Editing The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

|prodcompany=[[DIC Entertainment]]<br>Saban Entertainment

|distributor={{wp|Viacom Enterprises}}<br>Saban Entertainment (international)<br>{{wp|NCircle Entertainment}} (select DVD releases)<br>{{wp|WildBrain}}<ref>https://issuu.com/wildbrain_official/docs/wildbrain_catalogue_2021</ref> (current distributor)<br>{{wp|FilmRise}}<ref>https://advanced-television.com/2022/03/07/filmrise-wildbrain-partner-to-distribute-childrens-programming/</ref>

|firstair=September 4, 1989 (English)<br>September 3, 1990 (French)

|lastair=December 1, 1989 (English)<br>December 20, 1990 (French)

'''''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''''', also simply known as '''''Super Mario'''''<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB_zcLWHIbyq5UxUAHAEswDaD7f1BEW4D "Super Mario in Spanish" YouTube playlist by Super Mario Spanish - WildBrain]</ref> and '''''Super Mario Brothers''''',<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XejH0WlLaFA Super Mario Brothers - DO YOU PRINCESS TOADSTOOL TAKE THIS KOOPA | Super Mario Bros | WildBrain]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 1, 2020.</ref> is the first cartoon of [[DIC Entertainment]]'s ''Super Mario'' trilogy, aired between September and December of 1989; it was the only one to be produced directly for syndication. The show features live-action segments in which [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] (played by [[Lou Albano]] and [[Danny Wells]] respectively), living in [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|their basement workshop]] in [[Brooklyn]], are often visited by various celebrity guest stars. It also features cartoons based on the [[Super Mario Bros.|first]] and [[Super Mario Bros. 2|second]] ''Super Mario Bros.'' games, where the Mario brothers team up with [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] against [[Bowser|King Koopa]] and [[Bowser's Minions|his forces]] to save the many lands of the world. The ''Super Mario Bros.'' cartoons were shown on Mondays through Thursdays only; on Fridays, the show would air cartoons based on the animated ''[[The Legend of Zelda (television series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series. In 1990, the show was retooled and aired under the name ''[[Club Mario]]'', combining the animated segments with new live-action segments depicting the antics of two ''Super Mario''-loving slackers named [[Tommy Treehugger]] and [[Co-MC]].

Each episode begins with a live-action segment starring [[Mario]] (portrayed by World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment Hall of Famer, the late "Captain" [[Lou Albano]]) and [[Luigi]] (the late [[Danny Wells]]) living in [[Brooklyn]], where they are often visited by a celebrity guest star either playing themselves or another character at [[Super Mario Bros. Plumbing|Mario Brothers Plumbing]], a basement workshop which doubles as their home.

The live-action segment is followed by a cartoon based on the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' video games, where Mario, Luigi, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] (Peach), and [[Toad]] would battle against [[Bowser|King Koopa]] (Bowser) throughout the many lands of the world, often in a book, movie, or historical parody. [[Mouser]], [[Tryclyde]], [[Fryguy]], and a single, unnamed [[Koopa Troopa]] often work closely with King Koopa, serving as his henchmen. Getting into the spirit of these parodies, King Koopa usually takes on a varying [[King Koopa's alter egos|alter ego]]. He has a different outfit for each one, and assumes a different alias to go along with the alter ego. For example, in a riverboat-themed episode, King Koopa is "Captain Koopa", while in one of the western-themed episodes, he goes by "Billy the Koopa". In many episodes, King Koopa's minions often dress up in outfits as well, to go along with Koopa's themed costumes. In some episodes, King Koopa goes without an alter ego or a costume except for "Jungle Fever" and "Mario of the Apes". The only episode where King Koopa does not appear is "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em".

[[Wart]], the main antagonist of the second game, does not appear in any of the episodes, yet most of his minions manage to appear as members of the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Pack]]. Like most 1980s cartoons, King Koopa prolongs the series' run by escaping from his adversaries (which he does through the use of a [[Magical Potion]]), even though they can easily catch him. Also similar to most 80s cartoons, ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' has little continuity from episode to episode and ends with no obvious series finale.  

Following the cartoon is the third portion of the episode, which continues the story that the live-action segment set up in the beginning. Towards the end, the second part of the live-action segment is interrupted with scenes from that week's upcoming episode of ''[[The Legend of Zelda (television series)|The Legend of Zelda]]''.

In another ''Super Mario'' related television series, ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]'', framed portraits of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' versions of Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool can be seen in various episodes.

