Talk:Mario's helicopter

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This article is about two completely unconnected, unnamed helicopters that both happen to be owned by Mario. Need I say more? This article has even less of a reason to exist than Donkey Kong's cage in DK Junior, an arguably more pervasive plot element that doesn't even have an article for... hopefully obvious reasons. It says something that even in the anarchic early days of MarioWiki, nobody seemed to have thought to make an article for Mario's helicopter. This is really stretching the exceptions given in the generic subject policy. DrippingYellow (talk) 12:59, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

If we cannot have Luigi Blimp then no one will have this one either. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 13:19, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

To be fair, the crane thing arguably makes it fall outside of generic-subject coverage... LinkTheLefty (talk) 13:25, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

I suppose, but the claw is only present in Wario Land. The Donkey Kong Jr. helicopter is pretty clearly just a scrunched-up interpretation of standard helicopter lifting. I guess it's not "generic", but it still seems like a Princess Peach's voice-type situation where its entire relevance to the plot is that it shows up briefly at the end, takes the Peach statue, and runs. DrippingYellow (talk) 13:42, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

If you're talking about how that helicopter has a mechanism to take a statue, nah, I still wouldn't consider it distinct enough. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 14:35, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

Dang, this page was created just a month ago? I first thought this was a remnant of the early 2010's that went unnoticed until now. Delete it and preserve it in BJAODN. SolemnStormcloud (talk) 15:15, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

Wait, it WASN'T created today?! rend (talk) (edits) 15:41, June 7, 2024 (EDT)

I was skeptical when I saw it, but added the DKJr image anyway, lol. But anyway, a helicopter having a winch attached to it is hardly a Diesel 10 and Pinchy-level of notably weird vehicle attachments. This is similar to when there was a "Lakitu (character)" article asserting that the MK7 Lakitu was the same as a random background Lakitu in Superstar Saga just because they both had red shells. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:31, June 7, 2024 (EDT)