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[[File:mp7marioandluigi_609.jpg|frame|It's-a us! The Mario Bros!]]
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Undoubtedly the most recognizable video game franchise of all time, and centerpiece of [[Nintendo]]'s gaming empire. It was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], and popularized the [[Platform Game]].
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The sequel, ''Donkey Kong Jr.'', recast the carpenter, now explicitly named Mario, as the antagonist, from whom the captured Donkey Kong must be rescued. Mario's name and nationality came from the landlord of Minoru Arakawa, the president of Nintendo of America at the time. Said landlord's name was [[wikipedia:Mario Segale|Mario Segale]], and he hailed from Italy. Arakawa thought Jumpman looked exactly like him; thus, Jumpman became Mario.
Mario was joined by his brother, Luigi, for their own game, ''[[Mario Bros.]]'', in which the brothers, having taken up plumbing, fought an infinite number of turtles and other menaces
All this led to the game which more or less defined the entire [[Nintendo]] product line: ''Super Mario Bros.'' The story, which would recur countless times through the franchise, was simple enough: Bowser, a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|giant fire-breathing turtle dragon ox dinosaur]] and King of the Koopas, kidnaps Princess Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom (who would later revert to her Japanese name, Peach). Mario and Luigi must fight their way through a number of obstacles to face Bowser and rescue the princess. The formula has become codified to the point that the deliberate and highlighted trope subversions in spinoffs have themselves become tropes.
Since then, Mario has become Nintendo's [[Mascot]] and their most prolific character, branching out from platformers into [[Mario Kart|racing games]], sports titles, [[Super Mario RPG|Role]] [[Paper Mario (franchise)|Playing]] [[Mario
Of course, Mario hasn't completely limited himself to the realm of video games. Mario and Luigi appeared in the ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'', with live-action linking segments featuring the brothers as plumbers in Brooklyn and cartoons that showed them in the world of the games. The secondary [[Theme Song]] for the cartoons explains that they "found the secret warp zone while working on the drain" which is how they got to the Mushroom Kingdom from Brooklyn. Interestingly, none of the television show is technically 'canon', inasmuch as the games have that anyway, though it has affected some [[Fanon]]. This might be related to the irony that there's never been a show made of it in the country of origin, aside from the obscure theatrical anime ''[[The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach]]''. There was also a [[Video Game Movies Suck|critically-panned]] [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|motion picture]], where Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as the titular brothers faced off against Dennis Hopper as Koopa, a hyperevolved dinosaur from [[Another Dimension]], intent on rejoining his own, mostly desolate world with ours. We were all confused, and the movie's [[Backstory]] has never been even obliquely referenced in other media. In addition, ''[[Super Mario Bros 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' was notable for being previewed in the Fred Savage film ''[[The Wizard (film)]]'', whose climactic scene involved an autistic child playing the first stage of the game. A far [[Truer to the Text]] animated film, ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', was released in 2023.
In addition to the major games, Mario has appeared in dozens of other [[Nintendo]] games, including a random appearance as referee in ''Mike Tyson's [[Punch
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== Main Series ==
=== Donkey Kong ===
* ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' (Arcade)
* "''[[Donkey Kong 94]]''" (official title just ''Donkey Kong'') ([[Game Boy]])
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=== Super Mario Bros. (Classic 2D) ===
* ''[[Mario Bros.]].'' (Arcade)▼
▲* ''[[Mario Bros]].'' (Arcade)
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]].'' ([[NES]])
* ''Super Mario Bros. Special'' ([[PC
* ''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels|Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' ([[Famicom Disk System]])
* ''[[
* ''[[Super Mario Bros 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[NES]])
* ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' ([[SNES]]; AKA ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4'' [[The Foreign Subtitle|in Japan]])
* ''Super Mario World 2: [[
=== Super Mario Land (Game Boy 2D) ===
* ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[Game Boy]])
* ''[[Super Mario Land 2:
* ''[[Wario Land]]: Super Mario Land 3'' ([[Game Boy]]; series converts to ''[[Wario Land]]'' from here)
=== New Super Mario Bros. (Modern 2D) ===
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros.
* ''[[New Super Mario Bros.
