Tag Archives: shy guys

What Is a Neighbor?

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Nathan

The Ogress and the Orphans, by Kelly Barnhill – This is a children’s fantasy that seems very relevant to recent events, and it looks like that was done on purpose. The villain is a very Trumpish sort in many respects. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Current Events, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower, Greek Mythology, Jasper Fforde, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Rick Riordan, Thursday Next, Video Games | Tagged agamemnon, age of bronze, artemis, birdo, boogeyman, crows, dragons, el cucuy, euripides, human sacrifice, iphigenia, iphigenia in aulis, kalchas, kelly barnhill, king bowser koopa, koopalings, larry koopa, ludwig von koopa, nintendo power, ogres, paola santiago, paola santiago and the sanctuary of shadows, rick riordan presents, shy guys, super mario bros., super mario bros. encyclopedia, super mario maker, super mario odyssey, tehlor kay mejia, the ogress and the orphans, trojan war, zeus | 2 Comments

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

Sticker Fun

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

I finished Paper Mario: Sticker Star last weekend, and I’m only just writing about it now. It’s fairly slight, especially for a role-playing game, but still pretty fun. I wrote earlier about how you can only make moves by using … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Magic, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Poetry, Video Games | Tagged aliens, bloopers, boos, bowser koopa jr., dinosaurs, dry dry desert, enigmansion, fuzzies, game shows, ghosts, goombas, gooper blooper, gritzy desert, hollijolli village, kamek, kersti, king bowser koopa, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario mario, megasparkle goomba, mizzter blizzard, mushroom kingdom, paper mario, paper mario: sticker star, paperization, paragoombas, petey piranha, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, professor elvin gadd, royal stickers, shroobs, shy guys, snifit or whiffit, snifits, spear guys, sticker comet, stickers, time travel, toadbert, toads, toadsworth, toadwood forest, tower power pokey, wigglers, yoob, yoshi's island, yoshis | 3 Comments

Kiss a King

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve looked at a few of the Mario stories from the Nintendo Comics System, and I thought I might as well throw a few more reviews into the mix. While my previous reviews were just of stories I’d read recently, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Donkey Kong, Dreams, Humor, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged anime, beezos, betrayal most proper, birdo, boshi, bowser koopa jr., cobrats, donkey kong coloring and activity book, donkey kong jr., donkey kong no ongaku asobi, donkey kong strikes again!, donkey kong's fun with music, fawful, flurries, fryguy, goombas, goomboss, gunions, hammer brothers, hawkmouths, just deserts, king bowser koopa, king k. rool, Kirby, luigi mario, mario and luigi: partners in time, mario mario, mushroom king, ninjis, nintendo comics system, one piece, paper mario, pauline, piranha plants, princess peach toadstool, pyramids, shroobs, shy guys, sparks, stanley the talking fish, star spirits, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario bros. heroes of the stars, super mario land, super mario odyssey, super mario rpg, the adventures of dirk drain-head, the fish that should've gotten away, the legend, toad, toads, triclyde, venus fire traps, waluigi, wario, wart, wooster, yoshi, you again? | 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

Toaderonimo!

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve been posting a lot of these episode reviews recently, but I’ve at least tried to break them up somewhat so this blog isn’t All Super Show All the Time. I was wondering before why the order of the episodes … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, 9001 a mario odyssey, albatosses, albert einstein, annette funicello, baby mario love, beauty and the beach, birdo, cows, diana ross, duck hunt, ed metzger, fake bro, fire flowers, frankenstein, fryguy, goldfinger, goombas, hal-9000, hal-9001, hawaii, ian fleming, james blonde, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopenstein, land of romance, luigi mario, mario and joliet, mario mario, mary shelley, mouser, nedra volz, nintendo comics system, on her majesty's sewer service, philip clarke, piranha plants, pizza, princess peach toadstool, robots, romeo and juliet, shy guys, snifits, snow white, spaghetti, sparks, super mario 64, super mario rpg, super mario world, susanna ross, swiss cheese alps, time out luigi, toad, toads, too hot to handle, triclyde, vampa white, waki-waki, wheel of fortune | 5 Comments

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Nathan

It’s time for some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews! If that doesn’t interest you, hopefully I’ll have another post up before you can say “pasta power.” The Great BMX Race – The title is pretty clear about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Communism, Economics, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged albatosses, alligator dundee, aunt luigeena, awazon river, birdo, bob-ombs, brooklyn bound, butterfingers, captain lou albano, cher, cher's poochie, communist manifesto, crocodile dundee, dance, danny wells, dogs, fire flowers, fryguy, jungle fever, karl marx, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mama mario, mama mia mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, pam matteson, paul elder, pizza transformer, princess peach toadstool, q*bert, quirks, ratigator, salvador drainado, sewer shark, shabba-doo, sheldon, shy guys, snifits, snow world, spear guys, stars in their eyes, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, the great bmx race, toad, triclyde, virtual boy wario land, wizzrobes, yoshi's island | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: shy guys

What Is a Neighbor?

May the Pasta Be with You

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

Sticker Fun

Kiss a King

Too Pooped to Koop

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

Toaderonimo!

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

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