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"It's-a-me, Mario!" Oh, yeah. That's what you'd like us to believe, isn't it? No one's ever seen Mario's birth certificate, which means we all love to speculate on his last name. Sometimes, it's Mario... as in, Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, the Mario Bros. And sometimes, it's not Mario Mario.

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Largely, Mario's last name has been Mario. But the brief periods in which his last name is not Mario — although no alternative has been suggested — are not insignificant. The most interesting one is the three-year period after which Satoru Iwata, former Nintendo President and CEO, stated categorically that Mario's last name was NOT Mario, but after Iwata's death in 2015, Shigeru Miyamoto returned us to the canonical Mario Mario.

Although, WAIT, plot twist: Shigsy actually said that Mario didn't have a last name in 2012!! THE CONSPIRACY CONTINUES.

Anyway. We all know that Mario's last name is 64, and Luigi's last name is Mansion.

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• Giancarlothomaz
• Thu 10th Mar 2022

didnt Shigeru Miyamoto in a interview revealed that Mario full name is Mario mario?

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• Alpha008
• Thu 10th Mar 2022

So, the summary is nobody is entirely sure?

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• Wakkawipeout
• Thu 10th Mar 2022

That last sentence is why I love this website.

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• Snatcher
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

The plot thickens.

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• Rhaoulos
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Could it be Mario Peach? Or Mario Bowser? That would explain why Bowser is always capturing Peach to lure Mario.

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• Yanina
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

I think in the live action movie it was "Mario Mario"

But my memory is a daze. So I could be wrong.

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• Solomon_Rambling
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Mr. Mario was my father. Please just call me Mario.

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• Highlar
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

@Yanina You are quite correct. Mario and Luigi confirm this when they are arrested and asked their names: Mario Mario and Luigi Mario.

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• FishyS
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

All I know is Mario's parents let their babies get kidnapped and then left it up to wild dinosaurs to save them rather than contacting the police. Would you trust parents like that to give you a reasonable name?

Actually maybe the dinosaurs named Mario.... Yoshi was never the smartest so 'Mario Mario' might make sense.🧐

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• CodyMKW
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Obviously their name is Mario Kent and Luigi Kent like their older brother Clark Kent🙃

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• Azuris
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

@FishyS

That sounds actually plausible

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• Purgatorium
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Is their last name patronymic? Like Mario Marioson, Mario McMario, Mario Mariovich.

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• Chocobo_Shepherd
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Their last name is definitely not Mario. They are brothers and one of them is named Mario. That's the explanation. It doesn't have to make sense because it was made by people for whom English was not a first language.

Just like Donkey Kong is not a donkey. These things happen.

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• LadyCharlie
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Dr. Super Mario "Mario" 64, PhD.

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• Anti-Matter
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Mario CooperMario LopezMario MamamiaMario MortimerMario Mouse 😆Mario MacarenaMario GonzalesMario Mercedes

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• octokid
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

His last name is OBVIOUSLY Lotsaspaghettimammamia1up.

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• CoastersPaul
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Saw someone suggest that Mario is Mario's maiden name, which is funny enough I'm going to accept it as canon.

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• Zadaris
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

It's obviously Mario Costanza.

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• TheBigK
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Broth why?? I didn't get a chance to read before you deleted 😭

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• Bobb
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Sometimes It feels like the whole "Mario Mario" is a running joke that got out of hand

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• RCGamer
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

I thought his last name was "Sunshine"

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• Spider-Kev
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

First name: MarioMid name: Is Surname: Missing

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• Spider-Kev
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Mansion can't be Luigi's last name as the title has an apostrophe

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• RCGamer
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

"We all know that Mario's last name is 64, and Luigi's last name is Mansion"

Plot twist: they're twins, but from different fathers. Luigi was adopted by Marilyn Manson, and add the "I" after he runaway from home

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• JaketheArbok
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

I thought his last name was Circuit, just like Peach’s last name is Gardens, Waluigi’s is Pinball, Wario’s is Stadium, Yoshi’s is Island, and Sonic’s is Heroes

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• SteamEngenius
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

I'm going with Mario Mario since the classic live action movie confirmed it.

I mean I went to highschool with a chick who's name was legit Morgan Morgan Morgan, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.

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• ClamDown
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

Mario’s last name is whatever the high-ranking Nintendo execs feel like that day.

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• HammerGalladeBro
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

So their baby forms would be called Baby Mario Mario and Baby Luigi Mario? What about transformations like Metal Mario Mario or Kitsune Luigi Mario? Should the games be called Luigi Mario's Mansion, Mario Mario Kart, Super Mario Mario Odyssey, Mario Mario & Luigi Mario: Paper Mario Mario Mix?

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• Bass_X0
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

It’s Mario and has been since 1983. Mario and Luigi are collectively referred to as the Mario brothers.

Doug Walker and his brother Rob Walker would be collectively referred to as the Walker brothers, not the Doug brothers. (I’m using him as an example since he caused a stink about the name years ago.)

Warner Bros. is also another good example. It was founded by four brothers from the Warner family and that’s how it got its name.

The Mario movie didn’t invent or confirm the surname. A name in front of “Bros.” makes the name the brothers surname. That’s just how it works. Now it’s possible that Miyamoto did not realise what calling the game Mario Bros. would do, and back in 1983 Mario’s popularity wasn’t anything like it would become later. But really that’s how the naming structure works.

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• Bunkerneath
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

I just always thought this last name was Mario and was known by that, whilst Luigi was Luigi Mario

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• Nickinator
• Fri 11th Mar 2022

"Anyway. We all know that Mario's last name is 64, and Luigi's last name is Mansion."

Reason enough to heart this article, LOL!

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