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[[File:MarioIsMissing_3591.jpg|frame|He's not missing, he's right behind you, Weegee!]]
{{quote|''"You won't find adobe here in Nairobi..."''}}
''Mario is Missing!'' is a geography-based [[Edutainment Show|educational game]] released for the PC in 1992 and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] [[Super Nintendo|consoles]] in 1993. It was the first game with Luigi as the main character, and the only one until ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'' came out in 2001. The PC version is notable for giving birth to the "Weegee" internet meme, based on Luigi's [[Nightmare Fuel|creepy sprite]]. [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|AVGN]] did a [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/52147 review] of the game in summer 2009.
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A sequel, ''Mario's Time Machine'', eventually came, which is pretty similar, but [[Recycled in Space|WITH TIME TRAVEL!]]
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* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: After you've completed all of the levels, you have to fight Bowser. Since this game has no life meter and no power-ups, Luigi cannot lose, no matter how many times he gets hit. Oh, and this only applies to the NES version -- in the other versions of the game, the entire confrontation plays out in a cutscene.
** Of course he can't lose. He's [[Memetic Badass|WEE]][[Eldritch Abomination|GEE.]]
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: One of the missing "artifacts" is [[King Kong]] -- the inspiration for Nintendo's very own [[Donkey Kong]], famously inciting a trademark infringement lawsuit from Universal Studios in 1982.
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Bowser's grand scheme is to set of a bunch of Hair Driers at the South Pole melting all the polar ice caps and flooding the world.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Reading newspapers will bring up news stories about penguins ending up in different parts of the world due to Bowser melting the south pole.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Larry and Iggy have bizarrely deep voices: Larry sounds less like a trouble-making brat and more like a demon, and Iggy sounds almost ''exactly'' like [[Star Wars|Darth goddamned Vader]].
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Mario ''is'' missing, after all. It's the only thing that makes sense about this game.
* [[Excited Show Title!]]
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: In the PC version, Mario himself can call Luigi with his videophone to give insight on what Bowser's up to back at the castle.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: One version of the game has Bowser get cracked in half after being frozen in a block of ice.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The Koopas and Luigi travel across the world using a machine found in Bowser's castle called the "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|PORTALS]]", or "Passcode Operated Remote Transport And Larceny System".
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: One of the short videos you can watch in the PC version prominently features a cable car with a "GET BENT!" slogan plastered on its sides. Not the kind of thing that would raise most people's eyebrows, save for those familiar with crude lingo, in which case it's basically another way of saying "Get Fucked!"
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Bowser, as shown by the ending.
* [[Impossible Thief]]: In addition to stealing Mario, the Koopas go around stealing from national landmarks, which Luigi has to retrieve in order to complete each level. What they've stolen varies. Sometimes they steal something really huge, but other times you'd think they'd be able to get by just fine without. (Just a single brick from the Wall of China and you're closing it down?)
* [[Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence]]: The exits back to Bowser's Castle are blocked off by a Pokey. The player has to figure out where in the world they actually are in order to get Yoshi to come and eat the Pokey so they can leave the stage.
* [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]: Besides the basic floppy disk based DOS version, there was also a deluxe CD version, which had enhanced audio and full voice acting. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT9Nu9qe3J0 TERRIBLE voice acting.]
* [[Off-Model]]: For a specific example, in the PC version, at least two castle hallways have shields bearing the faces of Larry, Roy, Iggy, Ludwig, and Lemmy... except Lemmy is blatantly Larry with Lemmy's hair in a glaring example of cutting corners.
* [[Only Six Faces]]: There are specific types of people in each city, who give different types of answers to your questions.
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