#Mario movie uncle tony

[pianokantzart]

tongue

[coffeecat1983]

It's done!

I illustrated the ending scene from Mario Bros: Facing Fears (Is Never Easy)

"You know, seeing the boys like that and hearing about Mamma, it got me thinkin'," Arthur said.

Tony normally would have joked with him that thinking was nothing but trouble, but something in his twin's tone made him stay quiet. Arthur leaned forward, folding his hands. "What would you do, if I died?" he asked softly.

[katlyntheartist]

Uncle Tony, Uncle Arthur, and Aunt Marie! Happy with how the turned out but im not sure how i feel about tony’s mustache. Also Arthur’s mustache is based off of Game Luigi’s ‘stache.

Pio and Mia

[charmingradiobelle]

Uncle Tony: would you slap your father for a million bucks?

Mario: no, of course not!

Papa: if you ever, I mean EVER, pass up the chance to win us a million dollars, I will disown you right then and there.

[aviscranio]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

[anomaly1003]

Gotta give the uncles some love too ❤️💛💙

Canon or not, Uncle Tony and Uncle Arthur are twins in my book!

[tigers-eyes-26]

Aftermath Chapter 2

The front door of the apartment opened. The boys’ mama announced to Peach, “Benvenuta a Casa nostra. Welcome to our home!” A little girl with a pink hat ran out of the kitchen. She looked behind the group of relatives expectantly. Her face fell when it was only Princess Peach who had come to the house.

“Where’s the gorilla?! The giant turtles!? Or the mushroom people?!”

“They decided to stay behind.” The Princess explained.

“Aw nuts!” the girl crossed her arms disappointed. She returned to the Kitchen.

The Princess raised her eyebrow at the exchange.

“That’s just Marilyn our baby cousin, once she gets to know you more, she will think you are cool.”

Mario and Luigi hung their hats and took off their gloves. Peach took off her gloves too. She felt so overdressed. In the living room was their Nonno.

“No. no?”

“Ah no, hehe Nonno. It means grandfather.” Luigi explained.

Everyone in the family stopped to give him a kiss on the cheek before they dispersed to the kitchen and other places in the house. He was watching TV, the news blared loudly at him. He hardly acknowledged the greetings of the family. Peach wondered if he could even see with his bushy white eyebrows. Luigi turned the TV off and yelled into his Nono’s ear. “QUESTA E PEACH!”

The elderly man swatted Luigi, “non imprecare contro di me!” he chastised.

“NO! IL SUO NOME E PEACH!” Luigi gestured to Peach.

“Le Ragazza in bianco?”

“SI!” The brothers both exclaimed.

The elderly man raised his eyebrows and finally focused on what was going around him. He looked at Peach in her wedding dress with Mario at her side. Peach smiled and waved unsure if she should do anything else. The old man gestured at Mario incredulously. “Tis tai per sposare?? E NON ME L’HAI DETTO!?”  Peach jumped when the old man started to yell.

Mario waived both his hands to dismiss whatever his Nonno had said. “No! LEI E SOLO UN’AMICA!”

the old man scoffed. “Amica…” he gestured for Peach to come closer. She did. Nonno grabbed her face and pulled her closer so he could see her. Peach squeaked in surprise. “Bellissima.” He commented. Once his inspection was done, he looked at Mario. “Faresti melglio a sposarla, nipote.” Mario rolled his eyes at his grandfather. The Patriarch of the family grabbed one of Peach’s hands and shook it heartily. “Benvenuta alla casa nostra!”

“Um…” she cleared her throat. “THANK YOU…. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU!”

He gave her a smile and shooed them off to the dining room.

Peach leaned over to Mario. “Did he understand me?”

Mario smirked. “He knows English. He had to to get a job here. He used to be a boxing coach. He’s just old and doesn’t wanna anymore.”

Marie, their red-headed aunt rushed out of the kitchen into the dining room to meet Peach. “Cognata told me you need a change of clothes.” She eyed Peach up and down. “Yeah, you are about my size.” She took Peach by the arm and guided her upstairs. They passed a dark room, “That’s the boys room.” Then walked through another door. It had a queen bed and a pink twin bed. The red headed woman opened a closet and started to dig. Peach was loaned a simple light purple sundress. “I only wear this on Easter Sundays so you can borrow it.” She also was given some white and pink tennis shoes. “After having a kid, I hardly have time to go for a run.”

