List of references in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an adaptation of the Super Mario franchise that borrows many aspects from said franchise in the form of story aspects or Easter eggs. Thus, several references to previously-released Super Mario media (and even non-Super Mario media) appear throughout the film.

Super Mario-related media

Donkey Kong

Giuseppe in front of a "Jump Man" arcade machine

• Pauline appears as the mayor of New York City, the setting of the arcade game that she debuted in.
• Giuseppe resembles Mario's original design from the game and is seen playing the "Jump Man" arcade machine at Punch-Out Pizzeria, a game that directly parodies the original game in sounds, artwork, and level design.
• Cranky Kong's guards have hammers for weapons.
• In the Great Ring of Kong, the platform Mario and Donkey Kong stand on is a red girder. Barrels and blue ladders can also be seen in the same scene.
• The towels some of the Kongs in the audience have depict Donkey Kong's sprite from this game.
• As Mario beats Donkey Kong, a piano arrangement of the tune that plays when Donkey Kong climbs 25m is heard.
• The sound that plays when Donkey Kong obtains a Fire Flower is the same one that plays when a barrel is broken with a hammer in the NES version of the game.
• "Opening" is arranged in the track "Drivin' Me Bananas". Audio from this game is played on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website. Donkey Kong's design in the movie is slightly based on Miyamoto's design of Donkey Kong from this game.

Donkey Kong Jr.

• Similarly to what happens in this game, Cranky Kong is locked up in a cage and is later rescued by his son.

Mario Bros.

• The Mario Bros. going into a manhole and attempting to fix an overflowing water main in the New York City sewers is similar to the plot behind this game.
• In the newscast that Mario watches at home, scrolling text repeatedly mentions sightings of "giant underground crabs" in the area.

Wrecking Crew

Spike as he appears in the film

• Foreman Spike appears in the film, with "Wrecking Crew"-branded work clothes.

Super Mario Bros.

Three screenshots referencing Super Mario Bros.

• The sprites of Mario, Luigi, and a ? Block (albeit in their modern colors) are featured in Nintendo's opening title with the original Ground Theme and the "Course Clear" jingle playing.
• Various sound effects from this game are used in the score, and the Warp Pipe sound can be heard several times throughout the film.
• The table markers in Punch-Out Pizzeria resemble Goal Poles.
• The positioning of the building number, the crates and cans on the scaffolding, and the vent above them in the construction site Mario and Luigi run through resembles that of the first group of blocks encountered in World 1-1.
• After running through the construction site, Mario slides down Castle Burger's sign as if it was a Goal Pole, complete with the sound effect.
  • The Castle Burger building resembles the fortresses from this game.
• The hole Mario and Luigi make after crashing into the underground brick wall is in the shape of Small Mario's head.
• The mysterious pipe system in which Mario and Luigi find the Warp Pipe is in an area labeled as "Level 1-2".
• A screenshot of the exterior of a fortress can be seen inside the antique store, and a nearby barrel contains axes. The store's "open" sign is styled after this game's in-game logo.
• The mushroom retainers' quote, "Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!", is referenced in the film by a blue Toad while trying to dissuade Mario from entering Peach's Castle.
• The Waterfall Area, featuring a bridge over a sea of jumping Cheep Cheeps, is very similar to World 2-3 from this game.
• In Luigi's flashback, the flag Baby Luigi holds has the same emblem as the Goal Pole flags in this game.
• The Ground Theme, Underground Theme, Underwater Theme, Castle theme, Super Star theme, "Ending" theme, "Hurry Up" jingle, "Lost a Life" jingle, and "Course Clear" fanfare are arranged in the film's score.
• One of the reviewers on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website is named "anothercaserole", another reference to the mushroom retainers' quote. Another Super Mario Bros. Plumbing reviewer is named "dunnadunnadunna", a vocal interpretation of the main melody of the Underground Theme.

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

• The scene where Mario is playing on his NES is similar to the one in the 1986 film where he plays on a Famicom.

Super Mario Bros. 2

• The design of the poster featuring Toadette is based on the title screen of this game.
• Magical Potions can be seen in the antique store.
• The opening notes of the "Ground Theme" are arranged in the credits theme, "Level Complete".
• After Peach shows Mario how to complete the Training Course, she floats down to the ground using her skirt after touching the Goal Post, much like her special skill in the game.

