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'''Issue #44: Chicks Dig Guys Who Read...'''<br>
'''Issue #44: Chicks Dig Guys Who Read...'''<br>
When Fry was in court with the old chicken, it said, "Your honor, this boy's as guilty as a star-fox in a space-henhouse!", a reference to ''Star Fox''. Then, [[Fox McCloud]] spoke up from the jury, saying, "That's not fair! Those charges were dropped!". [[Peppy Hare]] and [[Slippy Toad]] were next to him, trying to calm him down. Strangely, [[Mario]] can also be seen in the jury.
When Fry was in court with the old chicken, [[Mario]] is in the jury.


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Revision as of 20:53, December 31, 2012

Template:Articleabout This is an alphabetical list of Mario-related sightings and references in novels, comic books, comic strips, magazines, and other print publications.

Book references

A to Z Mysteries

In "The Jaguar's Jewel", one chapter mentions a "tall man with a green outfit", and the image shows a man that resembles Luigi in a bellhop outfit.

Halloween: The Mad House

While in an arcade, a character named Brandon sights "the new Mario Brothers game".

Diary of a Wimpy Vampire

At the very end of the the book, Nigel states that he is tough to beat on Mario Kart.

The Loser List

In Chapter 6, Danny Steve nearly tripped over a beanbag chair next to an old-fashioned Super Mario machine, which may reference the NES. The beanbag chair appears in the image, but the Super Mario machine wasn't shown.

Reboot Adventure Game

Virtual Life: In a book based on the CGI television show, after narrowly winning a game, Enzo complains about how awful it was, and Bob replies, "At least there weren't any Italian plumbers!"

Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2013: DOWNLOAD THE WEIRD

On page 168, there is an entry which says;

"Born in 1985, the same year that Nintendo introduced the first Super Mario Bros. game, Mitsugu Kikai from Tokyo, Japan, has since collected more than 5,400 items of Super Mario memorabilia."

Runnerland

A minor character named Mike Magee, the owner of an arcade parlour, had, according to rumour, crazy-glued all the doors and windows of his high school because he wanted to figure out how Super Mario could get through a locked-door maze.

Comic book references

Archie Comics

Archie & Friends Double Digest #2
During the first story, part 2 of Cyber Adventures, Archie, while in a virtual game, enters a castle to save Betty. Inside, he has to go through a few enemies, which resemble enemies from the Mario series, specifically Goombas, Hammer Bros, Bullet Bills, Spinies, and Piranha Plants. After fighting off the enemies, he goes into a room with an enormous amount of Firebars. After getting past that room, he comes across a bridge, where he has to fight a Bowser look-alike. Archie defeats him by using an ax to cut a chain which causes the bridge to collapse. Finally, he comes across Betty, who's wearing a pink dress and crown that closely resembles Princess Peach's outfit.

Cable & Deadpool

Issue #35: Past Indiscretions
On one page, Deadpool passes a videogame store with what appears to be a Mario wearing baseball uniform.[1]

Darkwing Duck

Issue #8: Crisis on Infinite Darkwings
One of the alternate universe Darkwings is based off of Mario.

Futurama Comics

Issue #38: Yivo Loves You!
At the beginning, instead of Fry doing what Leela asked him to do, he played on his handheld video game, stating, "Come on, you dumb hedgehog, get those rings, or you can't survive the lava pit! I don't want to lose you the same way I did Crash, Lara and Mario!". This is an obvious reference to Mario, Sonic, Lara Croft and Crash Bandicoot.

Issue #44: Chicks Dig Guys Who Read...
When Fry was in court with the old chicken, Mario is in the jury.

Simpsons Comics

Issue #110: Bad News Bearer
Near the beginning, Bart is seen playing a Donkey Kong-like game, while Milhouse tells him what to do:
Milhouse: Come on, Bart, jump over those cement-filled barrels and make it to the top of the Gorilla Mafia ladder!
Bart: I know Milhouse! I know!
Bart: Aaaah! He got me!

While on screen the characters speak:
DK (in a blue tux): I'm a legitimate business monkey!
Mario: You-a-Italian stereo-types demean us all! Mama mia!

Near the end, Ned Flanders, after coming home from the hospital after becoming uncouncious because he played too many video games, says he'll make a mushroom pizza. In the next panel, a Toad-like being appears by Ned. In the next full page panel, Ned is Luigi, chasing him. The Simpsons are also computer Game characters. Homer is DK, Bart is Mario, Marge is Lara Croft, and Lisa is Sonic the Hedgehog.
Marge: Get him, Homer!
Homer: I'm on it!
Bart: Mama Mia!

