Anthony Scapelli

Anthony Scapelli is a character in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, played by. He is the head contractor of Scapelli Construction, rivaling Mario and Luigi's plumbing business, Mario Bros. Plumbing.

Super Mario Bros. film
A news announcer explains that Scapelli Construction's project has been halted due to the finding of dinosaur fossils in the area, prompting the to begin an excavation project. Anthony Scapelli is introduced arriving to the scene with businessmen acting as his bodyguards. He asks the excavation team who the head of the team is, and Daisy speaks up to announce that's her. Scapelli demands her to stop her excavation, and Daisy responds saying the research is very important and that the constant harassment from Scapelli's employees has been slowing progress further. Anthony Scapelli threatens Daisy, causing Daisy to leave, letting James know she plans to call the university for more security. Later, Scapelli's workers are seen fleeing from the dig site, having sabotaged the excavation team's project by breaking several pipes and flooding the dig site. It is revealed late in the film by Iggy and Spike that it was a human accidentally broke the wall between the dimensions of Earth and Dinohattan; Mario reasons this was accidentally done by Scapelli's employees.

At the end of the film, Scapelli and two of his businessmen are present at the dig site when the two dimensions are briefly merged by Lena. Daniella and the previously kidnapped women begin alerting the news press and everyone present that there is an incoming invasion from another dimension. Though Koopa's Tower merges with the, Scapelli believes the whole event to be a publicity stunt. President Koopa appears as a result of the merge and attempts to hit Mario with the Devolution Gun. Mario dodges the blast, hitting Scapelli and de-evolving him into a chimpanzee. A surprised Mario questions the de-evolved Scapelli and he responds with a facepalm. His employees pick him up, confused and worried.

Deleted scene
A deleted scene at the Riverfront Cafe would have revealed that Mario states to have grown up with Anthony Scapelli.

Trivia

 * Anthony Scapelli was named after the old advertising boss of Parker Bennett and Terry Runté, Bob Scarpelli.
 * In early drafts of the script, he was named Eddie Scapelli, and was initially meant to be related to Mario's girlfriend Daniella.
 * The Super Mario Bros. film manga, Super Mario Makai Teikoku no Megami, omits his character altogether but does feature three unrelated humans that get turned into monkeys to fulfill his role.
 * Anthony Scapelli's transformation to a chimpanzee references Donkey Kong, especially in earlier scripts where he has a close connection to Daniella (the film's interpretation of Pauline). In addition, he is also at a construction site, where the Donkey Kong arcade game was set.