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|image=[[File:TSMBM Render Brooklyn BG.jpg|250px]]<br>Brooklyn as it appears in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit]]'' (1989)
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|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)
|greaterloc = [[New York City]]
|greater_location=[[New York City]]
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|ruler=[[Mayor of New York City]], [[Pauline]]
|ruler = [[Mayor of New York City]]
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|first_appearance = "[[Neatness Counts]]"
|latest_appearance = "[[Super Mario Bros. (movie)|Super Mario Bros.]]"
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{{quote|We got a lot of people in Brooklyn. We got pool players, we got beautiful girls, we got restaurants, we got carpenters, plumbers, but normal? Huh-huh! Forget about it!|[[Luigi]]|"[[The Mario Monster Mash]]"}}
'''{{wp|Brooklyn}}''' is a borough of [[New York City]], [[United States of America|United States]] that appears in certain [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] media as the hometown of [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]].


One of Brooklyn's first mentions in a ''Super Mario'' game is in ''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]'', in which, upon being asked if he was from Italy (due to his accent) by an imperial ruler in China, Mario says that he is from Brooklyn, New York. Of course, granted the time period, the feudal lord did not know what Brooklyn was. According to a number of official sources, Mario and Luigi are from Brooklyn; these sources include the instruction booklets for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version of ''[[nwiki:SimCity|SimCity]]''<ref>{{cite|title=''SimCity'' SNES instruction booklet|page=4|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1991|quote=Well, this is what you asked for. Bowser is on the loose, stomping, smashing, ripping down power lines, starting fires, tearing up roads and railroads and generally doing everything possible to make life about as comfortable as a bed of spikes. I can hardly bear to watch. And although you can’t see them, the SimCitizens are in the streets, screaming and running around like ants. After all, they didn’t elect their mayor to use the city as an experiment in terror. As for Bowser, you can hear in roaring in anger, unable to find Mario and Luigi, which isn’t surprising since they live in Brooklyn, not Tokyo. Listen closely and you’ll also hear explosions as factories catch fire. According to my statistics, over half of all mayors regret the decision to sack their cities, but fortunately for their peace of mind the guilt lasts only 2.6 seconds on average.}}</ref> and console conversions of ''[[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|Mario is Missing!]]'',<ref>{{cite|title=''Mario is Missing!'' instruction booklet|page=2 (SNES) or 4 (NES)|quote=Will the brave brothers from Brooklyn permit this abominable snow plan? The boys say ‘Not!’}}</ref> [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] in the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' [[Shogakukan]] guidebook<ref>"{{cite|url=shmuplations.com/mario64|title=Super Mario 64 – 1996 Developer Interviews originally featured in the official strategy guides|publisher=shmuplations.com|accessdate=June 5, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20160922162125/http://shmuplations.com/mario64/}}</ref> and ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guides,<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=4|quote=According to the visitor from Brooklyn, he had been invited to the castle for a piece of cake, which Peach had just baked.}}</ref> as well as the [[DIC Entertainment|DIC]] cartoon shows, ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''.
{{quote|We got a lot of people in [[Brooklyn]]. We got pool players, we got beautiful girls, we got restaurants, we got carpenters, [[plumber]]s, but normal? Huh-huh! Forget about it!|Luigi|The Mario Monster Mash}}
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit''===
In ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit]]'', [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are cleaning a clogged sewer underneath a fortune-teller's shop in Brooklyn before being accidentally sent to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]].


===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
'''Brooklyn''' is a borough of the greater city of [[New York City|New York]], and is located in the [[United States|USA]], on [[Earth]].
[[File:Supershowplumber.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mario Brothers Plumbing, the setting of every live-action segment, is located in Brooklyn.]]
[[File:Brooklyn.jpg|thumb|Brooklyn in an animated episode]]
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', it is shown that [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] ended up in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] by getting sucked down a [[Warp Pipe]] connected to the drain of a bathtub that they were unclogging. In the cartoon episodes, Mario and Luigi often make reference to their former lives in Brooklyn, or lament how they wish to return home; the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] is seen in several of the episodes. The live-action segments all took place at the [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] shop in Brooklyn, where the Brooklyn Bridge can be seen from the building and is also mentioned on a few occasions.


