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The following is an alphabetical list of ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-related sightings and references in animated and anime television shows. For a list of references in live-action television, see [[List of references in live-action television]].

In "The Seven Faces of Genie", Genie is seen wearing a plumber outfit similar to what [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] wear in ''Mario Bros.''

 

 

In the episode "Mystery of the Midenhall Manor", Jax sucks up a ghost using a vacuum cleaner in a manner reminiscent of the ghost-capturing mechanic from the ''[[Luigi's Mansion (series)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' series.

Ocho is a recurring character that appears as an 8-bit alien, and is used for many references to ''Super Mario'' and other video game franchises. As an example, in "The Tape", Ocho hits a gigantic, yellow block similar to a [[? Block]] to get cash for a vending machine. During gym class, he also uses a cheat which gives him a rainbow appearance and speeds him up, similar to [[Invincible Mario]], as he knocks over various other characters.

*In the early reel, Carrie's design heavily resembles a Boo.

*In "The Shippening", when the Hamburger Cop looks inside the back of the Van Shopkeeper's van, a [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]] can be seen in there.

A post<ref>[https://archive.is/NhO5G Facebook post from the ''American Dad'' account]</ref> in the series' official Facebook page from roughly a month before the release of [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|''Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U'']] shows protagonist Stan holding a gigantic [[hammer]] standing in an environment nearly identical to the ones usually found in ''Super Mario'' games, most notably ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.

In Season 18, Episode 17 "The Sinister Fate!!", Jeff not only notes that Hayley does not have a mustache like [[Wario]], but later says she is angry just like him.

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In the episode, "Super Angry Bros.", Red appears from a wooden structure shaped like a [[Warp Pipe]]. He then stomps on a Minion Pig similarly to how Mario stomps on [[Goomba]]s. He then finds a box that acts like a [[? Block]], with Bomb acting as a [[Fire Flower]], where he lands on top of Red and spits fire at a stack of three Minion Pigs, similarly to how [[Fire Mario]] throws fireballs at his enemies. After jumping into two [[Pit|pits]], Red and Bomb bash a plank that acts like a [[Coin Block]]. They then look at an onscreen timer and realize they have eighteen seconds left and encounter a large amount of Minion Pigs, with some of them being gold. Chuck then speeds in to help the two birds finish the course to knock down all the surrounding pigs and reach the [[Goal Pole]] with one second left. The course turns out to actually be an act created by Foreman Pig, who intended to lock the birds in a cage. When Foreman Pig shows the birds that they were supposed to be captured, Red, Chuck and Bomb nervously leave to start the course again.

<!--"Meek for a Week" premiered in 1996, the same year as Super Mario 64's release. The Princess Peach watch featured in said episode is a coincidence, so do not add it here.-->

In the episode "Virtual Stupidity", upon hearing about a mall employee selling virtual reality headsets, Beavis states, "I've always wanted to go inside a video game and eat some coins and kick Luigi in the nads." In the same scene, a picture of a [[Bob-omb]]–like character can be seen among other pictures on the sign reading "over 500 games" at the headset booth.<ref>{{cite| author = Comedy Central UK | date = April 27, 2023 | url = youtu.be/h3wbOVXwea8?t=27 | title = Virtual Stupidity <nowiki>|</nowiki> Beavis And Butt-Head | publisher = YouTube | accessdate = February 27, 2024 }}</ref>

*In the episode "The Restaurant", Deema's mustache was based on Mario from ''Super Mario Bros.''

*In the episode "The Sizzling Scampinis!", one of the Scampini Brothers is named after [[Luigi]].

*In the episode "Get Ready For School!", while Gil and Molly are trying to choose what to do in the space school, the dress area choice had a dress and crown that looks identical to Princess Peach's dress and crown.

*In the episode "The Police Cop-etition", the [[coin]]-collecting sound from ''Super Mario Bros.'' can be heard when Nonny and his chicken are looking across the street during Deema's segment.

*In the episode "Puddleball!", the giant has a similar moustache to Mario.

Bunny can sometimes be seen playing a game resembling ''Super Mario'' in several episodes.

 

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The ''Cartoon Network Extra'' bumper includes bouncing balls that resemble [[Chain Chomp]]s.

*In the episode "Squawk in the Name of Love", the plant that Sergio gives Priscilla looks like a potted Piranha Plant.

*In one of the tie-in graphic novels, "Friends and Family", the little girl on [https://twitter.com/loudhousesides/status/1651227127604453376 page 37] resembles [[Lulu]]. Coincidentally, Lulu's voice actress, [[Alejandra Cazares|Alex Cazares]], voiced Carl.

In the episode "Sniffleball", Chowder must run 14 bases in a game of sniffleball so that he can leave the game. One of the bases features him, Gorgonzola, and Panini in an area that resembles a castle in ''Super Mario Bros.''; in an 8-bit scene, a song similar to the [[Underground Theme]] plays as Chowder jumps off Gorgonzola's head and into a Warp Pipe, and Gazpacho declares him "safe". A sound from the Atari 2600 version of [[Donkey Kong (game)|''Donkey Kong'']] can be heard as soon as Gazpacho comes out of the pipe.

In the 10th episode of MTV's short-lived animated series, JFK is playing a Game Boy in the back of a car as Abe Lincoln and Cleopatra are making out while trying to mourn the loss of his friend Ponce. As he is playing, JFK loses a life, causing him to say "Now Mario's dead! I'm killing everyone! ... Why couldn't Ponce have three lives like Mario?!"

The episode "Sir Nut-A-Lot" contains various parodies of the ''Super Mario'' franchise, including a game parody called "Super Chef Brothers", Slip and Slide dressed as Mario & Luigi, Mr. Greenrind dressed as Princess Peach, and a bonus level that's a parody of ''Donkey Kong''.