Issue #130: Marge the Sellout
Marge gets into the habit of auctioning off all of the family's possessions online. She soon auctions off Bart's old video games to the chef character Luigi Risotto. After Luigi wins the auction, the next panel reveals that he has a brother; a plumber who's dressed up like Mario. The "Mario" character asks Luigi to help him fix a leaky pipe, to which Luigi responds "Hold your mushrooms! I'm-a coming!".

Issue #161: Mighty MMORPG Player Rangers
The cover is a spoof of Donkey Kong. Homer and Bart assume the roles of Donkey Kong and Mario respectively, with Homer tossing barrels of toxic waste. Lisa appears to be standing in for Pauline, but seems more interested in reading a book.

  • Simpsons Comics #161
    Simpsons Comics #161

Turma da Mônica Jovem

Mario reference
Toddy dressed as "Superdário". Denise mentions "plumber" in her quote.
Princess Peach reference
The "Princesa Píti" panel.
The references to the Mario series in Turma da Mônica Jovem.

Issue 31: Meninos x Meninas
During this comic, Smith (the teen name for Smudge) is playing in a Nintendo DS with some friends. Soon, he says: "Pula seu encanador bigodudo! Pula!" (Jump, you mustached plumber! Jump!), obviously Mario. The boys also comment in play Dario Party, a reference to Mario Party.

In other comic, the teen Monica's gang participate of a costume party. Toddy is dressed as "Superdário", an obvious reference to Super Mario. The comic also reveal a fat woman in a princess costume known as "Princesa Píti" (referencing Princess Peach. "Píti" is the brazilian pronunciation of peach). Princesa Píti rules the Reino dos Caramelos (Caramel Kingdom, an allusion to Reino dos Cogumelos, the portuguese name of the Mushroom Kingdom).

Comic strip references

Adam@home

  • 09/6/2012 - Clayton tells his friend that he "really want[s] the new Wii", and when his friend comments on how "console gaming [is] dead", Clayton replies with "be careful... I hear Mario and Luigi hold a grudge".

Foxtrot

  • 10/14/1990 - The Sunday strip published on this date revolves around Jason playing Super Mario Bros., all the while Paige demands he turn the game off so she can watch Star Search. This strip is reprinted in the collection Eight Yards, Down and Out.
  • 1/14-19,21-26/1991 - A two-week storyline where Jason gets upset that his friend Marcus has beaten Super Mario Bros. first. Attempting to beat the game himself, Jason stays up all night playing it, so Andy takes it away for two weeks, despite his complaints. She eventually gives it back to him a week early because Roger wouldn't stop playing it himself. This storyline is reprinted in Eight Yards, Down and Out.
  • 9/??/91 - Jason begs Andy to buy him a Super Nintendo, one of his reasons being "it's got the latest Mario cartridge", and if she doesn't buy it, "I'll be stuck playing dumb ol' Mario 3 forever!" Reprinted in Bury My Heart at Fun Fun Mountain.
  • 7/??/92 - Andy unplugs Jason's NES while he's playing Mario Bros. in order to make him come to dinner. This leads to Jason becoming so furious that he kicks his NES and destroys it. Reprinted in Say Hello to Cactus Flats.
  • 12/17/93 - At the end of an unrelated storyline, Jason bothers Peter by holding up a game cartridge and saying, "Super Mario Universe 2 awaits..." Reprinted in Take Us to Your Mall.
  • 2/??/97 - Jason plays a game titled Super Earthworm Mario Country 3 and has trouble finding a Blue Star in a level called the Rainbow Sewer. Paige infuriates him by suggesting he triple-jump to a ledge with a secret door (she knows this from reading the strategy guide). Reprinted in Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on Your Nose.
  • 12/13/2005 - As part of a storyline where Jason attempts to do his own remake of King Kong, Peter wears a Donkey Kong mask and tie. Reprinted in Houston, You Have a Problem.
  • 04/01/2006 - How Come I'm Always Luigi? is released. The cover shows Jason and Marcus pretending to be Mario and Luigi (based on a week of strips where the boys imitate video game scenarios while playing in the snow).
  • ??/??/?? - A comic where Jason played all of his video games to put "Mom" as #1 for Mother's day. One of the games he had was called "Mario Vs. Predator".

Howard & Nester

Both these strips can be seen at The Howard & Nester Comics Archive.

Pearls Before Swine

In one strip, Larry, a crocodile, jumps on his son to prevent him from going to school. His son says "Most parents inspire their chidren to go to school, dad." In responce, his father says "Not me. Stay home. Play Wii." In the last panel, his wife is shown holding a hammer from Super Paper Mario and says "Look over here, Super Mario."

