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== [[Super Mario Bros.]] ==
== There is a slightly substantial age difference between Mario and Peach ==
This seems much more apparent in the earlier [[Super Mario Bros.]] games (especially in certain official art pics of the original [[Super Mario Bros.]] depicts the Princess Peach that Mario is saving as a little girl). While in more recent games any potential age difference is downplayed but it seems like Mario is fairly older than Princess Peach.
▲This seems much more apparent in the earlier [[Super Mario Bros]] games (especially in certain official art pics of the original [[Super Mario Bros]] depicts the Princess Peach that Mario is saving as a little girl). While in more recent games any potential age difference is downplayed but it seems like Mario is fairly older than Princess Peach.
** Except we see Baby Mario and Baby Peach in one of the Yoshi's Island games, at the same time. If anything, they're the same age.
== The pipes in the world of the Mushroom Kingdom can connect to the various other Nintendo worlds. ==
The Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros are the same as the ones in [[Mario Bros.]] as they did come to the Mushroom Kingdom and the other pipes can connect to other various Nintendo worlds (such as the Link and Samus cameos in Super Mario RPG). But Nintendo wants to downplay this idea (aside from the [[Super Smash Bros.]] series that is) and is trying to make the [[Super Mario Bros.]] series its own series. (And of course the pipes can be used for 3rd party characters as well as the [[Super Smash Bros.]] series did demonstrate.▼
▲The Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros are the same as the ones in [[Mario Bros]] as they did come to the Mushroom Kingdom and the other pipes can connect to other various Nintendo worlds (such as the Link and Samus cameos in Super Mario RPG). But Nintendo wants to downplay this idea (aside from the [[Super Smash Bros]] series that is) and is trying to make the [[Super Mario Bros]] series its own series. (And of course the pipes can be used for 3rd party characters as well as the [[Super Smash Bros]] series did demonstrate.
== Mario, Peach and Bowser are gods of the day and night cycle. ==
Peach is the goddess of the day, Bowser is the god of dusk and night and Mario is the god of the dawn. Everyday Bowser kidnaps Peach (dusk) and imprisons her (night), Mario defeats Bowser (dawn) and frees Peach (day).
▲Peach is the goddess of the day, Bowser is the god of dusk and night and Mario is the god of the dawn. Everyday Bowser kidnaps Peach (dusk) and imprisons her (night), Mario defeats Bowser (dawn) and frees Peach (day).
== Bowser can never die. ==
If he is ever fatally wounded (and he is, often - thrown into lava, falls from a high height, thrown into land mines, kicked into the sun, etc.), Kamek will just use his magic to bring him back. We see one of the times this happens in ''[[New Super Mario Bros
* [[Word of God]] says Bowser is a wizard himself.
** So in a way, it's sort of confirmed.
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== The Koopalings are dead. ==
''[[New Super Mario Bros
Mario/Luigi, in his rush to reach Bowser's Dinosaur Land hideout, attacked the Koopalings carelessly, and killed them all. Having not yet discovered the secret to infinite resurrection (see above), Kamek could only save one of them, and their physical appearance had to be reconstructed from memory. Kamek, being a forgetful old fool, just made him in the image of the only Koopaling he could remember, Baby Bowser. Bowser didn't care, he was just happy that he had at least one child. Hence, Bowser Jr. was born.
* Except the Koopalings did come back in Superstar Saga.
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== Shy Guys are Toads who pulled a [[Face Heel Turn]] ==
The hoodie being round is from the Toad's mushroom cap. The Shy Guys also are very child-like and so are the Toads. Also, is it so hard to picture [https://web.archive.org/web/20160225111019/http://www.mariowiki.com/Image:ToadMP8.png this] dressed like [https://web.archive.org/web/20140713230917/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/5/5c/ShyGuyMSS.PNG this?]
== Luigi did, in fact, make the Stone. ==
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== The guy in the Go Compare adverts is somehow related to Wario and the Mario Bros. ==
He appears from odd places and has the ability to levitate; he is rotund with a large zig-zag mustache, and causes people to discuss him without mentioning that he's odd as all get-out (Toad NPCs in Paper Mario often commented on what Mario did without realizing he was standing right behind them). His socks are also in Luigi colors.
== The Luigi Clone in Super Mario Galaxy is Mr. L from Super Paper Mario ==
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== Mario is Halo 3: ODST's Superintendent uploaded into a robot. ==
[[Exactly What It Says
== Princess Peach, aka Princess Toadstool, is the willing lover of Bowser, King of the Koopas. ==
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* {{spoiler|After their defeat, Jr confronts his father saying that he knew that Peach wasn't his mother.}} Bowser confirms this.
** No, Bowser Jr. interrupts Bowser before he finishes. Note also that Peach didn't deny Jr.'s claim when he first makes it. ''She had to think about it''...
* Hey, that little blabbermouth almost ruined it. Since the kid has the power to bring Bowser [[Back
* ''Almost'' everyone else. Mario is in on it, which is why he's happy to play sports with Bowser between times. They've got an open relationship; Bowser kidnaps Peach periodically and, after an appropriate time, Mario "wins her back".
* How long has it been? 25 years? And yet Mario still lives in his own little house. Peach knows she has to marry royalty eventually, and there aren't a whole lot of other kings around; so she maintains the [[Kayfabe]] that Bowser is evil.
* "The Princess is now a permanent guest at one of my seven Koopa hotels." And when Mario and Luigi finally saved Peach, they never got to enjoy the picnic they made the trip for.
* I got the chills when I saw this entry. It reminded me of Braid, almost. It could mean, essentially, that every time I've played a Super Mario game, I've been killing countless innocent creatures to kidnap the princess from her loving, albeit disfigured, husband. Every time those toad advisors appear, I shall think, "You don't need to say sorry. Mario probably tortured you into giving him information as to the whereabouts of the Princess". The only evidence for this I can muster is that every world Mario plays in is generally bright (apart from the last world in New Super Mario Bros), all the enemies Mario faces are generally non-threatening in appearance, and that the Yoshis are incredibly scary; they look cute at first, but, literally speaking, they eat their enemies then throw the digested, excreted, corpses at other enemies. They really put Bowser and Kamek into perspective - was killing Mario and Luigi as babies a necessary evil? Also, if you think about Bowser's "evil" deeds, you can see that the worst he has ever done was trying to kidnap a princess (or possibly, get back his wife). Mario, however, kills countless beings while on hallucinogenic substances, and keeps a record of their deaths in a disgusting manner (e.g. if he drives his feet into a goombas face, squashing it and killing it, his "score" will go up). I can't go to sleep now, I feel so ashamed.
* [[El Goonish Shive
* And also, Mario is her psychotic ex.
* Princess Peach is [[Covert Pervert|much kinkier than I thought.]] She's into being kidnapped, someone risking lives and limbs to "rescue her", and given that Bowser is a fire-breathing dragon-turtle, a [[Nightmare Fetishist]]. She must keep it secret because otherwise she'll become [[Never Live It Down|Skanky Mc Shroom.]]
== Mario and Bowser are in a [[Betty and Veronica]] situation. ==
Mario DOES have Peach to himself (due to Luigi's cooking for them and giving her Piranha Plant bouquets), but Bowser is constantly trying to win her over. However, Bowser still hangs out with Mario occasionally; he beats him often in [[Super Smash Bros
== Bowser Jr. is an elaborate biological [[Soul Jar]] for Bowser. ==
As previously mentioned, Bowser was ''killed'' at the end of the first world in ''[[New Super Mario Bros
* ... Children often look like their parents.
** The Koopalings don't.
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== Koopas are an asexual species. ==
Explains where Bowser gets his endless supply of troops and where all of Bowser's children came from.
* [[
** [[Brain Bleach|Might I recommend...]]
** What about [http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php?g2_itemId=6223 this?]
* Alternately, ''Koopas DO have genders; but since no [[Non
* The playable character Koops in ''[[Paper Mario (
* And when {{spoiler|Bowser is possessed by the female villain}} in ''[[
** Bowser also has hair. Safe to say the rules of Koopadom don't apply to him.
* Other than the possession deals, though, it seems the only way to tell a female Koopa is lipstick and clothing. Let's not get into Birdo or Vivian.
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== Peach is a human. ==
Peach came to the mushroom world much in the same fashion as the Mario Bros. The childlike Toads saw her as a mother figure, and she accepted the role (like Wendy in Peter Pan). The Toads then built a castle for her and crowned her princess.
** While not confirmed, it seems ''[[The Super Mario Bros Movie]]'' at least supports this theory.
== Peach is not a human but a mutant mushroom woman. ==
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* Possibly, she's half-Toad, half-human, with the human side coming from the race Mario originates from.
** Supporting evidence: on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, she had a human grandmother; in [[Super Mario]] RPG, she had a Toad grandmother (and there's some evidence suggesting that Toadsworth is her grandfather).
*** It's likely though that her "grandmother" in [[
* Alternately, she was genetically engineered as a way to convince Mario and Luigi to act as saviors of the mushroom race.
* One internet comic depicted Peach as a common female Toad until a run-in with ''[[
** For no known reason, [[
*** "Whoa, look at those."
* She's a regular toad wearing REALLY high heels and a wig.
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== Peach is an ordinary mushroom woman who uses magic illusions to look like an attractive woman to Mario and Luigi. ==
An alternative to the above. Add that she does have magical abilities (as evidenced by her floaty jumps in ''[[Super Mario Bros
== Mario is in love with Peach, but doesn't pressure her on it because of the Bowser situation. ==
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# Peach's appearance is an '''implausibly''' generic "princess" stereotype; long blonde hair, huge blue eyes, pink dress, etc.
# While Peach supposedly is a native of the Mushroom Kingdom, she looks nothing like her subjects, and is the only humanoid present.
# Bowser is clearly in love with her, despite the fact that they're clearly not the same species ([[Rule
# Peach's attacks in Super Mario RPG and some others are... inexplicable at best. Popping a balloon, complete with bizarre sound effects, to inflict silence? If that isn't the physical incarnation of a non-sequitur, I don't know what is.
My theory is that either Peach is from an alternate continuity where Giygas does a [[Heel Face Turn]] but remains a mindless [[Eldritch Abomination]], or (more likely) a sort of anti-Giygas formed when Giygas created his own mini-universe, much as how anti-matter or matter cannot be formed without the other also being created.
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* Or it's an [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]] caused by a combination of inhaling too many cleaners (he's a plumber, after all) and spoiled pizza.
*** He's not a plumber! He's a zookeeper that's been getting high off of cat urine (in this case, tigers)!
* Wait, does this mean he's on [[Mother 3
== The gravity in the Mushroom Kingdom is a fraction of what it is in the "real world". ==
In the ''[[WMG/Super Mario Bros Super Show|Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' continuity, Mario and Luigi were ordinary plumbers in stylish outfits before a time-space anomaly dropped them into the Mushroom Kingdom, where they became heroes renowned for their jumping abilities. Both plumbers can naturally leap far beyond the human norm, especially for pudgy Mario and willowy Luigi. If she were in our world, Princess Peach might weigh about 500 pounds. For further evidence, see ''[[Super Mario Bros
* No, Mario and Luigi were good at jumping before coming to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario Bros, the one where you beat the enemies from the pipes, takes place in the sewers of New York City, and the Mario Bros are still exceptional at jumping.