In Season 1 Episode 3, titled "Stonervision", the underwater room in the Stonervision headquarters looks a lot like the water levels from ''Super Mario Bros.'' A squid-shaped jellyfish also appears in this room, which is most likely a reference to [[Blooper|Bloopers]]. Another Koopa Troopa-like turtle appears in the animal area of the Stonervision headquarters. Later, when Jerry tries to ask Mary out on a date, he tries to give her a flower that resembles a [[Fire Flower]].

[[File:CodeMonkeysSuperPrisonBreakoutTakeOverLarrityGotBack.png|thumb|References from Super Prison Breakout, Larrity's Got Back and The Take Over.]] In Season 1 Episode 4, titled "Super Prison Breakout", a [[Bill Blaster]] appears, shooting prison inmates right into a wall. In the high security area, the warden says the reason why an inmate named Giovanni is in jail is because he murdered an ape who was trying to have a relationship with a [[Pauline|woman]]; Giovanni's description and appearance significantly resembles Mario. When the camera scrolls down the GameaVision headquarters to Larrity and Dean, his son, at the vault room, a Koopa Troopa can be seen between the floor and the ceiling on a Warp Pipe.

In Season 1 Episode 13, titled "The Revenge of Matsui", the cover of Clarence's video game is a reference to the cover of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', the name of Clarence's game is "U R MR GAY", alluding to [[List of rumors and urban legends#Super Mario Galaxy box art hidden message|the rumor surrounding ''Super Mario Galaxy''{{'}}s box art cover]]. A giant NES is seen on top of the Protendo headquarters building. When Benny is riding with Larrity, Benny is holding a sandwich full of coins from ''Super Mario Bros.''

[[File:CodeMonkeysStoryOf420MyPalJodieDaveGetsBoobsDreamFactory.png|thumb|References from The Story of 420, My Pal Jodie and Dave Gets Boobs.]]

During the climax of the episode, Darkwing, Launchpad, Gosalyn and Megavolt build a life-sized level of the video game ''Son of Whiffle World'' to distract the Frequency Fiends, who are energy-being clones of Gosalyn). Although the ''Whiffle Boy'' series is more of a parody of the ''Mega Man'' series, the level shown has a similar design to the first level of ''Donkey Kong''; Darkwing, dressed as Whiffle Boy, had to leap over drums thrown down from the top level by Launchpad in order to rescue Gosalyn, who was dressed like a princess.

'''"Copping an Aptitude (2001)"'''

During the interval between the 5th and 6th generation of video games, the cartoon showed a section called ''Juego del Mes'' (Spanish for "Game of the Month") for the Latin American version of Cartoon Network, nominating the best video game for [[N64]] and [[GameCube]].<ref>https://youtu.be/uGFsZ7V3TRs?t=1m15s</ref><!--No mention of Mario made specifically, but there's numerous examples involving console references, so I'm not sure how to act on this example.-->

In the episode "Game Over" from the second season, the box for the "SegaStation Wii 364" features [[Sonic|Sonic the Hedgehog]] with a [[Mario]] cap.

In episode 1, "Stone World", there is a scene where Senkuu mentions that one of the mushrooms (an ''{{wp|amanita muscaria}}'') Taiju Ooki brought looks like "something out of a ''Super Mario'' game."

After Xandir tells Toot she is not a hideous beast, the scene cuts to them in a ''Donkey Kong''-like game, with Toot as Donkey Kong and Xandir as Mario.

In the episode "Un Buen Recado" (American title/meaning: "A Good Message"), El Chavo, Quico and Ñoño ("Junior" in the English version) can be seen inside Quico's house playing a ''Super Mario Bros.''-like game. In-game, El Chavo, Quico, and Ñoño are all displayed as themselves with a mustache (each of which resembles those of Mario, Luigi and Wario); Ñoño also has a cap similar to [[Wario Cap|Wario's]]. In addition, the game pads they use are identical to the [[NES]] controllers. Though the gameplay and background of the game are that of ''Super Mario Bros.'', the heads-up display that is seen on the screen, as well as the [[item storage|Stored Item]], more resembles ''Super Mario World''. The [[Goomba]]-like enemies they encounter have the face of Señor Barriga ("Mr. Beliarge" in the English version). When Ñoño reaches the flagpole at the end of the level, he inadvertently topples due to his weight.

[[File:FOP-DKref.jpg|right|thumb|Juandissimo attempts to rescue Remy from the [[Donkey Kong|DK]]-like gorilla.]]

Timmy is challenged by his rival, Remy Buxaplenty, to a fairy duel. In the first portion of the duel, the fairies must save their respective godchildren from a gorilla, who throws barrels down girders at them à la ''Donkey Kong''.

'''Season 10 Episode 12B: "Dadlantis"'''

 

In the beginning of the episode, Timmy can be seen playing a toilet plunging video game, featuring a plumber dog character dressed similar to [[Mario]].

In the animatic of "Prick Up Your Ears", an unused cutaway features Chris's great-great-grandfather helping Mozart write his final requiem before his death. The composition is the [[Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground Theme]] from ''Super Mario Bros.''<ref>https://twitter.com/noreferences/status/1780010703317004360</ref>

In the episode "Lois Comes out of Her Shell", Stewie and his evil pet turtle Sheldon are fighting, and before Sheldon can kill Stewie, the fight comes to an end when [[Mario]] descends from the ceiling and stomps on Sheldon, killing him. He then tells Stewie that he "jumps on turtles", and that even though it is his life, it is not interesting.

In the episode "Boopa-Dee Bappa-Dee", Mario appears as a boyfriend to Meg while she and her family are stuck in Italy, with [[Luigi]] not too far off. Mario returns at the end of the episode to invite Meg to his place based on the end of World 1-1 of ''Super Mario Bros.'', with Luigi still close by.

