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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]].

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Some episodes feature background music that sounds similar to the [[Grass Land]] map theme and [[Hammer Bro]]'s theme from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Examples of such episodes include "The (Almost) Graduate" and "Major Unfaithfulness".

==''{{wp|Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin}}''==

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

==''{{wp|The Amazing World of Gumball}}''==

The premise of the later episode "The Uncle" is that Ocho has an uncle called Mario who has a [[Mario Kart (series)|go-kart]], is scared of [[Boo|ghosts]] and likes [[Yoshi (species)|dinosaurs]], stars and princesses; Gumball takes this to mean that his uncle is the same Mario from the video games; in his excitement, he goes around Elmore jumping over people's heads and entering pipes, with similar melodies such as one close to the Level Clear theme from ''Super Mario Bros.'' playing, and even repeating Mario's catchphrases (e.g. "Yahoo!" and "Let's-a go!"). Later, Ocho's Uncle Mario actually appears playing [[Mario Golf (series)|golf]] with Ocho, wearing an outfit similar to the actual Mario and a vaguely similar saying to his catchphrase ("Hey, it's me, Mario" instead of "It's a-me, Mario!").

Other references made on the show are listed as follows:

*In "The Third", when Tobias is changing colors, the sounds from ''Donkey Kong'' can be heard.

*In "The Blame", during the video game montage, one part of the scenery references the ''Super Mario'' series.

*In "The Fury", the anime flashback has Nicole fighting an opponent who resembles [[Bowser]] in his [[Rookie]] mask from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' in a tournament.

*In "The Drama", when Gumball and Darwin jump off of Dolphin Man to get to the freeway, Darwin says "Sweet Christmas, you totally Yoshi’d that poor guy", directly referencing the ability to jump off Yoshi in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', which is often done to gain a second jump while over a pit (usually causing Yoshi to fall in).

==''{{wp|American Dad!}}''==

A character that looks exactly like Mario gives Sprig a sushi pizza.

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.

==''{{wp|Beavis and Butt-Head}}''==

==''{{wp|Big City Greens}}''==

==''{{wp|The Fairly OddParents}}''==

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[[File:MarioFamilyGuy.png|thumb|Mario saves Stewie from Sheldon.]]

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 "Hex Games", when Kyle asks where Fanboy and Chum Chum got Iceteroids, Chum Chum says that they ate "[[Ice Flower|the flower]]". Additionally, the battle against Sigmund at the end of the game is very similar to the final boss of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

In the episode "The Mystery of Dogtopia and Catlantis", Ruff says that season 2 contestant Rosario Corso named his biceps Mario and Luigi.

In the episode "Keita Amano and Chapters of the Chosen", Karen and Keita talk about the gaming club from their school. At one point, Karen tells Keita that all of the students and teachers admire her, even [[Bowser]] (whom she refers to as "King Koopa" even in the English dub). The scene then cuts to a flashback where Karen is playing a game resembling ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' with a Bowser lookalike giving the [[Mario]]-like character a cup of tea and thanking Karen for visiting him, only for Keita to interrupt her and confirm this to be just a dream that she was having.

==''{{wp|Glitch Techs}}''==

==''{{wp|Gravity Falls}}''==

[[File:Gravity Falls Mario Reference.png|thumb|230px|Character selection screen resembling the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' character selection screen.]]

In the episode "Fight Fighters", {{wp|List of Gravity Falls characters#Main characters|Dipper}} chases Rumble and Robbie to "Barrel and Crates Inc.", where Rumble throws barrels at Robbie as he attempts to avoid them by traversing several ladders and platforms, referencing the classic ''Donkey Kong'' games.

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;Super Grizzy Bros

The episode's title is a reference to ''Super Mario Bros.'', and the premise involves Grizzy and the Lemmings playing a racing game in real life that features [[Dash Panel]]s and [[Item Box]]es similar to a [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] game. The noise that occurs when the items appear is also nearly identical to the noise that occurs at the beginning of new laps in many of the games. The boxes contained green missiles that look like [[Bullet Bill]]s, but act like [[Green Shell]]s; they also contained red mines that play a similar role to [[Banana#Mario Kart series|banana]]s. At one point, Grizzy obtains a temporary shield item that grants him invincibility, similar to the [[Super Star]]. In the end of the race, both Grizzy and the Lemmings are hit by two red bullets before they get to the finish line; the red bullets are similar to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]], and was thrown by a female bear, a recurring character that was revealed to be a third racer.  