== The Mario from ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' is actually Super Mario's father or grandfather. == We know that Cranky Kong from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' is the original Donkey Kong, and he's grown old enough to grow a white beard. It also goes somewhat against character that the current Mario would lock Donkey Kong in a cage (he never did that to Bowser) and send an army of Snapjaws, Nitpickers, and Sparks to fend away Donkey Kong Jr.
* Alternatively ''[[Year Inside, Hour Outside|time passes much slower]] in the Mushroom Kingdom''. How galling would it be for Cranky to learn that his nemesis is still young and healthy, while he is knocking on death's door?
** In this scenario, the storyline between ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' goes as follows: Pauline died in a tragic barrel accident that Mario blamed on Donkey Kong. Turning to [[The Dark Side]], Mario summmoned minions to capture Donkey Kong and terrorize DK's son. After DK Junior brought Mario back to his senses, our plumber became [[The Atoner]] and exiled himself back to his homeland; serving the Mushroom Princess as a kind of penance.
*** Mario Senior also had something to do with the death of Wrinkly Kong.
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* The simplest explanation is that Gorillas don't live nearly as long as humans. In the wild they only live to be around 30-40 years old, and when Donkey Kong Country came out 12 years had passed since we last saw him in Donkey Kong Junior, so it makes sense that Cranky's an old fart and Junior's all grown up now.
== Mario nearly died in a freak portal accident sending him to Earth, where his body was found by [[Mega Man (
They made him stronger, faster, better. They also named him "Jumpman." Thankfully, he eventually found a secret warp zone while working on the drain and got his true name back.
== "Galaxy" is a translation error ==
Super Mario Galaxy features "galaxies" which are at most a few miles across. Given how each galaxy selection area looks like a star system (complete with Pluto's inclined orbit), it'd make more sense if the galaxies are actually planets/planetoids, and the six selection areas are solar systems. This confusion must have set in while translating between Mushroom Kingdom-language and English/Japanese.
* Or maybe it was just named that way to give way to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131129075649/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/18/u-r-mr-gay-message-discovered-in-super-mario-galaxy-box-art
* Yeah, except each level has multiple planets and sometimes a sun or moon. It makes more sense to me if the whole thing is technically one galaxy, but every level except {{spoiler|Grand Finale}} is a solar system.
* The Mushroom Kingdom language is particularly confusing for this sort of thing, hence different areas of the Mushroom Kingdom, Yoshi's Island etc. being known as "Worlds".
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* Second, the Void. If the events of Super Paper Mario really happened, then the Void would have been sighted in the main Super Mario universe. It seems uncharacteristic of someone like Rosalina, whose job is to watch over the Universe, to not notice (or simply not care) about something that could very well bring about the end of the universe as we know it. With the Rosalina-as-storyteller theory, this discrepancy become much more logical. Of course she won't be worried about the Void. Why would she be worried about something that a. never existed and b. she made up?
== Rosalina is the Guardian of the Galaxy Cauldron from [[Sailor Moon]]. Better known in Gnosticism as [
She occasionally reincarnates to keep from being too depressed about about [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|outlasting everyone else.]] Note how the Observatory's Warp Field makes it look like a [[Cosmic Egg|giant egg]]. Thus, the original Star Mother that she and the Lumas were looking for in the backstory was ''also'' Rosalina.
* The Galaxy Cauldron, btw, is the thing that everyone gets sucked into at the end. Also known as the [
* Man, Mario is really lucky that all he got for mucking around with the Star Road and entering the end in ''Super Mario World'' as a bonus stage was covering the island in chocolate, and all turtle shells have turned into Mario Heads. Yes, the guide tries desperately to claim this is the seasons changing...that doesn't explain why it's only "fall" on Chocolate Island. And Chocolate Island turns green after the Star Road is entered.
* ''This has happened before.'' Rosalina says that life is constantly being reborn, though it doesn't always happen the same way. This is why there's different Mario "universes" such as Paper Mario, 3-D Mario, etc.
== Rosalina is the Mushroom Kingdom equivalent of God ==
Take into consideration the following, The Mushroom Kingdom has a centenary celebration of a passing comet that turns out to be a space observatory of the Enigmatic Rosalina who nurtures baby stars until they become Planets, Galaxies, etc, etc.
Invisible being seeing the process of the creation of planets and wishes?
Celebrated by those who believe in it?
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== The Rosalina seen at the end of Super Mario Galaxy is really a combination of the previous Rosalina's of the previous iterations of the universe. ==
It is implied that Rosalina is in a semi-[[Stable Time Loop]] (the Luma that was looking for her mother in the storybook seems to be the same one that appears in the 120-star ending, meaning it was looking for Rosalina's future/alternate self). So when the current universe ends the current Rosalina merges with the previous ones and arranges things so that her next self can perform her job with the new universe.
In other words, Rosalina isn't a god, she's a [[Umineko no Naku Koro
== Super Mario Galaxy 2 is an alternate universe from Super Mario Galaxy 1 ==
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Geno's true form is Luma-shaped, and he says he was sent to Mushroom World by "a higher authority." (Rosalina) Also, the Luma language (that Luma speaks at the end of Super Mario Galaxy 2) seems to be written in the same alphabet as Geno's real name, ??!?
* Given that he refers to himself as a Star Spirit, it follows that ''all'' the Star Spirits of Star Road (Seen in [[Paper Mario (
== The Mario-verse Pantheon ==
#Rosalina (Either a reincarnating Goddess or at least someone "appointed" as Caretaker. [[
#Rosalina's Star Rod (When she isn't present, it by itself is a symbol of office; and governs the Star Road.)
#The Star Road (The system which maintains reality. All life and "wishes" goes through a network coming and going from the Center of The Universe to individual points throughout the universe. Grand Stars (Galaxy) are the major nodes which feed via the Star Road into the lesser Power Stars (Mario 64). Mess with any of these, and the system is subverted. Has a reboot function. Smithy's Attack in ''[[
#Agents. The Star Spirits from ''[[Paper Mario (
== Mushroom Kingdom coins are made of an alloy with that includes Star Bits. ==
Naturally, red and blue coins have a higher Star Bit concentration. This is why enough coins give extra lives (and 100 become Power Stars in ''Super Mario 64/DS''); this property wasn't present in ''Super Mario RPG'' and ''[[Paper Mario (
* The coins used by Isle Delfino, meanwhile, are crafted with sunshine; to a similar effect.
** That would explain how Lumas in Galaxy 2 are able to derive nourishment from coins.
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== Bowser never went through Villain Decay, and instead suffers from mental illness. ==
A lot of people say that Bowser has gone through [[Villain Decay]] but I think otherwise. The way I see it, Bowser suffers from a mental disorder that carries attributes of bipolar disorder and multiple personality disorder. My theory is thus: Bowser, originally had a personality that was about halfway between the 'comic buffoon' role from the [[RPG|RPGs]] and the 'dark lord' role he holds in games like Mario Galaxy and ''[[
* We see this happening at the end of Galaxy, actually. Right until the end, Dark Lord Bowser is about to destroy all life as we know it and create a Galactic Empire. He falls into a sun and then into the Source; and then the Big Crunch/Big Bang occurs, and everyone is reborn together. Nobody ''cares'' that Bowser is right there in the castle garden, and he's just grumbling like he has a headache, while his servants frolic with everyone else.
** Perhaps it's due to Bowser being one of the [[The Chosen One|Star Children]] as explained by ''Yoshi's Island DS.'' Sometimes he can suppress the Star, sometimes he can't.
** This gives him a bit of [[The Woobie|woobie]] potential, don't ya think?
*** [[Mario
== Luigi is suffering from being a [[Butt Monkey]] because his wish to be like Mario was broken by the events of ''Super Mario RPG'' == You can see his wish lying on the ground at Star Hill, but the Star Road is broken. As a result, Luigi's self-worth has been going down and down ever since ''Luigi's Mansion''.
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* By Super Mario Bros. 3, Luigi could see fairly easily that practically nobody knew about him, even giving him Mario's mail. This served as his first blow to the ego.
* In Super Mario World, Luigi was exposed to the horrors of ghosts at the same time as he and his brother found several Yoshis. This, combined with the above, triggered a subliminal reaction.
* Due to the effects on his psyche, Luigi became dependent on his brother, choosing to live with him as [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] as shown in [[Paper Mario (
* The pain of his brother then going missing was too much for Luigi, and with no other choice, he finally stood up for himself. Despite rescuing Mario (and, with enough cash, purchasing a brand-new ''solid freaking gold'' mansion), he was forever after afraid of open, isolated spaces, and the brothers chose to continue living in their old, smaller, familiar house (though they use the mansion for parties).
== Luigi is suffering aforementioned [[Divergent Character Evolution]] due to his overprotective parents. ==
As a sort of extension of the childhood trauma mentioned above, Luigi's so timid and jumpy because after being kidnapped
as a very small child, his parents became incredibly overprotective and their concerns for his wellbeing rubbed off on him. We don't know a lot about the space between them being small babies and them being plumbers, so it's possible that Luigi was always the one reminded to take his brother's hand when crossing the street, the one who had to wear the most protective padding when playing outside, the one who always had to wear a raincoat... in summer. As a result, Luigi himself became so paranoid that everything was out to get him and he has to rely on Mario (and Mario only, because strangers are murderers you haven't met) to support him through life. Likewise, Mario, having been the one to save his brother repeatedly, probably got told to protect Luigi, watch Luigi, make sure Luigi doesn't get into any trouble at school, you know Luigi's allergic to X, Mario...
== Mario is Peach's father. ==
This would explain why she never puts out.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111106150353/http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2008/02/18/the-genealogy-of-mario-as-explained-to-me-by-japanese-6-year-olds/ There's no telling how deep this rabbit hole goes.]
* Really, no. They make out all the time, the best is at the end of Super Mario World, complete with fireworks and Mario blushing.
== Mario and Luigi are in fact members of the Plumbers organization from ''[[Ben 10]]''. ==
They were retired by the time of Donkey Kong, Wrecking Crew and Mario Bros but took various jobs to keep fed. During one of these jobs, which was actual plumbing interestingly enough, they found the portal to the Mushroom Kingdom. They decided to come out of retirement to defend this world.
== Wario is... ==
* A long-lost third Mario Brother.
* An imperfect, evil clone of Mario constructed by Bowser.
* Not quite, but [http://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario:_Die_Verwandlung this comic] shows him as an accidental evil clone:
* A deranged fan of Mario's.
* A disgruntled childhood friend of Mario's.
** Take your pick.
** That's what various spin offs and main storylines say he is. They show him playing cowboy games with Mario.
* He is also the inspiration for Mulch Diggums in [[
* If the Mushroom Kingdom is an alternate universe to the "real world" that Mario comes from, then Wario and Waluigi are simply the original Mushroom Kingdom Versions of Mario and Luigi.
* This troper has always been of the opinion that the Wario Brothers were the cousins of the Mario Brothers.
* Alright, let me tell you guys this: [[Your Head Asplode|it may make your heads explode.]] The Mushroom Kingdom decided that since Mario was mortal, he would expire after a few years. So MK scientists worked on trying to make a vessel for Mario to inhabit, it was immortal, but imperfect technology made it exaggerate Mario's traits (shorter and fatter) and gave him the ability to weaponize his flatulence. However, Mario's soul being transmitted into the vessel wonked it up and gave him dementia, the scientists panicked and sent him to an alternate universe. So Wario's the AU Mario, but that's not all... In the same alternate dimension, Luigi realized that his brother will most likely cause damage in the alternate universe, so he demanded to actually undergo surgery to not risk gaining the same dementia. He was sent to the universe in his new form, and, to avoid confusion with this universe's Luigi, so he nicknamed himself Waluigi. Waluigi kept a low profile to not rise suspicion, and utilizes bombs because he knows that Wario would be insane enough to fart on the lit flame of a bomb.