In the episode "[[Brooklyn Bound]]", Mario and Luigi meet up with [[Salvador Drainotto]], a fellow Brooklyn plumber who had been lost in Mushroom Kingdom for thirteen years. However, Salvador Drainotto had discovered a one-way drainpipe to back to Brooklyn, which could only be used once. With Mario and Luigi's help, Salvador Drainotto was able to reach the pipe, and offered Mario and Luigi to come along. Mario and Luigi almost go along with Salvador Drainotto, but decide to stay behind in the end to save [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] from [[Bowser|Koopa Khan]] and the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Pack]].
One of its first mentions in an actual game was in ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', in which upon being asked if he was from Italy (due to his accent) by an imperial ruler in China, Mario says that he is from Brooklyn, New York. Of course, granted the time period, the fuedal lord didn't know what Brooklyn was.


Brooklyn is also featured in the episode "[[Plummers Academy]]". In an extended flashback sequence, Mario tells the story of how he and Luigi became plumbers after being flunked by [[Sergeant Kooperman]] at the [[Brooklyn Plumbers Academy]].
According to the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' Official Player's Guide, [[Mario]] spent some of his life in Brooklyn; enough time, in fact, to be labeled a Brooklynite.


In the episode "[[Flatbush Koopa]]", a [[Warp Pipe]] leading to Brooklyn is discovered, and Mario and Luigi, having defeated King Koopa, get to return home. When they get there, they are surprised to see that King Koopa also escaped, and is slowly turning the city into "Kooplyn", as revenge against the Mario Bros. for ruining all of his evil plots. Although they manage to foil King Koopa and lead him back to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario blows up the pipe with a [[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]], if only so that King Koopa cannot return to Brooklyn. By blowing up the pipe, Mario and Luigi are forced to stay in the Mushroom Kingdom until they can find another way to get home.
== Appearances in Other Media ==


===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
=== Cartoons ===
In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', more Warp Pipes leading to [[Earth|the real world]] had been discovered, making access to Brooklyn much more convenient.
==== ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' ====


In the episode "[[Toddler Terrors of Time Travel]]", Bowser and [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]] try to go back in time to stop the Mario Bros. from going down the drainpipe in Brooklyn, but their plan is ruined when the [[Time Tube]] turns them, along with Mario, Luigi and Toad into babies.
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', it is shown that Mario and Luigi ended up in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] by getting sucked down a [[Warp Pipe]] connected to the drain of bathtub that they were unclogging on a plumbing job.


In "[[Misadventures in Babysitting]]", Mario and Luigi accidentally warp into a Brooklyn home, and get suckered into babysitting a brat named [[Junior (The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3)|Junior]], who warps himself to the Mushroom Kingdom in a game of hide and seek.
In the cartoon episodes, Mario and Luigi often try make references about returning to Brooklyn. The live action segments all took place at the [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] shop in Brooklyn.


In "[[Recycled Koopa]]", the [[Koopalings]] dump [[Koopa trash|their garbage]] down a Warp Pipe to Brooklyn. As a result, the garbage mutates the people there into [[Koopa Zombie]]s and turns other creatures into members of the Koopa Pack (e.g. seagulls into [[Paragoomba|Para-Goombas]] and fish into [[Spiny Cheep Cheep|Spiny Cheep-Cheeps]]). Mario and Luigi do what they can to clean up the garbage before the entire city, let alone the whole Real World, gets contaminated.
In the episode "[[Brooklyn Bound]]", Mario and Luigi meet up with [[Salvador Drainado]], a fellow Brooklyn plumber who had been lost on [[Mushroom World]] for thirteen years. However, Salvador Drainado had discovered a one-way drainpipe to back to Brooklyn, which could only be used once. With Mario and Luigi's help, Salvador Drainado was able to reach the pipe, and offered Mario and Luigi to come along. Mario and Luigi almost go along with Salvador Drainado, but decide to stay behind in the end to save [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] from [[Bowser|Koopa Khan]] and the [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]].


===''Super Mario World'' television series===
Brooklyn is also featured in the episode "[[Plumbers Academy]]". In an extended flashback sequence, Mario tells the story of how he and Luigi became plumbers after being flunked by [[Sergeant Kooperman]] at the [[Brooklyn Plumbers Academy]].
While the location itself does not appear, Brooklyn is mentioned in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series episode "[[Rock TV]]" when Luigi reminds Mario of the phone bill they received from the ''"Speak to Santa Hotline"'' back in Brooklyn.


