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The following is a list of Mario-related sightings and references in the Internet. This list does not include fan-made works dedicated to the Mario franchise and its games, nor does it include walkthroughs of Mario games. Do not include anything with pornography, sex, blood, gore, or other adult-only content.

Games

Abobo's Big Adventure

• During the intro, Birdo and a Podoboo among others could appear at the door before scrolling up to Abobo.
• In Double Drabobo, Goombas are common enemies, Donkey Kong appears as a mid-level boss, Donkey Kong Jr. appears right after defeating Donkey Kong, and Raccoon Mario & Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad all appear at a "private party".
• Super Mabobo is based on the water levels from Super Mario Bros., Cheep-Cheeps, Bloopers, Porcupuffers, and Trouters all appear as enemies in this level.
• In Urban Chabobo, Abobo enters the stage via Warp Pipe.
• In Zeldabobo, Shy Guys, Bob-ombs, and Flurries appear as enemies. In addition, Toad appears as a easter egg saying "Thank you Abobo, but our princess is in another dungeon". Toad is then killed with a Bullet Bill by Abobo.
• During the Balloon Fight level before Pro Wrabobo, Lakitu appears as an enemy.
• In Mega Mabobo, Spiranhas are Piranha Plants heads on springs, Punkins shoot Podoboos, and Crankies shoot the viruses at Abobo.
• In Contrabobo, when Kirby is defeated, Wart is among the items that Kirby throws up. Also, during a flashback with Doc Louis, Little Mac is seen punching Luigi.
• In Punch Abobo, Mario again appears as the referee. In addition, when Little Mac becomes Big Mac, among the power-ups that he grabs are a Megavitamin and a Super Mushroom.
• During the ending, Little Mac's head goes flying through many NES games before landing on the flagpole from Super Mario Bros.. Aboboy is later shown strangling Mario with his own intestines. It is later shown that the game was all dreamt up by Abobo, in a reference to Super Mario Bros. 2.

Adventure Time: Legends of Ooo

When the player examines mushrooms, Jake wonders whether he will grow or not if he eats them.

Bullet Bill series

This series of 3 games stars a Bullet Bill as the main character, smashing through Brick Blocks and enemies such as Goombas and Koopa Troopas. The first game uses sprites from Super Mario Bros., and the next two use Super Mario Advance sprites. The third game also uses Koopaling and Bowser sprites from Super Mario Bros. 3, and has Birdo, a Chain Chomp, a Super Koopa, and a Pidgit Bill as playable characters.

DragonFable

In the guardian tower at Oaklore, if the person browsing touches one of the piles of barrels, a bubble will pop up and say: "These barrels are inscribed with D.K. Jr."

Henry Stickmin Series

From Stealing the Diamond onward, this Stickpage-based series has various Mario references.

Stealing the Diamond

In the Epic ending, when Henry makes it to the diamond, only to find some night guards, a Super Mushroom, obtaining its appearance from Super Mario Bros., is one of the options Henry can choose. Also, a stick Luigi makes a cameo in a photo and, a heavy metal version of the final boss theme from Super Mario 64 plays if he chose the Super Mlushrom.

Infiltrating the Airship

In the Pure Blooded Thief ending, when Henry gets stranded at the center of one of the propellers at the Toppat Clan's airship, a Green Shell is one of the options Henry can choose.

I Wanna Be The Guy

Bowser, Wart and a robotic version of Birdo called Mecha Birdo appear as bosses in the game I Wanna Be The Guy. During the battle with Mecha Birdo, Beezos appear as enemies. At the battle with Bowser, he appears riding in the Koopa Clown Car. If the player enters in a hole in the wall of the "Room of Divine Transportation", The Kid will enter in a room with a Snifit, which will start firing Bullet Bills using a Bill Blaster at him. In The Guy, the castle of "The Guy", in the "Hall of Former The Guys", pictures states that Bowser was the first Guy to ever held the title of "The Guy". Wart also held the title. It's unknown how they got it since the only way to get the rank is to kill the current "The Guy". Also, when a block breaks, the sound of when Mario break a block at Super Mario Bros. is heard.

