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''Super Mario Adventures'' is a serialized comic which ran in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine from January to December of 1992. The story (written by Kentaro Takekuma) features most of the enemies and characters of ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]'', but quickly spirals into an original, quite whimsical storyline. The comic itself was illustrated by Charlie Nozawa. Despite the involvement of [[Useful Notes/Japan|Japanese]] talent, it was produced for a North American audience, and is not considered to be a [[Manga]].
 
It is widely considered the best ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' comic or manga ever created, and unlike in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' or ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'', the art is mostly [[Off-Model|On Model]]. It is also notable for debuting plot elements that would later arise in future Mario games; for instance, traits such as Luigi's cowardliness and [[LuigisLuigi's Mansion|fear of ghosts]], Bowser's [[Super Paper Mario|amorous feelings towards Peach]], and [[Super Princess Peach (Video Game)|Peach's role reversal with Mario]] (in which she storms Wendy O. Koopa's castle to rescue him).
 
When the comic originally ran, it ran alongside another Manga-esue serial based on ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]''. Both serials were later reprinted in [[Graphic Novel]] format to celebrate the magazine's fiftieth issue. The ''Super Mario Adventures'' trade paperback was also bundled with the first ''Mario Vs Wario'' comic that ''Nintendo Power'' had published back in '93.
 
