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Fungi and Fun Gals

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Nathan

I’m back on a Mario kick this week. Wait, does Mario kick? I know he punches in Super Mario 64. Oh, wait, he kicks Koopa shells. First, I wanted to look at another Mario mini-movie, Mario to Yoshi no Daibouken … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Gender, Humor, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, The Simpsons, Video Games | Tagged anime, bart simpson, birdo, bowsette, captain toad, captain toad treasure tracker, dinosaur land, dinosaurs, forest of illusion, fungus federation, iggy koopa, king bowser koopa, koichi hayashida, koopalings, lemmy koopa, luigi mario, mama luigi, mario and yoshi's adventure land, mario mario, mario party: the top 100, mario to yoshi no daibouken land, mushroom retainers, mushroom world, new super mario bros. u, oogtar, paper mario: the origami king, paper mario: the thousand-year door, peachette, princess peach toadstool, samus aran, shigeru miyamoto, super crown, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario strikers, super mario world, the great mission to rescue princess peach, toad, toadette, toads, toadsworth, trees, yoshi | Leave a comment

Drainpipes and Dragons

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Nathan

Dragons are a mainstay of fantasy fiction, and of course have appeared in a number of video games. Even Metroid has them, and that series is more science fiction than fantasy. Dragons in the Super Mario universe in particular are … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Biology, Cartoons, Chinese, Final Fantasy, Japanese, Language, Magic, Mario, Metroid, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Science, Semitic, Television, Video Games | Tagged baba yaga, bahamutt, blarggs, bowser koopa jr., captain toad treasure tracker, czar dragon, dinosaurs, draggadon, dragohoho, dragon driftway, dragons, dragonzamasu, earth dragon, final fantasy vi, gaburyu, gobblegut, gold dragon, humbaba, king bowser koopa, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mario kart 8, paper mario, paper mario color splash, paper mario: the thousand-year door, ruined dragon, sauropods, sea horses, super mario galaxy 2, super mario land, super mario odyssey, super mario rpg, super mario world, tarasque, toad, turtles, tyrannosaurus rex, unbaba, wario's woods, yoshi, yurarin | 3 Comments

Do the Wrong Thing

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Nathan

I’ve been thinking a bit about morality in video games, partially due to seeing another mention of how the Grand Theft Auto games, and I think some others of the sort as well, let you brutally murder prostitutes and perform … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mario, Monsters, Prejudice, Sims, Ultima, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged dogs, dragonlord, duck hunt, final fantasy vi, glory of heracles, grand theft auto, leucos, link's awakening, locke cole, lord british, maniac mansion, misogyny, morality, paper mario: the thousand-year door, penguins, princess gwaelin, prostitution, richard garriott, secret of evermore, stealing, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario world, super paper mario, the sims, toad, ultima iii: exodus, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, undertale, violence | 2 Comments

The Search for More Mushrooms

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Nathan

Annabel, by L. Frank Baum – I noticed some definite similarities between this one and some of the other Baum non-fantasies that were included in Oz-Story Magazine. Like Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea, it has a boy who … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Donkey Kong, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged a malady of magicks, annabel, annabel williams, boos, candy kong, craig shaw gardner, cranky kong, demons, diddy kong, donkey kong country, donkey kong island, dragons, ebenezum, funky kong, ghosts, king bowser koopa, kremkoc industries, luigi mario, mario and the incredible rescue, mario and wario, mario mario, michael teitelbaum, mushrooms, oz-story magazine, princess peach toadstool, sam steele's adventures on land and sea, super mario rpg, suzanne metcalf, the ebenezum trilogy, the flying girl, toad, tracey west, wario, will carden, wuntvor, yoshi | Leave a comment

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

I Got Rich Selling Mold

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Nathan

Here are some more Nintendo Comics System reviews for anyone who cares. And they’re still here even if you don’t care. Strange how that happens. Bedtime for Drain-Head – The second Dirk Drain-Head story starts with Mario having stayed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Comics, Dreams, Humor, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged bedtime for drain-head, big bertha, chuckberries, cloud burst, clouds, dirk drain-head, fins and roses, fish, fluffy, frog suit, jelectros, king bowser koopa, koopalings, lakitu, love flounders, luigi mario, mario mario, mushroom king, nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, princess peach toadstool, smookers, snakey, spinies, stanley the talking fish, super mario bros. 3, toad, toads, wendy o. koopa, wooster | 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

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The Search for More Mushrooms

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