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3''[[https://linktr.ee/SMACcomic Super Mario Adventures Cont'd]]'' (Full name: ''Super Mario Adventures Continued!'') is a webcomic drawn by Sharon "Shiro" Gauthier, written by Gabe Lerman, and edited by Beth Lerman in the style of ''Comicbook/SuperMarioAdventures'', telling a series of SliceOfLife comedy stories with the Mario characters, including newer ones added since the original comic ran. Thus far it has five issues:
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5* '''Mario's Mis-Cake''': Peach often thanks Mario for his heroics by baking him a cake, so he decides to return the favor after [[VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach she saves Mario and Luigi]]. Unfortunately, the cake Mario bakes is awful, something he's completely unaware of, so Luigi takes it upon himself to make sure Peach doesn't eat it.
6* '''Wario's All Wet''': Waluigi goes on a date and invites Wario and Wario's girlfriend [[VideoGame/WarioWare Mona]]. Too bad Waluigi's date is Wario's ArchEnemy [[VideoGame/WarioLandSuperMarioLand3 Captain Syrup]].
7* '''Driven Miss Daisy''': Princess Daisy takes Peach out for a day of fun away from Peach's responsibilities as ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, leaving the unlucky Mario Bros. to do all the work while Peach finds Daisy's idea of ''fun'' is rather dangerous.
8* '''Kammy Kalamity''': Magic clothes are given to the Mario Bros. that make them too sleepy to stop the latest kidnapping of Peach, hatched by [[VideoGame/PaperMario Kammy Koopa]], who has had enough of Bowser's failures.
9* '''Mustache-trophe''': Luigi's mustache has mysteriously vanished. The Mario family takes great pride in their facial hair, so he refuses to be seen in public without it.
10* '''Power Trip''': Bowser and Co. have a new strategy in their latest attempt to kidnap Princess Peach - use the same power-ups the Mario Bros. always use against them.
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13!!Tropes Found In ''Super Mario Adventures Cont'd'':
14* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', while Mona does have feelings for Wario, Wario, for the most part, largely treats her as just another one of his employees and shows very little indication that he reciprocates her feelings (outside of a single scene in ''Mega Microgame$'' where he describes her as cute when dreaming of her). In the comic, however, the two are a couple and Wario acts a lot nicer to her compared to the games.
15* AdaptationalCurves: Much like in the original ''Comicbook/SuperMarioAdventures'', Peach is overall curvier and especially bustier. This has also been applied to Daisy, whose large rear end especially gets some [[MaleGaze flattering views]] in "Mustache-Trophe".
16* AdaptationalHeroism: Bowser's villainy is DependingOnTheWriter in canon. In the webcomic, it's actually explained that aside from his VillainousCrush on Peach, the Koopa and Mushroom Kingdoms used to be at war and his kidnapping of Peach prevents the Mushroom Kingdom from attacking the Koopas.
17* AdaptationalIntelligence: Of a sort. Peach in the games is far from an idiot and generally shows she is a competent ruler, here though we get to see more often how much of a good ruler she is. We frequently see Peach does actually attend to running her kingdom, as well as having contingency plans in case the Mario Bros. aren't available to rescue her from Bowser.
18* AdaptationalJerkass: Kammy Koopa, in contrast to being Bowser's loyal minion in canon, instead [[TheStarscream wants to overthrow him]] because she's had enough of his failures and being too nice to the enemy.
19* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
20** Wario here takes more cues from his ''Super Mario 64 DS'' and ''[=WarioWare=]'' iterations than the usual [[{{Jerkass}} one]] he has when in a Mario game, being gruff and rude but also capable of being sincerely nice and even downright heroic.
21** Waluigi is the same jerk from canon to Mario and his friends when Wario is around, but when his brother isn't around, he's a surprisingly nice person and it is implied his bad behavior is because Wario pushes him into it.
22** Captain Syrup is shown to be utterly self-serving and is only helpful if it suits her interests in the games. Captain Syrup here is far nicer and shows sincere affections towards her boyfriend Waluigi, keeping her meaner side for her rival Wario.
