Editing The Fish That Should've Gotten Away

[[File: The Fish That Should've Gotten Away.jpg|thumb|Mario, being chased by a large swarm of various monsters.]]

"'''The Fish That Should've Gotten Away'''" is the first issue ever created in [[Valiant Comics]]'s ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' imprint. Its title is a parody of the term "the one that got away", which is used in fishing to describe the loss of a catch.

==Plot synopsis==
Mario, while leaping over a lake from a pier, begins to bemoan the fact that he is being chased by a large hoard of monsters, from [[Clawgrip]]s to [[Hammer Bro]]thers to [[Trouter]]s. However, Mario looks on the bright side of things, believing that nothing else could go wrong for him today.

Suddenly, after he stomps on a Clawgrip and avoids a [[Piranha Plant]], Mario is surprised to see a talking fish, who introduces himself as [[Stanley the Talking Fish]], and follows Mario. Oblivious to Mario's predicament with the dozens of nearby monsters, Stanley begins to pester Mario about his girlfriend, [[List of implied characters#Barbara the Bush|Barbara the Bush]]. Stanley asks Mario for advice about his relationship with Barbara, as some Trouters begin to tell Mario to ignore the talkative Stanley, while trying to eat him.

Managing to reach some nearby land, Mario begins trying to get Stanley to go away while avoiding various creatures, with Stanley still wanting dating advice. Seeing a nearby [[Warp Pipe]], Mario jumps into it as Stanley still tries to talk to him.

Inside the Warp Pipe, Mario finds himself in a dark area filled with speaking trees and bushes, who, at the mention of Stanley, begin to swoon and ask Mario if he knows Stanley. Mario tells the nearby bushes that of course he knows Stanley; he taught him everything he knows.

==Names in other languages==
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|Fre=Un poisson nommé Stanley
|FreM=A fish called Stanley
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' n<sup>o</sup> 1|publisher=Comics USA / Glénat|date=1992|isbn=2-87695-184-3|language=fr|page=45}}</ref>
}}

==Notes==
*According to an info page in ''[[Nintendo Comics System 01]]'', the story was drawn live in front of journalists during a January 1989 conference where Valiant announced the ''Nintendo Comics System'' line. Held at the defunct {{wp|Palladium (New York City)|New York Palladium}}, the artists drew on larger boards and used darker inks on the background to make the art more visible to the attendants.
*The monsters chasing Mario are Clawgrips, Hammer Brothers, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, Trouters, [[Fryguy]]s, [[Shy Guy|Shyguy]]s, Piranha Plants, [[Beezo]]s, [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, [[Spiny]]s, and an octopus that resembles a green [[Gunion]] (making this the only ''Super Mario Bros.'' comic story to include any ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' enemies, outside of the ''Game Boy'' comics).
*At the start of the issue, Mario says that he is being chased by [[Spark]]s. Despite Mario saying this, no Sparks actually appear in the comic.

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