#incorrect ttyd

[incorrect-ttyd-quotes]

Luigi: Hello, people who don't live here.

Goombella: Yo.

Koops: Hey.

Flurrie: Hello.

Mini-Yoshi: 'Sup?

Vivian: Hi.

Bobbery: Good day.

Ms. Mowz: Greetings.

Luigi: Mario, the spare key is for emergencies!

Mario: They were out of doritos!

[ptewie]

he's learning

[writebackatya]

Goombella talking about almost every woman she sees: Ohmygosh! She’s so beautiful and cute!

Goombella when Ms. Mowz appears on screen: WELL LOOK WHAT THE WHORE DRAGGED IN! BACK AWAY FROM HIM YOU FLOOZY!

[bumpsyp1ains]

goombella, using tattle on vivian: uh, she is kinda cute, i guess. she might be even cuter than i am… i guess… wow. i think i might be jealous

koops, out of nowhere: nah, you’re just gay

[briceterry]

*Beldam doing something*

Vivian, appearing randomly out of nowhere: Hi Beldam.

Beldam, startled: OH, JESUS CHRIST!!!

Vivian: No, I'm Vivian.

[squeaker6352]

Beldam: To be honest Vivian. Not too bad for your first task...

Vivian: Really Sister :D

Beldam: No not really. You're a flipping Disgrace.

Vivian: D:

[vendily-blog]

Here's the promised longer post I mentioned, on the topic of Mario and Luigi's brotherly relationship, though a significant portion of the post is filtered through the interpretation of Luigi's character over the decades. I touch upon both out-of-universe and in-universe points.

The best place to start is my motivation for writing this post in the first place, which is the annoyance regarding the subset of the fandom who act as if Mario is a cruel character, especially with respect to his brother Luigi. Obligatory, albeit tongue-in-cheek, "Fuck MatPat", due to his video positing Mario as a sociopath. I don't place all the blame at his feet, but he is an easy public target to point at, and I know some people would have been influenced by that video.

In anticipation for the length of the post, I've left the rest under a read more.

The one evidence MatPat mentioned in that video that still sticks with me all these years later was Mario grinding his shoe onto Luigi's foot after the latter wins his trophy in Mario Power Tennis.

However this ignores the context of the other trophy win animations, which are all comedic in nature, as well as the fact that a number of others also feature Luigi getting in some sort of trouble during them.

Mario Power Tennis initially released in 2004, the middle of the 00s. This time period was a marked shift in how Luigi as a character was used, as he really solidified due to Paper Mario 64 and Luigi's Mansion setting a baseline characterization. Later titles tipped further into the "down on his luck" and "lack of respect" aspects of his character.

But this characterization has started to be tipped back again, not having a bad thing happen to Luigi be the "be all end all" of comedy, likely in part due to the Year of Luigi.

Though overall, it's important to remember that the brothers have spanned 4 decades worth of media. That's quite a bit of time, and quite a lot of experimentation, even as the broadest strokes stayed constant. This brings me back to 1988. 5 years now Luigi would have existed, and the Super Show cartoon wouldn't start airing for another year. But we did get Super Mario Bros 3, and every time you booted it up, you'd get this title sequence.

Would you look at that? Luigi jumping on Mario's head? Throwing a Green Shell at him? What a terrible brother he is! This is sarcasm, but it does demonstrate how this really is one of earliest depiction of interaction between them that I'm aware of. (The other being the Japanese animated movie released in 1986, but that film focused more on Mario as the hero, with Luigi mostly causing trouble when he is on screen. It's a fun watch, but Luigi's character was still up in the air at the time.)

To loop back around to the in-universe discussion, they're siblings, these kinds of things happen, but they generally don't break the relationship. No relationship is always perfectly happy and content. It's fine to have moments where they're jealous, or annoyed, or otherwise not being on the same wavelength. But it doesn't mean they hate each other. To make a personal anecdote, my own sibling can get on my nerves at times and mine on theirs (sometimes even intentionally, haha), but that doesn't mean when push comes to shove, we wouldn't help the other. That's exactly the sort of energy I personally see in the Mario Bros. relationship.

