“What on Earth Does “Flip My Turtle” Mean!”: Nintendo Fans Take a Hilarious Dig at the Super Mario Bros Actor Chris Pratt

Published 02/09/2023, 1:00 PM EST

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The mascot of Nintendo and one of the most loved game characters in the world is none other than Mario. He has become a household name through all these years. And he and his party have been gracing the gaming stations of players across the world with many amazing titles.

Now, fans are over the moon as the new Mario movie is nearing its release soon. The fan-favorite star Chris Pratt is giving voice to Mario in ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ and this adds more excitement for the film. But, a recent tweet from the star got quite a bit of backlash from the fans.

Chris Pratt and his Mario tweet that garnered attention

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Mario Bros. are the iconic duo that almost all gaming fans know. They along with Princess Peach in the brand-new film will surely invoke nostalgia in the hearts of many gamers. Especially the ones who grew up playing the Mario games.

The film roped in the Guardians of the Galaxy actor to voice Mario in the movie. And from the responses the trailer got, fans are pretty excited. Amidst all these, a tweet from the star got quite a humorous backlash from the community.

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Pratt in his latest tweet was stating that he has been a hardcore Mario fan and went on to say that he is the biggest fan of the fictional character. This statement could be deemed as a personal statement, but the rest of the tweet got noticed in a hilarious way by the community. He went on to say that “10-year-old me would flip my turtle if I knew I’d grow up to voice this character”.

The ‘flip my turtle’ line got the eye of the fans who started making fun of the star.

Nintendo fans react as hilariously as possible to Pratt’s latest tweet

When people saw the tweet from the 43-year-old star, they started mocking him. Many questioned whether the actor even played the game, and these were followed by countless people asking him to name Mario games.

The ‘flip my turtle’ line was in the spotlight among the commotion. Some people even speculated that it was some mistake by Pratt’s social team to post something like this.

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The star surely got a hilarious backlash from the tweet he posted about Mario. Apart from all these, Super Mario Bros will be released in the United States on April 7, 2023, and in Japan on April 28, 2023.

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Aravind Menon

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Aravind Menon is an eSports content writer at EssentiallySports. With a graduate degree in English Honours and post graduate degree in Literary and Cultural Studies, writing has always been a passion for Aravind. He has a keen interest in sports and occasionally enjoys watching sporting events.
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