In the episode "Encyclopedia Griffin", Peter brings up a weird, "secret" level of ''Donkey Kong'' where [[Pauline]] ends up sliced in half. Mario and Donkey Kong work together to put the body in a barrel, roll it down a hill, and create a cover story. Mario later asks if DK is related to King Kong, and he replies that he is not, as "Kong" is a common name in the woman-grabbing ape world. All the dialogue is featured in text boxes.

In the episode "Regarding Carter", after Lois accidentally shoots her father in the head with a handgun he gave her, he is shown in the hospital in a vegetative state. Dr. Hartman states that he has suffered from severe head trauma and that it is now a good chance to beat him in ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]''. A cutaway then shows Peter playing ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' and beating Carter in a race while Carter is unresponsive.

In the episode "Baby Stewie", Peter and his family go to an escape room after Quagmire cannot drink due to a medication. One of the puzzles involves figuring out the Fibonacci number. Peter figures out that "Fibonacci" is Italian and thinks that saying "Italian stuff" will help them complete the puzzle. One of the "Italian" phrases he says is "''Mario Kart''".

In the credits of season 1, many scenes depict Seiichi and Saria going through many adventures, one of which involves Seiichi going through a level heavily based on ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

At the very beginning of the series' premiere episode, a spaceship is seen flying through space, with Fry providing a voiceover. It is then revealed to the audience that Fry is actually playing an ''Asteroids''-style arcade game, just as he encounters a gorilla similar to Donkey Kong, except with overalls. Although Fry attempts to blast the gorilla with lasers, the gorilla throws barrels at the spaceship, causing Fry to lose. A later shot of arcade cabinet then reveals that the game is entitled ''Monkey Fracas Jr.'', whose name is based on ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]''

In the episode "Keita Amano and Karen's Best Entertainment", Keita and Karen go on a date together (with Chiaki as the third wheel) by going to an arcade. While there, the three play a racing game that is heavily based on ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' on a course that loosely resembles [[Kingdom Way]], complete with the filter feature for the photos right before playing a game.

 

 

After the Yorozuya and hunter Morinosuke realize that they have been infected with parasitic mushrooms on their heads, Gintoki Sakata suddenly appears in [[Mario]]'s outfit from ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', complete with his iconic jump pose and sound effect. He remarks that if they do not remove the mushrooms from their heads, they will end up in [[Mushroom Kingdom|Mario's world]]. Kagura then jumps in with the same pose and [[Luigi]]'s mustache, green overalls and cap, and a red shirt. She says that if all goes well, they may all end up in the next ''Mario'' game. Gintoki then exclaims, "Mamma mia!" as Shinpachi Shimura yells the two off, reverting their outfits back to normal in the next shot.

'''Episode 98: "Play Video Games For Only An Hour A Day"'''

Katsura Kotarou comes out of the futon table, cosplays as Mario, eats a mushroom that looks like a [[1-Up Mushroom]], and calls himself "Katsuo". Then, Elizabeth is revealed also cosplaying as Mario but with a green cap like Luigi's, along with a Japanese picket sign that translates, "Give it your best, Katsuo."

In Episode 1, Moba Boy is fighting Barf Bunny inside a mech that spits out a [[Yoshi Egg|Yoshi-like egg]].

[[File:GravityFallsFightFighters.png|thumb|left|230px|Rumble McSkirmish throws barrels at Robbie on a platform.]]

The end credits of the episode is a reference to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''; on a character selection screen, as the icon hovers over {{wp|List of Gravity Falls characters#Main characters|Mabel}}, she borrows one of Mario's catchphrases from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its remake]] ("It's-a me, a-Mabel!"); when the icon hovers over Grunkle Stan, he says "I'm slow, but I jump higher!", referring to Luigi's playstyle in the game. The end-of-episode secret message reads "HLIIB, WRKKVI, YFG BLFI DVMWB RH RM ZMLGSVI XZHGOV."; an {{wp|Atbash}} cipher that, when decoded reads, "Sorry, Dipper, but your Wendy is in another castle.", which is a reference to the [[Toad (species)|Mushroom Retainer]]s' famous phrase from ''Super Mario Bros.''

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[[File:Gurren Lagann Banzai Bills.png|thumb|250px|left|The [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]] look-a-likes.]]

In one episode, Haré is seen in a world of Video-Game parodies. He is punched up, and is sent flying through the air. [[Sonic|Sonic the Hedgehog]] jumps out, hits his head, which sends him flying down, only to be punched to the side by a Mario figure.

In the episode "You Just Want to Fluff More", Shiro visits Nakano's house to play video games. While there, Nakano and Shiro decide to play ''Super Fluff Bros. Melee'', a parody of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' (which, despite being a [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] game, resembles a [[Nintendo Switch]] game), as a way to win treats Senko makes. Additionally, before starting to play, Nakano shows off his collection of various other Nintendo games in game cases reminiscent of those used for Nintendo Switch games, some of which are ''Super Fluffy Brothers'', a parody of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', and ''Star Fluff'', a ''Star Fox'' parody, along with games parodying ''Splatoon 2'' and ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''.

In the episode "Summer Training!", while Tsumugi and Ritsu are in the arcade, there are posters around that advertise a racing game resembling the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. Additionally, one of the arcade cabinets display gameplay footage resembling ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

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[[File:KappaMikeyDonkeyKong.png|thumb|Kappa Mikey's parody of the game ''Donkey Kong''.]]

In the episode "Ship of Fools", the LilyMu company gets their own game, which is a parody of the game ''Donkey Kong'': Gonard is [[Donkey Kong]], Lily is [[Pauline]] and Mikey is Mario.

[[File:Kikaandbobwegee.jpg|thumb|Luigi in ''Kika and Bob''.]]

