Olympics: Japan’s Prime Minister turned into Mario for the closing ceremony

No one looked better in a pair of blue overalls than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did in Rio.

The 2016 Summer Olympics came to an end Sunday evening, and a lot of cool stuff went down during the closing ceremony. We got to see Simone Biles as the American flag bearer, a cavalcade of fireworks and another appearance from the world-renowned oily Tongan dude.

It was all fun to watch, but we’d be remiss (and sorely misguided) if we didn’t give special recognition to Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who showed up to the party dressed up as Mario after a colorful promotional video for the 2020 Summer Olympics, to be held in Tokyo.

You can watch a snippet of the promo, and Abe’s appearance, below:

From the looks of it, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad are going to be beyond #LIT, but before we get too excited, there are a couple of questions that need to be answered before 2020. For starters, does this mean that Abe has always had the ability to transform into an animated Italian plumber, or is this something he recently learned to do through WikiHow or the like?

Secondly, how close are we from making warp pipe technology a reality? Despite the whole “drilling into the earth” thing, imagine the cost-effective and eco-friendly impact that such a thing could do for long-distance transportation.

Finally, does this mean that a new edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is on the way? I really, REALLY hope not.

If anything could sour public opinion towards the Olympics more than labor issues, high crime rates and human ‘L’ Ryan Lochte, it would be a crappy video game sequel that no one asked for in the first place.

Either way, we’ll see you in four years, Tokyo.