Mario

Super King Mario Merloni Mario, A.K.A. Talon is a retired hero-king of the Mushroom Kingdom. He, along with his brother, Luigi, made his fame and fortune through a series of successful ventures between Palamecia and Earth. These adventures established a deep relation between the two planets.
== Biography ==
=== Stork Delivery (1975) ===
Mario's life begins, rather than with a normal biological birth, when in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mia and Fernando Mario wish for a stork to deliver them children, and so Mario and his brother Luigi are made in Baby Corp's heavenly factory. The brothers have Wishing Stars resting inside their hearts. The twins are physically delivered by a stork to Palamecia in two slings; but in the way to their soon-to-be home, Kamek, the Magikoopa and then ruler of the Koopa Troopa, attacks, kidnapping Luigi, as part of a plan to prevent a prophecy that the brothers will be great trouble for the Koopa Kingdom. During the struggle, the stork drops Mario's sling, and he falls into Yo'ster Island. But Mario falls near the home of a green Yoshi, who after planning to eat him, decides to adopt the boy as his son.Baby Mario & Papa Yoshi [Brentalfloss Youtube Video] After returning home to his wife, Papa Yoshi has an argument with her and reveals that he knew she was cheating, and divorces her.Yoshi Gets a Divorce [Dorkly Youtube Video] Papa Yoshi decides to reunite Mario with his brother, so he and the rest of the Yoshi Tribe protect Mario & bring him to the Koopa Kingdom, where along with the help of the fabled Golden YoshiSMW2+ & SMW2+2 [Yoshi's Island ROM Hack], they defeat Bowser & save Luigi.Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island [videogame] As the Stork recovers from the injuries it received when being attacked by Kamek, Mario & Luigi temporarily live on Yoshi's Island for a while. While living on Yoshi's Island, Baby Mario goes on a variety of adventures. One of these involves the Golden Yoshi taking Mario through a couple areas on the island while fighting off the remaining forces of the Koopa Troop.Golden Yoshi Returns & Golden Yoshi Returns Again (Yoshi's Island Rom Hacks) After a week or so of living there, Bowser & Kamek plan their revenge and capture Mario & Yoshi in a castle while they were asleep.Yoshi's Castle Escape (Yoshi's Island ROM Hack) Once they escape, they've realized that Kamek has used his magic to transform the seasons of the islandYoshi's Island: Seasons (Yoshi's Island ROM Hack), & Yoshi once again defeats the forces of the Koopa Troop & saves the island.Yoshi's Island: Kamek's Revenge (Yoshi's Island ROM Hack)
The twins are delivered somewhere in the Red Mushroom Kingdom to Mia and Fernando Mario. Mario's childhood was filled with wonder, having a positive relationship with not only his twin brother, but also their adoptive older brother Giuseppe, befriending a baby Princess Peach,Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005) [videogame] playing with an odd fellow nicknamed Wario,Mario vs. Wario [comic], Nintendo Power #44 (1993) [magazine] and starting a complicated relationship with baby Prince Bowser.Book of Mario (2019) [videogame hack] However, when after army of aliens known as the Shroobs invaded the Mushroom World, his family decided to relocate via Warp Pipes to a faraway planet... Earth. There, they raised their sons in one of the world's most bustling cities, New York City, in the suburbs of Brooklyn.Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) [TV show]
Growing up, Mario always had affinity and a talent for plumbing.Family Album "The Early Years" [comic], Super Mario Bros. 3 [comic book] (1990)
=== Early adulthood (1995 - 2000) ===
Mario's early adulthood was more chaotic than most, to say in the least. Being drafted into warMario's Bombs Away (1983) [videogame] in 1995 left him a bit shaken, as the horrors of human war would for anyone. Choosing a pretty low-level job, he decided to take up a job as a truck driver.Bart the Rake [comic], Simpsons Comics #231 (2016) [comic book] After a while of carpenter for a circus.Donkey Kong [cartoon], Saturday Supercade (1983) [TV show] This was where Mario would perform his first act of true heroism, saving his lover, Daniella Pauline Verducci, from the clutches of a (presumed) gorilla known at the time as Donkey KongDonkey Kong (1981) [videogame] (Admittedly, it was Mario himself who angered him by laughing at him while DK did tricks for the circus...)Donkey Kong Circus (1984) [game]
Mario and his brother Luigi decide to start a plumbing business called "Mario Bros. Plumbing" using what little money they have from a few odd-jobs (getting fired from each one). After saving up, they are able to enter Plummers Academy, training under Sergeant Kooperman alongside the Scapelli brothers and at least one other plumber. Through this business, they became known as the best plumbers in Brooklyn, with people from all over coming to the place (such as Elvis Presley, Cher, and Inspector Gadget).After a series of sabotages by Scapelli,Super Mario Bros. (1993) [movie] Mario Bros. found a niche by dealing with strange turtle-like creatures that began to show up in New York sewersMario Bros. (1983) [videogame] (although they had to work part-time at a grocery store to make ends meet)Super Mario Bros.: Pīchi-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) [movie]. During one of these routines against the "Shellcreepers", as these beings had come to be known, Mario, Luigi and an archeologist named Daisy followed the voice of a damsel in distress only to find a giant draconic Shellcreeper, a grown-up King Bowser who was leading the Shellcreeper invasion. It turned out that they were all coming from a strange portal-pipe deep in the bowels of the sewer system, so the group traveled through that pipe, which led to...
