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Due to the popularity of the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' games]], they have been commonly referenced in pop culture. Below is an incomplete list of times Mario or anything relating to the series has been mentioned or seen in a movie.  

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The kids are seen sitting in front of a television set playing World 5-1 in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]].

==''{{wp|500 Days of Summer}}''==

In one early scene, ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' can be heard in the background.

==''{{wp|The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D|The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl}}''==

In the Dream Graveyard, a picture of [[Bowser]] losing while playing [[Game Boy]] can be seen alongside an [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] controller.

==''{{wp|Stormbreaker (film)|Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker}}''==

When Alex goes to the toy store for gadgets, some [[Nintendo DS|DS]] games can be seen. The games are ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'', ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.

==''{{wikia|alvin|Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel}}''==

In one scene, Alvin says to Ian, "It is on like [[Donkey Kong]]!"

In one scene, Ted is seen playing ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]. A copy of ''[[Donkey Kong Classics]]'' can also be seen on a shelf.

During a scene in the lunchroom, Billy (played by Adam Sandler) and one of his first grade peers get into a debate over ''Mortal Kombat'' and ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''.

In a synagogue, Marty asks a Rabbi how to say "It's a mess" in Hebrew, to which Marty replies "Donkey Kong?"

During an interview with Mae Holland, the interviewer asks, "[[Mario]] or [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]?", to which Holland replies, "Early Sonic, late Mario."

Sounds and music from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' can be heard while Kathy Winslow's brother plays NES.

When challenged by Gru to a dance fight, Bratt responds by saying "It's on like Donkey Kong!"

==''{{wp|Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)|Diary of a Wimpy Kid}}''==

One scene has Rodney James playing ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' on his [[Nintendo DS]].

Before Greg enters Player Expo in Indianopolis, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]], and [[Toad]] appear on a giant poster, using their artwork from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''.

==''{{wp|Dr. Seuss' The Lorax}}''==

At one point in the movie, the Once-ler makes a reference to ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' while speaking with Ted.

==''{{wikia|muppet|Elmo's Alphabet Challenge}}''==

==''{{wikia|fastandfurious|The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift}}''==

On the elevator to the race, Twinkie asks Sean what DK (Drift King) stands for, to which Sean replies "Donkey Kong?"

==''{{wp|Fanboys (2009 film)|Fanboys}}''==

The film starts out at a Halloween party where one of the guests is dressed up as [[Luigi]]. The main characters are later seen playing ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.

In a flashback, the cancer support group leader Patrick is shown playing ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' on the Wii at his mother's house after being treated for testicular cancer.

==''{{wp|Firehouse Dog (film)|Firehouse Dog}}''==

Shane has a Mario poster in his bedroom.

While talking about how much he spoils his stepson, Frankie, Gabriel states that he's at the point of spoiled where he walked up to Gabriel saying, "Hey dad, I'm bored with my Nintendo Wii, can I give it to my friend, Angel?" After Frankie told him that his Wii wasn't broken, he had it for four years, and he has over 300 games on it's hard drive, Gabriel tries his best to tell him that he's so lucky with the new modern technology, but to no avail. He even explains to his audience that he had experiences with the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the difficulties of having to play a game on it. He makes an analogy saying that getting an NES to work, is like performing an operation at a hospital. Then, he states, "And, if you were lucky, IF you were lucky, you'd hear the magical sound," and he hums the first few seconds of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' overworld theme.

In the theatrical trailer for the film, an advertisement for the unreleased game ''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'' can be seen above some of the aisles. This does not appear in the actual film, as the hard drives containing this early version of the movie were reportedly stolen.{{ref needed}}

Soon after being sucked into a [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game by [[Wikipedia:Freddy Krueger|Freddy]], Spencer enters a red colored [[Warp Pipe]]. Later on, in order to combat Freddy in the game, Spence eats a fruit (resembling the ones from ''[[Super Mario World]]'') to power-up and become "Super Spencer".

