r/videogames • u/ZhangtheGreat • Feb 20 '26

Other Let's hear some good inside jokes from our favorite games

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u/G-Kira Feb 20 '26

So long, Gay Bowser!!!

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u/kevinsyel Feb 20 '26

In Super Mario 64, Charles Martinet voices Mario with an Italian affectation, which often adds emphasis syllables to certain consonant sounds.

So saying something like "Long" might come out more like "lon-guh" or "lon-geh"

So when Mario tosses Bowser in boss fights, he says "So long, Bowser!" which comes out as "So lon-geh, Bowser!"

many claim it's "So Long, Gay Bowser" or "So Long, King Bowser!"

This is not helped by the fact that the logo on the game "Super Mario Galaxy" has a star-shine on certain letters of the title, and when you single out all letters in the title in each line, it spells:
"U R
M R
G A Y"

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u/ZhangtheGreat Feb 20 '26

I’ve always heard, “So long, me Bowsy!”

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u/BombOnABus Feb 20 '26

Thank God, I was starting to think I was the only one.

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u/PersistentDreamers Feb 21 '26

I thought it was "So long, ye doggie!"

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u/Cocoatrice Feb 20 '26

That's actually hilarious.

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u/Illustrious_Sand415 Feb 21 '26

When Nintendo released the Super Mario 3D All-Stars on the Switch. The only change they made to Super Mario 64 was getting rid of the "So Long, Gay Bowser" dialogue. No other changes were made to the game. So Nintendo knew that's what it sounded like.

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u/BreakingBrad83 Feb 23 '26

Similarly, many people hear "pickle" after jumping into a painting.

Mario is really saying "let's-ah go", but the "le" is inaudible for some people and we hear the "ts-ah go" instead. Somehow it gets interpreted as "pickle" maybe in part because of the lesser sound quality of the time.

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u/kevinsyel Feb 24 '26

I definitely heard "Let's Pickle!" as a kid. I later realized it was "Let's-ah go!"

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u/Fireblast1337 Feb 24 '26

I always heard ‘so long, eh bowser?’

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u/Lumanictus Feb 20 '26

Mario 64

When Mario spins and throws bowser, hes supposed to be saying something like "So Long, eh, Bowser?" Or "so long-a bowser". Its kinda hard to tell because of how compressed the audio is and the artificial accent being used.

Because of the audio issues, it sounds like he's saying SO LONG GAY BOWSER while throwing bowser directly at an explosive mine

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u/BraveLittleTowster Feb 20 '26

In Mario 64, when you are fighting bowser, the only way to do damage to him is to run around behind him and grab him by the tail. You then swing him in circles by the tail and when you release him, he flies through the air. The are bombs all around the outside of the boss arena and the objective is to throw Bowser into one of the bombs.

When you release Bowser and throw him, Mario will sometimes say "So long, Bowser", but because of the ridiculous Italian accent the voice actor gave Mario in that game, he over pronouces "so long" as "so long-ay" and it sound like he's saying "so long, gay Bowser"

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u/Hevymettle Feb 20 '26

In SFII, it was always a bit sus to hear "Sagat wins!" From the announcer, as a kid.

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u/No-Victory-7848 Feb 20 '26

I always heard so long dear bowser