Louis Vincent "Lou" Albano (29 July 1933 - 14 October 2009) is a minor character in SMG4 series. He was an Italian-American professional wrestler, manager, actor, and voice actor.
History[]
He first appears in SMG4 in SMG4: The Grand Mario Hotel in a minor role as "do the Mario, Mario".
He got a major role in SMG4: The Super Mario Stupid Show, where Mario remembers him from the Hotel. They quickly make enemies with Mario and Luigi. They do a quick skit, but Mario keeps interrupting. Later Mario Kicks King Koopa, which crushed the Paisano brothers. They decide that was the last straw.
They say that this is their show and attack Mario and Luigi. They gang together to beat up Mario, but Luigi quickly fights back. Angry, both Marios slam into a lever and clauses the building to be on fire. After seeing them fight, SMG4 then thanks both Brothers, and storms out happy. Luigi than says he wants go home, but not before Mario kicks Lou in his "spaghetti noodle".
He appears in SMG4: Stupid Mario 3D All-Stars as one of the Mario's unleashed.
In SMG4: The Stupid Mario Movie, Lou Albano and Danny Wells are seen in a clip from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, when Mario flies past while backwards-long-jumping across dimensions.
In SMG4 Movie: WESTERN SPAGHETTI, he appears when Mario and Meggy (seemingly) escape the Wild West simulation for the first time. He is on the TV monitors and other screens in the hospital facility, doing his signature 'Do The Mario' dance. It is later revealed that Tari was the one behind this and did it to lead Mario and Meggy to a computer that she was inside.
He appeared as Mario's Father in Mario opens Christmas Presents sent by YOU! when Mario opens a present with him inside, Mario kicks him out of his house and replaces him with JubJub Boopkins.
Trivia[]
- So far, The Super Mario Stupid Show is his only appearance as an SM64 model.
- While his appearance is based on Lou Albano, his voice is based on Walker Boone who voiced Mario in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
- It is confusing that he despised and fought Mario in The Super Mario Stupid Show, but came back in Mario opens Christmas Presents sent by YOU!, claiming that he is Mario's father and has been searching for him many years.
- It could have had been a trap to murder Mario by tricking him to believe that he is his father.