Kingdom Of Loathing

A battle with a Goomba. The description references the movie.

In the game there is a zone called the "8-Bit Realm", where there are various enemies from the NES-era for the player to kill, including Bob-ombs, Koopa Troopas, and Goombas. Also, some items that the player can buy makes reference to Mario in the description, name and use.

Mari0

Screenshot of the game.

Mari0 is a PC game that combines elements of Super Mario Bros. and Portal. The player controls Mario who has a portal gun which can be used to teleport the player, enemies and objects. The game includes a Super Mario Bros. map-pack, a Portal map-pack and a Level Editor, and the ability to add downloaded map-packs to the game.

New Super Chick Sisters

This 2010 flash game is the sequel of Super Chick Sisters, to protest against various fast food chains once again. The characters in the game mimic the appearance of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Bowser and the setting is similar to World 1 from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Unlike "Mario Kills Tanooki", the protest isn't directly aimed at the Mario series. It can be played here.

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  The two chickens wearing the caps of Mario and Luigi.

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  Mario, with posters of Yoshi and Koopa Troopa in his room.

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  Three Yoshis, along with Mario and Luigi.

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  Bowser, with Mario and Luigi.

Roblox

Their are 5 hats and 1 gear based on elements from the Mario series.

• The first hat is called "Mario Fan", which is Toad's cap. The description says "It's-a me, Mario", based on Mario's quote from Super Mario 64.
• The second hat is called "Super Mushroom". The description says "Did you know the Super Mario theme has lyrics?! True story."
• The third hat called "Eight Bit Wonder", which resembles Mario's Cap.
• The fourth hat is called "Turtle Shell", which looks like Bowser and Bowser Jr.'s shell.
• The fifth hat is called "Extinct Egg of Dino On Ice", which looks exactly just like Yoshi's egg.
• The gear called "8-Bit Throwing Barrel" resembles Donkey Kong's barrels from the Donkey Kong arcade.

Sam's Arm Wrestling Challenge

This game has an almost identical gameplay of Dr. Mario. To play it, the player must line three pellets (they come into red, blue and yellow colors) with smiling balls that act like Viruses.

Snail Bob 3

One of the Paintings in the Gallery is Bob wearing a hat with a B on it like Mario's Hat. There is also a Piranha Plant next to him.

Super Chick Sisters

In their campaign against fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), PETA made a site called kentuckyfriedcruelty.com, where the player can play a game called Super Chick Sisters. This game is mostly based on New Super Mario Bros..

The two main characters are chickens called Chickette and Nugget, and wear the same caps as Mario and Luigi, respectively. In this game, Colonel Sanders (the founder of the KFC franchise) kidnaps Princess Pam (based on the actress Pamela Anderson, who wears the same dress as Princess Peach. Also, Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Koopa Troopa and Dr. Mario appear in the game, and a Bowser mask is worn by the final boss. In their campaign against McDonald's, PETA also made a game based on Mario at the site mccruelty.com called New Super Chick Sisters. Super Chick Sisters can be played here.

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  The logo of the game.

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  The two chickens wearing the caps of Mario and Luigi.

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  Toad watching TV.

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  Mario visting a doctor, who looks like Dr. Mario.

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  Mario and Luigi.

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  Posters of Koopa Troopa.

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  Nugget and Chickette seeing a beaten Colonel Sanders-like spider in a Warp Pipe.

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  Yoshi.

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  Princess Peach slapping Mario.

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  Colonel Sanders wearing a Bowser mask in the final boss battle.

Unlike "Mario Kills Tanooki", the protest isn't directly aimed at the Mario series.

Super Tanooki Skin 2D

Main article: List of Mario-related controversies § Mario Kills Tanooki

Super Tanooki Skin 2D is a parody flash game, starring the character Tanooki, a skinless animal who is chasing Mario to get his skin back. The game has the player dodge obstacles by jumping à la Mario. Mario is wearing his skin and flying ahead of Tanooki. The game was released online by PETA to call attention to this issue. The game title refers to Super Mario 3D Land (the flash game has been uploaded soon after its release).

