Talk:Mama Mario

Club Nintendo Reference

I'm not sure if we should really put Mama Mario's appearance (or rather, reference) in the Club Nintendo comic "Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens" here. Peach's sentence Deine Mutter schrubbt Toiletten in der Hölle "Your mother is scrubbing toilets in hell" really makes no sense in this context. It seems to be more like a "your mother" joke (which is sometimes used in German, the language in which the comic was published, as well). So I don't think it refers to Mario's actual mother. I could be wrong though, it's debatable. Time Questions 14:02, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Agree, it's just nonsense. If anything, it belongs to Trivia. --Grandy02 14:05, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Well it is referring to Mario's actual mother, we just don't know if it is telling the truth about Mama Mario. It deserves to be somewhere. The question is where? -- Son of Suns (talk)

Actually, I'm not sure if it is even referring to her. Among some people, it is just a common phrase they say in any imaginable situation. It's like the phrase "Oh my god" which you can say even if you're not religious. I agree with Grandy, the Trivia section seems to be a good place for this piece of information. Time Questions 14:22, 8 December 2008 (EST)

What I mean is the insult refer's specifically to Mario's mother. Peach is trying to hurt Mario by insulting his family members, right? Even "your mom" jokes refer to the other person's mom even if you have no idea what their mom is like. Get what I'm saying? Of course this doesn't mean Mama Mario is literally scrubbing toilets in hell, but she is the subject of the insult. -- Son of Suns (talk)

Well, that she is the subject of the insult is exactly the thing I'm doubting :) (It might be nit-picking, but either way this is a very minor issue, so I think it's okay to discuss it.) When you say "Oh my god", literally you talk about god. But you wouldn't say that you're referring to god. Or would you? It's a phrase that might have originated in an actual reference to god, but today it merely is an idiom, and when you say "Oh my god" you're not saying anything about god (or even, "your" god). But maybe I'm wrong when I'm putting the "Oh my god" phrase on a level with the "Your mother" phrase. Time Questions 14:44, 8 December 2008 (EST)

I think the subject of "Oh my god" might depend on the person. I know when I say it, I am not referring to god, but potentially when others say it, they are referring to their god. I dunno. But "your mother" jokes, I think, are always in referrence to someone's specific mother - that is the whole point of the joke. A your mother joke not directed at anyone's mother is not really funny - I think it becomes like "Oh my god" as you are really not referring to anyone. If I just randomly say "Your momma is so fat, Obi-Wan Kenobi said that's no moon, that's your momma," people will wonder whose mother I am actually referring to. It loses its effect without a specific subject. However, it seems Peach is using it as a specific insult - insulting Mario's family and perhaps even his occupation. If there was not a concept of "Mario's mother" in the statement, then there would be no point in saying it. But Peach is trying to break Mario's spirit by recalling Mario's mother specifically. But this has nothing to do with where that info should be in the article haha. -- Son of Suns (talk)

I think the fact that we managed to write the article without an unprofessional trivia section should be celebrated, not undone. Regardless of anyone's speculation on Abigor's intent while controlling Toadstool, it was a reference to Mario's mother, just like the one in "All Steamed Up." Mario doesn't say, "lol, and your mother's so non-existent she wasn't even mentioned in an instruction booklet," but takes the situation seriously and calls out to the real Toadstool. I seriously doubt we're supposed to look at the situation as if Abigor, a villain from hell, is joking with Mario. Now, if you wanted to divide the article into references and appearances, that would be one thing, but just moving a info blurb into a trivia section while leaving the other references untouched seems illogical. Stumpers! 16:26, 8 December 2008 (EST)

While I don't think Trivia sections are unprofessional, I do think they are over-used (abused?) on this wiki. Splitting into actual appearances and references would be a good idea though, separating main information from more minor information. -- Son of Suns (talk)

My only aversion to making that split would be that some references reveal the actions the character has taken (ie the reference in "Super Plant" which revealed Mama had left her plant in Mario and Luigi's care). On the topic of organization, though, I do need to put "Little Marios" before anything else in the Super Show section as it happened first chronologically. Stumpers! 17:05, 8 December 2008 (EST)

Not to beat the bush (no pun intended), but is that plant story an important part of learning about Mama Mario? It seems we learn more about the plant from it, not Mama Mario. -- Son of Suns (talk)