After DiC's ''Super Mario'' cartoons ended, the show was aired in reruns on the Family Channel (currently known as Freeform). Like the international prints of the series, the Family Channel's reruns of the series removed ''The Legend of Zelda'' previews and the scenes that segued into them from the live-action segments, and unlike the international prints, these reruns slowed down the episodes to bring them back to their original length. They also changed the placement of the commercial breaks, placing them during scene dissolves in the animated segments. (For unknown reasons, the Family Channel version of "[[King Mario of Cramalot]]" and "[[Day of the Orphan]]" is the version used in subsequent DVD and digital releases.) Also, from that point onward, the song covers were removed, similar to season one of ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', and were replaced with instrumentals of seven songs from ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and one song from ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]''. This was done for licensing reasons as the lyrics of the song covers are copyrighted. In the DVD and digital releases of the former episode mentioned, the 1987 DIC logo was replaced with the 1990 DIC logo.

Flatbush Troopas.png|[[Koopa Troopa]]s

*[[Tabitha St. Germain|Paulina Gillis]] — [[Mermushroom]]

*{{wp|Danica McKellar}} ([[Patty (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Patty]])

*{{wp|Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward}} ([[Patty's mother and father|Patty's father]] and [[Count Zoltan Dracula]])  

*{{wp|Larry Gelman}} ([[Dr. Sigmund Fruitcake]] and [[Vincent Van Gook]])  

*{{wp|Fred Travalena}} ([[Elvis Presley]] and [[Mr. Gibbel]])  

*{{wp|Clare Carey}} ([[E.C.]])

*{{wp|Marty Allen}} ([[Imperial Poobah]])

*{{wp|Donna Douglas}} ([[Ellie Mae]])

*{{wp|Patrick Dempsey}} ([[Super Plant (character)|Super Plant]])

*{{wp|Philip L. Clarke|Phillip Clark}} ([[HAL 9001]])

*{{wp|Ed Metzger}} ([[Albert Einstein]])

*{{wp|Vic Dunlop }}([[Pietro]])

*{{wp|Norman Fell}} ([[Ted Bull]])

*{{wp|Gary Owens}} ([[Willy White|The Wonderfully Wacky Willy White]])

*{{wp|Melanie Chartoff}} ([[Tawny Tyler]])

*{{wp|Courtney Gibbs}} ([[Luigi's girlfriend]])

*{{wp|Vanna White}} ([[Roxanne]])

*{{wp|Moon Zappa}} ([[Marilyn (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Marilyn]])

*{{wp|Norman Fell}} ([[Fred Van Winkle (character)|Fred Van Winkle]])

*{{wp|Willard E. Pugh}} ([[Little Robert]])

*{{wp|Maurice LaMarche}} ([[Inspector Gadget]])

*{{wp|Eve Plumb}} ([[Jodie]])

|<center>November 24, 1989</center><center>''The Legend of Zelda'' episode #12 - "[[zeldawiki:The Missing Link|The Missing Link]]"</center><center>Live-action segment #60 - "[[Tutti Frutti, oh Mario|Tutti Frutti Mario]]"</center>

|"[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"

|"{{wp|Surfin' Bird}}"

|"[[King Mario of Cramalot]]"

|"{{wp|Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad}}"

|"[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid]]"

|"{{wp|Rawhide (song)|Rawhide}}"

|"[[Mario's Magic Carpet]]"

|"{{wp|Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)|Magic Carpet Ride}}"

|"[[Rolling Down the River]]"

|"{{wp|Proud Mary}}"

|"[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]"

|"{{wp|Shaddap You Face}}"

|"[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]"

|"{{wp|I Heard It Through the Grapevine}}"

|"[[Love 'Em and Leave 'Em]]"

|"{{wp|The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)|The Power of Love}}"

|"[[The Great BMX Race]]"

|"{{wp|Shut Down (Beach Boys song)|Shut Down}}"

|"[[Stars in Their Eyes]]"

|"{{wp|Chains (Cookies song)|Chains}}"

|"[[Jungle Fever]]"

|"{{wp|Jungle Love (The Time song)|Jungle Love}}"

|"[[Brooklyn Bound]]"

|"{{wp|Danger Zone (song)|Danger Zone}}"

|"[[Toad Warriors]]"

|"{{wp|Born to Be Wild}}"

|"[[The Fire of Hercufleas]]"

|"{{wp|Great Balls of Fire}}"

|"[[Count Koopula]]"

|"{{wp|Thriller (song)|Thriller}}"

|"[[Pirates of Koopa]]"

|"{{wp|Limbo Rock}}"

|"[[Two Plumbers and a Baby]]"

|"{{wp|Baby Sittin' Boogie}}"

|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"

|"{{wp|Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn}}"

|"[[Do You Princess Toadstool Take this Koopa...?]]"

