Moderately than saying “It is-a-me, Mario,” Nintendo character Tremendous Mario says “Itsumi Mario,” which implies “Tremendous Mario” in Japanese.
In August and September 2024, social media customers resurfaced a claim that Nintendo character Mario’s catchphrase is definitely “Itsumi Mario” — not “It is-a-me, Mario.”
For example, one Facebook user claimed “itsumi” translated to “nice or excellent” in Japanese, “so he is actually simply saying tremendous Mario,” the identify of a recreation collection inside the Mario franchise.
The rumor circulated on-line in English, French, German and Spanish, with a submit within the latter language amassing greater than 362,000 views as of this writing. It additionally cropped up on X in July (archived), with a submit on that platform attracting greater than 4.1 million views.
In truth, the declare has circulated on numerous platforms, similar to TikTok and Reddit, for years. Some examples date again to 2021 and 2023.
Nonetheless, Nintendo’s web site at all times referred to the catchphrase as “It is-a me, Mario,” and by no means as “Itsumi Mario,” which is why we rated this declare “False.”
The Japanese online game firm had a Mario figurine known as “It is-A Me, Mario™! Determine” on the market on its on-line retailer. The product description learn:
Youngsters of all ages can have infinite enjoyable with the 12-inch tall Mario™, full of over 30 phrases and sound results from the video games. Consists of the voice of Mario with iconic phrases like “woo-hoo”, “it’s-a-me” and plenty of others!
In truth, there have been multiple references to the “It’s-a-me” catchphrase throughout Nintendo’s website in several countries, together with its French-Canadian retailer.
In distinction, there have been no examples of the online game firm referring to the catchphrase as “Itsumi Mario.”
Mario voice actor Charles Martinet additionally wrote “It is a me” in his Instagram bio, and his account identify, charlesmartinetitsame, additionally referenced the catchphrase. Likewise, Martinet appeared in a Guinness World Data YouTube video titled “Charles Martinet: It is-A Me, Mario! – Guinness World Data,” on Dec. 19, 2018.
Charles Martinet’s Instagram bio and account identify referenced the “It is a me” catchphrase. (Instagram account @charlesmartinetitsame)
There were also three totally different movie transcript websites all saying the catchphrase was “It is-a-me, a-Mario” within the movie “The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film.”
Utilizing Google’s translation tool, “tremendous” translated to “Subarashī (素晴らしい)” and “excellent” translated to “Subarashīdesu (素晴らしいです), not “Itsumi.”
Likewise, “Itsumi” within the Japanese language — which is each a Japanese surname (逸見) and a female name (逸美) — translated to “Hemi” and “Itsumi,” respectively, in English.
Tremendous Mario merely translated to “Sūpāmario (スーパーマリオ)” in Japanese.
Snopes contacted Nintendo for remark and can replace this text if we obtain a response.
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