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“When I tell you to run, I want you to run!”

—Mama Mario, Mama Mia Mario

Mama Mario (often shortened to Mama), the fictional mother of Mario and Luigi, is a recurring minor character throughout the Super Mario series and its spin-offs, particularly in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where she was both referenced throughout the television series' run and made two appearances in the live-action segments. The television show also gave Mama her name. The character's appearance is inconsistent across the series: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! portrayed her as a portly, masculine woman, the Nintendo Comics System showed her as a dainty, blonde-haired, young woman, and the developers of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island gave her large hands and feet. The only source to date to explore her personality is The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, in which she was a comically strict parental figure who ultimately cared very much for her boys.

Television Appearances and References

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Live-Action Segments

"All Steamed Up"

Mama Mario's introduction as a character came in the form of a passing reference in “All Steamed Up.” When Luigi first saw Mario shrunken down to a very small size, he lamented over what he would tell Mama.

"Mama Mia Mario"

Six live-action segments later, the character made her first appearance in "Mama Mia Mario," where she and Mario were both played by Captain Lou Albano. The episode's plot was written in such a way that the two characters never appear together on screen, allowing Albano to play both characters without the aid of editing. For Mama, the actor spoke in a high, raspy voice, wore a scowl, hunched forward, and when he walked, took small steps and leaned left and right in time with his steps. Near the end of the episode, Mama appears behind a door, talking to the visible Mario. Her arms and hands are briefly shown. During this scene, another, unidentified person played Mama, although Lou still provided the voice.

When Mama Mario called Mario Bros. Plumbing, Luigi picked up the telephone. He attempted to protest and explain Mama's complains as she her voice grew higher and higher. Listening into the call, Mario first suspected that the caller was complaining about the water heater that blew up the week before. After agreeing to let Mama come over, Luigi hung up and told Mario that it was worse: Mama was coming to visit. The two decided to clean up the apartment and lay out leafy vegetables in an attempt to hide their bachelor lifestyle.

Upon arrival, Mama rang the doorbell and ordered her boys to open the door, lest she "break [their] heads!" Quickly, Mario finished the cleaning by taking a garbage can full of pizza boxes into the next room as Luigi went to answer the door. Immediately, Mama hit Luigi upside his head with her purse and lectured him on answering the door timely and listening to her. The scene ended for a commercial break as Mama continued her tirade.

After the cartoon segment, Mama stood over Luigi as he scrubbed the apartment floor and instructed him to tell Mario to see her after he finished washing the street, because she had more work for him to do. Luigi responded with a gentle, "Yes, Mama." His mother interjected, ordering him to shut up and not talk back. Mario rang the doorbell and, through the door, told Mama that he had washed all the steps on Flatbush Avenue. She refused to let him come back in until he had washed the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan, and then commanded that Luigi, still scrubbing the floor, to stop being lazy and help his brother.

When Mama stepped out of the room, Mario walked back in and confided in Luigi that, though he loved Mama, he could not take any more of her and wished that she would leave. Luigi agreed, but asserted that their mother was much better than Aunt Luigeena. Overhearing their conversation, or at least the sound of their voices, Mama, from the other room, yelled at them to keep working.

As the prelude to scenes from The Legend of Zelda, Mario and Luigi discussed how Mama had instructed them to show the scenes and they would be right back afterwards provided Mama allowed it. They also noted that The Legend of Zelda was her favorite television show.

Secretly, Luigi called Mama over the phone and told her to win the lottery. She fell for the trick and prepared to leave, saying goodbye and hitting Mario over the head with her purse, knocking his hat off. When Mario asked why she hit him, she responded, "Just in case." Shortly after, Aunt Luigeena arrived and rang the doorbell. The brothers hesitated in answering, fearing that Mama had realized the truth.

"Too Bums from Brooklyn"

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Game & Watch Gallery 3 (Game Boy Gallery 4 in Japan, Europe, and Australia) is a Super Mario-themed compilation of ten Game & Watch titles recreated for play on the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Also included into the video game are updated versions of five of the Game & Watch titles featuring Mario and other characters from the series. Five of the games and a variety of other extras are initially locked when first playing the title. Players can unlock these features by achieving high scores in the Game & Watch titles.

Though the title advertised itself as "five games in one," the title also included five more unlockable Game & Watch video games.