List of implied people

The list of implied people is a list of real-life people that have not physically appeared up in any form of media to this point in time. Regardless of their lack of appearance, the implied people have been mentioned at least once throughout the Mario series.

Al Pacino
Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (April 25, 1940 -) is a famous American actor of Italian descent. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Al Pacino, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent.

Alexander Gorsky
Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky (August 6, 1871 - September 1924) was the director of the Bolshoi Ballet until 1924, and was mentioned in a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing!. The pamphlet states he is among "the most important people in the ballet world", and that his introduction of "the idea of realism into choreography and scenery" made ballet more appealing to modern audiences.

Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin (June 6, 1799 - February 10, 1837) was a famous Russian poet. His name was used in a pun by the Moscow police officer in the game Mario is Missing!, saying "when Pushkin comes to shove, Moscow is a place to love."

Andrey Chokhov
Andrey Chokhov (c. 1545 - 1629, spelled Andrey Shchokhov in-game) was a Russian caster who casted Tsar Pushka, a huge cannon, in 1586. He and his role were mentioned in a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing!.

Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 - April 8, 2013) was a famous teen actress from the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. She is an icon of both the The Mickey Mouse Club and the Beach Party series.

Chronologically, her first appearance was in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Fortune Teller". The second prize of the Big Time Celebrity Prize Sweepstake Giveaway was a tour of Hollywood with Funicello.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario and Joliet", Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad, and Romano step onto one of King Koopa's traps and are engulfed in a net. Toad cried out, "It's a net!" Luigi misheard him and asked, "Annette Funicello? Where?" Annette was born in New York and, like the brothers, is Italian.

During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Annette Funicello, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent.

The Beatles
The Beatles were a British pop and rock group that formed in the 1960's. During the events of "Kootie Pie Rocks", Kootie Pie Koopa threatened to turn Milli Vanilli into (Buzzy) Beetles. Not understanding what Kootie Pie was referring to, Fab Morvan questioned as to why anyone would want to be a band from the sixties.

A quartet of actual Beetles appeared in a scene from "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers". These Beetles were depicted with haircuts resembling the four members of the Beatles rock group.

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a famous Chinese American martial artist. During the events of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, when Mario discovered Bowyer in the Forest Maze, he attempted to attack him. However, Mallow held Mario back, shouting "Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee?". Also, when fighting against Chun-Li in the comic "Super Mario Klemp-Won-Do: Muskeln sind nicht alles!", Mario assumed that his opponent has watched "too much Bruce Lee," due to her kick-style fighting.

Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BC - March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader. He was mentioned by a Roman scientist in Mario is Missing!, telling Luigi that the city was home to Caesar. He also calls Caesar "the original Italian Stallion" which was a nickname of Sylvester Stallone in the film Rocky.

Caesar Augustus
Caesar Augustus (September 23, 63 BC - August 19, AD 14) was the first Roman Emperor. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Caesar Augustus, along with several other famous people of Italian descent.

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1451 - May 20, 1506) was an Italian explorer who is notable for initiating widespread contact between Europe and the Americas. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Christopher Columbus, along with several other famous people of Italian descent.

Confucius
Confucius was a famous Chinese philosopher who was mentioned in the Donkey Kong Country animated series episode "Kong Fu" by Kong Fu in a song. Confucius was the one who taught Kong Fu that "The mind must be as sharp as a wisdom toad."

Confucius was spoofed in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars through the character Frogfucius.

Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 - November 24, 1957) was a Mexican painter, known for his political drawings. One of his murals, called "The Epic of the Mexican People," was stolen from the National Palace, Mexico City during the events of Mario is Missing!. He made the painting with the help of 16 full-time assistants, which took them 16 years, according to a pamphlet about the National Palace found in the game. Another pamphlet, about the Fine Arts Palace, also cites Rivera as one of "Mexico's greatest artists." He was married to Frida Kahlo.

Erik Estrada
Henry Enrique "Erik" Estrada (March 16, 1949 -) is an American actor. In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! live-action segment "Magician, Harry Blackstone Jr. went for lunch with Erik Estrada after paying a visit to Mario Brothers Plumbing.

Francis of Assisi
Giovanni Francesco Bernardone (1181/1182 - October 3, 1226) was a friar and founder of the Franciscans. He was mentioned by a scientist in the game Mario is Missing! as the person the city of San Francisco was named after.

Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998) was a famous Italian-American singer. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Francis Sinatra, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent.

Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter. She was mentioned in the game Mario is Missing! (misspelled as Freida Kahlo) in a pamphlet about Mexico City's Fine Arts Palace as one of "Mexico's greatest artists." It is also mentioned that she was married to Diego Rivera.