At some point, Ti Man and Chun May enter in an Arcade version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'':<ref>TheWhoNew's Channel. (April 6, 2011). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzLPUvS0mI Chun Li and Vega go on a date in Super Mario World and discuss AIDS]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 3, 2015.</ref>

**That's what happens near the end.

==''{{wikia|ghostbusters|Ghostbusters II}}''==

At one point, when Janine and Louis are babysitting Oscar, Louis suggests that they could play ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.

In one scene, the girl in the documentary is seen playing a ''Mario'' game on an unknown device.<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=HTmt7sLO7fk] YouTube Channel Barcroft TV - DOCS: The Girl Who Cries Blood Retrieved October 4, 2019.</ref>

The second scene showing the new batch of Gremlins has the Coleco ''Donkey Kong'' machine being played by Stripe. On it is [[Mario]], [[Donkey Kong]], and [[Pauline]].

Near the end of the film, two men dressed up as Mario and Luigi appear during the party.

==''{{wp|History Of Future Folk (film)|History of Future Folk}}''==

During a montage of songs being played on a banjo, a character plays the classic Mario theme, ''Super Mario Bros.'' overworld.

[[File:Hot Tub Time Machine NSMB.png|thumb|The arcade cabinet displayed in ''Hot Tube Time Machine''.]]

When Adam, Nick, Jacob, and Lou unwittingly travel back in time to 1986, they notice a lot of technology and media that was popular at the time, including someone playing an arcade cabinet that displays the logo for ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. While ''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]'' was an arcade game released in 1986, ''New Super Mario Bros.'' was a [[Nintendo DS]] game released in 2006. The artwork featuring [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] was also pulled from different sources, with Mario being from ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' (released in Japan in 1986, albeit not for an arcade cabinet), and Luigi being from the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (pinball)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' pinball machine (released in 1992). The Red Band trailer for the film also features a deleted scene in which the main characters are playing a ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' arcade cabinet, with a ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' cabinet to the side.<ref>"asskakakaka". (25 February 2010). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=561ouGGhR64 Hot Tub Time Machine - Red Band Trailer]. Retrieved October 30, 2016.</ref> The game can be clearly seen, and the [[Game Over]] jingle is audible. The artwork on the side is also anachronistic, displaying the same art of Mario and Luigi, as well as [[Princess Peach]] and [[Bowser]] (who use their modern designs, which first appeared in 1986, but in illustrations from more contemporary games), and [[Yoshi]] (a character who did not materialize until the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game ''[[Super Mario World]]'', released in 1990).

==''{{wp|Indie Game: The Movie}}''==

The film sometimes shows footage of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. Also, the ''Mario'' series itself is often referenced.

==''{{wp|Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget}}''==

When Gadget discovers he has tools on his figures, his face resembles Donkey Kong.{{ref needed}}

When asked about her driving skills, Kaye says that she learned from ''"[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]"''.

==''{{wp|The King of Kong|The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters}}''==

This film is a 2007 documentary based around the classic 1981 arcade ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. The film revolves around an unassuming high school teacher named {{wp|Steve Wiebe}} and his struggle to attain the world's highest score in ''Donkey Kong''. After being obsessed with the game for many years, Steve is suddenly thrust into the competition for the world's high score. He runs afoul of the current record-holder, {{wp|Billy Mitchell (gamer)|Billy Mitchell}}, a successful entrepreneur.

Steve Wiebe actually plays the game ''Donkey Kong'', but he plays it in a ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' cabinet. In 2018, Mitchell was found to have used modified software, and all of his records, including in ''Donkey Kong'', have since been revoked.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/12/601867538/game-of-thrown-barrels-in-shocking-twist-scandal-fells-donkey-kong-royalty</ref>

In the scene where Anakin, Padmé, C-3PO, and R2-D2 are in the droid factory in 16-bit form, the characters' jump sound resembles Mario's. Also, R2-D2 hits blocks with coins, stomps on battle droids the way [[Mario]] stomps on a [[Goomba]], and goes into what appears to be a Warp Pipe while hovering.

