List of references in live-action television
For television shows staring Mario, please visit the TV & Movies page.
Note: This list is for live-action sightings only. For Mario sightings in cartoons, see Animation Sightings.
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America's Funniest home videos
In one episode a kid is seen playing Super Mario Bros. in a underground level.
Boy Meets World
In one episode, Mr. Feenie talks about how technology is wasted and mentions how it's used to play Super Mario Bros., namely to beat King Koopa and rescue the Princess.
Disney Cruise Line
When the show was talking about a arcade room for the kids in the cruise ship, one kid in the background was playing Diddy Kong Racing.
Drake & Josh
In the episode "The Bet", several implications are made that the game that Josh is playing is a Super Mario Bros.-like level, most notably Drake's telling Josh to "Jump the mushroom." Josh was probably playing Super Mario World, because if you have an item in your holder and a mushroom is grabbed, it will replace the item.
E3
An interview conducted for E3 (Youtube)
GoTV
GoTV, a service that lets people watch shows on their cell phones, had a series of shows about the New Super Mario Bros. They showed one weekly for four weeks.
- May 15, 2006 - Interview with Shigeru Miyamoto
- May 22, 2006 - Review of the New Super Mario Bros.
- May 29, 2006 - Interview with Mario
- June 5, 2006 - Nintendo DS Lite preview
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
In one episode, Wayne can be seen playing as Princess Peach on Luigi Raceway in Mario Kart 64.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
In a 1983 episode, a boy teaches Mr. Rogers how to play Donkey Kong. After watching the boy play, Mr. Rogers plays for a little while. After that, a man comes by and shows Mr. Rogers and the boy the inside of the cabinet, and how the controls work.
The Red Green Show
The "Adventures with Bill" segment from the episode where the lodge members attempt at converting their excess grapes into wine features Bill and his comrades trying to fix a roof. During their capers, Bill begins to climb up a ladderway not unlike the girders of Donkey Kong and Dalton ends up knocking several metal canisters down the staircase, resulting in a Donkey Kong parody as Bill climbs to the roof. As he sees this, Red exclaims, "Hey! Super Mario Brothers!", using the common Canadian pronunciation of "Mario".
The Sarah Silverman Program
In one episode, a commerical for a ficticious video game entitled Cookie Party: The Video Game is shown, which features a Mario-inspired level.
The Sopranos
In one episode, AJ is seen playing Mario Kart 64.
Two Pints of Lager And a Packet of Crisps
In one episode, Gaz is seen trying to help his brother Munch know what is real and what is not real, at one point, Munch says "Not even the Super Mario Brothers?" and Gaz replies "Well okay, that's real!"
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
In one of the games, Wayne Brady had to make up a song based on a random person's profession. During one episode, a videogame reviewer from The Daily Radar was chosen. Both Mario and Donkey Kong were mentioned.
Rock of Love 2 with Bret Michaels
In the Las Vegas episode, durning a fight with one of the contestants, Jessica, another contestant states that "It was on like Donkey Kong."
Chowder
In the episode when Chowder takes Mr. Fugu to eat, they enter a restaurant, where two men are seen looking just like the Mario Bros, with one wearing a red hat, red shirt, and overalls, and a man with a green hat, green shirt, and overalls. The man in green is also taller than the man in red.
Also in "Stinky Love", The person who ordered the "Souffle" looks like Mario.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
In the episode, "The Buck Swaps Here", Eduardo is running from the gang of Foster's, while a crook chases after all of them, without them knowing. Two men dressed up as Mario and Luigi are carrying a big mirror, and the crook breaks it and falls to the ground. The "Mario Bros." hit the crook with the broken mirror, with "Mario" saying, "Ah! What'd you do that for? You-a stupid guy!"
"The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy"
In the episode when Billy is seen as a sasquatch, Mandy talks to Has Delgado, and he says, "Just try to stop me!" When he leaves, Mandy says, "My adventure is on like Donkey Kong."
In another episode, you can see a large blue spike turtle that likes like Bowser.