Retail

3/14/09 - Lunker makes a box sculpture of the blocks from Super Mario Bros. and has Cooper punch the one with the Question Mark on it. Cooper is immediately buried beneath a presumably painful cascade of coins, and while he good-naturedly comments on the authenticity, Lunker admits it didn't work how he imagined it would.

Sally Forth

10/27/06 - New storyline has Sally and Ted dressed as the Super Mario Bros. for a Halloween party. Unfortunately, no one has any idea who they are supposed to be, and the closest guess is "an affront to the Italian Defamation League?" Also, a Donkey Kong-like costume can be seen in the background of one of the strips. The strips can be seen here.

Gaming magazine cover references

Club Nintendo México

  • Dibujo.PNG
    The magazine without signature

Edge

  • Christmas 2007
    Christmas 2007

EGM

  • EGM #16 – Super Mario World on the cover, formerly called Super Mario Bros. 4 during development.
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly #16

    Electronic Gaming Monthly #16

EGM2

Expert Gamer

GamePro

  • GamePro #213
    GamePro #213
  • GamePro #231
    GamePro #231

Gamemaster

  • Gamemaster #37 - Mario is on the cover.
  • Gamemaster #37
    Gamemaster #37

Nintendo Gamer/ NGamer

NGamer (spanish version)

  • NGamer #1
    NGamer #1

NGamer (brazilian version)

  • Nintendo Gamer #3 - Mario Kart Wii appears on front cover.
  • Nintendo Gamer #6 - Super Mario Galaxy appears on front cover.
  • Nintendo Gamer #8 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl appears on front cover.
  • Nintendo Gamer #10 - Mario Kart Wii appears on front cover.
  • NGamer #3
    NGamer #3
  • NGamer #6
    NGamer #6
  • NGamer #8
    NGamer #8
  • NGamer #10
    NGamer #10

Nintendo World

  • Nintendo World #7 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #18 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #30 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #37 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #38 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #43 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #48 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #58 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #63 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #70 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #90 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #91 - Mario Smash Football appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #94 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #97 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #98 - Super Paper Mario appears on the cover
  • Nintendo World #99 - A Mario game appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #104 - Mario Party 8 appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #108 - 50 Mario's best power ups and special moves, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Super Mario Galaxy appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #109 - Mario Kart Wii appears on the cover.
  • Nintendo World #104

    Nintendo World #104

  • Nintendo World #108

    Nintendo World #108

  • Nintendo World #109

    Nintendo World #109

n-Revolution

  • n-Revolution #6
    n-Revolution #6

Official Nintendo Magazine

  • ONM #12

    ONM #12

  • ONM #34

    ONM #34

  • ONM #40

    ONM #40

  • ONM #56 - Subscriber version

    ONM #56 - Subscriber version

Pocket Games

  • Pocket Games #4
    Pocket Games #4
  • Pocket Games #6
    Pocket Games #6
  • Pocket Games #7
    Pocket Games #7
  • Pocket Games #14
    Pocket Games #14
  • Pocket Games #16
    Pocket Games #16

Super Play

  • Super Play #36

    Super Play #36

Total 64

Graphic novel references

Scott Pilgrim

The band that Scott currently plays in is named "Sex Bob-omb". Also, in Chapter 4 of the first book, when Ramona is trying to explain about the subspace highway running through Scott's head and how she uses it to travel long distances in a short amount of time, he asks "Is it like in Super Mario 2?" After staring at him for a moment, she replies "Ummmmmm... No. It isn't really like that at all." However, the star-emblazoned doors Ramona uses to enter subspace were inspired by the design of the doors in Super Mario 64. In the final book of the series, Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, Scott pictures himself wearing a Tanooki Suit when he tries to remember what his relationship with Envy was like.

Magazine references

Cracked Magazine

  • Cracked Summer Special #3 (1993) features a five-page comic featuring a satirical look behind the scenes of the Super Mario Bros. movie, where the real Mario and Luigi are working as creative consultants.
  • Cracked Collectors' Edition #109 (January 1997) features a four-page comic in which Mario is interviewed about the "Ninnytendo 64". According to this comic, Mario is Nintendo's mascot because he saved all the employees when their plumbing sprang a leak. The Super Mario Bros. movie parody comic is also reprinted here.
  • Cracked Collectors' Edition #115 (July 1998) features cover art of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider coming upon skeletons resembling Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, and Goro.
  • Cracked Summer Special #3
    Cracked Summer Special #3
  • Cracked Collectors' Edition #109
    Cracked Collectors' Edition #109
  • Cracked Collectors' Edition #115
    Cracked Collectors' Edition #115

Disney Adventures

  • Disney Adventures Volume 9 Issue 6 (May 1999) - The "Secret Lives of Video Game Stars" feature includes a section titled "Mario's Secret Notebook" (written by Yolanda Crous), which features a satirical synopsis of Super Mario 64 from Mario's perspective.