Fyodor Ivanovich
Fyodor I Ivanovich (May 31, 1557 - January 16/17, 1598) was Tsar of Russia, and son of Ivan the Terrible. He was mentioned in a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing! which stated that his likeness was put on the barrel of the cannon Tsar Pushka.

Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 - December 27, 1923) was a French architect. He designed the Eiffel Tower, which was named after him, as can be read in a pamphlet in the game, Mario is Missing!.

Hadrian
Publius Aelius Hadrianus (January 24, 76 - July 10, 138) was a Roman emperor from 117 to 138 AD. According to a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing!, he commissioned the building of Hadrian's Arch. He also built the city of Hadrianopolis which was separated from Athens by the Arch.

Hulk Hogan
Terrence Gene "Terry" Bollea (born August 11, 1953), also known by his ring name, Hulk Hogan, was a famous American wrestler. In the fifth installment of Super Mario Adventures, Roy Koopa claimed that, "The Hulkster himself couldn't have stopped her!" when trying to explain why Princess Toadstool had been able to escape him and the other Koopalings. The Hulkster was one of Hulk Hogan's nicknames as a wrestler.

Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (August 25, 1530 - March 28, 1584; better known as Ivan the Terrible) was a Russian Tsar. He was mentioned in the game Mario is Missing! as the one to commission the building of St. Basil's Cathedral. The game erroneously refers to him as Ivan III. Ivan the Terrible is the father of Fyodor Ivanovich who was also mentioned in the same game.

James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955) was an American actor. During the events of "Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo" Cranky Kong sang "I'm Gonna Be a Star", and noted that he would be admired by James Dean. This is rather unusual, as James Dean died long before the show aired.

Jim Nabors
James Thurston "Jim" Nabors (June 12, 1930 -) is an American actor and singer. During the events of "Captain Lou Is Missing", Russian members of the Lou Albano search team reported to Cyndi Lauper that "Comrade Louski" couldn't be found, and requested for her to send more 8-track tapes. When Mario heard the message, he suggested sending the Russians his Jim Nabors tapes.

Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 - March 8, 1999) was a famous American baseball player of American descent. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Joe DiMaggio, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent.

José Hernández
José Hernández (November 10, 1834 - October 21, 1886, spelled Jose Hernandez in-game) was an Argentinian writer and politician. The Gaucho Museum in Buenos Aires which Luigi visits in the game Mario is Missing! is dedicated to Hernández.

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519) was a famous Italian polymath. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Leonardo da Vinci along with several other people of Italian descent. In "The Painting" Howard Stevens says that da Vinci's famous painting, "The Last Supper", was actually a copy of his master's, Leonardo da Vinci Rooney, painting, "The Second-to-Last Supper". During this time, da Vinci's classmate, Leonardo da Vinci Mahoney, copied his classmate's painting and signed his master's name on it.

Lillian Hitchcock Coit
Lillie Hitchcock Coit (1842 - July 22, 1929) was mentioned in a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing!. She donated 125,000 dollars to the building of Coit Tower, which was named after her.

Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (August 16, 1958 -) is a famous American singer. During the events of "Fortune Teller", it was revealed that the first-place prize of the Big Time Celebrity Prize Sweepstake Giveaway was a night on the town with Madonna.

Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976) was a Chinese communist military and political leader. He was mentioned in a pamphlet in the game Mario is Missing! as the one to announce the formation of the People's Republic of China in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in 1949.

Marco Polo
Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 - January 9, 1324) was Venetian explorer who traded with numerous countries. He is notable in the Mario series due to the fact that he employed two plumbers who brought plumbing back from China, and are ancestors of Mario and Luigi's.

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962) was an American actress, singer and model. She was mentioned in the comic The Mario Bros. Guide to Grooming Your Moustache, where Luigi, showing Mario with a blonde and wavy moustache, says: "If Marilyn Monroe had grown a moustache, it would have looked like this".

Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (January 3, 1956 - ) is a famous American actor who passes through Brooklyn in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show live-action segment "Marianne and Luigeena." Marianne and Luigeena notice him while searching for Mario and Luigi. As a result, they quickly lose interest in Lyle Alzado and leave to track Mel Gibson back to his home. Lyle Alzado then grumbles about Mel Gibson stealing Marianne and Luigeena from him.

Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was a famous American singer and a lead singer of the Jackson 5. During the events of "Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!", Elvis Presley, upon meeting Mario, who was dressed-up as an Elvis impersonator, claimed that he looked like Michael Jackson on a yeast diet.

Additionally, Michael Jackson was the original performer of the songs "Bad", "Thriller", and "Beat It", which were played during the animated episodes "King Mario of Cramalot", "Count Koopula" and "The Unzappables" respectively.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He is well-known for his painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Vatican, Rome. Michelangelo is mentioned in a pamphlet in Mario is Missing!, after Koopa Troopas stole the chapel's ceiling. The pamphlet describes Michelangelo's work.

