I've been doing a bit of research, and it turns out in New York City you are required to have at least seven years of experience to become certified as a "master plumber."
A minimum of two of these years need to be spent as a "journeyman plumber," where you're licensed to repair pipes so long as you're working under the supervision of a master plumber.
Mario and Luigi can't legally run their business if they're both journeyman plumbers, but that would mean (if they are really both 24-25 like Shigeru Miyamoto says) at least one of them began training to be a plumber the instant he got out of high school.
But if that's the case, how did they end up working in demolition?
My theory is that, since demolition companies sometimes locate and strip fixtures in commercial and residential properties for reuse or resale, plumbing fittings included, The Wrecking Crew hired the two plumbers-in-training to spot salvageable materials and take them apart.
But if Foreman Spike happens to have a bone to pick and/or is on a power trip, I can easily imagine him adding hard labor on top of whatever plumbing-related jobs they were assigned until their schedule was filled with far more wrecking than plumbing.
But eventually, Mario got all his hours logged, passed his master plumber exam, got his commercial activity license, and got him and his brother the heck out of there.
Which brings me to an additional theory that Luigi is still a journeyman plumber and not yet a master plumber.
There's a few bits of Nintendo lore that describe Luigi as something of an "understudy," or otherwise not quite as experienced as his brother in the realm of plumbing.
Which makes sense given the way Luigi seems to take on the apprentice role, closely watching the way Mario works and carrying around all the tools.
I think Luigi didn't immediately know what he wanted to do the moment he graduated high school the way Mario did.
Maybe he dabbled in mechanics for a little bit before he ultimately decided to join his bro in his plumbing venture, but as a result he's a few years behind.
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Can we just acknowledge how in the Mario Movie (2023), after Bowser gets frozen by Peach, Mario and Peach reunite. Bowser looks at them through the ice and GUESS WHAT.
If you look closely, it makes a heart!!! (OG and outline are above)
You're welcome, Mareach shippers.
Eat up, ultimate shippers:
@peaches2217
@itsavee4117
@mikibaby94
@akiiame-blog
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What’s this 🫢?! A comic that might go no where? I guess we’ll both find out 😆. I looked through my old stuff and saw this very sad comic just sitting on my sketchbook all by it lonesome. So I’m going to set it free even if I don’t know where it’s going.
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He'll be a homeboy for you. But not in a way you expect.
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obsessed with the implication that Mario is bad at video games
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Hideaway
1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // ...
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it takes a beast……. to tame an itali
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