* ''[[
=== 3D ===
* ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]])
* ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[Game Cube]])
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* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[Wii]])
* ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]])
=== Maker ===
* ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' ([[Wii U]])
** ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]])
* ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
=== Remakes ===
* ''Super Mario All-Stars'' ([[Compilation Rerelease]] of all four NES games, later versions had ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''; on [[SNES]] and later ported to [[Wii]] as a [[Milestone Celebration]])
* ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' ([[Game Boy Color]]; includes ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''The Lost Levels'')
* ''Super Mario Advance'' series ([[Game Boy Advance]]; remakes of various games, all four with the ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' arcade game included)
** ''Super Mario Advance'' (remake of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'')
** ''Super Mario Advance 2: [[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''
** ''Super Mario Advance 3: [[
** ''Super Mario Advance 4: [[Super Mario Bros 3]]''
* ''[[Super Mario 64]] DS'' ([[Nintendo DS]])
* ''Super Mario 3D All-Stars'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
== Spinoffs ==
=== Puzzle Games ===
* ''[[Dr. Mario]]'' series ([[NES]] / [[Game Boy]] and onward)
* ''[[Picross]]'' ([[Game Boy]], with [[SNES]] and [[Game Boy]] sequels in Japan. Later ''Picross'' titles dropped the Mario branding.)
* ''Yoshi'' ([[NES]] and [[Game Boy]])
* ''Yoshi's Cookie'' ([[NES]] and [[SNES]])
* ''[[Panel
▲* ''[[Panel De Pon|Tetris Attack]]'' ([[SNES]]; a [[Dolled-Up Installment]] of ''[[Panel De Pon]]'' (aka ''Puzzle League'') themed on ''[[Yoshis Island|Yoshi's Island]]'')
=== Roleplaying Games ===
* ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[SNES]])
* ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series
** ''[[Paper Mario 64|Paper Mario]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]])
** ''[[Paper Mario:
** ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' ([[Wii]]; though in this one platforming overtakes the [[RPG Elements]])
** ''[[Paper Mario Sticker Star]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]])
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
=== Sports ===
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** ''[[Mario Strikers|Mario Strikers Charged]]'' ([[Wii]])
* ''Mario Hoops 3-On-3'' (basketball, for [[Nintendo DS]])
▲* ''[[Mario and Sonic At The Olympic Games]]'' series ([[Wii]] / [[Nintendo DS]] and onward)
* ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' ([[Wii]]; includes volleyball, basketball, dodgeball, and hockey)
=== Spinoff Platformers ===
* ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[SNES]])
** ''[[
▲* ''[[Yoshis Story|Yoshi's Story]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]])
* ''Yoshi Topsy Turvy'' ([[GBA]])
* ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' ([[Nintendo DS]])
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series ([[SNES]])
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=== Other Spinoffs ===
* ''[[Hotel Mario]]'' ([[Philips CD-i]])
▲* ''[[Hotel Mario]]'' ([[Philips CD-i]])
* ''[[Mario Kart]]'' series ([[SNES]] and onward)
* ''[[Mario Paint]]'' ([[SNES]])
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* Educational Games:
** ''[[Mario Is Missing]]'' ([[NES]], [[SNES]], and [[PC]])
** ''Mario's Time Machine'' ([[NES]], [[SNES]], and [[PC]])
** ''Mario Teaches Typing'' ([[PC]])
* ''Mario no Photopi'' ([[Nintendo 64]]; Japan only)
* ''[[Mario Party]]'' series ([[Nintendo 64]] and onward)
* ''[[Wario Ware]]'' series ([[GBA]] and onward)
* ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[Game Cube]])
** ''[[
** ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix]]'' ([[Game Cube]])
* ''[[Princess Peach Showtime!]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
== Related ==
* ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'': Classic live-action ''and'' animated series from [[The Eighties]], starring [[World Wrestling Entertainment|Captain Lou Albano]] as Mario.