=== The Mushroom Kingdom (2000 - ===
After arriving, the Mario Bros. figure that woman they heard is the princess of the kingdom, Princess Peach Toadstool. Mario, headstrong as he is, ventured the strange land to rescue the damsel-in-distress just as he had with Pauline. After multiple days of running, jumping (Mario and Luigi were known well by their peers for their superb jumping skills, Mario even being nicknamed "Jumpman" by some and they acquire "Thwomp Stompers" experimental devices that take their jumping to superhuman levels), stomping on strange foes, and facing magic-clones of Bowser, they defeat the Koopa King and save the Princess. They are given the title of the Super Mario Brothers.Super Mario Bros. (1985) [videogame]
Unlike with Mario's time in the US Army, people rarely die in war in this world; innate physical resistance and reviving fungi prevent most casualties.
Mario goes on to save her, the kingdom, and the world countless times afterwards. It also turns out that Bowser isn't as evil of a guy as he lets on, joining Mario and co. to play sports and games from time to time (albeit usually for his own gain).Super Mario Bros. (franchise)
==== Usurpation of Peach's Castle (Late 2003) ====
Mario receives a letter from Peach, who asks that she'll come by the castle to enjoy some cake.Super Mario 64 (1996) [videogame] He obliges, but is followed by Luigi and Wario.Super Mario 64 DS (2004) [videogame] The three butt heads, with Mario and Luigi being particularly aggressive. Luigi comes to resent Mario for upstaging him on this and many other occasions.SMG4: "Luigi's Payback"
The three are captured by Bowser, who has taken over the castle and stolen all of the Power Stars. Yoshi enters later on and saves Mario from Goomboss. The two then work at saving their comrades and retrieving the Power Stars scattered throughout the many painting worlds. In the end, the quartet confront the Koopa King high above the castle. Mario fells the foul fiend and obtains the final Power Star. They use its power to fly down to the castle entrance, where Peach is freed from her prison in the front stained-glass window. She thanks them all for their brave exploits and invites them back inside to finally have that cake they were promised.
==== Arrival of SMG4 (Early 2004) ====
Shortly after the defeat of Bowser and recovery of the Power Stars, Nintendo begins production of their new game based on the events that transpired at the castle. They task Mario and Lakitu with recreating footage of the event, so as to better adapt reality into a video game format. However, Luigi and Wario did not sign on to the project, so the initial N64 game was rife with inaccuracies.SMG4: "Just Like Any Other Day"SMG4: Quest for a Console"SMG4: "Time Travel Tells"
Around the same time, the Guardian Pod containing Luke Lerdwichagul's Recolor, SMG4, is sent to Palamecia. SMG4 offers the Mushroom Kingdom elite a chance to star in his upcoming web series, colloquially known among Recolors as "Super Mario 64 Bloopers". A deal is struck, with Mario becoming the lead actor in SMG4's production. Lakitu is hired as the director and photographer, making sure that Mario sticks to the script. SMG4: "The Cake is a Lie!"SMG4: "Dreams"SMG4: "A Random Day"SMG4: "Account Loss"
SMG4’s presence also brings with it an unforeseen side effect: everyone in his vicinity has their mental state slowly deteriorate into insanity. This also causes the personalities of many Mushroom Kingdom residents to alter in dramatic yet unpredictable ways. The effects on Mario seem to be much greater than the others, likely due to SMG4’s body using Mario as a base for its creation. Luckily, most of these effects subside the further away SMG4 is to those he effects. This causes many to undergo dramatic personality shifts on an almost daily basis, again with Mario facing the brunt of these adverse effects. One could even say Mario’s psychological changes are so severe that he develops something of a split personality; one of his original self and another of his corrupted, “flanderized” self.SMG4: "SMG4's Origins"
==== Early SMG4 Bloopers ====
After a few scuffed outtakes, the first of SMG4's Bloopers, titled "The Cake is a Lie!", is made. The plot involves Mario being informed that Peach made him a cake, so he rushes to the caste, only for Toad (who became an actor as well) to inform him that there was never any cake. Peach just needed to test out whether Mario could withstand the pipe system. This makes Mario mad, and he goes outside to throw Peach against a wall (whether this is in the script or not is unclear).