Stinkoman 20X6

• The game features its very own version of the Minus World, Level -0, "NEGATORY". Unlike the Minus World, it is beatable and part of the game, but is far glitchier than Minus World.
• "Fiery-Hot" from the Saargtsson battle, which is an exact copy of the cannon's blasts in the Airship levels of Super Mario Bros. 3
• "Old Sage" looks similar to spikes found in The Moon level of Super Mario Land 2. "Liekand", a boss, is very similar in appearance to Fryguy from Super Mario Bros. 2 (the fact that Liekand is a mouse that wears sunglasses is another inside reference, as Mouser is also a mouse that wears sunglasses).
• The Stinkomanual's story tells the player not to "expect any weepy Princess crap".

This is the Only Level TOO

One of the levels is titled World 1-2, and to get past it, the character must break two top ceiling blocks and jump on top of the ceiling. After going right enough, there will be a large room that has three Warp Pipes (all of them have the number two on them), and pixelated words that say "WELCOME TO THE WARP ZONE", a obvious reference to the Warp Zone.

Super PiCO World

PiCO, the main character, in World 1-1.

Planning Center Online uses a Mario-based game entitled Super PiCO World as a hidden form of entertainment. There is a single level, the layout of which is identical to World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros., with everything redesigned slightly, such as PiCO replacing Mario and webpages replacing Warp Pipes.

Ian is Bored

• Mario-related objects can be spotted in several episodes of Ian is Bored, such as Mario and Peach in a kart toy based in Mario Kart Wii.

Websites

iGoogle

• A couple of skins available are Mario themed.

BrainPOP.com

In BrainPOP.com's Dance movie, Tim is humming the underwater tune from Super Mario Bros..

Braxtanfilms

• In a web comic bridging the gap between the independent film group's two Ghostbusters films, the funeral of one character is attended by Mario and Luigi as they appeared on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

ElementAnimation.com

• In the comic section of this website, there is a comic (entitled Mario Mushroom) where Steve and Jason are walking in what Steve calls "a dangerous place". Jason wanders off and finds a mushroom. He goes back to Steve, not realising that he has dramatically grown in size.

Fred the Monkey

• On fredthemonkey.com, there are polls on the home page, which are frequently updated. The August 3rd, 2007 Poll asked what kind of genre a Fred the Monkey-themed video game should be. The fifth option is "Fred Teaches Typing", a reference to Mario Teaches Typing.

• Mailbag 30 - One of the E-Mails Sceb receives concerns him getting Mario Kart DS. *Later, Space Chicken enters bragging about his skills in the game, wearing a green cap backwards with a white L imprinted on it. Since then, the cap has appeared in the background of several cartoons on the website.

• Mailbag 31 - Concerning the events of the previous Mailbag, Sceb tries to get Space Chicken to come out with his Nintendo DS; apparently Space Chicken lost when he got poor items (he mentions getting several Green Shells and a single Mushroom while in fourth place). Space Chicken also shouts that Sceb snaked.

Homestar Runner

• Pumpkin Carve-nival - In this cartoon, The King of Town is dressed as Mario. When the toon is over, if he is clicked on, a secret minigame called "Super Kingio Bros." will be able to be played. The game however, is an obvious joke, as the player plays as the King of Town, who is too fat to hit any of the blocks or jump over the first Goomba. Also, when the King of Town learns that his pumpkin entry in the contest receives a "worst place" prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle.". This is a reference to Super Mario Bros.. In the same toon, Bubs is dressed as Lou Albano.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig - In this cartoon, the Cheat is dressed as Toad. At the end of the toon, clicking on him will have him mimicking Toad when he gets attacked in Mario Kart 64.

"pØwned! Or however you say that!"

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The King of Town dressed as Mario in a Super Mario Bros. parody.

