History ReferencedBy / SuperMarioBros

** The ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MaFille'':
*** A few chapters mention a restaurant named Rogueport Ribs, after the main location of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.
*** In "TheTalk", Joe calls Katrina "petite Luigi" after seeing her in a green shirt and overalls.

* A commercial for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' features the president of H.A.G. ([[FunWithAcronyms Humans Against Genesis]]) complaining about the titular character, asking, "Why can't he be more like that nice boy, Mario?". Another commercial for the same game features a salesman trying to sell the then-newly released UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem with the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' game to a customer for $199.95. The game is shown alongside a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis playing ''Sonic'', and the game's fast action, as well as the Genesis' price of $149.99, manage to convince the customer to buy ''Sonic''.

* ''Series/FullHouse'': In "Aftershocks", Danny takes Stephanie to Dr. Marian Steiner, a child psychiatrist, to help her overcome her fear of earthquakes. Steiner tells Stephanie that she has plenty of toys to play with, to which Stephanie asks her if she has the new UsefulNotes/GameBoy with ''Super Mario Bros.''. Steiner tells her "No, but I'll put it on my shopping list."

* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': A viewable cartridge is titled "Super Hacker Bros." on a console resembling the UsefulNotes/Atari2600.

* An IdleAnimation in ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy 3'' has Natz playing ''Mario'' on a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

** "Absolutely Overfamiliar Shrine", a song exclusive to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PSVita ports, reuses soundfonts from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
** In the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port, defeating Mad Mew Mew via pacifism results in her gleefully shouting "That was Gnarly! Tubular! Way Cool! Awesome! Groovy! Mondo! Outrageous! Funky!", namedropping each of the Special World stages in the English release of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.

* In episode 40 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Happy S. and Careless S. play a video game that greatly resembles the original ''Super Mario Bros.'', complete with ? blocks and pipes. On top of that, the game outright uses the signature ''Super Mario Bros.'' music.

** An official Christmas level shows off music blocks containing the first few notes of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' theme, along with text that says "[[CatchPhrase It's-a-me, Mario!]]"

* As promised by its official page, ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'' is filled with nods to the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series, particularly ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand Year Door]]''. Most notably, the Hype Train’s layout is virtually identical to that of the Excess Express, and they’re both ridden in their respective games’ Chapter Six.
** If you stand in a certain spot in the Battle Arena at night, you can see Mario and Vivian in the crowd.
** In her EarlyBirdCameo in Chapter 3, Tyalie can be seen wearing a Princess Peach cosplay.
** The "Sacred Seeds" sidequest is an obvious parallel to gathering the Bub-ulb seeds in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', right down to a doorway appearing in the garden once all the seeds are planted. The quest-giver’s name, Mint Leaf, is even similar to Minh T., the Toad who helps you in ''Paper Mario''.

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* ''Manga/TimeStopBrave'': When Kuzuno Sekai is transported to a dangerous, video game-like world, he complains that unlike Mario, he only has one life. Later, when he encounters a maze of platforms and bridges over lava, he compares it to LethalLavaLand from ''Super Mario 64''. He says if he fell into the lava, if he's lucky, he'll just hop around clutching his butt like an Italian in overalls.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', Olimar is loosely named after Mario by [[SdrawkcabName reversing the syllables]] (Ma-Ri-O became O-Ri-Ma). ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'' adds a second character, Louie, whose name is derived from Luigi's.

* ''WebAnimation/FoxysFamily'': Bowser, Bowser Jr., and the Koopalings appear as characters in the series.

** In the sketch, "The Fattest Fat Loser" from the episode, "Poisoned by Relatives", Mario competes in the titular ShowWithinAShow, alongside ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh, and [[Franchise/TheMuppets Miss Piggy]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'' has a game labeled "Super Mario Sisters".

** ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'': Simon Laurent recalls a time he met up with a creepy homunculus that tried to feed him red and white mushrooms. The homunculus is a reference to ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny'', having been voiced by Creator/CharlesMartinet (the main voice of Mario).

** In Chapter 1, Toriel asks Kris about the game they and Asriel used to play, asking if it was called ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smashing Fighters]]'', and mentions how Asriel liked "the green lizard," referencing [[VideoGame/YoshisIsland Yoshi]]. And for a triple whammy of references, she then talks about how Asriel hated [[Creator/DrSeuss "that book about eating green eggs"]] after his father cooked some eggs that were decorated to look like Yoshi's eggs. Chapter 2 would continue references to Asriel's love of Yoshi, as Alvin remarks that when Asriel was younger, he would tearfully confess his sin of "dropping the lizard in the pit to jump high" in a video game. This is a reference to how you can dismount Yoshi mid-air (at worst, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential into a]] BottomlessPit) in order to gain extra height, which is even required in order to access a hidden exit in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
** The Forest Maze section (named as such if you save the game there) is a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' reference, complete with following the other characters to find your way through — or, in this case, to find the wrong way through.
** The sounds that play when K. Round grows and shrinks are based on the ones used by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] upon using and losing a power-up.
** After Queen forgets to capture Ralsei due to lacking enough cages, the scene cuts away with an IrisOut on her face, complete with almost the same sound effect as when you complete a level in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.

* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', Sonic views a planet covered in mushrooms with disdain, stating "I hate mushrooms" which has been confirmed by writer Patrick Casey to be [[[TakeThat a jab]] at this franchise which used a lot of mushroom imagery and served as [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic games]]' main rival for a long time.

* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', Sonic views a planet covered in mushrooms with disdain, stating "I hate mushrooms" which has been confirmed by writer Patrick Casey to be a jab at this franchise which used a lot of mushroom imagery and served as [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic games]]' main rival for a long time.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: I Love Wolffy'', Yaya is seen playing ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'' on a Nintendo DS. The DS is subsequently used to contact Weslie in the ''Pleasant Goat'' world.