History Headscratchers / SuperMarioBros

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2'', it's revealed that Mario has his own castle. Then in ''VideoGame/MarioVSDonkeyKong, he has his own toy company. How in the world did he acquire them?

* ''Headscratchers/WarioLandII''
* ''Headscratchers/WarioWare''
** ''Headscratchers/WarioWareIncMegaPartyGames''
** ''Headscratchers/WarioWareTwisted''

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*** Maybe he could [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop toast toast]]?

*** Wario lives in Diamond City, right? Maybe that's where the humans come from, and they're just one of the many, many, many, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] races in the Mushroom World. It would explain the first game taking place on a construction site, too.

[[folder: Nabbit's invulnerability]]
* Where does Nabbit get his invulnerability? It seems that he's someone else wearing an elaborate costume (his eyes never move or blink), so is the resistance provided by the costume, or natural to whoever's underneath? Or is Nabbit really a new creature/character with invincibility?
** Nabbit is 99% Bowser Jr. in disguise. So, my explantion? [[AWizardDidIt Bowser Jr.'s Nabbit outfit is magical]].
** I always just assumed it was due to the enemies seeing him as one of them, so they don't attack him.
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* On a similar note, what happens to Nabbit between when Mario catches him and when he gets the reward? Does Mario let him go to return the loot? Is Nabbit detained or punished? Or does he escape?