Grizzy plays a virtual reality game on a smart tablet, which uses sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', namely the Mushroom sound effects and the fanfare used when Mario completes a level.

;Slam Dunk Lemmings

==''{{wp|Gurren Lagann}}''==

In episode 13, "Eat Up, Everyone!", General Cytomander releases a full-scale aerial attack on the Dai-Gurren and made its cannons useless by blowing them up by dropping bombs on them. The bombs have a major resemblance to Banzai Bills.

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==''{{wp|Hamster & Gretel}}''==

In "Saturday Homecoming Fever", Hamster, Gretel and Fred are seen playing a side-scrolling video game of what appears to be a cross between a fighting game and a platformer, with one of the player characters bearing a slight resemblance to Bowser, and another to Link. A later shot also reveals that the Bowser-like character can breathe fire like the actual Bowser.

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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.

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==''{{wp|The Helpful Fox Senko-san}}''==

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In the episode "Who's Nocturnal?", Shel asks Nibbles to "''Mario Kart''" him when trying to chase after another animal.

[[File:Incredible Dummy World.png|thumb|250px|Junkman in front of an arcade displaying the title card to ''Incredible Dummy World'']]

''[[Super Mario World]]'' is referenced briefly in ''The Incredible Crash Dummies'', a 1993 computer-animated TV special featuring characters from the toy line of the same name. When Junkman is finished spying on the dummies, the screen cuts to a game called ''Incredible Dummy World'', with the words "dummy world" being shown in multi-colored bubble letters, like the logo for ''Super Mario World''. The game is displaying its title card, and the border around the scene is black and yellow warning tape instead of planks of wood. The gameplay in the title card shows two dummies running and jumping to avoid an enemy attack in a 2D platformer, who seem to parallel Mario and Luigi.

==''{{wp|Inside Job (2021 TV series)|Inside Job}}'' ({{wp|Netflix}})==

In episode three, "Blue Bloods", the reptoids list a few reptoid successes in bringing their likeness to pop culture, with [[King K. Rool]]'s addition to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' being treated as their greatest success.

In the episode "Reagan & Mychelle's Hive School Reunion", during a video montage of Myc at school, he can be seen wearing a shirt with a 8-bit [[Super Mushroom]] (specifically a ''Super Mario World'' one).

=={{wp|Inspector Gadget (2015 TV series)|''Inspector Gadget'' (2015)}}==

==''{{wp|Komi Can't Communicate}}''==

==''{{wp|KonoSuba}}''==

In the episode '''I Love You, Iron Man / Ben 10 Franklin''', during "MAD's Guide to Video Game Cheats", a cheat was shown that could make Mario hail a cab to get to the end of the level in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' (However, the game title is written as "Super Mario Bros. Wii"; the word "new" is removed)

[[File:MAD2011StraightATeam.png|thumb|left|Peach and Birdo work Lakitu's camera. Also, subtle ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' references.]]

[[File:MADGamingNextTopPrincess.png|thumb|Mario and [[Mega Man]] as two of the judges.]]

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In '''ArTHOR''', Mario and Donkey Kong are eating lunch when ArTHOR asks them if he can borrow a [[hammer]]. He then proceeds through an area resembling [[25m]] from [[Donkey Kong (game)|''Donkey Kong'']] to save Jane Foster.

In '''Minute to Flynn It''', Clu's head turns into Mario's and then into [[Link]]'s head.

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In '''The Celebrity Ape-rentice''', Donkey Kong appeared as one of the contestants with Mojo Jojo (''The Powerpuff Girls'') and Caesar (''Rise of the Planet of the Apes''). Also, the pizza recipe Mojo Jojo was assigned to make is a Mario Bros. recipe and DK thinks he did kidnap the princess in his previous life. After getting fired by Donald Chimp, he makes things even by calling on his brother, King Kong to attack Chimp.

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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.

==''{{wp|The Mighty B!}}''==

In "Grumpy Old Bees", when Penny first appeared in the episode, her face resembles Donkey Kong's face, Penny herself could also be a parody of Donkey Kong as well.