==''{{wp|Leprechaun: In the Hood}}''==

In the scene where Megamind (disguised as "Space Dad") is training the newly created "Titan", Minion is seen stomping in place at the top of a construction site throwing flaming barrels down at Titan (in a similar manner to [[Donkey Kong]]), who jumps over them, trying to get to the top of a [[25m]]-like stage.

==''{{wikia|monsterhigh|Haunted (TV special)|Monster High: Haunted}}''==

At one part, one of the students of Haunted High can be heard saying "they want to suck us in vacuums", referencing the ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' series.

==''{{wp|Monster House (film)|Monster House}}''==

In the fictional video game ''Thou Art Dead'', at one point Bowser's roar from ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' can be heard.

==''{{wp|Neighbors (2014 film)|Neighbors}}''==

In the scene where Teddy and Pete come up with rhymes for the phrase "bros before hoes," Teddy says "Mario and Luigi before Thelma and Louise-y" at one point.

==''{{wp|Paper Planes (film)}}''==

When the students have to put their electronic devices into the sombrero, one of the students can be seen putting a Super Mario Edition Nintendo DS Lite inside of the hat.

In a brief shot with Ruth in the RV, an [[SNES]] with ''[[Super Mario World]]'' in the cartridge slot can be seen.

According to IMDb, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' can be seen in one of the stores.

==''{{wp|Pixels (2015 film)|Pixels}}''==

[[File:Donkey Kong-Pixels.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Donkey Kong (in original form), as he appears in the film, ''Pixels''.]]

Mario was originally going to appear in the post-credits scene as the last surviving Pixel standing on top of a damaged Washington Monument, but this was later cut out, and is not present in the released version of the film.<ref>https://screencrush.com/pixels-super-mario/</ref>

8-bit [[? Block]]s with designs based on those from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' can be seen in J.P. Spamley's base of operations as well as when Ralph is searching for his medal. An icon resembling a Super Mushroom also appears.<ref>Walt Disney Animation Studios. (September 20, 2018). [https://youtu.be/T73h5bmD8Dc Ralph Breaks the Internet | Official Trailer 2]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 21, 2018.</ref>  

Near the end of the movie, after Ralph obtains an insecurity virus named "Arthur" from Double Dan to try and sabotage the game ''Slaughter Race'' to try to persuade Vanellope to leave the Internet and return to the arcade with him, just right before Arthur finds Vanellope and scans her insecurities to destroy the game, Vanellope briefly sees an inflatable gorilla resembling Ralph. This could be a possible reference to Donkey Kong, whom Ralph appears to be based off of.

In an interview, director Rich Moore stated that if a sequel to ''Wreck-It Ralph'' were to be produced, he intended to give Mario an actual role.<ref>Clevver Movies. (December 7, 2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vajsMI9Z2VA Mario To Appear In 'Wreck-It Ralph' Sequel]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 3, 2015.</ref> However, during an interview with InsideTheMagic in October 2018, story artist Jason Hand states that Mario had to be cut because the rights could apparently not be obtained<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190214040617/https://insidethemagic.net/2018/10/ralph-breaks-the-internet-story-team-disney/ InsideTheMagic interview]</ref>, though despite this various other ''Mario'' elements can be seen in trailers. Bowser also does not reappear.

A ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' poster can be seen in a young girl's room.

The ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' main theme plays at one point.

Dennis has a ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade cabinet in his office. At one point early in the film, Lonny plays it briefly. When he loses, he shouts ''"Nobody puts Donkey in the corner!"''.

==''{{wikia|rugrats|Rugrats in Paris: The Movie}}''==

Young Neil is playing ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' on his [[Nintendo DS]] at one point (but it can only be heard). As in the [[List of Mario references in publications#Scott Pilgrim|graphic novel]] the film is based on, the band Scott plays in is named "Sex [[Bob-omb]]", and ''Super Mario 64'' was the inspiration for the star-emblazoned doors that Ramona uses to enter subspace (similar to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'').

