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[[Image:FortHardKnox.jpg|thumb|'''Fort Hard Knox'''.]]
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'''Fort Hard Knox''' is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of [[Spy Land]].
|image=[[File:FortHardKnox.jpg|250px]]<br>Fort Hard Knox in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service".
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' - "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]" (1989)
|greater_location=[[Spy Land]]
}}
'''Fort Hard Knox''' is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of [[Spy Land]]. It only appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]", where [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopfinger|Koopfinger]] and his goons robbed Fort Hard Knox, and managed to make off with nine-hundred and ninety-nine zillion trillion billion million and one [[Coin|Gold Coins]]. Other than a gate, Fort Hard Knox has no visible security, which might explain why it was so easy for Koopfinger to plunder.


In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]", [[Bowser|Koopfinger]] and his goons robbed Fort Hard Knox, and managed to make off with nine-hundred and ninety-nine billion trillion billion million and one [[Coin|Gold Coins]].
Fort Hard Knox is a portmanteau of {{wp|Fort Knox}}, a fortress holding much of the [[United States of America|United States]]'s gold reserves, and the idiom "School of Hard Knocks," a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.


Other than a gate, Fort Hard Knox has no visible security, which might explain why it was so easy for Koopfinger to plunder.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Por=Forte Hard Knox
|PorM=Fort Hard Knox
|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-NV8Pi-aU&list=PLwzf4mOPE8BlhZQzQNfBFjrkJrrocv7kU&index=36 Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - À Serviço de Sua Majestade / 9001 Uma Odisséia do Mario (Dublado)]</ref>
|Spa=Fuerte Peso
|SpaM=Fort Burden
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmruZqFOrQ Sobre el servicio de alcantarillado de Su Majestad | Dibujos Para Niños]</ref>
}}


==Trivia==
==References==
*Fort Hard Knox gets its name from "Fort Knox", a similar fortress made to hold money, and the idiom "School of Hard Knocks", a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.
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Fort Hard Knox
FortHardKnox.jpg
Fort Hard Knox in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service".
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" (1989)
Greater location Spy Land

Fort Hard Knox is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of Spy Land. It only appears in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service", where Koopfinger and his goons robbed Fort Hard Knox, and managed to make off with nine-hundred and ninety-nine zillion trillion billion million and one Gold Coins. Other than a gate, Fort Hard Knox has no visible security, which might explain why it was so easy for Koopfinger to plunder.

Fort Hard Knox is a portmanteau of Fort Knox, a fortress holding much of the United States's gold reserves, and the idiom "School of Hard Knocks," a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Portuguese Forte Hard Knox[1] Fort Hard Knox
Spanish Fuerte Peso[2] Fort Burden

References[edit]