In the episode "New York", when Kika and Bob take off in a helicopter, [[Luigi]] can be seen fixing it, and told them that he is not done yet.

In episode 18 of season 6, there is a sketch titled "What if celebrities were featured in video games?"; Portuguese association football player {{wp|Cristiano Ronaldo}} was featured in ''Super Mario Bros.'' Here, he hits [[? Block]] and grabs a bottle of shampoo for men before stumbling over a Koopa Troopa's shell. As a result, the referee penalized the Koopa Troopa with a red card.

Omoharu Nakanaka is a recurring character who is a gamer. Oftentimes when she and her friends hang out at her house, they play video games which commonly feature characters resembling Nintendo characters such as [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], [[Zelda]], [[Captain Falcon]], etc. An example includes the segment "It's Just a Video Game" of the episode "It's Just a Country Kid. Plus More.", where Nakanaka invites Komi, Osana and Tadano to play the video game ''Combat: Swamp Bros.'', a parody of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. The characters the gang selects resemble various characters from the ''Smash Bros.'' games, with Osana's resembling [[Mario]], Nakanaka's resembling [[Luigi]], Tadano's resembling [[Yoshi]], and Komi's resembling Zelda respectively. Even the names of the game's characters sound like their real life counterparts (with the exception of the Zelda-like character), being Najio, Chuny, and Tadashi. Another example is in the segment "It's just studying at Nakanaka's" in "It's just the arrival of winter, plus more.", where the gang plays a sports game featuring characters resembling the ones in the ''Smash Bros.''-like game from the aforementioned episode.

[[File:Game Boys title card.png|thumb|Lincoln and Clyde in a ''Super Mario''-like background]]

[[File:LoveLiveNijigasaki MarioKartGPDXcameo.png|thumb|Ai and Karin playing ''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''. An additional set of cabinets displayed from the front is shown in the background.]]

[[File:World 3-1 reference (Lucky Star).png|thumb|Super Mario Bros.'s World 3-1 reference from Lucky Star.]]

In the episode "That Feeling", during the next episode preview, Konata makes a reference to the infinite lives trick from ''Super Mario Bros.'' She then comments on how the [[List of Super Mario Bros. glitches#Instant Game Over|Instant Game Over]] bug teaches a lesson about moderation.

[[File:Lupin III Part 5 Ashley.png|thumb|The background extra that resembles Ashley (center-left)]]

In the episode "The Extravagance of Goemon Ishikawa XIII", a background character that heavily resembles [[Ashley]] can be seen in a crowd shot.  

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In the episode '''2012 Dalmatians / Grey's in Anime''', Mario and Luigi's "other brother" Fabrizio is shown, who claims he does not like the sewers and prefers making pizza. A Koopa can also be seen in this scene, crashing down on his head. In addition, during the '''Grey's in Anime''' segment, a man dressed like [[Wario]], appeared along with a [[1-Up Mushroom]] in the Dancing Scene.

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In the episode '''Pokémon Park / WWER''', there was a segment titled "Donkey Strong" where [[Donkey Kong]] advertises a DVD on workouts for muscle gain. In the scene taking place in a school in this segment, the chalkboard reads, "Sorry, Mario. The princess is in another castle." After that, DK throws a barrel at a store called "[[Zelda]]'s" (referencing [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]'s creation of both the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Legend of Zelda]]'' series.

In '''Gaming's Next Top Princess''', among the models were [[Princess Peach]], [[Zelda]]/[[Sheik]], [[Samus|Samus Aran]] (who later turns into Zero Suit Samus), [[Amy|Amy Rose]] and [[Birdo]] (the first three were the finalists). Mario was one of the judges, [[Bowser]], [[Ganondorf]] and [[Ridley]] appeared to help the models "get in touch with their bad side" and [[Lakitu]] was the photographer. The ''Super Mario'' characters' designs bear a slight resemblance to the ones from the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series. The winner of the title of "Gaming's Next Top Princess" is not announced at all in the episode.

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In '''ThunderLOLcats''', Luigi's sprite in the MS-DOS version of ''[[Mario is Missing! (PC)|Mario is Missing!]]'' was one of the memes attacking the kingdom of Thundera and [[Mario's face]] can be seen in the background of the Internet world.

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"Koopa Soup" is a segment in '''The Adventures of TaunTaun / Everybody Loves Rayman''' that has Bowser advertising soup sold in Koopa shells. The superpowers granted by red, yellow, and blue Koopa Soup are similar to those gained by [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] after eating identically colored [[Koopa Shell]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Also, Mario appears at the end, stepping in the soup by accident.

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In '''Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus''', [[Pit (character)|Pit]] goes to video game school and befriends [[Kirby]]. At school, Mario references are common. [[Donkey Kong]] is in [[Mega Man]]'s posse of popular students. When Pit and Kirby ask to sit with [[Princess Peach|Peach]], [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] and [[Zelda]], they tell him to go beat up [[Bowser]], [[Wario]], and [[Ganondorf]] for them. At the end of the segment, Pit, Kirby, Mega Man, Donkey Kong, [[Pikachu]], and [[Sonic]] get into a [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']]-esque fight, with Pit winning. Curiously, this sketch was first premiered on September 27, 2012, 2 years before the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'', which features Mega Man as a playable character, and multiplayer with up to 8 players.

In '''Lemming Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Video Game Deaths''', Wario appears as an evil guardian (although he is considered an anti-villain nowadays) to three orphaned Lemmings (Violet, Klaus, and Sunny). The Lemming children meet Mario in the Mushroom Kingdom as their good guardian, then Wario feeds him to a [[Piranha Plant]]. The sketch parodies {{wp|Lemony Snicket}}'s ''{{wp|A Series of Unfortunate Events}}'' book series.

