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This is a '''list of video game cameos and references in popular culture to [[Nintendo]] mascot [[Mario]]'''. |
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==Other video games== |
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===Appearances=== |
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*In sports titles for the NES, Mario was often depicted as a referee (e.g. ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'' and ''[[Tennis (video game)|Tennis]]''); sometimes, however, he was a playable character (e.g. Nintendo's early ''[[Golf (video game)|Golf]]'' title). Some of his other cameos were more bizarre, such as in the ''[[Breakout]]'' clone ''[[Alleyway]]'', which featured Mario on the game's box-art and also as the "pilot" of the paddle. He was also featured on the [[Game Over]] screen for the Game Boy version of ''[[Qix]]''. |
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*In ''[[Pinball (video game)|Pinball]]'', Mario appears in a "bonus stage," holding up a platform on which [[Pauline (Nintendo)|Pauline]] is to be caught. The platform is also used in game play; the player's ball bounces off its surface, striking a series of numbered lamps that cause the floor underneath Pauline's lofty holding cage to break, which will (presumably) cause her to fall to safety. In the stage, the player controls Mario and can only move left or right. |
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*Mario made brief appearances in three games from Nintendo's other popular franchise, the ''[[The Legend of Zelda series|Legend of Zelda series]]''. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'', his portrait hangs in certain houses. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', a picture of him (along with Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Toad, and Bowser) is visible in the castle courtyard. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'', one of the Happy Mask Salesman's masks depicts Mario's face. |
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*Mario also made a minor appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' when Diddy is ranked among the Nintendo icons based on the amount of Donkey Kong coins he possesses. [[Link (character)|Link]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' and [[Yoshi]] also appear. |
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*In [[1999]], Mario was included in the cast for Nintendo's popular fighting game, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', for the [[Nintendo 64]]. He returned with the cast from the original in the 2001 [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] sequel, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', and will also appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', an upcoming game for the [[Wii]]. In this series, he is considered a well-balanced character and is easy for most players to use. He is a somewhat fast character. |
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*In ''[[Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes]]'', he appears on [[List of recurring Metal Gear characters#Otacon|Otacon]]'s desk next to a Yoshi figurine. When players shoot the Mario figure, they regain HP. |
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*In the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] version of ''[[NBA Street V3]]'', Mario makes a cameo alongside Luigi and Peach as their own playable basketball team, along with their own exclusive Nintendo themed court. ''[[SSX On Tour]]'' also features the three and an exclusive Nintendo themed track. |
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*In the [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[Nintendogs]]'', his hat can be unlocked, as well as a toy Mario in a radio-controlled kart. The latter is only unlockable on the ''Dachshund & Friends'' version. There are also throwing items that can be used in fetch such as a '?' block and a mushroom that look like those used in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. |
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*In the game ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]'', both Mario's hat and shirt are items that your player character can wear. In the game, the hat is called "Big Bro's Hat", the shirt being named the "Big Bro's Shirt". An accessory can also be bought in the game that resembles a fake moustache and nose called the "Big Bro's Stache". In late July 2006, retail toy store Toys 'R Us used its "DS Download Stations" to give players six exclusive Mario items: a fire bar, a [[Starman (Nintendo)|Starman]], a [[1-up]] mushroom, a goal flag, a green pipe, and a '?' block. |
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*In ''[[1080 Avalanche]]'', Mario appeared on the bottom of a snowboard and as an ice sculpture. |
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*In the game ''[[Pilotwings 64]]'', Mario's face can be seen with those of the Presidents on [[Mount Rushmore|Mt. Rushmore]]. If his face is shot, it turns into [[Wario]]'s face. |
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*In [[Pokémon Red and Blue|''Pokémon Red'' and ''Blue'']], in the Mimic's house in Saffron City, if the player looks at the TV, there is a "game with Mario wearing a bucket on his head" in progress. This is a reference to a game released only in Japan entitled ''[[Mario and Wario]]'' - where Mario would be moving in a level, with a bucket on his head. |
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*In ''[[SimCity]]'' for the ''[[SNES]]'', a Mario statue is awarded once a Megalopolis level of 500,000 inhabitants is reached. Bowser is also included in the game as a disaster, which destroys your city. |
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*Mario makes a secret appearance in ''[[Animal Crossing]]'', in which he can be unlocked as a statue in the player's room. Along with this is a silver Luigi statue, and a series of Mario items. They are extremely rare - The only way to get them is to tell Tom Nook the universal codes that Nintendo released in its magazine. The statues are found in Tom's raffles but they are rare. |