23* AffablyEvil: Bowser. He still wants to force Peach to marry him; but his first act on screen is giving his minions an extra week of vacation time, he has an agreement to only kidnap Peach on Thursdays, and he's horrified when he sees Kammy's kidnapping of Peach actually harmed her.
24* AgeLift: Mona here is noticeably taller and more physically developed than her game counterpart, showing she is a young woman instead of a teenager.
25* AuthorityInNameOnly: Daisy states that, unlike Peach, she is not the only ruler of her country.
26* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Wario hates doing anything nice, so when he realizes Luigi asked him to stop Mario from giving Peach a cake because the cake was bad, he's '''pissed'''.
27* BenevolentBoss: Bowser. His first act on screen is giving his minions an extra week of vacation time.
28* BigBallOfViolence: Bowser Jr., Wendy, Roy, Mario and Luigi (the latter two have Captured Chain Chomps) get into one in "Power Trip".
29* CallBack:
30** Very frequent, the comic even has [[ClueFromEd little footnotes]] that appear that mention when something is calling back to a previous comic or even the original ''Comicbook/SuperMarioAdventures''.
31** In "Mustache-trophe", Wario complains Mario cost him a victory in a kart race by hitting him with '''seven''' red shells. Mario tells him to consider it payback for eating his cake and stealing his yacht, which happened in the first and second issues, respectively.
32** "Driven Miss Daisy" sees the Mario Bros. handling Peach's duties while she takes a day off to make up for Mario's awful cake in the first issue and the mishap with his yacht in the previous one.
33* TheCameo:
34** "Driven Miss Daisy" has [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina]] make a couple of short appearances.
35** Both [[VideoGame/WarioWare Jimmy T and 9-Volt]] also make a one-panel appearance after Peach and Daisy finish up in Waluigi's shop.
36** [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 MIPS]] appears in Power Trip.
37* CrazyPrepared: Peach has contingency plans in case she is captured and the Mario Bros. can't come to rescue her, and backup plans in case those plans fail.
38* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Waluigi in the first comic was listless and dim-witted to the point of being barely cognizant. This was quickly abandoned in favor of his high-strung and much smarter personality he has in subsequent comics.
39* ChekhovsGun: Wario finds some power-ups on Mario's yacht and figures they might come in handy later. He later uses them to save Syrup from a giant Blooper, and Waluigi later uses a Metal Cap to stop the Blooper when it attacks the yacht.
40* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Peach considers a helmet to not be sufficient protection when shot out of a cannon, so Daisy gives her her goggles.
41* DidntThinkThisThrough:
42** Daisy comes up with the idea to travel with Peach by getting fired out of a cannon and thinks it would be a good idea to send Peach's car to them with the cannon. Needless to say, Peach needs a new car after it lands.
43** Kammy’s plan isn’t anywhere near as fool proof as she thinks: she underestimates the cunning of Peach and Bowser, she scams the Wario Bros. which makes them seek revenge, and she didn’t take into account the ''many'' allies Peach and Mario have who would drop everything to come and help them.
44* ExtremeOmnivore: Wario. In "Mario's Mis-Cake", he happily eats the disgusting cake Mario made, which nearly [=KOed=] Peach from the mere smell. Waluigi later explains Wario will eat anything, so even though he's gotten compliments from Wario on his cooking, Waluigi never cared for it due to his brother's low standards.
45* GentleGorilla: Donkey Kong, who shows up wanting to play tennis with the Mario Bros. When he learns that isn't possible due to the [[ItMakesSenseInContext magic sweatshirts making them sleepy]] and Peach being kidnapped, DK tears the sweatshirts off them and accepts that the brothers have to rescue the princess and they will play tennis another day.
46* GodzillaThreshold: After Luigi can't convince any of his and Mario's friends to stop Mario from delivering his awful cake to Peach, he resorts to enlisting Wario's help.