Mad

  • Mad #292 (Jan 1990) features cover art of Mario and Luigi (the latter one wearing the clothes as seen in Super Mario Bros. and having an M on his cap) attacking a TV hooked up to a Neumantendo System. On the screen is a pixelated picture of Alfred E. Neuman. Despite what the cover implies, the actual article does not lampoon any existing video games.
  • Mad #457 (Sep 2005) - The cover article is entitled "50 Worst Things About Video Games" and features various video game characters on the cover, including Mario. The Mario series is referenced three times throughout the list.
    • 2 - "Console manufacturers selling systems without basic essentials like memory cards or a second controller, so you have to shell out another 60 bucks before you can see so much as a hair on Luigi's mustache."
    • 20 - "Donkey Konga, which combines the '60s-era art of bongo drumming with none of the mind-bending hallucinogens that made it tolerable in the first place."
    • 25 - "Mario's ridiculous Italian accent, which comes in just behind Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's infamous "Kill all the Haitians" message as the worst ethnic offense in gaming."
  • Mad #510 (August 2011) - In "Green Lunkheads", Yoshi appears as one of the Green Lunkheads along with Frankenstein's Monster, Oscar the Grouch and other famous green people.
  • Mad September Special (2011) - In "Harry Plodder is Definitely Halted-Adieu!", Harry says that he has never seen something like the runaway mine car because he hasn't played Lego Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Donkey Kong Country, Tomb Raider, Sonic the Hedgehog, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Half-Life, Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap or Gears of War.
  • Mad #292
    Mad #292
  • Mad #457
    Mad #457

Mad Kids

  • Mad Kids #10 (March 2008) - The cover depicts Mario, having tangled himself in a Wii Nunchuk cord with the headline "The Dumbest Wii Games Ever!" The actual article, entitled "The Least Popular Wii Games", showcases several ficticious Wii games, most of which center around various chores. The game entitled "The Wii Omelet Station" stars a blue character who resembles Princess Peach.
  • Mad Kids #10
    Mad Kids #10

Record Book References

This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

Guinness World Records

Super Mario Bros. was the best-selling video game of all time for many years, until it was beaten out by Wii Sports, meaning the series received no mention in the 2011 and 2012 edition.

Guinness World Records: Gamers Edition

In Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2008, Mario has been referenced and mentioned throughout the entire book, as well as having a big reference in the Platformer Games page. But in the book, he even has his own two pages: Super Mario and Mario Kart.

In Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition, 2011, a certain page states that Super Mario Bros. was remade on the Nintendo 64, which is false.

  • The Mario Kart page.

    The Mario Kart page.

Other references

1001 Unbelievable Facts

One of the facts is "There are no donkeys in the game Donkey Kong."

1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

In this book, Donkey Kong is listed number 23, Dr. Mario is listed as number 27, Mario Kart Wii is listed as number 59, Super Mario 64 as number 104, Super Mario Bros. as number 105, Super Mario Bros. 2 as number 106, Super Mario Bros. 3' as number 107, and Super Mario World as number 108.

365 Fun Facts, Weird Trivia and Amazing Lists on Nearly Everything You Need to Know!

In this Australian book published and released in 2006, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Mario Pinball Land are listed as two of the top ten most popular video games in Australia.

Brain Quest

In the fourth grade edition in "page" 65, one of the questions is "Which game is the oldest: Super Mario Brothers, Monopoly or Game Boy?".

Hot Dog

  • Hotdog #58, Scholastic – Mario's face is the cover.
  • Hotdog #74, Scholastic – Mario and Luigi are Fighting Bowser on the Back

Mirai Japanese Course Book Stage 2

On page 118 of this Japanese language education textbook, there is a picture of what looks like a screenshot from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3.

Nintendo Fun Club News

Maths Quest 7 for Victoria Second Edition

In this Australian mathematics textbook, the first part of a question on page 68 reads: "Mario, Luigi, Zoe and Daniella are playing on a playstation." The fact that both names were mentioned in one question and that it is about video games (despite Sony's PlayStation having no relation with Nintendo), it is very likely that the question was intended as a reference.

References

  1. ^ Cable & Deadpool Mario look-alike

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