Mikhail S. Gorbachev

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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Full name Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Species Human
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - "Plummers Academy" (1989)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - "Glasnuts" (1989)
Portrayed by Martin Garner

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov) (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991. He is credited with helping to end the Cold War thanks to his reform policies and acquiescence towards the Revolutions of 1989. He was also known for the port-wine stain on his forehead.

Gorbachev appeared in the animated episode "Plummers Academy" of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, being given a tour of Brooklyn by the President of the United States. After Mario and Luigi save them from the flood, Mario receives the Golden Plumber's Helper and Luigi receives the golden wrench. Gorbachev himself was actually only seen very briefly while riding in the American President's car, waving to the citizens of Brooklyn.

In the associated live-action segment, "Glasnuts", Gorbachev (played by Martin Garner) visits Mario and Luigi at Mario Brothers Plumbing to learn how to make pizza. When he piles unusual ingredients onto the pizza, Mario and Luigi become concerned that once he tries it, he will hate it, and they will get in trouble for it. However, Gorbachev ends up loving the pizza, and decides to open his own pizza place in Russia.