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'''''Super Mario Adventures''''' is a serialized comic which ran in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' magazine from January to December of 1992. The story (written by Kentaro Takekuma) features most of the enemies and characters of ''[[Super Mario World (
It is widely considered the best ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' comic or manga ever created, and unlike in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'' or ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'', the art is mostly [[Off
When the comic originally ran, it ran alongside another [[:Category:Japonisme|Manga-
It can be read online [https://web.archive.org/web/20061201032322/http://baramos.bravehost.com/supermarioadventures.html here].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Peach, surprisingly, [[Took a Level
* [[
** "Let [[Consummate Professional|the pros]] at the palace pipes."
** "I have a persnickety, party-planning Princess expecting plumbing -- by tonight!"
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* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]: Bowser asks Peach to marry him, and threatens to [[Taken for Granite|turn her subjects into stone]] if she doesn't.
* [[Animesque]]: Well, the illustrator is Japanese.
* [[Anything
* [[Art Shift]]: For one panel in the first chapter, Mario's face goes realistic.
* [[Badass Arm
* [[Badass Boast]]: Even chains can't hold the mighty Mario!
* [[Badass Damsel]]: Peach, boy howdy. Just watch her go all Allah Ackbar on the Koopalings!
* [[Badass in Distress]]: Poor Mario keeps alternating with the Princess as a hostage.
** Lampshaded with the good guys rejoicing in Wendy's castle blowing up ("WE DID IT!"). On a sour note, Mario grumbles, "<small>I can't believe they pulled it off without ''my'' direction.</small>"
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Toadster.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In the desert, the Toad leader tries to tell the princess that this search is ridiculous, that they're out of water, and that there's not a cloud in the sky -- prompting a cloud to miraculously appear. The Toads rejoice by performing a [[Rain Dance]], but the clouds are soon revealed to be Lakitus.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: The Koopa kids try to console Bowser over losing his bride. "She would've been a lousy mom anyway, pop." Whoops. "'''''[[Big "Shut Up!"|SILENCE!!!]]'''''" roars Bowser, blowing his top. His anger is so great, it creates [[Earthquakes Cause Fissures|fissures]] throughout the room.
* [[Big No]]: Mario's butt accidentally squashing Luigi's lunchbox. You'd think Luigi had just lost his first born child.
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** The Princess losing her balance and plummeting off Wendy's windowsill.
** Bowser screams this when his clown car propeller gets snagged, sending him crashing into his own wedding cake.
* [[Big Red Button]]: Release the cheese!
* [[Big "What?"]]: Bowser learning that his kids let his fiancée fall out a window.
* [[Blow Gun]]: Luigi kicks a goomba into a [[Improbable Weapon|piece of green pipe]] Mario's holding, and Mario blows through the other end to fire the goomba as a projectile into a crowd of enemies, KO-ing at least ten of them at once.
* [[Boastful Rap]]: Bowser's "[[Totally Radical|K-Man Koopa]]" rap.
* [[Bond One
** After {{spoiler|Bowser is crushed beneath his wedding cake}}: "He got ''his'' just desserts!"
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Wendy O. Koopa, of course.
* [[Bridal Carry]]: Seeing that Peach is hypnotized by Bowser ("HAHAHAHA! You see -- she has [[Blatant Lies|grown to love me!]]"), Mario scoops her up and starts hopping his way over the cake.
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Mario, and later a cross-dressing Luigi.
* [[Bow Ties Are Cool]]: Bowser wears a comically-oversized polka dot bowtie for his wedding. The Princess' courtiers also wear these.
* [[Buffy
* [[Bullfight Boss]]: Roy Koopa's baseline strategy, always ending with him careening into a wall. Peach lampshades this by grabbing a yellow cape and impersonating a matador.
** [[It Runs in The Family]]: Bowser charges at Mario in a blind rage, but misses and goes KER-SPLT into cake icing.
* [[Burning
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Friendly Floyd the Salesman.
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: Ironically, Floyd's bombs are more similar to the ones from ''Zelda'' than the [[The Legend of Zelda:
* [[The Cavalry]]: The Yoshis.
* [[Cavalry Betrayal]]: Shortly after Toad flies back up the sky pipe, a rope ladder falls from on high, and Toads paratroop down! (Hmmm.. They seem to have [[Paper
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: Lemmy proclaiming that Peach is "[[Tempting Fate|safely behind bars]]" -- Or ''is'' she? When Lemmy peeps in, she's gone. They all pile in, wondering how she could possibly pulled it off. Meanwhile, dangling overhead...
