List of references and parodies

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The following is a list of references to other media that has appeared in the Mario series.

Note: References to other Mario series games are not included here nor are references made in crossover games.

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.

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The head by the pipe is Sunplaza Nakano, while the head in the pipe is Tamori, both respective replacements of Goomba and Piranha Plant.

This game was an officially licensed hack of Super Mario Bros. It referenced the japanese radio program All Night Nippon by replacing certain enemies and objects with japanese celebrities.

Donkey Kong Country

In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country, Sabrewulf is stuffed and mounted in Cranky's hut, but it is still alive as it occasionally blinks.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest

Chief Thunder, a character from the fighting game Killer Instinct, makes his cameo on a poster in Cranky's Cabin.

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

In this game Bazaar mentions Link in his general store.

Donkey Konga

Donkey Konga 2

More songs from both popular culture and other Nintendo games.

Donkey Kong 64

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Gameplay of Jetpac
  • A classic arcade game Jetpac was included as a bonus feature in this game.
  • In the final Boss fight of this game, Nintendo and Rareware are announced as the sponsors
  • In the Beta version of this game Banjo and Kazooie made cameos as fridge magnets

Donkey Kong Country

  • This game introduced Diddy Kong, who has always appeared with his cap with the Nintendo logo on it.
  • Dixie Kongs hat also had the Rare Ltd. logo on her hat. This stayed with her until Rare was purchased by Microsoft.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest

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Cranky's Video Game Heroes

After the player has beaten the game, they can take part in Cranky's Video Game Heroes competition. The competition is simply whichever video game hero can collect the most coins. When the player first sees this competition the heroes already present are Mario, Yoshi and Link. A garbage can can also be seen at the competition with Sonic's shoes and Earthworm Jim's raygun, implying they failed to get enough coins in the competition.

Diddy Kong Racing

Timber's hat has the Rareware logo on it.

Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium

This game uses the same gameplay as the Excitebike games.

Game & Watch Gallery Advance

This game includes The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch port.

Hotel Mario

Luigi's Mansion

  • The boxart of this game resembles the cover design of Home Alone.
  • If Luigi goes to the door to King Boo's alter before capturing the required amount of boos, a scene will show King Boo mistaking Luigi for Mario. In the scene, King Boo states that, "I will not give up my favorite decoration, I like Mario just where he is". This is a reference to the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, in which Jabba the Hutt states, "I will not give up my favorite decoration, I like Captain [Han] Solo just where he is". Han Solo hangs frozen in carbonite on a wall similar to Mario being trapped in King Boo's painting.

Mario Bros.

The music that plays when the player begins Phase 1 is Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

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The posters at the Yoshi Theater.

Mario Golf

In Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color, the last club is called "Link's Club" and uses the Triforce as its logo.

Mario Golf

In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, the names of various The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox characters appear on the scoreboard.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

  • If the golf ball is hit and lands on a patch of flowers, several Pikmin will pop out from the ground.
  • The Coin Attack mode can spawn coins in the shape of the Triforce.

Mario Kart DS

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R.O.B.s artwork
  • R.O.B. is the final unlockable character. This is first introduced non-mario character in Mario Kart series.
  • On R.O.B.s standard kart his symbol is the D-pad

Mario Kart Wii

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Baby Mario in the Blue Falcon

The Kart; the Blue Falcon is an obvious reference to the F-Zero series, where the blue Falcon is driven by Captain Falcon.

Mario Party Advance

Mario Party 2

Many of the minigames are puns on pop culture, such as Dizzy Dancing and Magnet Carta

Mario Party 3

This game continues to have minigame titles make puns on popular culture, including Water Whirled, Awful Tower, Eatsa Pizza, Etch 'n' Catch, and Three Door Monty.

Mario Party 4

More minigames are puns, they are Hop or Pop, Blame it on the Crane and Mario Speedwagons

Mario Party 5

Minigames that make puns in this game are Mazed and Confused, Flower Shower, Night Light Fright, Coney Island, Merry Poppings, Bound of Music and Rain of Fire.

