Charles Dickens
- “I am chained to my desk with a passion to change the world, Mario. Too much unkindness exists that remains unchecked. I write to point out the wrongs to be righted. And the pay’s not bad either!”
- —Charles Dickens, Mario's Time Machine
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English author whose works often satirized the social conditions of London while also being written in such a way that attracted the poor classes. He often worked his own personal experiences into his writings, including his life as a factory worker at the age of twelve after his father was sent to prison for his unpaid debt. His stories were also released episodically, letting him adjust the future chapters after receiving criticism from readers. He gained significant and enormous popularity for his works. He married Catherine Dickens in 1836, but after their separation in 1858, he dedicated himself to his work until his untimely death in 1870. In Mario's Time Machine, he meets Mario after Mario travels back in time to return his Inkwell to him after Bowser steals it.
History
Mario's Time Machine
According to Mario's Time Machine, Charles Dickens was at his home in 1843, working on A Christmas Carol, when Bowser travels back in time to London and steals his Inkwell, preventing him from continuing his writing. Mario then travels back in time himself with the intent of returning Charles's Inkwell without knowing that it belongs to him. If Mario talks to him regardless, he politely introduces himself, and Charles proceeds to analyze him, describing Mario as someone who is well-traveled, before saying that he needs to continue his work, although he invites Mario to visit him later. Mario then questions various people within London about the Inkwell, and all of them, including Catherine Dickens, freely divulge everything about him, including his past and his dedication to his work. After definitely identifying the Inkwell's owner, Mario returns it to Charles. Charles thanks Mario and his act of kindness for letting him continue his writing. Mario then asks him why he writs so much, to which he responds that he feels a sense of duty to shine a light on the wrongs that should be righted, and it also pays well.
Trivia
- Charles Dickens's stories are referenced multiple times in the Mario franchise: A Christmas Carol was wholly parodied in Warios Weihnachtsmärchen, the location where Bleak is fought is named "Bleak's House" after Bleak House, and the microgame A Tale of One Kitty is a pun on A Tale of Two Cities.
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| Super Mario characters | Bowser • Bowser's motherb • Donkey Kong Jr.c • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Luigia • Mario • Roy Koopad • Yoshid | |
| Historical persons used as characters | Abraham Lincolna • Albert Einsteinc • Andrew Iversona • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washingtona • Catherine Dickensa • Charles Dickensa • Charles-Gaspard de la Rivea • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozarta • David Grenewetzkia • Deborah Reada • Don Lloyda • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglassa • Galileo Galileia • George Washington Carvera • Henry Forda • Ho Tia • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeatha • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydna • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteura • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincolna • Michael Faradaya • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomoc • Pierre Paul Emile Rouxa • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnarda • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Luna • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarta | |
| Enemies | Birdc • Bodyslam Koopac • Bullet Billa • Koopa • Mine • Pterodactyla • Sharka • Space Troopac • UFOc • Walking Turnipc | |
| Locations | Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wallc • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Eat at Joe'sa • Egyptc • Florence • Germanyc • Gettysburgc • Gobi Desert • Independence Hall • Japanc • Kitty Hawkc • London • Luoyanga • Mainz • Menlo Park • Moonc • Novatoa • Orleans • Paduaa • Paradise • Parisa • Philadelphia • Stratford-upon-Avon • Swan Inn • Trinidad • Tuskegeea • Vienna • Washington, D.C.a • White Housea | |
| Items and objects | Almanaca • Apple • Art Filea • Astrolabe • Backscratcher • Balla • Bambooa • Beret • Booka • Book of Marco Polo • Bosun's Pipe • Bowa • Bowser Statue • Bread • Bucket of Plaster • Bucklea • Bug Fixa • Bug Reporta • Bunnya • Calculus Book • Cat • Chisel • Chocolatea • Clotha • Compassa • Conversations on Chemistrya • Crank Handlea • Crown • Cup of Tea • Declaration of Independence • Dictionarya • Dinosaur Eggc • Drawing of Air Screw • Drawing of Ideal Man • Drumstick • F=MA • Fan • Feather • Filament • Firecrackera • Fireworks • Flag (India) • Flag (United States of America)c • Flaska • Floppy Diska • Flutea • Football • Globe • Grape • Handkerchief • Hand Mirror • Horse's Bit • Hourglass Blockc • Ice Creama • Incense • Inkwella • Information boxc • Key (Mainz) • Key (Philadelphia)a • Knife • Ladder • Laurel Wreath • Law Book • Lemonadea • Lens • Light Bulbc • Magneta • Measuring Stick • Metal Type • Metronome • Milka • Mona's Mirror • Mona Lisa • Moneya • Monocle • Mushroom • Music • Newspaper • Notebook • Onion • Paint • Paintbrush • Paintinga • Pamphlet • Paper Money • Pearl Necklace • Pennya • Physics Equationc • Poetry Booka • Postcard • Principia • Print Block • Propellerc • Quill Pen (1602)c • Quill Pen (Orleans) • Rat Trap • Republic • Ricea • Scarfa • Scissors • Scripta • Scrolla • Shield • Skull • Sledgehammerc • Spectacles (Philadelphia) • Spectacles (Washington, D.C.)a • Sphinxc • Staff • Stampa • Starmanc • Steering Wheelc • Stovepipe Hatc • Swordc • Tea Bag • Telegram • Telescope (Padua)a • Telescope (Trinidad) • Thronec • Ticketa • Timulator • Tirea • Torchc • Toya • Turkeya • Turtle Cannonc • Watcha • Warp Pipec • Whirlpool • Wooden Snake | |
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