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|full_name = Tommy Lasagna
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|first_appearance = "[[Two Bums from Brooklyn]]"
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'''Tommy Lasagna''', usually referred to as simply '''Mr. Lasagna''', is the somewhat impatient coach of the [[List of Implied Organizations#Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] baseball team. He currently has plans to open up a new restaurant in [[Brooklyn]]. Ironically, he shares his last name with a type of [[pasta]].
'''Tommy Lasagna''', usually referred to as simply '''Mr. Lasagna''', is the somewhat impatient coach of the [[List of Implied Organizations#Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] baseball team. He currently has plans to open up a new restaurant in [[Brooklyn]]. Fittingly, he shares his last name with a type of pasta. He is portrayed by actor [[Joe Bellan]]. His name is a pun on the late {{wp|Tommy Lasorda}}, a real-life baseball manager, then with the defending World Series champion {{wp|Los Angeles Dodgers}}.


== History ==
==History==
[[File:TBfB3.png|thumb|left|Tommy's entrance]]
One day, Tommy Lasagna phones [[Mario]] at [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]], and tells him that he would be coming over soon. Before he even arrives, a meatball that Mario had been practicing his pitching with flies out a window and lands right in his mouth. Upon his entrance, Mr. Lasagna is unable to speak to Mario and [[Luigi]] until Luigi pulls the meatball out of his mouth.


One day, Tommy Lasagna phoned [[Mario]] at [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]], and told him that he would be coming over soon. Before he even arrived, a meatball that Mario had been practicing his pitching with flew out a window and landed right in his mouth. Upon his entrance, Mr. Lasagna was unable to speak to Mario and [[Luigi]] until Luigi pulled the meatball out of his mouth.
Although Mr. Lasagna explains to Mario and Luigi that he is not there to recruit them for his baseball team, they are eager to show him their stuff, and they get to work with moving some furniture around to make room for a pretend baseball diamond. Mr. Lasagna assigns Mario to pitch while Luigi is to catch, and has to wait around until Mario is finally ready. As Mario throws the ball over Luigi's head, Mr. Lasagna traces it on his radar, and it comes up with the reading "Don't give up your day job."
[[File:TBfBJoeBellan.png|thumb|left]]
Some time later, Luigi winds up on top of Mr. Lasagna, while he has his hand on a pizza box being used as home plate. Mr. Lasagna struggles to get up and sits down at the table, telling Mario and Luigi that he is not there to recuit them for his team; instead, he tells them that he is opening a new restaurant in town, and wants to sample the famous [[Mama Mario]] meatball recipe. Mr. Lasagna takes a bite out of one, and spits it out, complaining that it tastes like horsehide and string.


Although Mr. Lasagna explained to Mario and Luigi that he wasn't there to recruit them for his baseball team, they were eager to show them their stuff, and they got to work with moving some furniture around to make room for a pretend baseball diamond. Mr. Lasagna assigned Mario to pitch while Luigi was to catch, and had to wait around until Mario was finally ready. As Mario threw the ball over Luigi's head, Mr. Lasagna traced it on his radar, and it came up with the reading "Don't give up your day job".
Mr. Lasagna decides to take the meatballs with him as he gets ready to leave, and is asked by Mario if he is going to feed them to the team. Mr. Lasagna says that the meatballs are only good for using in place of real baseballs, and tells Luigi that he needs them to get out of the cellar. Luigi asks if he means the bottom of the league, and Mr. Lasagna states that he actually means their basement apartment.


Some time later, Luigi wound up on top of Mr. Lasagna, while he had his hand on a pizza box being used as home plate. Mr. Lasagna struggled to get up and sat down at the table, telling Mario and Luigi that he wasn't there to recuit them for his team; instead, he told them that he was opening a new restaurant in town, and wanted to sample the famous [[Mama Mario]] meatball recipe. Mr. Lasagna took a bite out of one, and spat it out, complaining that it tasted like horsehide and string.
Before Mr. Lasagna can leave, he is asked by Mario what he and Luigi can do, and he tells them that he did have something they can do at the ballpark. Mario figures that it has to do with pitching, but Mr. Lasagna corrects him, stating that the two of them can toss [[peanut]]s, as he pulls two bags of them out of his pocket and tosses them to Mario and Luigi.
 
