Web Animation / Ask Mario

"Coming to you live from the Mushroom Kingdom, it's Aaaaaask Mariooooo!!!!!"

Slick Frame at the beginning of most episodes

Ask Mario is a YouTube series based on the Super Mario Bros. franchise created by voiceover artist Slick Frame. In this series, the Mario Bros (both voiced by Slick Frame) and Bowser answer questions found in the comments section on YouTube. It was first released on YouTube in 2019, and its animation style consists of multiple PNGs of each character as made by artists such as Nintendrawer and DoJayMi.

Ask Mario follows the comedic hijinks in the interactions between the Mario Bros, Bowser and the show's "Tech Boy" Slick Frame as they answer questions sent in by fans. In addition, starting in Season 2, there have been guest characters making appearances, such as Donkey Kong and DoJayMi, providing even more opportunities for hijinks.

The whole series can be found here.

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Ask Mario provides examples of:

• Absurd Phobia: Mario's fear of pianos, thanks to his encounter with an evil one in Super Mario 64.
  • Bowser is revealed to have once been scared of clowns in "TV Escape!”
• Accidental Misnaming: In all his appearances on the show, DK calls Luigi "Green Mario". He gets a Pet the Dog moment near the end of "TV Escape!" when, while saying goodbye to the Mario Bros, he starts to say "Green Mar-", and then, after seeing Luigi's sad expression, switches to "Luigi".
  • He also mistakenly calls Slick Frame "Red Hood Guy", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sick Phlegm" and "Scrawny Hood Guy".
  • Cappy calls Slick Frame "Sick Phlegm" in "Bowser Serenade".
• Actually Pretty Funny: Bowser has this reaction when he hears that he ran all the way back to the stage when he could've used his Klown Kopter in "SUPER CROWN SCARE!".
• Affectionate Nickname: Princess Peach mainly calls Mario by "Sweetie."
• Always Wanted to Say That: In "TV Escape!", DoJayMi says he always wanted to use his "Be not afraid" bit.
• Anything but That!: Bowser's reaction to Slick Frame's threat to put him in Icicle Mountain from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• Argument of Contradictions: Bowser and DK's argument about where chicken nuggets come from in "TV Escape!".
  • Slick Frame and Mario's argumemt over whether people choose what they like in "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!"
• Armor-Piercing Question: Luigi asking Mario why he didn't take him along in Paper Mario 64.
  • There's also Amiibo!Luigi asking Slick Frame if he chooses to like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Luigi describing why he hates Dimentio:
  Luigi: He took over my mind, tried to destroy all worlds, and worst of all, he insulted my mustache!
  • Bowser imagining several things that his minions could make Mario do if they possessed him with a capture hat: drown in quicksand, walk under a Thwomp, get eaten by an eel, jump into a bottomless pit, drown in poison, swim in lava, and write offensive tweets that ruin his image forever.
  • When Luigi asks why Mario gave Bowser Jr. a stern look while talking with him in Bowser's Fury, Mario has this to say:
  Mario: Luigi, imagine if King Boo had a son. An obnoxious, bratty little kid who tried to frame you for vandalism, kidnaps your princess over and over, constantly attacks you, and- worst of all- tickles you with a paintbrush! If he came up to you and asked you for help, would you use less muscles to smile?
• Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption: After Slick Frame enters the scene in "TV Escape!" and as he sees that no one's in the TV anymore:
  Slick Frame: Hey guys, sorry to keep you waaaiiit a minute. How'd you get out?
• Author Avatar: Slick Frame appears on the show in the form of PNGs, with the only exception being the "Amiibo Episodes", which are live-action episodes, taking place in his sound booth, where viewers can see the real deal.
  • When Mario, Luigi and Bowser watch SMG4, Mario expresses surprise at the series' creator appearing in it. Slick Frame, affirming the self-inserts, notes that he sees the appeal.
• Bait-and-Switch: When Bowser Jr. wants to answer questions in "FURY KOOPY!", he says "Let's hear 'em, nerd boy!", Luigi explains that he doesn't know where Slick Frame is, only for Jr. to say, "I was talking to you, dummy!"
  • At first it seems like Bowser Jr. was grounded for corrupting his father with a magic paintbrush, only for Bowser to reveal that Jr. is grounded for painting Mario's mustache on Bowser's face.
• Banana Peel: "Donkey Kong is here!" opens with Mario slipping on one.
• Berserk Button: Whatever you do, DON'T CALL DAISY "DIET PEACH" TO HER FACE. Amiibo!Bowser found this out the hard way in "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!".
  • Do not remind Mario of the CDi game.
  • Don't remind Bowser of Bowsette, or anything related to fanart, for that matter. He also doesn't like being called by "Koopy."
  • Luigi does not take kindly of the use of Cappy in any way. Especially from a previous episode where Mario revealed he used him on Yoshi which caused Luigi to get real upset with him. When Bowser brought up Cappy as an idea for Mario's Final Smash, Luigi quickly shoots the idea down.
  • Also, for Slick himself, insulting Diddy is a major "No" for him. When Cranky did this, Slick responded with a death threat to Cranky.
• Big Ball of Violence:
  • Happens at the end of "King K. Fool!" when Bowser and DK beat each other up and get the Mario Bros. caught up in it.
  • Slick Frame attacks Bowser in one at the end of "Peach's ???" when the former sees his tablet in Bowser's possession.^note Toad stole the tablet and gave it to Bowser.
• Big Eater: Discussed in "Bowsette Google Search?!" when Mario points out that he and Luigi have seen Bowser eat lots of junk food and expresses doubt that Bowser could still stay in shape without exercising.
  • In "Rosalina or Peach?", Bowser makes Slick Frame order 50 boxes of 20-piece chicken nuggets with buffalo sauce for him.
• Big "NO!": Bowser does this when he sees Luigi wielding the Infinity Gauntlet in the latter's Imagine Spot of a game based on Avengers: Endgame.
  • Both Bowser and Luigi do this to stop Mario's awful singing near the end of "SMG4 reaction!".
• Big "SHUT UP!": Bowser does this sometimes if someone annoys him too much.
• Big "WHAT?!": Luigi does this when he hears that Mario used Cappy to capture Yoshi.
  • Bowser does several in a row when he sees a clip of the evil piano from Super Mario 64.
  • Bowser Jr. does this on the phone when he realizes Mario tricked him into typing "Bite me, Junior. Love, Mario".
  • This is the first thing Mario and Bowser do when they hear a question about the former treating Jr. like a son.
  • Bowser Jr. does it again when Mario says that the former would make a good sidekick or hero.
  • This is how Bowser reacts when he realizes that he said Slick Frame could use the former's credit card.
• Blah, Blah, Blah: Slick Frame does this while rambling on about how weird he finds Toads eating mushrooms.
• Blatant Lies: Luigi tells Mario that his singing was good, despite that he clearly didn't enjoy the latter's off-key rendition of "Lifelight".
  • When a concerned Mario asks a nervous Bowser if he's okay in "Luigi and Daisy's First Date?", the latter says he is, despite clearly sounding and looking otherwise.