== Mario and Luigi are X-Men style mutants ==
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Strange flora and fauna, magical mushrooms, growing and shrinking...
* [[Word of God|Mr. Miyamoto has confirmed]] the inspiration by Wonderland.
* The way this troper sees it: Wonderland is known to have various portals that lead to different regions. The rabbit hole from
== Mario and Luigi are part fungi, and thus don't ''need'' to breathe using lungs, but do if they're thinking about it. ==
Hence the strange random [[Super Drowning Skills]] moments. It should be noted in ''[[Paper Mario (
:Alternatively, that fishbowl was an underachieving Luma.
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*** I think this version, or at least an ancestral war between Toads and Koopas, is supported by [[Super Mario Bros Z]] - in epizode 7, there is mention that the war has started way before Peach and Bowser.
* ''If'' Peach qualifies as a dictator, her rule is rather authoritarian than totalitarian. Totalitarian leaders are rarely opposed by greater parts of their own people. Hitler wasn't, Stalin also wasn't. Totalitarian power does not only rely on brute force, but also on devices like surveillance, propaganda, mass movement, centralization of information, spreading of fear, and so forth. Princess Peach does nothing like this. Or at least we have no evidence for that.
* Incidentally, if the comic books are in continuity, Peach isn't the ruler proper. That role goes to her father, who's about three steps up from [[
== Super Mario Bros 2 was not [[All Just a Dream]] ==
Wart was a dream demon attempting to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom by trapping its citizens in a permanent nightmare. The world of Sub-con is an area of the Dreaming that he cordoned off for this purpose ([[The Sandman|as Brute and Gob once did to trap Hector Hall]]). The scene at the end with Mario waking up was merely showing him breaking free from the dream after he defeated Wart.
* So, Wart is [[The Legend of Zelda:
== Mario wasn't dreaming in SMB 2... ==
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== Princess Peach is a [[Chessmaster]]. ==
Let's face it. Peach just isn't an [[Action Girl]]. But Bowser hasn't suffered [[Villain Decay]]; Peach manages to deflect him half the time without Mario getting involved because she's his peer; she just prefers indirection and playing defense. In the Paper Mario games, she manages a fair bit of infiltration and behind-the-scenes support, she {{spoiler|seduces a supercomputer and makes it commit suicide}}, and carries her weight just fine fighting alongside Mario and Bowser to Save All Worlds. In ''Subspace Emissary'', she may not be punching out starfighters, but she's confident enough to [[Outrun the Fireball|Outstroll Fireballs]], defuse in-fighting, and manages to recruit the source of the Primids to fight with the heroes by letting it play with her umbrella, [[Exactly What It Says
* The only thing is, she is not an '''evil''' chessmaster, she plays with the white pieces. So I don't say she {{spoiler|seduced a supercomputer and made it commit suicide}}, but tried to make it understand love. Why can't she be evil? Because she has a pure heart and voice, so she was gifted with pure genius too.
** Now, her moves on the chess board are all made to protect the mushroom kingdom, or her friends. She becomes captured in [[SMB 1]] in hopes of a hero coming to save her and proving himself worthy of being the kingdoms protector when she is out of commission.
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== Peach is a mage. ==
* Her abilities are a certain level of clairvoyance and mental suggestion (which is why her letters always find Mario), a limited version of [[Final Fantasy|Float]] (''Super Mario Bros. 2''), and the production of magic items (''Mario 3'', ''Mario World'', any game where she sends 1-ups). Why, you're probably asking, don't the Toads arm up with the Fire/Ice Flowers that occur naturally throughout the worlds and kick Bowser's ass? That's her main power; the ability to endow individuals with the [[Super Empowering|ability to use items]]. It's limited to four at a time. In the case of [[New Super Mario Bros
** That's why Bowser's kidnapped her all those times; he's after her power. He wants to endow his forces with abilities, but the ones that have them are imperfect (for one thing, they're still [[One
** To her credit, she's portrayed in [[
== Yoshis are a species of tomboys ==
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== Princess Peach is slowly growing to a colossal size. ==
Tangentally related to the above entry; in the original Super Mario Bros, Peach was actually smaller than Mario in Super state. Ever since then, she's been slightly bigger than he is even Super Mushroom-powered. In the latest games, she's actually [[One Head Taller]]. Perhaps it's stopped for now, but who knows...maybe {{spoiler|Rosalina's appearance in the ending cutscene of Super Mario Galaxy}} is an indication of things to come for Peach as well?
* [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|OBJECTION!]] [[Fridge Logic|If Peach is slowly growing to a colossal height, then that means that Daisy is also growing at a similar, if unsimultaneous rate.]] If you compare their heights in all their appearances together, Daisy is always slightly shorter than Peach.
== Mario and Luigi are Monks ==
They have a lot of ranks in Jump and the Spring Attack feat, resistance to many special effects but rely mostly on dodging to avoid direct damage, rarely if ever wear armour, and are probably both Lawful Good. Bowser is a Dragon Turtle Sorceror, and Peach is probably a lower-level Wizard or even a Cleric.
* What subjob lets them wield hammers?
** Exotic Weapon Profiency, duh.
* Mario and Luigi also have the slow fall ability (being able to slow their falls using walls) branching into a custom "Wall Jump" feat.
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== Rosalina is just as much a tyrannical dictator as Bowser is. ==
Despite her supposed "care" for the Lumas and stars, she has no problems ''starving them to death'' (how else can you explain all the hungry Lumas in the galaxies?), forcing them to transform into items for Mario to use, and tapping into their power to empower her giant spaceship. Nothing that she does to them is any different to what Bowser is doing, with the possible exception that - after he succeeds in creating his own galaxy - Bowser ''may'' be powerful enough to not need the Lumas anymore and release them as regular citizens in his galactic empire; under Rosalina, they'll be enslaved into forced labor ''for all of eternity''.
* Although turning into a planet is said to be part of the Luma's life cycle... and besides, [[Cursed
** Global Warming.
*** According to Galaxy, Lumas can turn into other things, such as power stars (they probably prefer being sentient stars to being power stars) or even galaxies.
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== Mario and Peach are government agents ==
Although the inhabitants of the Mushroom Kingdom seem to obey Peach, she's just a figurehead, the Mushroom "Kingdom" is actually run by a council (The chancellor of Super Mario RPG was one of them) that spread fake propaganda saying that Peach is the ruler of the kingdom, this is done to bait Bowser, the dictator of the neighbouring country, into kidnapping Peach (Because Bowser thinks she's the real ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom) then the Mushroom Council can send Mario to sabotage and destroy Bowser's land without there being a public outcry in the Mushroom Kingdom (They are really peace-loving, as can be seen in their games) this way, the Council is effectively running a secret war against Bowser but still keeping an image of being "non-aggressive" and "just responding to Bowser's attack".
== The RPG are set in their own continuity. ==
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== Alternatively, Wario sells ideas to Nintendo. ==
The Wii Remote seems to be a direct descendant of the Form Baton that Wario discovered in Smooth Moves, so it isn't much of a stretch to believe that Wario is behind much of Nintendo's supposed genius. Presumably he also sold them the rights to Mario's stories, and the Wario Ware games are actually made by him and his employees.
* "Actually are" would be the proper phrasing, in the 'real' credits stage in ''[[
== Boos are dead Shy Guys. ==
It would explain their fear of showing their faces. Now, before you tell me this is [[Jossed]] by the presence of what are quite obviously Shy Guy ghosts in [[
* Birth-Death-Ghost-Recruit/Birth-Death-Ghost-Death2
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== Mr. L is ''not'' actually Luigi ==
...but rather some random schmo. Luigi died back at the wedding incident, and all appearances that he was brainwashed was a bizarre coincidence.
* This Troper is seriously expecting this to happen in the next [[Paper Mario (
== Super Paper Mario is not real ==
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== Mimi from Super Paper Mario is the same species as "The Thing" ==
Mimi can change shape and imitate other people perfectly. So can The Thing. The Thing's other forms include [https://web.archive.org/web/20120112155656/http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/images/thing2.jpg a spider with an upside-down head]. Mimi's true form is...[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/f/f5/SuperPaperMario_monster-artwork.jpg a spider with an upside-down head]{{Dead link}}.
* This. So very much. Mimi frigging belongs in a horror movie anyways, just look at the way she snaps her head... and oh that chatter. "MIMIMIMIMIMIMIMI..." *shudders* If Super Paper Mario had more realistic graphics, it could have been a T-rated game, ''just because of Mimi''.
== Mario' real name is Super Mario ==
Well, since the movie, even though it's mostly [[Canon
* The movie may be [[Canon
** And Luigi refers to his brother as Mario. Generally speaking people do not call their brothers by their last names. This, combined with the above point, means that Mario's name probably is actually Mario Mario.
== Daisy was... ==
Bioengineered, replaced (with a similar alien or imperfect clone), or otherwise f** ked up by Tatanga while kidnapped. Evidence? [[Super Smash Bros
== [[Super Mario RPG
Culex's true form is a demon whose lower body is trapped in ice, a description which fits Satan's appearance in Dante's Inferno, where the other Fiends got their names, perfectly. This would imply some sort of command over the others. Also, he has the four Overworld Crystals from FFIV when you battle him, and the music played during his fight is from the same game. The reason he doesn't appear in that game is because Golbez banished him for being too lenient towards his enemies (in SMRPG, he actually allows Mario to turn back if the party is unprepared).
* Well, in the ''[[The After Years]]''; we know that the Fiends were all sent by "the Creator" to ally with villains to affect the evolution of different Final Fantasy worlds with Crystals in them. "Vanda" was one of those worlds. Given how the success of the "Smithy Incident" lead to the creation of the [[Paper Mario (
== The Mushroom Kingdom is actually a renegade province... ==
From an empire ruled by Bowser. Why does he keep kidnapping Princess Peach? He isn't. That's just what everybody in the Mushroom Kingdom says. Bowser is actually arresting her for treason. Mario is either gullible, a part of the rebellion, or being blackmailed somehow. This would also explain the relative scarcity of friendlies in the various games.
== Sponsors force Mario to allow [[Go
He helps brings in the 18-24 evil monster demographic.
== Rosalina's body is composed of [[Futurama|Dark Matter]]. ==
Explains why she's so damn heavy in ''[[
== The X-Nauts are an alien race that mistook the planet Mario is on for Earth ==
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== Princess Peach is the mother. She will never, ever admit this. ==
* Throughout the Mario series, Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach and taken her to his lair multiple times. His motives for doing so have never been stated directly, and most likely never will be due to the games' target audience.
* There is no "mother" Koopa present in the series, so Bowser either reproduces asexually, or he requires a mate.
* The duration Princess Peach spends in captivity (or the amount of time needed for Mario to travel from any starting point to Bowser's Castle) is ample time for the two to mate.
* In most cases after rescue, Princess Peach remains silent about the events that transpired while in captivity.
* Bowser Junior has been raised with the perspective that Mario is a bad man and an unfair bully who frequently kidnaps the princess from her "home". He states: "Leave her alone! I won't let you take Mama Peach again. Dad told me all about it. He told me I had a mom that got kidnapped by a bad man named Mario. Bowser said Mario is a great big bully. He never fights fair. So I tried to get him in prison. But they didn't lock him up! And now he came back to steal Mama Peach again!"
