Marco Polo's Plumbers

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Marco Polo's Plumbers
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First appearance The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Species Humans

Marco Polo's Plumbers were two unnamed plumbers who were employed by Marco Polo. They bear a great resemblance to Mario and Luigi.

Marco Polo's Plumbers are referenced in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Venice Menace". While Mario and Luigi are in Venice, Mario feels something reaching out to his soul, but he is unable to figure out what it is. At one point, they unknowingly pass by statues of the two plumbers that rested atop a tall column.

Later on, after Mario and Luigi save Venice from Bowser, a gondolier shows them around the city and directs their attention towards the statues. He introduces the statues as Marco Polo's Plumbers, and explains that they brought plumbing back from China to help make Venice the city it is now. Princess Toadstool and Toad deduce that the plumbers are ancestors of Mario and Luigi, explaining why Mario previously felt so attached to Venice.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 马可波罗的水官工[1]
Mǎkěbōluó de Shuǐguāngōng
Marco Polo's Plumbers
French Plombiers de Marco Polo[2] Marco Polo's Plumbers
Greek Υδραυλικοί του Μάρκο Πόλο[3]
Ethraelikoi toe Marko Polo
Marco Polo's Plumbers
Italian Idraulici di Marco Polo[4] Marco Polo's Plumbers
Portuguese Encanadores de Marco Polo[5] Marco Polo's Plumbers BKS dub
Bombeiros de Marco Polo[6] Herbert Ritchers dub
Russian Сантехники Марку Полу[7]
Santehniki Marku Polu
Marco Polo's Plumbers
Spanish Fontaneros Marco Polo[8] Marco Polo's Plumbers
Spanish (NOE) Hermanos Fontaneros Marco Polo[9] Marco Polo's Plumber Brothers original dub
Swedish Marco Polos Rörmokare[10] Marco Polo's Plumbers

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