 

During the scene where {{wp|Miles Morales}} is fighting {{wp|Kingpin (character)|Kingpin}}, the former grabs the latter, before swinging Kingpin in multiple circles and tossing him away into an electric forcefield, similar to the throw [[Mario]] uses against [[Bowser]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and [[Super Mario 64 DS|its Nintendo DS remake]].

A turtle belonging to the "Flushed Pets" is capable of curling inside his shell and bouncing back and forth, hitting anyone in his path, much like a [[Koopa Troopa]], even making the Koopa shell sound from the ''Mario'' games.

In the car, Tim Avery was playing ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' as [[Luigi]].

==''{{wikia|teentitans|Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo}}''==

''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' can be seen in the background of the arcade.

Near the start, Derek describes his muscles as "[[Hammer Bro]]s.", like the enemies.

Seok-woo gives his daughter Su-an a black [[Wii]] bundled with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' for her birthday, only to find out that she already received one for Children's Day.

A ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' cabinet can be seen at the arcade. Also, music from ''Donkey Kong'' can be heard as Sam approaches the ''Tron'' cabinet.

At one point, Sam's friend is seen playing ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''

While searching for clues to his missing neighbor's whereabouts, Sam looks through a copy of the [[:File:Npissue1.jpg|first issue]] of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''.

The documentary mentions several entries from the ''Mario'' franchise among the games it covers; a polygon-to-finished 3D model of Diddy Kong walking is shown, sound effects from ''Super Mario World'' (specifically the sound of the [[Koopa Clown Car]] returning) are played, and plushes of Mario and Donkey Kong are displayed.

The full list of ''Mario'' games that have artwork and footage featured in the film is as follows:   

==''{{wp|Wild Child (2008 film)|Wild Child}}''==

==''{{wp|The Wizard (film)|The Wizard}}''==

The ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' series is also indirectly referenced a number of times. When Felix is hit by a piece of falling ceiling, he jumps up, spins once than falls with his legs up, similar to Mario's death animation in ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. Felix's jump noise sounds similar to Mario's. The game that Ralph and Felix hail from, ''Fix-It Felix, Jr.'', seems to be based on the original ''Donkey Kong'' in overall design, with ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''-like gameplay aspects as well (like Fix-It Felix bearing a passing resemblance to [[Stanley (Donkey Kong 3)|Stanley]]), and with ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' inspiring the name. Furthermore, the gameplay of ''Sugar Rush'' bears some resemblance to the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, such as players potentially stalling out if they messed up a [[Rocket Start|boost at the beginning of the race]], and how they [[Item Box|drive through sugar cubes to acquire items]] to use against other racers. The title card for ''Sugar Rush'' even has what appears to be [[Nintendo]]'s logo. The camera-wielding floating marshmallows who follow the players around the track appear to be a parody of the Lakitu enemies. In addition, the font used for the "Select your kart" text is nearly identical to that used in some ''Mario'' game logos. In the movie's credits, at one point the characters (now shown in 8-bit form) move around collecting floating medals, recalling coin-filled rooms in classic ''Mario'' platformers, and in another scene, they exit an area via a large grey [[Warp Pipe]]-like structure.

Though it is commonly believed that Mario's non-appearance in the film was due to a high licensing fee laid down by Nintendo, it was actually because the producers could not find a way to work Mario into the story, apparently deeming him too important to have only a cameo.  

==''{{wp|The Wrong Ferarri|The Wrong Ferarri, A Screwball Tragedy}}''==

[[File:MacaulayCulkinLuigi.png|thumb|right|{{wp|Dev Hynes}} and {{wp|Macaulay Culkin}} portray Mario and Luigi, respectively, in ''The Wrong Ferarri''.]]

In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRE9UQIogA&feature=related#t=8m14s a scene] early on Adam, after a successful audition for "[[Nintendo]] Records", is informed personally by Mario and Luigi that he will be taking Mario's place in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' series]] as "Awesome Adam". Throughout the remainder of the movie, ''Mario'' motifs such as [[Mushroom]]s and [[? Block]]s are used to represent the subplot exploring Adam's life as a video game character.

==''{{wikia|yogibear|Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear}}''==

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