Muhammed Ali
Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha (March 4, 1769 - August 2, 1849) was Wāli (a governor) of Egypt and Sudan. He commissioned the building of a mosque which Luigi visited during the events of Mario is Missing!.

Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean is a British comedy character portrayed by Rowan Atkinson. During the events of "Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo" Cranky Kong sang "I'm Gonna Be a Star", and noted that he would be admired by Mr. Bean.

Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821) was the political leader of France in the early 19th century. In the game Mario is Missing!, he was mentioned in a pamphlet as the commissioner of the Arc de Triomphe.

Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37 - June 9, 68) was a Roman Emperor. A popular legend says that Nero was playing the fiddle while Rome burned. In the game Mario is Missing!, a scientist in Rome refers to this legend by saying "remember Nero and his fiddle?"

Pee-wee Herman
Pee-wee Herman is a comedic character portayed by American comedian Paul Reubens. During the events of "Rolling Down the River", Toad was captured and thrown into Princess Toadstool's cell aboard the Sinister Star, much to her surprise. In response, Toad uttered "Who'd you expect? Pee-wee Herman?".

Pope
The Pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and is mentioned twice in the game Mario is Missing!. First, Pope Julius II (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513) is mentioned as the person to commission Michelangelo to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When this ceiling was stolen in-game, the Roman police officer mentioned that "the Pope went through the roof". Since the game was released in 1993, he was probably referring to Pope John Paul II (May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005) who was holding the office at this time.

Queen of England
The Queen of England, or just simply the Queen, is a very famous, important and world-reknown upper-class lady. In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! live-action segment "No Way to Treat a Queenie", the Queen paid a visit to New York City, which excited Luigi, who was hoping to meet her. Mario explained to Luigi that the Queen would never come to Brooklyn, and was too high-up to mingle with little people like them.

However, Liz, a woman pretending to be the Queen, came to Mario Brothers Plumbing, and convinced Mario and Luigi that she really was the Queen. During her stay, they treated her like common folk, allowing her to clean and cook. She then knighted Mario and Luigi as sirs, when her doctor arrived, explaining that she had escaped from her home, and had to return. Although they realized that the woman wasn't a good Queen, she did make a mean fish 'n' chips pizza.

The Queen of England is supposedly based upon the actual Queen of England: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Richard Leakey
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (December 19, 1944 -) is a Kenyan paleontologist and conservationist. He was mentioned in the game Mario is Missing! (where he was misspelled Richard Leaky) as the one to discover the homo habilis skull.

Rufino Tamayo
Rufino Tamayo (August 25, 1899 - June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter. He was cited (misspelled as Tomayo) in the game Mario is Missing! in a pamphlet about the Fine Arts Palace (Mexico City) as one of "Mexico's greatest artists."

Scott Baio
Scott Vincent James Baio (September 22, 1961 -) is an American actor. During the events of "Fortune Teller", it was revealed that the grand prize of the Big Time Celebrity Prize Sweepstake Giveaway was milk and cookies with Scott Baio. As all the other prizes were dates with famous women, Mario and Luigi were worried that they might actually win the Scott Baio prize.

Sonny Bono
Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono, (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was a famous singer and an ex-husband of Cher. During the events of "Cher's Poochie", when Cher arrived at Mario Brothers Plumbing, Luigi poked fun of her gawky childhood appearance. Cher then corrected Luigi, saying that he must've mistaken her for Sonny.

Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren (September 20, 1934 -) is a famous Italian actress. She was mentioned a few times during the events of "Fortune Teller", as the third-place prize of the Big Time Celebrity Prize Sweepstake Giveaway was a trip to Italy with Sophia Loren, which Mario and Luigi wanted to win.

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an American businessman famous for his many inventions, including the modern electric light bulb. One of the items stolen by Bowser in the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Mario's Time Machine is Edison's light bulb, which Mario returns to his home in 1879. While there, Mario also learns the following facts about Edison:


 * He is credited with over one thousand patents.
 * He once said "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration".
 * He also invented the phonograph, the alkaline battery, and an early motion picture camera.

Edison, a character from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, is based on Thomas Edison.

Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (April 23, 1960 -) is an American actress of Italian descent. During the events of "The Venice Menace", the Gondolier briefly mentioned Valerie Bertinelli, along with several other celebrities of Italian descent.

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616) was a famous English poet and playwright. A bust of him was stolen from Westminster Abbey during the events of the game Mario is Missing!. Some people in the game also make allusions to his plays and poems, for example, a tourist in London says when being confronted with the bust, "To be or not to be, it looks like Shakespeare to me."

Also, Romano from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario and Joliet" is clearly based off of Romeo from Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The episode's title is a spoof of the tragedy as well. Additionally, the Plumber's log entry for this episode is 1601 - the year Shakespeare is believed to have finished his play, Hamlet.