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Peach is first seen in the first chapter playing ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
** Likewise, the Koopalings first appear in Chapter 4 playing a parody of the game with Bowser as the hero and Mario as [[The Goomba|the goombas]].
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: The Princess' cape. Toad uses it to mount a solo mission back to the Mushroom Kingdom, promising he'll send back a rescue party.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The cake.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] / [[What Happened to
* [[Clothing Switch]]: Luigi switches clothes with Peach (while she is unconscious!) and poses as Peach to rescue Mario from the Koopalings. Luigi in Peach's outfit wears a gag to mask his mustache, while Peach in Luigi's outfit is...just plain hilarious.
* [[Cool Shades]]: This version of Toad wears army fatigues and aviator sunglasses.
* [[Crossing the Desert]]: In the Koopahari Desert, Toadstool and Co. are hotfooting it to Bowser's Castle. Unfortunately, their supply of water is gone.
* {{spoiler|[[Death
* [[Delicious Distraction]]: When Wendy catches Luigi (as Peach) snooping around the jail, Luigi quickly changes the subject, suggesting ordering pizza! The Koopa kids are very enthusiastic about this (they even begin calling him "Mom").
** Luigi's weakness for provolone.
* [[Delivery Guy Infiltration]]: Toad and Yoshi delivering pizza.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: During the wedding ceremony, the Minister Koopa recites, "Do you take this Princess to be your Queen, for richer or... well, ''richer''..?? Well, DO you?"
* [[Dick and Jane]]: After selling the boys his ''Acme Yoshi Learner'', Floyd beats a hasty retreat. Mario and Luigi open the book to find it illustrated in the style of this trope... Except that ''every'' word translates to "Yoshi".
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Luigi.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Bowser falls off of his wedding cake}} when it collapses.
* [[Do You Want to Haggle?]]: Floyd Floyd hastily marks down his ''Acme Yoshi Translator'' from 3000 coins ("'''[[Big Word Shout|3000!!]]'''") to 10, since they're friends of Yoshi.
* [[Don't Look Down]]: Mario realizing he's actually standing on a Blargg.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: "SPECIAL DELIVERY!"
** Mario dropping from above to bust up Bowser's wedding.
* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: Mario and Luigi are summoned to Peach's castle to fix the basement pipes, which are a jumbled mess.
* [[Evil Overlooker]]: Bowser and the Koopalings watch Mario and Luigi entering
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Wendy's castle. The steeple sports a big pink ribbon.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Just as the Mechakoopas deliver their ultimatum, who should burst on the scene but Friendly Floyd, advertising his new makeup line. Luigi snaps, "DO I LOOK LIKE I NEED A '''MAKEOVER'''?!" Moments later, Luigi wanders out in drag.
* [[Explosive Stupidity]]: A stray fireball from the castle guardians lights the bomb Peach is carrying. Possibly an in-joke at Mario using a [[Plunger Detonator]] on each of Koopa's castles in the video game.
* [[Facial Profiling]]: The "Master of Massage", a Fu Manchu-looking toad.
* [[Family Values Villain]]: Part of Bowser's motive for marrying the Princess is his concern over his kids lacking a mother figure.
* [[Faux Horrific]]: Not knowing who Yoshi is, Princess Toadstool runs for her life, only to [[Crash Into Hello|crash headlong]] into Friendly Floyd. She gets one look at his face and runs away again, screaming.
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* [[Fed to
** She later drops the heroes into a Reznor pit via a [[Trap Door]].
* [[Forced to Watch]]: Peach's wedding. Bowser taunts a captured and tied-to-a-pillar Mario, saying that he may stay to "witness this blessed event."
* [[Forgot Flanders Could Do That]]: The comic depicts a rare instance of the Mario bros. doing actual plumbing work.
* [[Forgot I Couldn't Swim]]: Luigi.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: As the Big Boo lies down on the couch, "Doctor" Mario counsels the ghost, asking to be told about its childhood. [[Smash Cut]] to the Boo [[Inelegant Blubbering|crying his eyes]] out about bullies stealing his lunch and stuffing him into lockers.
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'''Mario''': Counseling '''[[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|YOU]]''' won't get us out of this mess! }}
* [[Fun
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* [[The Full Name Adventures]]
* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]: The Mario Bros. emerging into Koopa Kingdom.
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** In true ''Super Mario World'' style, when Yoshi gobbles a blue shell, he sprouts wings. The Bros. hop aboard, but in the fray, they lose track of Bowser's rocket. Mario and Luigi start arguing, and Mario asks Yoshi for his opinion. [[Idiot Ball|Bad idea]].
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: The Koopalings getting locked in their own prison.