Coming down from the stairs Peach saw the brothers lying on the couch their Nonno nowhere to be seen. “Good” she thought “they need rest.”

Over dinner Peach was placed in between Mario and Luigi. There were questions fired back and forth. Peach wanted to know everything about this world and the family, and they wanted to get to know her and test her. With how much chatter was going on it was amazing that anyone finished their plate. But they did the food was just too good not to finish.

After dinner Mario tried to gather some plates. His mom stopped him. “No. no. no. three have done too much today. Off to bed with you!”

Peach was allowed to take a shower first, in the small bathroom that was in between Arthur’s family bedroom and the brother’s bedroom. She was loaned a large red T-shirt with Brooklyn written on the front and some gym shorts to sleep in.

Peach was given Marilyn’s bed. Marilyn would sleep with her mother and her father Arthur would sleep on the family room couch. Peach learned that on the third floor was the brother’s parent’s room, then Uncle Tony and Nonno shared a room. She was told it was because Tony and Nonno snored the loudest.  

It was all quite cozy and quaint. Peach thought about the brother’s family and about the many toads who had raised her. She thought about how the colors differed from her world and this one. She thought about how nothing floated in the air. There wasn’t any magic or power ups to help the people out of the crumbling houses. Her head was so full of thoughts that the buzzing lulled her asleep.

Princess Peach woke up to amazing smells. How long had she slept? Her surroundings were unfamiliar, but as she woke up more, she remembered the events of yesterday. She got dressed in the purple sundress and headed downstairs. Nonno was again set in front of the TV. She could hear someone cleaning dishes in the kitchen. In the dining room food was set out but no one was at the table. The rest of the family had probably gone off to work or school. She wondered how long she had slept.

“OH! Sit down Princessa. Eat!” The brother’s mom paused doing the dishes and came out with a kettle of hot water. “I didn’t know if you drink tea or coffee. I have both.”

“Thank you” Peach sat down. “Tea please.” The matriarch poured them both tea and sat down with Peach.

“Did you sleep good?”

“Yes, thank you for letting me into your house.”

“Well of course! Any friend of my boys is welcome here anytime….. except maybe Jimmy Rossi he’s a punk!”

Peach smiled thinking about the life the boys had before going down the warp pipe. Peach asked about their lives and their mother happily got out a photobook and gushed about them. About an hour into the enlightening conversation there was a creak indicating someone was coming down the stairs. Mario and Luigi sleepily joined the table. Their mother went to brew some coffee for them.

“Hey what have you got there?” Luigi commented on the book Peach held. She quickly held it up to her chest to hide its contents from the boys. Only the outside of the book had the words ‘Mario and Luigi’s Photos’

Mario slung his head back and placed his hands over his face. “MAAaaaa! Have you been sharing embarrassing stories again?!”

“The Princessa wanted to know how you two grew up!” She defended.

The family members went back and forth in Italian. Peach smiled and placed the photobook on her lap. She placed a hand on both the boys’ shoulders. “It’s ok I did ask. I won’t tell anyone about these stories.”

Mario pointed a finger at her. “If you tell DK I’m dead! He would never let me live it down!”

“I won’t tell DK I promise” she held up one hand while the other one over her heart.

“You can’t even tell Toad!”

Peach faltered a little. “But he would love to hear all about your childhood!”

“But he’s a motor mouth the whole kingdom would know by the end of the day!”

Peach held both her hands up in a diplomatic way. “How about you tell me the stories I can share. My toads will want to know about their new heroes after all.”

Mario slumped down and crossed his arms. “Fine.”

Peach took the photo book from her lap and laid it on the table so all could see.

They continued story telling as they cleaned up breakfast. The boys got ready for the day, they kissed their mom and Nonno goodbye and the three of them headed back to the disaster site.

Peach got an update from Toad and DK that the night was quiet. None of the surrendered army tried to escape and the first responders had gotten the last person out of the rubble. None tried to trespass the roped off area during the night.

The two then asked how Peaches night was. Toad was jumping up and down with excitement and DK wanted to know if their family was as embarrassing as Mario was. The only reply she could give them before diving back into her duties was “It was nice.”

The two groaned. “You gotta give us more than that Princess!”

She smiled. “Later maybe.” With that she walked toward one of the neighborhood leaders to ask how his people were doing.

