Mario

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"Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle."

The Brothers Chaps have made lots of references in the Homestar Runner body of work to Mario, one of the most famous video game series of all time. Listed below are all the references to this series in the Homestar Runner universe.

Appearances

• Super NES — The page title, "Super Homestario Bros.", is a reference to Super Mario Bros.
• Pumpkin Carve-nival — This toon involves several references to the Mario body of work, especially Super Mario Bros.
  • The King of Town's Halloween costume is of Mario himself.
  • Bubs's Halloween costume is of Captain Lou Albano, the voice of Mario on the TV show, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.
  • When the King of Town learns that his pumpkin entry in the contest receives a "worst place" prize, he laments, "Sorry, king, but our princess is in another castle." This refers to Super Mario Bros. in that, up until the final castle (in level 8-4), whenever Mario saves the mushroom people from Bowser in the castles from levels 1-4 to 7-4, they say always say to him, "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
  • The Super Kingio Brothers Easter egg spoofs the title card, level 1-1, the game over screen and the music heard during all scenes in Super Mario Bros.
• Email pom pom — When Pom Pom is pounding Strong Bad, various sound effects from Super Mario Bros., such as the "coin collect" sound and the "1-Up" sound, are heard whenever Pom Pom connects.
• Halloween Potion-ma-jig — The Cheat's Halloween costume is of Mario character Toad. The high jump he does is the same one that Toad does when he gets hit in Mario Kart 64, in which Toad's kart also lands with a POOMP. The Cheat also makes some sounds similar to what Toad says when he wins a race ("I'm the best!") as well as Toad's cries when he has been hit.
• Sbemail 150?!? — One of the storyboards of Strong Sad's email idea involves Homestar wearing a Snifit mask. Snifits were one of the enemies found in Super Mario Bros. 2.
• Email retirement — When Strong Bad discovers his computer close by, the dramatic music heard during this scene is reminiscent of the boss music from Super Mario Bros. 2.
• Fan Costumes '06 — In a picture of a Homestar Runner costume, a person is seen dressed as Mario in the background. Additionally, the person wearing the Homestar costume can be seen inside its mouth, prompting Strong Bad to ask if Homestar ate Luigi, Mario's brother in the body of work. Homestar then remarks that he tasted like mushrooms, referring to the mushroom powerups that appear throughout the Mario series.

See Also

• Nintendo