==''{{wp|Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir}}''==

Recurring antagonist Nathalie Sancoeur resembles [[Nastasia]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' and acts similarly to her due to both being the assistant of their respective main antagonists.

==''{{wp|Mob Psycho 100|Mob Psycho 100}}''==

In the opening sequence, one of the scenes depicts Shigeo Kageyama and the Body Improvement Club exercising on mushrooms, with the background having a striking resemblance to the overworld levels of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.  

==''{{wp|Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series)|Monsters vs. Aliens}}''==

In "You're in Control", Lord Boxman creates a younger version of himself named Boxman Jr., who bears a strong resemblance to [[Bowser Jr.]] and was apparently based on him.

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.

==''{{wp|Os Under-Undergrounds}}''==

[[File:Mario in Os Under-Undergrounds.jpg|thumb|The skeleton with Mario's clothes, along with others based on other video game characters.]]

In the episode "O Cavalheiro James", one of the skeletons of the heroes who tried to defeat the black knight has the same clothes as Mario, even having an "M" on its hat.

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==''{{wp|The Owl House}}''==

In the episode "Something Ventured, Someone Framed", the plant attacking Amelia in the plant room resembles a [[Piranha Plant]].  

==''{{wp|Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt}}''==

In "Excretion Without Honor or Humanity", there is a picture of a plumber on the Grenshaw Plumbers truck who looks somewhat like Mario.

In "Chuck to the Future Part 4", Chuck navigates a ''Super Mario Bros.''-style world. The short starts with Chuck, who is inside a video game for the NES. On his first life, Chuck comes across two enemies, which resemble a [[Goomba]] and a [[Piranha Plant]], but they kill him. On his second life, he eats a [[Super Mushroom]]-like power up and gains 1000 points, but he soon falls off a cliff, killing him. On his third life, he eats the power up again, tries getting inside a pipe without any luck and falls off the cliff once more, ending in a game over. Once in a new game, Chuck gets past the cliff and eats a weed power up, which makes him able to shoot fireballs, which could be a reference to the [[Fire Flower]]. He gets inside a pipe and grabs some coins. Back to the surface, he encounters Fastener, and steps on him several times, gaining a few points and 1-Ups, which is a reference to the [[List of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels glitches#Infinite 1-Ups with Koopa|Infinite 1-Up glitch with Koopa]]. Soon after, he reaches the church and completes the first level of the game. At the very end of the short, there is a sign that says "To Be Continued CTTF Part 5". Part 5 of the "Chuck to the Future" series was released as an image on May 27th, 2011 on the Gainax website's front page. The image itself features various screenshots of the fictional ''Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'' 8-bit game.

==''{{wp|Pickle and Peanut}}''==

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==''{{wp|Pinky Malinky}}''==

At the end of ''Outdoors'', JJ uses a trash bin as a Warp Pipe, even playing an extremely similar sound.

==''{{wp|The Powerpuff Girls}}'' (1998)==

*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."

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*Another skit parodies the ''Mario Kart'' series again, this time by having Mario give a girl a driving exam by having her partake in a [[Battle Mode#Balloon Battle|Balloon Battle]] against Toad, Donkey Kong, and Bowser. While she succeeds in defeating all three using various items from the series, such as a [[Banana|Banana Peel]] and a [[Super Star]], she is forced to start over due to not activating her turn signal while taking a left turn. Mario tells her to "press Start to try again". The "Start" button is on his groin, to the student's disgust.

*In one skit made in tandem with Nintendo for E3, a [[Fire Flower]] appears, with [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]], at that time the head of Nintendo's American branch, presenting it to the audience before putting it inside himself, causing his clothes to flash colors.

In the episode "Estrasquirrelstial", as Scaredy is climbing atop a mud-slide, the classic [[Jump]] sound effect can be heard for each jump Scaredy makes up the stairs.

In the episode "Science-types Fell in Love, So They Tried to Gather Evidence of Love", Professor Ikeda suggests Kosuke to find science in video games due Kosuke's research showing no effort. While doing this, Ikeda says that finding NP-hardness in games such as ''Manio'' and ''Pac-Mon'' (parodies of ''Super Mario'' and ''Pac-Man'' respectively) is very effective in doing this type of research.

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

[[File:ScoobyBill2.png|thumb|left|The Ghost of Dead Justice's bullets.]]