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Author’s notes: Also sorry for the Italian I do not know Italian, I know Tagalog. If there is anything I need to change please let me know.

Chapter 1:

[destinyfromhighschool]

A collection of screenshots from the dinner scene (Part 3)

[emile-hides]

I’m so obsessed with the Mario family and while I’m a very hard Uncle Tony stan I’m also insanely obsessed with Auntie Marie and her daughter. I want to know all about them.

[kakusu-shipping]

A bunch of Mario Family headcanons:

Because I think a very normal amount about the larger Mario family and very very very much want The Super Mario Brothers Super Show Reboot all about them

G-Poppy and his wife moved to American from Italy in their 20′s, making Mario and Luigi third generation immigrants

G-Poppy’s dream was to own and run an authentic Italian a Restaurant in America, but after the birth of his oldest son, Pio, the need for quick cash to pay rent was more pressing, thus why he got into Boxing

Papa Mario’s full name is Pio Mario Jr, he’s named after G-Poppy

Pio is a good 5-6 years older than his younger brothers, Arthur and Tony, who are only a year apart at most

Sense bills were tight, Pio spent a lot of his childhood being another income to the house hold, working hard labor work like construction to keep the family afloat while his brothers were young

Eventually G-Poppy got too old for wrestling and finally realized his dream of opening a Restaurant; Punch-Out Pizza. This put the family in more financial struggle, forcing Pio to take up more work while Arthur and Tony helped in the Restaurant

Now that G-Poppy is retired Arthur and Tony run the business together. Arthur’s the finance guy, where Tony runs deliveries and hands on manages other employees

It was actually their Grandmother who made Mario and Luigi’s caps for them, she’s also made G-Poppy’s. She passed before Louisiana was born, thus why she couldn’t make her a cap as well

Tony’s a huge horror movie buff, he loves old classics and has a huge VHS collection. Part of the reason Luigi is so scared of the paranormal is from catching glimpses or watching whole movies with Uncle Tony growing up

Another big part of Luigi’s fear though may just come from Uncle Tony loving to scare him. A big pass time for Tony was waiting around corners in Halloween masks to jump scare Luigi, or telling him ghost stories any change he got

Mario also got a bad fear from Uncle Tony’s movies; Pianos. He’d just happened to catch a pretty nasty scene of the lid of a Grand Piano crushing someone when he was younger and it stuck with him pretty hard

Louisiana is about 11-12 years younger than Mario and Luigi, so despite being cousins the three have a hard time relating to one another from the large age gap

Louisiana prefers to go by Louise, though only Mario and Luigi call her that. She was also the first one in the family to use the “Lou” nickname for Luigi, which Mario quickly also picked up

Arthur loves baseball, the Mets especially, but really he’ll watch any team play. He regrets not being on his school’s baseball team when he was younger, due to having to help at the restaurant, thus why he signed his daughter Louisiana up as soon as she was old enough. She’s stuck with it to keep her dad happy

Mia makes 90% of the meals in the Mario household, with the occasional help from Arthur. She learned most her dishes from her own mom, and a good deal more from Pio’s mother after marrying into the family

Marie is absolute rubbish in the kitchen. Mia’s given her multiple lessons and had her help with dinner many times around when she was expecting Louisiana, but she rarely made anything edible. The only one who ate her meals was Arthur, who just wanted to support his wife with all he had, even if it made him ill (which it did. Many times. Tony made fun of him for it)

Tony loves to work on machinery, mostly motorcycles, and has bounced around working part time as a mechanic here and there before his duties at the restaurant drag him back

Pio, Tony, and Mario are the only ones in the Mario family with a drivers license, though Tony was the only one who drove regularly until Mario bought the van

The Mario family owns 4 gaming devices; The Brother’s NES that they bought with their saved up chore money in Middle School, a Wii Marie and Mia do Wii Fit on in the living room, Uncle Tony’s PS2 that’s mostly collecting dust, and the Home Computer that Louise plays Roblox and Minecraft on

The Mario family apartment has 3 bedrooms; Pio and Mia’s, Arthur Marie and Louise’s, and Mario and Luigi’s. G-Poppy sleeps on a chair in the living room, and Tony sleeps on the couch

Louise has already called dibs on Mario and Luigi’s room when they move out, Tony says he prefers the couch anyway so he doesn’t mind

Pio pushes a lot of his own raising onto Mario, as the oldest he thinks Mario should be responsible, a support for the family, not chasing his own crazy dream that could crash down onto them into debt

On the flip side, Arthur puts a lot of what he wanted for himself onto Louisiana, pushing her to do new things and plays sports and do after school activities like he never got to do having to work in the Restaurant growing up

Tony’s the only one he sees this happening, and thus has stayed the fun uncle who’ll get you out of that thing you don’t want to do if asked. He’s listened to a lot of vents from the kids as he drives them from one activity to the next, and tries to remind them their parents are doing their best, and love them a lot. For everyone but Luigi that reminder fell on deaf ears

[henryplush]

Uncle Tony moment.

