List of Mario references on the Web
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The following is an 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.
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, Porcu-Puffers, 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.
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."
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
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.
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.
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.
YouTube
The Annoying Orange
In the episode "Super Mario", Mario goes to Bowser's Castle, but finds that it is empty, then goes to the area where Toad would usually be, and finds Orange. After being annoyed for a while, Mario is eventually hit by a Bullet Bill. Afterwards, Orange reveals that he saved Peach and Toad hours ago, and that he "defeated" Bowser by annoying him until Bowser got angry and left. Another episode decipted Orange and a mushroom annoying other foods, and at the end, Orange exclaimed to the mushroom, "Mario!" Mario then jumps onto the counter and eats the mushroom. Orange then complains to Mario, but soon cheers up. After that Mario says that he wants a Frog Suit.
brentalfloss
brentalfloss is a YouTube celebrity who takes music from video games and gives it lyrics. He has done this with several Mario themes: the ending theme song from Super Mario Bros. 2, the athletic theme from Super Mario Bros. 3, the fever theme from Dr. Mario, the Birabuto Kingdom theme from Super Mario Land, the main theme from Mario Paint, the athletic theme from Yoshi's Island, the Bob-omb battlefield theme from Super Mario 64 (Uses Super Mario Galaxy 2 version), and the ending credits theme from Super Mario World.
Mario was also referenced many times in his music video "Nintendohemian Rhapsody" featuring Pat the NES Punk (a parody of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"), by showing gameplay footage from Super Mario Bros. in several parts, saying the lyric "Mamma mia, mamma mia!" in an Italian accent, dressed as Mario, and showing strategy guides and cartridges for various Mario games, to name a few.
In 2010, he advertised his debut CD, What If This CD... Had Lyrics?, in a video called "Official ScrewAttack "The CD is HERE!" Promo". In this video, he advertises his CD to the tune of the Birabuto Kingdom theme from Super Mario Land (which was later given lyrics over 2 years afterwards). In the same year, he also advertised his then-new T-shirt in a video called "Wear me on your boobs!", where he advertises the said T-shirt to the tune of the Secret Slide theme from Super Mario 64.
He has also made other songs related to Mario that aren't based on video game music. "The 2-2 Blues" and "Super Mario Bros.: The Musical", for instance, are original compositions by Brentalfloss, and "Mushroom Kingdom" is a parody of "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger.
Dick Figures
In the series Dick Figures, during the episode Camp Anarchy, Bigfoot is spotted and one of the characters yells "Donkey Kong!".
The series has mentioned several games of the Mario series a handful of times and has also used various Mario sound effects.
DrCoolSex
- Mario Kart: The Movie - Official Trailer HD - A trailer for a (made-up) movie based on Mario Kart 64. In the trailer, Luigi dies after racing at the Mario Grand Prix in a hospital, and Mario discovers that Wario is the one responsible for Luigi's death. Mario promises revenge against Wario racing against him in the Grand Prix, but falls in love with Princess Peach.
- Super Mario Interactive Adventure Game! - An interactive video where Mario must rescue Peach from Bowser, because Bowser wanted to have a date with her. The viewer must choose what Mario must do.
- Luigi's Mansion Interactive Adventure Game! - An interactive video parodying Luigi's Mansion, where Luigi is invited by Daisy to an encounter at a haunted mansion, but Luigi discovers that she has actually been kidnapped. The viewer must choose what Luigi is to do; if they decide that he must go directly to the mansion to rescue her, Luigi will find, among other things, a fake Daisy that is really Waluigi.
- Sh*t Princesses Say - A funny video where Princesses Peach and Daisy (the former of whom is portrayed by a male) are shown saying all sorts of random things.
- STOP TOADISM - Nintendo PSA - A public service announcement in which Toad explains "Toadism" (which is prejudice against the Toad species) and pleads for everyone to stop it. In addition to Toad himself, Toadette and Toadsworth are also portrayed in the video.
- Super Mario (XXX Parody) - Official Trailer HD - A trailer for a (made-up) pornographic movie featuring people costumed as the characters of Mario, Peach, Luigi, Daisy, Toad, Toadette, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Wario, and Waluigi.
- Jersey Shore: Super Mario Bros. - A parody of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore, in which Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Bowser, Donkey Kong and Wario replace the original show's cast.
- THE BOWSER RAP - A rap made by Bowser whose lyrics are all "rah"s, some of which are censored.
