History MythologyGag / TheSuperMarioBrosMovie

** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Kamek dressing up as Peach is a direct reference to Kamek dressing up as her in the game as well. Except this time, he decides to not keep his hat on.

* The popular phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong!" is said, [[AscendedMeme this time by DK himself]].

** The suit Bowser wears to the wedding is the same one he wore in this game, complete with a white top hat. An earlier scene of him rehearsing his marriage proposal also shows him holding a Piranha Plant bouquet, like the one Princess Peach is seen holding while captured, and again when Bowser and Mario are vying for Peach in the ending. [[spoiler:Likewise, Peach wears the wedding dress during the wedding ceremony.]]
** Pauline is depicted in her suit from this game, and her reassuring the public during the report on the flood in Brooklyn indicates she still has her mayoral role. She also uses a lyric from ''Jump Up Superstar'' on the website when the Key to the City button is pressed (''It's time to jump up in the air...'').

** Peach is shown wearing the biking jumpsuit that debuted in this game.

*** King Boo is a guest at Bowser's wedding, although he lacks the design features specific to the game.

* When the site was updated following the release of the final trailer, it added a service area map of Brooklyn and Queens. Clicking the latter plays music and sound effects from the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' arcade game, while clicking on the former plays ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''.

[[folder:Other Nintendo games]]
* On the map seen in the plumbing commercial, one can spot "1889th Street" (a reference to the year Nintendo was founded), "[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] Street" and "[[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Mansion]] Street".
** One point is also labeled "Mushroom Planet", a likely [[TakeThatTitForTat jab]] at the not-so-subtle ''Mario'' reference from ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.
* ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'':
** A framed picture of a duck is hanging at Punch-Out Pizzeria.
** A stylized painting of a dog resembling ''Duck Hunt''[='=]s dog appears in their first clients' house.
** The 8-bit duck also appears in a sign for a restaurant in New York called "Chasse au Canard", the game's title in French.
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'':
** The name of the pizza restaurant where Mario and Luigi watch their commercial is called Punch-Out Pizzeria.
** The restaurant's walls are lined with photos of fighters from the game, including Glass Joe, Bear Hugger, and Mr. Sandman, and a newspaper article mentioning Little Mac. Above the door are Little Mac's gloves and trunks.
** Donkey Kong's showboating behavior and grandstanding during his duel with Mario is an homage to how he acts as an OptionalBoss in the Wii version of ''Punch-Out!!''.
* ''VideoGame/StarFox64'': A model of an Arwing is hanging in Mario and Luigi's home.
* ''VideoGame/WreckingCrew'': Foreman Spike appears as Mario and Luigi's former boss, a nod to the brothers' role in this game. His construction company is even called "The Wrecking Crew".
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** The colosseum in Kong Country floats in the air and has items scattered around the arena.
** Mario performs his forward aerial from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' onward during his fight with DK, against a cardboard Bowser, and [[spoiler:against the real deal alongside Luigi during the final battle]].
** Mario grabs the [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1 Mini-Mushroom]], expecting to grow taller like when he ate the Super Mushroom, only for him to shrink and continue getting smacked around by Donkey Kong. As many ''Smash'' players can attest to, this is exactly like getting a Poison Mushroom.
** [[spoiler:During Mario and Donkey Kong's attack on Bowser's army, the latter uses Spinning Kong, his up special.]]
** [[spoiler:Luigi joins his brother to beat Bowser while powered by the Super Star. Their first attack on Bowser after acquiring said Star is the Super Jump Punch, their up special. This is specifically based on Luigi’s version of the up-B move which, when done properly, launches opponents into the air. At the end of the fight, they both slam Bowser down using Mario's aerial forward-A meteor smash.]]
** Mario [[spoiler:saves Peach's Castle from being decimated by a Bomber Bill (AKA a Banzai Bill)]]. In ''Smash Bros.'', [[spoiler:Banzai Bills are hazards on the "Princess Peach's Castle" stage, some of which will descend downwards onto the castle's central spire just as is depicted in the movie. Banzai Bills exploding is also an idea originally created for said stage.]]
** During the ambush on Rainbow Road, Peach bashes a Koopa using her rear end akin to her Peach Bomber move.
** The Yoshi stampede in the TravelMontage resembles the stampede in Yoshi's part of the ''Melee'' intro cinematic, as well his Final Smash in ''Ultimate''.
** Peach's outfit in her flashback is based off the Toad Costume for Female Miis in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.''
** During the beginning of the movie, when Mario and Luigi are running to their first customer, Mario uses the directional air dodge from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', pose and all, to snap to a raised ledge his jump would have otherwise missed.
** In the final battle, [[spoiler:Mario suplexes Bowser towards Luigi, who rams headfirst into Bowser's gut. This is a direct reference to Luigi’s side-B move: Green Missile.]]
** At the end of the movie, just as the brothers jump into a warp pipe, Luigi makes two finger gun gestures: a direct reference to his victory animation from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' onwards.
** One of the Koopa Troop's lines of defense to stop Mario and Donkey Kong from helping Peach and the prisoners are Koopa Troopas riding Koopa Clown Cars with cannons in their mouthes, which was Bowser Jr.'s neutral-B move: Clown Cannon.
* While Mario and Luigi are trying to stop the dog of their first clients from falling out of the window, their living room has a glass model of a ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}''.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Mario's dad and uncle resemble Talon and Ingo, the Mario and Luigi lookalikes from Lon Lon Ranch.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'':