47* GoneHorriblyRight: Daisy tries to take Peach out for a day of fun to get her to lighten up. To her chagrin, this results in Peach shirking her responsibilities and getting drunk.
48* GracefulLoser: Mario takes losing to Luigi in a kart race well, though it's implied he was more interested in making sure Wario lost than winning himself.
49* HoldUpYourScore: In "Power Trip", [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 MIPS the rabbit]] gives Mario a 10 when he makes a perfect landing from one of the castle's spires.
50* IntelligibleUnintelligible: When Donkey Kong shows up he only speaks in ape noises, but everyone can understand him regardless.
51* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Luigi attempted to fill in for Peach at a meeting of delegates, he accidentally insults the Toads there when he talks about wanting mushroom risotto.
52* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Wario is rude and greedy to the point he will extort money from his own brother, but he's capable of being nice to his girlfriend Mona. While he tends to be a jerk to Wailugi, when his brother is Wario's ArchEnemy Captain Syrup, Wario still saves her for the sake of his brother.
53* KaleidoscopeHair: Kemical's hair changes different colors between panels with no discernable pattern or reasoning. WordOfGod states that she does this unconsciously, and it even changes while she sleeps.
54* LethalChef: Mario turns out to be one in "Mario's Mis-Cake". The cake he bakes doesn't even look edible, and the smell alone is so bad that Peach approaches it wearing a gas mask. His cooking does improve once Peach helps him.
55* MetronomicManMashing: Kammy suffers this at Bowser's hands as punishment for trying to overthrow him, before being tossed into a wall.
56* MythologyGag:
57** Many panels are references to previous Mario media such as Mario's waking up pose at the end of issue 5 being his waking up pose from the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and issue 6 having the zombie Peach from a Halloween Club Nintendo Story.
58** When Mario dons the Metal Cap in issue 6, he does a pose based on [[https://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Mario_artwork_(media)#/media/File%3AMario_SM64DS_art.png a popular render]] made for ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS''.
59** In "Mustache-trophe", when Mario is having breakfast, on the table is a loaf of [[VideoGame/HotelMario Bowser's Sourpuss Bread]].
60** One of Daisy's dresses in "Driven Miss Daisy" is designed after her appearance in [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 the live-action movie]].
61** "Power Trip" is a WholePlotReference to the series finale of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'', "Super Koopa", where Bowser finds a way to replicate the Bros. power-ups.
62* NotMeThisTime: When Mario and Luigi are late for a kart race, Daisy and Birdo give Wario some suspicious looks. Wario angrily retorts he hasn’t done anything underhanded to them ''this time''.
63* NotSoAboveItAll: Peach mostly acts as the voice of reason to the other characters' antics, but after spending a day with Daisy, the tomboy princess' carefree attitude seeps a little too much into her and she gets drunk while leaving Mario and Luigi to handle an important meeting.
64* OnlySaneMan:
65** Peach acts as the rational character next to all the other weirdness around her, though [[NotSoAboveItAll she's not above indulging in some silliness herself]].
66** Mario and Luigi take turns being this to the other brothers antics in stories centered around them. In "Mario's Mis-Cake" it is Luigi playing the sane one to Mario’s foolish cake making, whilst in "Mustache-trophe" Mario takes up the mantle while Luigi panics over his mustache.
67* PetTheDog: As much as Wario detests Captain Syrup, seeing that Waluigi likes her, he saves her from a giant Blooper.
68* PrincessesRule: Like in the games, Peach is the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom despite being a princess rather than a queen. Unlike in the games, she is actually seen performing duties as a ruler.
69* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
70** When she isn't being kidnapped, Peach is shown to be attending to running the Mushroom Kingdom. She is also tends to be the first person the other characters seek out for advice and help.
71** Bowser is a BenevolentBoss who gives his minion an extra week of vacation and is actually kidnapping Peach because their two kingdoms used to be at war. While he has her hostage, it boosts the morale of his kingdom and prevents the Mushroom Kingdom from attacking. Granted, this is also ''heavily'' {{downplayed|Trope}} as he is still mostly the same petty and arrogant villain he is in the games. Plus while he has more sincere reason to kidnap Peach, Bowser still has no qualms trying to force her to marry him due him having his same VillainousCrush.
