SUPER MARIO BEYOND: SUPER MARIO BROS. (Film, 1993)

"A long long time ago, the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. They were big, so not a lot of people went around hassling 'em.

Actually, no people went around hassling 'em cuz there weren't any people yet. Just the first tiny mammals. Basically, life was good.

Then something happened: a giant meteorite struck the Earth. Goodbye dinosaurs!

But what if the dinosaurs weren't all destroyed? What if the impact of that meteor created a parallel dimension where the dinosaurs continued to thrive and evolve into intelligent, vicious, and aggressive beings... just like us?

And hey, what if they found a way back?”

- Opening Narration

Trust the fungus.

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES (Comic, 1992)

 “We are the Mushroom Kingdom’s plumbers extraordinaire!

The Super Mario Brothers, what a pair!

Do you have problems with your pipes?

Is your water running right?

Are all the fittings screwed down tight?

If they aren’t, don’t despair!

The super plumbers will be there!

And there’s no pipe we can’t repair!”

- Mario and Luigi, singing

 

The cover of the 1993 trade paperback (TPB) collection

SUPER MARIO BEYOND: THE SUPER MARIO BROS. SUPER SHOW! (TV, 1989)

 

Nothing like the voice of the greatest tag-team manager of all time coming from your favorite video game character to clue you in to the fact you're in for something special

“Hey, paisanos! It's The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”

- Mario

This is a section of the blog titled "Super Mario Beyond", where we'll cover parts of this franchise that don't belong to the main series of platformer video games!

And this first entry in "Super Mario Beyond" is the 1989 animated/live-action TV series: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 

The Facts

Air Date: September 4-December 1, 1989

Channel: First-run syndication

Executive Producer: Steve Binder, Andy Heyward

Episodes: 65 (130 total segments)

Currently Available On: WildBrain's Cartoon Super Heroes YouTube Channel

Let's-a go!

Buongiorno, and welcome to a little project I call "Super Mario Forever!"

My goal is to play through and blog about every single entry in the Super Mario series over the next few months, hopefully finishing in time for the April 2023 release of Illumination's Super Mario Bros. movie.

I hope to provide lots of nerdy background information on each game, as well as providing context for not only the games themselves, but my relationship and experiences with each one.

I'm gonna start this with 1985's Super Mario Bros. on October 13, because I wanted to begin on the 37th anniversary of the franchise...unfortunately, I'd forgotten that the game was released on SEPTEMBER 13, 1985. My bad.