The "Fabio Brothers" in this episode are likely a parody of the Mario Brothers, but may also be based on [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]]. In this episode, there are other allusions to other fictional characters as [[Sonic|Sonic the Hedgehog]].

Throughout the entire episode, the babies play several "Pretendo" video games, and imagine themselves as characters in them. During the first part of the episode, Gonzo pretends to be "Super Bario Weirdo" in a ''Donkey Kong''-style game, which has a dragon named King Copacabana in place of Cranky Kong throwing green balls in place of barrels. He then imagines himself in an area similar to the game's third level, where he hops across moving platforms to reach a cupcake. Gonzo then finds himself back in the first level, where Piggy has taken the place of the King Copacabana, although she has actually just disconnected the system in reality.

After Piggy's play session, Gonzo goes through his Pretendo cartridges, three of which are titled ''Super Bario Bros.'', ''Son of Super Bario Bros.'' and ''Second Cousin of Super Bario Bros.''

In addition to parodying the games, actual footage of the games themselves is shown briefly.

[[File:mariohammerbros.jpg|thumb|"The Mad Hammer Brothers" in ''My Life As a Teenage Robot'' (2002-2006)]]

In the episode "Sibling Tsunami" (2002), the jump sound effect from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' can be heard as they are jumping in one scene.

 

They later reappear in the episode "The Legion of Evil" (2005) as members of the titular group.

[[File:Nyaruko.jpg|thumb|250px|A ''Super Mario Bros.'' scene in episode 7.]]

In "Let's Meet Sonic!", KO brings up how apparently [[Sonic]] won both [[Mario & Sonic (series)|the Summer and Winter sports games]], accompanied by a crude drawing of Sonic having beat a depressed-looking Mario.

In the episode "Diferentes Iguais", Heitor and Bob play an arcade game very similar to ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' called "''Old Super Ambrosio Bros.''" (derived from another cartoon called ''A Mansão Maluca do Professor Ambrosio''). The features [[Coin]]s as well as enemies similar to [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Cheep Cheep]]s and a [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]].

In the episode "Thanks to Them", during the second video journal entry, Luz wears a shirt with a character that resembles Mario. In the same episode, the design of one of the hats Amity tries on is inspired by the hat worn by [[Vivian]], from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.<ref>nanopulga098 (October 30, 2022). [https://youtu.be/drriI1zMsVg?t=2225 Live Q&A panel with the crew of The Owl House @ Gallery Nucleus]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 6, 2022.</ref>

A Disney XD bumpers features sprite versions of Pickle and Peanut racing each other with shopping carts, dodging [[banana]] peels. This is a reference to ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]''.

In the episode "Yeti 'Nother Bigfoot Story", when the Pink Panther plays a video game on a Game Boy-like console, some sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'' can be heard.

In "Power of Pink", when the Pink Panther (who is a plumber in the episode) uses a machine to power up into Super Pink, he says "What I'm about to do, I do for plumbers everywhere", possibly indirectly mentioning the Mario Bros. Later on in the episode, the Panther briefly returns to his regular plumber form and powers back up by eating a pickle, parodying the use of the [[Super Mushroom]] and/or other power-ups in the ''Super Mario'' franchise. Additionally, a plumber (the Pink Panther) powering up into a stronger form with "Super" in its name is a reference to the Mario Bros when they power up into Super Mario and Super Luigi respectively.

In the special "The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!", one of the scenes contain the girls and a professor in a [[kart]]-like buggy, and they then fire a [[Green Shell]] at the villains up front in a parody of [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']].

In the episode named ''Funny Love Eruption'', Garu is traveling to the volcano trying to calm it. At one point, he jumps on several crocodiles, and writings as: 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and an [[extra life]] appears.

This episode begins with a fake commercial, showcasing a boy who is offered a bicycle, which he rejects. The boy is then offered a video game, which he also rejects; when the new hit toy "Log" is offered to the boy, he graciously accepts. Although only a still shot of it is shown for a few seconds, the game clearly resembles ''Super Mario Bros.''

*One of the segments featured a parody of the ''Fast & Furious'' movie franchise, called "3 Fast 3 Furious" (also known as "Super Race"). Competing in the segment's street race are Mario, [[Luigi]] and [[Wario]] along with several other pop-culture icons. Despite using the "[[Spiny Shell (blue)|blue tortoise shell]]" of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, the Bros. and Wario, along with almost all of the other various racers, still lose to the decapitated corpse of Frank "Ponch" Poncherello from ''CHiPs''. In addition, when Mario and Luigi discuss using the blue shell, [[Yoshi]] appears in the background for a split second.

[[File:RobotChickenMassageChair.png|thumb|JackDonkey(Kong)]][[File:MarioLuigiInViceCity.jpg|thumb|left|Mario and Luigi being offered drugs during their trip to Vice City.]]

[[File:ToadBankRobbery2.png|thumb|Toad as the getaway driver for the robbers.]][[File:ToadBankRobbery.png|thumb|left|Toad and his kart rushing into the scene.]]

*[[Toad]] appeared in the ''Robot Chicken'' sketch called "I'm the Best" in the episode, "Due to Constraints of Time and Budget". In the sketch, Toad appears as the getaway driver for a group of robbers following a bank heist and had outrun the cops using his own kart from the ''Mario Kart'' series. During the chase, Toad used many items from the ''Mario Kart'' games as well including Banana Peels, Koopa Shells, Stars and even the [[Golden Dash Mushroom|Golden Mushroom]]. The items were easily accessed as he just had to press buttons in his kart. However he and the robbers were sent over a cliff once one panicking robber pressed a button that launches a [[Spiny Shell (blue)|spiny blue shell]] which soon hits them, as Toad claims that these shells seek out the lead kart (referencing its function in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series). When they were hit, the word "'''BOOM'''" appeared below the kart, and the kart begins to smoke. This references to ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' when a player is hit with something other than a Banana, Green Shell, and/or some course obstacles and how they use many examples of onomatopoeia (such as "'''CRASH'''" and "'''WHIRRRRRR'''"). The scene is based off of the beginning scene from the movie ''{{wp|The Transporter}}''. The setting at the end seems to be [[N64 Yoshi Valley|Yoshi Valley]], as Toad mentions that the police would not be able to find or catch up to them there.

