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| {{Quote|Ah, that Charles Martinet. Nice Italian boy.|Mario|Mario vs. Donkey Kong}}
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| '''Charles Martinet''' (last name pronounced ''mar-tin-AY''), born September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California, [[United States]], is the prominent voice actor of the [[Mario (series)|Mario]] games. He voices several major characters, including [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]], [[Waluigi]], [[Baby Mario]], [[Baby Luigi]], [[Baby Wario]], [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]], [[Toadsworth]], and many other characters. Martinet portrayed the male bosses in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as well. Martinet plays the vast majority of the male characters in the ''Mario'' series. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553409/ The Internet Movie Database] attributes over seventy works to Martinet in total. Martinet speaks fluent French, English and Spanish, but, ironically, only a little Italian. His first voice over work at Nintendo was voicing the announcers, boxers and the referee in ''[[wikipedia:Super Punch-Out!!|Super Punch-Out!!]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]].
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| Martinet originally wasn't invited to audition for the role of Mario. He crashed the auditions, and was asked to do an Italian accent. His recordings left so much of an impression that they were the only one sent to Nintendo.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Eudb_Tqg8</ref> A former Shakespearean actor, Martinet has stated that Mario's voice was based on his voice for Gremio, a character from ''[[Wikipedia:The Taming of the Shrew|The Taming of the Shrew]]''.<ref>http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_Charles_Martinet.html</ref>
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| Martinet first officially voiced Mario with ''[[Mario in Real Time]]'' in 1994, when he had motion sensors hooked to his face, which transposed his facial movements to a computer-generated Mario head on a screen. Martinet watched people passing by the screen through a surveillance camera and talked to them as Mario. This is used rather often by Nintendo when attending trade shows. An altered form of Mario in Real Time appeared in 1995's ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'', the first video game to have Mario portrayed by him.
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| ==Portrayals==
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| *''[[Mario in Real Time]]'' as [[Mario]] / [[Luigi]] / [[Wario]] / [[Donkey Kong]] / [[Mama Mario]] / [[Papa]]
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| *''[[Mario's FUNdamentals|Mario's Game Gallery]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' as Mario / Luigi (English) / Wario (English) / [[Thwomp]]s (English)
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| *''[[Mario Teaches Typing 2]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Mario Party]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Baby Mario]] / Wario / [[Metal Mario (character)|Metal Mario]] (shared with Mario)
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| *''[[Mario Party 2]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Wario / [[Waluigi]]
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| *''[[Mario Party 3]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Clawgrip]] / [[Tryclyde]] / [[Mouser]] / [[Fryguy (boss)|Fryguy]] / [[Wart]]
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| *''[[Dr. Mario 64]]'' as [[Dr. Mario]] / Wario / Metal Mario
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| *''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Wario Land 4]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' as Luigi / Mario
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| *''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as Mario / Luigi / [[Dr. Mario]]
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| *''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' as Mario / [[Toadsworth]] / male [[Pianta]]s<ref name="Nintendo UK Super Mario Maker Stream">Nintendo UK. (Sep 11, 2015). [http://www.twitch.tv/nintendouk/v/15509006?t=55m35s NintendoUK playing Super Mario Maker on Nintendo]. ''Twitch''. Retrieved November 26, 2015.</ref> / [[Pianta Attorney]]<ref name="Nintendo UK Super Mario Maker Stream"></ref>
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| *''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' as Baby Mario
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| *''[[Mario Party 4]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Wario World]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Shadow Mario]]
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| *''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / [[Baby Luigi]] / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Party 5]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Waluigi / Wario
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| *''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' as Mario / [[Mini Mario (Mario vs. Donkey Kong)|Mini Mario]])
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| *''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'' as Mario
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| *''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' as Wario / [[Wario-Man]]
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| *''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Party 6]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario
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| *''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'' as Baby Mario
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| *''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Toadsworth / male Piantas
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| *''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / [[Robo Mario]]
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| *''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Party 7]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / male Piantas
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| *''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi
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| *''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario / [[Fire Mini Mario]] / [[Gold Mini Mario]]
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| *''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' as Baby Mario / [[Baby Wario]]
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| *''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Robo Mario
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| *''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Party 8]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / male Piantas
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| *''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Party DS]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / male Piantas
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| *''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Toadsworth / male Piantas
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| *''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario
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| *''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Piantas
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| *''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario
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| *''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Fortune Street]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Metal Mario
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| *''[[Mario Party 9]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Pianta
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| *''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Metal Mario
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| *''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' as Luigi / Mario
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| *''[[Game & Wario]]'' as Wario
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| *''[[Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move]]'' as Mario / Mini Mario / Gold Mini Mario
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| *''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' as Luigi
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| *''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' as Baby Mario
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| *''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / [[Gold Mario]] (shared with Mario)
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| *''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Baby Mario / Baby Luigi / Metal Mario / [[Tanooki Mario]] / male Piantas
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| *''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Dr. Mario
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| *''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]'' as Mini Mario / Mario / Gold Mini Mario / [[Mini Luigi]] / [[Cursed Mini Mario]]
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| *''[[Mario Party 10]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi / Cat Mario / Gold Mario / Silver Mario
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| *''[[Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' as Mario / Luigi
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| *''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'' as Mario / Luigi / Wario / Waluigi
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| *''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'' as Mini Mario / Mini Luigi
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| ==Trivia==
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| *In ''Mario Party'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Mario Golf'', and ''Mario Party 2'', and the Japanese version of ''Mario Kart 64''<ref>https://tcrf.net/Mario_Kart_64#Credits_Differences</ref>, his surname is misspelled "Martinee", like how it is pronounced.
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| *According to an interview in 2009, Charles Martinet told [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] that he wanted to voice [[Link]] in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', though Miyamoto told him that Link would remain without a voice. In the final game, his grunts and yells were portrayed by [[wikipedia:Nobuyuki Hiyama|Nobuyuki Hiyama]].<ref>http://gonintendo.com/?p=104332</ref>
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| *Charles Martinet's favorite ''Mario'' game is ''[[Super Mario Maker]]''. He is also a fan of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.<ref name="Charles Martinet on Nintendo UK channel">Nintendo UK. (September 14, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2JafswsbUY Nintendo UK Live #6 - Charles Martinet: Super Mario Maker launch day special (Wii U)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 28, 2016.</ref>
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| *At the time of his audition, Charles Martinet had never heard of Mario nor Nintendo.<ref name="Charles Martinet on Nintendo UK channel"></ref>
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.charlesmartinet.com Official site]
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| *[http://www.charlesmartinet.com/voiceover.html Voice Over]
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| *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrjy6lpDHzk&NR=1 Martinet in Action]
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| *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kv4HlKLjfg Martinet's Interview]
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martinet Wikipedia Page]
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| *[http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Martinet/519663615 Facebook Page]
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| *[http://instagram.com/charlesmartinetitsame Instagram Page]
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| *[https://vine.co/u/1114052811714400256 Charles Martinet's profile on Vine]
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