** Mario is briefly shown playing the game on his NES at the beginning of the movie. He's in an enemy lair, and ends up dying from a flock of Specknoses. It could also be a nod to [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Subspace Emissary]] where Mario is rescued by Pit after being launched to Skyworld by Petey Piranha, remaining as a duo until they meet Link, Yoshi, and Kirby.
** During the credits, copies of the cartridge can be seen.
* ''VideoGame/BalloonFight'': The [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] boxart of the protagonist is used on a sign for a car wash.
* ''VideoGame/IceClimber'': The Polar Bear enemy is seen on a sign for an ice cream parlor during the climax and on a poster in Mario's house during the epilogue.
* Various posters on the bros' bedroom walls feature artwork that, while likely not drawn directly from them, resemble ''VideoGame/ProWrestling'', NES ''Baseball'', and ''VideoGame/FZero''.
* ''VideoGame/WaveRace'': A news ticker bulletin early on mentions an R. Hayami winning that year's Wave Race.
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Another segment of the news ticker shows that a mysterious signal has been received from Solar System FS-176, the system that has [[VideoGame/Metroid1 Zebes]] and [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Tallon IV]].
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': Mario has a picture of K.K. Slider playing a guitar in his room.
* ''VideoGame/GameAndWatch'': The caution and hazard signs at the construction site have Game & Watch characters on them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': During his party, Bowser reduces a Koopa Troopa into a Dry Bones just for asking what he'll do if [[spoiler:Peach rejects marrying him.]] This is similar to his appearance in ''VideoGame/SkylandersSuperChargers'', where if the player takes the Koopa Commander upgrade path and purchases the Molten Bones Soul Gem upgrade, he can turn Koopa Paratroopas into Parabones via his Molten Monster form.
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[[folder:Nintendo hardware]]
* One of the streets seen on the map of Queens is named Hanafuda Ave., in reference to Nintendo's humble origins making said playing cards.
* The Nintendo VanityPlate seen at the beginning of the movie features sprites of Mario and Luigi hitting a Question Block a few times before the logo appears and they then run offscreen. This is reminiscent of the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] Disk System start-up sequence if a disk has not been inserted.
* On the map seen in the plumbing commercial, one can spot "1889th Street" (a reference to the year Nintendo was founded). Another road is called "Luck Cards St.", a possible reference to Nintendo's beginnings as a playing-card company and the purported meaning of "Nintendo" as "Leave '''Luck''' to Heaven".
* The button to confirm the kart selection in the Kongs' garage has the letter A marked on it. The A button is the usual button to select an option on Nintendo consoles.
* While Mario and Luigi jump through a sidewalk construction site, a pictorial "caution" sign depicts a ''VideoGame/GameAndWatch'' sprite.
* Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem:
** Mario plays ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' on an NES in an early scene.
** When a Toad tries to buy something from the antique shop, the shopkeeper tells him that he has to "blow into it" to make it work, a reference to what many children did with their cartridges.
** A computer repair store seen in the background during the finale is named after and prominently features the Famicom Disk System mascot Diskun.
* Peach's strategic world map includes a pair of small islands that, when placed together, resemble a Platform/Nintendo64 controller. Moreover, the leftmost island is where the D-Pad should be on a real controller, likely referencing how very few games on the system used the D-Pad and L Button (''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' nonwithstanding.)
* Luigi's ringtone is the [[Platform/NintendoGamecube Gamecube]]'s start-up jingle, and the icon on his phone resembles the default UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}. The phone also works despite Luigi dropping it and cracking the screen, which could be a reference to the [[TonkaTough outstanding durability of many Nintendo products]].
* In Brooklyn, a store called "Gyro Market" can be seen with the ''VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy'' as the logo. The name "Gyro Market" comes from the pack-in game that came with R.O.B., ''Gyromite''.
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** While Mario and Luigi jump through a sidewalk construction site, the placement of the crates and buckets is laid out exactly like the first blocks of World 1-1. This culminates in Mario sliding down a flag pole outside of a castle-shaped burger joint just like the end of the original levels, [[spoiler: complete with the exact same sound effect used when Mario hits the flagpole.]] The joint itself resembles the end castle of those levels.