• Blue with Shock: The characters can sometimes become this when shocked, as well as disgusted.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: Luigi uses Mario's line "Let's get this train wreck a-rolling!" in "SUPER CROWN SCARE!", which the latter lampshades.
• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: Bowser's seventh idea for a prank to play on Mario is to have him enter a warp pipe leading to a women's locker room, a lava chamber, or a lava chamber in a women's locker room.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Given that this is a show where characters answer questions from fans, this trope runs rampant throughout the series.
• Brick Joke: In "Bowsette Google Search?!", after Bowser fails to catch Slick Frame while chasing him, the former vows to get the latter when the episode ends. Sure enough, at the end, Bowser is still intent on attacking Slick Frame.
  • In "Rosalina or Peach?" Bowser demands that Slick Frame order lots of chicken nuggets with buffalo sauce for him. At the end of the episode, Slick Frame brings in the chicken nuggets, but reveals that there was no buffalo sauce, so he got honey mustard instead, incurring Bowser's wrath.
  Bowser: You have three seconds to start running. (Slick Frame drops the nuggets with an Oh, Crap! expression.)
  • In the beginning of "Bankruptcy Blues", Luigi has a question he wants to ask Mario, only to forget what it is. Later in the episode, he finally remembers his question; he wanted to know if Donkey Kong took place in Brooklyn or New Donk City.
  • In "MARIO PARTY RAGE!", Luigi asks Donkey Kong whether or not he'll punch Bowser, and DK replies, "We'll see." Later, after Mario unwittingly eats an orange grenade that DK wanted Bowser to eat, and gets sent flying off the screen, the big ape says, "Worth a try," and punches Bowser into an offscreen turntable.
  • In "TV Escape!", DoJayMi lies about not drawing Peach, whose artwork was still in progress, and Bowser threatens to roast the true artist alive and make everyone watch. Near the end of the episode, Slick Frame reveals the truth, incurring Bowser's rage.
• Bring My Brown Pants: Mario states that if Bowser jumpscared Luigi in Luigi's Mansion, a lot of kids playing the game would've wet their pants.
• Brutal Honesty: Bowser engages in this a few times, such as criticizing Mario's singing or rating Slick Frame's annoyingness at infinity.
• Bucket Booby-Trap: A variant in "Bowser Pranks Mario!": Bowser's third idea for a prank to play on Mario is rigging the doors of Ghost Houses with buckets of Luigi's diarrhea.
• Buffy Speak: Bowser sometimes does this when talking about a word he doesn't know, like "platypus" or "turntable".
• Bullying a Dragon: In "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!", Amiibo!Bowser makes fun of Slick Frame for trying to tear up oranges in his garbage disposal, insults his mother and mocks his taste in clothes. In response, Slick Frame threatens to tear up Amiibo!Bowser in the garbage disposal, attempts to run him over with his car, and puts him in his toilet, repsectively.
• Butt-Monkey: Bowser and Slick Frame. The former even lampshades it in "King K. Fool!" when he complains about the others constantly making fun of him on the show.
• Call-Back: Upon being asked about what games the Mario Bros. and Bowser would like to see remastered or get a sequel to in "Bowsette Google Search?!", Bowser says "Bowser's Inside Story! On Nintendo Switch!", which he previously chanted in the first episode when Mario and Luigi chanted "Please remaster Thousand-Year Door!"
  • When Mario says that Yoshis don't mind being punched, Bowser reminds him of when he said that they're okay with being dropped off cliffs.
  • In "Rogen Kong!", when the Mario Bros and Bowser express their annoyance at Slick Frame's frequently asking for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to be remastered, Slick Frame reminds the Mario Bros about the chant they did in the first episode.
  • After Bowser expresses surprise that the Mario Bros' hair doesn't match their mustaches in "SMG4 reaction!", Mario asks, "Weren't you listening to Jr. in the last episode?"
  • In "Peach and Daisy Amiibo", Mario, Luigi and Bowser express displeasure at being turned into Amiibo again. Mario even asks if Slick Frame fired his artists again, but this time he didn't.
  • When DoJayMi asks who said anything about getting the Mario Bros, Bowser and Donkey Kong out of the TV, Luigi answers, "Uh, you, on the phone, like 4 episodes ago?"
  • When Slick Frame sees the broken TV and says, "That's a lotta money down the drain," Bowser quips, "Just like your oranges?"
  • At the beginning of "It's Toad Time!!!", Bowser notes that the new studio, revealed near the end of "TV Escape!" still had no color yet.
    • Later in the same episode, Bowser and Mario get into an escalating argument like in "Bowsette Google Search?!". Slick Frame stops their fight, telling them it's no time for a callback. Mario even asks Bowser, "To be continued?" and the latter confirms it.
  • Slick Frame and DoJayMi also say "To be continued" to each other when Bowser tells them to stop fanboying over The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
  • Horatio also gets mentioned in "Bowser Serenade".
• Calling Me a Logarithm: When Toadette first claims that Bowser is a telepath to trick him, he angrily asks, "What did you call me?!"
• Calling Your Nausea: After Luigi imagines having a spinoff game based on Avengers: Endgame, Mario says, "And I am going to throw up."
• Camera Abuse: DK punching Bowser into the TV screen looks like this. It's what finally gets them out of the TV.
• Cardiovascular Love: Hearts appear around Mario when he reminisces about his Faceship in "Yoshi Abuse?!".
  • The same thing happens with Luigi when he thinks about Daisy near the end of the same episode.
  • In "Bankruptcy Blues", hearts briefly appear around Bowser and in his eyes when he says that Peach makes him feel warm and fuzzy inside.
• Catchphrase: Starting with "Donkey Kong Is Here!", Slick Frame has "Amateur/lazy video/audio editing skills activate!" whenever he's about to change the video software or audio.
• Chainsaw Good: After finding out that DoJayMi was the artist who hadn't finished the artwork for Peach yet, Bowser chases him and Slick Frame around the studio with a chainsaw.
• Chirping Crickets: These play in the background during an awkward pause after the Mario Bros are asked what their adventure in Hotel Mario was like.
• Clip Show: "TV Escape!" begins with clips from episodes 13, 14 and 17, to show how the Mario Bros, Bowser and DK spent the past few episodes trapped in a TV.
• Comically Missing the Point: When Mario tries to comfort Luigi and Bowser about AlphaDream's bankruptcy by saying that they can pass on the torch to another company, Bowser asks, "Why are you talking about the Olympics at a time like this, you heartless freak?!"
  • The Mario Bros thinking SMG4 stands for "Super Mario Galaxy 4" in "SMG4 reaction!".
  • After DoJayMi quips over the phone that Donkey Kong will "go bananas" over the surprise being planned, the latter confusedly says, "Huh? Bananas not places to go. Bananas food Donkey eat. What weird voice mean?"
  • When DK talks about how a "red guy with mustache" came to save Little Mac from him, a confused Mario says, "That's not ringing any bells," before DK explains he was referring to Doc Louis.
  • When DoJayMi says that music's in his name, Slick Frame asks, "'DoJayMi' is a musical instrument?"
