<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Luckiest+Guy" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Righteous" rel="stylesheet"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> </head> <body> <div class="border fluid-container col-lg-12 col-xs-10"> <div class = "row" style="margin-top:50px"> <div class="title"> <h1 class="parent" style="text-align:center; font-size:7em">Charles Martinet</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row center-this-image" style="margin-top:-10px"> <div class="col-lg-12" style="background-color:#e7e7e7"> <figure> <img class="img-responsive" src="http://pull01.wizardworld.netdna-cdn.com/media/catalog/product/c/h/charles-martinet-mario-super-mario-bros-coming-to-1_3.jpg" alt="Picture of Charles with Mario and Luigi"> <figcaption style="text-align:center; font-family:Righteous, serif; font-style:normal;">Charles Martinet is the voice of Mario, Luigi, and many other characters in the <a class="mario" href="https://youtu.be/gQhaeR7FtvE?t=6s" target="_blank"><b>Mario Universe</b></a> and beyond.</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="row meat" style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-radius: 0px 0px 8px 8px; font-family:Righteous, serif;"> <div class="col-lg-12" > <h2>A Brief Timeline of Martinet's Life:</h2> <div> <ul style="font-size:13px"> <li><b>1955</b> - Life beings for Martinet in San Jose, California</li> <li><b>1967</b> - Martinet's family moves to Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain</li> <li><b>1974</b> - Motivated by his French descent, Martinet moves to Paris, France, where he eventually graduates from the American School of Paris</li> <li><b>1970s</b> - After graduating, Martinet decides to move back to California to study at the University of California, Berkeley, where he orginally studied international law. His senior year, however, he decided to drop out after being told by his advisor to "regurgitate information he'd written in his book, chapter-by-chapter"</li> <li><b>1970s-80s</b> - After Martinet received encouragement from a friend to take acting classes to combat his fear of public speaking, Martinet proceeded to take acting classes, and eventually gained an apprenticeship at Berkeley Repertory Theatre</li> <li><b>1980s</b> - After training at Berkeley Rep for a few years, Martinet went on to study at the Drama Studio London, in London of course! It is here that he discovered his ability to reproduce accents and dialects</li> <li><b>1980s cont</b> - Martinet begins his acting career, appearing in various prodcutions like <i>Brotherhood of Justice</i> in 1986 as the Deupty, <i>The Dead Pool</i> in 1988 as the Police Station Reporter #1, <i>Matlock </i>in 1989 as Bo Edmunds, and many more productions</li> <li><b>1994</b> - Martinet makes his first appearance as Mario at a trade show. The attendees interacted with Mario on a TV screen by means of a hidden camera setup and facial motion capture of Martinet. Later that year, Martinet made his first appearance in a video game as the voice of the Announcer, Referee, Boxers, and Little Mac in <i>Super Punch-out!!</i> </li> <li><b>1995</b> - Martinet's makes his video game debut as Mario in <i>Mario's FUNdamentals</i></li> <li><b>1996</b> - Made famous by this video game, Martinet's proves his ability as Mario in the hit classic <i>Super Mario 64</i>. During a recording session, Martinet came up with the idea to make Mario dream of pasta while he slept, saying "Nice nighty. Ahhh spaghetti, ahhh ravioli, ahhh mamma mia". This actually appears in the game when the player remains stationary for an extended period</li> <li><b>1990s and beyond</b> - Throughout the years Martinet has voiced many characters in many different video games, ranging from Reader Rabbit in <i>Reader Rabbit</i> to the Homunculus in <i>Shadow of Destiny</i>, among others</li> <li><b>2000s</b> - Martinet continues to voice Mario even today! You can even meet him, as he appears regularly at gaming events such as Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, Gamescom, and the Eurogamer Expo, as well as launch events for games he voices. Try to catch him at the next gaming event near you!</li> </ul> <div class="quote"> <q style="font-size: 15px">The voice is always in my head. In fact I aspire to be more like Mario. What could be better than rescuing and falling in love with a princess, right? Someone who faces every challenge in life with a cheerful Wahoo! In London a bike messenger stopped me and said ‘You’re the bloke who does Mario’ on an escalator. So naturally I go ‘Wahooooo’ all the way up the stairs.</q> <footer style="text-align:right;"> <i>- Charles Martinet, aspiring to BE Mario</i></footer> </div> <div style="padding:30px 0px 30px 0px; text-align:center;"> <h4>If you are able, check out Martinet's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martinet" target="_blank">Wikipedia entry</a> to learn more about his continuing legacy.</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> <footer class="foot"> <hr style="noshade:true;"> <p>Written and coded by <a target="_blank" href="https://codepen.io/cpbateson/">Christopher Bateson</a></p> </footer>

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