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Yikes, Spikes!

I thought it might be worth looking at the Mario enemies known as Spikes, since they seem to be rather prominent nowadays. I’ve even seen them as stuffed animals at the Nintendo store in Manhattan, although I don’t have one … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Donkey Kong, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Russian, Toys, Video Games | Tagged clubbas, don bongo, donkey kong country, flails, gabon, giants, glitz pit, grubba, hammer brothers, klubbas, koschei the deathless, lakilester, lakitu, luigi mario, mace penguins, maces, magikoopas, mario mario, morning stars, new super mario bros., nintendo power, paper mario, paper mario: the thousand-year door, penguins, ptooies, snow spikes, spikes, stone spikes, super mario 3d world, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, the blubbening, the giant who had no heart in his body, tubba blubba, turtles, weapons, yoshi's island, yoshi's story |

I Got Rich Selling Mold

Here are some more Nintendo Comics System reviews for anyone who cares. And they’re still here even if you don’t care. Strange how that happens. Bedtime for Drain-Head – The second Dirk Drain-Head story starts with Mario having stayed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Comics, Dreams, Humor, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged bedtime for drain-head, big bertha, chuckberries, cloud burst, clouds, dirk drain-head, fins and roses, fish, fluffy, frog suit, jelectros, king bowser koopa, koopalings, lakitu, love flounders, luigi mario, mario mario, mushroom king, nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, princess peach toadstool, smookers, snakey, spinies, stanley the talking fish, super mario bros. 3, toad, toads, wendy o. koopa, wooster |

Never Steal a Used Carpet

Koopa Klaus – Christmas was almost a month ago, but here’s the Christmas episode of this show. I already wrote about this one twelve years ago, and I can’t say I can think of much to add. It is weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged al capone, albatosses, apes, bad rap, baron manfred von richtofen, birdo, bob-ombs, brian bonsall, captain lou albano, caught in a draft, cloud land, crime land, danny wells, dirk drain-head, donkey kong, duh stoopid bomb!, ed metzger, eliot ness, fat boys, flab boys, flurries, flying carpets, george washington slept here, gorilla my dreams, gorillas, james brown, king bowser koopa, king james, koopa klaus, koopa klub, koopa troopas, lakitu, little mac, little marios, luigi mario, mama mario, mario and the red baron koopa, mario mario, michael jackson, mother brain, mouser, mushroom king, nester, nintendo comics system, nintendo power, ostros, pasta, pasta land, perry martin, pidgits, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, rap land, ratigator, sam shalam, santa claus, sergeant slaughter, shy guys, snifits, spaghetti, spinies, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the untouchables, the unzappables, toad, wart, wooster, world war i |

The Brave Little Plumber

I grew up watching the American Super Mario Bros. cartoons, but it wasn’t until later that I learned about the Japanese ones from around the same time. I’ve discussed the anime film from 1986, but there was also a series … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged amada anime series, anime, hammer bros, issun-boshi, king bowser koopa, koopalings, lakitu, luigi mario, momotaro, mushroom retainers, princess peach toadstool, shigeru miyamoto, snow white, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, super mario issun-boshi, super mario momotaro, super mario shirayuki-hime, toads |

Koopas Behind the Curtain

This article I read this week discusses the idea of Mario and company being essentially actors in different scenarios, as per a comment from Shigeru Miyamoto comparing them to the cast of Popeye cartoons. It obviously addresses Super Mario Bros. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Mario, Muppets, Plays, Popeye, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged baby herman, doki doki panic, kermit the frog, king bowser koopa, lakitu, looney tunes, mario and luigi paper jam, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mickey mouse, new donk city, paper mario, roger rabbit, shigeru miyamoto, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, who framed roger rabbit, wreck-it ralph |

Jugem Jugem Jugem Paipo

I’ve mentioned before that the original Japanese name for the Super Mario enemy Lakitu was Jugem, but I didn’t realize the significance to it. Apparently it comes from a traditional Japanese folk tale, in which parents give their baby an … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged baburu, jugem, jugemu, king bowser koopa, lakitu, luigi mario, mario kart, mario kart 8, nintendo comics system, paipo, podoboos, princess peach toadstool, rakugo, spinies, super mario bros., the great mission to rescue princess peach, thunder lakitu, togezo, yoshi's island |

Romance of the Mushroom Kingdom

Thanks to Drew’s comments on a 1986 anime based on Super Mario Bros., I decided to watch it myself. Super Mario Bros.: Pīchi-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, known in English as The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach, is not that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Fairy Tales, Magic, Mario, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged buzzy beetles, kibidango, king bowser koopa, lakitu, luigi mario, mushroom kingdom, pichi-hime kyushutsu dai sakusen, piranha plants, prince haru, prince pine, princess peach toadstool, puss in boots, super mario 64, super mario adventures, super mario bros., the great mission to rescue princess peach, wario, yoshi's safari |

Who Put the Thwomp in the Thwomp-Ba-Domp-Ba-Domp?

Moving on down the list of Mario enemies (well, figuratively speaking, anyway; I’m not actually working from a list, and I’m not sure how many more I’ll write posts about), we come to the Thwomps, giant stone blocks with faces … Continue reading →

Posted in Japanese, Mario, Mythology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged big bob-omb, bob-ombs, boos, dr. seuss, general guy, giga lakitu, goombas, goomboss, grindels, head thwomp, lakitu, mario & luigi partners in time, monsters, nurikabe, paper mario, petey piranha, piranha plants, shyguys, sneetches, spindels, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy 2, super mario world, thwimps, thwomp volcano, thwomps, whomp king, whomps |