Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. is a popular video game franchise from Nintendo. The games often involve two brother plumbers, Mario and Luigi, as they rescue Princess Peach Toadstool from the evil King Bowser Koopa. The title character, Mario, first appeared in the 1981 video game Donkey Kong. His brother Luigi was introduced in 1983's Mario Bros., before the main series was launched with 1985's Super Mario Bros, leading to many sequels, animated adaptations, and a live action movie.
==References==
* The Muppet Babies episode "It's Only Pretendo" spoofed the games. An early scene features Baby Gonzo in the Mario role, combining elements of both Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. (and even including footage from the games Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.). At one point Baby Piggy plays the Donkey Kong game and encounters a character who resembles Mario himself. In a later scene when Gonzo looks for a game to play, he reads the titles of many games, some of which reference Super Mario Bros. in title: "Super Bario Bros." and "Son of Super Bario Bros."
* In "Elmo's World: Computers," Dorothy imagines Elmo in a computer game. The soundtrack becomes a loose spoof of the traditional theme music from the games.
* In 2004, United International produced an Elmo plush wearing a Mario outfit.
* The 2012 direct-to-video special Elmo's Alphabet Challenge features a spoof of the game series entitled "Super Mustachio Brothers." The scene features music inspired by the trademark Mario theme, which becomes a song that Abby sings. The video features a racing scene based off of the Mario Kart series.
* A Sesame Bits cartoon in celebration of the DVD release of Elmo's Alphabet Challenge featured Ernie wondering what it would be like to jump into his favorite video games, including "Angry Words", "Elf Craft" and "Super Mustachio Bros.".
* Two people are seen wearing Mario outfits (with numbers 2s on the chest) at "Numeric Con" in a season 45 episode of Sesame Street.
* The 2018 Muppet Babies episode "Episode 108: Kermit Levels Up" features a sequence in which the babies find themselves in a version of the game.
==Muppet Mentions==
* In a 1990 episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas," a giant parrot laments the Koopas using its giant cage to capture Mario's companions: "My whole life was in that cage! My Big Bird poster, my Worms From Outer Space comics..."
* An entry about Arabian Nights in the 1995 Mario Quiz Cards by Atlas Editions includes Kermit the Frog as one of the possible answers.
==Connections==
*Fred Armisen provided the voice for Cranky Kong in the 2023 film.
*Eric Bauza provided the voice for Diddy Kong and the Toad General in the 2023 film.
*Jack Black provided the voice for Bowser in the 2023 film.
*Dan Castellaneta provided narration at the beginning of the 1993 film.
*Jessica DiCicco provided the voice for Mario and Luigi's mother, Mayor Pauline, a yellow Toad, Luigi's bully, the plumbing commercial woman, and baby Peach in the 2023 film.
*Bob Hoskins played Mario in the 1993 film.
*Magic Johnson guest starred in two episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
*Cyndi Lauper guest starred in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Captain Lou is Missing".
*John Leguizamo played Luigi in the 1993 film.
*Keegan-Michael Key provided the voice for Toad in the 2023 film.
*Kevin Michael Richardson provided the voice for Kamek in the 2023 film.
*James Rankin voiced Larry Koopa in the cartoons.
*Seth Rogen provided the voice for Donkey Kong in the 2023 film.
*Tabitha St. Germain voiced Wendy O. Koopa in the cartoons.
*John Stocker voiced Toad in the cartoons.
*Tara Strong voiced Iggy and Lemmy Koopa in the cartoons.
*Anya Taylor-Joy provided the voice for Princess Peach in the 2023 film.
*Frank Welker provided the voices of Yoshi and the Goombas in the 1993 film.
==External Links==
* Super Mario Wiki
* MarioWiki
* The Nintendo wiki: Mario
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