[coffeecat1983]

More story illustrating!

From "I'm strongest when I'm with you"

Marie came out of the kitchen and took Arthur's hand as Tony left. "Is this really his first?"

"Yeah, he's been too scared until now."

"What changed his mind?"

Arthur grew thoughtful. "He has someone who needs him."

[aviles2003]

Peach Meets Mario's Family

After Defeating Bowser and His Minions, Mario and Luigi won Back Brooklyn and Saving the Mushroom Kingdom, but there was so much Destruction Bowser's Kingdom lair has made, but with the Kongs and Penguins Helped to put Back Brooklyn into its rightful peace to rebuild again, with the help of construction workers as well, it all turned out well

Meanwhile Mario and Luigi we're On their way back to the Apartment with their family to have a nice Lunch at home, their Mom and Dad were proud of them,

"This calls for a celebration Dinner and will make Things a Victory to you two!" Mario and Luigi's dad Said very cheerful, "yep glad you really did saved Brooklyn for real, Your the heroes of Brooklyn!" Mario and Luigi's mom said excitedly

"and A very Amazing Plumber I might say" Peach said into the Conversation with Mario and Luigi's Family, "My Name's Princess Peach, It's a Very special honor to meet You Mr and Mrs M, Mario Saved My Kingdom from a giant Bullet and I am grateful for Him"

Mario and Luigi's Parents were Surprised to see a new Friend Mario meet from another world, "It's a pleasure to meet you Too Princess, were just going to get Dinner at our home Would you love to join us?" Mario's dad said to her, peach Said the Answer to him "I'd be Delighted too" peach agreed and Mario's parents brings peach along with them "you too mushroom man" he said to Toad, "ALRIGHT!" Toad Said Excitingly

As they arrive inside the apartment, Peach was Surprised to see Mario's Family get together, "Hey-o!" The Family said to say hello, Mario, Luigi, and Their Parents said the same phrase, Peach Said a Soft "Hello!" She never meet any Other humans Like Mario when he first came to her Kingdom, Mario's Family was surprised to see a Visitor in the apartment

"Princess, now I know you meet my Mom and Dad, but you are gonna love My Family who me and Luigi we're living for years!" Mario said, he was joyed to give peach Meeting his family for the first time, she was Nervous at first But was Still contagious how She meets People than the others than toads, "This is uncle Tony, he's a really funny guy and Also does a Magic things, but you just can't help but love this guy" Luigi explains to Peach, "My goodness, what an honor to meet you princess, say what's that in your Ear?" He Surprises peach with a Coin that made her say "Oh my! That's Amazing! I didn't know you we're magic!", Uncle Tony Laughed and appreciated for her words, "Thank you Peach, that means A lot" peach couldn't help but giggle,

Mario Now turns over to Uncle Arthur and Aunt Marie to Peach, "This is our Uncle And Aunt, they can tease us sometimes when we reveal something like the commercial we made, but we have funny Moments to joke around!" Uncle Tony and Aunt Marie met Peach with an ordinary greet "what a beautiful Woman you are! I guess Mario is your type for a girl like you?" Marie Slapped him in the back "hey I'm joking" Mario just blushed for the sakes "What a wonderful Dress Your wearing, did you Get it from a Mall?" Marie asked to Peach, "we'll that Monster Bowser Just made it For me, but I might get rid of it soon." Mario just Spoke up to her "I think you look Pretty In that Dress Peach, You could use it Anytime for like fancy parties, we'll even dye it Into Pink when you think of it!" Peach just giggled with Embarrassment but Find it Adorable from Mario's comment, "Thanks Mario, I guess pink does suit me when we get this wedding dress colored pink soon" Mario just Laughed "no prob princess, anyways-" Peach stopped for a moment