In an alternate take, Peach instead tells Mario there will be cake so Mario would come rescue her from Bowser. Toad, still thinking this is part of the script, informs Mario of her. Angered by his news, Mario impales Toad on the castle flagpole before beginning his search for Peach. He checks various places around the castle before settling for a stained-glass image of her, which he proceeds to fornicate with. Luigi, who heard about the recent kidnapping, comes to help, only to catch Mario in the act. Luigi enquires about the missing princess, but Mario only cares about finding her for the promise of cake. Luigi yells at Mario to find her, so he confronts Bowser about her whereabouts. Bowser attempts to monologue, but Mario cuts it short by incapacitating him with a single punch. Mario expresses disappointment at Bowser dropping a Power Star rather than cake, but he changes his tune when the Star invigorates him and grants him flight. It's short-lived, however, and he falls back down to the castle entrance. There, the Power Star frees Peach from her capture, and she offers to bake a cake for Mario. Infuriated by Peach lying about it in the first place, Mario throws Peach against a wall.SMG4: "The Lie That Was a Cake That Is a Lie"
For the second blooper, Mario eats mushrooms off of the castle roof, which make him tired and nauseous. He asks Yoshi for more, so he shovels dozens into Mario's gullet, making him vomit and fall asleep.
==== Bowser's Mario Clone Scheme ====
Mario wakes up from the castle lobby floor, where Toad informs him of a "secret" weapon Bowser's been posting about online. Mario is unfazed, believing he can easily deal with whatever it ends up being. Later on, Mario becomes anxious at Bowser's lack of threats, so he checks his usual spot in the Dark World, only to find it empty. He discusses his absence with Toad until the doorbell rings, leading Mario to answer the door and greet Bowser's secret weapon: four Mario clones. Mario mistakes them for his fan club, and is then promptly beat senseless. 
He escapes to Bob-Omb Battlefield, but the clones track him down and explain how Bowser created them to destroy his archenemy. Mario runs away, but is relentlessly pursued by the clones. Mario is thus forced to flee the castle, causing the clones to guard its entrance in anticipation of his return. Mario finds a giant Mario head disguise, uses it to bypass their security, and enters the castle. However, the clones are waiting for him (their answer to how is simply "magic"), and they assault him once more. Mario then walks by toad, who asks if he's having a bad day, much to Mario's annoyance.
After a particularly heinous attack involving a chainsaw, Mario decides he's had enough and tries to work out a plan to defeat the clones. He formulates a plan with the forces of Bob-Omb Battlefield. When the clone leader arrives, Mario gives the signal for everything in Bob-Omb Battlefield to activate one of SMG4's "cheats", giving them the ability to create a torrent of objects and people around the clone. Its face becomes damaged, revealing itself to merely be a robot disguised as a Mario clone. The robot manages to turn off the cheat, then signals its comrades to assist in killing Mario. Now that he knows they're just robots, Mario gains the confidence to easily dispatch his assailants one-by-one, until only the leader remains. 
Mario ascends the summit and begins battle with his copy. After being shot at and punched, Mario blows the robot up with King Bob-Omb, making it go into full destructive mode. It shoots missiles at Mario, but its aim is inhibited by its damaged circuits, and it blows itself up. Mario watches as the clone sees its last Italian and deactivates for good.SMG4: "4 Clones 1 Italian"
==== Luigi's Payback ====
Mario wakes up in the castle's Secret Slide room, wondering why he doesn't sleep in his own house (implying he’s effectively moved to Peach’s Castle by this point). He then proceeds to harass various Koopa Troops at Bob-Omb Battlefield until one of the cannon's is hacked by Bowser and shoots Mario far away. He lands next to Toad at the castle's entrance, where Luigi runs by to laugh at him (though Mario doesn't notice). Later on, he grabs the trees out front, but they're covered in mines that blow him back. Mario finds this exciting and repeatedly blows himself up with the mines. Afterward, Mario and Toad stay at Goombario's house in Goomba Village. Mario wonders what Luigi's doing until he realizes the balcony is gone again.Paper Mario (2000) [videogame] He then falls off the cliff.
Bowser decides to step up his game and attacks Mario with an assortment of Chuckyas, Snowmen, and Giant Goombas. Once he gets back to the castle, Luigi plays a doorbell prank on Mario, who calls him gay. Mario then gets burned by a fire trap in the castle kitchen in an attempt to get spaghetti. Following this, Mario meets a traveling Michael Jackson and gets rained on by Bowser's personal coin supply. Finally, Bowser wheels out a new batch of seven Mario robot clones—nearly twice as many as before. Mario meets them at the castle entrance, once again believing them to be his fan club. The clones deliberate on whether this is their target before going on the offensive.