  • Luigi thinking Slick Frame has Taylor Swift's phone number.
• Cool, but Stupid: How Bowser describes SMG4.
• *Cough* Snark *Cough*: This is how Luigi comments that he's not surprised that Bowser never went to school.
• Covered in Kisses: Luigi returns from a date with Daisy like this in "It's Toad Time!!!".
• Cuckoo Finger Twirl: Both Mario and Slick Frame have PNGs that show them doing this.
• Curse Cut Short: In "Donkey Kong is here!", when Slick Frame's video editing puts the Mario Bros, Bowser and DK inside a flat-screen TV, Bowser says "Oh, you son of a..." then gets censored by a bleep.
  • In "Rogen Kong!", when asked why Donkey Kong got his name, Bowser starts to say that it's because DK's "a big dumb a-", only for Mario to tell him to watch his language. It's then subverted when Bowser confusedly asks, "Dumb... animal?"
  • In "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!", After Slick Frame drops Amiibo!Bowser in a toilet for insulting his taste in clothes, the latter says "Oh, you son of a..." before the former closes the lid.
  • When Luigi gets a question claiming that Professor E. Gadd sold King Boo in a garage sale, he gets into an angry rant and says, "Why, the little swirly-eyed, snot-nosed mother-" before Mario stops him and reveals that the claim was false.
• Cuteness Proximity: Mario and Luigi are quickly reduced to this when shown pictures of Bowzer puppies◊, much to their namesake's annoyance.
  • Toadette is reduced to this when she sees Buckinberry in a cat suit in a Super Mario 3D World image.
• Deadly Prank: Bowser's first, fourth, fifth and eighth ideas for pranks to play on Mario: moving his house into an active volcano while he's sleeping, putting a flamethrower in his toilet, cutting the brake line in his go-kart, and painting Poison Mushrooms to look like 1-Up Mushrooms. Mario lampshades the first idea as being more like homicide.
• Death Glare: When Mario tells Slick Frame that there's more to life than Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the latter does this while growling, "No. There. Isn't."
  • In "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!", Luigi is asked about his usage of this.
  • Slick Frame does another one when Daisy, via video call, calls him clumsy in the Season 1 marathon.
  • And he does it again in "Bowser Serenade" when Cranky Kong disses Diddy Kong.
• Delayed Reaction: Happens with Bowser several times, such as when it takes him a little while to notice that Mario said that the Hammer Bros used to be one of the toughest enemies he and Luigi have faced.
  • When Slick Frame tells the Mario Bros, Bowser and Donkey Kong that they're going on a field trip, Mario is excited until he realizes Slick Frame said "you're" instead of "we're".
  • In "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!", after Mario asks if Slick Frame fired his artists again, and the latter denies it, it takes Mario a few seconds to realize what Slick Frame said.
  • Slick Frame has used a couple in response to DoJayMi's puns.
• Delirious Misidentification: After Slick Frame, who got stomped on by Fury!Bowser, gets up and Luigi asks if he's okay, the first thing the dazed Slick Frame says is "I'm fine, Tails and Sonic." Then at the end he calls Luigi "Waluigi".
• Didn't Think This Through: Slick Frame tends to not look before he leaps on certain things. Most notably, he puts the main characters (and DK) in a flat-screen TV to give them more elbow room using his "lazy/amateur video editing skills"... only to later realize that he has no idea how to get them out. They end up being stuck in their for almost a year before breaking out by complete accident.
  • Mario calls Peach during "Waluigi in Smash?!" in hopes of her delivering a special message celebrating ten episodes of the series, only to remember too late that he should've asked her in advance.
  • When Bowser notices one viewer that asked him a question has his name in their username, he threatens to find where they live and sneak into their room while they're sleeping if they try to hack into his bank account. When Luigi asks what Bowser would do to the person, Bowser realizes he hasn't really thought of anything, and suggests maybe farting on the person's pillow and giving them pinkeye.
  • Bowser once imagines the possibility of his minions possessing Mario with capture hats so they can kill him, only for the Mario Bros to point out that it'd be a suicide mission, much to Bowser's frustration.
  • In "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!", Amiibo!Luigi attempts to demonstrate his Death Glare, only to remember that he can't move his body.
  • In "Favorite non-Mario games!", Luigi tries to show how he can clap with one hand, only to realize that, without a PNG for it, the viewers can't see it.
• Ding-Dong-Ditch Distraction: Bowser's ninth idea in his "Top 10 Potential Pranks on Mario".
• Disapproving Look: Characters frequently use this on each other when they hear something they disagree with or if someone makes a mistake in what they say.
• Disproportionate Retribution: In "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!", Mario, Luigi and Bowser are Amiibo because Slick Frame fired his artists over petty differences of opinions.
• The Dog Bites Back: Bowser finally gets to punch Donkey Kong in "King K. Fool!".
  • Also, in "Peach's ???," Slick (still in his Gollum state) attacks Bowser for the first time thinking he stole his tablet.
• A Dog Named "Dog": Slick Frame lampshades how Toad is named after his species, comparing it to calling himself "Human".
  Toad: (to Slick Frame) Dude, don't think about it too hard.
• Don't Explain the Joke: DoJayMi finds himself having to explain his "apeeling" and "go bananas" puns to Donkey Kong.
• Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: In "FURY KOOPY!", Bowser threatens his son over the phone with a spanking at one point if the latter doesn't stop laughing at the former being called "Koopy".
• Don't Say Such Stupid Things!: How Bowser tells Luigi to stop pitying himself in one episode.
• Dreadful Musician: Mario's performance of "Lifelight" and his attempt to sing the ending speech in "SMG4 reaction!" are very shrill and off-key.
  • Mario also does a dreadful performance of one of the pieces from Super Mario 3D World.
• Dude, Not Funny!: How Luigi reacts when Mario reveals he was only joking about the possibility of Lady Bow eating the former, which understandably freaks Luigi out.
• Dumb Muscle: Bowser, full stop, though he doesn't consider himself stupid. He thinks chicken nuggets grow on trees, for crying out loud!
  • Donkey Kong isn't much better, what with the poor grammar in his English subtitles, and he thinks chickens lay nuggets.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: The first four episodes originally just had one PNG per character. Thankfully, these were later remastered with multiple PNGs for everyone, making them more expressive.
  • In the first episode all the questions are from Slick Frame, whereas the rest of the show involves questions posted by various viewers in the comment section on YouTube.
    • Also, the first episode is the only one without a specific title.
  • Bowser was originally voiced by Slick Frame in the first two episodes, but starting in the third episode, "Rosalina or Peach?", he was voiced by Tyler Fultz. Luigi lampshades the change in this episode, asking "Is it just me or do you sound different?" After an awkward pause, Bowser replies, "It's... just you."
• Embarrassing Damp Sheets: Discussed in the Season 1 marathon. After Bowser calls Luigi a bed-wetting sissy, Mario says, "Hey, Luigi doesn't wet the bed," then, after a pause, adds, "Well, actually..." before catching himself.
• Epic Fail: Discussed in "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!", when Slick Frame reveals that he broke his garbage disposal trying to tear up three small oranges in it (and without peeling them, no less). This leaves the Amiibo!characters laughing their heads off.