"wait, who's your little girl Marie?" Peach Asked to aunt marie "oh that's Nicola, she just be stuck on her phone, anything I took it from her" the niece was shocked "HEY!" Peach laughed "calm down She's just teasing You Nicola, no need to be Embarrassed" peach said calmly "Alright i get it, but it's nice to meet you Peach, you look beautiful this morning" Nicola said to peach looking at her white dress "O-Oh thanks" peach said with a blushing voice

Peach saw their Grandpa with the Hat, but he is unfortunately sleeping like a Old Heavy Old man sleeping as a elder man "goodness, your grandpa looks like his good one Mario." Mario could thank her for meeting his Family "Thank you princess, I'm glad you meet the rest of our family" Mario Said, "take a seat Peach, You and toad should be ready for Dinner" Mario's mom ask, peach and toad Took the chairs to sit for dinner, peach sits next to toad and next to mario, "Your family is very Special to you and Luigi, Mario, like the princess she is special to all of us as a Family." Mario's thoughts came to his mind from toad "Thanks My friend, Peach is very special to all of us now" peach couldn't help but smile and say "Thanks You two"

Mario's plate was with spaghetti mushrooms, he thought he can't eat another mushroom from that training course he had a flashback "You okay Mario?" Peach interrupted to Mario, "Oh yes, yes I'm Fine" peach gives Mario a rizz face, "Come on don't make me shove that mushroom in your mouth like I did to you" the entire family just laughed making Mario blush from his memory "okay okay I'm getting over it, thanks peach" Mario said that peach is just teasing,

Everyone enjoyed dinner Having Spaghetti and talking about family stuff and new faces like peach and toad,

"Hey peach, while your Here in Brooklyn for only a while I could take you to the mall to see any clothes fits you what you love in fashion" Marie Said to peach "Oh my, that would be wonderful Of you Marie, very soon but I'm all worn out from that Action today, but I'll get rest soon to join you tomorrow" peach quoted, Marie understand but happy to hear that

After dinner is over that afternoon Peach went inside the Bathroom to wear comfortable casual from Marie's clothes, she got out wearing white socks, a Red Pink PJ pants, And t shirt that saids "I love New York" she joined Mario, Luigi and Toad in the couch Watching some TV

Peach was concerned about the TV, "so Humans like you call this "TV"? Whenever you watch something?" She commented, "Yes, we used it to play video games, Watch DVD Movies, And Watch Cable TV channels, like shows and news, from what we change over anything" Luigi Said to her, peach understand

Mario's mom showed Peach some The Photos from the Photo album when Mario and Luigi we're babies, "Aww Mario looks so cute when he's little" peach said to her, "I know right? My boys were so cute when they're little years ago I could remember when they're born" Mario's mom asked to Peach, she even showed her the picture of Mario and Luigi's graduation from school "They look amazing in the graduation Mrs M, They look so proud, how they came along way to be Adults" peach Said seeing that picture, Mario looked at her and he started to feel a crush on peach, "Someone's got a Crush!" Toad and Luigi teased Mario for saying that "guys come on!" Mario said being teased by them but he knows they're joking

Later it was 8pm, the sun started to go down to turn into the Night sky, Mario and Luigi we're ready to sleep in their room, peach and toad however, well they were offered with the foldable mattress to be more comfortable and soft while Sleeping with them too in their room with Mario and Luigi

Mario's mom came to say good night to them, "Good night all of you, tomorrow is a beautiful morning ahead of us." And all of them said "Good night" Back and switched the light off from their room, Luigi And Toad fell fast asleep, Mario on the other hand was still awake, looking at the night sky, peach couldn't sleep to see Mario was awake, she came by his side and asked him something

"Mario, why are you looking at the Sky from the window?" She asked, Mario sighed in joy "I can't believe me and luigi are Heroes for Brooklyn and your kingdom peach, if I haven't stopped Bowser, he would've conqour both worlds, But I'm glad we did it, but also almost scared that I couldn't let my brother die from the lava when he almost fell to his death, and before I did that, My dad said I bring my brother down" Mario said with faithful words, Peach heard him clearly but stood up for him, "Mario, you did not bring Luigi down, What you and Luigi did was brave, and almost seeing you saving your brother was heartfelt for me what I did to my Toads keeping them safe from Bowser, and I can't thank you enough for saving my kingdom from Bowser." Peach said to Mario, all Mario could say is, "thank you Peach, that means a lot from us to you" Mario said in a quiet voice giving her a Hug, peach blushed but also gave him a Kiss on the cheek which makes Mario smile at her, "We'll that takes care of it, you should go to sleep now," Mario told peach "I will, Good night Mario" peach said to Mario, "Good night Peach, Sweet Dreams." And the 4 friends went to Sleep Peacefully from the sounds of the city

[charmingradiobelle]

Uncle Tony: Mario, who’s your best friend?