• Teen Girl Squad Issue 10 - The character Tompkins is apparently playing a Mario game on an old Game Boy during the cartoon. Tompkins says he "has Bowser on the ropes" and a red shell "pØwn"s So and So. Later on, the Ugly One says "Let's get it on like Diddy Kong". Incidentally, Bowser never appeared in an original Game Boy game.
• Halloween Fan Costumes '06 - One person dressed up as Homestar (who has his head visible from the costume) is next to a person in a Mario costume. Strong Bad says to the person "Wait a minute, Homestar, who's that in your mouth? Did you eat Luigi?". The real Homestar responds by saying "Yes Strong Bad, I ate Luigi. He tasted like mushrooms."
• The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show - The title character calls his men "Beezos".
• Weekly Fan Stuff - The weekly Fan Stuff featured on March 13, 2008 is a custom level from Super Smash Bros. Brawl shaped like Trogdor.
• Strong Bad E-Mail 22 - Before checking his email, Strong Bad hums the music from the first level of Donkey Kong.
• Most in the Graveyard - Strong Mad is dressed as a Thwomp.
• Super NES - This cartoon was made in Mario Paint. Also, the page title "Super Homestario Bros." references Super Mario Bros.
• Store Thank You Messages - The page title, "Thank you so much for to buying our crap!!" is a reference to the Super Mario 64 ending, where Mario says "Thank you so much for-a playing my game."
• Email Japanese cartoon - One of the NES endings in an Easter egg is the ending to Super Mario Bros. 2.
• Awexome Cross - The sound effects for jumping, crashing and collecting buxx are taken from Super Mario Bros.. The jump sound is the solid block hit sound, the crash sound is the Brick Block breaking sound and the buxx collect sound is the Coin collect sound.
• Email mile - During the parade for The Cheat, the rhythmic "song" heard is from Super Mario Bros. 3, which is played during the airship levels. Also, the exploding fireworks sound effect sounds like the sound effect created by the cannon fire and exploding Bob-ombs from these levels.
• Email pom pom - When Pom Pom is pounding Strong Bad, various sound effects from Super Mario Bros., such as the Coin collect sound and the 1-Up sound, are heard whenever Pom Pom connects.
• Duck Guardian - The falling robot heads resemble the original Thwomp and the eggs resemble Yoshi Eggs.
• Email redesign - Strong Bad is shown playing a videogame called "Sundae Driver". When he catches a cherry, a message that says "Cherry Get!" appears. This is a reference to the infamous broken English "Shine Get!" message found in the Japanese version of Super Mario Sunshine.
• Email comic (DVD Commentary) - In the Easter egg, Matt and Mike first mimic and then make reference to the 1-Up sound.
• Sbemail 150?!? - One of the storyboards of Strong Sad's email idea involves Homestar wearing a Snifit mask.
• Multiple Occurrences - The Horrible Painting (aka the "Rocoulm") gives people the "jibblies", which makes people jump around crazily in fright, by saying "Come on in heeeeere." in a similar way to King Boo in Super Mario 64.

IGN.com

On IGN's main website, if someone tries to access a link on the site that doesn't exist, then the error message will say something along the lines of:

404 Not Found

Thank You Mario
But Our Princess Is In Another Castle!

At the bottom:

Sorry, this page wasn't found. Try IGN search to find what you're looking for.

It makes a reference to Super Mario Bros..

Lego Cuusoo

Lego Cuusoo is a website where people submit their own Lego projects. If the project gets 10,000 supporters, it goes into a review. If it passes the review, the project will become an actual product and the maker will get 1% of the profit. One of the more popular projects was Mario-themed (which was archived due to rival company K'Nex owning the Mario licence):

