Mario

Mario is a video game series.

References to Mario in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
7	139	"Marge Be Not Proud"	Mario and Luigi try to persuade Bart to steal Bonestorm.
16	343	"Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"	Mario is on an Italian tour bus when they see Homer. Mario wants his picture taken with Homer who then proceeds to throw bins at him (in a reference to the original Donkey Kong game). Mario then climbs up the treehouse, gets a hammer and begins to destroy the bins before he is finally hit and falls down.
21	449	"Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"	Mario, along with his brother Luigi, were two of the brothers Bart saw in Bro-Land during Bart's dream.
23	505	"A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again"	"Human Super-Mario Brothers" is seen on the Fun Schedule.
25	551	"Pay Pal"	The title screen gag for the episode has Mario jumping up and hitting a block, getting a coin from it.
552	"The Yellow Badge of Cowardge"	Homer calls Giuseppe Granfinali "Super Mario", in reference to the man being Italian..
32	688	"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"	One of the many Mr. Burns dopplegangers seen in "Into the Homerverse" is based on Bowser.
34	739	"Top Goon"	At Halloween, Barney dresses up as Wario.
35	754	"Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"	Mr. Burns and Persephone Odair appear on the cover of Nintendo Power, with Burns parodying Mario and Persephone parodying Princess Peach.
762	"Lisa Gets an F1"	Homer dreams of racing on Mario Kart's Rainbow Road track. Characters appear as parodies of Mario characters: Homer as Wario. Lisa as Mario (saying his catchphrase, It's me, Lisa Mario). Sherri or Terri as Princess Peach. Nelson as Bowser. Ralph as Toad. Milhouse as Yoshi. A cloud is holding the stoplight, a reference to Lakitu. Lisa collects items from ? pyramids, referencing the Item Boxes from the games. Homer as Wario throws a Blue Shell at Milhouse and a bomb at Lisa while saying "It's-a me, Wario" and "Wah", repeating them in bed. Later in the house, Homer and Lisa reference the dream naming Wario, Rainbow Road and Mario Kart, with Homer asking her what's Mario Kart.
37	793	"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"	In "Clown Night with the Devil", Ralph is dressed as Mario.
D+	808	"Simpsley"	The Italian waiter, Wario, is a reference to Wario. Skinner tells him "the mushrooms were super, Mario," referencing the Super Mario series in particular and the mushrooms from Mario games.

Comics[edit]

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Simpsons Comics #110	Bad News Bearer	Mario appears alongside a version of Donkey Kong called "Don Kong" in the game Don Kong.
Simpsons Comics #130	Marge the Sellout	When Luigi wins an auction for old video games, he exclaims "It's-a me!". His brother, Mario Risotto, then asked him to help fix a leak. Luigi told him to "hold your mushrooms".
Simpsons Comics #231	Bart the Rake	Luigi Risotto has a brother called Mario Risotto who is a parody of Mario.

Games[edit]

Picture	Game	Reference
	The Simpsons Game	Poorly drawn versions of Mario are seen in Enter the Cheatrix.
	Warp Pipes are seen throughout Enter the Cheatrix, including several of different colors. A puzzle must be solved using them to get to Donkey Kong.
	At the end of Enter the Cheatrix, a Koopa Troopa is seen and is Professor Frink's bride.
	The Simpsons: Tapped Out	The quest name "It's A-Me, Luigi!" is a reference to Mario's catchphrase "It's A-Me, Mario!"
	In the Tap Ball update, if two Tap Ball teams of identical players face off, there will be a joke about alternate versions of themselves. An alternate version of Luigi appears, called Waluigi, referencing the Mario character.

Common cast and crew[edit]

Name	Role in Mario	Role on The Simpsons
Dan Castellaneta	Played the narrator in the Super Mario Bros. 1993 film.	Voice of Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Barney Gumble, Mayor Quimby, Groundskeeper Willie, and several other characters.
Frank Welker	Voiced Yoshi and Goombas in the Super Mario Bros. 1993 film.	Voice of Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II and several other animals.
Fred Armisen	Voice of Cranky Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.	Voiced Terrence in "The Day the Earth Stood Cool".
Jack Black	Voice of Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.	Voiced Milo in "Husbands and Knives".
Keegan-Michael Key	Voice of Toad in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.	Voiced Jazzy James in "The Great Phatsby: Part One" and "The Great Phatsby: Part Two".
Kevin Michael Richardson	Voice of Kamek in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.	Voice of Dr. Hibbert (2021 onwards) and several other characters.
Seth Rogen	Voice of Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.	Voiced Lyle McCarthy in "Homer the Whopper" and himself in "Steal This Episode".

External links[edit]

Mario at Wikipedia
Mario at Super Mario Wiki

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Mario

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References to Mario in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Comics[edit]

Games[edit]

Common cast and crew[edit]

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Mario

References to Mario in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Comics[edit]

Games[edit]

Common cast and crew[edit]

External links[edit]

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