Mario: Luigi is.

Uncle Tony: and what do we do with people who mess with our best friends?

Mario: kill them?

[anomaly1003]

Wait! About Luisa's father and uncle, are they tough around Luisa? If so, why?

Not ‘tough’ that they give her a hard time. They love and care for her very much. I meant that that they have more of a…tough attitude? I can’t really get the right words.

In the movie, we see how the twins dad and their uncles are; they are honest, they don’t sugarcoat anything, they call it like they see it, and are loud. They are not afraid of voicing their opinion, though they might not realize what they say may hurt the other persons feelings.

You probably would need to develop some tough skin when you’re around people like that and Mario seems to have the toughest skin to take their criticism.

However, if you’re a sensitive and soft person like Luisa, it can be a bit much.

Luisa knows her dad and uncles mean well and finds their attitude as their way of family love and her uncles have always reminded her that they say things to her is because they love her and just want to toughen her up because the world is such a hard place. They want to prepare her so that when the world fights, she fights back.

And she tries, but at the end of the day. There’s only so much she can handle.

[tigers-eyes-26]

Aftermath Chapter 1

The fight was over….kind of… As Mario was celebrating with his brother and new friends a shout rang out. “What the hell is going on here!” They turned to look at the Brooklynites that had gathered to see the mess. They had a mix of horrified and confused looks on their faces. At the front was Spike, he had been the one to yell. Sirens of the first responders could be heard coming.

Mario and Luigi put their hands up in a calming gesture. “We can explain.” And explain they did!

They explained to the first responders as they helped the people who were in their houses when the rock airship burst through the ground. They explained to the mayor when she was deciding what she would share with the community at large. And finally, to the newscasters as they gave a press conference.

After the press conference they heard a familiar voice ring out. “Fiigli miei!” The brothers ran past the barricades to find their family. They gave their Mama a big hug. She squashed their faces together so she could look at them both. “Where were you!?!” She cried.

Their Papa stood behind his wife gesticulating wildly. “We were worried sick! We was gonna file a missing persons’ report!” He muscled his way in to give them a bone crushing hug.

“We talked to the city repair guys, and they hadn’t seen youse at all!” their uncle Arthur explained behind their papa. “We thought you two had drowned in the sewers!”

Their uncle Tony gestured to the huge mound of rubble and the smattering of gorillas and humanoid mushrooms and walking turtles. “Wah-what the hell is going on here!?” He was blown away.

Their papa let them go and noticed the environment for the first time. His mouth dropped open.

Mario and Luigi looked at each other and sighed. They would have to explain again.

The family had sat on a stoop far away from the hubbub. Their mama had brought some leftover pasta and some bottled water. The first responders had given the brothers some granola bars and water but having their mama’s pasta felt like heaven. Luigi was enjoying the food so much he hardly contributed to the explaining.

After the explanation was done their papa looked at them with a serious and contemplative face. Their uncles wanted to comment but their papa held up his hands to shut his younger siblings up.

Their papa started in a low growl. “That was stupid of you to jump into the sewers without notifying anyone.” Mario frowned. “You almost got Luigi killed!” he boomed out. Both Mario and Luigi opened their mouths to rebuttal. Their papa silenced them with his hand. He took a moment to calm down. “But it was respectable for you to go after your little brother.” Their papa turned to look at Luigi. “I’m glad you stepped in when Mario was being reckless trying to face a monster alone.” Rare tears fell down his weathered face and soaked into his mustache. “I’m happy youse made it home ok. Ti voglio bene. I need you two to watch out for each other. Capisce?”

The brothers were surprised at the tears. “Si, Papa.” They quietly answered. Their Papa stood up to find a spot to compose himself. Their Mama followed him rubbing his back.

The brothers looked at each other in the eyes. Thinking about how worried their Papa had been for their safety. He just wanted them well.

