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The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - Dr. Toreibo - 07-21-2012 05:26 PM

Donkey Kong was originally set to be a Popeye arcade game. Mario was Popeye, Pauline was Olive Oyl, and DK was Bluto. The hammer power-ups were even spinach! Nintendo lost the license to make said Popeye game, but Miyamoto (being a huge fan of Popeye,) did not want to drop the project, so he filled in the blanks with his own characters. This is why Mario/JumpMan, without his famous mustache, looks so much like the cartoon sailor.

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It should also be noted that due to the characters' similarities, Mario was originally drawn with balding black hair beneath his hat. Artists continued to draw him this way until the NES era, where his hair was suddenly made brown, and the shape of the sideburns beneath his hat also changed. With full, brown hair (but his old black 'stache remaining,) is it possible that our Mario is wearing a wig?

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RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 07-21-2012 05:27 PM

This - if true - is quite amusing Big Grin

That mario on the bottom left is creepy as hell though

RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - Dr. Toreibo - 07-21-2012 05:34 PM

I guess the demand for adorable characters wasn't nearly as high back in the days of yore and yesteryear?

Also, just to clarify, I'm not saying Mario IS wearing a wig. It's just a hilarious possibility.

RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 07-21-2012 06:00 PM

What if... the mario games in which he has hair are a prequel to his last ever mission; the original Donkey Kong Game

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RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - emz998 - 07-22-2012 03:52 AM

This would be a cool fact to add if they made a DYKG video on Mario.

RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - Dr. Toreibo - 07-22-2012 04:51 AM

(07-21-2012 06:00 PM)SERIOUSLY THOUGH Wrote:  What if... the mario games in which he has hair are a prequel to his last ever mission; the original Donkey Kong Game

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Wellll that would be neat. But unfortunately it's undone by the fact that Cranky Kong is the original DK.

Still, I lol'd.

RE: The Mario/Popeye connection + Mario wearing a wig? - Nuudoru - 07-22-2012 06:43 AM

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