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*Mario is also set to star along side [[Square-Enix]]'s ''Dragon Quest'' characters in the Nintendo DS version of ''[[Itadaki Street Special]]''. |
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*In ''Kirby Super Star'' for the Super NES, Mario (along with Luigi, Toad, and Birdo) appears in the rowdy audience of the arena levels. Also, Kirby can use the Stone ability to transform into a golden statue of Mario. |
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*Various Mario characters appear in the computer fighting game ''[[M.U.G.E.N]]''. |
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===Allusions=== |
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*In the popular [[MMORPG]] ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', two characters named Muigin and Larion can be found in the Un' Goro Crater. Larion, who is clad in red and blue, is based on Mario while Muigin, in green and blue, is based on his brother [[Luigi]]. Also, Muigin (Alliance side) and Larion (Horde) begin quests where the player must hunt Bloodpetals, which look suspiciously like the [[Piranha plant|Piranha Plants]] from the various ''Super Mario Bros.'' games. Upon quest completion, Muigin references previous injuries when attempting to jump on the Bloodpetals, stating "Plants shouldn't be so strong!" |
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*In the [[Rockstar Games]] game ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'', Random Nerd NPCs can be heard saying "They say that kids imitate video game characters, but I have yet to be turned into a moustached plumber." |
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*In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', if the player talks to Loggo the Toilet in Grunty Industries a second time before unclogging him, Kazooie says, "Call a plumber. I think Mario's free at the moment." Loggo replies with, "I don't think he actually does that kind of stuff anymore..." |
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*In the [[Square Enix]] game ''[[Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King]]'', there is a character named Morrie who bears a striking resemblance to Mario, most noteably his mushtache and his accent. Also, one of the characters in the Monster Arena talks about the "Super Morrie-o Sisters", as Morrie appears to have four girlfriends named Marrie, Merrie, Mirrie, and Murrie. |
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*In the ''[[F-Zero (series)|F-Zero]]'' series, EAD, was a character who looked like Mario and had a star on his belt. |
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*In ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]'', the Mario Brothers are referenced, as Troy and Chris are brothers and plumbers (although not of Italian stock) hailing from the Big Apple, much like Mario and Luigi. Another interesting point is that they also reflect the stature of the brothers, with Chris being tall and fit (like Luigi), and Troy being shorter and round (akin to Mario). |
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*In [[Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks]] when [[Liu Kang]] and [[Kung Lao]] go to save Kabal, they have to avoid getting crush by rolling boulders. If you view it in a different camera angle, it resembles the first Mario brothers game where Mario has to avoid barrels that [[Donkey Kong]] throws at him. |
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==Film and Television== |
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===Live action=== |
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*Sound effects from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' are commonly heard in scenes set at a video arcade. |
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*On a ''[[Whose Line is it Anyway?]]'' episode, [[Wayne Brady]] had to make up a song about a profession, and the chosen one was video game reviewer. Wayne mentioned Mario in the song. |
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*In the 2006 film, ''[[Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice]]'', Mario can be seen on a sign on a building behind the actors in the foreground. |
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*In the film ''[[The Master of Disguise]]'', the little man inside of the slapping dummy is oddly similar to Mario. |
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===Animation=== |
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* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': |
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** "[[Marge Be Not Proud]]" - When [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] contemplates stealing the video game he wants, Mario, Luigi, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Donkey Kong appear in his mind, convincing him to go ahead and steal it. |
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** "[[The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star]]" - At the beginning of the episode, when [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]] is introducing the the children to a medieval festival, he says: "Now kids, since the Middle Ages had no compact discs or "Super Mario Men"..." |
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** "[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]" - When [[Homer Simpson|Homer]]'s showboating turns him into an [[Internet meme]], a group of Italian-American tourists show up in front of his house. Mario steps in front of him and says: "Take-a my picture next to this American monkey!" Homer responds by throwing trash cans at Mario, like the original [[Donkey Kong]] arcade game, whilst Mario takes a hammer and smashes them. |
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* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' - In the episode "[[Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary]]", the first portion of the fairy duel is that the godparents must save their godchildren from a giant ape, who throws barrels at them on a girder. |
