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👨 A male name 🎮 Game series 🧑‍🔧 Game character

Mario

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A famous video game plumber with a red hat and mustache
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɛr.i.oʊ/
: Mario
  • In the Super Mario series, Mario often saves Princess Peach from the villain Bowser.
  • Mario and Luigi

OK, there is a big gold Mario Amiibo right behind me.

Examples

  • - Hold on one second, Mario.

    Bandits (2001)

  • Who are you supposed to be, Super Mario?

    Detention (2012)

  • This is what Mario looks like without his hat.

  • Who is Mario's brother in Super Mario Brothers?

    Livescreamers (2023)

  • The GamePad streams a feed of the Mario player's face to the TV while this is happening.

    Blog text (18)

  • Nintendo is also selling New York-themed T-shirts with Mario's image at the event.

    Blog text (4)

  • Many players were excited when Mario made his debut in the popular game Donkey Kong.

  • This is what Mario looks like without his hat.

Surface Forms

Mario main

Etymology

Mario is the famous video game plumber and one popular story says he was named after Nintendo's real landlord, Mario Segale, who visited them in the 1980s. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a real Italian man giving his name to the red-hatted hero, which is why Mario is the Italian plumber we know in games.