* [[Hand in
* [[Harmless Lady Disguise]]: Luigi.
* [[He Also Did]]: Leslie Swan was a senior editor for ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' and did a great deal of the writing for this comic. Aside from her current career in Nintendo game localization, she went on to voice Peach herself in ''[[
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: "Doctor" Mario treating the social anxiety of a Big Boo.
* [[Honest
* [[Hypnotize the Princess]]: Bowser has a Magikoopa do this.
* [["I Am" Song]]: The Mario Bros. sing one at the very start. Also, Bowser's [[Villain Song]] has a bit of this.
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: While Luigi, Toad and Yoshi try to revive the Princess, two Mechakoopas sidle up in a canoe. They announce that Mario is being held a prisoner, and that if they fail to put the Princess into their boat, Luigi's brother will pay. The Mechakoopas give them all a demonstration by symbolically burning a Mario effigy with the flamethrowers in their mouths.
* [[I Know Karate]]: The Minister of Massage learned his art at "the ancient Mount Fuji Karate School."
** The Princess belts out a "HIEEE-YAAAAH!", performing a surprise [[Waif Fu|spin kick]] on the awestruck Koopa Kids.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Peach pelting the Koopas with cosmetics.
** Mario lassos Bowser's clown car with [[Hoist
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Try not to think about the implications of dozens of Boos, complete with a Big Boo, who can't be stopped by staring at them, and have no problem leaving their abode even in broad daylight. And they're still on good terms with Bowser. Hopefully they won't take advantage of this.
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Bowser notices that the "Princess's" voice sounds funny, and wonders why she's wearing a surgical mask. Luigi claims to have a cold., but this just makes Bowser want to give "kiss [her] better."
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Luigi opines, "You've been a good brother, Mario," after the pair are concerned by Yoshi and a Wiggler.
* [[Laser
* [[Least
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Mario, you have your moments; particularly when it comes to [[I Will Protect Her|saving the Princess]].
* [[Lie to
* [[The Load]]: The trouble starts when Luigi's lunch gets obliterated in Chapter 1 (he's willing to forfeit his life to save it, but Mario drags him off). From that point on, Luigi never stops complaining about his hunger.
* [[MacGuffin Melee]]: Yoshi and Luigi leading the Koopalings on a merry chase for the jail cell keys.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: When Bowser zaps the Toads, their [[Speech Bubbles]] gets turned to stone, too; The letters "WAAA!" lie scattered on the lawn.
** As the Princess tumbles from the tower, Mario and Luigi peek out from beneath the "[["Find Out Next Time!"|Tune in next month]]" bubble to comment that she's stealing the spotlight.
* [[Merchandise
* [[Missed Him
* [[Missing Episode]]: The bonus chapter adapting ''[[Super Mario Land 2:
* [[Mythology Gag]]: A shout-out to ''[[
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: The fire-spitting Reznors accidentally ignite the Princess' bomb.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: Peach dreams that the Koopas crash her and Mario's wedding at the beginning of Chapter 6.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: One of the toad courtiers has spiral glasses, as does Bowser's head Magikoopa.
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** "Break a leg, Princess!"
** Charge! Let's '''CRASH''' this wedding!"
** [[Schiff One
* [[Off
* [[Oh Crap]]: "The fuse!"
** The heroes realizing they're stuck in the Koopa Kingdom.
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* [[Panty Shot]]: Of ''Luigi''.
* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: Mario proceeds to comfort the Big Boo, telling him that his frustrations are nothing in the vast universe. Mario then requests that the Big Boo tell them how to reach Bowser's Castle, claiming "I want to tell the Koopa King about the wonderful universe too."
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* [[Pokémon
* [[Prisoner Exchange]]: An [[Inverted Trope|accidental]] one.
* [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]: When the Koopalings have her cornered, the Princess uses a cape ''Super Mario World'' style and soars harmlessly across the moat.
* [[Reaching Between the Lines]]: At Bowser HQ,, the Koopalings are watching Ludwig play what appears to be "Super Bowser Bros." The TV screen bleeps out and static-filled image Bowser appears, yelling at them to keep the video line open. After conferring with his chef, Boswer turns back to the Koopalings and realizes that they're playing the game again. "'''''DO YOU HEAR ME?!!?'''''" he roars, somehow sticking his head, in classic cartoon form, through the monitor.
* [[Reality Bleed]]: Princess Toadstool's nightmare ends with her turns around to find Bowser leaning toward her, lips puckered. She [[Catapult Nightmare|awakens with a fright]] to find herself staring at Yoshi's snout.