• Excited Episode Title!: Most episodes have these.
• Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Quite a few episodes end with Bowser chasing Slick Frame around the studio.
  • The end of "TV Escape!" features Bowser chasing Slick Frame and DoJayMi with a chainsaw.
• Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Luigi has this when he reads a text from Slick Frame at the end of "Bowsette Google Search?!"
  Luigi: (reading Slick Frame's text) Hey, I'm heading to the Beanbean Kingdom, where Bowser will never find me! By the way, please don't read this text...out...loud. (realizes he's revealed Slick Frame's whereabouts to Bowser, who wants to attack him) Oops.
  • Slick Frame has this when he tells DK about liking Diddy Kong better than him, only to regret saying it.
  • After Donkey Kong is asked why he got his name, Luigi looks up the answer on his phone and this happens:
  Luigi: (to Donkey Kong) According to the Mario Wiki, Shigeru Miyamoto says that he chose the name "Donkey" to... (gets nervous) uh, reflect your, uh, stupidity? (DK growls) His words, n-not mine.
  • Toad starts telling Mario about Toadette's crush on the latter in the first two Paper Mario games, only to remember that was a secret.
  • Mario has this when he starts talking about how Luigi used to have a crush on his lab partner.
• Even Evil Has Standards: When the topic of Peach's missing father comes up in "Peach's ???", Mario and Luigi give worried looks at Bowser, who immediately denies any involvement.
  Bowser: Hey, everyone hates their in-laws, but I wouldn't go that far!
• Eye Pop: Slick Frame does this while yelling "OOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!" after Mario does a mocking imitation of Bowser in "Bowser Pranks Mario!"
• Face Palm: At least one character sometimes does this in response to something stupid someone else said or after realizing their own mistakes.
• Fartillery: Bowser claims to have the deadliest farts in existence, and indicates that they can burn the flesh off a man's face.
  Bowser: Let's just say that what comes out the front door also comes out the basement.
• Faux Horrific: Bowser is incredulous that Mario is scared of pianos, until the former sees why...
• Flat Joy: Luigi's reaction when Mario suggests a sequel based on Luigi's Mansion.
• Flat "What": Bowser's reaction to seeing pictures of Bowzer puppies.
  • He also does this when Mario tells him that the former was called "Koopa" after a spicy Korean dish.
• Funny Background Event: Any time Bowser chases Slick Frame.
• Go to the Euphemism: During the Season 1 marathon, after the fourth episode ends, Luigi says that he missed the end of the episode because he had to use the "plumber's room".
• Go to Your Room!: After Bowser Jr. snickers about his dad being called "Koopy" over the phone, the latter says this. After Jr. points out that he's already in his room, he gets sent to his dad's room instead.
• Go-Karting with Bowser: The Trope Namer is explained here. Apparently, Bowser isn't invited to the spin-offs. He just shows up and everyone tolerates his presence as long as he follows the rules.
  • The series itself is an example, as Bowser is legally obligated to appear on the show as part of his contract with Nintendo. Except not really.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: At one point in "King K. Fool!" Bowser describes the uncomfortable environment he's in as "hostile as heck".
• Got Me Doing It: As soon as Bowser quips that there won't be "mush room" for other characters if Nintendo keeps making Toads, he immediately regrets what he just said and Mario asks if DoJayMi rubbed off on him.
• Gratuitous Italian: Parodied in the beginning of "Yoshi Abuse?!" when Mario and Luigi speak in mostly pseudo-Italian, much to Bowser's bewilderment.
• Heel Realization: Luigi has this soon after triumphing over how he found video footage of Mario crying from Super Mario Sunshine in "Bankruptcy Blues".
  • Earlier in the same episode, Mario himself has this when he realizes he doesn't have a good reason for not taking Luigi with him in Paper Mario 64.
    • Even earlier than that, after Mario mentions that Goombario started a Mario fan club since their adventure, the former feels guilty for not keeping in touch with the latter.
  • Slick Frame has this in "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!" when he realizes that his liking Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door isn't any different from the people he fired having their own different tastes in things.
    • He gets it again in "Rogen Kong!" when he realizes how annoying he can be.
  • Toad has one when Luigi successfully finds evidence of the former being forgetful and inconsiderate toward Luigi.
• Height Insult: Mario gets hit with a few of these in episodes 8 and 10.
• Helium Speech: Slick Frame uses his audio editing skills to pull off this effect on everyone, including himself, for a few minutes in "Mario Party RAGE!"
• Hell Is That Noise: In-universe examples: Mario singing and Toad yelling.
• Heroic BSoD: Parodied when Mario gets a literal Blue Screen of Death in his eyes after he and Luigi hear that DK hates pasta.
• High-Pressure Emotion: Luigi is red in the face and shakes angrily after Toad says, "Sorry... I... guess" for his inconsiderate behavior toward him in Super Mario 64 DS.
• Hilarious Outtakes: "Ask Mario-Amiibo Edition!" has these at the end.
• Hulk Speak: How DK's subtitles are written.
• Hurricane of Puns: Luigi uses several cat puns while expressing his distate for the evil cats from Bowser's Fury in "FURY KOOPY!"
  Luigi: Right meow, I'm feline purr-fectly fine with not seeing another cat-tastrophe like this furever. I'm aboslutely paw-sitive. No kitten. (pauses, then chuckles) Collar me... (gets stopped by Mario, Bowser and Jr.)
• Hypocritical Humor: In "Rosalina or Peach?" Mario compares Bowser to people who are so obsessed with being cool that they wear shades indoors. After Bowser threatens to kill Mario if he doesn't shut up, the former starts wondering where his shades are.
  • Lampshaded by Luigi in the Season 1 marathon when expressing his displeasure that Mario won't let him make a Hotel Mario joke, but will allow Peach to do so.
  • Mario thinks Bowser's a creep for keeping pictures of Peach under his bed, only for Luigi to say, "You're one to talk," causing an embarrassed Mario to try denying that he does the same thing.
  • Lampshaded by Mario in "MARIO PARTY RAGE!" when he notes that Donkey Kong is okay with Cranky kidnapping Pauline, but not with Mario caging Cranky.
  • After Mario calls Bowser "Koopy" yet again in "King K. Fool!", Bowser replies, "Stop calling me names, you dingbat!"
• I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: Bowser says this before asking Slick Frame to edit the audio so the characters' voices are deeper.
• I Need to Go Iron My Dog: When asked about his first date with Daisy, Luigi, after struggling to speak, says he needs to pick up a calzone at the dry cleaner's before he leaves the scene.
• I Want My Mommy!: Amiibo!Luigi wails "Mama!" while in hysterics over how he can't demonstrate his stink-eye.
• I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder: After Slick Frame scolds DoJayMi for not coloring the new background, the latter says, "Cut me some slack, Slick! I'm a character artist, not a background artist."
• Idea Bulb: Mario has this when he gets the idea to trick Bowser into thinking he's telepathic.