|"{{wp|White Wedding (song)|White Wedding}}"

|"[[The Pied Koopa]]"

|"{{wp|Hit the Road Jack}}"

|"[[Koopenstein]]"

|"{{wp|Weird Science (song)|Weird Science}}"

|"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"

|"{{wp|Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song)|Secret Agent Man}}"

|"[[Mario and Joliet]]"

|"{{wp|That's Amore}}"

|"[[Too Hot to Handle]]"

|"{{wp|Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song)|Hot Hot Hot}}"

|"[[Hooded Robin and His Mario Men]]"

|"{{wp|Rockin' Robin (song)|Rockin' Robin}}"

|"[[20,000 Koopas Under the Sea]]"

|"{{wp|Splish Splash (song)|Splish Splash}}"

|"[[Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold]]"

|"{{wp|Do You Believe in Magic (song)|Do You Believe in Magic}}"

|"[[Mario Meets Koop-zilla]]"

|"{{wp|The Jolly Green Giant}}"

|"[[Koopa Klaus]]"

|"{{wp|Jingle Bell Rock}}"

|"[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]"

|"Danger Zone"

|"[[The Unzappables]]"

|"{{wp|Beat It}}"

|"[[Bad Rap]]"

|"{{wp|I Got You (I Feel Good)}}"<br>"{{wp|Make It Funky}}"

|"[[The Mark of Zero]]"

|"{{wp|La Bamba (song)|La Bamba}}"

|"[[The Ten Koopmandments]]"

|"{{wp|Walk Like an Egyptian}}"

|"[[The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!]]"

|"{{wp|He's a Rebel}}"

|"[[The Trojan Koopa]]"

|"{{wp|I Hear You Knocking}}"

|"[[Quest for Pizza]]"

|"{{wp|Alley Oop (song)|Alley Oop}}"

|"[[The Great Gold Coin Rush]]"

|"{{wp|Money (That's What I Want)}}"

|"[[Elvin Lives]]"

|"{{wp|Rock Around the Clock}}"

|"[[Plummers Academy]]"

|"{{wp|Workin' for a Livin'}}"

|"[[Karate Koopa]]"

|"{{wp|Kung Fu Fighting}}"

The complete series with the live-action segments can be watched via {{wp|Amazon Prime Video}}, Fawesome (US only), FilmRise (US only), HappyKids (US only), The Roku Channel (US only), {{wp|Tubi}} (US only), {{wp|Vudu}} (US only), and {{wp|WildBrain}}'s [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCUVnfQaEmCIhFZC5d_JniyQ Superheroes] and [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVwza-Klu19M4l76QP5IiXg Retro Cartoons] {{wp|YouTube}} channels. WildBrain also created [https://youtube.com/channel/UCe_nAv6UfY5nn53UQHqm6Dg a separate channel] exclusively for all ''Super Mario'' cartoons, which includes this series. However, some regions only have the first 26 episodes presented in production order available on services such as Pluto TV in the UK and other European territories.

[[File:EarlySSPoster.jpg|thumb|left|Preview image from [[Nintendo Power issue 7|''Nintendo Power'' issue 7]] featuring King Koopa resembling his ''Super Mario Bros.'' sprite design, while Mushroom Retainers resemble normal mushrooms]]

A few pieces of conceptual artwork have surfaced from early design phases of the show. Some of them were somewhat more accurate to the games, notably in King Koopa's design, while others were far more loosely based on official designs. One such piece is a poster featuring a much different depiction of Mario and Luigi (the latter of which is using his in-game clothing colors for ''Super Mario Bros.'') who are brandishing a plunger and a monkey wrench as weapons, a yellow-capped Toad, two large, grotesque [[Trouter]]s, a flying green [[Birdo]] being ridden by a [[Snifit]] holding two [[Beezo]] spears, a large purple frog monster with a necklace (possibly [[Wart]]) with a [[Hammer Bro]]ther in tow, a flying yellow [[Pidgit]], two [[Hoopster]]s with distinct heads (one of which has a worried expression), a blue [[Tryclyde]], a pelican-like [[Albatoss]] holding a muscular red [[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]] by the fuse, a giant red multi-eyed octopus with blue arms (possibly a complete reinterpretation of [[Blooper|Bloober]]), two tube worm-like creatures with sharp teeth and long tongues (possibly [[Piranha Plant]]s), and some goggle-wearing, long-tongued aliens atop spacecrafts with vaguely face-like fronts (possibly intended to be [[Lakitu]]s). King Koopa appears in the background and mostly looks as he does in the finished product but with more exaggerated proportions, while Princess Toadstool, the Shyguy, the Snifit, and the Beezo are fairly accurate to their artwork. The poster also shows a helmet-wearing skull mounted to a "Go Back!" sign, a Sphinx, a sea serpent, and some prehistoric reptiles. This loose, heavily abstracted depiction of game elements closely resembles that of their later show ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''.

