It is interesting to note that Mario's first appearance was actually in Donkey Kong and he was originally named Jumpman (clever huh) and his name was switched to Mario later in the Mario Bros. series. During his development he was named Mr. Video.
If I remember correctly, in Mario's first appearance in the game Donkey Kong, he was depicted as a carpenter (which makes sense because with Donkey Kong chucking so many barrels at you, someone would have to rebuild them). The TV show story (yes there was a tv show) in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, it is shown that Mario and Luigi ended up in the Mushroom Kingdom by getting sucked down a Warp Pipe connected to the drain of a bathtub that they were unclogging on a plumbing job in Brooklyn where the grew up. Though why the Mushroom Kingdom actually needs a pair of plumbers, is beyond me.
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