• Identical Stranger: In "It's Toad Time!!!", Mario and Bowser see a Toad they think is Toad, only for the real Toad to show up, and it's revealed that the one who showed up is named Kyle, and he stole Toad's vest.
  Toad: Did you guys really think that was me?
• Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Bowser. He thinks he's smarter than he really is. After Slick Frame plays the Tiki-Tak theme to test Bowser's theory that DK's too dumb to be brainwashed, Bowser assumes he'll be brainwashed with the Mario Bros, and waits for the music to affect him, which it doesn't.
• Imagine Spot: Luigi imagines that he's Iron Man and Bowser is Thanos in a game based on Avengers: Endgame as one of the former's spinoff suggestions.
• Impact Silhouette: Bowser leaves one in the TV screen when Donkey Kong punches him through it.
• Implied Death Threat: Slick Frame makes one to Cranky Kong after the latter insults Diddy Kong. It quickly goes into Don't Explain the Joke in case there were viewers who didn't get it.
  Slick Frame: (with a Death Glare) Diss Diddy again and you'll be seeing Wrinkly Kong a lot sooner.
• In-Series Nickname: Bowser calls Slick Frame "Tech Boy" and Luigi "Greenie".
  • Other characters someone call Bowser "Koopy".
• Inelegant Blubbering: Luigi and Bowser bawl their eyes out over the news of Alphadream's bankruptcy, and possibly the end of the Mario & Luigi series, in "Bankruptcy Blues".
• Insult Backfire: Bowser tries to make fun of Mario's height by calling him Tyrian, but Mario takes it as a compliment.
• Ironic Echo: In "Waluigi in Smash?!", when Bowser gets booed at by angry Waluigi fans offscreen, he dares them to say the insulting comments they type to his face. Then near the end, after he insults Daisy over the phone, she dares him to insult her in person.
• It's All About Me: Bowser. It's frequently lampshaded by the others.
  • Mario also has a few moments where he briefly forgets that Luigi and Bowser are his co-stars only to get a Disapproving Look from them.
• Jaw Drop: Bowser and the Mario brothers do this when DK reveals that his teeth are retractable.
  • They also do this when Slick Frame reveals that he figured out that to get them out of the TV, he just had to do the opposite of what he did to put them in it.
  • Bowser also did it when DK says he hates chicken nuggets worse than pasta.
  • Luigi does it when Toad talks about Toadette's crush on Mario, and after Toad says he guesses he's sorry for how he treated Luigi in Super Mario 64 DS.
  • Bowser and Luigi do this when Toad reveals that the spotted thing on his head is his hat.
  • The Mario Bros do this when they first see "Slickette".
• Jerkass Has a Point: Bowser may be a grade-A Jerkass, but he does hit the mark on occasion. For example, when Luigi bemoans his second fiddle status, Bowser angrily points out that he has it far better than he thinks he does, especially when compared to characters like Waluigi and Bowser himself (whose role as main villain means he's constantly being injured and humiliated).
• Kissing In A Tree: Bowser does this rhyme when joking about Mario and Toad both marrying Toadette.
• Kitchen Sink Included: Slick Frame says that Bowser's thrown everything at him except the kitchen sink, only for Bowser to throw a sink full of oranges at him.
• Lame Pun Reaction: Mario, Bowser, and Jr. react to Luigi's cat puns with disgust.
  Bowser Jr.: (on the phone) What a cringe-lord. Yuck.
  • This is how the cast usually react to DoJayMi's puns.
• Large Ham: Bowser can be a real drama king sometimes.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Luigi is the only character who doesn't know that Bowser is afraid of Daisy, despite being witness to several obvious signs.
  • Bowser himself is the only one unaware that Slick Frame forged his contract, and he's not actually required to be on the show.
  • This is Played for Laughs in the Season 1 Marathon, where Luigi and Bowser just so happen to be out of the room when the episodes revealing these facts are played.
• Like Brother and Sister: Toad says that Toadette is like the sister he never had.
• Little Did I Know: After Slick Frame talks about looking forward to a Donkey Kong racing game, he sadly ends with this phrase, referring to when Microsoft bought out Rare.
• Love at First Sight: Bowser believes he had this with Peach.
• Luminescent Blush: Characters sometimes get this when embarrassed, angry or lovestruck.
• Malaproper: Donkey Kong's subtitles will sometimes feature malapropisms to reflect his stupidity.
  • When Bowser tells the Mario Bros about the "guy with cosmic swagger", he says "prophesized" instead of "prophesied".
    • He also mispronounces "chagrin" as "kag-rin" in "SUPERCROWN SCARE!".
• Malicious Misnaming: Bowser does this a lot, from calling Luigi "Greenie" to calling Donkey Kong the names of various cartoon primates.
  • Donkey Kong starts out calling Bowser "Dumb Turtle", and then "Dumb Tortoise", after figuring out that the latter's a tortoise.
  • DoJayMi calls Slick Frame "Stink Frame" as the former explains why he did a whole episode without the latter.
• Manchild: Bowser is very childish. Mario even name-drops the trope while imitating Bowser in "Bowser Pranks Mario!"
  • In "Ask Mario: Amiibo Edition", Amiibo!Peach and a crudely drawn Daisy find Slick Frame to be this when they find out about his firing people over petty differences.
  Amiibo!Peach: (to Amiibo!Mario) Sweetie, I didn't know your tech assistant was so, um... how do I put this without being rude? Um...
  Amiibo!Daisy: Childish? Belongs in preschool? Needs his diaper changed?
• Marry Them All: Bowser jokes about the possibility of Toadette marrying both Toad and Mario.
• Mass "Oh, Crap!": The Mario Bros, Bowser, DK and Slick Frame have this when a zombie enters the movie theater inside the TV near the end of the Season 1 marathon. Then the former four get it when Mario accidentally speaks loudly enough to get the zombie's attention.
  • In "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!", Bowser, Mario and Luigi scream in horror when they realize they've been turned into Amiibo, and again when they see how gigantic Slick Frame is compared to them.
  • DoJayMi and the Mario Bros have this when Bowser hears from Slick Frame that DoJayMi has been drawing Peach all along.
  • The Mario Bros, Slick Frame, Toad and Toadette all have this when Bowser (over the phone) angrily asks, "Who's stinky?!"
• Monochrome to Color: Slick Frame uses his video-editing skills to bring color to the new studio background.
• Mood Whiplash: The heartwarming scene Mario and Luigi thank their fans is soon interrupted by Tharold, a giant sandbag nearly crushing them.
• My Friends... and Zoidberg: In "SMG4 reaction!" Slick Frame greets the Mario Bros and Bowser with, "Hey, guys. And Bowser."
• Naked People Are Funny: In "Bowser Pranks Mario!" Bowser's last idea for a prank to play on Mario is replacing all the power-ups with a fruit that turns him naked.
• Never Say "Die": In "Peach's ???", Peach sadly states that her parents aren't around anymore.
• Nightmare Face: After Mario asks why Kiddy Kong hasn't been around in a long time, the scene cuts to a close-up of Kiddy's face with a scream in the background, creeping Bowser and the Mario Bros out.
