History Film / SuperMarioBros

** The hallways of Koopa's tower are lined with these as a shout-out to the walls in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''.

Decades after the film was released, Nintendo announced a new film based on the ''Mario'' franchise, which will be starring Chris Pratt as the red plumber himself. It will feature an unrelated story, however, and be an AnimatedAdaptation courtesy of Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, and is rumored to be released at some point in 2022.

Decades after the film was released, Nintendo announced a new film based on the ''Mario'' franchise. It will feature an unrelated story, however, and be an AnimatedAdaptation courtesy of Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, and is rumored to be released at some point in 2022.

This film is notable for two major firsts. The big one is that is was the first ever full-length, theatrical, live-action motion picture to be based on a video game, though it is ''not'' the first feature-length theatrical production based on a video game in general; that title goes to the obscure 1986 Japanese animated film ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'', which was also a Mario movie adaptation. The other groundbreaker is that the movie was the first to be edited with computer software, utilizing a digital intermediate and a beta version of Autodesk Flame that allowed the filmmakers to composite over 700 shots of complex effects, surpassing the capabilities of earlier optical counterparts. The results would be cited as pivotal in the film industry's transition from practical effects to CGI, alongside the similarly dinosaur-themed ''Film/JurassicPark'' the followin gmonth.

* BrooklynRage: Mario has a temperamental personality and, appropriately enough, sports a Brooklyn accent. Luigi is considerably more mellow.

* ShoutOut: Two to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

This film is notable for two major firsts. The big one is that is was the first ever full-length, theatrical, live-action motion picture to be based on a video game, though it is ''not'' the first feature-length theatrical production based on a video game in general; that title goes to the obscure 1986 Japanese animated film ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'', which was also a Mario movie adaptation. The other groundbreaker is that the movie was the first to be edited with computer software, utilizing a digital intermediate and a beta version of Autodesk Flame that allowed the filmmakers to composite over 700 shots of complex effects, surpassing the capabilities of earlier optical counterparts. The results would be cited as pivotal in the film industry's transition from practical effects to CGI, alongside the similarly dinosaur-themed ''Film/JurassicPark'' that same year.

This film is notable for many firsts. The biggest is that is was the first ever full-length, theatrical, live-action motion picture to be based on a video game, though it is ''not'' the first feature-length theatrical production based on a video game in general; that title goes to the obscure 1986 Japanese animated film ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'', which was also a Mario movie adaptation. In addition, the movie was the first to be edited with computer software, utilizing a digital intermediate and a beta version of Autodesk Flame that allowed the filmmakers to composite over 700 shots of complex effects, surpassing the capabilities of earlier optical counterparts. The results would be cited as pivotal in the film industry's transition from practical effects to CGI, alongside the similarly dinosaur-themed ''Film/JurassicPark'' that same year.

This film is notable for being the first ever full-length, theatrical, live-action motion picture to be based on a video game, though it is ''not'' the first feature-length theatrical production based on a video game in general; that title goes to the obscure 1986 Japanese animated film ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'', which was also a Mario movie adaptation. Another big first from the movie was its status as the first film to use Autodesk Flame, a digital editing workstation that was still in beta during the time of production. The movie's thorough use of the software would be cited as pivotal in the film industry's transition from practical effects to CGI, alongside the similarly dinosaur-themed ''Film/JurassicPark'' that same year.

This film is notable for being the first ever full-length, theatrical, live-action motion picture to be based on a video game, though it is ''not'' the first feature-length theatrical production based on a video game in general; that title goes to the obscure 1986 Japanese animated film ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'', which was also a Mario movie adaptation.

* DeathByAdaptation: In the manga adaptation, due to Spike and Iggy taking Lena's role, they're killed by the meteroite energy instead of surviving as in the film.

* CompressedAdaptation: The manga adaptation heavily compreses the movie and combines several character roles.

* AdaptationalUgliness: The Goombas are [[TinyHeadedBehemoth Tiny-Headed Behemoths]] and definitely not as [[AdorableEvilMinions cute]] as their video game counterparts.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Despite being the ruler of Dinohattan, Koopa gets no love from its citizens, [[spoiler:who all celebrate when he dies]]. Toad [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this during his TheVillainSucksSong. Justified as Koopa is an evil, sadistic despot who turned their once thriving kingdom into a dystopian, fascistic hellscape.

** The devolved Toad, who Daisy saves while on fire, gives both her and Luigi Devolution rifles to defeat Koopa.

In 1993, Lightmotive made a LiveActionAdaptation out of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', which was later bought by Creator/{{Disney}} (or, more specifically, its banner Creator/HollywoodPictures) under Jeffrey Katzenberg's (now of Creator/{{Dreamworks}}) direction. That's right, an attempt was actually made to make a coherent narrative out of plumbers, killer turtles, and mushrooms -- and it did so by reimagining the franchise in a {{cyberpunk}} fashion.

** In the climatic battle against Koopa, Mario and Luigi lose their caps due to the strong beams from their devo guns.

* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: In the climatic battle against Koopa, Mario and Luigi lose their caps due to the strong beams from their devo guns.

* BadassLongcoat: All the Goombas wear them.

* DamselInDistress: Daisy, Daniella, and other girls from Brooklyn were all captured.

* ImMelting: [[spoiler: Koopa]] is de-evolved all the way back to primordial ooze. Barely subverted with the King who, while de-evolved into fungus, remained sentient and active enough to help the Mario Bros.

* NoOntologicalInertia: The King suddenly turns back to normal without the need of re-evolution as soon as Koopa is defeated.

Mario Mario (Creator/BobHoskins) and his younger brother Luigi Mario (Creator/JohnLeguizamo) are Italian-American plumbers trying hard to earn a living in Brooklyn. A run-in with Daisy, a paleontology student in her 20s, has Luigi very interested and the two quickly bond. However, all their lives are turned upside-down when Daisy, as well as Mario's girlfriend Daniella, are kidnapped and taken through a mysterious portal in Daisy's dig site after it's sabotaged by rival plumbers from the Scapelli corporation, which is looking to build there.

While it failed at the box office, the movie developed a cult following and has a [[http://www.smbmovie.com/ dedicated fansite]] that archived various versions of the movie, restored many deleted scenes and trailers, and released a Region 2 Blu-ray with many extras. In June 2021, the people behind the site pooled their resources with filmmaker Garret Gilchrist (of WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler Recobbled Cut and early WebVideo/RedLetterMedia fame) to create a FanEdit combining over 20 minutes of deleted scenes with a re-edited version of the final film. It was released through [[https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-1993-the-morton-jankel-cut-extended-vhs Archive.org]].

While it failed at the box office, the movie developed a cult following and has a [[http://www.smbmovie.com/ dedicated fansite]] that archived various versions of the movie, restored many deleted scenes and trailers, and released a Region 2 Blu-ray with many extras. In June 2021, the people behind the site pooled their resources with filmmaker Garret Gilchrist (of WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler Recobbled Cut and early WebVideo/RedLetterMedia fame) to create a FanEdit combining over 20 minutes of deleted scenes with a re-edited version of the final film, was released through [[https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-1993-the-morton-jankel-cut-extended-vhs Archive.org]].