* And, most damningly, when told she was the mother, she had to think about it.
** [[Torchic Blaziken|This Troper]] thinks that Toadstool's ??? is actually Bowser Jr's egg, and she and Bowser made a pact that if she lays the egg after she's saved, she has to send it back to Bowser.
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== Mario is a Communist ==
First off, he's collecting coins. Why? So he can destroy them, as capitalist symbols. Alternatively, to distribute in a equal manner to the people of his glorious motherland. Secondly, he's fighting Bowser, who's a capitalist, setting up his own children as leaders over regions and smaller countries. Whenever Mario beats one of the castles, he destroys it as a symbol of capitalism! Finally, he's, well, wearing red. I rest my case.
* And don't forget that he is a plumber, making him a proletarian.
* [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/597797/bullet_bill-communism-epic-goomba-joseph_stalin-ko Mario also does look exactly like Stalin].
* Bowser is a capitalist? Then explain "Bowser Revolution" in [[
** I think he meant "Bureaucrat." Also, castles are more symbols of the military-industrial complex, or feudalism.
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/307402 Newgrounds has this.]
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== Snifits are the homicidally depressed shades of creatures forcibly wrought into a hideous mechanical abomination. ==
In short, [[Doctor Who
== Bowser's body still contains remnants of Cackletta. ==
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== On the two Luigis of Super Mario Galaxy... ==
They are two distinct characters, and thus between the two of them they explain any blatant disparity between any given pair of contrasting depictions of Luigi. One of them (the one you play as) is the traditional support-role, alternate-playable-character Luigi who's kinda just there as an alternative to Mario who can jump higher and needs to wear shoes instead of banana peels, and is generally a normal, likable guy. The other one is the weird Luigi taken to the extreme in ''[[Super Smash Bros
== Kamek is constantly manipulating Bowser ==
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== Nintendo has a crossover continuity similar to Captain N ==
* Cameos such as warp whistles in Mario and Goombas in Zelda show the same concepts are shared in this multiverse. Using sufficiently advanced magic/technology, Mario and Zelda characters can meet each other.
* Nintendo's Tetris has a party featuring Zelda, Mario, Samus, and Sesame Street. Smash Bros. has Master Hand create dolls inspired by multiple characters. These cameo based dimensions can still view multiple video game worlds to gain inspiration, as they exist in the same multiverse. Each "real" version of the characters could travel to another video game dimension if they discovered how to cross over.
* Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Country are on the same Mushroom World as Mario. Donkey Kong Land suggests the older games took place on Donkey Kong Island, and these rivalries may still be taking place every time a portable Donkey Kong game is released.
* ''Diddy Kong Racing'' had Banjo and Conker who are now in discontinuity from their removal in the DS version due to Rare being bought out. Banjo and Conker exist in some "Rareverse," no longer accessible to Nintendo characters, though it managed to cross over once.
* Princess Peach had an Arwing in her castle in ''[[
* The Subspace Emissary in Brawl takes place in a sort of "central hub" linking the various worlds, with the R.O.B.s serving to maintain it. Tabuu began his invasion here because it would allow him to easily access the various other game worlds.
** Different parts of this "hub" lead to different worlds; the jungle leads to the Donkey Kong universe, the forest to the Zelda universe, specifically to the Lost Woods. The latter explains why people often get lost in the Lost Woods and why there is a portal to Termina there; the forest, as Saria says in Ocarina of Time, is connected to many places.
== The Mushroom World is on the same planet as Hyrule ==
* The Mario series takes place chronologically later than Zelda, in a contemporary time period. The warp whistles are uncovered artifacts from the first Zelda.
* Nintendo consoles exist according to SMRPG and others. Nintendo thoroughly researches the history of Hyrule to create an electronic game based on it, parts of which are copied by Wario for ''[[
== All Mario games take place in the dream world. ==
* Mario's older games include Mario Bros, Wrecking Crew, and Donkey Kong, all taking place over a black void - Subcon. Mario has vague recollections of his plumber past, so he thinks this is still his pre-Mushroom Kingdom career, but he's just beginning to dream. Donkey Kong is a native of this world, so it's not Earth, but Donkey Kong 3 has "Stanley," another human who thinks he's still doing his job.
* The fly enemies in Mario Bros and Donkey Kong 3 are primitive versions of the winged subcon faeries, and the enemies in [[Super Mario Bros
* Coins and mushrooms are hidden in subcon in [[Super Mario Bros
* Yoshi eggs exist in Subcon in the [[Super Mario Bros
* In Super Mario Bros, Mario and Luigi don't find it odd that they can jump high, eat mushrooms and flowers to gain abilities, or disregard the laws of physics. They're used to the world and its strange properties, and lack any thought of going back to their original world if they did come from Brooklyn. People joke that the setting of Super Mario Bros is based on a drug trip. All of these qualities indicate dream logic.
* Shy Guys only exist in the dream world according to SMB 2. Their appearance in Mario RPG and Yoshi's Island indicate all games are still within the dream world. The dream world enemies appearing in SMW show they aren't exclusive to Wart's army, but exist in any dream world location.
* Link accesses the dream world in ''Link's Awakening.'' He finds Goombas originally thought to be exclusive to the Mushroom World, showing the Mushroom World is only part of the dream world. Either the Mushroom World continues to exist as a dream, or the Mushroom World ends when the Dream Whale wakes up.
* The dark void of Subspace/Subcon is the same Subspace that Tabuu uses in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Since the characters in Smash Bros are only representations of the originals, Tabuu and the Master Hand see Mario in the dream world and make a doll based on him, and continue to recreate the settings and characters of all Mario games, without any distinction between [[Super Mario Bros. (
== The Dream World is literally dreamt into existence by real-world Baby Mario, Luigi, Peach and Donkey Kong ==
They, along with Wario, Bowser and Yoshi are described as Star Children in YI:DS, seven babies that posess an extraordinary amount of power. Perhaps in the Real World, these four were born with the power to create realities from their mental powers. Mario, Luigi and Peach all being roughly the same age, grew up together. As they grew up, they collectively brought into existence The Mushroom Kingdom, from their imaginary games. Further away, a young DK was sold to the circus, seperating him from his family. In his despair he began to dream of a world where he was king, and his family lived plentifully, thus bringing into existence the DK Isles, where the worst thing that could possibly happen was a Banana shortage. DK was unaware of any other part of this Dream World until he encountered Mario, a human, which would naturally be seen as an immediate threat, something to be feared, hence their initial unfriendliness. Pauline was the only woman at the circus who treated baby DK nicely, and so dreamt her into his world. And she was naturally something to take away from the "Evil Human". To Mario, she was Pauline, but to DK she was his "Lady".
Wario was dreamt into existence by Luigi's view and resentment of Mario growing up. "always getting the better stuff, always stealing the limelight" was translated as "Greedy show-stealing pig", and being a caricature of Mario, then also became the first Star Child NATIVE to that dream world. But this world wouldn't remain real as long as they were at least partially anchored in the real world, unless.. they created two opposing Star Children to keep the world balanced and constant. The first was Peach's secret desire for a bad-boy to take her away: Prince Bowser, which is the natural Distaff Counterpart for "Princess Peach". The second was "Super Dragon Yoshi" to act as Mario's steed in his "Knight in Shining Armor" persona to win Peach over.
Interesting to note that both Yoshi and Bowser seem evenly matched in the field. Bowser is capable of trapping Super Dragon Yoshi (and other Yoshis) in an egg, but on the other hand Super Dragon Yoshi can gain powers from eating Koopa Shells, the things regular Yoshis can't actually swallow.
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== Both Luigis in Galaxy are the same, as the result of a [[Stable Time Loop]]. ==
The NPC Luigi is the one in the past, who helps Mario and later his future self- after the events of the finale caused some [[Timey
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgoWJKDaauE This] will be made into a flash game. ==
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== Princess Peach remains a princess because she lacks true royal blood. ==
Outside of old, probably non-canon cash-in materials there's no sign of the rest of the royal family, and the fact that she's not a Toad might be significant. Perhaps she was the adopted child of the retainers of the old royalty (who aren't around for some reason or another, perhaps there was only one, old, childless monarch left), and due to technicalities can't properly ascend to the throne, so she remains crown princess (she's probably also aware that [[
== The Toads in Super Mario Wii are placeholders for Wario and Waluigi. ==
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That is to say, all the creatures are mutated people and animals. Mario seems to have no qualms about killing any of these creatures, suggesting that he is either: (a insane, (b feeling opressed as a minority in the mushroom kingdom or (c scared by what he sees, and afraid that he will become them. It's like how no one in a zombie movie ever cares about killing zombies - they're already dead. Going with option (c, more speculation:
* 1. Bowser, then, wishes to create a cure for the mutations by studying one of the last remaining humans alive. Mario is almost insane, and thinks Bowser's kidnapping was to kill Peach or turn her into one of them, so he goes on a murderous rampage through abandoned castles, hoping to discover Bowser's laboratory. The fireballs that Bowser shoots are actually attempts by Bowser to inject Mario with the cure, lest he succomb to his insanity and turn into one of the creatures. Mario then runs past bowser, and murders him with a hammer for testing reflexes (which is part of Bowser's medical apparatus). Mario pretends the Princess thanks him, when in reality, she is cowering in a corner. This explains why we never see her hugging Mario for what he has done; Mario cannot bring himself to pretend that this happened.
* 2. Luigi never existed. Mario created him as an alternate personality to help deal with the stress of seeing his friends and family mutated. He is an idealistic Mario: shirt no longer stained blood red, taller than Mario, and less overweight.
* 3. Wario is Mario's mutated form. When Wario appears in a game of his own it could be said to be taking place after Mario kills Bowser, Mario having mutated and gained monstrous powers, although he can no longer jump like he used to due to his mutated legs and massive size. When Mario fights Wario, however, it could be a metaphor for how Mario is slowly losing his mind to whatever force that is turning everyone into monsters. The sadism of Wario is caused by how Mario was forced to kill so many mutated humans.
* 4. Every Mario game with the same plot (ransack some castles, find the princess) is a flashback that Wario has. The reason they vary so much is due to Wario being traumatised and unsure of what he saw back when he was human. He relives what happened over and over again, due to the realisation that Bowser was trying to help him. In reality, the cute creatures were vile monsters. World 8 in New Super Mario Bros is closer to reality than most of Wario's hallucinations - as Wario gets closer to the climax of his grief he remembers things more clearly.
* 5. Yoshis are mutated dogs, Toads are mutated children.
== Yoshi and Birdo actually are in a heterosexual relationship, just the other way around. ==
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Rather, there would be ''4'' Mario Bros. Now, picture Bros 3 and 4 each having evil counter parts (like Wario or Waluigi) then, imagine the [[Broken Base|how broken the fanbase would be]]. Thought that the Mario Vs. Luigi Vs. Wario Vs. Waluigi was bad?
== Bleck's attempts to fulfill the [[Super Paper Mario
The real Man in Green called for by the prophecies was [[The Legend of Zelda
== Midbus's true goal is to force Bowser to improve himself. ==
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== Warp Pipes are pieces of lost technology left behind by an ancient civilization ==
In Bowser's Inside Story, Warp Pipes are clearly revealed to be [[Exactly What It Says
I propose that Warp Pipes were the primary transport system for a civilization that existed before the Mushroom Kingdom. The Mushroom Kingdom has shown no signs of actually creating these pipes, it only uses them, and the pipes that spring from the ground seem to be naturally occuring as well. They were never installed; they just always were, and the Mushroom Kingdom's society mostly built around them, mostly just accepting that they are useful and thusly take them for granted after many years of use. They also exist outside of the Mushroom Kingdom, and in places like Rogueport in Thousand Year's Door they are clearly linked to the ancient ruins under ground.