• Non Sequitur, *Thud*: After getting squashed by Fury!Bowser twice, Slick Frame's lines after regaining consciousness consist of non-sequiturs.
• Noodle Incident: After seeing an off-screen hole in "FURY KOOPY!", one of the conclusions Slick Frame draws is that Bowser chose not to use the front door again.
• NOT!: After Mario and Luigi introduce themselves in the pilot, a grouchy Bowser enters, saying, "And I'm super stoked to be here. Not."
• Not Helping Your Case: In one episode, Bowser angrily protests to being called sensitive.
  • Mario laughs off the idea that his favorite song is "Jump" by Van Halen, only for Luigi to point out that he heard Mario playing the song frequently while in Super Mario Run. Mario nonetheless insists that his point still stands.
  • Mario is shocked at the possibility of being fatherly toward Bowser Jr., but when the latter calls the former "lasagna-breath", Mario says, "Hey, don't talk to me like that, young man!", much to his own horror.
• Not Using the "Z" Word: Mario calls zombies "infected" in the beginning scene of the "Season 1 Marathon with Peach and Daisy".
• Ocular Gushers: Happens whenever DoJayMi cries.
• Oh, Crap!: Happens often when the characters are about to face something unpleasant. Luigi and Slick Frame are the most common victims.
• Oh, No... Not Again!: This is Mario and Luigi's response to Bowser's sixth prank idea: shaving off half of Mario's mustache in his sleep.
• Overly Long Name: In "Rosalina or Peach?", Bowser suggests changing the show's title from "Ask Mario" to "The Incredibly Handsome King of Awesome Answers Questions from His Loyal Fans!!".
  • One of the people who sent Bowser a question is named "Carlos Eduardo Mendoza Oropeza". Bowser himself lampshades this.
  Bowser: Geez, kid. Next time, ask your parents to give you a shorter name.
• Ow, My Body Part!: After Slick Frame has Amiibo!Daisy punch Amiibo! Bowser onto the carpet, he moans, "Ow, my face! My beautiful face!"
  • Parodied in "FURY KOOPY!" when Bowser says, "My everything hurts!" in response to Luigi's cat puns.
• Painful Rhyme: While introducing the fourth episode with a parody of "Jump Up, Super Star!", Luigi rhymes "tab" with "glad", and soon wonders if that counts.
• Pass the Popcorn: At the end of "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!", when Bowser is chasing Slick Frame in the background, Peach asks the Mario Bros if they're going to help Slick Frame. In response, after remarking that they usually do, Mario gets out a tub of popcorn and Luigi produces an apple juice box. Given that they're all crudely drawn at that point after what happened earlier, it's sort of justified.
  • Bowser is shown to have been eating chicken nuggets while watching Luigi prove that Toad was inconsiderate toward him in Super Mario 64 DS.
• Pet the Dog: Bowser gets this when Slick Frame explains why the former's a good addition to the show in "Waluigi in Smash?!".
• Prank Call: Bowser Jr. attempts this on Mario in "FURY KOOPY!", but Mario gets wise and tricks him into insulting himself.
• Previously on…: Luigi opens "TV Escape!" with, "Eh, pr-previously on "Ask Mario..." before clips from the 13th, 14th and 17th episodes are shown.
• Pride: In addition to Bowser's arrogance, Mario shows shades of this, too. He once expressed disbelief that he has weaknesses when he sees that his Mario Party description asks if he can overcome them.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: In "Waluigi in Smash?!", when Bowser suggests that Luigi get his own third-person shooter game, Mario and Luigi shoot Bowser down with this response:
  Mario and Luigi: NO...FRIKKIN'...GUNS!!!
  • When Slick Frame is about to drop Amiibo!Bowser in the toilet in "Peach and Daisy Amiibo!", the latter says, "You. Wouldn't. Dare."
• Pungeon Master: DoJayMi, much to most other characters' annoyance.
• Puppy-Dog Eyes: The characters sometimes have these when sad, pleading, excited, touched by something sweet, or, in Bowser's case, mocking someone.
  • In "Donkey Kong is here!", Bowser uses these while asking to be let out of the TV and promising to bring occupational hazards to 0% by sending Slick Frame to the afterlife. Slick Frame then uses them while denying Bowser's request.
• Questioning Title?: A few episodes have these.
• Rapid-Fire "No!":
  • Two examples in "Ask Mario- Amiibo Edition!":
    • First Mario does it after arguing with Slick Frame about whether people choose what they like.
    • Then Bowser does it when Jr. asks if Daisy can play with him.
  • In "Favorite non-Mario games!", Luigi does it when Bowser suggests that Mario use his capture ability to force opponents off stages as a Final Smash.
• Right Behind Me: When Mario slips on a banana peel, Luigi begins angrily ranting about how stupid and foolish someone would have to be to do such a thing... failing to notice Donkey Kong coming into the room.
• Rimshot: Plays almost every time DoJayMi makes a pun.
  • It happens when all that pun-making rubs off on Bowser in "It's Toad Time!!!"
• Rousing Speech: Bowser gives one to Luigi about how he should stop feeling sorry for himself and be the most awesome loser he can be.
• Rule of Three: When Luigi is asked what a second spin-off series for him should be like, he suggests ideas based on 300, Mad Max and Avengers: Endgame.
  • DoJayMi bursts into tears three times in "Peach's ???".
• Rump Roast: In the Season 1 marathon, when Peach asks Slick Frame if Bowser hurt him while chasing him at the end of "Bankruptcy Blues", Slick Frame mentions that he got a couple of second-degree burns on his butt.
• Running Gag: Mario calling Bowser "Koopy". And exploiting the latter's fear of Daisy.
  • Bowser chasing Slick Frame whenever he does something to anger Bowser, usually failing to catch him for the most part.
  • Slick Frame saying "Hashtag Remaster Thousand-Year Door" in several episodes.
  • Starting in "Waluigi in Smash?!", whenever Bowser gets roasted, he gets a visit from Slick Frame's friend Elliot, from his other YouTube channel, Royal Goobs, who randomly shows up and says "Goteeeem!" before disappearing. He even follows them into a TV!
  • Bowser calling DK the names of cartoon primates.
  • Bowser getting punched offscreen by DK, usually getting stuck in something as a result.
  • Slick Frame getting the names of fans wrong while reciting their questions in "It's Toad Time!!!" due to the toilet covering his head.
• Sarcasm-Blind: Luigi is slow to pick up on Bowser's sarcasm twice. The first time was after Bowser mocks Mario with World's Smallest Violin in "Bowsette Google Search?!". The second time is after Bowser jokes about his eyebrows being mini-toupees super-glued to his forehead in "SMG4 reaction!".
  • When Mario sarcastically suggests that Bowser's title idea should go on Vimeo, Bowser thinks it sounds like a good idea.
  Mario: (facepalms) I'm being sarcastic.
  Bowser: I'm not.
• Sarcasm Mode: The characters dip into this every once in a while.
• Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: When Luigi and Daisy express delight at Peach suggesting that Daisy join her in a possible sequel for Super Princess Peach, an annoyed Bowser says, "Barf."
• Scary Shiny Glasses: DoJayMi has these when he interrupts Mario's singing in "SUPER CROWN SCARE!"