** While Mario and Luigi jump through a sidewalk construction site, the placement of the crates and buckets is laid out exactly like the first blocks of World 1-1. This culminates in Mario sliding down a flag pole outside of a castle-shaped burger joint just like the end of the original levels. The joint itself resembles the end castle of those levels.

* ''VideoGame/BalloonFight'': The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] boxart of the protagonist is used on a sign for a car wash.

* The Nintendo VanityPlate seen at the beginning of the movie features sprites of Mario and Luigi hitting a Question Block a few times before the logo appears and they then run offscreen. This is reminiscent of the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] Disk System start-up sequence if a disk has not been inserted.

* UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem:

* Peach's strategic world map includes a pair of small islands that, when placed together, resemble a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 controller. Moreover, the leftmost island is where the D-Pad should be on a real controller, likely referencing how very few games on the system used the D-Pad and L Button (''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' nonwithstanding.)
* Luigi's ringtone is the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube Gamecube]]'s start-up jingle, and the icon on his phone resembles the default UsefulNotes/{{Mii}}. The phone also works despite Luigi dropping it and cracking the screen, which could be a reference to the [[TonkaTough outstanding durability of many Nintendo products]].

* Another review comments on the "amazing looking water". This is more of an AscendedMeme, as it references a Website/{{Miiverse}} user named "MARIO [=WiiU=]", whose comments solely praised the water effects in UsefulNotes/WiiU games.

* Clicking on the wrench icon causes it to play the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube start-up jingle]].

** The eleventh question states that the brothers have serviced [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 64 clients]].

** [[spoiler:The climax of the film is remarkably similar to where Mario and President Koopa are warped into Brooklyn, though in this version, Mario and Bowser actually duke it out in this one. In the 1993 film, Mario takes on Koopa by himself and is nearly defeated until Luigi returns (having been preoccupied trying to retrieve the meteorite piece) at the last minute and backs him up. In this film, the same thing pretty much happens. Luigi comes out of hiding and blocks Bowser's fire-breath attack with a manhole cover, allowing he and Mario to get the Super Star and take down Bowser as a team.]]

** [[spoiler:The climax of the film is similar to the scene where Mario and President Koopa are warped into Brooklyn, though unlike the 1993 film, Mario and Bowser actually duke it out. In the 1993 film, Mario mostly takes on Koopa alone and is nearly defeated until Luigi shows up to help at the last minute. In this film, the same thing pretty much happens - Luigi blocks Bowser's fire-breath attack with a manhole cover, allowing he and Mario to get the Super Star and take down Bowser as a team.]]

** Peach's design when she grabs a Fire Flower is based on Fire Peach from this game, sans the ponytail.

** During Mario and DK's fight, the former gets launched into the air, and greets Peach with a dazed voice. His specific line is "It's-a-me, Mario", a CatchPhrase that originated in the start screen for ''64''.

** The episode of "Mario and Joliet" has Princess Toadstool notice that [[spoiler:Joliet's bridal bouquet was made of Fire Flowers, helping her, her fiancé Romano, and the heroes escape from Koopa's dungeon]]. This is a clear reference to what happens in the final act [[spoiler:except this time, there is an Ice Flower in the bouquet]].

** The iconic "Save the Princess" theme is used for Bowser's wedding with Peach. [[spoiler: A reprise of said theme is briefly heard when Mario and Luigi get the Super Star and turn the tide of the final battle.]]

** The iconic "Save the Princess" theme is used for Bowser's wedding with Peach.

** Mario performs his forward aerial from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' onward during his fight with DK, against a cardboard Bowser, and [[spoiler: against the real deal alongside Luigi during the final battle]].

** Mario performs his forward aerial from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' onward during his fight with DK and against a cardboard Bowser.