- Kart - Official Trailer HD - A trailer for another (made-up) movie based on the Mario Kart series. Unlike the aforementioned Mario Kart: The Movie - Official Trailer HD trailer, the "movie" it "advertises" does not appear to be based directly on Mario Kart 64, as Daisy and Waluigi make appearances in the trailer (the former was not established as a Mario franchise regular, and the latter did not make his debut at all, until Mario Tennis 64). In addition, the trailer portrays a Bullet Bill, one item that was not used in the Mario Kart series until Mario Kart DS.
- Super Mario Zombie Bros. - A (made-up) game were Mario must use items to kill other zombified Mario characters and find Princess Peach. In the end, he turns out to be zombified himself, much to Princess Peach's horror.
Epic Rap Battles of History
One of the raps was the Wright Brothers vs. the Mario Brothers. The lyrics hold many references to Mario, such as Toad's line, Your Princess is in another castle, Donkey Kong, Mushrooms, 1-Up Mushrooms, Warp Pipes, Super Leaf, dashing by means of the B-button, 8-bit, POW Blocks, Bowser, and Bob-ombs.
Happy Tree Friends
In False Alarm, The Mole is trapped in a flaming barrel and rolling towards Nutty. Nutty grabs a hammer and smashes the barrel similar to how Mario does in Donkey Kong.
Jenna Marbles
In Jenna Marbles's video "What Girls Do In The Car", she exclaims "Waluigi! Yeah, we gonna win!" in a Waluigi voice.
Smosh
- Smosh's 2010 video "If Video Games Were Real" features a parody of Super Mario Bros.. Here, Ian (as Peach) tells Anthony (as Mario) that he must "pay up" if he wants to be with him. Anthony then proceeds to punch a Brick Block to get a Coin, but instead injures his hand and howls in pain, ending the segment by shouting "F**K!!!".
- In Smosh's video "REAL VOODOO DOLL!", the video starts with Anthony being frustrated by a Lakitu while playing Super Mario Bros.. Also, Mario plushes, a Super Mario Galaxy poster, and even an actual Lakitu (which Ian gets killed by in the end) are spottable in the episode.
- Several Mario-related objects are located around the house where most episodes take place, such as a painting of Yoshi and Yoshi Eggs.
- One of Smosh's licensed T-shirts is of Yoshi biting into a sign containing his name (in Mario-style font).
- Smosh's "REJECTED MARIO GAMES" video is entirely about (made-up) Mario games that were canceled due to their absurdity. Also, the beginning shows boxart of several past Mario games. Also, Mario Teaches Walking is a parody of Mario Teaches Typing and Mario's Mansion is a parody of Luigi's Mansion.
- In the episode "WE'RE IN SUPER MARIO!", Ian and Antony travel into Super Mario Bros. and ends being seriously injured. At the end of the video, Mario says that to see bloopers and behind the scenes content, the spectator must click in the link in the description of the video, and ends saying "Click in the subscribe button and win a 1-Up. I gotta save the princess so she can just get kidnapped again and then we will make five million more games bye!".
- In the episode "SEXTING GONE WRONG!", Mario appears and ends being killed after seeing Anthony photos.
Ian is Bored
Mario-related things are spottable in several episodes of Ian is Bored, such as Mario and Peach in a kart toy based in Mario Kart Wii.
Weegee
A meme 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. Weegee is widely popular throughout the Internet, and is even rumored by some to be a cousin to Luigi himself.
Sites
iGoogle
A couple of skins available are Mario themed.
ScrewAttack
Being a videogame enthusiast website, ScrewAttack has featured much content centered on Mario and his games, including many Video Game Vaults, and top ten lists where things from Mario have appeared. Two top ten lists, "Top Ten Mario Games" and "Top Ten Worst Mario Games" are devoted entirely to the Mario franchise. One of the site's series, GameJew, features a man dressed like Mario. Another series, DEATH BATTLE!, features characters from pop culture fighting to the death, while going over and comparing their history, such as weapons, skills, and backgrounds, then showing the animated fight. The fourth episode had a Goomba fight a Koopa Troopa, the eighth episode had Yoshi fight Riptor from Killer Instinct, the thirteenth episode had Mario fight his Sega rival Sonic the Hedgehog, and the twentieth episode had Princess Zelda fight Princess Peach.
Others
BrainPOP!.com
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.
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
- Pumpakin 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 mini-game 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.
- 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.
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
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.
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.