• Super Mario Project

Project Description: "The icon of game history: Super Mario along with his brother Luigi and the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom, have inspired and entertained us for 27 years. And will hopefully keep on doing so for many years to come! An idea came to me the very moment I discovered the "Ultimate Block" system of LEGO bricks. The idea was so simple yet it inspired so much undefinable nostalgia and inspiration. The block idea I got consists of 4 parts, a 2x2 plate, two 2x1 bricks with brick relief, and a 2x2 tile with a centered stud on top. This became the most common Mario element, the Brick Blocks! Iconic as they are, and some may feel the Mario nostalgia kick in and see the potential LEGO and Mario combined would possess! The Mario games are varied, but the most memorable ones are the classic 2D side scrolling adventures of this amazing plumber, and not to forget, his Brother. So the idea is simple, Bring the best elements of Mario to the LEGO format... And as an initial idea, a 2D side scrolling adventure in 3 dimensions, is the perfect solution! Having several sections would allow you to expand the world as desired. There are 5 different sections, but it would not necessarily mean 5 different products. Presenting a single product containing all the parts needed to construct one of the 5 sections, would allow you to build the section you like the most, and rebuild it to another once you feel the need of change in scenery. This would allow one single product that can expand your world by every set added to your collection. The parts included would also allow a whole new world of possibilities to expand your own visions of a Mario world! Should it prove successful enough to become a continued theme, it would on a longer term introduce other themes and colour pallets so the variety would be expanded drastically. Also introduce larger play sets which would inspire even more. The Blocks will be essential in every set, with a greater number of Brick blocks, and some unique blocks in addition, such as the Mystery Block, Used Blocks and Note Blocks (Jump Block). These Blocks would require prints for 2x2 plates and 2x2 tiles (or center studded tiles), as well as 2x2 bricks. Including the essential items is a must, the Coins, Mushrooms, Fire Flowers, Super Leaves, Stars and 1-Up Mushrooms, to name the current ones".

Movoto.com

In "Real-life Bowsers Castle: Jump on this deal before Mario Does", David Cross has done the maths on how tall, how wide, and how expensive Bowser's castle would be as it appears in Super Mario Bros. 3 in real-world terms. He published the results in a blog post and an infographic. Cross, in "Super Mario Bros: Cash in Your Dollars for 8-bit Gold", states that a single Coin would be worth $508,829.16 in real-world money.

In Natalie Grigson's article, Grigson calculated that Peach's Castle is worth $950,972,940 in real-world money, not including the moat, land or paintings, and she priced Donkey Kong's Tree House at $3,800.

Randy Nelson's "The Real-World Price of Luigi’s Mansion", sets the mansion's price at $17,170,029. R. Nelson also did an article on "30 reasons to move to the Mushroom Kingdom". Bowser's Castle, Peach's Castle, Luigi's Mansion, and Donkey Kong's Treehouse are among the buildings in R. Nelson's "15 Famous Video Game Houses Built With LEGO Bricks".

MS Paint Adventures (Homestuck)

On page 7681, during Act 6 Act 5 Act 1x2 of Homestuck, Andrew Hussie, speaking through the narrative prompt, likens Trickster Mode to Mario ("a small Italian plumber who goes on sideways adventures") using a Super Star to power through the levels. He argues that being able to "win" without any effort thanks to being rendered "magic and invincible" by the Star is "actually devastating to his development as a human being" because "Mario NEEDS to stomp on all those mushrooms. He NEEDS to bonk those bricks with his head, for the sake of his personal growth." Hussie then admits that "Maybe Mario isn't the best example" since he is a "one-dimensional friendly cartoon plumber" and thus isn't quite applicable to the Trickster Mode situation that befell the teenage protagonists of the story.

My LEGO Network

• On the My LEGO TV feature, when Echo is launched from his body, the clouds are from Super Mario Bros.

NBC.com

Heroes graphic novels pay tribute to Mario.

In the Heroes graphic novel Rebellion, Part 4, West, when asked about Monica, replies, "Princess is in another castle."

In another Heroes graphic novel, The Trip, Part 1, Hiro (a gaming enthusiast) has a hallucination that includes seeing a man (similar to Mario) in a large plumbing tube, and bricks with money it them. Later, he mentions Bowser, and then sees a man as a mushroom who says, "Our princess is in another castle".

In yet another Heroes graphic novel, From the Files of Primatech, Part 7 (which is set in 1991), Elle plays Super Mario Bros.

Nyan.cat

• On the Nyan Cat website, the music for Balloon Cat is the music for in the clouds in Super Mario Bros. 3.
• The option Nyan Coin has Nyan Cat with the body of a Coin instead of a Pop Tart.