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In "Whatever", Music similar to the [[Luigi Raceway (theme)|circuit theme]] from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' plays as Young Neil drives a golf cart around a movie set. Shortly after, Young Neil talks to Ramona Flowers about how golf carts in the U.S. are called "Mario Karts".

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==''{{wp|Sesame Street}}''==

In episode 4504, two people are seen wearing Mario costumes at "Numeric Con" wearing number 2's on their chests.

==''{{wp|Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy}}''==

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'''Episode GABF02: "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"''' (originally aired Feb. 6, 2005)

'''Episode GABF09: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"''' (originally aired May 15, 2005)

==''{{wp|South Park}}''==

'''Episode 117: The Jeffersons''' (originally aired Apr. 21, 2004)<br>

'''Episode 152: Go God Go XII''' (originally aired Nov. 8, 2006)<br>

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SPImaginationlandIIIMario.png|[[Mario]] rejoicing over the salvation of his homeland in Episode 163.

South Park Wario.png|Wario in the center. [[Ganondorf]] is seen on the left in Episode 165.

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!".

In "Steven Reacts", Steven has boxes for various parodies of GameCube-era games on the shelf behind him, including "Lue's Estate", based on ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'', and "Smash Pals Scuffle", a reference to ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

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==''{{wp|Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!}}''==

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[[File:Teen Titans Go! Mario Reference.png|thumb|left|Robin hitting a ? Block while looking like Mario.]]

The show contains many references to the ''Super Mario'' franchise as series developers Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath are ''Super Mario'' fans themselves. The two would later go on to direct ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' by [[Illumination]].<ref>Nintendo of America (March 9, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/live/66j31wFLB_s The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct – 3.9.2023 (Final Trailer)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved March 12, 2023.</ref>

==''{{wp|We Bare Bears}}''==

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]].

;Panda's Dream

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.

;Slumber Party

The bears and Chloe play a video game featuring a duck, dog, cat and bunny on top of an island, standing on some balls. When the cat, dog and bunny fall, the remaining duck is rewarded with the words "WINNER!". This is a reference to the ''[[Mario Party]]'' minigame, [[Bumper Balls]].

;Bear Stack

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.

;More Everyone's Tube

During the Bears Facts- Official Music Video, Grizz at one point mentions that bears are good at video games, with the video game's setting loosely resembling the background of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

;Panda's Birthday

When Monsta X arrive by opening the hotel door, the mushroom sound effect can be heard.

*''{{wp|American Dragon: Jake Long}}''

*''{{wp|Back to the Future (TV series|Back to the Future}}'' (Sound effects from ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World'' are used throughout the episode "Bravelord and the Demon Monstrux", which features an arcade game).

*''{{wp|Ben 10: Ultimate Alien}}'' (In the episode "The Map of Infinity", one of the heads on the two-headed dragon in the temple makes a Bowser roar.)

*''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]]''.)

*''{{wp|The Penguins of Madagascar}}'' (During "Friend in a Box", while Mort is playing with his [[Game Boy]]-like console, the sound effects for Mario walking and jumping over a barrel from the Atari port of ''Donkey Kong'' are heard.)

*''{{wp|Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures}}'' (In "Spy Who Slimed Me", after Betrayus banished Specter for insubordination, one of the fire dragons roared with one of [[Bowser]]'s voice clips in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. The same sound effect is heard in "Betrayus Turns the Heat Up".)

*''{{wp|Piggy Tales|Piggy Tales: Pigs at Work}}'' (In the episode "Sticky Situation", the coin sound effect from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is heard as the Bad Piggy repeatedly smashes its head on the wooden crate above it, producing slices of cheese.)<ref>[https://www.toons.tv/channels/Pigs_at_Work/490b014e7068bb9d "Sticky Situation" on the official Toons.TV site]</ref>

*''{{wp|The Real Ghostbusters}}'' ("Stay Tooned")

*''{{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' (1987 series)

*''{{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' (2012) (In the very beginning of "The Pulverizer Returns!", Donatello finds a [[coin]], and just when he picks it up, the coin sound effect from ''Super Mario Bros.'' is heard.)

*''{{wp|Total Drama: Revenge of the Island}}'' (an edited version of Bowser's roar from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' is heard in the background of an episode)

*''{{wp|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 TV series)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise}}'' (In "Defrosted", Fixit is seen playing a game with sound effects from the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.)