Super Mario Bros. 3

Tanooki Mario

• The Brooklyn couple's house features a framed piece of artwork resembling the green triangular texture patterns used for hills in this game.
• Music Boxes, P Switches, P-Wings, Lakitu's Clouds, anchors, treasure chests as they appear in this game's Toad Houses, and a hammer can be seen in the antique store.
• On the back wall of the store is a picture of Princess Peach as she appears in this game's letters.
• When Mario runs from some Toad Guards in Peach's Castle, the sound he makes when skidding across the hallway is identical to the P-Meter sound from this game. This sound effect and the drum sample are also used in the track "Press Start".
• The Ground Theme, Athletic Theme, Toad House/P Switch music, Spade Panel minigame music, Airship Theme, and Hammer Bro mini-boss music are also arranged in the film's score.
• The Tanooki Suit, which debuted in this game, also appears.
• The sign above the vertical lift Mario and Toad use resembles the world maps from this game.
• Bowser's Minions' territory is the Dark Lands.
• The voxel map that the Toad council uses makes the "world map start" sound effect when the Mushroom Kingdom forms.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Two posters referencing The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

• The Mario Rap is used for the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing ad campaign.
• Two posters for the film use lyrics from the rap.
• Fire Peach wears her hair down instead of in a ponytail.

Dr. Mario series

• One of the locations in Brooklyn is a doctor's office with a sign featuring the capsules from the series.
• "Chill" is arranged in the track "Fighting Tooth and Veil".

Super Mario World

Mario and Luigi wearing capes

• The sound effect that plays when Magikoopas cast a spell is heard when Kamek teleports and creates stairs for Bowser in the Snow Kingdom.
• The game's coin sound effect plays when the first Toad hits a Coin Block when Mario and Toad first enter the Mushroom Kingdom.
• A Dragon Coin, ! Blocks, Power Balloons, keys, and Trampolines styled after the ones from this game can be spotted in the antique store.
• Cape Feathers appear in the teaser poster.
• The Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial in the film depicts the brothers wearing capes.
• The voxel map makes the Item Stock and Valley of Bowser thunder sound effects when the Jungle Kingdom and Dark Lands form, respectively.
• Rotating Blocks appear in the Training Course.
• The sound effect when an item emerges from a ? Block plays as the Training Course finishing assembling.
• The game's jump sound effect plays when Peach jumps off the final fake Bomber Bill.
• The map of Peach's Castle and its surrounding areas shown by Cranky Kong resembles the world map from this game.
• The Ground Theme, Athletic Theme, Ghost House theme, and Castle theme are arranged in the film's score.
• The sound effect of Yoshi spitting out an object is arranged into "Press Start".

Mario Kart series

Stuart in a Gru-themed kart under the Illumination logo

• The opening logo for Illumination features Stuart the Minion in a kart at a starting line, with the letters of the logo lighting up similar to the countdown lights held by Lakitu from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! onwards (in order: "ILLU", "MINA", and "TION").
• Stuart revs the engine before the second set of lights are lit, causing his kart to backfire, as a reference to failing a Rocket Start.
• The manual gears on the plumbing van end in 3, 2, and 1, a reference to the countdown when starting a race from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! onwards.
• A Lightning emblem appear on the gear stick of the kart of the Kong that drives Mario, Peach, and Toad to Cranky's temple.
• Rainbow Road appears, which Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Kongs drive karts on (or, in Peach and Cranky Kong's case, bikes).
• Mario's vehicle resembles a mix of the Standard Kart M and the Pipe Frame, Peach's vehicle resembles the Mach Bike, Toad's vehicle resembles the Tiny Titan, and one of Bowser's Minions' vehicles resembles the Bullet Bike.
• Peach wears her biking outfit in the film.
• The Koopa General has a winged Spiny Shell, which he uses to blast Mario and Donkey Kong off of Rainbow Road just like in these games.

Super Mario Kart

• The title theme and the Rainbow Road theme are arranged in the track "Buckle Up".

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

• During the evacuation of Toad Town, a crate can be seen holding stubby carrots with curved, flattened leaves, which resemble the Carrots from this game.

Super Mario Bros. (film)

An instance of the Mario Bros. holding their tools in a similar mannar to the Super Mario Bros. film's main posters

• Some of the story is adapted from the original film, notably the brothers stumbling into the other world while dealing with a flood under Brooklyn and later returning during the final battle when the other world begins intruding upon it.
• Mario and Luigi are sometimes seen posing with a wrench and plunger respectively, similar to certain promotional images for the film.