== Bowser is actually Mario's father ==
Bowser is an overprotective father of Mario who still sees him as a small child and doesn't want him to have a girlfriend, which is why he keeps "kidnapping" Peach.
#That would certainly be interesting, as according to Yoshi's Island, Bowser and Mario are the same age...
** [[Timey
== The Koopalings are bastards, and therefore ineligible to inherit the throne ==
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== The ending of ''Super Mario Galaxy'' was [[Omniscient Morality License|an attempt by Rosalina]] to protect the universe from the prophecy of the Dark Prognosticus. ==
The events of ''[[
Note the look Bowser and Peach give each other after the universe restarts. It's rather... mutual.
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This idea was born from the fact that when Bowser sucked up the pipes in the forest when he got the 'Lucky' Shroom, we saw no holes in the ground and there were clumps of grass sucked up as well. Of course, it all could just be the people in charge of making the game-sprites not wanting to go through the extra effort of making holes in the ground or damaging Bowser's Body with pipe-lines.
== ''[[
Remember how on the live-action half of ''The [[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'', Mario and Luigi sometimes got visits by relatives who bore an [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]] to them? It's probably the same case with ''[[
* Can we say the same about the Zelda games too?
* It's canon that there are multiple Links. Also, at least two timelines and dimensions. The CD-i Link and his world could easily fall outside of the others. It doesn't even ''need'' to be [[Canon
== Kammy Koopa is the Koopa Kids' mother ==
Not only is she the brains behind all of Bowser's operations, as explained by Goombella in ''The Thousand-Year Door'', but their relationship in the original ''[[Paper Mario (
== Mario and Doctor Mario are two different people ==
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Her plan is similar to what Palpatine did in [[Star Wars]] to become Emperor. She is planning to take over the world and Bowser is her accomplice. In the first game, Peach staged her kidnapping so that she could become all-powerful, bribing Bowser to help her. She had him cast a spell over the kingdom, and kidnapped her own subjects while acting innocent. Her plan would have succeeded if it wasn't for two plumbers who came to "rescue" her, ruining her plan. Nevertheless, she acted nice for them. Every new game is actually Peach attempting her plan over and over again.
== [[
No wonder these games are so abysmal! They don't make sense at all! Why are the brothers in modern-day New York? Why does Mario have to get a bunch of historical artifacts? He doesn't even live in our world! The troper couldn't understand. Pretty soon, it'll dawn on them how horrible and warped their dreams are, and they will soon morph into a sense of nightmarish surrealism at the climax of the dream.
== [[Super Mario Bros
Subcon is an alternate universe created by dreams, but Mario and his friends actually did visit the land physically. Wart is, in fact, the dream counterpart of Bowser. The ending of the game that showed Mario asleep did not indicate that his adventure was a dream. He is actually dreaming about the good times he had during one of his finest adventures.
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== Peach is secretly in love with Bowser, but is being a [[Tsundere]] about it. ==
She can quite easily beat Bowser, as shown few times, but she chooses not to; She lets her second love, Mario, save her so she can spend as much time with Bowser as she can.
* Maybe [[One True Threesome]]?
== The [[Super Mario Bros.]] universe is locked in a cycle of rebirth and destruction. ==
We only get to see it at the end of [[
== The seemingly lack of geographical continuity is because Princess Peach and Bowser are both [[Planet Looters|Continent Looters]] ==
[[Super Smash Bros
== The trial at the beginning of Super Mario Sunshine was deliberately unfair ==
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== Weegee is a manifestation of all of the darkness in Luigi's heart. ==
When all of the dark sides of Luigi's personality split from the rest Luigi's personality and manifested into it's own physical being, to plague the world with the Weegee virus, it left Luigi as the coward we know him as today.
== The Koopalings are Bowser's children, but Bowser created [[Cloning Blues|a clone of himself]], Bowser Jr., because he was unhappy with the Koopalings. This backfires when Bowser Jr. becomes an unstoppable [[Kid With the Remote Control]]. ==
Bowser has been experimenting with cloning technology since the first game, where he created seven clones of himself to stop Mario; unfortunately, because cloning tech at the time was so primitive, they were weaker than the real Bowser and reverted back to their true [[Mook]] forms once killed. While Bowser sets up the seven-kingdom distraction in Super Mario Bros. 3, he sires the Koopalings with Peach, [[Moral Event Horizon|intending to train them as his lieutenants responsible for an impending Yoshi genocide in Super Mario World]]. However, he realized that, because they weren't as awesome as he was, they utterly failed at securing the Yoshi eggs, so when Bowser skulked away after losing to Mario yet again in Super Mario World, he left his children to die.
After his defeat in Super Mario 64, Bowser realized that he was getting too old for this crap, and made a clone of himself, Bowser Jr., so that his evil legacy may continue. Unfortunately Bowser gave his clone a little TOO much power and he quickly became the whiny, spoiled [[God Mode Sue]] we all love to hate. In all of his encounters with Mario, Bowser Jr. has shown significantly more competence than his father, including [[Super Mario Sunshine
His most magical antics, though, are in the [[New Super Mario Bros
== Rosalina is just plain lazy. ==
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== Rosalina allows Bowser's antics because in the end, the Universe is better off after he and Mario fight. ==
It states in ''Mario 64'' if you find [[One Hundred Percent Completion|all]] of the Power Stars that Mario finds more Stars than Bowser had stolen. Mario actually finds and activates Stars that were lost, stolen by inconsequential beings (usually as prizes for [[Mini Game|Mini Games]]), or depowered and restores them. (By getting 100 coins in a level, by somehow time-traveling back through a level and doing the same thing again under the light of a special Comet; etc.)
* Why waste energy to smite Bowser when the Cosmic Plumber will clean the Universal Pipes even better than they were before?
== Bouldergeist and Bogmire are related species ==
Or even the same species. Just look at them, their ghost forms are basically the complete same, as are many of their abilities:
[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/1/1f/Bouldergeisthands.jpg Bouldergeist]{{Dead link}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024838/http://www.mariowiki.com/images/8/82/Bogmire.jpg Bogmire]
* Or maybe even the same PERSON. DUN DUN DUN.
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The family in the mansion was having a party (Explaining all of the ghosts who aren't part of the family) when a bomb came out of the sky and destroyed the mansion and the surrounding area. All the Boos did was bring it (and it's ghosts) back from the dead.
== The [[Super Mario Bros. (
The reason why Bowser looks different and is almost always referred to as King Koopa is because the artists drew him with a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] design to avoid chances of him taking offense at his portrayal. (The few times his first name does come up with the voice actors slipping up.) This same reason applies to why the Koopalings have different names.
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* And no you can't turn this into a fanfiction. I'm going to first xD
== The Birdo from [[Super Mario Bros
Recent sports games have made a point of showing that "Birdo" is one of a larger species. The pink one working for Wart is indeed a transwoman residing in Sub Con. The friendly Birdo that is hinted to be in a relationship with Yoshi is a separate ciswoman residing in the Mushroom Kingdom. Of course, this theory does raise some [[Unfortunate Implications]] with the trans Birdo being the evil one.
* An interesting thing about the good Birdo is that she is wearing a ring.
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== The Shroobs aren't finished with yet. ==
== Long == ''[[Mario
In fact, she's placed directly in the center of the background, overlooking the battle. If this were a mere cameo, why would the [[Final Boss]] of the previous game be displayed at all, let alone putting such effort into her being placed properly?
It's reminiscent of when Fawful made a cameo in ''[[Mario
== Bowser is related to the [[Ace Attorney|Fey Clan]]. ==
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== Bowser has mild magical powers ==
He's always been shown as part of a 'wizard clan' or somesuch, and frequently uses magic to power himself and others up, but still prefers to use his natural abilities in battle. Most likely he feels his magical powers aren't worth the bother to train to use in battle when he can already breathe fire and has super-strength, and uses his magic for [[Mundane Utility|less flashy and personal stuff]]. After all, he's got Kamek, Kammy and the Magikoopas to do his magic work for him.
** Confirmed. Original game mentions his use of black magic, and his actions in [[
== ''[[
{{spoiler|Rosalina mentions at the end of ''[[
* All but confirmed by Miyamoto himself, who had [http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/26/miyamoto-on-mario-galaxy-2-expanding-games-and-more.aspx said] that "[Super Mario Galaxy 2] has been developed and designed so that those who have conquered the prequel, Super Mario Galaxy 1, can feel as if it’s a continuation from the ending of that first game."
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Why does Bowser always kidnap the same princess, and why is Mario so amiable to him the rest of the time? Simple: Peach is in on it. Mario's job is to protect Peach or, failing that, rescue her before she gets hurt. Bowser's job it to get past all of the defenses of any enemies' Royal Guards and attack their rulers. So to train, Bowser tries to capture Peach. When he fails, we don't see it. When he succeeds, then Mario goes to rescue her. It's just a job and their's no ill will between the two. Oh, and as for why Mario is willing to kill his allies with reckless abandon, they all got green mushrooms beforehand. They die, but come back to life in their homes safe and sound.
* That makes considerable sense, with the exception of the fact that it makes one wonder how [[Too Dumb to Live|Bowser]] can successfully control an army...
** He doesn't have to command it by himself, he has advisors such as Kamek to help him. He's the kind of soldier to lead from the front, and we've seen from [[Mario
== Mario and Luigi are insane, ADAM-crazed [[
We've seen how different Rapture looks through the eyes of a Little Sister, and we know that heavy splicing causes mental damage. Who's to say that similar hallucinations can't happen to Splicers?
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The Mushroom Kingdom guards have grown extremely competent at protecting Peach due to thwarting numerous kidnapping attempts, but we never see this since Nintendo thinks the most interesting stories are the ones where they fail.
== ''[[New Super Mario Bros
Mario is always present because he's ''Mario'', and he ''always'' goes to save the princess. Luigi is optional because he doesn't always tag along with his brother; this is why he's selectable instead of automatically being player 2. Blue and Yellow Toad are also selectable because their presence is also... questionable. The one telling the story may add them into the tale to make it more interesting; after all, the Mushroom Kingdom is FULL of fans of the Brothers, and who ''wouldn't'' want to join in on their adventures at least once?
The story varies from there depending on the players' actual style; if a Toad or two accompanies Mario, they could be anything from a helpful asset, a bumbling source of comic relief, a well-developed [[Original Character]] or a blatant glory-hogging [[Mary Sue]]. Alternately, it could be just the brothers, but with Luigi outshining his brother. If the players harass each other, it gets shades of a [[Revenge Fic]]. And so on and so forth...
== Luigi is NOT the fourth hero in ''[[
The light pragnosticus comments that {{spoiler|Luigi will decide whether the light or dark pragnosticus will come into play, but never states that the "man in green" is also one of the heroes.}} He {{spoiler|glows along with the others when the pure hearts are restored}}, but that is because of his role as the key, not because of being a hero. Rather, ''Tippi'' is the fourth hero. After all, she's helping save the world just as much, {{spoiler|if not more}}, than the playable characters are.
** But the Light Pragnosticus states that they would be led to the final hero after the first part in the Underwhere ordeal! ''Plus why didn't Tippi glow with the heros?''
