Tag Archives: koopa troopas

So I Says to Mabon, I Says

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Nathan

This past Wednesday was the Autumnal Equinox, so I guess you should keep an eye out for pumpkin Piranha Plants and Koopas in Mario masks. I believe I was first aware of the season change in Super Mario World from … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Mario, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Religion, Video Games, Welsh | Tagged aidan kelly, apollo, autumn, avalon, birds, blackbirds, bullet bills, culhwch, custennen, deer, demeter, dogs, eagles, eleusinian mysteries, fish, giants, goreu, gwyn ap nudd, king arthur, king urien, koopa troopas, mabon, mabon ap modron, maponos, modron, morgan le fay, olwen, owls, paganism, persephone, pidgits, pigs, piranha plants, salmon, seasons, sir kay, sir owain, super mario world, taliesin, twrch trwyth, ysbaddaden | 3 Comments

I Came in Like a Wrecking Crew

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Nathan

It’s weird how many obscure Mario-related games there are. I’d wanted to discuss a few Japan-only ones that I’ve seen footage of recently, but there were some connections there to games we did get here in the States that I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Donkey Kong, Food, Kid Icarus, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged adventure island, booster, chibi-robo, donkey kong, donkey kong 3, donkey kong 3 dai gyakushu, donkey kong 3 great counterstrike, eggplant, eggplant men, eggplant wizard, foreman spike, galaga, gotchawrenches, hotel mario, ice climber, insects, kid eggplant, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mario mario, mobile golf, mushroom kingdom, shigeru miyamoto, stanley the bugman, super mario bros., super mario rpg, tetris, the 3 little princesses, wario, wonder boy, wrecking crew, wrecking crew '98, yves bourgelas | 2 Comments

Douse the Bowser

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Nathan

I might as well finish up my write-ups on the Super Mario Bros. stories from Valiant Comics, and by that I mean the ones I could find scanned. I don’t think I’ve ever seen “Elect Mario for Man of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged aliens, annual mushroomland fair, baroness blueblood, bullet bills, chill, dirk drain-head, dr. mario, dr. mario world, dr. waldo bloom, elder shrooboid, fever, goombas, hot and cold running brains, it's always fair weather, jason voorhees, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopalings, lemmy koopa, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario land, mario mario, mice, mouser, muck, mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, mushroom kingdom general hospital, nintendo comics system, pipe land, pipe ooze, piranha plants, princess peach toadstool, rusty water, shroobs, snakey, super leaf, super mario 3d land, super mario bros. 3, super mario land 2, tail tree, tanooki suit, the buddy system, the doctor is in...over his head, the revenge of pipe ooze!, toad, toads, valiant comics, viruses, wario, weird | 1 Comment

The King Is a Drip!

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Nathan

It’s March 10, which means that it’s Mario (MAR10) Day, at least in this country. I guess elsewhere it’s Iomar Day. I write a lot about the Mario universe anyway, of course. I’m really not that good at the games, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Humor, Magic, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged airships, apook corporation, apook correspondence school of journalism hotel management and transmission repair, boomerang brothers, cloud nine, commander shroob, fungus forest, green gecko gem, harvey atkin, kamek, king bowser koopa, koopa paratroopas, koopa troopas, luigi mario, magic carpet madness, magic wands, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario kart, mario mario, mario's time machine, mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, mutiny on the fungi, nintendo comics system, pidgits, piranha plants, piranha-round sue, princess peach toadstool, shroobs, star hill, stopwatch, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the kingdom enquirer, thwomp volcano, time travel, toad, toads, wart, wooster, yoshi's island ds, yoshi's new island | Leave a comment

May the Pasta Be with You

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Nathan

Raiders of the Lost Mushroom – The Indiana Jones parody is infamous in that the character Indiana Joe doesn’t have a face. The story writer Perry Martin tells is that he originally intended Joe to be a caricature of Harrison … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, Video Games | Tagged birdo ray, birdoroos, bob-ombs, boomerang brothers, bullet bills, bunsen, cobrats, colonel dietrich, crocodile dundee, crocodile mario, crocodiles, cyrano de bergerac, cyrano de mario, darth vader, death star, do the koopa, down under land, dr. nerdnick, flying pizza, grand moff tarkin, han solo, harrison ford, indiana joe, indiana jones, indiana jones and the temple of doom, james farr, jungle land, king bowser koopa, koalas, kolorado, koop star, koopa klaus, koopa troopas, koopaphobia, kort falkenberg, lions, lost mushroom, luigi mario, mario mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, obi-wan kenobi, obi-wan toadi, paper mario, perry martin, pikachu, pizza, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, professor elvin gadd, raiders of the lost ark, raiders of the lost mushroom, robo koopa, robocop, robots, Rowdy Roddy Piper, rowdy roddy piper's rotten pipes, santa claus, santa claus is coming to flatbush, shy guys, star koopa, super smash wars, temple of koopa, toad, toads, triclyde, vanna white, wrestling, yoda | 1 Comment