Donkey Kong Country series

• The Jungle Kingdom is based on Donkey Kong Island.
• Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Swanky Kong appear in a brief cameo.
• During the fight in the Great Ring of Kong, Donkey Kong performs a Roll Attack.
• "DK Island Swing" is arranged in the tracks "Courting the Kongs" and "Drivin' Me Bananas", while "Theme" (the title theme), which in turn is an arrangement of "Opening" from Donkey Kong, is arranged in the latter.

Super Mario All-Stars

• Various signs around the Mushroom Kingdom use sprites from this game. A barbershop in Brooklyn is styled after the game's version of Super Mario Bros. 3's N-Mark Spade Panel minigame.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

• Yoshi's Island appears on the model of the surrounding land masses in Peach's Castle, and it is briefly walked through on the way to the Jungle Kingdom.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

• The rendition of "Bonus Level" on the vinyl version of the movie soundtrack rearranges part of the song "Hello, Happy Kingdom" from this game.
• In the Japanese dub of the film, Bowser uses the pronoun「ワガハイ」 (wagahai) to refer to himself, a quirk which originated in this game.

Super Mario 64

• Butterflies in the Mushroom Forest resemble the butterflies from this game.
• Bob-omb Battlefield briefly appears in the film. A cannon can also be seen simultaneously.
• The sun floor pattern surrounding the map is similar to the floor pattern in the first floor of Peach's Castle.
• Mario performs the Double Jump and Triple Jump poses while jumping off the fake Bomber Bills in the Training Course.
• King Bob-omb appears at Bowser and Peach's wedding.
• A Maw-Ray appears.
• During the fight with Donkey Kong against Bowser's Minions, he performs a Spin Jump after jumping off a mushroom.
• One of the attacks used by the Mario Bros. against Bowser in the final battle involves grabbing him by his tail, spinning him, and tossing him upwards, similar to the attack used to defeat Bowser from this game.
• The Main Theme and "Inside the Castle Walls" are arranged in the film's score.
• Bowser's laugh from this game is arranged into the track "Press Start".

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

• Swanky Kong can be seen in his attire from this game.

Yoshi's Story

• At the construction site are crates that have pictures of grapes and bananas on them which resemble their depictions from this game. Later, watermelons with zig-zag lines appear on a fruit stand, resembling the watermelons from this game.

Mario Party

• Wario's Battle Canyon is arranged in the track "Blue Shelled".
• On the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, one of the responses to the 20 questions states Mario loves to throw parties.

Donkey Kong 64

Chunky Kong to the right of Dixie Kong and Diddy Kong

• Part of the DK Rap is played when Donkey Kong is introduced.
• Chunky Kong also makes a small cameo in the film.

Paper Mario

• The Koopa Troopa rock band members with red and purple mohawks playing Fury Bowser's theme in the film wear spiked arm bands (with the latter wearing pointed sunglasses) like the Koopa Troopas in this game.
• Bowser's Castle is an enormous, floating vessel as in this game, complete with ball and chains and a figurehead depicting Bowser's face.

Super Mario 128

• On the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, one of the responses to the 20 questions wishes that there were 128 Marios to answer all the calls during the winter months.

Luigi's Mansion series

• Luigi uses a flashlight and calls Mario's name in a similar fashion to this game series.
• In the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing voicemail, Luigi mentions (and puts emphasis on) a mansion when listing examples of residences customers may own.
• On the map shown in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a street in Queens (located where Farmers Boulevard would be in real life) is named "Mansion Street".
• Notes from the Main Theme are arranged in the track "The Darklands".
• On the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, one of the responses to the 20 questions states Luigi likes to vacuum.

Super Mario Sunshine

The Super Sunshine Travel Agency can be seen here in the top left. Note that the "Super Sun" part of the logo is obstructed from the camera

• While the Mario Bros. are attempting to drive their van, a travel agency called Super Sunshine Travel Agency, complete with a sign and decor featuring the "Sunshine" part of the logo, dolphins resembling Isle Delfino, and suns that resemble Mario's life meter can be seen. This is also one of the CAPTCHA images on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website.
• The shower bottles found in the Brooklyn couple's shower are from a brand called Shine.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

• Asking about the business' background on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website informs the user that they specialize in their "patented Double Dash Drainage".

Mario Party 5

• A Wiggler sound from this game can be heard right before Mario meets Toad in the official teaser trailer, though the sound is very faint.

Mario Party 6

The Mario artwork from Mario Party 6 used in the film

• One of Mario's main pieces of artwork is based on his artwork from this game.

