Luigi (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) (2024)

• 1 Profile
  • 1.1 Physical description
  • 1.2 Personality traits
  • 1.3 Speech
• 2 Biography
• 3 Quotes
• 4 Gallery
• 5 Trivia
• 6 References

"Thank ya for callin' Super Mario Brothas Plumbin'"

—Luigi's New York Accent before it was axed by directors

Charlie Day originally voiced Luigi with a New York accent during production. However, the accent was subsequently axed when directors told him was too much like a “Goodfellas” gangster. In response to the change, Day said “Alright! I think you’re wrong, but fine!”^[2]

Remnants of takes with the New York accent can be found from the movie's promotional website SMBPlumbing, where Luigi speaks in a voicemail.^[3] Day also spoke in a higher pitched New York accent (similar to Joe Pesci) regarding the movie in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel.^[4]

In the final release of the film, Luigi speaks in Day's normal voice and screams in a high octave when being interrogated by Bowser.

Biography[]

Italian brothers Luigi and Mario worked for Foreman Spike before they opened their new business, Super Mario Bros. Plumbing, in Brooklyn, New York City. After being laughed at by Spike, their uncles, and dismissed by their father following the airing of their new job's commercial, Luigi follows his brother Mario to a manhole in the city causing flooding. They enter the manhole to fix the flooding in an attempt to kickstart their plumbing legacy. After fixing the pressure valve causing the flooding, they fall deeper into the sewers and wind up in a mysterious man-made pipe system that presumably no one had maintained "for years".

Luigi splits off from his brother briefly to explore and gets sucked into a pipe that leads to the Mushroom Earth. Mario follows after him in the pipe, grabbing his arm while promising that they will be fine as long as they stick together. Unfortunately the two brothers get separated, as a result, Luigi exits through a different pipe and ends up in the Dark Lands.

Luigi explores this area and was being chased by Dry Bones. After running away from Dry Bones, he entered a building and blocked the doors with his own body. Unfortunately, Bowser's minions were behind him and Luigi yells in fear. Then, he is taken hostage and is brought to Bowser. Bowser interrogates him about his brother.

Later, Luigi is trapped inside a cage above a lava pool along with the Penguin King and Lumalee.^[5]

When Mario and Donkey Kong show up in the climax to stop Bowser from marrying Peach and killing his own prisoners, Luigi tries avoiding the lava he was going to be sunk into by climbing the chain attached to the cage, only to lose his grip, resulting in him nearly falling into the lava before Mario (in his flying tanooki suit) saves him from certain death. He gets more screentime when he and Mario end up back in Brooklyn when Mario mistakably used a giant Bullet Bill to make it explode in the space of cosmic warp holes.

As he, Donkey Kong, and Princess Peach play a more active role in fighting Bowser so he doesn't get the Power Star, Luigi, as a epic moment, used the lid of a sewage container from the road to protect Mario from getting burned alive from Bowser's weaponized flamethrowing mouth, he and Mario then get the power star themselves, and the two charge through the Koopa Army Bowser has sent to eliminate the brotherly duo. Single-handedly overpowering Bowser's minions, and defeat Bowser himself, destroying his castle in the process. Too tired to continue fighting, Peach then forces him to eat a mini-mushroom to shrink him and put him in a jar as punishment for his crimes. Meanwhile, the brothers are hailed as heroes by the people of Brooklyn, including their parents, Spike and Francis.

He and Mario are later revealed to have moved into a house in the Mushroom Kingdom where they work as the town's heroes and plumbers and use the Warp Pipe to travel back to Brooklyn anytime, they want.

Quotes[]

"I was great? Are you kidding me?! YOU WERE GREAT!"

—Luigi after watching their perfected commercial.

"Oh great, Spike's here."

—Luigi seeing Foreman Spike.

"As a matter of fact, Spike, we have! Our mom called, and she said "Oh, boys! That's the best commercial I've ever seen!" And I said "Thank you very much mother, we're very proud of it!" So BOOM!"

—Luigi about a text from the brothers' mother.

"Are you insane?! He's three times your size!"

—Luigi to Mario about Spike after he left Punch-Out!! Pizzeria.

"Hello? Super Mario Bros. Uh-huh. A drip in your faucet? That's great you called us! 'Cause we can be there and we can fix it right away. Okay."

