Super Mario Adventures: Difference between revisions

* [[Badass Mustache]]: Toadster.

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In the desert, the Toad leader tries to tell the princess that this search is ridiculous, that they're out of water, and that there's not a cloud in the sky -- prompting a cloud to miraculously appear. The Toads rejoice by performing a [[Rain Dance]], but the clouds are soon revealed to be Lakitus.

* [[Berserk Button]]: The Koopa kids try to console Bowser over losing his bride. "She would've been a lousy mom anyway, pop." Whoops. "'''''[[Big "Shut Up!"|SILENCE!!!]]'''''" roars Bowser, blowing his top. His anger is so great, it creates [[Earthquakes Cause Fissures|fissures]] throughout the room.

* [[Big No]]: Mario's butt accidentally squashing Luigi's lunchbox. You'd think Luigi had just lost his first born child.

** The Princess losing her balance and plummeting off Wendy's windowsill.

** Bowser screams this when his clown car propeller gets snagged, sending him crashing into his own wedding cake.

** Mario dropping from above to bust up Bowser's wedding.

* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: Mario and Luigi are summoned to Peach's castle to fix the basement pipes, which are a jumbled mess.

* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Wendy's castle. The steeple sports a big pink ribbon.

* [[Eureka Moment]]: Just as the Mechakoopas deliver their ultimatum, who should burst on the scene but Friendly Floyd, advertising his new makeup line. Luigi snaps, "DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED A '''MAKEOVER'''?!" Moments later, Luigi wanders out in drag.

* [[Family Values Villain]]: Part of Bowser's motive for marrying the Princess is his concern over his kids lacking a mother figure.

* [[Faux Horrific]]: Not knowing who Yoshi is, Princess Toadstool runs for her life, only to [[Crash Into Hello|crash headlong]] into Friendly Floyd. She gets one look at his face and runs away again, screaming.

* [[Fed to the Beast]]: Wendy gloating over her plans to feed Mario to the piranhas.

** She later drops the heroes into a Reznor pit via a [[Trap Door]].

* [[Forgot I Couldn't Swim]]: Luigi.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: As the Big Boo lies down on the couch, "Doctor" Mario counsels the ghost, asking to be told about its childhood. [[Smash Cut]] to the Boo [[Inelegant Blubbering|crying his eyes]] out about bullies stealing his lunch and stuffing him into lockers.

'''Mario''': Counseling '''[[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|YOU]]''' won't get us out of this mess! }}

* [[Fun with Subtitles]]: When "Princess" Luigi comes to rescue his brother, Mario's chortling ("'''[[The Unintelligible|Hmf m hefhuh! Himf if fu, fee]]'''!) is translated as, "What a getup! Pink is you, Weege!"

* [[The Full Name Adventures]]

* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]: The Mario Bros. emerging into Koopa Kingdom.

** In true ''Super Mario World'' style, when Yoshi gobbles a blue shell, he sprouts wings. The Bros. hop aboard, but in the fray, they lose track of Bowser's rocket. Mario and Luigi start arguing, and Mario asks Yoshi for his opinion. [[Idiot Ball|Bad idea]].

* [[Growling Gut]]: On cue, when Mario barks at Luigi that this is no time for lunch.

* [[Panty Shot]]: Of ''Luigi''.

* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: Mario proceeds to comfort the Big Boo, telling him that his frustrations are nothing in the vast universe. Mario then requests that the Big Boo tell them how to reach Bowser's Castle, claiming "I want to tell the Koopa King about the wonderful universe too."

* [[Pokémon-Speak]]: All the yoshies, which makes it hard to communicate with them. [[Snake Oil Salesman|Friendly Floyd]] sells a book, ''Yoshi Language Series, Level One,'' to Mario and Luigi for 10 coins (marked down from 3000). While purporting to be something of a [[Fictionary]] to help them understand the Yoshi language, it becomes clear that the translation of every phrase is "Yoshi," leading Mario and Luigi to realize they've been swindled.

* [[Prisoner Exchange]]: An [[Inverted Trope|accidental]] one.

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Luigi deludes himself into thinking the Ghost House is somebody's vacation retreat.

* [[Shark Pool]]: Toad says he saw the Princess being carried into Wendy's tower, but they need to raft across the moat. Mario says to hell with a boat and tries swimming, but soon finds -- much to his discomfort -- the water is filed with Fishbones, Porcu-Puffers, and Urchins.

'''Luigi''': [[Operation Blank|Code Name: Survival]]. }}

* [[Slave Race]]: Bowser's "best hypnotist" tames [[Mass Hypnosis|the entire Yoshi population]] into dragging along his [[The Lord of the Rings|Isengard]]-sized cake.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Mario and Wario vie to get Peach's ideal birthday present -- a [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] doll.

* [[Slapstick]]: Abundant.

* [[Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence]]: The Mechakoopas can't tell the difference between Peach and Luigi wearing a gown and wig. Either one will do.

* [[Staring Contest]]: To keep all the ghosts away from them, Mario and Luigi decide to stand back-to-back with each other, staring at them ("It's a face-off!").

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: Bowser offers this to the Princess as though it were a selling point.

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Mario tries to "save" Luigi (the Wiggler isn't attacking him) by stomping on it, which causes the king caterpillar to [[Turns Red|Turn Red]]. Thanks.

* [[Taken for Granite]]: Bowser announces he'll be back in two weeks to see if the Princess accepts his proposal. And to make the deal go a little more his way, he proclaims that if the answer is "no," all her people will be turned to stone, [[Make an Example of Them|giving her a demo]] on the Toads nearest him! This echoes the backstory of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]].''

* [[Taking You with Me]]: Peach threatens the Koopas with a bomb and a match, telling them to stay back. Wendy, though, calls her bluff, reminding Peach that she'll blow up, too. "My sacrifice will be worth it," the Princess chirps, with smiling stars and sunshine in the background. "[[Evil Will Fail|And, as always, good will triumph over Koopa-dom!]]"

* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: In Chapter 10, Mario and Luigi escape from Big Boo by subjecting him to [[Freudian Couch|psychiatric therapy]].

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: See [[Action Girl]] above.

* [[Traveling Salesman]] [[Snake Oil Salesman]]: Friendly Floyd.

* [[Trojan Prisoner]]: Luigi in Peach's gown.

* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]:

'''Mario''': Wait, Luigi. We may be tired, lost, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and worst of all, hungry]], but we must keep our wits about us. There's something strange about this place... My [[Gut Feeling]] is that it's a trap! }}

* [[Verb This]]: '''"Eat cake, shell scum!'''