New Super Mario Bros. series

• The "Super Mario Bros." part of the series' logo is used in the logo for Super Mario Bros. Plumbing.
• A "paah" and the P Switch music are incorporated in the track "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom".
• A fortress, as it appears in the series, can be seen in the background when Mario lands in the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time.
• The Mini Mushroom appears with its design and behavior carried over from the series, also making the same sound effect from the games when used.
• The sound that Yoshis make when stomping on enemies can be heard when Toad squashes a Goomba with his frying pan in an advertisement.

Super Mario Galaxy

Lumalee

• The husband of the Brooklyn couple is seen reading a book entitled "GALAXY", featuring the Black Hole Planet from Gateway Galaxy on the cover.
• A Lumalee makes an appearance as a minor recurring character and makes a Luma sound in the scene where he is introduced and before the credits.
• Bats from this game make an appearance.
• Mario's landing position in the Mushroom Forest mimics his position in the Mushroom Kingdom at the ending cutscene.
• The whistle heard in the Toad Brigade theme from this game is used in "Level Complete", as well as an arrangement of "Gusty Garden Galaxy".
• An arrangement of the Toad Brigade theme itself is used in the track "Strange New World", which plays when Toad is introduced in the film.
• An arrangement of Deep Dark Galaxy's music plays when Luigi is first seen in the Dark Lands.
• The track "King Bowser" is arranged in "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom".

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

A Fire Flower from the film bobbing as it does in this game

• The hills and Mushroom Platforms surrounding Peach's Castle resemble those from this game.
• Two Bramballs appear.
• This game's coin sound can be faintly heard when the second Toad hits a Coin Block during the scene where Mario and Toad first enter the Mushroom Kingdom.
• The sound effect of a Koopa Shell being kicked plays when one of the guard Toads kicks Mario and when Princess Peach Wall Jumps off blocks in the Training Course.
• During the scene where Donkey Kong and Mario defend the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser's Minions, the power-up sound effect from this game plays when Mario eats a Super Mushroom.
• Multiple Koopa Clown Cars use cannons in their mouths to spit cannonballs, akin to the spiked bombs from this game.
• Kamek is shown dressed as Peach in a scene where Bowser is practicing his proposal to her.
• The Fire Flower bobs in promotional artwork as it does in this game.
• The Ice Flower also makes an appearance with the ability to freeze enemies.
• The Ghost House theme is arranged in the film's score.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

• Bowser is shrunken to a small size after his defeat, much like his appearance during the credits of this game.
• A Dash Pepper icon appears on a bottle of hot sauce in Punch-Out Pizzeria on Foreman Spike's table.

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Mario and Donkey Kong riding a Rocket Barrel

• A pair of Rocket Barrels, as originally seen in this game, appears as part of Donkey Kong's kart.
• Mario and Donkey Kong ride a Rocket Barrel to escape the Maw-Ray's mouth.
• This game's specific arrangement of "Opening" from Donkey Kong and "Theme" from Donkey Kong Country, used on the title screen, is rearranged in "Drivin' Me Bananas".
• Rambi's emblem from this game can be seen on the kart of the Kong that drives Mario, Peach, and Toad to Cranky's temple.
• Donkey Kong additionally uses his blow move from this game to snuff out the Fire Flower during his battle in the Great Ring of Kong.

Super Mario 3D Land

• A Boomerang Flower can be seen in the antique store.
• Biddybuds and small birds appear. One of the Mushroom Platforms in the second teaser poster is purple with magenta spots, just like the Poison Mushrooms in this game.

Mario Kart 7

• Mario, Peach, and Toad arrive at Cranky Kong's lair via a kart with a glider.
• On the machine that builds vehicles are reels that resemble the vehicle parts menu.

New Super Mario Bros. U

Rocky peaks resembling Rock-Candy Mines

• Rocky peaks that resemble the formations seen at Rock-Candy Mines appear.
• Two Stone-Eyes appear in the background of the Sand Kingdom scene.
• The cliffs surrounding the bridge of jumping Cheep Cheeps that Mario, Princess Peach and Toad walk across resemble those in Sparkling Waters.

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

• In one of the posters, the pose Mario is in resembles a pose he takes in this game's key artwork.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

• The last of the 20 questions added with the SMBPlumbing website's third update references the title of this game, as Mario and Luigi explain that they never fight with each other, hence why they are referred to as "the dream team."

