists Bowser • Kamek • Koopa General
Supporting characters BrKLnCouple • Cranky Kong • Driver • Francis • Giuseppe • Kong army • Lumalee • Mario and Luigi's family (Aunt Marie · Mario and Luigi's father · Mario and Luigi's grandfather · Mario and Luigi's mother · Mario and Luigi's niece · Uncle Arthur · Uncle Tony) • Penguin King • Spike • Toad General
Other characters Baby Luigi • Baby Mario • Baby Peach • Chanterelle • Chunky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong • Kiddy Kong • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Luigi's bully • Pauline • Pit • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing customer • Swanky Kong • Toadette • Yoshi
Forms Cape Mario • Cat Mario • Fire Mario • Ice Mario • Invincible Mario • Mini Mario • Super Mario • Tanooki Mario
Species Bat • Biddybud • Blooper (Blooper Baby) • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill (Bomber Bill) • Bramball • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep (Spiny Cheep Cheep) • Goomba (Goomba Tower) • Hammer Bro • Human (H. nintendonus) • Jellybeam • Kong • Koopa (Dry Bones · Koopa Paratroopa · Koopa Troopa · Spiny · Sledge Bro) • Luma • Maw-Ray • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Snifit • Toad • Yoshi
Locations Bob-omb Battlefield • Bowser's Castle • Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights) • Castle Burger • Crazy Cap • Dark Lands • Jungle Kingdom • Fire Flower Fields • Great Ring of Kong • High Cliffs • Kart workshop • Mushroom Forest • Mushroom Kingdom (Toad Town · Mushroom Heights) • Peach's Castle • Punch-Out Pizzeria • Rainbow Road • Desert Area • Secret passage • Snow Kingdom • Super Mario Bros. Plumbing • Training Course • Warp Zone • Waterfall Area • Yoshi's Island
Items and objects ! Block • Anchor • Axe • Barrel • Bill Blaster • Bike (Bullet Bike · Mach Bike) • Blue mushroom • Blue Shell • Boomerang Flower • Bowser Statue • Box • Brick Block • Cannon • Cape Feather • Clear Pipe • Coin • Coin Block • Crate • Donut Block • Dragon Coin • Fire Bar • Fire Flower • Flying Question Block • Fruit (Banana · Carrot · Coconut · Grape · Melon · Pineapple · Turnip · Watermelon) • Girder • Goal Pole • Hammer • Ice Flower • Kart (Pipe Frame · Standard Kart · Tiny Titan) • Koopa Clown Car • Ladder • Lakitu's Cloud • Lift • Magic wand • Magical Potion • Mushroom Platform • Music Box • Mysterious pipe • P Switch • P-Wing • POW Block • Power Balloon • Question Block • Rocket Barrel • Rotating Block • Shy Guy balloon • Spike Trap • Snowball • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Tanooki Suit • Trampoline • Warp Pipe • Wooden cutout • Yoshi's Egg
Miscellaneous Gallery • Illumination • Jump Man • Media • Quotes • References to other media • SMBPlumbing.com • Staff • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ("DK Rap" · "Mario Brothers Rap" · "Peaches") • Universal Pictures • Voice actors
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