[[folder: Why would anyone build a road into the imagination?]]
* In the Adventures of [=SMB3=] episode "Mush-Rumors", why would someone build a road leading into an imaginary world?
** Maybe they were trying to reach [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Subcon]]?
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[[folder: Did Bowser die before Luigi's Mansion?]]
* When does Luigi's Mansion take place? Bowser is said to have died, was he then resurrected by someone? When did he die?
** Well, in New Super Mario Bros., Bowser Jr. did have a cauldron that brought his father back to life...it doesn't answer the question, I know, but anything could happen (especially for a series that focuses on ContinuitySnarl).
** The Bowser seen in Luigi's Mansion was most likely just a suit that King Boo created to help in defeating Luigi and scare him half to death. Madame Clairvoya said that Mario 'soundly defeated Bowser', and that King Boo 'revived' him; she may have meant that Bowser was still reeling from his last defeat and that King Boo may have healed him. She did not technically say that he was dead.
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[[folder: Why Bowser kidnapped the Sprixie Princesses]]
* Why did Bowser capture the Sprixie Princesses, anyway?
** [[ItsWhatIDo Change of pace for Bowser.]] I mean, they ''are'' princesses and he [[CardCarryingVillain just can't pass up the opportunity]]...
*** Maybe he was planning to use their magic in a world-conquering scheme. But alas, because of Miyamoto and his "no stories in Mario games, ever" clause...we won't know the truth.
* A certain youtuber came up with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGUaaE4Z8dc pretty believable and well-thought out theory]]. The short-answer: In order to build more castles, Bowser chose to kidnap the Sprixie Princessess. This is why some of Bowser's locations look different.
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[[folder: 8-bit Luigis]]
* What was with the 8-Bit Luigis in VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld?
** Advertising/TheYearOfLuigi.
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[[folder: Multiple versions of the same boss?]]
* Other than a desire for visual variety out-of-universe, why and how do [[Videogame/SuperMario3DWorld Motley Bossblob]]'s colors change for each encounter? Does he just like to "express himself"? Or are there multiple Motley Bossblobs?
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[[folder: The weird Mario timeline]]
* ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'' introduces us to Baby Daisy for the first time. This is already bizarre, but let's not worry about that now. Instead, consider the statues in Daisy Circuit, one of which depicts Baby Daisy playing with Baby Luigi. So... did they know each other as kids? Is there some backstory that occurred before Mario famously saved her from Tatanga? (Also, is the track design proof that the two ''are'' an official couple?)
** Could be anything. They could have met as kids, but without Mario being there, hence Mario only met Daisy for the first time in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''. Or it could be due to use of the time machine and such, or even some future sequel to Yoshi's Island/Yoshi's Island DS or ''Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time'' involving the characters having to team up to save other characters from Bowser or new antagonists.
** The citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom know about our pairings and shippings.
** I think we're over analyzing a bit, here. Daisy (or whomever) probably had the baby statue built just because. It doesn't necessarily mean that they actually met as children.
** Plus, Mario Kart Wii is a racing spin-off game. It has nothing to do with the main Mario timeline. That statue was probably there because Nintendo knows of the Luigi/Daisy shipping and wanted to add their baby selves into the mix (considering Daisy Cruiser has a large statue of adults Luigi and Daisy dancing with each other).
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[[folder: Where do the Koopa shells in Mario Kart come from?]]
* Concerning the Mario Kart series: When those races are run, they must go through dozens of green and red shells each race (and a few blue spiked ones, much to every player's lament). Where the heck do they get them all? Something tells me Koopa Troopas wouldn't exactly be keen on having them harvested for every grand prix.
** A Koopa Troopa can abandon his shell as if it was just an item of clothing.
*** So, it's comparable to throwing underwear as a distraction? Not that I have done it...
*** Yeah, if the underwear causes a small explosion on contact at high speeds. I think Koopa Troopas can grow more. The fact that we've had at least three from such species in the races in the past (Koopa Troopa, Paratroopa, and Dry Bones) is proof they're perfectly fine.
*** I always assumed they were prosthetic/fake (who says the Mushroom Kingdom doesn't have plastic?) rigged with explosives.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}, one Koopa Troopa explicitly mentions that he had his shell custom-made for him, and that's why it fits so well. The Mushroom Kingdom seems to have some really good biotech (or bioMagiTek) which allows them to create things like Koopa shells, so it stands to reason they could make versions for use in Mario Kart that have some special properties.
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[[folder: How do the characters with no hands get dressed?]]
* How does Goombella get dressed in the morning if she doesn't have hands? In fact, how does she pull out her tattle log in The Thousand Year Door or ANYTHING without hands?
** The same way [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Homestar, Homsar,]] [[RuleOfThree Marzipan,]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner The King Of Town,]] [[OverlyLongGag That Little Chef Guy, 1-Up, or Cheatball]] does! How do those guys do it? The world may never know.
*** Mild telekinesis?
*** Yeah, it's pretty much ''canon'' that they have some sort of telekinesis. In the baseball games, a Goomba is a playable character, and they're actually above-average in pitching, despite having no arms. The bat and the glove are [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/b/b0/GoombaBaseball.jpg visibly floating around beside the Goomba]].
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[[folder: Geno's real name]]
* What's up with Geno's real name, "''??!?''"? He's a Star Spirit, right? Well, in ''Paper Mario'', we meet other star spirits, and get eight names -- most all of which are star puns of some sort, and all of which are pronounceable by human tongues. So, did ??!?'s parents hate him a ''lot'', was he just messing with Mario, or were Twink and co. using pronounceable aliases in ''Paper Mario''?
** Considering that Geno had to find a body to inhabit while the star spirits in ''Paper Mario'' seemed to have physical bodies already, it may be that there are two or more 'tribes' of star spirits, some of which dwell closer to the physical world/have material bodies and speak the languages of the people they live near, up to and including names, while the others live as pure spirits or energy and speak their own unpronounceable-to-mortals language.
*** I wonder if they have their own unpronounceable-to-mortals names, but they realize this, and skip straight to giving alternate names that we can pronounce. 'Cause that trope may be fine once in a while, but if you're encountering it several times in the same game, it'd get kind of irritating.
** Some real people deliberately give themselves names that are pronounced wholly differently from how they're spelt.
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[[folder: What was Bowser planning with Dark Matter?]]
* What exactly was Bowser planning to do with the Dark Matter from Bowser's Dark Matter Plant? Yes, it's just a cool name given to make the stage more interesting, but giving that answer would just ruin all the fun.
** A power source for giant spaceships and robots, obviously.
*** Yeah. It's onscreen OffscreenVillainDarkMatter.
** Maybe it's planned to be used as a weapon against those who oppose his galactic rule.
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