List of References

This is a list of references to other media present in the (Mario) The Music Box series. These include references to the original Super Mario series as well as other franchises or ideas.

## References to Super Mario

### Characters

* There are plenty of Mario characters present in (Mario) The Music Box. Of course, Mario and Luigi themselves assume playable roles as well as being effectively the main protagonists. Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, and numerous Toads are NPCs within the story. While never present onscreen, Bowser and Professor E. Gadd are only mentioned. A statue behind the Old Aduraice Residence in Arc also depicts either Waluigi or perhaps even his Evangeline counterpart. Dimentio from Super Paper Mario is also set to make an appearance in Arc Revamped.
	+ Boo, Unagi, Bookend, and the Mad Piano also function as enemies. It could be argued that the common fire spirits seen in Evangeline are related to the Ember from Paper Mario, although they are never seen with eyes unlike their official counterparts.
	+ Geno from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars can be seen as a doll in the Mad Hatter's House. Mario even makes a remark about how "oddly familiar" it is.
	+ Ommitted Memory Mario is strikingly similar in appearance to the Cosmic Marios seen in games like Super Mario Galaxy.

### Objects

* Numerous mushrooms in (Mario) The Music Box and (Mario) The Music Box Remastered are references to Power-Ups that can be found in the Mario franchise. The Super Mushroom is present as a healthy snack that Riba can give to Mario in both editions (also the correct answer to the two different mushroom puzzles), the Poison Mushroom is present as a poisonous fungus that kills those who eat it. Lamps modeled after the Super Mushroom can be seen in Mario and Luigi's house as well as Marchionne's Home.
	+ The Poison Mushroom appears in the Classic edition as its Super Mario All Stars sprite. However, in Remastered there is a Poison Mushroom that looks just like a Super Mushroom. A similar lookalike Poison Mushroom appears in the Super Smash Bros. series to trick the unattentive player.
* Star Bits from Super Mario Galaxy can be seen in (Mario) The Music Box Remastered during the Star Festival. Mario even makes reference to the Cosmic Observatory.
* Turnips from Super Mario Bros. 2 and its non-Mario Japanese counterpart, Yume Kojo Doki Doki Panic can be seen in Remastered as well.
* Mario preparing spaghetti for a young Alice in particular could be in reference to Mario's obsession with the dish as seen in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
* In specific circumstances, Mario is revealed to wear striped socks. This could be in reference to Luigi's similar attire only ever seen in the Mario & Luigi series.
* In Wonderland, Mario sees a bottle of blue liquid that tastes like mushroom. It shrinks him, just like the similarly-colored Mini Mushroom would.
* The UV Light Luigi wields in Remastered is very similar to the Darklight from Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.
* Mario carries plenty of expendable coins in his pockets, as seen when he drops one in the sewer area.

### Locations

* Toad Town, a village from Paper Mario, is also seen in (Mario) The Music Box Remastered and presumably Arc. Peach's Castle itself is only ever seen in silhouette.
* A music box that traps people inside itself is also present as the main setting in Wario Land 3. It is unknown if this is actually an intentional parallel.

### Music

* The song "Final Antasma Battle" from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is used in the original (Mario) The Music Box as the BGM for Malice's fight. It is the only Mario franchise song ever used in the MTMB series. Though its DNA is carried on in the VS Alice theme from Remastered, Final Antasma Battle itself was replaced by "In Your Heart Lies Hope".

### Events

* Upon first entering Aduraice Mansion, Luigi references the Luigi's Mansion series to express how fed up he is by Mario going missing in haunted houses.

## Undertale

### Gameplay

* Alice's rooftop battle in Remastered uses a similar charging bar to Undertale with elements of Deltarune's counterpart due to its dynamic sweet spots.
* Marchionne, Len, and Sundige Nacht's battles use similar bullet hell elements to certain Undertale boss fights.
* Monochrome's boss is a complete recreation of Undertale's battle system.

### Characters

* In the Undertale update for Arc, Riba attempts to remember Sans' name but fails spectacularly many times.

### Quotes

* Upon seeing Toadston's spirit color with the contact lenses, Mario says "you're blue now", just like Papyrus when he turns Frisk's Soul blue in Undertale.
* Wonderland Len says "in this world, it's kill or be killed", Flowey's catchphrase.

## Miscellaneous

* Anna and Serina's Glitter forms are references to the Super Saiyan forms from Dragon Ball Z, evident by their golden hair and heightened powers.
* If Riba interacts with a potted plant, he will sometimes make a reference to a line in Omori with a similar trigger.