The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is a TV series that aired on in syndication from September 4 to December 1, 1989 one season. It is based on the Super Mario Bros. series of video games. The show has both live action and animated segments. The cartoon segments were later reused in the shows Club Mario and Mario All-Stars.
Guest Characters
Characters | From | Date | Episode | Crossover Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Elvira | September 29, 1989 | S01E20: “Mommies Curse” | C | |
Elly May Clampett | October 4, 1989 | S01E23: “Mario Hillbillies” | A* | |
Elvira | December 1, 1989 | S01E65: “The Ghoul of My Dreams” | C |
(Note: Elly May’s name is spelled Ellie Mae in the episode.)
Cartoon Crossovers & Follow Ups
The character “Inspector Gadget” from the cartoon of the same name appears in live action in the segment “Defective Gadgetry”.
The 2023 film The Super Mario Bros. Movie is not so much an adaptation of this show as the whole Mario franchise, however, it does have Mario and Luigi live in Brooklyn as first established in this series and uses the theme song.
Reboots & Alternate Versions
Name | Date |
|---|---|
Super Mario (South Korean remake)* | 1992 |
*(Note: There were many foreign dubs of the show, but this version had original live action segments created for it)