History YMMV / TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow

* {{Narm}}: The infamous "If You Do Drugs" [=PSA=]. While the message about the dangers of drugs is there and his heart was in the right place, seeing Captain Lou in his Mario hat say the word "Hell" is jarring, if not absolutely hilarious for someone representing the squeaky clean Nintendo mascot. Additionally, the oddly placed "please" to end the ad has been universally mocked.

** Captain Lou outright naming {{Hell}} and using it to make his point about saying no to drugs while wearing a Mario hat is very bizarre, yes. But his points still stand regardless, and, in a way, a man playing one of ''the'' icons of childhood [[PrecisionFStrike dropping the word "Hell"]] to warn kids may make it even more effective.

* HilariousInHindsight: Has its own [[HilariousInHindsight/SuperMarioBros page]].

* AssPull: The show seems to rely on one every episode. Sometimes this happens during the songs but two other examples include:

** The episode "Honey, I Shrunk The Bros." where King Koopa is chasing the shrunken Mario Bros. with weed killer. Anyone who knows about herbicides like paraquat and diquat know that those chemicals are NO JOKE. Even a few drops of those herbicides will mean almost certain painful death - even with prompt medical attention. Whoever wrote that episode was either showing their work or just plain lucky.

* NightmareFuel: Count Koopula turning his Koopa Troopas into were-turtles while Thriller plays in the background is surprisingly creepy. Helped by the animation of that scene being way more fluid than the rest of the show.

--->"''Good thing we used the extra pipes for this Koopa catcher, huh Mario?''" - Mario speaking in Luigi's voice to a red-capped Luigi

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOgcZGKEr7o Oh thank you, Luigi.]] has been mistaken for "Oh fuck you, Luigi" by many people.

* {{Tearjerker}}: As silly and ridiculous as the show could be, it did have a couple of sad moments.

--->'''Luigi:''' Pepperoni cheesecake, meatball sandwiches, garlic ravioli and prosciutto spaghetti! Wake up Mario! '''PLEASE, WAKE UP!''' ''(Luigi begins to cry)''

* SoBadItsGood: This is how many people see the cartoon today. While it was very popular in its time and there are plenty still willing to admit to genuinely liking it, even they can’t overlook its ''many'' OffModel moments and glaring continuity errors.

** The German dub of "Do the Mario" has become this due to being pure fodder for mishearings.

** In "Brooklyn Bound", after Mario grabs a Fire Flower, he suddenly ''flies out of a pit by flapping his hands''. This is especially ridiculous since no powerup from the games at the time (this was [[HilariousInHindsight before]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'') could allow Mario to do this.[[note]]at the time Super Mario Bros. 3 was already out in Japan for a year, but it wouldn't hit America until 1990 due to a chip shortage.[[/note]]

** Several episodes of Super Show[[note]]The Fire of Hercufleas, Hooded Robin and His Mario Men, The Trojan Koopa, Mario of the Apes and The Provolone Ranger[[/note]] were written by Mark [=McCorkle=] and Bob Schooley, who would go onto create ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''.
** Many of the live-action guest stars would go onto have breakout careers later down the line (if they weren’t famous already that is). Creator/JimWard and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Gary Schwartz]] were recurring guest stars.
* TheScrappy: Patty in "Day of the Orphan." She's a bossy and whiny ManipulativeBastard to Mario and Luigi, and it turns out she's such a SpoiledBrat that she's repeatedly run away from home and lied about her parents whenever she hasn't gotten her way. No wonder her parents [[GroundedForever ground her "till the end of the century."]]

** In "Brooklyn Bound", after Mario grabs a Fire Flower, he suddenly ''flies out of a pit by flapping his hands''. This is especially ridiculous since no powerup from the games at the time (this was [[HilariousInHindsight before]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'') could allow Mario to do this.[[note]]at the time Super Mario Bros. 3 was already out in Japan for a year, but it wouldn’t hit America until 1990 due to a chip shortage.[[/note]]

** That one infamous error from "Two Plumbers and a Baby”:
--->"''Good thing we used the extra pipes for this Koopa catcher, huh Mario?''" - Mario speaking in Luigi’s voice to a red-capped Luigi

** [[RobotGirl Bunsen]] in "Robo Koopa." Her [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/9/92/Bunsen.jpg design]] and voice are downright {{Moe}}, and she's technically the one to defeat Bowser this time around--his final defeat in the series, we might add[[note]]at least until ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3''[[/note]].

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Despite the fact it's a DisownedAdaptation, for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', they reached out to the current rights holders to bring back the Super Show's iconic ''"Plumber's Rap"'' theme song, meaning that Nintendo accepts it a lot more now.

** Though the cartoons have been prominent fodder for {{YouTube Poop}}, it's the live-action sequences that are the highlight to more unironic viewers due to them having much better comedic writing and cool guest-stars.

** Many of the live action guest stars would go onto have breakout careers later down the line (if they weren’t famous already that is). Creator/JimWard and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Gary Schwartz]] were recurring guest stars.

* {{Tearjerker}}: As silly and ridiculous as the show could be? It did have a couple sad moments.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Despite the fact it's a DisownedAdaptation, for ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', they reached out to the current rights holders to bring back the Super Show's iconic ''"Plumber's Rap"'' theme song, meaning that Nintendo accept it a lot more now.

** Though the cartoons have been prominent fodder for WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}, it's the live-action sequences that are the highlight to more unironic viewers due to them having much better comedic writing and cool guest-stars.

** [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop "Luigi, I'm home!"]]

* EarWorm:
** The "Plumber's Rap" used in the opening sequence. Cheesy as heck, but very catchy.
** "Do the Mario" from the credits is probably even more well-known and fondly remembered for being simple and catchy.