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A Very Wordy Hero
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For a guy who doesn’t tend to say to much, Mario is rockin’ the wordplay in this original piece of art by my pal Josh Mirman! (Also a neat gray version here!) [via 4 color rebellion]

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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 5, 2010 · 3:11 AM 
FAILLAMENOT BADPRETTY GOODAWESOME (269 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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Artistic, Nintendo, Storytime/Wordplay, Strike A Pose, Super Mario Bros

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Word.
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37 replies · active 751 weeks ago
I imagine if this particular Mario used a hammer, it would be the ultimate Grammar Hammer.
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2 replies · active 752 weeks ago
They say a picture's worth a thousand words.
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4 replies · active 751 weeks ago
The link version I saw was a lot less impressive. The entire lower body was nothing but yelling...
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5 replies · active 752 weeks ago
Thank you Mario! but your skin,eyes and hair are in another castle.
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3 replies · active 751 weeks ago
He also tried to make one for that green guy but kept coming up with Link and just gave up
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5 replies · active 751 weeks ago
Spread the word! Or is that Word-Peach?
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1 reply · active 752 weeks ago
Turtle Shells Cake Super Shine Get should be the name of the next Mario title.
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1 reply · active 752 weeks ago
MAGIC. FLOATING. MOUSTACHE.
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Mario Teaches Typography
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4 replies · active 751 weeks ago
You figure this is how they learn English at Mushroom Kingdom Elementary School?
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1 reply · active 751 weeks ago
This is, in a word, epic.
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If it was Luigi, the words are going to be like: who is that? green guy? link? no attention, and etc.
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You can see Princess is written in his boot.
Make of that what you will.
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1 reply · active 751 weeks ago
Here's another influential wordy person.

You could say he's a man of his word.
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I guess you could say the artist...
*Puts on sunglasses*
is a real wordsmith.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
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And here I thought Mario was a man of few words.
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It doesn't get more awesome than that... Unless Word-Mario was fighting a Word-Bowser!
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5 replies · active 752 weeks ago
WORD!
lol
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:U
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Once you see it, you will know it's a lie.
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Gordon Freeman was originally going to be the subject of the artwork, but it was hard to narrow down his best lines.
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if this were a shirt, I'd totally wear it.
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1 reply · active 751 weeks ago
I can see this being turned into a rap.
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