Mario Zeppeli

Mario Zeppeli (マリオ ・ ツェペリ) is the father of Caesar Zeppeli, he appears in Part II: Battle Tendency. Characterized as hard-working, trustworthy, and a wholesome family man.

History
Sometime during Caesar's youth, Mario would leave his five children without telling them about his investigation on the Pillar Men, earning him the hatred of his eldest son. He appears to be an acquaintance of Lisa Lisa and Speedwagon Foundation, and fully aware that his son, has awaken his Hamon energy, after abandoning him and the other four Mario's children in his youth, but still not powerful enough and not trained properly yet.

Years later, Mario would head to the site where the Pillar Men were discovered, unknowingly trailed by his bloodthirsty son. When Caesar stops to pick a jewel from the wall, Mario saves him by pushing him out of the way of Wamuu's trap, and becomes absorbed into the wall. This earns him Caesar's admiration post mortem, and causes him to seek revenge against the Pillar Men. It is unknown if he recognized his son when he died. However, he seems still recognized his son, as he advices him to find Lisa Lisa to train with her to become stronger to avenge his death in his last word before his death.

Ripple
Unlike Caesar, Mario had known since he was young of the fate of his father, Will Anthonio Zeppeli. Because of this, he had researched the Stone Masks, and was able to find the Pillar Men long before Germany's discovery. Since then, he had been travelling the world in order to discover a way to destroy the creatures that were in the wall. Though he had not been shown using it, Mario had spent his life training his Ripple, following in the footsteps of his father.

Trivia

 * Whether it was intentional or a common style in Italy, he has a similar facial features to the video game character of the same name. In the anime, his hat is also red.