*In addition to not having his more fantastical design from the games, King Koopa does not have the ability to [[Fire Breath|shoot fire]]; he instead uses his [[Magic Wand|magic wands]] or [[Bowser's Minions|minions]] for long-range attacks.

*Luigi's personality of being scared and cautious was (arguably) first used in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', and has been retained in later ''Super Mario'' media, such as the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series, the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, the ''[[Luigi's Mansion (series)|Luigi's Mansion]]'' series, the [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'']] series, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', the ''[[Mario + Rabbids (series)|Mario + Rabbids]]'' series, ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]''.

*King Koopa's color scheme may have inspired his mostly green alternate costume for Bowser in ''[[Mario Golf (Nintendo 64)|Mario Golf]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''/''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]''.

[[File:TSMBSS Korean Mario and Luigi.png|thumb|Mario and Luigi in the Korean live-action segments of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]

The show received 21 translations ({{wp|Cantonese}}, {{wp|Danish language|Danish}}, {{wp|Dutch language|Dutch}}, {{wp|Finnish language|Finnish}}, {{wp|French language|French}}, {{wp|German language|German}}, {{wp|Greek language|Greek}}, {{wp|Hebrew language|Hebrew}}, {{wp|Hindi}}, {{wp|Icelandic language|Icelandic}}, {{wp|Indonesian language|Indonesian}}, {{wp|Italian language|Italian}}, {{wp|Korean language|Korean}}, {{wp|Norwegian language|Norwegian}}, {{wp|Brazilian Portuguese|Portuguese}}, {{wp|Russian language|Russian}}, {{wp|Spanish language|Spanish}}, {{wp|Castilian Spanish}}, {{wp|Swedish language|Swedish}}, {{wp|Taiwanese Mandarin}}, and {{wp|Turkish language|Turkish}}), along with {{wp|Polish language|Polish}} and Russian voiceovers, with several differences between them.

*While most translations dub both the live-action and animated segments, the Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Korean, and Norwegian dubs do not dub the live-action segments, instead being subtitled. The Turkish dub removes the live-action segments entirely.

*The French, German, Italian, and Russian dubs are the only ones to completely dub the "Mario Rap," whereas the Icelandic, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish dubs use the English version and dub only the animated Mario head introducing the show. The remaining translations leave the "Mario Rap" completely intact.

**On a related note, the German and Italian versions use dubs of "Do the Mario" for the closing credits.

*The Korean version uses a slightly modified lyrical version of the original ''Super Mario'' theme music and replaces the live-action skits with different ones starring domestic actors. These skits feature original plots, sets, and costume designs, rather than simply remaking the Albano/Wells skits; among other changes, Mario and Luigi's mustaches are stereotypical handlebar mustaches (as opposed to Albano and Wells' natural facial hair), the set design is significantly more sterile, and the brothers' outfits more closely resemble those of their game counterparts.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YC111rmkGU (reup) Korean Super Mario Bros. Super Show Live-Action Segment (with English subtitles)]</ref>

*The Italian and Brazilian Portuguese dubs cut the Friday live-action skits and the ''Zelda'' episodes. Later, these animated episodes would be broadcasted in their own series: ''Un regno incantato per Zelda'' (''An enchanted kingdom for Zelda'') in Italian and simply ''Zelda'' in Portuguese.{{ref needed}}

*In the Chinese, Danish, Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Latin American Spanish dubs, a narrator would read the episode title's translation as it appeared, usually starting with "today we present" followed by the episode name (this was a common practice for cartoon dubs).

**In the Dutch, French, Hebrew, Icelandic, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian dubs, the title is visually translated instead.

*In the French dub, the Plumber's Log is not used, leaving the intro without any dialogue in some instances.

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|SpaA=El súper show de Super Mario Bros.

|SpaAM=The Super Mario Bros. super show

|SpaA2M=The super program of Super Mario Bros.

*At least three live-action segments - "[[Dance]]", "[[Home Radio]]", and "[[Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn]]" - identify Mario as being Mario and Luigi's surname.