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| | Anthony Scapelli is a character in the Super Mario Bros movie. Scapelli is the leader of a rival plumbing company that is stealing jobs from [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. He wants [[Daisy]]and her friends to stop fossil digging because it's hurting his buissness. He goes as far as to send workers to saboutage the dig. Later King Koopa tells Mario that a human has accidently broken the wall between dimensions, making it easier for him to invade earth. Mario reasons that it must have been Scapelli and his employees. When Koopa does invade earth, Scapelli is the first and only human that he "De-evolves" turning him into a monkey. |
| |image=[[File:Scapelli.jpg|300px]]
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1993)
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| |species=Human<br>{{wp|Chimpanzee}} (after [[de-evolution]])
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| |portrayed_by={{wp|Gianni Russo}}<br>"Corey" (chimp form)
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| }}
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| {{quote|[[Princess Daisy (film character)|You]] look like a smart girl. I bet you'll be done by tonight. A lot of girls have been going missing in [[Brooklyn]] lately. I'd be careful.|Anthony Scapelli|[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]}}
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| '''Anthony Scapelli''' is a character in the 1993 [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], played by {{wp|Gianni Russo}}. He is the head contractor of [[Scapelli Construction]], rivaling [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]'s plumbing business, [[Mario Brothers Plumbing|Mario Bros. Plumbing Services]]. He was named after the old advertising boss of Parker Bennett and Terry Runté, Bob Scarpelli.<ref>"I will say that Scapelli is named after my old advertising boss, who was Bob Scarpelli." Statement by [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'']]' screenwriter Parker Bennett in [http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/specials/interviews/16_ParkerBennett_9-18-10.html Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive] interview September 18, 2010.</ref>
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| ==History==
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| ===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
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| [[File:ChimpScapelli.png|thumb|Scapelli's de-evolved chimpanzee form]] | |
| A news announcer explains that Scapelli Construction's project has been halted due to the finding of dinosaur fossils in the area, prompting the {{wp|New York University}} to begin an excavation project. Anthony Scapelli is introduced arriving to the scene with businessmen acting as his bodyguards. He asks the excavation team who the head of the team is, and [[Princess Daisy (film character)|Daisy]] speaks up to announce that is her. Scapelli demands her to stop her excavation, and Daisy responds saying the research is very important and that the constant harassment from Scapelli's employees has been slowing progress further. Anthony Scapelli threatens Daisy, causing Daisy to leave, letting [[James]] know she plans to call the university for more security. Later, Scapelli's workers are seen fleeing from the dig site, having sabotaged the excavation team's project by breaking several pipes and flooding the dig site. It is revealed late in the film by [[Iggy (film character)|Iggy]] and [[Spike (film character)|Spike]] that it was a human accidentally broke the wall between the dimensions of [[Earth]] and [[Dinohattan]]; Mario reasons this was accidentally done by Scapelli's employees.
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| At the end of the film, Scapelli and two of his businessmen are present at the dig site when the two dimensions are briefly merged by [[Lena]]. [[Daniella]] and the previously kidnapped women begin alerting the news press and everyone present that there is an incoming invasion from another dimension. Though [[Koopa's Tower]] merges with the {{wp|World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center}}, Scapelli believes the whole event to be a publicity stunt. [[Bowser|President Koopa]] appears as a result of the merge and attempts to hit Mario with the [[Devolution Gun]]. Mario dodges the blast, hitting Scapelli and de-evolving him into a chimpanzee (even though humans were not actually evolved from chimpanzees, but rather from an ancient species of apes known as ''{{wp|Australopithecus}}''). A surprised Mario questions the de-evolved Scapelli and he responds with a facepalm. His employees pick him up, confused and worried as the crowd laughs at him.
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| ====Deleted scene====
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| A deleted scene at the Riverfront Cafe would have revealed that Mario states to have grown up with Anthony Scapelli.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Scapelli Chimp.jpg|Scapelli as a chimpanzee
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| </gallery>
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| ==Notes==
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| *In early drafts of the script, he was named Eddie Scapelli, and was initially meant to be related to Mario's girlfriend [[Daniella]].<ref>[http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script/6_DickIan_synopsis.htm ''Super Mario Bros.'' Movie Archive, 3rd March 1992 draft synopsis]</ref><ref>[http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script/7_DickIan_synopsis2.htm ''Super Mario Bros.'' Movie Archive, 25th March 1992 draft synposis]</ref>
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| *The ''Super Mario Bros.'' film manga, ''[[Super Mario: Makai Teikoku no Megami]]'', omits his character altogether but does feature three unrelated humans that get turned into monkeys to fulfill his role.
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{Humans}}
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| {{SMB film}}
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| [[Category:Humans]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. (film) characters]]
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| [[Category:Plumbers]]
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