This is also where I discuss the major sub-series, as they all emphasize different aspects of Luigi, which provides a different spin on the relationship (though never to the point where it'd flip to them hating each other).

Paper Mario's Luigi still cares for Mario, but he's also looking to prove himself, which is evident in his diary in 64 (wishing he could go on an adventure), his Marvelous Compass quest in TTYD (saving another kingdom), the intro of Super (attempting to interrupt the wedding in the intro), and his Peach's Castle key search quest in TOK (helping his brother by finding incorrect but still helpful keys). However some of his private dialogue in his diary could be read as more resentful or jealous, as Mario goes on yet another adventure while he stays at home. But, to take an in-universe view, just because Luigi has those feelings at times doesn't mean he always feels like that, and at the end of the diary, he's "looking forward to listening to the story of his adventure" and that he's going to "prepare a dinner to celebrate Mario's return". These writings are private, so they're effectively Luigi unfiltered, without some supposed need to keep up appearances for Mario's sake, yet we can see he's happy to see Mario back at home again.

Mario & Luigi's Luigi in contrast, is far more reluctant to get into trouble, with him intending to see Mario off at the start of Superstar Saga before being grabbed and taken along for the adventure, and generally being a lot more cowardly. Despite this, his love for his brother still shines through, with him forcing himself through bad situations because Mario's at his side, or because his love for his brother outweighs his fear of the situation.

Interaction between the bros doesn't happen as much in the Super Mario titles, but you could argue it being a middle ground between these two prior interpretations. Super Mario Galaxy in particular has Luigi collecting Power Stars by himself and getting in over his head, so he turns to the one person he can always rely upon, his brother. Though he also does decide that he's had enough excitement after a few stars and needing to be rescued.

However, one thing is constant, Mario is a great guy, not some cruel jerk. He cares about everyone, but especially about his brother, and Luigi wouldn't place that level of trust in Mario if he didn't deserve it.

[jessicas-pi]

another incorrect quote from the teenage rebellion AU

Katka, watching Sabine: She's got a pretty cute boyfriend, doesn't she?

Wedge, visiting Coruscant with his classmates from the Skystrike Academy: ...is it serious, do you know?

Katka: verrrrrry serious. I'm single!

Wedge:

Wedge: What about the Princess—

Katka, lying through her teeth: She's married!

[marksandrec]

Marks and Rec: Misc #2201

(Happy holidays.) (I’m sorry.) (Dialogue from tumblr.)

[incorrect-deltarune]

Ralsei: And you’re not bullies?

Susie: Guess again, nerd!

[super-paper-shitposting]

Mario: Dealing with super villains is pretty serious and deadly, so you gotta be cautious.

Mario: *squeezes air horn in Shadow Queen's face* Fuck off!

[incorrect-ttyd-quotes]

Mario: I've left you all instructions for while I'm gone.

Mini-Yoshi: Mine just says "Mini-Yoshi no".

Mario: And I'd like you to apply it in every way possible.

[incorrectclonehighquotes]

Mr. B, lying: "Love"? What is "love"? I cannot compute this.

Mr. Sheepman: Wait, you don't know what love is? Love... How do I explain? Love tells you when you want to be with a person forever. It makes you feel happy just to see that person happy, smiling... having fun. When you love someone, you will do anything to help when he or she is in trouble.

[my-fandom-hell]

Incorrect Paper Mario + Rabbids posting.

[bumpsyp1ains]

mario: vivian, why are you-a wearing a scarf? it’s-a 64 degrees out

vivian: i- well- i just want to look fashionable. is that so wrong?

goombella, smirking behind her:

[briceterry]

Mario, to Luigi: If Vivian doesn't say "I'm Queen of the world" within an hour on that boat, I will give you my next pay check.

Vivian, within 5 minutes of getting on the boat: I'M QUEEN OF THE WORLD!!!