Mario's dad
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History
Family Album "The Early Years"
The character had a small role in the Nintendo Comics System publication, Family Album "The Early Years". In the third photograph, a young, concerned Mario is being chased by his father, who is shaking his fist and holding a smoking pipe with bubbles coming out of it. The caption of the photograph reveals that Mario "fixed" his father's pipe. Mario and Luigi's father appears slightly skinnier than in Super Mario Issun-bōshi and is wearing a light yellow shirt, blue pants, and dress shoes. The father's face is hidden, cut off by the pictures edge.
Super Mario Bros. film
In the Super Mario Bros. film, Papa died when Luigi was still a baby. He was then raised by his older brother Mario, and joked about how Mario was like his father (and his mother). During the film, while Luigi worked to disable the heating in Koopa's tower, Mario told him that his tools were a gift from "Papa," who in turn received them from "Grandpapa." Luigi mockingly repeated what Mario said, indicating that he had heard the same story on many previous occasions.
Yoshi series
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
At the end of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Mario and Luigi's father made his first video game appearance. The video game's artists portrayed him as a skinny man in a nightshirt of indeterminate color. Only his lower half and hands are seen. Once Yoshi rescued the stork and Baby Luigi, the stork took Baby Mario and Baby Luigi and continued on his way to deliver them to Mama and their father. The video game's narration states that the boys' delivery has been, "long awaited." Flying to a small, unnamed town surrounded by mountains where "mom and dad live", the stork leaves the bundles on the doorstep of a house, which resembles a Mushroom. The parents awake, turn on a light, open the door, and are pleasantly surprised to see their twins have arrived. Luigi is picked up by his father and Mario by his mother.
However, it is revealed in Yoshi's New Island that the parents seen here are not their parents, and the stork made a mistake.
Yoshi's Island DS
The introduction to Yoshi's Island DS features a short retelling of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are seen in the hands of one of their parents. Additionally, the introduction shows various children from around Mushroom World being kidnapped by Kamek and his Toady minions. Mario and Luigi are taken from their parents, who are not shown, during the night. The lights are on and red marks indicating commotion emerge from the house during the kidnapping; it is likely, yet unconfirmed that Mario and Luigi's father is one of the people making this commotion.
Other appearances
A Mario-themed food tray depicts a painting of a man implied to be Mario's father. This is the only time his face is shown. His blue overalls and a yellow shirt are consistent with his appearance in Super Mario Issun-bōshi. He is shown having a white moustache and a blue cap similar to Mario's, as well as a white beard.
Family
Mario and Luigi are Papa's only children, and their mother, Mama Mario, is presumed to be his wife. Earlier sources (such as Family Album "The Early Years") implied that Mario was older than Luigi, although they are usually recognized as twins as of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (however, twins are divided into older and younger siblings in Japan, even if they're only minutes apart). The Super Mario Bros. film also mentioned Mario and Luigi's paternal grandfather, "Grandpapa", who passed down his tools to his son.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! introduces many more members of the Mario family, although Papa himself does not make an appearance. Judging from her last name, it is implied that the late Grandma Mario is Papa's mother, as it is revealed that Mama Mario's maiden name is "Rigassi" and she took on her husband's surname when they got married. Papa has a pair of nieces named Marianne and Luigeena, and two nephews called Mario Joe and Luigi Bob. It is not revealed which sides of the family any of the relatives hail from, so it is unknown whether Aunt Luigeena is his sister or sister-in-law. The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 mentions a second sister/sister-in-law named Aunt Maria.
Names in other languages
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