History VideoGame / DrMario

* CanonDiscontinuity: Not that Franchise/SuperMarioBros has much of a canon, but according to a 2012 [[WordOfGod interview]] with ShigeruMiyamoto, Mario's time as a doctor was "not necessarily legitimate".

->''"The pills Dr. Mario throws to destroy the viruses are in fact the major threat. The viruses in the bottle can never actually do any harm. In fact, it is the pills that can do harm, causing the player to lose the game if they obstruct the neck of the bottle. Thus ''Dr. Mario'' is, as a game, one about [[MistakenForProfound bad medicine.]]"''\\
--'''[[http://projectnes.blogspot.com/2011/01/doctor-who-and-healing-of-death-dr.html Phil Sandifer]]'''

->''"The pills Dr. Mario throws to destroy the viruses are in fact the major threat. The viruses in the bottle can never actually do any harm. In fact, it is the pills that can do harm, causing the player to lose the game if they obstruct the neck of the bottle. Thus Dr. Mario is, as a game, one about [[MistakenForProfound bad medicine.]]"''\\

* DressedToHeal

The game made an appearance as a minigame in both ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} Inc.: Mega Microgame$'' ("Dr. Wario", which is pretty much a sprite swap of the NES version) and ''BrainAge'' ("Virus Buster", which introduced touch controls to the series). Dr. Mario himself has showed up in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', and the viruses appear as enemies in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''.

[[caption-width-right:300:''[-[[{{Music/Brentalfloss}} "Brightly colored pills! They'll cure all your ills! Just as long as you've got fever or the chills!]]"-]'' ]]\\

->''"[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/517676 Brightly colored pills! They'll cure all your ills!]]'' ''[[Music/{{Brentalfloss}} Just as long as you've got fever or the chills!]]"''

The game made an appearance as a minigame in both ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} Inc.: Mega Microgame$'' ("Dr. Wario", which is pretty much a sprite swap of the NES version) and ''BrainAge'' ("Virus Buster", which introduced touch controls to the series). Dr. Mario himself has showed up in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', and the viruses appear as enemies in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.

The game made an appearance as a minigame in both ''VideoGame/{{WarioWare}} Inc.: Mega Microgame$'' and ''BrainAge''. Dr. Mario himself has showed up in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', and the viruses appear as enemies in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.

* {{Nintendo 64}} (''Dr. Mario 64'', which for some reason featured characters from ''VideoGame/WarioLand 3'' as opponents)
* GameBoyAdvance (in a double pack with ''[[VideoGame/PanelDePon Puzzle League]]'')

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DrMario1_9327.jpg

* WiiU (''Dr. Luigi'', an ExpansionPackSequel to ''Dr. Mario Online Rx'' which celebrates TheYearOfLuigi by replacing Mario with Luigi and introducing the "Operation L" mode)

* ContinuityNod: Not necessarily in this game, but all three viruses have been featured as enemies in the Mario and Luigi series.
** In Superstar Saga they change into different viruses, an are taken out all at once when mached up. In addition they also power up another enemy called an Eeker.
**In Bowser's inside story Chill is spat up by Toothy's as an attack. They stab bowser with a spear if they reach him in time.
**Drem Team has them as enemies again, with the same matching colors kill them gimmick.

* ComicBookAdaptation: "[[http://www.mariowiki.com/The_Doctor_Is_In..._Over_His_Head The Doctor Is In... Over His Head]]" from the NintendoComicsSystem explains to us how Mario got to be a doctor.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Fever" for "Lady Madonna" by Music/TheBeatles.

* EarWorm: It doesn't matter how long its been since you last played this game. Simply coming onto this page, you probably have one of the background tunes stuck in your head.

* AnIcePerson: Chill, the Blue virus.
* AscendedExtra: In most media outside the game, the Viruses are given their own powers and personalities relating to the sickness they instill. Two of them are also named after the tunes in the game, the other one being "Weird", the Yellow Virus. In the games, they're simply obstacles.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Not that SuperMarioBros has much of a canon, but according to a 2012 [[WordOfGod interview]] with ShigeruMiyamoto, Mario's time as a doctor was "not necessarily legitimate".
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: It's a color-match puzzler, so...
* ComicBookAdaptation: "[[http://www.mariowiki.com/The_Doctor_Is_In..._Over_His_Head The Doctor Is In... Over His Head]]" from the NintendoComicsSystem explains to us how Mario got to be a doctor.
* DressedToHeal
* EasyModeMockery: In ''Dr. Mario 64'', when playing Round 7 in Easy Mode, it's just you and the Hammer-Bot from ''Wario Land 3''. But in higher difficulties, it's a free-for-all between the aforementioned, your rival, and Mad Scientists. You also can't face the {{Perfect Run Final Boss}}es in Easy Mode. Interestingly, Easy Mode also creates a case of WhatHappenedToTheMouse when playing as Wario — in the opening for the final round, Dr. Mario is seen entering the castle after Wario, but doesn't show up again after that. In the higher difficulties, however, Dr. Mario just sits there dazed from the free-for-all battle as Wario enters the castle without him.
* FallingBlocks: Well, falling pills.
* NintendoHard: Good luck.
* NoEnding: The "Fever Clear," "Chill Clear," and "Game Over" songs go on for several seconds before abruptly cutting off.
* PerfectRunFinalBoss: ''Dr. Mario 64'' has two. If you beat the game as either character, you face [[spoiler:his rival, who has just ingested the megavitamins, resulting in either Metal (Dr.) Mario or Vampire Wario]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Fever" for "Lady Madonna" by Music/TheBeatles.
* UglyCute: The viruses. Except for Chill, who could arguably just be cute.

* GameBoyAdvance (in a double pack with ''PuzzleLeague'')

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Fever" for "Lady Madonna" by TheBeatles.

''Dr. Mario'' proved just as addictive as its puzzle game parent. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CB1fFeb1n8 Fever]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsBtQCDbTWc Chill]]", the game's two main themes, are almost as iconic as "[[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Korobeiniki]]". Two other tunes, "Cough" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2dRDHWuj4 Sneeze]]", have also been present since the N64 iteration.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: "Fever" for "Lady Madonna" by TheBeatles.

->''"[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/517676 Brightly colored pills! They'll cure all your ills!]]'' ''[[EarWorm Just as long as you've got fever or the chills!]]"''