== Luigi is more powerful than Mario, but is being held back. ==
We know from the platformers ([[SMW 2]] and SMG, specifically) that Luigi is faster and can jump higher than Mario. We also know that Luigi is tougher and healthier from the RPGs. Put these together and he's practically a [[Flying Brick]]! There are two reason why he isn't the hero: his low self-esteem and bad footwear, which reduces his acceleration. Now, here's where the guessing comes in. I think that Mario, who is older, stopped Luigi from helping him on his adventures when they were little, because he didn't think Luigi was old enough to be of use. Mario became famous, everybody loved him and he got to guest star at events like boxing matches. He boasted to Luigi about how everyone loved him and Luigi was depressed that he wasn't as succesful. Now, heroes attract danger so Luigi blamed bad things on him and his brother, but when it was just Mario saving the world(s), Luigi felt weak and inadequate. Plus, his shoe fitter and martial arts instructor are both Toads, so they are jealous of Luigi's height and sexy mustache so they deliberately hinder him by giving his slippery shoes and weak, embarrasing fighting techniques respectively.
* That makes so much sense! (and Luigi does have embarrassing fighting techniques.
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== Bonechill is Jaydes' and Grambi's son. ==
He was their son some 1500 or so years before ''[[
== Bowser's next attempt to kidnap Peach in the Mario and Luigi Saga will probably be his second most embarrassing failure yet. ==
Unless Mario and Luigi forget that they can easily reach the location of several pipes that lead to Bowser's Insides, or don't think of using them get inside him, inform him that they are there, and hit his funny bone with a hammer till he surrenders. Though odds are, they probably will.
* At the end of [[Bi S]] you see Bowser spit out all the pipes and people when he loses his vacum shroom ability. There are no longer any pipes inside bowser.
== Birdo is capable of spontaneously changing genders ==
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To the point why Waddle Dees disguise themselves as Shy Guys:
Let's say Wart is an ally of Bowser's army (which would make sense because he's a frog king like Goomba King, Bob-omb King etc.), they do this so you can differ them from normal Waddle Dees (and to look more frightening).
This would also mean that the doors in [[Super Mario Bros
The fact, Bowser has troops all over the universe has been proven in Mario Galaxy.
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Rather, it was the baby green Yoshi who hatched in ''Yoshi's Story'' that grew up to be Mario's sidekick. The green Yoshi who helped Baby Mario was his father.
* Further, it's all but confirmed that the Village Leader in Paper Mario was the Green Yoshi in Yoshi's Island. Super Dragon Yoshi, the current one (that's what he calls himself in the Japanese version of [[SMB 4]]: SMW), seems to have hatched sometime after the events of Yoshi's Island 2.
* I was under the impression this was confirmed? The Yoshi hatched at the end of [[
== Koopas are like bees. ==
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== Each "series" of Mario games (SMB, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, etc.) takes place in a separate continuity. ==
The ending of [[
== The Mushroom Kingdom is actualy the distopian future of earth, after climate change causes the death of just about everything, and the Mario series was intended as a warning to us. ==
It sounds crazy, but stick with me.
(WARNING: This WILL be long. VERY long. I really gave some thought into this one, and I shorted it as much as possible.
== This is long. Very long. ==
Scientists have theorised that, if Climate Change makes the earth heat up by 6 Degrees C, Everything except fungi will be killed by the heat and general Heat explosions. Let's go
with that idea - The fungi, unabated by humans or animals, grows rampant, and mutates when it grows on our nuclear deposists. The fungi mutate into human-type creatures - In other words, Toads. These Toads find out about, or remember, the days of old, and want to help, but they don't know how. So, they invent Warp Pipes, which can connect to different time periods, as well as different places. They conect these Pipes to verious time periods, and eventualy collect Mario, Luigi and Peach. But, a Malfunction also causes them to send the pipes into a compleatly different time period, the Jurasic age, where Bowser comes across the pipe and is also trasported to the future. Luckily, the Climate Change effects have since worn down, so while it's still hot, it's isn't deadly to humans.
The radiation from the Toad people also mutate Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser into the characters we see today, And the toad people ask about what they can do. They think about sending them back with the message of "Stop Using Coal," But the radiation upon Mario and Co. is too great of a risk. So Peach, being from the newest time period, surgests sending their message as a video game. The idea is so good, that she is declared Queen, (Or princess - She likes
that more.) And Mario and Luigi agree to become Royal Security Guards.
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She comes from the time just after the Video Game Crash, and she realises that, if the scientists could created a game that brung gaming back, that game would be famous - And thereby, someone might well realise the hidden conatations. So, the Toad Technitians get to work. With Peach's help, they created a game - In highly controled contitions, of course, to make sure raditation doesn't get passed through. She knows, luckily, where the toads can find radiation proof suits and buildings - And as the Toads had not yet extavigated the ruins of every city, they mannage to find suits and a building that aren't destroyed. They created a game about Mario and Luigi's adventure, and keep it fully sterilised and send it to the past. They also created a new console, in 8-Bit, to help discuise the game even more. The game and console are transported into the office of Miamoto, and the tiny amount of radiation from the warp pipe makes him the somewhat wacky man we know today. He takes this game - Called "Super Mario Bros." - And releaces it as his own.
Some parts in Super Mario Bros. Support this idea. For a start, there are a lot of Pits
and Water - Caused by the Explosions of the appocolypce and Rising Water Levels respectivley. New Creatures have evolved from the radiations, once the world stated to cool down again, and these are the eyes on the hills and clouds - After all, this was just ment to be a representations from Toad Techs, and this was the best they could do under the circumstances of keeping with the times. Why pick that time, you ask? Because any other time might well see the game not be noticed by the person who could work out the secret message! The Warp Pipes in the worlds were made by the toads as easy-to-use transport - And, being fungi, they like the dark and damp - Which explains why they pretty much all lead underground. Every character has
gained jumping ability after either mutation or rigerous training, as they need it - because of the pits and water left by the Fiery Death that led to this future.
As for every game past SMB, They have also been made in the future. The new characters
can be explained in three ways - They're either the result of Mutated Evolution, (The Above Eye-Clouds and Eye-mountain creatures) Wild fornication between the four starting humans, or a result of more malfuctions with the Time-Warp Pipes. These games are the constant cronicalisation of the Mario adventures - Because, as it turns out, the Toad Techs really like to program games about the humans they live with, and they hope to show just what their world is like to us.
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== Bowser sent minions into his body after Bowser's Inside Story to figure out how his powerups worked ==
And he managed to get them to turn on his growth, though not before they were killed by his immune system. This is why he was kaiju-sized in [[
* Bowser spat out all the pipes leading into his body after he beats Dark Bowser and Fawful. Bowser loses the vacum shrooms ability because of fawful exploding.
== Mario doesn't hate Bowser, or any of his enemies and, in fact, considers them friends ==
While not an official source, Charles Martinet as Mario at the Nintendo World Store in New York City says something that makes a lot of sense. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BTfCdst24M&feature=related (around 5:10) In it, Mario invites Bowser to his Thanksgiving dinner. When asked by a child why he invited the bad guys, Mario says, "Because even though they're the bad guys, they're still my friends. I love everybody. I'm-a Mario."
* [[Go
== Every single life expended in a [[Super Mario Bros.]] game is actually a clone of Mario/Luigi. ==
The Mushroom Kingdom and Princess Peach have a highly advanced genetic engineering program that allows the creation of artificial bodies for the Mario Bros., who likely exist in a [[Soul Jar]] of some sort in some hidden military facility while controlling their clones with [[Psychic Powers]]. So every time one of the bros. dies, they do physically die, but are able to take over a new body momentarily, even if their old one gets incinerated or sucked into a black hole. The whole "100 coins gets you a new life" business? That's simply overhead costs for creating a new clone body from scratch. The 1-Up Mushrooms are likely laden with special nutrients and proteins that facilitate facilitate the creation of a new body.
== Sexual reproduction does not exist in the Mario universe. ==
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== A Yoshi is a baby dragon. ==
They need the extra limbs to get by when they're younger, not unlike how tadpoles have tails. The "baby Yoshis" seen in Yoshi's Story were prematurely born. Plus, don't they just look alike? [https://web.archive.org/web/20140710161648/http://www.mariowiki.com/File:Dragon.
== In [[New Super Mario Bros
Mario is mortally wounded during the final boss level. He frees Peach and dies in her arms. The "secret world" is Mario Heaven. It floats in the sky, it has gates, and it's generally shiny and sparkly and magical. Mario and pals can return to the other worlds as ghosts.
== Shy Guys appear in [[Super Mario Bros
Remember that [[SMB 2]] is revealed to be [[All Just a Dream]] at the end. It's common for people to chronically dream about early childhood experiences, especially traumatic ones. Since Shy Guys figured strongly in the kidnapping attempt on Mario as a child, they still appear as bad guys in his dreams. Likewise, the Phanto scenes are a nightmarish, mixed-up reimagining of feeling helpless while Kamek's minions tried to abduct him and the feeling of only being secure when he was on Yoshi (symbolized in his dreams by the key). Also, Birdo is a bizarre representation of Yoshi, hence the different colours, egg attacks, and fireballs. In his baby mind he couldn't be sure if Yoshi was good or bad so he reinvents him as a key bad guy rather than a good guy. Birdo's gender confusion stems from Baby Mario having been aware that Yoshi was male, but also thinking that Yoshi must be a "mommy" since it took care of him.
== Mushroom World is fricking huge. ==
Think about it, if it houses the Mushroom Kingdom, Beanbean Kingdom, Sarasaland, Yoshi's Island, DK Island,[[Banjo
* First, Earth is a different planet than the Mushroom World, that much is clear, and it can be accessed by Warp Pipes. However, there are even more video games that may take place there.
** You can see Pikmin in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
** In [[Diddy Kong Racing]], you see [[Banjo
** Link appears sleeping in an inn in [[Super Mario RPG]]. Enemies resembling Deku Scrubs appear in [[Super Mario Galaxy]], and there is a club called "Link's Club" with the triforce as its logo in Mario Golf. He's also been mentioned in [[Donkey Kong Country]], by Bazaar, who runs a general store.
** [[The Legend Of Stafy|Stafy]] has met Wario.
** [[
== The Paintings in [[
It would explain the Throwback Galaxy from [[
== Bowser is a Megafuna Koopa ==
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Now, the next part is after Mario 64...
[[Super Mario Bros. 2
== Mario Keeps steroids in his hat ==
Which would explain why he takes double damage in Super Mario 64 after losing it.
== The [[
Being an [[Eldritch Abomination]], he doesn't speak in our human way. Usually he just grumbles about how terrible the game is but he may compel an unlucky player to do bad things.
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== [[Fridge Brilliance|Absolutely everything in the Mario series is completely realistic.]] ==
Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, the Mushroom Kingdom, [[This Is Your Premise
== This is [[Fetish|all a kinky game]] between Mario, Peach and Bowser. ==
They're a [[Polyamory|polyamorous]] group that [[Fake Difficulty|kidnaps and rescues]] each other on a regular basis [[Rule of Fun|purely for the fun of it]]. On other days they [[Go
* Where do Luigi and Daisy fit into this?
** Well, they aren't really part of the three's kinky game, but they will play along if they want (they're not the ones with the fetish). It's [[Rule of Fun|all in good fun]]. Mario, Peach and Bowser are the weird ones, [[Rule of Funny|because that's funny]].