* ''[[Super Mario
* [[Super Mario Bros./Fan Works|Fan Games]]
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' ([[Nintendo]] [[Mascot Fighter]]; [[Nintendo 64]] and onward)
* ''Nintendo Land'' (upcoming crossover game for [[Wii U]])
* ''[[Itadaki Street|Fortune Street]]'' (aka ''Itadaki Street'' in Japan; [[Square Enix]] board game series, Mario and friends are featured in [[Nintendo DS]] (Japan only) and [[Wii]] versions)
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* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]
* [[Face Ship]]: Named from Lubba's [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] describing [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|Starship Mario]].
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* [[He Knows About Timed Hits]]
* [[Item Get]]
* [[Jack of All Stats]] (formerly [[The Mario]]): The Mario character almost always has average stats, right across the board.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]
* [[Macro Zone]]
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* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]] ([[Beam Me Up, Scotty|even if those aren't the exact words]])
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: Throughout ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', there are little cutscenes that develop Perry's character a bit, showing that he was once a Toad turned into a parasol... this has absolutely no point beyond trivial [[Character Development]]. To put things in perspective, in the last of these, Perry says, entirely in parentheses, "Grandpa... I've decided to stay with the princess for a while. I have this feeling that if I accompany her on this adventure...someday...I'll find you, Grandpa..." This may or may not be a [[Sequel Hook]], depending on the nature of the games as a whole...
* [[Acrofatic]]: Several characters in the various franchises can move a lot quicker than their mass might lead you to believe, most of all our protagonist, Mario. His slightly pudgy plumber's physique belies a leaping ability beyond compare.
** And ''Super Mario 64'' made him into quite the track-and-field athlete, way before ''Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games''.
* [[Action Bomb]]: Bob-Omb.
* [[Adorable Evil Minions]]: Pretty much every [[Mook]] in the series is [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|cute]] [[Ugly Cute|in]] [[Cute Monster|some]] [[Cute Little Fangs|way]] or another.
* [[Adventure Duo]]: Mario and Luigi whenever Luigi isn't a [[Palette Swap]].
* [[Airborne Mook]]: Koopa Paratroopas, [[Goddamned Bats|Lakitus]], Bullet Bills, and many more.
* [[Almighty Janitor|Almighty Plumber]]
* [[Alternate Universe]]: The Mushroom World is an alternate version of Earth.
* [[Always Night]]: Every ghost house in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' for DS and Wii and every haunted house stage in a spinoff (''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'', being a haunted house ''game'', also counts). As well as Bowser's kingdom (Dark Land) in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', [[Big Boo's Haunt]] in [[Super Mario 64]] and far too many more to list. Dark Land, in particular, is especially noteworthy for somehow managing to be [[Always Night]] DESPITE the sun's presence in one level.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Morton Koopa Jr. is darker brown compared to his siblings, who look much more like their father.
* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]: Frequently this is Bowser's motivation for kidnapping Peach.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Boos let out a grating, high-pitched cackle when they chase Mario.
* [[Appropriated Title]]: Early games in the series went under a variety of titles, the most well-known games being ''[[Donkey Kong]]'', ''[[Mario Bros.]]'', and ''Wrecking Crew''. It wasn't until ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]'', the 15th unique game in the series (counting Game & Watch spin-offs), that the series finally got a definitive title.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Bowser and Mario are each other's.
** And Mario is also Wario's, though he swerves between this and [[The Rival]].
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* [[Armless Biped]]: Goombas
* [[Artifact Title]]: Super has [[Super Mario 64|remained]] [[Super Mario Sunshine|in]] [[Super Mario Galaxy|games]] without "normal Mario" and "Super Mario" forms (or the Super NES, for that matter).
** Distinctively enough, most spinoffs don't use the "Super" before Mario's name, with the only possible exception being ''Super Mario Strikers'' (considering that the ''[[Mario Kart]]'' games ditched it since the N64 version, making the Super NES game a case of [[Super Title 64 Advance]] instead), (which even then is known in Europe as ''Mario Smash Football'').
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Luigi started off as little more than a [[Palette Swap]] of Mario, and would you just [[Luigi's Mansion|look at him now]]. We're proud of you, buddy.
* [[Attack of the 50
** Also, the boss of World 4 in ''New Super Mario Bros.'' was a giant Goomba, and Giant World from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' thrived on this trope, as it's... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Giant World]].