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Mr. Lasagna decided to take the meatballs with him as he got ready to leave, and was asked by Mario if he was going to feed them to the team. Mr. Lasagna said that the meatballs were only good for using in place of real baseballs, and told Luigi that he needed them to get out of the cellar. Luigi asked if he meant the bottom of the league, and Mr. Lasagna stated that he actually meant their basement apartment.
==Names in other languages==
 
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Before Mr. Lasagna could leave, he was asked by Mario what he and Luigi could do, and he told them that he did had something they could do at the ballpark. Mario figured that it had to do with pitching, but Mr. Lasagna corrected him, stating that the two of them could toss [[peanut]]s, as he pulled two bags of them out of his pocket and tossed them to Mario and Luigi.
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==Trivia==
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Latest revision as of 19:17, September 13, 2024

Tommy Lasagna
Tommy Lasagna
Species Human
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Two Bums From Brooklyn") (1989)
Portrayed by Joe Bellan

Tommy Lasagna, usually referred to as simply Mr. Lasagna, is the somewhat impatient coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He currently has plans to open up a new restaurant in Brooklyn. Fittingly, he shares his last name with a type of pasta. He is portrayed by actor Joe Bellan. His name is a pun on the late Tommy Lasorda, a real-life baseball manager, then with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

History[edit]

Joe Bellan as Tommy Lasagna in "Two Bums From Brooklyn"
Tommy's entrance

One day, Tommy Lasagna phones Mario at Mario Brothers Plumbing, and tells him that he would be coming over soon. Before he even arrives, a meatball that Mario had been practicing his pitching with flies out a window and lands right in his mouth. Upon his entrance, Mr. Lasagna is unable to speak to Mario and Luigi until Luigi pulls the meatball out of his mouth.

Although Mr. Lasagna explains to Mario and Luigi that he is not there to recruit them for his baseball team, they are eager to show him their stuff, and they get to work with moving some furniture around to make room for a pretend baseball diamond. Mr. Lasagna assigns Mario to pitch while Luigi is to catch, and has to wait around until Mario is finally ready. As Mario throws the ball over Luigi's head, Mr. Lasagna traces it on his radar, and it comes up with the reading "Don't give up your day job."

Joe Bellan as Tommy Lasagna.

Some time later, Luigi winds up on top of Mr. Lasagna, while he has his hand on a pizza box being used as home plate. Mr. Lasagna struggles to get up and sits down at the table, telling Mario and Luigi that he is not there to recuit them for his team; instead, he tells them that he is opening a new restaurant in town, and wants to sample the famous Mama Mario meatball recipe. Mr. Lasagna takes a bite out of one, and spits it out, complaining that it tastes like horsehide and string.

Mr. Lasagna decides to take the meatballs with him as he gets ready to leave, and is asked by Mario if he is going to feed them to the team. Mr. Lasagna says that the meatballs are only good for using in place of real baseballs, and tells Luigi that he needs them to get out of the cellar. Luigi asks if he means the bottom of the league, and Mr. Lasagna states that he actually means their basement apartment.

Before Mr. Lasagna can leave, he is asked by Mario what he and Luigi can do, and he tells them that he did have something they can do at the ballpark. Mario figures that it has to do with pitching, but Mr. Lasagna corrects him, stating that the two of them can toss peanuts, as he pulls two bags of them out of his pocket and tosses them to Mario and Luigi.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 汤米拉萨尼亚[1]
Tāngmǐ Lāsàníyà
Tommy Lasagna
German Tommy Lasagna[2] -
Hebrew טומי לזניה[3]
Tvm Lznh
Tommy Lasagna
Portuguese Tommy Lasagna[4] -
Spanish Tommy Lasaña[5] Tommy Lasagna
Swedish Tommy Lasagna[6] -

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