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I just realized, Super Mario Brothers makes no sense. It’d be like calling James and Dave Franco the James Brothers.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Apr 7 '23, 18:55

I can’t believe I just realized that after 35 years.

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It's mentioned in the '90s film but I'm guessing you missed that awfulness. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 19:50
I did have the thought during the movie that - Reagen Apr 7, 19:04 1
- Into the Marioverse - hollywood big shot Apr 7, 19:12
Wait until you realize that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are biologically tortoises. - howie Apr 7, 19:01 4
- But they’re probably brothers. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 20:08
- I did not know this. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Apr 7, 19:10
- You just blew my mind. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:02 1
  - The 'clock tower' in Back To The Future isn't a tower. Architecturally speaking, it's a pediment. - howie Apr 7, 19:16
Lenny Leonard and Karl Karlson disagree. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:00
Their names are Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 18:57 5
- That’s somehow… dumber. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 18:58 4
  - tbf there are loads of people with reduplicative names. I had a great uncle Donald MacDonald. Manure Bol’s son is Bol Bol. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 05:15 1
    - I once heard an airport page for Jeffrey Jeffries. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 06:01
  - It was the 80s, man. Nothing made sense. -- nm - VMan Apr 7, 19:01 1
    - Mario Mario likes to do the bunga bunga -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 19:15
Mario Mario -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 18:57

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