*** And the "Huge" side of Tiny-Huge Island in ''Super Mario 64''.
** {{spoiler|Bowser himself}} in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.
* [[Audience Murmurs]]: The title screen for ''All-Stars''.
* [[Auto
* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Bowser Jr. in ''Super Mario Sunshine'' and ''New Super Mario Bros.''
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Mario and Luigi, with a little help from the Mushroom Kingdom's flora and fauna. In addition, [[
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi.
** The ''Mario & Luigi'' series of games have "'Stache" as a ''character stat''. Improving said stat will get you cheaper prices in shops, as shopkeepers respect and admire a well-groomed mustache. It also let you get in more critical hits.
** Super Mario 64 DS suggests that the reason Yoshi can't do some of the moves the other three have is purely due to the lack of a mustache. Some of the bosses are very proud of theirs too, especially Chief Chilly, who kidnapped Wario [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|and will think little of Yoshi if he somehow gets to the fight]].
* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: Yoshi's role in the first ''[[
* [[Ballistic Bone]]: Thrown by Dry Bones, most notably in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]''.
** And by extent, Dry Bowser in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''
* [[Bat Family Crossover]]: Done in the spinoffs with ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and, to a lesser extent, ''[[Wario Ware]]'', to the point where Baby Donkey Kong was a major character in ''[[
* [[Big Bad]]: Bowser plays this role in most games, though some other games have different big bads.
* [[Big No]]: In Mario Superstar Baseball, upon losing a game in challenge mode, Mario will let one of these off.
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** SMB's running on the top of the screen was essentially breaking the 4th wall.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Bowser's trademark and most often used attack.
** He's not the only one. Many other characters have Breath Weapons too, like the Reznor and Petey Piranha (who has goop breath). Also, all of his children share his fire breath, as shown by the Koopalings in [[
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Wart, the Big Bad from ''[[
** Tatanga, another platformer [[Big Bad]] unrelated to Bowser, appeared in two games and, like Wart, some obscure comics... then he disappeared (though its possible he may have died in ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'').
* [[Bubbly Clouds]]: World 5 in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3|Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and some of the bonus stages.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Later depictions of Luigi are rather harsh. Possibly in retaliation for ''Luigi's Mansion'', he has gotten captured by ghosts in ''Super Mario 64 DS'' and ''Galaxy'', depicted as a coward and stereotypically fey in ''[[
** Subverted in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl'', {{spoiler|in which Luigi is one of only three characters left to rescue all the others after they've been incapacitated by the final boss... if only because he was one of the first to get transformed into a trophy and recovered later because Dedede put one of his badges on him.}}
*** Not to mention {{spoiler|Luigi's freaky Final Smash}}.
** Waluigi, when not being outright ignored, is always caught in all kinds of slapstick gags, particularly explosions, as seen in most of the sports games intros. While Luigi is usually labelled the king of second bananas, at least that grants him a shitload of screentime. Waluigi either does´t appear or is there just for him to get beaten up.
** Bowser is also a subject of mockery in the RPGs, where he had his own castle taken over in ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', failed at everything he tried in ''[[Paper Mario:
*** As in the ''Brawl'' example, this is subverted in ''[[Mario
** When you really think about it, Luigi [https://web.archive.org/web/20080324002346/http://my.deviantart.com/messages/#/d38r826 doesn't have it that bad] compared to his brother.
* [[The Caligula]]: King Bowser in the RPGs.
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: Bob-omb.
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** The only one he definitely hasn't been in is Real-Time Strategy.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Only on occasion, the most obvious one being Princess Peach's Castle, which seems to now have a mostly consistent design as of ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.
* [[Crossover]]: [[Super Smash Bros.|Besides the obvious:]]
** ''Mario Hoops 3-On-3'': ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.
*** Though none are actual named Final Fantasy characters. They're based on classic races and classes: White Mage, Black Mage, Ninja, Cactuar and Moogle
*** Continued in Mario Sports Mix. All the Final Fantasy based characters return and a Slime from the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series joins the cast
** ''[[
** ''Idataki Street DS'' & ''Fortune Street'': ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series.
** ''[[Basketball|NBA]] Street V3'' and ''SSX On Tour'': ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Electronic Arts|EA Sports BIG]]''.
