Short # 43 - Mario the Exterminator

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Wherein Andy and Justice stomp into the world of Nintendo's Mario. The success of the recent film got us thinking about Mario's character arc, such as it is. Why is he popularly understood to be a plumber when he has never plumbed anything in any game? Isn't he rather an exterminator of various pests and populations? Topics range from the Mario films to the recent open world entries to Hernán Cortés. Why is this man a hero?

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