[[File:RobotChickenDepartyMonster.png|thumb|left|Selected scenes from the skit.]][[File:RobotChickenFoolsGoldfinger.png|thumb|200px|The Mario references.]]

*In the "Ballad of Gay Tony" sketch, during the first few seconds, the Nintendo logo and various other video game logos are shown. In the top-right corner, there is a red logo which is cut off, featuring a "SU" over a "MA", a reference to the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' logo. Princess Peach also makes an appearance, when Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince of the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series sings "Everyone's trying to save the Princess, but who's gonna save the Prince?" another nod to ''Super Mario''. The [[Wii]] is also referenced.

[[File:RobotChickenMarioParty.png|thumb|200px|Waluigi's face comes from a TV-MA part of the sketch.]]

*In one skit, "Kirby's Secret Problem", Yoshi is talking with [[Kirby]] on the phone. Yoshi said he "was a pig" on this day and ate about 50 pieces of fruit. Kirby brags that he literally inhaled 20 enemies, and said he was glad that he exhaled most of them. A shocked Yoshi asked if Kirby was still doing that (Kirby promised he would not "binge and purge" anymore), but then Kirby hangs up, saying he "does not need that noise" and then suddenly vomits out a Waddle Dee, who says "Hey, it's none of my business, but, you have a problem."

*There was a Nintendo E3 event skit that starred Mario, Wario, Peach, Bowser, [[Ganondorf]], [[Fox|Fox McCloud]], [[Link]], Toon Link, and [[Little Mac]]. Mario walked out of the event, while Bowser was trying to apologize to Peach for abducting her too many times. Mario later came back to help [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]] fight off the villains. In that same skit, Reggie also uses a [[Fire Flower]], which turns his clothes red and white.

*In the January 2018 skit, "The Smashing Games" (a double parody of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series and ''{{wp|The Hunger Games}}'', centered on the female [[Villager]]), Mario, Wario, and a [[Bob-omb]] appear alongside several other characters and objects featured in the ''Smash Bros.'' games. Also, ''Mario is Missing!'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Hockey]]'' are jokingly name-dropped as previous works of Nintendo.

In the episode "We're Here to Welcome Gaara!", Lee decides that he and Gaara will first do kart racing, as he thought of it as a realistic version of playing ''Mariko Kart'', which is a reference to the ''Mario Kart'' series.

[[File:RugratsDiapeesDragons.png|thumb|The babies ascend the castle.]]

[[File:ScoobyBill1.png|thumb|The drawing of the Banzai Bill-like bullets.]]

In the episode ''Dead Justice'', the Ghost of Dead Justice shoots bullets that resemble [[Bomber Bill|Banzai Bill]]s. Drawings of the bullets, done by Deputy Bucky, resemble Banzai Bills even more.

 

 

 

In "2 Scott 2 Pilgrim", The house Old Scott Pilgrim stays at has a cactus with four-stacked sphere segments, resembling a [[Pokey]]. Old Scott tells his past self that Old Wallace Wells' husband works at [[Nintendo]], meaning he gets every Nintendo game for free. Hearing this, Scott leaps into a pose similar to Mario's {{file link|Mario.png|iconic jump}}. The [[Heart Fruit]] from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' appears in an x-ray view of Old Scott.

In a 50-minute length ''Sesame Street'' DVD, ''Elmo's Alphabet Challenge'', there is a parody of ''Super Mario Bros.'' called, "''Super Mustachio Brothers''", which is the first challenge A-B-C-More competes, along with Abby to find things that start with the first four letters of the English alphabet.

In the ''{{wp|Elmo's World}}'' episode "Computers", Dorothy, Elmo's pet goldfish, imagines Elmo in a computer game. The soundtrack of said game becomes an indirect parody of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' theme.

 

Similarly, the home media release ''The Great Numbers Game'' features a song that bears a striking resemblance to the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' theme.

[[File:Mariosethcomedy.png|thumb|190px|Mario and Bowser, as shown in ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy''.]]

Seth MacFarlane, famous for creating ''{{wp|Family Guy}}'', ''{{wp|American Dad}}'', and ''{{wp|The Cleveland Show}}'', has made a series of internet cartoons called "Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy", which first episode had a parody of [[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]. In this animated short, Mario confronts Bowser on a bridge over lava in his castle à la ''Super Mario Bros.'' After leaping over Bowser, Mario removes the axe, causing the Koopa King to plunge into the lava, and he runs over to where Princess Toadstool is waiting. The Princess thanks Mario for rescuing her, but rejects his offer for a kiss, as they just met, and that she does not want to make out with him. Mario explains that he merely wants a kiss as opposed to sex, and questions the Princess as to what he went through to reach her. The Princess concludes that Mario merely leapt a bunch of mushrooms (Goombas), and Mario argues that she was pathetic enough to get kidnapped by mushrooms in the first place. After Mario bickers about more aspects of his adventure, the Princess still refuses to kiss him. Mario then calls for Bowser (whom he refers to as "Dragon") to keep the Princess. Upon hearing this, Bowser leaps out from the lava, grabs the Princess and bites her head off.

