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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Nintendoobsessed on June 07, 2007, 11:11:36 AM
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I have been studying etiquette recently, and I happened to notice that Toadsworths greeting to Mario (Master Mario!) according to etiquette, means that Mario is 7 years old or younger. A child 7 years old or younger is normally called "Master (Insert child name here)" This is very strange....
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Uh..........okay.
I highly doubt that Mario is 7 years younger than Toadsworth. The dude looks like he could easily be 50-60, while Mario is........I dunno, 30ish.
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Not necessarily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_%28form_of_address%29
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I find it strange that he calls Mario "Master Mario", since you're supposed to say "Master" and then the person's last name (i.e., "Master Wilkins"). That's probably because Mario doesn't have a first name, but whatever.
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What? Both Mario's first and last names are Mario.
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Don't you know anything?
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Mario is, like, the master of the universe. So Master Mario is fine.
And he's called him Master Mario (same with Master Luigi) since they were babies, seen in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
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I highly doubt that Mario is 7 years younger than Toadsworth.
according to etiquette, means that Mario is 7 years old or younger.
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Oops.
I doesn't matter though, since Mario's older to begin with.
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What? Both Mario's first and last names are Mario.
No! I refuse to believe that on the grounds that I refuse to.
/me covers his ears and goes "La la la la la, I'm not listening"
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I always figured he called him "Master" because it was in the serveant stereotype and we all know how much the Mario series loves stereotypes.
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At first I thought it was weird that Mario's last name would be identical to his first, but I don't think it really matters. He's a video game character; some cartoon characters don't even have a surname. (And Luigi Mario has a nice ring to it) Also, 'Mario' is not necessarily the bros' official surname; it's just the most widely accepted.
I don't really understand why Toadsworth says "Master Mario," but I don't spend my time investigating a video game character's etiquette.
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Glorb I think that's why they are called The Mario Bros. I think we can all agree that The Mario Bros's last names are Mario, like it or not! I also thought that someone called a man "Master" Because they aren't married... Yet.
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One could also argue that the title 'Mario Bros.' symbolizes Mario's position as the leader figure; Luigi is a little shyer than his older brother, but I go with the 'Mario is their last name' side because it seems the most likely.
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I thought "Jumpman" was the family moniker.
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The Wright Bros. weren't called the Wilbur Bros. or the Orville Bros. Case closed.
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Fine. I'ts mario's first name, he just prefers to be called by his surname... Like Fry or leela.
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His first name is Mario.
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Toadsworth calls them that because he is showing them respect. He works for Princess Peach, and therefore has likely learned to/has been taught to show respect to the Princess and her guests (most often of which are Masters Mario and Luigi).