Trivia / The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

• Channel Hop: This was the first of the two Super Mario Bros. cartoons to air on NBC after The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! aired in syndication.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Hop is voiced by Tara Strong.
• Distanced from Current Events: The original version of "Kootie Pie Rocks", which featured Milli Vanilli as guest stars, ended up airing just two weeks before they were exposed as frauds for not recording their songs in the studio after a series of discoveries sparked by a lip-sync fail. NBC pulled the episode from reruns following the scandal, and when it returned in syndication it was heavily edited to remove the pair's songs as well as certain dialogue referencing the group. The edited version is what's on present airings and DVD releases.
• Dueling Dubs: The German DVD has three dub tracks: the English original, the version used in the original broadcast and a new dub created for the DVD release. Of the two German dubs, the broadcast version is generally considered to be the superior one due to better acting performances.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Due to Milli Vanilli's scandal, the original version of "Kootie Pie Rocks" with the group's songs is no longer available legally.
• The Other Darrin: Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool all got new voice actors (Walker Boone, Tony Rosato and Tracey Moore).
• Same Voice Their Entire Life: In "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel", King Koopa and Kooky, using Kooky's invention, try to go back in time to prevent the Mario brothers from ever leaving Brooklyn. However, they go too far back in time, causing them all to become babies. King Koopa, Kooky, Mario, Luigi, and Toad all retain their normal voices, despite being babies. The absolute strangest thing though, is that Mario and Luigi even retain their mustaches.
• Screwed by the Network: NBC only promoted the show through teasers, rather than network promos. It along with its pairing program Captain N: The Game Master were heavily affected by NBC's budget cuts to its Saturday morning block. Its replacement didn't fare any better.
• What Could Have Been: Going by concept art in the writers' bible included on the official DVD set, Mario was apparently going to use the Tanooki Suit at one point, but it never made it into the final product due to network budget cuts.
• Working Title: "Kootie Pie Rocks" was originally titled "Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilli?"

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