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The series begins with Mario learning that Bowser had discovered a new power source and is using the resources to construct an invasion fleet of airships in order to strike the Mushroom Kingdom. Eventually, Mario discovers the Second Reality and must put a stop to Bowser's plot. The second game concerns Mario's unexpected return to the Second Reality and a new foe named Zycloboo. The upcoming conclusion to the trilogy will involve Bowser's return to the Second Reality as the primary plot.

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=== Tropes that apply to the series as a whole: ===

* [[Check Point Starvation]]: Since Mario World levels can only have one [[Check Point]] in them, this occurs in {{spoiler|1=Bowser's Starship and Chaos CompleXX}} in the first game. This is even more common in the second game, which has extremely long levels.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Zycloboo.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Zycloboo in the remake.}}

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Bowser versus the Roboxx', {{spoiler|with Zycloboo playing them both against each other.}}

* [[Final Boss New Dimension]]: An interesting twist on the trope -- {{spoiler|midway through the final stage, Bowser's ship starts travelling between dimensions, and upon making it to the room before the boss, you find yourself back in the First Reality}}.

* [[Green Hill Zone]]:

* [[Hailfire Peaks]]:

** The sixth world takes place in both the [[Jungle Japes|Rhino Jungle]] and the [[Shifting Sand Land|Koopa Desert]].

** Even though the level "Koopakick" is located inside the [[Lethal Lava Land|volcano]] on the [[World Map|overworld]], the actual level takes place outside, with a [[Green Hill Zone|lush, hilly landscape]] in the background, with castle decorations and lava in the foreground. The outdoor portions of "Volcano Castle" (the level right after "Koopakick") are also like this.

* [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]: The remake of the game expands the ending upon achieving this.

** [[Ruins for Ruins Sake|Mole Ruins #2]]. There is not a single mole in the whole stage.

** The level "Inferno" takes place in a [[Ruins for Ruins Sake|ruin-filled]] [[Green Hill Zone|grassy area]] [[Always Night|at night]].

* [[Platform Hell]]: Becomes more and more like this the farther you get into the game. This is especially bad in the original version, in which the final level forces you to be a [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]] for most of the stage, with [[Check Point Starvation|no Check Points in sight]]. The difficulty in the remake is significantly toned down and probably only qualifies as [[Nintendo Hard]] for most of the game.

* [[Reality Is Out to Lunch]] / [[World of Chaos]]: {{spoiler|Thirdspace--even more so after the Glitch Cannon goes off. The Roboxx' also planned on turning the First Reality into this as well.}}

* [[Hell Hotel]]: The aptly named "Hotel Horror".

* [[Kaizo Trap]]: In the secret level "Old Aquaria".

* [[Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates]]: See above.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Zycloboo upon Mario's activation of the Power Supply Switch.}}