Additionally, Luigi says "''Well, like they say in Brooklyn, early to bed, early to catch the worm. Or is it the bagel?''" in the episode "[[Mama Luigi]]".
In the episode "[[Flatbush Koopa]]", a [[Warp Pipe]] leading to Brooklyn is discovered, and Mario and Luigi, having defeated King Koopa, get to return home. When they get there, they are surprised to see that King Koopa is slowly turning the city into "Kooplyn", as revenge against the Mario Bros. for ruining all of his evil plots. Although they manage to foil King Koopa and lead him back to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario blows up the pipe with a [[Bob-omb]], if only so that King Koopa can't return to Brooklyn. By blowing up the pipe, Mario and Luigi are forced to stay in the Mushroom Kingdom.


===''Club Nintendo''===
==== ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' ====
The story of the [[Club Nintendo (German magazine)|German ''Club Nintendo'']] comic "[[Super Mario: Im Rausch Der Geschwindigkeit]]" takes place in Brooklyn, where there is a fictional speed limit of 80 "dinosaurpower" Mario is overstepping.


The [[Wolkenkratzer]], which appears in the story "[[Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens]]", is also located "in the heart of Brooklyn".
In ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', more Warp Pipes leading to the  
Real World had been discovered, making access to Brooklyn much more convinient.  


===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
In the episode "[[Toddler Terrors of Time Travel]]", Bowser and [[Ludwig Von Koopa|Kooky]] try to go back in time to stop the Mario Bros. from going down the drainpipe in Brooklyn, but their plan screws up when the [[Time Tube]] turns them, along with Mario, Luigi and Toad into babies.
In the live-action [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]], [[Mario (film character)|Mario Mario]] and [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi Mario]] live in Brooklyn, where they run the [[Mario Brothers Plumbing|Mario Bros. Plumbing Service]]. The bulk of the film takes place in [[Dinohattan]], an alternate-universe version of [[New York City]] in a world where humans evolved from dinosaurs.


===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In "[[Misadventures in Babysitting]]", Mario and Luigi accidentally warp into a Brooklyn home, and get suckered into babysitting a brat named [[Junior (TAoSMB3)|Junior]], who warps himself to the Mushroom Kingdom in a game of hide and seek.
Brooklyn in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' is established as Mario and Luigi's place of origin, where they run a plumbing business before they arrive in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] through a [[Warp Pipe]]. [[Pauline]] also resides there, as the mayor of [[New York City]]. A few locations in Brooklyn are shown, including [[Punch-Out Pizzeria]], a diner where the Mario Bros. like to spend their time, Castle Burger, and their [[Mario and Luigi's family|family]] apartment.


When [[Bowser's Castle]] is accidentally transported to Brooklyn, the Mario Bros. battle [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser's Minions|his minions]] on the streets. Once he is defeated, shrunk, and trapped in a jar, the citizens gather around Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, and Peach and cheer.
In "[[Recycled Koopa]]", the [[Koopalings]] dump their garbage down a Warp Pipe to Brooklyn. As a result, the garbage mutates the people there into [[Koopa Zombie]]s. Mario and Luigi do what they can to clean up the garbage before the entire city gets contaminated.


==Names in other languages==
=== Comics ===
{{foreign names
The story of the [[Club Nintendo]] comic "[[Super Mario: Im Rausch Der Geschwindigkeit]]" takes place in Brooklyn, where there is a fictional speed limit of 80 "dinosaurpower" Mario is overstepping.
|Jap=ブルックリン
 
|JapR=Burukkurin
The [[Nintendo Skyscraper]], which appears in the story "[[Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens]]", is also located "in the heart of Brooklyn".
|ChiS=布鲁克林
 
|ChiSR=Bùlǔkèlín
== Trivia ==
|ChiT=布魯克林
 
|ChiTR=Bùlǔkèlín
* Additionally, the manual to ''[[Wikipedia:Sim City|Sim City]]'' says that the Mario Bros. live in Brooklyn, stating that it's odd that [[Bowser]] is looking for them in Tokyo rather than there.
|Kor=브루클린
|KorR=Beurukeullin
|Spa=Brooklyn
}}


==References==
* Brooklyn is also home to the well-known [[Brooklyn Bridge]], which can be seen all the way from Mario Brothers Plumbing. The bridge itself was also seen in several cartoon episodes and was mentioned a few times in the live-action segments of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''.
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