Koopa's Believe It or Else!

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"Koopa's Believe It or Else!"

"Koopa's Believe It or Else!" is a comic that first appeared in Issue #1 of the Nintendo Comics System series. Being a parody of Ripley's Believe It or Not!, it reveals some alleged facts about several key figures in Mushroom Land.

The "Believe It or Else!" facts[edit]

  • "In Lizard Language, 'Koopa' means 'thing of beauty.'"
  • "In Brooklyn, stuffed mushroom caps are a great delicacy. Strangely enough, in Mushroom Land, stuffed plumber's caps are a favorite hors d'oeuvre!"
  • "The King of Mushroomland has over 2,000,000 crowns in his collection...but only one pair of socks!"
  • "On April 9th last year, a plumber actually made a house call. (The local natives appreciated it very much.)"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Finnish Koopan usko hyvällä tai muuten..![1] Koopa's believe it well or else..!
German Glaub es oder glaub's nicht![2] Believe it or don't believe it!

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo-lehti (1990-1994, Finnish)
  2. ^ Super Mario Bros. Video-Comic-Magazin
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Nintendo Comics System
Comics Short stories "The Legend" • "Dear Princess Toadstool" • "Koopa's Health and Beauty Tips" • "Koopa's Believe It or Else!" • "Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing" • "Koopa's High School Yearbook" • "Fryguy High Yearbook -- Activity Page!" • "Family Album 'The Early Years'" • "Koopa-Kola" • "In the Swim! Fun and Sun Fashions" • "Get Kooped Up With the Nicest People" • "Koopatone" • "Family Album 'Summer Camp'" • "Kitchen Kraziness" • "Public Service Announcement" • "The Mario Bros. Guide to Grooming Your Moustache" • "Throne Out" • "Weight Up"
Full stories "The Fish That Should've Gotten Away" • "Mutiny on the Fungi" • "A Mouser in the Houser" • "Just Deserts" • "The Adventures of Dirk Drain-Head" • "You Again?" • "Piranha-Round Sue" • "Cloud Nine" • "Magic Carpet Madness" • "The Kingdom Enquirer" • "Bedtime for Drain-Head" • "Love Flounders" • "Betrayal Most Proper" • "Beauty and the Beach" • "Fins and Roses" • "Duh Stoopid Bomb!" • "Cloud Burst" • "The Buddy System" • "It's Always Fair Weather" • "Elect Mario for Man of the Year" • "The Revenge of Pipe Ooze!" • "Minor Defects" • "The Doctor Is In... Over His Head" • "Bowser Knows Best" • "Tanooki Suits Me"
Foreign-exclusive "A casa do Toad" • "Der sprechende Abfluss" • "Die Mario-Brüder und der Super-Sauger" • "Die unglaubiche Erfindung"
Characters Benny (It's Always Fair Weather) • Benny (Just Deserts) • Bertha • Chef Spore • Clarence • Dirk Drain-Head • Dr. Waldo Bloom • Elliot • Fluffy • Flurry Mushroomland • Gary • Iggy • Jason • King Koopa • Larry • Lemmy • Ludwig • Luigi • Mama Mario • Mario • Moonfungie • Morton • Mouser • Mushroom King • Mushroom People • Papa Mario • Piranha Sue • Pookie • Princess Toadstool • Roy • Shrubs • Smookers • Stanley the Talking Fish • Stopwatch • Tanooki • Toad • Truffle Toes • Wart • Wendy • Wooster
Enemies Baby Cheep • Beezo • Birdo • Boomerang Brother • Bob-Omb • Bullet Bill • Clawgrip • Cobrat • Flurry • Fryguy • Goomba • Gunion • Hammer Brother • Hoopster • Jelectro • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Ninji • Nipper Plant • Ostro • Pidgit • Piranha Plant • Shyguy • Snifit • Spark • Sparky • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Stretch • Trouter • Tweeter • Virus
Locations Burger World • Fryguy High • Fryguy Kindergarten • Kaboomka Fireworks Factory • Koopa Kingdom • Koopamart • Mario Bros. Museum of Plumbing • Mario Bros. Plumbing • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom General Hospital • Pipe Land • Princess Toadstool's Castle • Royal Art Gallery • Snooze World • Subcon • Water Land • World 1-1 • World 1-3 • World 5-1
Items, objects, vehicles, and misc. ♩ Block • Airship • Bomb • Bowser Suit • C. Mentum's Famous Sticky Juice • Cheese • Chuckberry • Cloud Nine Mattress • Coin • Green Gecko Gem • Koopa-Kola • Magic wand • Mask Gate • Plumber's Log • Reporters Hand Book • Sacred Cylinder of Cheese • Smart Bomb • Standard Military Issue Double-Charge Bomb • Stupid Bomb • Super Leaf • Tanooki Suit • The Mona Mushroom • Vitamin • Warp Pipe
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