To demonstrate a new "reality-avoiding" device, Kururu and Saburo transport themselves into a ''Super Mario''-esque game. Various elements from ''Super Mario Bros.'' are shown, including various [[Brick Block|bricks]], a [[? Block]], a Warp Pipe, a [[Poison Mushroom]] look-alike, and a Bullet Bill knock-off. Also, Kururu is dressed as Mario and Saburo is dressed as Luigi, though with slightly different hats and overalls.

 

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Shortly after Homer's showboating makes him a laughingstock, a bus full of Italian-Americans shows up in front of the house while he is taking out the trash. Mario comes out of the crowd, stands next to Homer, and says, "Luigi!, Fast-a, fast-a, take-a my picture with-a the Internet marmalok!" Homer then starts throwing trash cans at him in the style of ''Donkey Kong'' until he finally knocks him out. The trash cans are based on the barrels, and Mario also uses a hammer.

[[File:SimpsonsTottallyFunThing.png|thumb|Fun activities like playing the same game with different buttons.]]

At one point when Kent Brockman is thinking about his past, he is at Chef Luigi's Pizzeria. Chef Luigi offers him a scoop, which is actually a plan to put his rival pizzeria out of business. The rival mentioned is Chef Mario's Pizzeria.

During "Into the Homer-Verse", the pixelated version of Homer uses the original jump sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', and faces against a [[Bowser]]-looking version of Mr. Burns at the climax of the segment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the episode "Let's Play Musical Friends", when [[Orbot & Cubot|Orbot and Cubot]] are exploring the 17-bit world, Cubot asks "What if [[Toad (species)|the princess is in another castle]]?"

In the episode "Nominatus Rising", when [[Tails]] explains the Build-it Box, [[Sonic]] says "There's this [[Princess Peach|princess]] [[Peach's Castle|in a castle that I'd like to meet]]."

In the episode "Eggman: The Video Game (Part 1)", after completing his game, [[Dr. Eggman]] says, "Finally, a video game starring a pudgy guy with a mustache.", a reference to [[Mario]]. Later in the episode, Tails and [[Knuckles]] list parodies of popular video games, one of which is "''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Plumber Bros.]]''".

In the original version of the episode, a screen shot from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and another from ''Super Mario Bros.'' are displayed on two arcade machines inside Blanket's house. Only visible for a few seconds, they are part of a group of four arcade games with generic-looking cabinets and fake titles. In the HD remaster of the episode, all of the game screenshots are replaced with original drawings instead.

At one point in the episode, Sheila Broflovski checks her son Ike Broflovski's search history to see if he did any trolling on the internet. Though only seen for a brief moment, one of Ike's searches is ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''.

[[File:MarioSquarepantis2.png|thumb|Squidward inside the painting, referencing ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]

In "{{fandom|Spongebob|Atlantis SquarePantis}}", during Sandy Cheeks's video game-themed musical segment, she goes down a Warp Pipe and into a room that has the same frame and background used during gameplay in ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]''; the Warp Pipe resembles its appearance in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. The jumping sound effect plays as she kills bacteria by stomping them, and when the gang is rescued, the losing theme from ''Donkey Kong'' plays.<!--What game is the jump sound effect from? The sentence as originally written didn't mention.--> Enemies that resemble the [[Virus]]es, a [[Spiny]], and a [[Wiggler]] appear as well. Additionally, when SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick are kidnapped by a large virus, they shout "HELP!" akin to Pauline in ''Donkey Kong''. Later on, Lord Royal Highness throws Squidward into a painting, a reference to ''[[Super Mario 64]]''; the painting even uses a ripple effect similar to the one seen when Mario enters a painting.

In OVA 1, Harris, Clark and Martin are playing as racers in a parody version of ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' on the [[Nintendo DS]]. They also later presented a [[Game Boy Micro]] to Eiko and Squid Girl, which includes a game called '''Super Eiko''', a reference to ''Super Mario Bros.''

In "Laser Light Cannon", when Steven is going through his father's garage, he passes by a plush mushroom resembling a [[Super Mushroom]].

In "Say Uncle", Steven and Uncle Grandpa play a video game that resembles ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

In "Mindful Education" and "Jungle Moon", Stevonnie kicks their legs to float in the air in a manner reminiscent of Yoshi's [[Flutter Jump]] or Luigi's [[Scuttle|scuttle jump]].

 

In "Doug Out", Steven assumes the pseudonym of "Peter Pizzapopolis", donning a cap and mustache similar to that of [[Mario]], and using Mario's catchphrases "It's-a me!" and "Mamma mia!".

[[File:Robot-monkey-nintendo-2.jpg|thumb|Chiro as 8-bit Mario.]]

[[File:Teekyuu 03 Sidescroller.png|thumb|''Teekyuu''{{'}}s parody of ''Super Mario Bros.'']]

In the first episode of season 3, "The World is Not Enough", Yuri, Nasuno, Kanae, and Marimo are going skiing, and accidentally enter an exceedingly difficult course that they believe to be the beginner's course. Immediately, the world turns a parody of ''Super Mario Bros.'', with a pixelated artstyle, [[Goomba]] and [[? Block]] lookalikes, and baseballs in place of [[Coin]]s. As with most jokes in the series, this is not brought up again (beyond the fact that Marimo has lives and gets a Game Over, though this is outside of the ''Super Mario'' parody).

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In "Legendary Sandwich" (the show's premiere), the sound effect that plays when Mario enters a secret area from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' can be heard when Raven summons the legendary sandwich storybook.

"The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode Spectacular" has a picture on the writers' wall of an 8-bit Monsieur Mallah modeled after [[Donkey Kong]] holding the Brain like a barrel.

 

 

In the episode, "The Pulverizer Returns!", when Donatello discovers some coins that a Foot Ninja left behind, a coin-collecting sound effect is heard, which references ''Super Mario Bros.''

In the episode, "Fungus Humongous", Michelangelo stomps on a set of mutant mushrooms in a similar fashion to the jumping sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.''