Super Mario 3D World

Mario admiring a Clear Pipe before being forcefully sucked in

• Toad and Mario travel through a Clear Pipe, which debuts in this game, to reach Peach's Castle.
• Mario briefly runs like how he does in this game after reaching the top of the construction site.
• Voxel Super Bells can be seen at the front of the antique store.
• Cat Mario appears during the fight with Donkey Kong.
• Some trees resemble those from this game. Diamond-patterned blocks from this game appear.
• Upon his defeat, Bowser is shrunken down and sealed inside a glass bottle, similar to his fate shown in the credits for this game.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

• The countdown sound for starting a race from this game is used for the Illumination logo.
• The logo of the news station uses the cloud from Mario Kart TV's logo.
• The menu music from this game is arranged in the track "Karts!"
• A design on the vehicle-building machine references the Wii U GamePad's functionality as a horn.
• The item roulette sound from the game is heard when the characters spin the rolls in the machine.
  • Icons for the Biddybuggy, Standard Bike, Pipe Frame, Standard tires, Slim tires, Cyber Slick, Parachute glider, Super Glider, and MKTV Parafoil appear on the rolls.
• The sound of Toad's horn is directly from this game.
• The pattern at the end of the ramp that leads to Rainbow Road resembles a Dash Panel from this game.
• Anti-gravity is used in the Rainbow Road scene.

Mario Party 10

• The poses Mario and Luigi make on the newspaper at the end of the movie are based on their artwork from this game.

Super Mario Maker

• The custom cursor on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website is the same as the one found in this game's Course Maker.
• Mario and Luigi's Mystery Mushroom costumes from this game appear for Nintendo's logo.
• During the attack at the Snow Kingdom, Buzzy Beetles can be briefly seen with Bill Blasters attached to their shells.
• Builder Toads can be seen when Toad and Mario travel across lifts.
• The Training Course is a direct reference to this game.

Super Mario Odyssey

Two screenshots referencing Super Mario Odyssey

• On the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, a section of Mayor Pauline's memo reads "it's time to jump up in the air", referencing a lyric from "Jump Up, Super Star!"
• A Crazy Cap store appears in Toad Town.
• Patches designed after the Fossil Falls, Tostarena, and Peach's Castle stickers from this game appear on Toad's backpack.
• The Desert Area visited in the film is Tostarena.
• Bowser and Peach are seen wearing the same wedding outfits that originated from this game.
• As Bowser practices his proposal, he holds a bouquet of Piranha Plants.
• The Maw-Ray's design is the same from this game.
• A book named The Odyssey is seen.
• Figures of sheep from the game are seen on a shelf in the Mario Bros. apartment.
• Bowser's tailspin attack originated from this game.
• The music tracks "Fossil Falls" and "Mount Volbono: Town" are arranged in "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" and "The Mushroom Council" respectively.

Mario Tennis Aces

• In the scene when Mario and Luigi greet their family, a photo of Mario in his tennis outfit and resembling artworkMedia:Mario - TennisAces.png from this game is seen.

Super Mario Maker 2

• A Super Hammer appears on a sign at the construction site.
• In the film's final battle against Bowser, Invincible Luigi briefly uses a Dry Bones Shell as a shield.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

• Fury Bowser's theme plays when Bowser rallies his army for his plan to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom.

Non-Super Mario media

Nintendo

• Three roads shown in Queens on the map in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, located where Cross Island Parkway, Northern Boulevard, and Linden Boulevard would be in real life, are respectively named 1889th Street, Hanafuda Avenue, and Luck Cards Street; the first is a reference to the company's founding date, while the other two refer to its origins as a hanafuda card company. The back of a Nintendo hanafuda card is seen plastered on a wall in Brooklyn.
• A pennant in the Mario Bros.' apartment reads "Slugger Mate", another name for the Ultra Machine.
• A sticker of Nintendo's logo is on the side of Mario's TV.
• A sticker resembling the Official Nintendo Seal is on the window of the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing van.

Game & Watch series

• Two signs at a truck and a construction site respectively depict Game & Watch characters using a bucket and shovel. The character holding the bucket specifically references Oil Panic.

Tennis

• The game's boxart is seen in a poster in Mario's room.

Duck Hunt

The "Chasse au Canard" can be seen here on the left

• The ducks and environment from this game appear as paintings in Punch-Out Pizzeria, and a duck appears on a wooden sign in Brooklyn when the Mario Bros. run to the Brooklyn couple's building.
• A painting of the dog is briefly seen before the Mario Bros. enter the bathroom, hanging in the Brooklyn couple's apartment.
• While the Mario Bros. are navigating Brooklyn, a French restaurant in Brooklyn named "Chasse au Canard", the French translation of the game's title, can be seen.

