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Ben“Of course he doesn't have a name, but yeah. DavidSo the legend goes that as they're debating this, the landlord of their warehouse in Tequila either shows up or sends a letter. It's unclear. BenShows up because they were way behind on rent because this freaking company didn't make any money. DavidDemands the rent because they're late. BenAnd the way I know he shows up is because he starts jumping around and ranting and raving and waving his arms in the air. And he's, like, super animated. And they can see him there. And he's got this big bushy mustache. DavidHe's this Italian guy named Mario Segale. Mario Segale. And this is how Super Mario gets his name. Amazing. Totally amazing. They named the girlfriend Pauline, I think it was the either wife or girlfriend or of one of the guys working at the company at Nintendo of America at the time. Yeah. BenSo they named her Pauline because the warehouse manager who was taking a lot of the heat from Mario Segale and directing it away from the Nintendo guys and sort of like taking the hits for them. His wife was named Polly, so they named the character Pauline after her as a thank you to him. Nice.”