It can be read online [http://baramos.bravehost.com/supermarioadventures.html here].
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* [[Bullfight Boss]]: Roy Koopa's baseline strategy, always ending with him careening into a wall. Peach lampshades this by grabbing a yellow cape and impersonating a matador.
** [[It Runs in The Family]]: Bowser charges at Mario in a blind rage, but misses and goes KER-SPLT into cake icing.
* [[Burning Withwith Anger]]: The Princess, after Bowser petrifies Mario.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Friendly Floyd the Salesman.
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: Ironically, Floyd's bombs are more similar to the ones from ''Zelda'' than the [[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto Thethe Past (Comic Bookcomics)|previous comic's]].
* [[The Cavalry]]: The Yoshis.
* [[Cavalry Betrayal]]: Shortly after Toad flies back up the sky pipe, a rope ladder falls from on high, and Toads paratroop down! (Hmmm.. They seem to have [[Paper-Thin Disguise|bushy eyebrows and pointed beaks]]... What could that mean?)
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: Lemmy proclaiming that Peach is "[[Tempting Fate|safely behind bars]]" -- Or ''is'' she? When Lemmy peeps in, she's gone. They all pile in, wondering how she could possibly pulled it off. Meanwhile, dangling overhead...
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Peach is first seen in the first chapter playing ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario Bros]]'' ("You're a real [[Nintendo Power|power player]], Princess!")
** Likewise, the Koopalings first appear in Chapter 4 playing a parody of the game with Bowser as the hero and Mario as [[The Goomba|the goombas]].
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: The Princess' cape. Toad uses it to mount a solo mission back to the Mushroom Kingdom, promising he'll send back a rescue party.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The cake.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] / [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: After the Koopas kidnap him during Chapter 8, Toad is suddenly forgotten about.
* [[Clothing Switch]]: Luigi switches clothes with Peach (while she is unconscious!) and poses as Peach to rescue Mario from the Koopalings. Luigi in Peach's outfit wears a gag to mask his mustache, while Peach in Luigi's outfit is...just plain hilarious.
* [[Cool Shades]]: This version of Toad wears army fatigues and aviator sunglasses.
* [[Crossing the Desert]]: In the Koopahari Desert, Toadstool and Co. are hotfooting it to Bowser's Castle. Unfortunately, their supply of water is gone.
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Irony]]}}: Bowser continually ordering bigger and bigger cakes for his wedding.
* [[Delicious Distraction]]: When Wendy catches Luigi (as Peach) snooping around the jail, Luigi quickly changes the subject, suggesting ordering pizza! The Koopa kids are very enthusiastic about this (they even begin calling him "Mom").
** Luigi's weakness for provolone.
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* [[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.
{{quote| '''Floyd:''' '''WAIT! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MY NEW LINE OF MAKEUP!'''}}
* [[Fed to Thethe 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]].
* [[Forced to Watch]]: Peach's wedding. Bowser taunts a captured and tied-to-a-pillar Mario, saying that he may stay to "witness this blessed event."
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{{quote| '''Luigi:''' The same thing happened to ME! It was awful! Let me tell you MY story!<br />
'''Mario''': Counseling '''[[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|YOU]]''' won't get us out of this mess! }}
* [[Fun Withwith 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!"
{{quote| '''Luigi''' I ''do'' think it [[Real Men Wear Pink|flatters my complexion]].}}
* [[The Full Name Adventures]]
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** Luigi notices the fan beside the giant block of cheese, and starts to realize something's up.... As usual, his stomach overrides his good sense.
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: The Koopalings getting locked in their own prison.
* [[Hand in Thethe Hole]]: While inspecting the first of the green pipes, Mario sticks his big schnoz into it -- only for a piranha plant to jump up and bite it.
* [[Harmless Lady Disguise]]: Luigi.
* [[He Also Did]]: Leslie Swan was a senior editor for ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' and did a great deal of the writing for this comic. Aside from her current career in Nintendo game localization, she went on to voice Peach herself in ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]''.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: "Doctor" Mario treating the social anxiety of a Big Boo.
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Friendly Floyd. In addition, the Yoshi translation book he sells to the Mario Bros. (which proves to be useless) is an [[Acme Products]].
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** The Princess belts out a "HIEEE-YAAAAH!", performing a surprise [[Waif Fu|spin kick]] on the awestruck Koopa Kids.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Peach pelting the Koopas with cosmetics.
** Mario lassos Bowser's clown car with [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|the same rope the Koopas tied him up with]].
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Try not to think about the implications of dozens of Boos, complete with a Big Boo, who can't be stopped by staring at them, and have no problem leaving their abode even in broad daylight. And they're still on good terms with Bowser. Hopefully they won't take advantage of this.
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Bowser notices that the "Princess's" voice sounds funny, and wonders why she's wearing a surgical mask. Luigi claims to have a cold., but this just makes Bowser want to give "kiss [her] better."
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* [[Least-Common Pizza Topping]]: The Koopalings' competing requests for pizzas toppings.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Mario, you have your moments; particularly when it comes to [[I Will Protect Her|saving the Princess]].
* [[Lie to Thethe Beholder]]: The "Toad" who kicks Mario squarely in the nose is actually Bowser.
* [[The Load]]: The trouble starts when Luigi's lunch gets obliterated in Chapter 1 (he's willing to forfeit his life to save it, but Mario drags him off). From that point on, Luigi never stops complaining about his hunger.
* [[MacGuffin Melee]]: Yoshi and Luigi leading the Koopalings on a merry chase for the jail cell keys.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: When Bowser zaps the Toads, their [[Speech Bubbles]] gets turned to stone, too; The letters "WAAA!" lie scattered on the lawn.
** As the Princess tumbles from the tower, Mario and Luigi peek out from beneath the "[["Find Out Next Time!"|Tune in next month]]" bubble to comment that she's stealing the spotlight.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The comic closely depicts a variety of gameplay mechanics from then-recent [[Killer App]] ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]''. The comic is still ''done well'', but still made people also want to play the game. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not that anyone minded]].
* [[Missed Him Byby That Much]]: On his bullet ride to Wendy's castle, Mario passes the Princess shooting toward the ground with the cape. D'oh.
* [[Missing Episode]]: The bonus chapter adapting ''[[Super Mario Land 2 (VideoSix Game)Golden Coins|Super Mario Land 2]]'' was included in the graphic novel version, but not the one concerning Peach's birthday, as that one was published after the graphic novel.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: A shout-out to ''[[Dr. Mario (Video Game)|Dr. Mario]]''.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: The fire-spitting Reznors accidentally ignite the Princess' bomb.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: Peach dreams that the Koopas crash her and Mario's wedding at the beginning of Chapter 6.
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** Charge! Let's '''CRASH''' this wedding!"
** [[Schiff One-Liner]]: "Piece o' cake."
* [[Off-Model]]: Mostly [[Averted Trope|averted]]! Perhaps the most glaring exception are Bowser's eyes being [[Blue Eyes|blue]] instead of [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red]], but this was entirely forgivable at the time -- Bowser's eyes were blue in official artwork up to ''[[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 3]]'', but had only changed to become red since ''[[Super Mario World (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario World]]''. Bowser in this comic used a slightly outdated blue-eyed model. The change to red eyes was still a new one, and Nintendo itself didn't seem absolutely certain about sticking with it for the next few years -- for example, later games like ''[[Video Game/Yoshis Safari|Yoshis Safari]]'' still had him with blue eyes. Red eyes didn't become his decided iconic look until ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]''.
* [[Oh Crap]]: "The fuse!"
** The heroes realizing they're stuck in the Koopa Kingdom.
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* [[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.
* [[Smooch of Victory]]: Peach gives one to both Mario ''and'' [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone|Luigi]] (in ''Super Mario Adventures'' and ''Mario VS Wario'', respectively).
* [[Speak in Unison]]: Mario and Luigi's customer review of the Acme Yoshi Translator. '''''WAIT 'TIL I GET MY HANDS ON THAT FRIENDLY FLOYD!'''''
** The realization dawning that they still need to get home through that huge Warp Pipe... hanging high in the sky. "ON NOOO! WE'RE STUCK HERE '''''FOREVER!'''''"
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* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Mario jumps down and kicks Bowser in the face before the Princess can say her "I 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 Thethe Kitchen]]: Bowser offers this to the Princess as though it were a selling point.
{{quote| "Come on, sweetcakes, we'll make a great pair! '''I''' can do the ruling while '''you''' style your hair!" ♪}}
* [[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. (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario Bros]].''
* [[Taking You Withwith 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 Toto Death]]: In Chapter 10, Mario and Luigi escape from Big Boo by subjecting him to [[Freudian Couch|psychiatric therapy]].
{{quote| "Your symptoms indicate that you're suffering from [[Expospeak Gag|anthrophobia]]! Your fear of humans must stem from some bad childhood experience."}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: See [[Action Girl]] above.
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