Plants vs. Zombies Wiki

• A promotional comic was released on the wiki where Crazy Dave accidentally orders Super Mushrooms from the Mushroom Kingdom and creates Giant Zombies. [1]

Redbubble.com

• As a a joke, this site made a picture that was a combination of Mario and Lard Lad Donuts, from the television show "The Simpsons".[2]

RiffTrax

• The description for The Last Airbender references the movie being "the most disappointing adaption of a beloved franchise since 'Mario Brothers 3: Luigi Buys Some Eggs.'"
• The description for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix mentions Funky Kong.

There is a released Rifftrax for Super Mario Bros.. In the accompanying trailer, Rifftrax has rated the film "W" for Waluigi because "Waluigi would have vastly improved this movie and that's saying something." [3] Various riffs make references to the Mario games, including the following.

• Mike Nelson: "Mommy, why is there a lady at a church in a city? Where are the Mushrooms and the turtles and the coins?"

• Mike Nelson: "Oh! My favorite Mario Party minigame: delousing the genitals."

• Mike Nelson: "Forget this, the boss has me trained to throw an endless supply of hammers for some reason. How about you?"
• Kevin Murphy: "Ugh, boomerangs. Never ends, does it?"

• Bill Corbett: "Mario, if you make it out of this, I'm doing that mansion game on my own!"

• Mario: "Ugh, I hate heights."
• Bill Corbett: "Says the character who frequently sprouts a tail and soars above the clouds."

• Mike Nelson: "All the fun of Mario Kart! Minus the competition, the test of skill, the powerups, the iconic characters, the good graphics, the tight controls, the classic sound effects, the well-thought out levels, online play, battle mode... On the other hand, no [bleep]ing Blue Shells.

• Kevin Murphy: "Say! The Mushroom Kingdom, after dark!"
• Bill Corbett: "So, like Level 8 of Mario 3?"
• Kevin Murphy: "No, that's not what I meant!"

• Bill Corbett (when Yoshi appears): "Mario! Is that really you?"

During the sliding scene in the frozen pipe:

• Mike Nelson: "Whoa! They... they actually did it! A... a... a faithful representation of the skank slalom level in Super Mario Brothers 2!"
• Kevin Murphy: "Wait, skank slalom level? I don't remember that!"
• Mike Nelson: "Of course you do, Kevin. You know, you ride a stained mattress down a frozen pipe and can only access it by playing as Daniella, Mario's Italian girlfriend."
• Bill Corbett: "Daniella's in the game?"
• Mike Nelson: "Sure is! You have unlock her character by dancing with a large woman at the Boom Boom Club and playing Toad's famous harmonica melody back.
• Kevin Murhpy: "Toad's harmonica melod-"
• Mike Nelson: "Yeah, but that's only after you fix your van's radiator, beat Scapelli to a plumbing job; and take your girlfriend Daniella, your foster child Luigi, and his date, Daisy, to a fine Italian meal."
• Bill Corbett: "Huh! I... never realized ...uh... I have to check that out."
• Mike Nelson: "Oh, don't bother. This is nothing like any Super Mario game. But it is a spot-on recreation of Ecco the Dolphin down to every last detail!"
• Kevin Murphy: "Uh, uh, Ecco the Dolphin is a skank slalom level?"
• Mike Nelson: "It's a masterpiece..."
• Kevin Murphy: "Okay..."

Twitch.tv

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Twitch.tv Mario reference

When going on video pages, it shows this message:

I'm sorry, that page is in another castle!

It makes a reference to Super Mario Bros.

Weegee

Weegee

• A meme widely popular around the Internet based on an odd sprite of Luigi used for the MS-DOS's version of Mario is Missing!. He appears to have the ability to turn people into him by simply looking at him and the ability of shooting lasers with his eyes. A brother, Malleo was created for him, as well as versions of numerous other characters.

Xat.com

On Xat chats, there are six smileys that are Mario related:

• Paper Mario's head
• Paper Luigi's head
• A Mushroom
• Yoshi's head
• Count Bleck's head
• 8-Bit Mario's sprite