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

The Provolone Ranger – I distinctly remember this being the first Super Show episode I ever saw, and I don’t even think I had a Nintendo or was that familiar with Mario at the time. The usual suspects are riding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alcatraz, aqua land, atlantis, baseball, birdo, bloopers, clawgrip, cobrats, coney island, cookoo bird, cyclone, danny wells, double cross ranch, escape from koopatraz, flatbush koopa, french, fungusville, goldfish, goodbye mr. fish, gramps, joe bellan, karen hartman, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopatraz state prison, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the deep, mermaids, mouser, mrs. gamliss, mrs. periwinkle, mush ridge, mushroom kingdom, nedra volz, neptune, ostros, phantos, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, pronto, ratigator, shy guys, statue of liberty, super mario bros. 3, swordfish, the lone ranger, the provolone ranger, toad, toads, tommy lasagna, tommy lasorda, tonto, trouters, two bums from brooklyn, whales | 2 Comments

It’s Koopa Clobbering Time

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Nathan

Here are some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews, and for once I haven’t heard the reviews on the Super Show Show podcast at the Hard Times, because they haven’t gotten to most of these yet, “Mario of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged a basement divided, adee don't, albatosses, apes, beetles, big bad wolf, chippie chipmunks, fred travalena, gramma toadstool, honey i shrunk the kids, jungle land, karate, karate koopa, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopa-kola, lions, little red riding hood, little red riding princess, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the apes, martial arts, melanie chartoff, misaki, mouser, mr. gibbel, mr. miyagi, mushroom kingdom, ninjis, no way to treat a queenie, plumb fu, princess i shrunk the mario brothers, princess peach toadstool, queen elizabeth ii, ratigator, sayanora, tarzan, tawny tyler, the karate kid, toad, triclyde, trouters, waldo the wizard, wolves | Leave a comment

Too Pooped to Koop

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Nathan

Mamma mia! It’s a Super Mario Bros. cartoon! Several of them, in fact. The Mark of Zero – Our first parody for the week is of Zorro. I can’t say I know that much about the character, but I did … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Christianity, Donkey Kong, Egyptian, Food, History, Humor, Judaism, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Religion, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged american revolution, arsenio trinidad, beezos, bible, clog, cobrats, cookoo bird, delawide river, edison, el desert land, exodus, flurries, fred van winkle, gary schwartz, george washingtoad, goombas, hammer brothers, homer, horses, inspector klean, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, koopos, luigi mario, mario mario, mario party 7, mouser, norman fell, obi-wan cannoli, obi-wan kenobi, ostros, paul revere, perry martin, phanto, piranha plants, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, pyramid land, pyramids, ratigator, red sauce sea, sand kingdom, shy guys, sphinx, super mario odyssey, ted bull, texas tea, the artist, the koopas are coming! the koopas are coming!, the mark of zero, the spirit of 76, the ten commandments, the ten koopmandments, the three mushrooms, the three stooges, the trojan koopa, tippy turtle, toad, toads, toupee, triclyde, trojan horse, trojan war, tutankhamun, vincent van gogh, zenned out mario, zero, zero plus one, zorro | Leave a comment

Never Steal a Used Carpet

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Nathan

Koopa Klaus – Christmas was almost a month ago, but here’s the Christmas episode of this show. I already wrote about this one twelve years ago, and I can’t say I can think of much to add. It is weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged al capone, albatosses, apes, bad rap, baron manfred von richtofen, birdo, bob-ombs, brian bonsall, captain lou albano, caught in a draft, cloud land, crime land, danny wells, dirk drain-head, donkey kong, duh stoopid bomb!, ed metzger, eliot ness, fat boys, flab boys, flurries, flying carpets, george washington slept here, gorilla my dreams, gorillas, james brown, king bowser koopa, king james, koopa klaus, koopa klub, koopa troopas, lakitu, little mac, little marios, luigi mario, mama mario, mario and the red baron koopa, mario mario, michael jackson, mother brain, mouser, mushroom king, nester, nintendo comics system, nintendo power, ostros, pasta, pasta land, perry martin, pidgits, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, rap land, ratigator, sam shalam, santa claus, sergeant slaughter, shy guys, snifits, spaghetti, spinies, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the untouchables, the unzappables, toad, wart, wooster, world war i | 1 Comment

I’m Gonna Smash This City Flatter Than a Tofu Pancake!

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Nathan

Another week (well, more or less), another set of Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews. Hooded Robin and His Mario Men – Mario and his entourage are in Sharewood Forest on their way to Sharewood Village for some reason, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged 20000 koopas under the sea, 20000 leagues under the sea, annette funicello, baroness blueblood, bats, birdo, bloopers, captain abidab, christopher hewett, club nintendo, dirk drain-head, doomsub, dr. t. garden, flower power, fortune teller, frygal, fryguy, godzilla, happy harbor, heart throb, herman melville, hooded robin, hooded robin and his mario men, ice capades, jim ward, jules verne, kamek, kaye ballard, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopilus, koopingham, leprechauns, luck, luigi mario, madam agogo, madonna, mario in mariozilla, mario mario, mario meets koop-zilla, mighty mcmario and the pot of gold, moby-dick, mouser, mr. belvedere, ninjis, nintendo comics system, old mcdonald, princess peach toadstool, rob stone, robin hood, sayanora, scott baio, scott nemes, sharewood forest, shy guys, sophia loren, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super sushi, the adventures of dirk drain-head, toad, toads, trouters, vampire until ready, vampires, wart, young mcdonald | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: koopa troopas

So I Says to Mabon, I Says

I Came in Like a Wrecking Crew

Douse the Bowser

May the Pasta Be with You

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

It’s Koopa Clobbering Time

Too Pooped to Koop

I’m Gonna Smash This City Flatter Than a Tofu Pancake!

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