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** Very minor compared to the other examples here, but at some point in SPM, Mr. L refers to himself as "Green Thunder". On one hand, it's common to see thunder and lightning used in an over-the-top title ([[Jak and Daxter|Orange Lightning]], anyone?), but later, during a playthrough of Superstar Saga it clicked; the hand power Luigi had in SS was ([[Large Ham|rather ham-tastically]]) referred to as "Thunder!". Though the game never really made us wonder "Who ''is'' Mr. L?", it's a nice touch/would-be-clue.
*** Adding onto that, in one of the ''[[Mario Kart]]'' games, Luigi had a kart called the "Green ''Lightning''".
* From the previous game in the series, ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', one of the mook species guarding the X-Nauts' base is called "X-Yux." Using Goombella's "tattle" ability reveals that the name is actually pronounced "Cross Yux." What is the significance of that? Perhaps all of the X's relating to the X-Nauts are actually pronounced "Cross," making the organization the "Cross Nauts." That does include, of course, the [[
** Embarrassingly, the above finally made me realize that the name "X-Nauts" or "cross-naughts" is an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] related to tic-tac-toe.
* In ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', there's a Whack-a-Mole like game where you whack Goombas instead. ''The mole is the one running the game.'' It took this troper years to pick up on the joke.-[[Tropers/Ryusui|Ryusui]]
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