== The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6CteMJiVbM void areas in] '''[[
It would explain the Twisty Trials Galaxy from ''[[
== Bowser is Technically the Mushroom King. ==
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** In Bowser's Inside Story, Bowser went to the meeting because he has a say in what they ought to do, but got carried away with breathing fire.
== [[
The idea to be planted was that her family was still among the stars, that they were watching over her, and that from them she could gather the strength to do anything, such as helping the "hero" of Mushroom Kingdom defeat his archnemesis and save his beloved princess.
* The whacked-out gravity could easily be a product of an Architect... the role of which has kindly been taken up by Bowser himself.
* The various enemies are all Rosalina's subconscious projections. [[Everything Trying to Kill You|They're out to get you as expected in a Mario game,]] because they can tell Mario is an invader and doesn't belong there.
* It should be noted, though, that the first [[
== Mario murdered Donkey Kong. ==
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== Bowser, Et Al, are Pokemon. ==
Peach used to be a Trainer, but after her Koopakid, Bowser, evolved into a Koopaking, she lost control, and he gathered the Pokemon of the region to be his soldiers.
The Toads aren't actually another species, they just have sweet hats.
== Bowser isn't the father of the Koopalings ==
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== Toad just suffers from self-esteem issues. ==
In games where Toad is playable (and I mean more than [[Mario
== Mario will get a [[Elemental Powers|Wood or Aether]]-based power in a future game. ==
Currently, he's had 4 of the 5 ''Wu Xing'' elements as abilities: Fire, Water ([[Super Mario Galaxy
== Time passes very slowly in The Mushroom Kingdom ==
Nobody in the Mario series has aged in the games chronologically taking place after [[Donkey Kong]]. But in the same space of time, [[Donkey Kong Country|Cranky Kong and Tiny Kong]] have both aged significantly. DK, Diddy and later Dixie didn't appear to age due to spending a lot of time in the Mushroom Kingdom in the sports and party titles, while Cranky grew old and grey and Tiny grew into adolescence/adulthood on Earth.
== Boos are [[Doctor Who
== Morton is adopted ==
Every Koopaling has a yellow body except for Morton. Also, his name is Morton Koopa Jr. There should be a Morton Koopa Sr. somewhere.
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== Bowser and Peach would make equally competent monarchs. ==
This is not to imply that Peach (or her unseen father) is unwise, but that Bowser, for all his [[Badass|Badassery]] and [[Card
== The Mushroom Kingdom exists at an extremely high altitude ==
Mario's jumping ability comes from the weakened gravitational pull. This also could explain all of the pits you see. The only "trees" that can survive this altitude in the original Super Mario Bros. are the magic horsehair plants that the toads were turned into. The background hills are really other mountaintops/neighboring kingdoms/worlds.
== Most of the original Super Mario Bros. was destroyed after Mario rescued the princess. ==
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In games where Mario has a time limit to complete a level, it's actually the time left before Bowser (or whoever the foe is in the game) nukes/gasses the whole level. Think about this. If Bowser was smart, he'd just make a giant brick wall that is totally impassible instead of making even his own casle just barely possible to pass, right? Well, in reality, Bowser just orders his army to rough up and guard the landscape, and alert when Mario enters the level. As soon as Mario is spotted, Bowser's forces prepare a nuke or something to obliterate everything inside the level, including the mustached plumber. The time limit is how much time it takes to fully prepare and detonate this weapon. This explains the levels - every individual level is the radius of one of these weapons. It also explains the mooks and the difficulty - it slows Mario up so the weapon can do its job, and the difficulty increases as Mario proceeds because they initially underestimated him and need to try harder slowing him up as he gets better at avoiding their obstacles. It even explains the small castle at the end of every level - either a safehouse where Mario will be protected, or where he deactivates the weapon.
Also, in [[
== Bowser is [[The Chosen One]]. ==
In a reverse-[[Star Wars|Anakin]] way. He starts out villainous from childhood, but he is destined to be the hero, and Mario is the one destined to save his soul. The true [[The Big Bad|Big Bad]] is not Bowser, but [[Evil Mentor|Kamek]], from whose subtle influence Bowser must eventually be freed. Bowser has been given [[Heel Face Revolving Door|multiple second chances]], such as at the end of ''[[
== Mario is really a plumber in the real world. ==
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== Mr. L, Weegee, and Waluigi are the same person, and they are Luigi's [[Enemy Within]]/[[Enemy Without]]. ==
King Boo cursed Luigi with his coward persona as a final parting shot after being beaten in Luigi's Mansion. That's why he never got over his fear of ghosts even though he already proved that he could take out even the strongest and scariest of them. In addition, however, the curse also amplified Luigi's inferiority complex, resulting in Luigi being tempted into learning [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|dangerous forbidden techniques]] like the [[Memetic Mutation|Weegee Stare]] and [[Super Smash Bros
After Super Paper Mario, Luigi realized that this alter-ego thing was getting out of hand, so he went on a journey to [[The Atoner|purge King Boo's curse]] (and the resulting darkness he picked up) out of his body. He succeeded, but the curse took physical form as Waluigi, the personification of everything the real Luigi isn't. This also explains why there are two Luigi's in [[
== All the identical Toads are simply the above-ground parts of the same vast underground organism. ==
This is why the confusion over whether Toad is an individual or a species. And it fits with what little this layman knows of real-world mycology.
* It also releases all kinds of powerups only the Toads and their allies can use. [[Super Mario Bros. (
== Mario was not at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQVjYNE2Kew this press conference]. ==
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== Mario has an [[Embarrassing First Name]]. ==
The main problem with "Mario" being the last name of the Mario Bros. is that "Mario Mario" sounds silly, and their parents would have to be out of their minds to name one of them Mario. Most, would simply disregard the silliness or point out the fact that they don't have a last name in Japan. However, I propose this alternative: Mario has an [[Embarrassing First Name]] that has never appeared in any publication, everyone refers to him on a [[Last
== Birdo is really a female who thinks she's male. ==
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* Likewise with other Earth activities like golf, though they are available to a wider audience.
== [[
Those pills are really sleeping pills.
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== Weegee is not a failed clone, he really IS Luigi. ==
What's the [[Super Smash Bros
== We've already seen the setting for the 4th [[Mario
Remember [[Mario
== Peach and Bowser are Forsaken from the [[Wheel of Time]] books attempting to dominate a kingdom in another dimension unknown to the main characters of the series (possibly in Shara or on another planet altogether) to please their Dark Lord. ==
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* Bowser and Peach clearly have a consensual love relationship, and she plays a helpless kidnapping victim to spice it up occasionally and to seduce commoners. The truth is, her and Boswer have ruled together for centuries and are quite happy.
* Mario and Luigi might be able to channel the Power but Peach and Bowser constantly work together to make up distractions for them so they never realize it.
* The teleportation between Worlds in the Mario Universe is all done with ter'angreal.
* The monsters encountered in Mario games are shadowspawn.
* Its also possible that Mario is trapped in a Ter'Angreal world the whole time he thinks he's going on endless missions to rescue an unobtainable princess, and it's all created by Forsaken or Black Ajah. It's possible that he's a black ajah prisoner who knows too much but has been ordered not to be killed because he's valuable somehow.
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== The entire series is Bowser's dying dream ==
Bowser DID die at the end of the original 1985 [[Super Mario Bros. (
* That is one ''long ass'' dying dream. Also, it's kinda messed up because even as he's dying, he dreams that he loses in different ways ''over and over''.
== Mario is actually a small child... ==
...and the games are his hallucinations of the "Boogeyman" (Bowser) stealing one of his toys (Peach). Luigi really is his brother, and Yoshi is either another toy or a dog. Or a pet lizard.
== The Koopalings'and Bowser Jr's mother was an anthromorphic cat named Clawdina ==
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== Bowser's minions were enchanted by Kamek. ==
In ''[[Paper Mario (
== Mario Kart and the sports games are canon, and explain Bowser's apparent Villain Decay. ==
In Super Mario Kart, he and a Koopa Troopa are in. This is likely as a show of power; there's also more Bowser Castle courses than any other type save Mario Circuit, so he's probably using it as a way to show the might of the Koopa Troop without [[Super Mario World (
== Mario will eventually encounter a [[Mirror Universe]]... ==
Where everyone is not only fliped in alignment, but Marc Graue voices everyone.
== The Koopalings were [[Put
Bowser grounded them (like any good parent should) for their incompetence in the past and ordered Kamek to teach his kids how to be better villains behind the scenes, which explains their longtime absence. This gave Bowser more time to take care of his rightful heir to the Koopa Throne, Bowser Jr. The other seven kids had finished their training session with Kamek by the time New Super Mario Bros. Wii came out, and got the chance to aid their dad with his latest scheme.
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* He grows out his hair.
* He typically wears green, an obvious reference to [[In Harmony
* His overalls change color more frequently than anything else in the series, because, you know, he doesn't have to abide by your structures, man.
* He is far less militant than Mario - this is not due to cowardice, obviously, but to his [[Technical Pacifist|pacifism]]. The exception here is his reluctance to face ghosts, which will be explained later.
* He dates [[Granola Girl|Daisy]], who has an obsession with [[Petal Power|Flower Power]], is very in touch with her inner self ("Hi, I'm Daisy"), and feels more comfortable with her natural self than Peach (who is a redhead, as shown in early, post-Pauline works, and chooses to dye her hair).
* He bears quite a bit of resemblance to archetypal hippie [[Scooby Doo|Orville "Shaggy" Rogers]]. This goes beyond the green; his desire for "lotsa spaghetti" reflect's Shaggy's [[Big Eater]] traits, while his fear of the undead, despite constantly encountering it, reflects Shaggy's cowardice. Clearly, Japan interpreted these as typical hippie traits.
* He has a [[Friend to All Living Things|far deeper connection with other creatures]]: Yoshi is far more kind to him than Mario in the Advance port of [[Super Mario World (
* He has distinct motifs of [[Magical Flautist|dance and music.]] The most notable example, the negative zone, creates a psychedelic effect, distorted... I think [[The Rolling Stones|sit]][[The Beatles (band)|ar]] music, involves chanting, and causes [[Petal Power|flowers]] to grow on people's heads.
* He's rather fond of psychedelic mushrooms. Sure, Mario's into them too, but he's not really getting the full effect.
* He can shoot green fire and levitate slightly. This is the result of some New Age crap.
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In the intro it was stated that they were looking for a new home. They were probably doing this because they were probably running out of resources and/or had caused major non-reversible ecological damage to it and it was becoming uninhabitable. They saw the Mushroom Planet had a good source of renewable energy (Vim) and for the most part was unpolluted, so they decided to go there.
== If there is a fourth installment in the ''[[
For their first three games, the ''[[Paper Mario (
== Mario and Luigi's last name is "Jumpman" ==
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* you got me to it!
== Bogmire and Phantamanta are sub-species of Vashta Nerada from [[
I always call Bogmire "Vashta Nerada" when fighting him, and Phantamanta is a shadow too, so...
== The Mario timeline operates in a fashion EXACTLY like the Zelda timeline. ==
i.e. In every Mario game, Mario, Peach, Luigi, Bowser, etc are descendants or ancestors of Mario characters from other Mario games. I come to this conclusion because of ''[[
This WMG would probably explain the chaotic characterization throughout the series.
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Why is Bowser sometimes an evil overlord, but sometimes else a bumbling fool? Simple: They're not the same Bowsers.