—Luigi on the phone

"Mario, we got one! The Super Mario Brothers are in buisness!!!"

—Luigi about their first official call.

"Eh, you're not bringing me down. Ya know what? What do they know, huh?"

—Luigi comforting Mario.

"I knew saving Brooklyn was a bad idea."

—Luigi.

"Mario, why do you look like a bear? What is this?"

—Luigi wondering about Mario's Tanooki outfit.

"Nothing can hurt us as long as we're together!"

—Luigi

"Oh, thanks. Yeah, it's kinda my thing."

—Luigi to Peach.

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

• His phone's ringtone bears a resemblance to that of the opening theme of the 2001 Nintendo console, the GameCube.
• Luigi serves as the dude in distress for some time of the film until the beginning of the climax. This could be a reference to Super Mario 3D Land, as he gets kidnapped in the game by Dry Bowser.
• Luigi's official render is based off his pose in artwork for .
• He is the second member of Mario and Luigi's family to be hugged by Donkey Kong, followed by Mario.

References[]

1. ↑ The Super Mario Bros. Movie. YouTube (2022-10-07). Retrieved on 2022-10-07.
2. ↑ Standford, Alesia (April 8, 2023) Chris Pratt says his first accent was rejected by The Super Mario Bros. Movie filmmakers because it sounded like 'Tony Soprano'. Daily Mail
3. ↑ Calling The Super Mario Bros Movie Phone Number (Mario Bros Plumbing Commercial)
4. ↑ Charlie Day on Always Sunny Podcast, Playing Luigi in Mario Bros Movie & His First Commercial
5. ↑ Illumination (10-03-2023). The Super Mario Bros. Movie. YouTube. Retrieved on 10-03-2023.

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Characters	Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Toad • Donkey Kong • Cranky Kong
	Antagonists	Bowser • Kamek • Koopa General • Koopa Captain • Foreman Spike
	Other characters	Aunt Marie • BrKLnCouple • Chunky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Dry Bones • Francis • Funky Kong • Giuseppe • King Bob-omb • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Rock Band • King Boo • Lumalee • Mario and Luigi's father • Mario and Luigi's mother • Mario and Luigi's grandfather • Mario and Luigi's niece • Maw-Ray • Pauline • Penguin • Penguin King • Sports Coat Kong • Swanky Kong • Uncle Tony • Uncle Arthur • Unidentified Commercial Actress • Unidentified News Anchor • Unidentified Shopping Woman • Toads (Antique Store Clerk • Chanterelle • Palace Guards • Toad Council (Toad General • Yellow Council Toad • Red Council Toad • Green Council Toad • Purple Council Toad) • Unidentified Red Toad • Unidentified Questionable Toad • Unidentified Antiques Toad Costumer)
Items and objects	Items and objects	? Block • Axe • Barrel • Box • Brick Block • Cannon • Cape Feather • Coin • Donut Lift • Fire Flower • Flying Question Block • Fruit (Banana, Carrot, Melon, Turnip, Watermelon) • Hammer • Mini Mushroom • Mushroom • Mushroom Platform • Music Box • Mysterious Pipe • P-Switch • POW Block • Spiny Shell • Snowball • Super Star • Super Leaf • Tanooki Suit • Warp Pipe • Yoshi Egg
Locations	Locations	Brooklyn • Fire Flower Fields • Jungle Kingdom • Mushroom Forest • Mushroom Heights • Mushroom Kingdom (Crazy Cap • Antiques) • Punch-Out!! Pizzeria • Princess Peach's Castle • Rainbow Road • Snow Kingdom • Waterfall Area • Great Ring of Kong • Mario Bros. House • Bob-omb Battlefield • Desert Area • Rock-Candy Mines • Yoshi's Island • Bowser's Castle • Dark Lands
Miscellaneous	Songs	Bowser's Fury • DK Rap • Mario Brothers Rap • Peaches • Battle Without Honor or Humanity • No Sleep Till Brooklyn • Carman Suites • Holding Out for a Hero • Take On Me • Thunderstruck • Wedding March • Mr. Blue Sky
	Toys	Jungle Kingdom Raceway
	Other	Gallery • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)