Paper Mario

**Paper Mario** is an animated children's television series loosely based on the spin-off video game of the same name. The series mainly focuses on the Mario Bros. dealing with schemes by Bowser, and made use of new elements introduced by the video game within the story, though with involvement of the "real world" reduced to mere references for the series.

Animated in Flash, the series aired on Discovery Family (formerly The Hub) from October 10, 2010, to October 12, 2019.

A spin-off franchise (*Paper Mario: Rougeport Boys*) was launched in 2013, and ran alongside the series for six years. A feature-length film adaptation based on the television series, *The Paper Mario Movie*, was released in October 2017 in the United States. *Paper Mario: Paper Life*, a spin-off comedy series, premiered on Discovery Family in November 2020.

## Broadcast

### Original

*Paper Mario* debuted on The Hub at the United States on October 10, 2010, the same day the channel replaced Discovery Kids. The show continued to air for 4 seasons on the channel before it rebranded as Discovery Family on October 13, 2014. The show stayed on the channel when it rebranded, and aired again on the same day with a time slot change, starting with the episode from season 1, *The Best Night Ever*. The show also airs on AFN Family. The series finale aired on Discovery Family on October 12, 2019.

In Canada, *Paper Mario* premiered on Treehouse TV on January 5, 2011 at 18:00 EST.

### International

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, *Paper Mario* premiered on Boomerang on July 4, 2011 at 15:00 GMT. After a while, no episode further than "Fall Weather Friends" was aired, only airing the first half of season 1. The channel then advertised a new season, but instead aired the second half. On March 5, 2012, the show stopped airing, and by October, all traces of the show were gone from the website. A viewer who emailed Boomerang was informed that they didn't hold the broadcasting rights to the show anymore. Currently, the show airs on Tiny Pop and its +1 channel in the United Kingdom. It first aired on September 28, 2013 at 3:00 PM GMT with the season 3 episode "The Crystal Empire - Part 1". The show also formerly aired on sister channels Pop and Pop Girl.

In Singapore, *Paper Mario* aired on Okto.

In Australia and New Zealand, *Paper Mario* premiered on Cartoon Network on October 31, 2011 at 6:30 AEDT. The show was later moved to its sister channel, Boomerang, where it currently airs. In Australia only, the show formerly aired on Eleven on the Toasted TV block on August 5, 2013 at 8:30 AEDT. Currently, the show airs on 9Go! as well. In New Zealand only, the show formerly aired on TVNZ 2. The show was also available on TVNZ OnDemand, which offered up to 12 episodes.

In Malaysia, *Paper Mario* aired on NTV7, and on its Bananana! block aswell.

In Asia, *Paper Mario* premiered on Cartoonito on December 1, 2012. When Boomerang replaced the channel, the show continued to air on January 1, 2015. The show also airs on Nickelodeon.

In Africa, *Paper Mario* premiered on Nicktoons on August 2, 2016.

In Europe, *Paper Mario* premiered on JimJam on October 17, 2016. The premiere was planned in the press releases for November 11, but the date was pushed earlier.

In the Middle East, the first season of the show airs on the Kurdish TV network Shakrok TV in English.

## Episodes

* Seasons 1-4
* Seasons 5-7
* Seasons 8-9

## Notes

* A Gilaki dub of the series does not exist, however in 2021, the first episode of the series was used for voice acting classes for children by the studio Hamoon. A full dub was never produced.
* Around May/June 2016, as part of a marketing gimmick, Hasbro released a sneak peek of season six to certain European broadcasters (including, but not limited to, Italy's Cartoonito, Poland's MiniMini+, the United Kingdom's Tiny Pop, and Central Europe's Minimax). Most only aired the first three, although France aired the first six instead.