Mario Party 6

Minigames that make puns in this game are Circuit Maximus, Slot Trot, Stamp by Me

Paper Mario

The Koopa Bros. are obviously based of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

  • In Petalburg a young Toad says he's been playing Fire Emblem.
  • Petalburg shares the name of a city in the Pokemon series.
  • In one of the trivia games, one of the choices for how to defeat the demon is a "legendary sword". This is a reference to the Master Sword from the The Legend of Zelda series.

Super Mario 3D Land

In world 5-2, when Mario/Luigi opens the area that contains the second star medal, the Zelda "found a secret" theme is heard.

Super Mario 64

Super Mario Bros. 3

The tune the warp whistle plays is also found in The Legend of Zelda. The whirlwind is from the same game. The tune is later found in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, although a bird sweeps Link away, not a whirlwind. It is also played on an ocarina, not a flute. The notes are also a part of the title theme of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

Link makes a cameo in the chef/waiter page.

Super Mario Galaxy

  • Enemies appear in an airship stage which resemble Deku Scrubs, a The Legend of Zelda enemy.
  • In the Rolling Gizmo Galaxy, a hidden bunch of Star Bits formed in a Rupee shape can be seen.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins

The Mario Zone features LEGO-like surfaces. They are not LEGO, but N&B Blocks, a toy manufactured by Nintendo in the 60s.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Cameo of Samus Aran in the royal castle's guest room in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
Samus's cameo
  • Link can be found sleeping in the Rose Town inn after beating Bowyer in the Forest Maze.
  • Samus can be found sleeping in the guest bed of Toadstool's Castle after beating Yaridovich, and before going to Land's End. When spoken to, she'll say she's resting up for Mother Brain, the end boss of the Metroid series.
  • A Samus action figure can be found in a toy box in Booster Tower.
  • Hinopio in the Barrel Volcano has models of Captain Falcon's and Samurai Goro's spacecraft, and an Arwing from the Star Fox series.
  • Culex is an optional boss designed to resemble the Final Fantasy bosses. During and after the battle with him, Final Fantasy music is played. The music heard is a remix of the Boss Battle theme in Final Fantasy IV and after the battle, the famous Final Fantasy Victory Theme played. His Elemental Crystals are also the same as in Final Fantasy IV.
  • The enemy Bahamutt is named after the powerful dragon Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series.
  • Another reference to the Final Fantasy series involves the Czar Dragon: a superboss of the same name was dummied from Final Fantasy VI.

Super Mario Sunshine

If the game is hacked to remove Il Piantissimo's mask, he has the same face of the Running Man / Postman of Termina, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask only with darker skin.

Super Paper Mario

In chapter 2-3, for knocking over a vase, Mario must pay his debt in Rubees, a reference to Rupees, the The Legend of Zelda currency (Additionally, Rubees resemble red Rupees). Rupees were also called Rubees in the non-canon The Legend of Zelda games for the unsuccessful Phillips CD-i system.

Tippi is similar to Navi from the The Legend of Zelda series, as they both help and are fairies. It is especially notable that Tippi has the ability to identify enemies, much like how Navi did in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

One of the Dorguys has puzzles for the character to solve that are similar to those of the Brain Age series. When solving them, he also states that the players' "brain ages must be very young".

Super Smash Bros.

The Beam Sword

The Beam Sword from this game series bears a strong resembelance to the Lightsabers of the Star Wars franchise.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Several sound effects of this game are borrowed from Metroid II: Return of Samus, such as the pause sound effect and the sound that plays when Wario hits a boss.

Wario Land II

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Flagman DD
  • When the player has completed the game a remake of the 1980 Game & Watch game Flagman appears, called Flagman DD.
  • Some of the treasures in this game come from The Legend of Zelda series, such as the Flute, a purple Rupee, the Power Glove, and the Pegasus Boots. A Crystal Metroid also appears as a reference to the Metroid series

WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania

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Wario's Sheriff

WarioWare: Twisted!

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The Legend of Zelda microgame

Wario World

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Several Nintendo consoles appear as treasures, they are the NES, the Game Boy Advance, the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo GameCube.

Yoshi's Story

In Stages 2-3 and 2-4, the name "Zelda" appears in the newspaper in the background.


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