The Autobot characters [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Huffer_%28Animated%29 Huffer] and [https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pipes_%28Animated%29 Pipes] are designed to look like Mario and Luigi, respectively.

During the episode "Afraid of the Dark", Uncle Grandpa looks closely at a photo of a knight fighting a motorcycle to reveal a map of his current location. The map is heavily based on the map from ''[[Super Mario World]]'', containing a [[Super Mushroom]] and a Warp Pipe amongst the various parts of the room he is in.

In most of the episodes, the Bears' cave features a poster named "Plumber Race 9", which is a parody of the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]].

In this short exclusive to Cartoon Network's website, a poster for a game called "Plumber Race 10" can be seen on Game World, parodying the ''Mario Kart'' series.

The game Panda plays in the beginning of the short is ''Super Cat Knight'', which resembles ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]''. Additionally, during the video game segment, the bears slide down the flagpole, which appears to be reminiscent of the end of some of the levels in various ''Super Mario'' games.

[[File:TWGOKova2arcTenriMario.jpg|thumb|Keima resembling Mario.]]

The second OVA begins with Keima, whose appearance is based off of Mario's sprite from ''Super Mario Bros.'' He is seen performing the 1-Up trick on a Koopa Shell.

[[File:World War Blue Marcus and Yozu.png|thumb|200px|Marcus and Yozu referencing Mario and Yoshi.]]

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In the "Attack of the Vidiots" segment, Yang is sucked into his video game by The Lesson, which forces him to play endlessly (or, at least, until he has learned how bad it is to play too much video games). At a certain point, when Yang saves the princess, she says "Thank you, but the ''real'' princess is in another castle.", in the same fashion of the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] up until World 7-4 in ''Super Mario Bros.'' Yang later complains that he does not get any extra points, which might reference the lack of extra points the player receives after completing a castle in the original game.

As this episode is about racing around the entire island, it appropriately makes constant references to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. One scene features [[Item Box]]es with some of their powers activated instantly when touched, making them reminiscent of the effects of triple items in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]''. Notably, one of the item boxes plays the powerup sound from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' when touched. Another scene also shifts the race to a third-person perspective view, much like in the ''Mario Kart'' games.

Halfway during the race, Zig and Bernie find a green [[Warp Pipe]] to use as a shortcut. By entering it, the two end up in a sidescrolling level reminiscent of the ones in ''[[Super Mario Bros]]''. Several sounds from ''Super Mario World'' can be heard, including [[Brick Block]] sounds that play while the duo jumps across disappearing platforms, and the sound of passing through a [[Checkpoint]] when they reach the end of the level. Afterwards, Zig and Bernie exit the level through another Warp Pipe and continue the race from there.

Sound effects from ''Super Mario'' games are also fairly common in modern animated series, particularly those with scenes that involve arcades, video game systems, or computers. This is due to some of those sounds being in the public domain, such as sounds from the Atari port of ''Donkey Kong''. Here is a list of animated TV shows where ''Super Mario'' sound effects can be heard (listed in alphabetical order).

*''{{wp|Batman: The Animated Series}}'' (A very large amount of sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'' are used for the Riddler's "The Riddle of the Minotaur" game in the episode "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?")  

*''Bubble Bip'' (Spanish production; there are several sound effects based on ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise such as the goal in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.)

*''Bubble Guppies'' (In the episode "The Police Cop-etition!" the coin sound effect from the NES games can be heard when Nonny and the chicken are looking both ways before they cross the street.)

*''{{wp|The Fairly OddParents}}'' (In "Power Mad!", when either the characters lose a life while playing in the virtual reality video game, the lose a life sound effect from ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' is heard. In the episode "Odd Ball", just as Timmy gets a score while playing Digi Dunk 3000 on the V-Cube, the power-up sound effect from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is heard. In "Hassle in the Castle", while inside Cosmo and Wanda's castle, Timmy enters through an arcade room to which the power-up sound effect from ''Super Mario World'' is heard.)

*''{{wp|Invader Zim}}'' (Sound effects from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' are used for a scene in an arcade)

*''[[The Legend of Zelda (television series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (Near the beginning of the episode: "Doppelganger", [[Link]] can be heard whistling the ''Super Mario'' theme.)

*''{{wp|Oggy and the Cockroaches}}'' (In the episode "{{fandom|oggyandthecockroaches|Butterfly Race!}}", the Super Mushroom sound is heard when {{fandom|oggyandthecockroaches|Oggy}}'s butterfly speeds up courtesy of some honey. Additionally, the same sound is heard in "{{fandom|oggyandthecockroaches|A Charming Guy}}" when Olivia's kiss restores Oggy to his full height. In the episode "{{fandom|oggyandthecockroaches|Sport Fans}}", during the rowing segment, the countdown sound effect from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' is used.)

*''{{wp|Phineas and Ferb}}'' (In "Gaming the System", the coin sound effect from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is heard whenever Phineas, Ferb, and Candace enter a new area in the game. In "Brain Drain", the ''Super Mario Bros.'' stomp sound effect is heard when a drinking bird toy presses Ferb's controller repeatedly.)

*''{{wp|The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show}}'' (2014) (Often in a few episodes, Jerry Mouse sometimes makes the running sound from the game ''Donkey Kong''. Also, the sound of Mario flying with a cape from ''Super Mario World'' is heard in the episodes "Franken Kitty" and "Dinner is Swerved".)

*''{{wp|The Weekenders}}'' (In some episodes, when the characters are at the arcade, several sound effects from various ''Super Mario'' games can be heard at times. Also, in the episode "Dead Ringer", when Tino gets the results on what sport he is best suited for on a sports aptitude program, sound effects from ''Super Mario World'' are heard.)

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