72* ReimaginingTheArtifact: In the original comic, characters would sometimes bring up the fact that issues came out on a monthly basis as a form of BreakingTheFourthWall. This webcomic retools the gag, and characters frequently mention that [[WebComicTime issues take place a month apart from eachother]].
73* RelatedInTheAdaptation: As opposed to being AmbiguouslyRelated, Wario and Waluigi are confirmed to be brothers.
74* TheReveal: So how did Luigi lose his mustache? [[spoiler: He shaved it in his sleep!]]
75* RunningGag: Throughout "Kammy Kalamity", the characters bring up that kidnapping Peach is normally only done on Thursdays, so everyone is surprised when a kidnapping happens on a different day of the week.
76* SeriousBusiness: Mustaches are this to the Mario family, and going in public without one is considered shameful, so much so that Luigi refuses to show his face after his mustache is shaved off.
77* ShoutOut:
78** When Mario recounts the Mario men's history of facial hair, [[VideoGame/TheFlintstonesTheRescueOfDinoAndHoppy a certain white, red, and blue recolor]] is used to represent his [[VisualPun granddad]].
79** A recurring female Koopa Troopa seen in Bowser's castle has [[Manga/DragonBall Launch]]'s hair and bandana. In "Kammy Kalamity", her hair is blonde like Bad Launch, while in "Power Trip", it's black like Good Launch.
80** In "Power Trip", when Luigi accidentally sucks up Tiara inside the Poltergust, she says "I'm not a real [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} ghost, Buster]]!"
81** Mario's IdeaBulb in "Power Trip" is [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Light-Bulb Mouth Kirby]].
82** The cookbook Mario and Peach read at the end of the first issue is titled "[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Cake is a Lie]]", complete with a picture of a black forest cake on the cover similar to the one in the first game.
83** Lemmy is shown playing ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' in "Power Trip". Later, he makes a jab at [[TakeThat the game's lackluster single-player campaign]].
84* SmugSnake: Kammy views herself as a superior villain to Bowser. While she's smarter than Bowser, she overrates herself and puts too much stock in one plan succeeding while assuming nothing could derail it.
85* TheStarscream: In "Kammy Kalamity", Kammy decides to overthrow Bowser after having had enough of his failures and being nice to the enemy.
86* StealthPun: When Mario flicks on a light switch in "Mustache-trophe", it's on a Platform/NintendoSwitch-branded cover. The comic dub even adds the console's SignatureSoundEffect when he clicks it on
87* StockScream: The Wilhelm Scream appears as an UnsoundEffect during a BigBallOfViolence. The comic dub naturally edits it in during the scene.
88* StraightManAndWiseGuy: "Driven Miss Daisy" sees Daisy attempting to take Peach out for a day of fun. Peach acts as the StraightMan to Daisy's [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Wise Guy]] due to Daisy's [[{{Understatement}} rather]] outlandish ideas, which include traveling by firing themselves out of a cannon and having Peach's car sent to them with the same cannon.
89* StupidEvil: When Wario and Waluigi are hired to rescue Peach, Kammy gets rid of them by bribing them. Her bribe, however, turns out to be trash instead of real, causing them to go after her for revenge.
90* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Upon seeing that Daisy wants to travel via a cannon, Peach lets out a mild "Oh no."
91* WebComicTime: Each issue canonically takes place a month apart from eachother, as brought up by {{Continuity Nod}}s in some of the dialogue.
92* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Near the end of "Driven Miss Daisy", Peach and Daisy get blackout drunk in the Beanbean Kingdom. When Peach wakes up in her castle with a nasty hangover, she says she has no clue what happened the previous night -- at least until she finds out [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy whatever she did]] landed her on the front page of the newspaper (and that things got so bad the Mario Bros. had to drag her home).

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