  • He also does it while making a One Piece reference in "Bowser Serenade''.
• "Shaggy Dog" Story: Near the end of "Donkey Kong is here!", it's revealed that Slick Frame doesn't know how to get the Mario Bros, Bowser and DK out of the TV. In "TV Escape!", long after they get out, Slick Frame finally shows up and reveals that he figured out what he should've done in the first place: reverse the keyframes.
• Ship Tease: The first question Toad gets if he and Toadette are a couple, which he denies.
  • Bowser teases Toad and Toadette about being a couple again in "SUPER CROWN SCARE!", as well as about Toadette's supposed crush on Mario. And then there's Toadette denying having a crush on Buckinberry.
• Slasher Smile: Bowser does this every once in a while.
• Slippery Skid: When Bowser thinks Peach showed up, he runs up to hug her, only to slip on the waxed floor and turn "Peach" back into Toadette. Then as Bowser chases Slick Frame, the slippery floor affects their running.
• Snot Bubble: Bowser has this when he's sleeping.
• Speak in Unison: Bowser and Mario say "To be continued" twice when Luigi stops them from fighting by reminding them that they should be answering questions.
  • Bowser and the Mario Bros all say "Show me your moves!" while images of Captain Falcon's head are briefly superimposed on them in "Rosalina or Peach?".
  • Mario and Bowser do this at the end of "Freaky Live-Action Bowser!", much to their shock and annoyance, but soon they end the episode singing the first verse of the "Major-General's Song" from The Pirates of Penzance.
  • In "Waluigi in Smash?!", when Bowser tries to reveal the Mario Bros' home address to one of the fans, they yell, "SHUT UP, KOOPY!", then simultaneously express delight that Luigi finally called Bowser "Koopy".
  • In "Rogen Kong!", Mario, Luigi and Bowser annoyedly say "Hashtag Remaster Thousand-Year Door" just after Slick Frame says "Hashtag-".
• Studio Audience: The angry Waluigi fans booing Bowser for insulting said character in "Waluigi in Smash?!"
  • In "SMG4 reaction!", when Slick Frame admits that he doesn't really care for the eponymous work, he gets booed at by off-screen kids. Then after Slick Frame explains that a lot of kids like it and Luigi asks if you have to be a kid to enjoy it, grown men are heard booing from off-screen.
• Suddenly Shouting: Bowser does this while typing a note after Mario calls him "Koopy" in "Bowser Pranks Mario!"
  Bowser: (typing on his phone) Other note to self: figure out to kill complete jerks that are already dead, and poison Mario's food if he calls me "KOOPY" ONE MORE TIME!!!
  • When Luigi notices Mario isn't scared of Fury!Bowser like the former is, he notes that the latter seems "AWFULLY CALM ABOUT THIS!!"
  • This also happens to Bowser a few times when DK punches him.
  • After Slick Frame reveals DoJayMi to be Peach's artist, Bowser says, "Oh, I know just how to thank BOTH OF YOU!!!" before chasing them with a chainsaw.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: Bowser denies putting E. Gadd's name on a list while typing a note on his phone in "Bowser Pranks Mario!".
  • Later in that same episode, Bowser denies secretly planning anything when Luigi asks why he asked Nastasia about his brainwashing.
  • Slick Frame, addicted to watching the trailer for the remaster of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, denies having withdrawal symptoms while looking for his tablet.
• Swapped Roles: One question the Mario Bros got is what it'd be like if they did this.
• Sweat Drop: Slick Frame has this when Bowser asks if his artists have finished drawing Peach in "SMG4 reaction!".
  • Bowser has it as he starts to realize his Fury Koopy form was only temporary.
    • He gets another one when he hears that Jr. found pictures of Peach under the former's bed.
    • It happens yet again when he starts wondering why the Tiki-Tak music hasn't brainwashed him.^note He's too dumb to be brainwashed, but he thinks he's smart enough.

• DoJayMi has one when Bowser finds out that the former has been doing Peach's artwork. He gets another one as he quickly reveals that Slick Frame commissioned him to draw Peach.

• Take That!: After Mario assures Luigi that Super Paper Mario isn't the worst Paper Mario game, an image of Paper Mario: Sticker Star briefly appears on screen before disappearing.
  • Luigi says that the live-action Bowser in King Koopa's Kool Kartoons isn't as scary-looking as Bozo the Clown.
  • When Luigi asks why he couldn't go with Mario in Mario Pinball Land, Mario replies, "Who cares about that game?"
  • After hearing Mario's awful performance of "Lifelight", one thing Bowser says is "Suddenly I've started rethinking my opinions about Kidz Bop!"
  • When Mario stops Luigi and Bowser from making Hotel Mario jokes, he says, "We don't speak of the dark times!"
  • When Mario is asked what Final Smash he'd like if he could change it, Bowser suggests forcing people to play Hotel Mario, or one of Mario's educational games.
  • Bowser says that Parks and Recreation is like The Office (US), but worse, in "Freaky Live-Action Bowser!".
  • Bowser imagines a Goomba-possessed Mario writing an offensive tweet saying that Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is just okay.
  • Mario and Luigi don't hold the Super Mario cartoons in high regard. The latter even says they're a good example of how not to make a good cartoon.
  • Neither Bowser nor the Mario Bros like King Koopa's Kool Kartoons, as shown by their reaction to the opening sequence.
  • The Mario Bros, Peach and Daisy, as Amiibo, react in disgust when Slick Frame jokingly suggests turning them and Bowser into NFTs.
  • Slick Frame says there isn't much to remember about Paper Mario: Color Splash except the funny writing.
  • Slick Frame and DoJayMi were both relieved that Van Halen's "Jump" wasn't used in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
• There Was a Door: When Slick Frame sees the off-screen hole in the wall in "FURY KOOPY!", one of his assumptions is that Bowser chose not to use the front door again.
• This Is Gonna Suck: Bowser says "Oh no," when he realizes that Slick Frame plans to use audio editing to make him, DK and the Mario Bros high-pitched.
• Title Drop: In "King K. Fool!" Bowser says the title twice.
• Toilet Humor: This occurs at least almost once an episode.
  • For starters, in the first episode, Mario casually reveals that the reason Luigi didn't go with him to save Daisy from Tatanga was that Luigi had diarrhea. This embarrasses Luigi and greatly amuses Bowser as Mario soon regrets his mistake. Then when Bowser is asked if Paper Bowser and Paper Peach are still married, he jokes that "Maybe they both had diarrhea and forgot to go to [divorce] court!"
    • The former gag gets a Call-Back in "Bankruptcy Blues", when, after Luigi demands to know why he couldn't go with Mario in Super Mario Land, Mario replies, "We've been over this. You had diarrhea!"
  • When Luigi asks Mario what kind of powers they'd have if they had dog suits, Mario jokingly suggests, "The power to... mark our territory?", much to Bowser's displeasure.
  • One question asked in "Freaky Live-Action Bowser!" is if Bowser's ever farted before.
