Fan CastingGreg Beeman's Mario

The plot begins in Brooklyn, twenty years ago, where an old man drops off a baby at a church door, leaving a mushroom-shaped locket with a ruby in the infant's blanket. He flees, but is ambushed by large figures, one caped and one armoured, who demand the child or else the man will face immeasurable agony, but the old man dies of a heart attack before he can say anything. Meanwhile, the ruby locket falls into the sewers, unbeknownst to a nun who decides to raise the infant. It then cuts to Brooklyn, modern day, where Mario and Luigi are working on a plumbing job. The job extends to three hours, and afterwards Luigi gives the money to a bum, which frustrates Mario due to how broke they are. Their van, a redecorated ice cream truck, is marked with the words "MARIO BROS.: ACE PLUMBERS".