** And of course, as mentioned before, the frequent [[Bat Family Crossover|Bat Family Crossovers]] with ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and [[Wario Land|Wario's]] [[Wario Ware|games]] (and recently, the Miis that were first created from the [[Wii]]).
* [[Cool Airship]]: The Koopas sometimes attack in what are essentially flying pirate ships.
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: Luigi in the [[
* [[Cute Monster]]: ''Every'' monster is cute. Yes, even Bowser -- ''especially'' Bowser.
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Some of the enemies have these.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Obstinately Peach; most spinoffs that don't follow the classic setup tend to subvert this almost immediately and without comment.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Compared to everything else about the ''Mario'' series, the Mario Strikers/Mario Football series is rather edgy, albeit in a sort of tongue-in-cheek way. The [[Paper Mario]] series, particularly Super Paper Mario, is also much more dramatic and dark than the rest of the series, but without ever losing that basically-lighthearted Mario charm.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: {{spoiler|The Koopalings}} in ''[[
** The first time they've appeared in years, mind you.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: The sentience of Bob-ombs, as well as their ability to regenerate from explosives.
* [[Determinator]]: Bowser's been dropped into lava multiple times ([[New Super Mario Bros.|twice in one game]], the second time as a ''skeleton''), sent plummeting of a cliff, had his vehicle explode WHILE HE WAS IN IT, thrown into an airborne bomb, TOSSED INTO THE CENTER OF THE SUN, AND BEEN SUCKED UP BY A BLACK HOLE. And he STILL hasn't died. It's even [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in [[Super Paper Mario]].
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: Mario guest stars in one [[Stylistic Suck|quirky]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrcDeDa7LQ anti-piracy advertisement.]
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]: Yoshi, a fire-breathing, flying dragon that has some markedly dinosaur-like features.
* [[Directionally Solid Platforms]]: They're not very common, but they are here and there in some of the newer 2D games.
* [[
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: Has happened with Luigi and Daisy.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: There are several occasions where the brothers team up with Bowser to defeat a stronger enemy.
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** Wario - [[Shock and Awe]] (at least up until Power Tennis)
** Donkey Kong - [[Green Thumb]]? His maps are universally [[Jungle Japes|Jungle themed as the trope namer]] and his attacks typically involve wood and fruit. (barrels and bananas)
* [[Elemental Shapeshifter]]: In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', Mario could turn into a statue with the Tanooki suit. It turned him invincible, and he could kill nearly anything by falling on it.
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: Unless it's a sports title (and sometimes not even that's an exception), Peach always wears her royal dress.
* [[The Everyman]]: Mario.
* [[Everything's Better with Bob]]: The bomb enemies are named Bob-Ombs, and ''[[Mario Party]] Advance'' featured a Goomba named Goombob.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: Super Mario World took place in Dinosaur Land, where Yoshi made his first appearance.
** The Super Mario World cartoon series and movie also had a lot to do with dinosaurs.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Since ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', penguins have regularly appeared as Mario's friends.
** There was even a penguin-suit power-up in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
** Averted, however, with 1995's ''[[
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Peach is just the start.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Wario for Mario and Waluigi for Luigi.
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: A lot of examples, but Baron Brrr and Kingfin in Super Mario Galaxy have no story foreshadowing whatsoever.
* [[A God Am I]]: A rare pleasant example. Rosalina is the de facto god of the Mario setting. She was originally just a perfectly normal little girl.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Two words from ''Super Mario Sunshine'': "Shine get!" (This line was "corrected" for the NA release, but [[Woolseyism]] in ''[[Paper Mario:
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: If anyone or anything in this series is guarded, expect it to be stolen/kidnapped whenever the current villain feels like it.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Many non-human characters fall under this.
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* [[Laborious Laziness]]: Wario is ''made'' of this trope. In fact, ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' commented on it once in a preview of ''[[Wario Master of Disguise]]''.
