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| |title=Brass Plaque | | |title=Brass Plaque |
| |image=[[File:Brass Plaque MIMDOS.png]]<br>DOS<br>[[File:Brass Plaque MIMSNES.png]]<br>SNES | | |image=[[File:Brass Plaque MIMSNES.png]]<br>SNES<br>[[File:Brass Plaque MIMDOS.png]]<br>DOS |
| |first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]]) |
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| The '''Brass Plaque''' is an item in the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]] and [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']] It is the inscription facing the {{wp|Acropolis}} on [[Hadrian's Arch]]. It is stolen by some [[Koopa Troopa]]s when they invade [[Athens]]; this causes the arch to close down. The plaque is later retrieved by [[Luigi]] after he takes it from a Koopa Troopa walking around the city, and he then shows it to various Athenian citizens. They tell him various facts about Hadrian's Arch, such as how it separated Athens and Hadrianopolis (although in reality, no actual proof of two divided cities has been found<ref>{{cite|author=Taliaferro, Mary|title="Athens, Smyrna, and Italica." ''Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire'', Boatwright, illustrated, reprint, revised ed.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2000|page=147|website=Google Books|url=books.google.ca/books?id=YmKmSTzToCMC|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref>). Eventually, Luigi gathers enough information that he is able to return the Plaque to the Arch's information booth, and is rewarded $1350. | | The '''Brass Plaque''' is an item in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' It is the inscription facing the {{wp|Acropolis}} on [[Hadrian's Arch]] (although despite what its images depict, it is carved directly onto the monument and not on a separate plaque<ref>Nefasdicere. "J. Matthew Harrington, Personal Digital Image." ''Wikimedia Commons'', Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Mar. 2007, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arch-of-Hadrian-5.jpg. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref>). It is stolen by some [[Koopa Troopa]]s when they invade [[Athens]]; this causes the arch to close down. The Plaque is later retrieved by [[Luigi]] after he takes it from a Koopa Troopa walking around the city, which is then shown to various Athenian citizens. Everyone tells him various facts about Hadrian's Arch, such as how it separated Athens and Hadrianopolis (although no actual proof of two divided cities has been found<ref>Taliaferro, Mary. "Athens, Smyrna, and Italica." ''Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire'', Boatwright, illustrated, reprint, revised ed., Princeton University Press, 2000, p. 147. ''Google Books'', books.google.ca/books?id=YmKmSTzToCMC. Retrieved February 7, 2018.</ref>). Eventually, Luigi gathers enough information that he is able to return the Plaque to the Arch's information booth, and is rewarded $1350 |
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| The Brass Plaque is nonexistent in reality, with the inscriptions that the game depicts as being on the plaque actually being carved directly onto Hadrian's Arch.<ref>{{cite|author=Nefasdicere|title="J. Matthew Harrington, personal digital image"|publisher=Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation|date=4 Mar. 2007|url=commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arch-of-Hadrian-5.jpg|accessdate=February 7, 2018}}</ref>
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| ==Information== | | ==Information== |
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| | *Boy: ''"His arch divided the city into two. Greeks got one of those plaques and the Romans did too." |
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| | *Tourist: ''"That plaque says, "This is Athens". Its twin says what that one doesn't." |
| |boy=His arch divided the city into two. Greeks got one of those plaques and the Romans did too.
| | *Reporter: ''"Take a cab to Hadrian's Arch and put the plaque back, Jack." |
| |tourist=That plaque says, "This is Athens". Its twin says what that one doesn't.
| | *Scientist: ''"That bronze is from the gate built in 131 AD to divide Athens from Hadrianopolis." |
| |reporter=Take a cab to Hadrian's Arch and put the plaque back, Jack.
| | *Policewoman: ''"That's a plaque from the west side of Hadrian's Gate. Perhaps your brother is stuck in Hadrianopolis!" |
| |scientist=That bronze is from the gate built in 131 AD to divide Athens from Hadrianopolis.
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| |officer=That's a plaque from the west side of Hadrian's Gate. Perhaps your brother is stuck in Hadrianopolis!
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| |boy=His arch divided the city into two. Greeks got one of those plaques and the Romans did too.
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| |tourist=That plaque says, "This is Athens". Its twin says what that one doesn't.
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| |reporter=Take a cab to Hadrian's Arch and put the plaque back, Jack.
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| |scientist=That bronze is from the gate built in 131 AD to divide Athens from Hadrianopolis.
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| |officer=That's a plaque from the west side of Hadrian's Gate. Perhaps your brother is stuck in Hadrianopolis!
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Fre=la Plaque en Bronze
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| |FreC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario a disparu''|language=French|accessdate=April 22, 2025}}</ref>
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| |Ger=eine Messingtafel
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| |GerM=a Brass plaque
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| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst''|language=German|accessdate=September 24, 2024}}</ref>
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
