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| '''{{iw|wikipedia|San Francisco}}''' is sometimes accessed by the various protagonists of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. It is a city in {{wp|California}} within the [[United States of America]]. | | [[File:SanFrancisco MIM.png|thumb|The map of '''San Francisco''' as it appears in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''.]] |
| | [[File:SanFranciscoMIMSNES.png|thumb|[[Luigi]] in '''San Francisco''' in the SNES version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]''.]] |
| | '''[[wikipedia:San Francisco|San Francisco]]''' is a city in [[wikipedia:California|California]], located on the west coast of the [[United States of America]]. Along with [[Rome]], [[Beijing]], [[Nairobi]] and [[Moscow]], it is one of the first five cities [[Luigi]] has to rescue from invading [[Koopa Troopa]]s during the events of the game ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' The enemies have stolen one artifact each from the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], the [[Coit Tower]], and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]]; in the PC version, they have also stolen from [[wikipedia:Alcatraz Island|Alcatraz]] and one of the city's [[wikipedia:Cable car|cable cars]]. To expel the Koopas, Luigi has to find the missing objects and return these to their respective landmarks. |
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| ==History==
| | Later in the game, the city is mentioned by a tourist in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. When Luigi shows him a cable car that the Troopas stole from [[Sugar Loaf Mountain]], he says that "San Francisco doesn't seem quite so far, when I look at that cable car." In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', in an episode titled "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]", the location of [[Koopatraz]] is based off of Alcatraz Island. |
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| [[File:SS Golden Gate Bridge.png|thumb|The Golden Gate Bridge in ''Saturday Supercade'']] | |
| San Francisco appears in the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' episode "[[The Ventriloquist Caper]]," where [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] and [[Bones (Saturday Supercade)|Bones]] travel to the [[Golden Bridge Theatre]] to see the [[Wrestling Gorilla]], whom they believe has information on [[Donkey Kong]]'s whereabouts. | |
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| ===''Mario is Missing!''=== | | ==Information from ''Mario is Missing!== |
| [[File:San Francisco MIMDOS.png|thumb|[[Luigi]] in San Francisco in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
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| San Francisco appears in the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']]. In the game, it is one of the first five cities [[Luigi]] has to rescue from invading [[Koopa Troopa]]s except the NES version, where it is instead in the second pair of levels alongside [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]]. The enemies have stolen a [[Golden Gate Bridge fog horn|fog horn]] from the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], the [[Top of the Transamerica Pyramid|top]] of the [[Transamerica Pyramid]], and a [[window from Coit Tower|window]] from [[Coit Tower]]; in the PC version, instead of Coit Tower, they have also stolen a [[striped prison shirt]] from [[Alcatraz]] and the [[Cable Car Bell|bell]] from a [[Cable Car]]. To expel the Koopas, Luigi has to find the missing objects and return these to their respective landmarks.
| | **''"July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states." |
| | **''"Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars." |
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| | **''"A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie." |
| | **''"California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam." |
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| | **''"Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?" |
| | **''"If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough." |
| | *Scientist: |
| | **''"This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776." |
| | **''"No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush." |
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| | **''"Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco." |
| | **''"To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California." |
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| In the PC version, Luigi is contacted by [[Mayor Froobnitz]] when he first arrives in the city and after he returns all the artifacts.
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| Later in the game, the city is mentioned by a tourist in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. When Luigi shows him a cable car that the Troopas stole from [[Sugarloaf Mountain|Sugar Loaf Mountain]], he says that "San Francisco doesn't seem quite so far, when I look at that cable car."
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Mario is Missing!''===
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| |boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
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| |boy_2=Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars.
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| |tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
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| |tourist_2=California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam.
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| |reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
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| |reporter_2=If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough.
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| |scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
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| |scientist_2=No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush.
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| |officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
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| |officer_2=To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California.
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| }}
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| {{MIMNES info
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| |boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
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| |tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
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| |reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
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| |scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
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| |officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
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| }}
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| {{MIMSNES info
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| |boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
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| |boy_2=Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars.
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| |tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
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| |tourist_2=California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam.
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| |reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
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| |reporter_2=If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough.
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| |scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
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| |scientist_2=No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush.
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| |officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
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| |officer_2=To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California.
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| }}
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| |}
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| === Newspaper ===
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| ;Turtles Take Prominent Property
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| :A lime-green turtle with a giant shell, last seen traveling by turbo skateboard, is the prime suspect in the theft of the fog horn from the Golden Gate Bridge. Ship traffic has grounded to a halt in the fog. Meanwhile, bridge officials have offered a $2240 reward for safe return of the horn, plus a $3200 bonus if it's returned first.
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| ; Lightfingers on the Loose
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| ![[File:Koopa balloon MIMDOS.png]]
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| *Scene of crime: The Golden Gate Bridge
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| *Artifact: the Golden Gate Bridge fog horn
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| *Reward: $2240
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| *Bonus: $3200
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| ![[File:Koopa propeller MIMDOS.png]]
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| *Scene of crime: Alcatraz
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| *Artifact: the striped prison shirt
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| *Reward: $1440
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| *Bonus: $0
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| ![[File:Koopa skateboard MIMDOS.png]]
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| *Scene of crime: Scene of crime: The Cable Car
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| *Artifact: the Cable Car Bell
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| *Reward: $1280
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| *Bonus: $0
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| ![[File:Koopa bag pull MIMDOS.png]]
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| *Scene of crime: The Transamerica Pyramid
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| *Artifact: the top of the Transamerica Pyramid
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| *Reward: $1600
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| *Bonus: $0
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| |}
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| SanFrancisco MIM.png|The map in the SNES version
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| San Francisco MIM SNES.png|San Francisco in the SNES version
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| San Francisco Map MIMDOS.png|The map in the DOS version
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Ger=San Franzisko
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| |GerM=San Francisco
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| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst''|language=German|accessdate=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
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| }}
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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| {{Earth}} | | {{Earth}} |
| {{MIM}} | | {{MIM}} |
| [[Category:Real cities]] | | [[Category:Cities in North America]] |
| [[Category:Mario is Missing! locations]] | | [[Category:Mario is Missing! Places]] |