* [[Large Ham]]: Bowser pretty much whenever he has voice acting (''[[Narm|especially]]'' in ''Super Mario Sunshine''). Most of Bowser's hammy lines come from the RPGs, though. Bowser's antics are very reminiscent of a pro wrestler, saying things like:
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* [[Laughably Evil]]: Bowser fits this in the spin off games and RPGs. However, in the main platforming series, [[Took a Level
** Aside from Bowser, many of the villains who originated from the spin-offs and RPGs fill in this spot. Cackletta and Fawful in particular take it [[Up to Eleven]] (though one could say that [[Fountain of Memes|Fawful]] takes it Up To Twelve).
* [[Law of One Hundred]]: The ''Bros.'' series and coins.
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Bowser's son Ludwig von Koopa and Luigi's friend Professor E. Gadd.
** As is Ludwig's younger brother Iggy, with Iggy specializing in [[Gadgeteer Genius|mechanics]].
* [[Magic Mushroom]]: The Super Mushroom, together with the [[
* [[Malevolent Mugshot]]: Most of Bowser's Castles, airships, and a lot of other stuff has his face as an icon.
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: The Piranha Plant.
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** In ''[[Mario Party]] 5'', Mario and Peach are called the "Cutest Couple".
** In ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and ''Mario Super Sluggers'', they share status enhancements, namely chemistry, as they are buddy players.
** In ''Mario Power Tennis'', given it has the most number of voiced lines out of all ([[Canon
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** In [[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]], the first one, [[Shipper on Deck|one of the Toads tells Mario to take Peach on a date to Shooting Star Summit]].
** However, it is important to note that the only time either character is asked if they're boyfriend and girlfriend, the answer given is a simple 'no'.
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* [[Pacifist Run]]: It is possible to get through the original Super Mario Bros. without directly attacking ''any'' enemy.
* [[Painfully-Slow Projectile]]: Bullet Bills.
* [[Pain
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Back in the day, Peach also blew kisses to Luigi, as he was just a [[Palette Swap]] of his brother. Mario also was said to be romantically involved with almost any princess he meets in a given adventure (notably Daisy). Years passed, and with Mario and Peach being appointed as the [[Official Couple]] in many games, now and then some games like to hint Luigi and Daisy being at least interested in each other, even though they never had a main adventure to reinforce this; given Luigi's [[Divergent Character Evolution|development]] to [[Lovable Coward]] and Daisy's more apparent portrayal as a [[Tomboy]], they are pretty much presented as a [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]] example.
** In ''Open Tournament Golf'', Daisy caddied for Luigi just as Peach did for Mario.
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** Their team names from the [[Mario Party]] series include: "Steady Sweeties", "Tango Tanglers", and "Shy Sidekicks".
** The most glaring hint, as it was for Mario and Peach, was in ''Mario Power Tennis'', with her rollerblading and receiving her trophy from Luigi.
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** In [[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee, Daisy's trophy biography states:
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** One more glaring hint: In ''[[Mario Kart|Mario Kart Wii]]'', the track Daisy Circuit features a giant golden statue of Luigi dancing with Daisy, holding hands. Another golden statue depicts Baby Luigi dancing with Baby Daisy, also holding hands ([[Easter Egg|unless the statues were replaced by your Miis]]).
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings hiding in the birthday cake in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. This being Mario, it ''works''.
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* [[Platform Hell]]: ''The Lost Levels'' is the only official game to so much as ''approach'' this level of overall difficulty, but we'd be here all day if we tried to list all the fan hacks that can be classified as this.
** Some of the late-game levels throughout the series come close as well, especially those in the [[Brutal Bonus Level|special worlds]].
* [[Player
* [[Playing with Fire]]: The Fire Flower power-up allows Mario and Luigi to sling fireballs at their enemies.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: Five-pointed stars in 3D games.
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* [[Power-Up Food]]: Mushrooms, mushrooms, and more mushrooms.
** Though it's never specified what Mario does with them, the various flowers (fire, ice) may also qualify.
** In ''[[Super Mario Land 2:
** ''[[Mario Party]] 8'' has candies that, when eaten, gives the player different abilities, such as zapping opponents with lightning or stealing other players' items.
* [[Power-Up Motif]]: The most common is the [[Invincibility Power-Up]] theme but in many games, there are others too.