  • Bowser's third and fourth ideas for pranks to play on Mario: rigging the doors of Ghost Houses with buckets of Luigi's diarrhea and rigging a toilet with a flamethrower, respectively.
  • Bowser's angry ranting after he found out that Mario and Luigi visited his butt.
  • In "MARIO PARTY RAGE!", the Mario Bros are asked if they like farting in Bowser's face while he's sleeping. Then Bowser is asked if he likes doing the same to them.
    • Later in the same episode, Donkey Kong says that foods he hates taste like Kremling poop.
  • DK farts while he, Bowser and the Mario Bros try to stay quiet to avoid being located by a zombie in the ending scene of the Season 1 Marathon.
  • Slick Frame drops Amiibo!Bowser in a toilet as punishment for insulting the former's taste in clothes.
    • This gets a Call-Back in the next episode when Bowser is asked how the toilet water tasted. When he refuses to answer, DoJayMi makes a few toilet-related puns.
  • Slick Frame shows up in "It's Toad Time!!!" with a toilet on his head. He then explains that Bowser has been ripping out toilets, placing them on Slick Frame's head and throwing stuff at him as punishment for Bowser being trapped inside a TV with the Mario Bros and Donkey Kong.
  • The image of Wario and Waluigi on a video call shows the former farting in the latter's face.
• Totally Radical: Starting in "Yoshi Abuse?!", Bowser often greets viewers with "What up, playas?". It's lampshaded in "SMG4 reaction!" when Luigi asks him about it. Bowser says it's because their fans play video games.
  • Luigi himself uses some slang words at one point in "Yoshi Abuse?!".
  Luigi: (sporting shades) Chizzity-lax there, broseph. Your mood ain't fly. Take a chill pill, diggity dog.
  • He also says "broseph" once in "Bankruptcy Blues".
  • In "MARIO PARTY RAGE!", Slick Frame, while dressed like a rapper, says that the performance he considers putting on was going to be "super, uh, dope... yo."
• Trademark Favorite Food: Chicken nuggets for Bowser.
  • When the Mario Bros are asked what their favorite pasta is, the first thing they say is "Yes."
• Tranquil Fury: When Amiibo!Bowser calls Amiibo!Daisy "Diet Peach", the first thing she does is calmly dare him to "Say that again."
• Unaffected by Spice: When Bowser is asked about the spiciest food he ever ate, he replies that no food is too spicy for him, as he breathes fire.
  Bowser: Habanero peppers are like cupcakes to me!
• The Unintelligible: Donkey Kong, whose grunts are translated with subtitles in butchered English.
  • Bowser becomes this when his voice is lowered, complete with having subtitles.
• Un-Paused: When Bowser teases Mario, Toad and Toadette with Kissing In A Tree over a cell phone, Mario hangs up on Bowser at "K-I-S-S-", then, when he puts Bowser back on, the Koopa King continues where he left off.
• Visual Pun: After Mario explains how Luigi and Daisy first met, and says that he doesn't know who asked the other out, he says "but" while a clip of Daisy from Mario Strikers Charged plays with a zoom-in on her butt.
  • When Mario asks Bowser if he wants to know how everyone else sees the latter, a picture of a donkey appears, to show that everyone thinks he's a jackass.
    • Another donkey image appears when Slick Frame realizes he feels like a jackass for firing his staff.
• Voice Changeling:
  • Mario does a perfect Luigi impression in "TV Escape!" Justified as they're both voiced by Slick Frame.
    • Mario also does a perfect Peach impression while playing a prank on Bowser in "SUPER CROWN SCARE!".
  • Slick Frame himself does a few excellent Mario impressions in a couple of episodes.
• Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Bowser doesn't like the names chosen for the Koopalings in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
  Bowser: What kind of weirdo names their kids "Cheatsy", "Big Mouth", "Kootie Pie", "Hop", "Bully", "Hip" and "Kooky"? Every dad should follow my method and name their kids Bowser!
  • He also reacts this way when he thinks that "Crazy Wrench" is a fan's real name.
• Who Would Want to Watch Us?: Upon hearing that "Waluigi in Smash?!" is the tenth episode of Ask Mario, Bowser says, "I can't believe people are still watching this garbage."
  • Bowser also calls the show dumb in "SMG4 reaction!"
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: When Mario questions why Bowser hasn't changed his method of trying to get rid of him and Luigi, Bowser says that he would shoot them with a gun or stab them with a knife, but Nintendo won't let him.
• Why Won't You Die?: Fury!Bowser asks this as he tries to squash the Mario Bros, to no avail thanks to the invisible force field surrounding them.
• Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: Frequently happens whenever someone gets shocked or afraid, though the latter half of this trope also often happens if they're confused.
• Wingding Eyes: Sometimes someone will have stars in their eyes when they're excited, or hearts if they're lovestruck.
  • Parodied when Bowser had them when pretending to be Pauline to make fun of Mario in "TV Escape!"
  • When Mario guesses that playing a compilation of the first season is an easy way to make money on YouTube, Slick Frame's eyes are briefly replaced by dollar signs, complete with a "Ka-CHING" sound in the background.
• Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: Lampshaded by Luigi when he says that YouTube evidence of him doing this is proof of him being smarter than Mario.
• World's Smallest Violin: Referenced in "Bowsette Google Search?!". After Mario says that he and Peach don't get a lot of time together due to Bowser constantly kidnapping her, Bowser quotes Mr. Krabs' mocking line about the trope verbatim.
• Worst. Whatever. Ever!: After Bowser fails to catch Slick Frame in the Beanbean Kingdom, he has this to say about the place in "Rosalina or Peach?":
  Bowser: Worst. Kingdom. EVER.
• Worth It: Bowser says this after DK tricks him into thinking Peach showed up, then punches him into an offscreen wall.
• Would Hurt a Child: Bowser considers going back in time to kill the baby Mario Bros, only for Mario to remind him that Yoshi defeated him the last time he tried it.
• Wrong Restaurant: Wario and Waluigi mistakenly call the studio, thinking it's a pizza place, and order pizza, garlic knots, vinegar soda and Funyuns.
• You Are Fat: Potshots are sometimes made about Bowser's weight.
  • Waluigi does the same thing to Wario in "Bowser Serenade".
• You Are Grounded!: In "FURY KOOPY!" Bowser Jr. is grounded for painting Mario's mustache on Bowser's face. Later, after Jr. finds pictures of Peach under Bowser's bed, the latter says the former's getting "double-grounded"!
• You, Get Me Coffee: At the end of the first episode, Bowser tells Slick Frame this. At first Slick Frame refuses, but then changes his mind when Bowser roars at him.
• You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: This is how the Mario Bros and Bowser feel after they hear why Slick Frame fired his artists.
• Your Head Asplode: Slick Frame and DoJayMi's reaction to seeing the trailer for the remaster of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
• Your Mom: Bowser uses one such insult against Slick Frame in the second amiibo episode. Since he's an amiibo at the time, this promptly gets him placed under the tire of Slick Frame's car.
  • When Mario says that Cartoon Network using Bowser's likeness for Gorgonzola in a scene from Chowder is an upgrade, Bowser retorts, "Your mom is an upgrade!"