* [[Riding the Bomb]]: An exhausted Luigi sits down on what he thinks is a log, but is really a Bill Blaster. Mario [[Diving Save|shoves him away]], but too late! The cannon shoots a Bullet Bill toward the castle, with Mario holding onto it.
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* [[Save the Princess]]
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Luigi deludes himself into thinking the Ghost House is somebody's vacation retreat.
* [[Shark Pool]]: Toad says he saw the Princess being carried into Wendy's tower, but they need to raft across the moat. Mario says to hell with a boat and tries swimming, but soon finds -- much to his discomfort -- the water is filed with Fishbones, Porcu-Puffers, and Urchins.
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'''Luigi''': [[Operation Blank|Code Name: Survival]]. }}
* [[Slave Race]]: Bowser's "best hypnotist" tames [[Mass Hypnosis|the entire Yoshi population]] into dragging along his [[The Lord of the Rings|Isengard]]-sized cake.
* [[Shout
* [[Sissy Villain]]: After trapping the Mario Bros. in
* [[Slapstick]]: Abundant.
* [[Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence]]: The Mechakoopas can't tell the difference between Peach and Luigi wearing a gown and wig. Either one will do.
* [[Smooch of Victory]]: Peach gives one to both Mario ''and'' [[Throw the Dog
* [[Speak in Unison]]: Mario and Luigi's customer review of the Acme Yoshi Translator. '''''WAIT 'TIL I GET MY HANDS ON THAT FRIENDLY FLOYD!'''''
** The realization dawning that they still need to get home through that huge Warp Pipe... hanging high in the sky. "ON NOOO! WE'RE STUCK HERE '''''FOREVER!'''''"
** Bowser, oh-so-happy and gloatful, skips off to "his perfect wedding" as the Koopalings sourly grumble, "I ''hate'' it when he's right!"
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: Mario jumps down and kicks Bowser in the face before the Princess can say her "I do."
* [[Staring Contest]]: To keep all the ghosts away from them, Mario and Luigi decide to stand back-to-back with each other, staring at them ("It's a face-off!").
* [[Stay in
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* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Mario tries to "save" Luigi (the Wiggler isn't attacking him) by stomping on it, which causes the king caterpillar to [[Turns Red|Turn
* [[Taken for Granite]]: Bowser announces he'll be back in two weeks to see if the Princess accepts his proposal. And to make the deal go a little more his way, he proclaims that if the answer is "no," all her people will be turned to stone, [[Make an Example of Them|giving her a demo]] on the Toads nearest him! This echoes the backstory of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros. (
* [[Taking You
* [[Talking the Monster
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* [[Took a Level
* [[Traveling Salesman]] [[Snake Oil Salesman]]: Friendly Floyd.
* [[Trojan Horse]]: Yoshi's pizza wagon opens to reveals Peach and Floyd, standing among a mountain of bombs.
* [[Trojan Prisoner]]: Luigi in Peach's gown.
* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]:
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'''Mario''': Wait, Luigi. We may be tired, lost, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and worst of all, hungry]], but we must keep our wits about us. There's something strange about this place... My [[Gut Feeling]] is that it's a trap! }}
* [[Verb This]]: '''"Eat cake, shell scum!'''
* [[Villain Ball]]
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Bowser attempts to escape in the Clown Car, but Mario snags the propeller blades with the rope, causing it to crash into the cake.
* [[Villain Song]]: Bowser, after sound-testing the mic in his hand (and getting a gong bang from his kids), begins freestyle rapping.
* [[Wizard Beard]]: The head Magikoopa has long mustaches.
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** And Toadstool actually manages to look very good in Luigi's outfit. Also, when she plays [[Big Damn Heroes]] to save [[James Bondage|Mario]] [[Action Girl]] style, everything she does reeks of [[Crazy Awesome]]. Wendy Koopa even lampshades it.
** Also Luigi mentions after it's all over he was starting to like wearing Toadstool's dress. He also ends up in a nurse outfit later.
* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Toad's afro.
* [[Xenafication]]: Peach
* [[You
* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: The Toad courtiers are dubious about Toadster's claims of pipes surrounding the castle, but he shrieks that it's worse than they think -- the pipes have even [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|ruined the flower garden]].
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: After the Koopalings' tower is (accidentally) blown up, the heroes celebrate their victory and they [[Riding Into the Sunset|head off into the sunset]]... and it's only two pages into Chapter 8 of 12. Suddenly, the credits freeze ([[Credits Gag|they are fake]]), the [[Empathic Environment|sunset clears]], and everyone realizes that they're still stuck in the Koopa Kingdom. As Mario soon points out, the return trip won't be simple.
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