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Give Me Pasta Power as Fast as You Can
Okay, nobody at all expressed interest in my reviewing individual Super Mario Bros. Super Show episodes, but I felt like doing it anyway, so here are thoughts on the first four. Each one has both a cartoon and a live-action … Continue reading
Posted in Arabian, Arthurian Legend, British, Cartoons, Humor, Magic, Mario, Music, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged aladdin, arabian nights, beezos, birdo, bob-ombs, butch mario and the luigi kid, captain lou albano, cheep cheeps, cobrats, danica mckellar, danny wells, excalibur, fire flower, flurries, genie, jinn, king arthur, king bowser koopa, king mario of cramalot, koopa troopas, luigi mario, lyle alzado, marianne and luigeena, mario's magic carpet, merlin, merlon, mervin, mouser, neatness counts, nicole eggert, ostros, pidgits, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, sergeant slaughter, snifits, sultan pasbah, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the bird! the bird!, toad, trouters
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Wait a Macaroni Minute!
I’ve mentioned before that I recently started listening to a podcast on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and as such I’ve been re-watching some of the episodes as well. I’ve written about the series in a general way, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged bing crosby, bob hope, captain lou albano, danny wells, do the mario, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mushroom kingdom, pasta, pasta power, perry martin, piranha plants, plumber rap, plumber's log, podcasts, princess peach toadstool, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, toad, toads, trouters, warp zones
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The Brave Little Plumber
I grew up watching the American Super Mario Bros. cartoons, but it wasn’t until later that I learned about the Japanese ones from around the same time. I’ve discussed the anime film from 1986, but there was also a series … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games
Tagged amada anime series, anime, hammer bros, issun-boshi, king bowser koopa, koopalings, lakitu, luigi mario, momotaro, mushroom retainers, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, snow white, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, super mario issun-boshi, super mario momotaro, super mario shirayuki-hime, toads
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Consider Yourself Debrotherized
Since I looked into possible meanings of the story of Cain and Abel not long ago, that led me to the TV Tropes page of characters named Cain, or variants thereof. There are a lot of them across various media, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Comics, Families, Final Fantasy, Games, Humor, Judaism, Mario, Mayan, Mega Man, Mythology, Names, Native American, Relationships, Religion, Video Games
Tagged batman, bible, bob kane, brobot, cain and abel, cecil harvey, count bleck, dr. cain, dr. light, dr. toadley, dragoons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy the after years, genesis, golbez, juggernaut, kain highwind, kane, kukulkan, legacy of kane, luigi mario, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mavericks, mega man x, mr. l, nastasia, princess peach toadstool, professor charles xavier, psycho kamek, replicants, robots, rosa joanna farrell, serpent-seed doctrine, super paper mario, vampire the masquerade, vampires, white wolf, x-men, zemus
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Pi’illo Talk
It’s that time again. No, not Waluigi Time, although that’s close. It’s time to give my early impressions on a video game, and this time it’s Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. There’s a lot to like about these Mario role-playing … Continue reading
Posted in Dreams, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Video Games
Tagged antasma, brocks, broque monsieur, dreamy luigi, king bowser koopa, luigi mario, luiginary attacks, mario and luigi: bowser's inside story, mario and luigi: dream team, mario and luigi: superstar saga, pi'illo island, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, super mario rpg, toadsworth
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Son of a Peach!
I was watching a video about the possible mythological origins of Princess Peach in the Mario series, and it mentioned the story of Momotaro. I don’t think I’d ever heard of it before, although it had elements that appeared in … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Fairy Tales, Japanese, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Video Games
Tagged demons, inuyama, kibidango, megijima, momotaro, momotaro festival, ogres, okayama, oni, onigashima, ozma, peaches, princess peach toadstool, propaganda, the great mission to rescue princess peach, world war ii
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Robbing Peach to Pay Pauline
Pauline was Mario’s first known love interest and damsel in distress, but he apparently dumped her when he had the chance to date royalty. Really, we don’t know what happened between them, but they seem to still be friends. Originally … Continue reading
Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Donkey Kong, Mario, Music, Relationships, Television, Video Games
Tagged candy kong, cranky kong, jump up super star, jumpman, kate higgins, king kong, luigi mario, march of the minis, mario vs donkey kong, new donk city, pauline, princess peach toadstool, saturday supercade, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, super mario-kun, yoshiaki koizumi
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