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* [[Rule of Fun]]: Why does Mario grow when he eats a mushroom? Why are there bricks floating in the air? Why does a fire-breathing, hammer-throwing Ox-Turtle kidnap Peach all of the time? Why must Bowser put something to defeat him in every arena that he's faced? Because it's fun, that's why!
* [[Sand Is Water]]
* [[Save the Princess]]: A recurring plot in the series, including the first and third games, ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (though this was a different princess), ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', all the ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' games, and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. ''[[
* [[Score Multiplier]]: In most games, your score is multiplied by a [[Kill Streak]]. You eventually get 1-Ups instead when the streak is high enough.
* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'', compared to ''The Lost Levels'', at least. It's still harder than the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' though.
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* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Birdo and Vivian in ''Paper Mario 2''.
** Actually, Birdo was stated to be male in the U.S. as well back in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. She's been retconned to be female in all regions, however.
*** While some games and sources still mention Birdo being male (particularly in Europe and Japan), it´s mostly played for laughs or merely given a nod, such as the European Mario Strikers manual or Birdo´s trophy in Super Smash Bros Brawl; the closest to delving in the subject being the (in)famous Birdo mission in the Captain Rainbow game, which jokes around with the topic a lot (even giving Birdo a male sounding voice) yet, despite the jokes, the game technically still concludes that Birdo is female.
*** This has all combined to make it so that she's a post-transition male-to-female transsexual in fanon.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Peach and Daisy ([[And Zoidberg|and Birdo]]) in Strikers. They catch fire, get electrocuted, crushed, and squashed like any other player.
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* [[Spike Balls of Doom]]: Present here-there. Most notably, around castles but there are other cases too.
* [[Spikes of Doom]]: These things are present rather commonly in games.
* [[Spinoff Babies]]: The ''[[
* [[Springs Springs Everywhere]]: And often springboards can even be carried. Also features other pieces of environment that have functions of a springboard.
* [[Squashed Flat]]: Goombas in some games, after being stomped on.
* [[Star-Shaped Coupon]]: ''64'', ''Galaxy'', and the ''Party'' series see you collect Power Stars. The RPGs have various star-shaped objects as well. ''Sunshine'' has Sun Shaped Coupons, which might be considered close enough.
* [[Story Overwrite]]: The endings of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''Super Mario World'' have you in Super form, no matter which form you cleared either game with.
* [[Stuck in Their Shadow]]: Luigi has gone from a [[Palette Swap]] to a [[Garfunkel]] to this, but this is the only state that's been acknowledged in-universe. According to ''[[Mario
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: in the earlier games.
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* [[Tomboy Princess]]: Daisy is described as a tomboy within the series, although Peach has moments of this as well.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Princess Peach has been kidnappped by Bowser countless times. If it weren't for Mario, she'd probably be married to him or killed by him, depending on [[Your Mileage May Vary|whatever his intention is]].
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: Mario and Luigi are clearly Italian, and are said to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's not brought up often in the games, and when it is, it's quite minor, but it is still there.
* [[Traveling Pipe Bulge]]: In several of the recent games (but not the NES or SNES games).
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** Miyamoto once admitted that, despite creating the franchise, he continues to be mentally frustrated by the fact that blocks float in midair.
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://www.mariowiki.com/ The Super Mario Wiki.]
** [[Law of Wiki Expansion]]: It also has extensive information on the [[Spin-Off]] games such as [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Wario Land]], and related series' such as [[Super Smash Bros.]].
* [[World of Chaos]]: While later games tried to establish a viable, somewhat fantasy universe, the first one just plunged you right into a world where you were a plumber of Italian descent who must rescue a "Princess Toadstool" by defeating a turtle-dragon while killing evil walking chestnuts with eyes, turtles with wings, carnivore plants growing out of green pipes, and other similar enemies. Oh, and if you eat a mushroom which comes out of a shining floating block with a question sign, you grow twice as large, and if you pick a flower, you can shoot bouncing fireballs. Jumping stars, climbable beanstalks, walking on clouds and jumping several times your height ensues.
* [[Youkai]]: The classic Koopa enemies are named and slightly based on Kappas, and Mario gets a Tanuki Suit in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''.
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