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* In a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' sketch entitled "3 Fast 3 Furious" in the episode "Gold Dust Gasoline", Mario, Luigi, and Wario are seen riding go-karts in a race against several other notable pop culture figures. In another sketch in the episode "Lust for Puppets", Mario and Luigi accidentally pay a visit to [[Vice City]] from the ''[[Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto]]'' series, parodying conventions from both series (it is also worth noting that [[Yoshi]] appears in this sketch at the end, but instead goes another route which takes him to [[Raccoon City]] from [[Capcom]]'s ''[[Resident Evil (series)|Resident Evil]]'', but is then eaten/decapitated by zombies once he gets there). |
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*''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' featured a parody of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' game in the episode, "K-ACME TV". The 'game' is called "Super Pluckyo Bros" where [[Plucky Duck]] assumes the role of Pluckyo and along with his brother Linguini, (a taller Plucky), must rescue Princess Loon ([[Shirley the Loon]]) from the evil Dizzy Doofus ([[Dizzy Devil]]). |
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*In the ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "Communuts!", there is a sketch where [[Joseph Stalin]] consults his image with [[Chit Chatterson]]. At the beginning of the sketch, he speaks with Chatterson's secretary, who remarks that he "looks a little like that Super Mario guy". |
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*In an episode of ''[[Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan]]'', Aiko refers to Mario as "That jumpsuit wearing Italian dude". |
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*In the ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'' episode "Endure Patiently And You Will Not Wilt", Class 1-C (on the bus) runs from a truck through many video games, one of them being ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. |
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*In an episode of Cartoon Network's ''[[Class of 3000]]'' a student must climb up girders to get to a ''[[Donkey Kong]]''-like gorilla. |
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*In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Mario appears as the ambassador of [[Italy]] for the [[United Nations]] in Fry's video game-based world. |
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*In ''[[Calico Elctronico]]'' (A popular [[Flash animation|Flash series]] from Spain), Mario appears with a Koopa-Troopa in a training field for new recruits. |
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*In the ''[[Clone High]]'' episode "[[Litter Kills: Litterally]]", when Cleo and Abe are making out after Ponce's death, JFK is in the backseat playing a [[Game Boy]]. JFK then says, "I killed Mario! I just keep killing everyone! Why couldn't Ponce have had three lives like Mario?" referring to the old Mario games where Mario started with three lives. |
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*In one [[Cartoon Network]] promo, ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' is parodied with ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', where [[Mac (Foster's)|Mac]] jumps around through pipes collecting coins. |
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*In one ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!]]'' episode, as Rikochet, Buena Girl, and The Flea head through a temple, they do it in the style of Super Mario Brothers. |
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*The show ''[[Ben 10]]'' in the episode "[[Merry Christmas (Ben 10)|Merry Christmas]]" features Grey Matter jumping gift boxes in a parody of ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. |
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==Miscellaneous== |
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* A 1990 survey once found that Mario was more recognizable to American children than [[Mickey Mouse]]. |
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* In [[2003]], Mario made history by becoming the first video game character to be honored with a wax figure in the legendary [[Hollywood Wax Museum]]. |
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* Musician Johnathan Mann wrote an opera based on the character, and performed ''The Mario Opera'' at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in [[2005]]. |
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* The nickname "Super Mario" has been christened upon famous sports stars such as retired [[NHL]] player [[Mario Lemieux]], [[Houston Texans]] defensive end [[Mario Williams]], pro-cyclist, [[Mario Cipollini]] and Brazilian soccer player [[Mario Jardel]]. |
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*Both [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] appeared in the computer show NoDQ Caw. They were tag team champions and were part of a stable with [[Link]] called Nintendo World Order (Parody of [[New World Order]]). When they lost the tag team titles, Luigi turned on Mario and then beat him in a loser leaves NoDQ match. |
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* Mario is the subject of a song by the same name written by Sydney band Start Select [http://www.triplejunearthed.com/startselect] |
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* In the popular [[Homestar Runner]] [[Flash]] cartoon, the [[King of Town]] dresses up as Mario in one of the Halloween specials. In an [[Easter Egg]], one can even play "Super Kingio Bros.", only no player can get past the first [[Goomba]], since the King of Town is so fat. |
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* In the [http://ebolaworld.com EbolaWorld] cartoon Dubya-Doo, Ted Stevens revised the "[[Series of Tubes]]" phrase, then entered a warp pipe. |
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