“Sooooo,” Their uncle Tony broke the silence. “Is the princessa coming to Sunday diner sometime?” He wiggled his eyebrows at the twins.

“Ziooooo!” Mario groaned.

Luigi chucked at his brother’s embarrassment.

Speaking of the princess her worried voice ran out over the crowd. “Mario!?” Both Mario and Luigi bolted to the sound of her voice. They found her around the conner away from the crowd and cameras. She was looking at the distressing scene of two of mayor Pauline’s bodyguards pointing guns at DK.

 “Oh boy.” Mario’s face fell in annoyance. He and Luigi walked up to the scene. “What’s goin’ on here?” the bodyguards shifted their attention. Mario held up his hands to show them he didn’t have a weapon. Luigi gave a tiny yelp and did the same.

DK happily spoke out. “I was just telling Mayor Pauline here that I liked her leadership skills.”  The guns again were trained on DK. The brothers looked at each other. Donkey Kong had no idea he was in danger. He continued, “but then her guards thought I was some kinda threat. I don’t blame them. I am pretty intimidating.” DK flexed.

Behind the guards was Pauline, she looked unamused, her arms crossed.  

“Mayor Pauline, I think there has been a misunderstanding.”  Luigi started the de-escalation.

Mario piped in. “Donkey Kong may be a moron.”

“HEY!” Donkey interjected.

 “But he is one of the good guys.”

“Oh,” The Mayor quirked her eyebrow at the brothers. “Do ‘good guys’ afront political leaders with catcalls.”

Both brothers narrowed their eyes at DK and gave a double finger purse at him to say. “CHE?!?”

Mario recovered from DKs shear audacity first. “Like I said a total moron.” He cautiously walked in front of the disgruntled DK. “We’ll have a chat with him about how to respect political leaders.” Luigi joined his brother even though he didn’t like the fact that a gun barrel was pointed at him.

Pauline uncrossed her arms. “Drop your arms.” The bodyguards obeyed her command. She turned to the black SUV that was parked next to the curb. “Let’s go.” She opened the door and slid in. Her guards got into the front seats. Luigi tugged DK’s arm to get him out of the way of the car. Once the SUV was down the road both brothers turned to face DK and simultaneously gave him a tongue lashing.

It all sounded like gibberish to him.

“What!?! She’s cute!” DK tried to defend himself only to get verbally ran over by the two brothers.

DK put his hands over his ears. Man, these two were annoying! The tirade continued. DK felt a hand on his arm. He turned to see Princess Peach with a worried face. He rolled his eyes. “Yes! yes! I already know what you are going to say Princess. We are not from around here and should keep a low profile and not draw attention to ourselves.” He huffed sitting down in defeat.

She only smiled at patted his arm to show her appreciation. She turned to the ranting brothers. “Mario! Luigi!” The two stopped to look at her. “Now that that trouble is over it is almost night, and we don’t know where to go. Could you help us out?”

Mario and Luigi talked to the neighborhood leaders and first responders and got sleeping gear for the toads, Kongs and the surrendered koopa soldiers. They also distributed out some sandwiches and bottled waters. The brother’s family helped out too even though they didn’t live that close to the disaster zone. 

Their Mama approached her boys. “You two must be exhausted.” They were. “Marie has food prepared at home; you want to bring your friends over?” They looked at all the magic world residence. It wasn’t possible for Marie to have made food for them all. They asked DK he refused but told them to give their dad his regards. Mario rolled his eyes.

They asked Princess Peach. She did want to go but was worried about leaving her people alone in a strange world. Toad spoke up and urged her to go. He would watch over the people. He shipped Mario and Princess Peach so hard and wanted to hear all about her meeting his parents. Peach finally agreed. She announced that she would go and learn more of this world and Toad and DK would temporarily in charge until she returned in the morning.

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Author’s notes: I didn’t like that suddenly the family lived right next to the disaster zone. That the flooding was happening right outside their door, and they didn’t know about it until Mario turned on the news?!  I think they were farther away. Brooklyn is a big place. Also I didn’t like the ending with the family. Mario’s father is proud of him because of what? Did their dad even know all what happened. No! will fighting an other-worldly foe will fix your problems with your family? No! That takes a while. But I wanted their family to be worried about them. They are still loved and missed. So that has been bothering me about the ending so I’m fixing it.

Chapter 2: