Mario and Friends

Mario and Friends is a 2025 animated cartoon series that is a follow-up to the successful cartoon series Super Mario Bros.: The Series. It's the continuation to Mario's adventures, with the format varying between pre-existing Mario games and completely original ideas.
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Number	Title 	Description 	Based Off 	Released 	Additional Notes
1 	The Wonder Flower 	Mario finds a mysterious flower in Peach's garden, leading to a new adventure. 	Super Mario Bros. Wonder 	June 13, 2025 	
2a 	Behind the Mask 	A Shy Guy loses his mask and tries to find it, but doing so terrorizes the Mushroom Kingdom. 	Original 	June 20, 2025 	When he doesn’t have his mask, the Shy Guy is either sometimes seen from the back view or seen from the front view but with a censor bar.
2b 	Rise of the Zombie Mushroom	The two kingdoms suffer a zombie apocalypse from the rotten mushroom just created by Bowser. 	Original 	June 20, 2025 	
3a 	Here comes Koopa the Quick 	Mario challenges Koopa the Quick to a race. 	Original/Bob-omb Battlefield from Super Mario 64	June 27, 2025 	This is a hybrid episode, as it's both original and based on the Footrace with Koopa the Quick from SM64.
3b 	Time Travellers 	Mario and co. time travel back to Welcome to Subcon. 	Original 	June 27, 2025 	
4 	Happy Birthday Mario! 	Mario's friends plan him a BIG birthday party, but it makes the gang power mad and the party becomes TOO CRAZY! Will Mario save the Mushroom Kingdom from a cake on the run, or will the Mushroom Kingdom fall into ruin.	Original / Some games. 	September 13, 2025	Two facts:
# This is a special 40th anniversary episode.
# And how this is the only episode to not premiere on a Friday, so it can be just in time for Mario's birthday.
5 	Be Not Afraid! 	Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Blue and Yellow Toad, Toadette, and Purple Toad tell scary stories. 	Original / Some games. 	October 3, 2025 	This is the second hybrid episode, with some of the stories based on games.