Hogan's Alley

• The game's title appears in the ticker text during the news broadcast.

Balloon Fight

• Artwork of the Balloon Fighter appears as a sign in Brooklyn.

Ice Climber

A headline in the ticker text during the news broadcast reads, "Stolen vegetables recovered by ice climbers", referencing the Ice Climbers and the vegetables they collect. The Polar Bear appears on a poster in Mario's room and on one of the signs in Brooklyn.

Kung Fu

• A poster featuring sprites from this game appears in Mario's room.

Excitebike

• While the Mario Bros. are navigating the streets, a location, City Bike, is shown, with the motorcycle sprite from the game being used on the location's sign.
• An Excitebike-themed calendar appears in the interior of Mario's House.

R.O.B. / Gyromite

At the end of the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a market named Gyro Market is seen. The sign also has R.O.B.'s head at the center of it.

Family Computer Disk System

• A shop named "Disk-kun Hardware Co.", which features the character in its logo, appears in Brooklyn.

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Mario owns the actual console and is seen playing Kid Icarus on it in the beginning of the film. The Toad at the antique store asks about an NES cartridge, to which the clerk tells them to blow into it, referencing a popular real-life method to make a cartridge work properly.

The Legend of Zelda series

• On the map in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a road in Queens (which is actually supposed to be a block of the real-life Hollis Avenue) is named "Link Street", after the franchise's main character.
• Mario's father bears a strong resemblance to Talon, a Mario lookalike from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Metroid series

• A headline in the news broadcast ticker text mentions FS-176, a solar system containing most of the planets in the Metroid games.

Pro Wrestling

• The Video Wrestling Association is mentioned in the ticker text during the news broadcast. A poster featuring two wrestlers from the game, Starman and The Amazon, is seen in Mario's room.

Kid Icarus

• Audio from the Family Computer Disk System version of the game is played on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website.
• Mario is seen playing the game in his room at the beginning of the film. The NES cartridge is seen during the credits.

Punch-Out!! series

• On the map in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial, a location in Brooklyn named "Punch Out" is shown.
• A restaurant named Punch-Out Pizzeria appears in the film, with the logo harkening back to the NES Punch-Out!! logo.
• Pictures of various opponents from the franchise can also be seen in the restaurant.
• A billboard and a sign in Brooklyn reads Popinski, a reference to one of Little Mac's opponents, Soda Popinski.
• On the Brazilian and French versions of the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, one of the testimonials mentions eating mac and cheese at the restaurant, making reference to Little Mac himself.
• On the website, one of the responses to the 20 questions states the best side dish at Punch-Out Pizzeria is "The Little Mac n' Cheese."

F-Zero

• A poster in Mario's room resembles the North American and European boxart of this game.

Star Fox series

• A model Arwing rests on top of Mario's television while he plays Kid Icarus.

Nintendo 64

• One of the islands in the map in Peach's Castle resembles a Nintendo 64 controller.
• On the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, one of the responses to the 20 questions reveals the business has serviced 64 clients before.

Wave Race 64

• A headline in the ticker text during the news broadcast mentions "R. Hayami" winning a wave race despite his average stats, referencing Ryota Hayami and his stats in-game.

Super Smash Bros. series

Mario performing a forward aerial

• During a fight with Donkey Kong and against a wooden cutout of Bowser, Mario does an overhand punch in midair, which resembles his forward aerial from Super Smash Bros. Melee onwards.
• When the Mario Bros. use a forward aerial against Bowser in the final battle, it sends him downwards, referencing the move's meteor-smash qualities.
• Many of Donkey Kong's attacks during his fight with Mario resemble several of his attacks in the games, notably his forward smash and forward aerial.
• Luigi and Peach also use numerous other moves from this series.

Nintendo GameCube

• The console's startup jingle plays when clicking the phone icon on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website. The same exact sound is used in the film as Luigi's phone call ringtone.

Pikmin series

• A statue of a Pikmin appears in the Brooklyn couple's residence.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

• Bowser's back-up plan upon Peach rejecting him is to launch an explosive Bomber Bill onto the roof of her castle similarly to the stage from this game.

Shaberu! DS Oryōri Navi

• The chef from this game appears on the salt and pepper shakers in Punch-Out Pizzeria.

Wii

• The icon for the unknown caller on Luigi's phone resembles a faceless Mii.

Nintendo Switch

• The left portion of the phone dock in the Mario Bros.' apartment resembles a Neon Blue Joy-Con.