Why is Peach able to lay the smack down in ''[[
Why did Luigi's voice suddenly drop in pitch around ''[[
And I just ruined all the Mario canon arguments ever. [[Gone Horribly Right|Go me?]]
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== The Mushroom Kingdom is Wonderland thousands of years in the future. ==
As you can see, the Mushroom Kingdom has various similarities with Wonderland. Strange creatures, mushrooms that can change sizes, and other mind-boggling aspects that lack reasoning. The mushrooms over the course of hundreds of years began to evolve into living beings while the mockturtles devolved from their cow/turtle statues and became koopas, and the fact that Bowser's head resembles a demon ox (in development Bowser was originally planned to be an ox rather than a large turtle). The Crazee Dayzee's are evolved forms of the talking flowers along with Piranha Plants. There's also the fact that the characters are quite childish, silly and quite queer but seemed to have become a bit saner compared to their ancestors.
Taking this further, if you choose to follow the Sonic Archie canon, {{spoiler|''Sonic's world, Mobius, used to be Earth before it was gene bombed by aliens thus ridding it of 99% of the human population and the animals evolved.'',}} Mario and Luigi were plumbers who lived on Earth before this happened and by accident they fell into the Mushroom Kingdom/Wonderland and at some point time died on them, along with several other characters like Bowser and Peach, so they stopped aging physically and mentally, like what happened to the Hatter when he killed time. Thus they have lived for thousands of years while the Mushroom Kingdom/Wonderland and Mobius changed around them, which explains the constant geographical change throughout the games.
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Notice that his technique/skill is always near if not max. This is why he never appears outside of them. Wario is friends with him because he knows he is a great doubles partner because of this.
== [[Mario Golf
Why else would they look so similar? They also sound exactly alike.
== Mario is the son of the king of the water world in [[
That is why he can hold his breath for a long time (very long in the 2D games, can replenish his air meter with coins in the 3D ones), and most of all, can shoot fireballs UNDERWATER.
== [[Mario Tennis
His spirit was utterly crushed by how, despite all his work, he is still nothing. His loss to Willy may have been completely intentional.
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== Bowser is actually in love with Mario... ==
...and kidnaps Princess Peach out of jealousy (and also to get Mario's attention). [[Foe Yay]] ahoy!
== Why Bowser kidnaps Peach ==
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Okay, follow me here for a second, this makes perfect sense.
So, in [[Donkey Kong]] Mario looks around 30 years old. But, in Mario spin-off games and [[Mario
So HOW does Mario not age?
Well, it's simple: [[
As for why it works on Bowser, well, maybe it doesn't. Maybe that is some other form of wizardry. Same with Peach if she really is part toad, she's shown to have a lot of magic the other mushroom kingdom citizens don't have. Yoshis, being different species probably don't age anyway. Even the Yoshi elder in [[Paper Mario]] looks about the same age as the rest of them, besides the children.
And as for how Mario meets Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong after Super Mario Galaxy 2, well, that's the Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from [[
== When Rosalina remade the universe in [[
Hence why there's often many different versions of the same games. For instance, the original universe had [[
== Waluigi is Greek. ==
Mario's hat says '''M''', Luigi's hat says '''L''', Wario's hat says '''W''', and Waluigi's hat says...'''Γ'''? But maybe that's not an upside down L -- maybe that's the [[Gratuitous Greek]] letter [
== Mario rescuing Peach is a form of foreplay for them ==
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== The entire Mario series is told by a father who told his daughter a bedtime story before his death ==
Mario Jumpman was a tired, divorced plumber who's wife died in a car accident long ago. he lived with his brother, Luigi, and two daughters, Adrienne and Lucia.
One day, he was diagnosed with a form of cancer, before his death, he told an amazing bedtime story to Adrienne, his little "Peach".
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The enemies were based on true events, one being Bowser, who's appearance was based on the description of a monster in her dreams, and name was based on their deceased dog. the Koopas were based on Adrienne's fear of turtles, since one bit her when she was young, and the name was based on a korean dish she tried out. the Boos were based on her thoughts about ghosts, wether they were real or not, Mario said they were, but they are very shy, and hide when you see them, the Chain Chomps were based on an aggressive dog, and the Goombas were also based on an aggressive dog the family once met, and Mario wanted a silly name for it. Piranha Plants were based on a pet Venus Flytrap Lucia once kept, and Cheep Cheeps were based on Lucia's pet goldfish that Adrienne disliked, Yoshi and Birdo were based on pet lizards Luigi once kept, and the Shy Guys were based on a group of little kids Mario met at a halloween party.
Donkey Kong and Pauline were based on a bully, and her best friend, with the same name.
the story revolves around Mario himself, who saves his little "Princess Peach" from evil King Bowser.
Lucia was named "Princess Daisy" for the nickname given by Luigi, Daisy is also a tomboy, much like Lucia.
The idea of extra lives was the fact that Mario would stay alive, no matter what.
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== Bowser has dentures. ==
Yes, this is a silly thing to have a WMG about, but bear with me. In ''[[Mario
== Mario and Co. didn't win against Smithy in Super Mario RPG. Culex, knowing this would cause a Time Paradox, decided to rewind the events and change some of the characters. ==
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In the Mushroom Kingdom, shrooms have magical transforming powers. And it is difficult to be plumbers without coming into contact with the dreaded Wa-shroom.
== Mario thinks everyone is his friend ==
Which is why he invites people who hate him, namely Bowser, to race Go Karts and play Tennis. Bowser isn't his archenemy, he's just his worst friend, as far as Mario is concerned.
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== [[Super Mario Sunshine]] is Bowser Jr.'s attempt to emulate Bowser's childhood battles with Mario. ==
Yoshi, in [[Super Mario Sunshine]], dissolves when submerged in water, just like paint creatures, because the Yoshis on Isle Delfino are just paint creations (remember that they are first seen in Shadow Mario's possession). Piranha Plants and Shy Guys, two of the main enemies from [[
==Mario comes from an alternate Earth==
The Mario cartoon and movie both have a concept of the Real World being our real world, our Earth as we know it. But if we look back to the pre-''[[Super_Mario_Bros._(video_game)|Super Mario Bros]]'' games, there are clear examples that Mario's natural environment is not like our reality, but is more like a video game world with video game laws of reality, just as a cartoon world would have cartoon laws. If Captain N were to visit Mario's Earth, it would still be what we would consider to be a video game reality, though Mario would consider it Earth. This means Mario's Earth is Earth from Mario's perspective, the perspective of a video game character, who regards these video game occurrences as normal and natural for that reality, but to us, it would not be Earth, not the Earth we understand as far as realistic resolution live action non-video game non-cartoon Earth.
Let us look to the original ''Mario Bros'' manual:
"Pests in the Pipes! -- Mario the carpenter and his brother Luigi are hopping mad! The '''water pipes in their house''' are blocked with pesky crawling creatures. If the two brothers can't get rid of them, they'll never take a bath again!"
This is Mario's home environment. This game, which we would consider a rectangular 80's arcade game looking room, is their "home". Giant pipes are the normal water pipes in their house. Giant creatures are not horrible monsters to them, but pests to be stopped, all so the pipes can be unclogged and they can take a bath. And they never mention that POW block as particulary odd.
At this point, Mario and Luigi are carpenters. Their regular job would look much like ''Wrecking Crew''. There is even their boss in that game, the Foreman. Consider that job site, and the "construction site" of Donkey Kong. These are just locations to these characters, part of their world, whether that includes giant fireballs or barrels or whatever. Visiting Mario's world, at least, at the scene of the Donkey Kong battle, would be like the Donkey Kong sequence in ''Pixels'', as Mario would perceive that environment in much the same way.
The ''Donkey Kong'' Atari 7800 manual goes further to describe ''Donkey Kong'' as the natural environment of Mario's world:
"GO APE! Poor Mario. Just when things were going so well for him -- new girlfriend, new car, new job -- that beastly ape Donkey Kong kidnaps Mario's girlfriend and drags her off screaming to the top of a steel fortress. To save her, Mario must climb to the top of the fortress, remove dangerous rivets, and fend off life-threatening barrels and fireballs that the ape throws down at him. It's a tough fight, and Mario needs your help. Be a chum. Be a hero. Help Mario save his girlfriend."
Car, girlfriend, job, nothing out of the ordinary. But then, in ''Donkey Kong Jr'':
"Donkey Kong the ape is back. Only this time the vengeful Mario is holding the ape prisoner. Luckily the ape has a son, Donkey Kong Junior, who will try to rescue Papa. To free his dad, Junior must make his way through a dark and treacherous jungle. Racing against time, the little fellow climbs and swings from vines, while avoiding the horrible Snap jaws. If he reaches the keys to Papa's cage, Junior must push them to the top of chains while staying clear of Snap jaws and a new flock of nasty Nitpickers. But even then his mission isn't over. Once he reaches Mario's hideout, he must pass yet another test against time. This kid needs help. Don't just stand there. Help poor Junior save his father."
That's messed up. But the jungles do have vertical vines hanging with giant fruit floating in mid-air, and there are snap jaws and nitpickers, creatures that are native to that world, but not ours. ''Donkey Kong 3'' goes even further to establish the "normal" occupations of this Earth, such as Stanley the exterminator and the giant bugs he faces in his day to day job.
At this point, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. have had enough, and locate the nearest giant pipe, taking them to the Mushroom World, more specifically, what will become known as Donkey Kong island, and the surrounding islands, going unnoticed by the hustle and bustle of the Mushroom Kingdom, too preoccupied with its own affairs. They change their names to Cranky Kong and Donkey Kong, hoping to never find Mario again, except when they're kart racing, etc.
==The Mushroom World is Mario's home planet==
The Mushroom World/Mushroom Planet is an alternate reality Earth. There is no separate "Real World" Earth to travel to or go back to. The "Real World" was an idea introduced in the cartoons, books, and movie, but does not apply to the games. ''[[Yoshi%27s_Island|Yoshi's Island]]'' establishes Mario and Luigi were dropped off at their parents' house, who more closely resemble Mushroom people living in a Mushroom house, given what there is to view of their feet and the surroundings. The Stork does not travel to another dimension or another world. The actual continents and geography do not have to resemble our own, such as in ''Mario is Missing!'', ''Mario's Time Machine'', and ''Mario's Early Years!'', which can be safely ignored.
What can not be ignored is the ''[[Wario Ware]]'' series, which depicts Earth-like culture and technology, in a setting that is supposed to be the same as Mario's. This should mean all the elements present in ''[[Wario Ware]]'' are present in Mario's world. The characters in ''[[Wario Ware]]'' do not have to travel to another dimension to do what they do. Likewise, Mario could find a location on the Mushroom Planet that has technology like video games and cars.
This may even extend back to the original games, with ''Mario Bros'', ''Wrecking Crew'', and ''Donkey Kong'' still taking place on the same planet, but with ''Super Mario Bros'', Mario travels, not to another planet or dimension, but to another location on the same planet. The Mushroom Kingdom is just another location, along with Yoshi's Island, etc. They can all be reached by boat, such that one could sail far enough from the Mushroom Kingdom to land at the original sites of the early Mario games, including ''Donkey Kong''.
Why don't we see so many cars and electronic technology in the Mushroom Kingdom? We do, counting ''Mario Kart'', and the Lakitus holding cameras, and some other stuff that would indicate this is more of a [[Schizo-Tech]] reality, like video game systems being in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', with that technology not being in focus during much of the main Mario games. Which means you could have just found a car and driven it to begin with.
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