After some fighting, Mario escapes to the castle lobby, where he is greeted by Luigi. His brother reveals that he was behind all of these mishaps, and even formed an alliance with Bowser to finally kill Mario after living so long in his shadow. Luigi gives Mario the mercy of a ten-second head-start, so long as he answer's his quiz question: what is one plus one? After two hours, Mario comes up with the answer of 300, and Luigi readies his gun. Toad interjects by saying he doesn't want to clean up Mario's gore and urges the two to make up. Mario and Luigi attempt to reconcile, but Luigi just ends up making Mario mad and he tries to kill him. Mario explains Luigi's absence to Toad by saying he was arrested for being gay. Toad believes this, thus starting the ongoing rumor of Luigi's homosexuality for years to come.
=== Late adulthood ===
Bowser eventually attempts one last plan for kidnapping Peach and ruling the world. After that fails as well, he retires from scheming, instead focusing his energy on sports.Mario Golf [short], Max Caenan in Why Would He Know If His Mother's a Size Queen (2020) [episode] , Robot Chicken [TV show] Mario and Peach are free to settle down, becoming King and Queen of the Mushroom Kingdom. They are not happily ever-after, however. Their relationship turns sour, Mario unable to adapt to the life of a king and Peach fallen out of love with him.SUPER MARIO - AFTER THE GAME (2017) [short], AOK [YouTube channel] After cheating from both sides,Wario [sketch], Episode 908 (2021), Saturday Night Live [TV show] they decide to divorce.
Mario starts a new life with a new love, Rosalina, who he had always been attracted to. They get married and adopt a kid called Jeffy, who they take pity on. Just as things seem to be getting better for Mario, becoming his once arch-nemesis' best friend, living with his once-estranged brother Giuseppe again, and starting a new suburban life in LoganVille, Mario's life takes a turn for the worst. This lifestyle takes a toll on his family: Rosalina comes to resent him, and realizes she never truly loved him, his son hates him, this highly dysfunctional period of his life makes Mario mad (and bald).Super Mario Logan [YouTube channel]
After going through another divorce, Mario finds himself drawn back to the royal life after events lead him to become king of Mario Land. The previous years of his life have severely changed how he views the world. He and Peach remarry, unifying the Mushroom Kingdom and Mario Land into the Ninteldo Empire, named after the company that made so many games based on his adventures. An imperialistic view on the world fuels this nation's ravaging through the planet, invading every nation they come across. This culminates in Mario finding himself against an old friend, Sonic the Hedgehog, now going by Gear.World War Blue (2012) [manga]
Sonic defeats Mario, who, after reflecting on all of his life, decides to live in simpler ways. 
=== Retirement ===
Moving to his right-hand man, Zerig Link's native land, Hyrule. Mario reopens a centuries old family businessThe Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004) [videogame], the Lon Lon Farm, along with his daughter, Malon, and a reformed rival.The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) [videogame]
Decades later, Mario has put it all behind him. The fame, the wealth, the hat and his mustache. That is, until a stranger gifts him his old hat and helps him regrow a mustache.Grow Comeback (2018) [videogame] Spiritually rejuvenated, Mario is Super once again.
== Name ==
His full name is legally Mario Merloni Mario. The first "Mario" being a forename derived from his surname; "Merloni" being a surname; and "Mario" being a surname from his father's side of the family, derived from the ancient Earth forename "Mariugh", found in around the Stone Age settlement of "Bedrock"SM64 Bloopers: Super Cavemen Bros. (2016) [video], SMG4 [YouTube channel]. He holds the titles "Super", "King" (from his time as ruler of The Red Mushroom Kingdom), and "Doctor"Dr. Mario (1990) [videogame] (which has a different meaning in the Mushroom World than on Earth, essentially meaning someone who is licensed to give medicine).
In the Mushroom World, "Mario" can also be rendered as "Marcus" and "Malleo"Weegeepedia. His name is sometimes incorrectly translated as "Maria" and other feminine versions of "Mario" when he finds himself in lands he does not speak the language of. 
“Talon" is a traditional name associated with his ancestors.
== Abilities ==
* Enhanced Jump
** Can jump around 3.2 meters into the air just from a standstill.
* Shock Absorption
** Can break blocks of brick with his fists.
** Usually does not take any fall damage, walking away from a long fall with nary a scratch.
* Lifting Strength and Tensile Strength
** Can lift King Bob-omb, who seems pretty damn heavy.
** Is able to swing Bowser around by the tail and throw him quite far with relative ease.
** Can use large metal-headed hammers as weapons, swinging them effortlessly.
* Directional Influence
** Has a high amount of movement control in mid-air.
** Can spin at high speed either yaw-wise (Spin Jump) or pitch-wise (Ground Pound) in mid-air.
== Sources ==
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