List of references in film: Difference between revisions

In one scene, Alvin says to Ian, "It is on like [[Donkey Kong]]!"

At a synagogue, Marty asks a Rabbi how to say "It's a mess" in Hebrew, to which he replies "Donkey Kong?"

A Mario cosplayer can be seen walking around the convention center at the start of the film. The cannonball the chimeric Sweet Pete shoots from his weapon (which resembles a [[Bill Blaster]]) has a face that resembles that of a [[Banzai Bill]].

During an interview with Mae Holland, the interviewer asks, "[[Mario]] or [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]?", to which Holland replies, "Early Sonic, late Mario."

When challenged by Gru to a dance fight, Bratt responds by saying "It's on like Donkey Kong!"

At one point during the play rehearsals for ''The Wizard of Oz'', Rodney James can be seen playing ''Mario Kart DS'' on his [[Nintendo DS]] on what looks to be [[DS Waluigi Pinball|Waluigi Pinball]].

An advertisement for the unreleased game ''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'' was going to appear in the film, as it can be seen above some of the aisles, as shown in the theatrical trailer, but this was removed from the actual film, as the hard drives containing this early version of the movie were reportedly stolen.{{ref needed}}

At some point, Ti Man and Chun May enter an arcade machine similar to ''Super Mario Bros.'':<ref>TheWhoNew's Channel. (April 6, 2011). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzLPUvS0mI Chun Li and Vega go on a date in Super Mario World and discuss AIDS]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 3, 2015.</ref>

**That's what happens near the end.

At one point, when Janine and Louis are babysitting Oscar, Louis suggests that they could play ''Super Mario Bros.''.

When Adam, Nick, Jacob, and Lou unwittingly travel back in time to 1986, they notice a lot of technology and media that was popular at the time, including someone playing an arcade cabinet that displays the logo for ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''. While ''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]'' was an arcade game released in 1986, ''New Super Mario Bros.'' was a [[Nintendo DS]] game released in 2006. The artwork featuring [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] was also pulled from different sources, with Mario being from ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' (released in Japan in 1986, albeit not for an arcade cabinet), and Luigi being from the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (pinball)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' pinball machine (released in 1992). The Red Band trailer for the film also features a deleted scene in which the main characters are playing a ''Super Mario Bros.'' arcade cabinet, with a ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' cabinet to the side.<ref>"asskakakaka". (25 February 2010). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=561ouGGhR64 Hot Tub Time Machine - Red Band Trailer]. Retrieved October 30, 2016.</ref> The game can be clearly seen, and the [[Game Over]] jingle is audible. The artwork on the side is also anachronistic, displaying the same art of Mario and Luigi, as well as Princess Peach and Bowser (who use their modern designs, which first appeared in 1986, but in illustrations from more contemporary games), and [[Yoshi]] (a character who did not materialize until the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] game ''Super Mario World'', released in 1990).

[[File:King of kong.jpg|thumb|left|The Promotional Poster.]]

This film is a 2007 documentary based around the classic 1981 arcade ''Donkey Kong''. The film revolves around an unassuming high school teacher named {{wp|Steve Wiebe}} and his struggle to attain the world's highest score in ''Donkey Kong''. After being obsessed with the game for many years, Steve is suddenly thrust into the competition for the world's high score. He runs afoul of then-current record-holder, {{wp|Billy Mitchell (gamer)|Billy Mitchell}}, a successful entrepreneur.

Steve Wiebe actually plays the game ''Donkey Kong'', but he plays it in a ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' cabinet. In 2018, Mitchell was found to have used modified software, and all of his records, including in ''Donkey Kong'', have since been revoked.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/12/601867538/game-of-thrown-barrels-in-shocking-twist-scandal-fells-donkey-kong-royalty</ref>

In one scene, when Hawk and Michael are in a restaurant, arcade games can be seen, one of which is ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''

According to IMDb, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' can be seen in one of the stores.

Near the end of the movie, after Ralph obtains an insecurity virus named "Arthur" from Double Dan to try and sabotage the game ''Slaughter Race'' to try to persuade Vanellope to leave the Internet and return to the arcade with him, just right before Arthur finds Vanellope and scans her insecurities to destroy the game, Vanellope briefly sees an inflatable gorilla resembling Ralph. This could be a possible reference to Donkey Kong, whom Ralph appears to be based off of.

In an interview, director Rich Moore stated that if a sequel to ''Wreck-It Ralph'' were to be produced, he intended to give Mario an actual role.<ref>Clevver Movies. (December 7, 2012). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vajsMI9Z2VA Mario To Appear In 'Wreck-It Ralph' Sequel]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 3, 2015.</ref> However, during an interview with InsideTheMagic in October 2018, story artist Jason Hand states that Mario had to be cut because the rights could apparently not be obtained<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190214040617/https://insidethemagic.net/2018/10/ralph-breaks-the-internet-story-team-disney/ InsideTheMagic interview]</ref>, though despite this various other ''Super Mario'' elements can be seen in trailers. Bowser also does not reappear.

Dennis has a ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade cabinet in his office; at one point early in the film, Lonny plays it briefly, and upon losing shouts ''"Nobody puts Donkey in the corner!"''; this doubles as a reference to the film ''Dirty Dancing''.

==''Si Maryo at si Goko (Super Mario vs Son Goku)''==

There is an unauthorized Filipino movie from 1995 where Super Mario battles Goku from ''Dragon Ball Z''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDQXQtaMkg&ab_channel=SachaG.</ref>

In the Thai dub of the film, when [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and Tom Wachowski are in a hotel room, Tom says, "''At least you can have a mushroom forever.''" to which Sonic responds, "''No. I'm not Mario.''" The original English dialogue, where Tom says "''At least you won't be the only "fun-guy."''" and Sonic responds "''No. Don't ever do that again.''", is hard to translate in the Thai language, so the joke was changed into a reference.<ref>Smez Prakezz. [https://twitter.com/smpmusicandart/status/1237594077652070405 Twitter post with English translation of Thai dub scene in Sonic the Hedgehog]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved November 18, 2020.</ref> In context, they are referring to a subplot in the film where Sonic needs to use one of his rings to escape to a mushroom planet. Sonic's disdain of mushrooms may itself be a reference to Nintendo and [[Sega]]'s rivalry in the '90s, when Mario and Sonic were in direct competition as leading video game mascots.

A scene features a captured {{wp|Harley Quinn}}, cursing at her kidnappers and continuously butchering the proper term for people descendant from the fictional country, Corto Maltese. After several attempts, she retorts: "Whatever you ''Mario Kart''-racing d-bags are called!"  

During the scene where {{wp|Henk Rogers}} is proposing a partnership to [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] between [[Nintendo]] and [[Bullet-Proof Software]] to publish ''{{wp|Tetris}}'' in Japan, Rogers mentions Mario and Luigi as patners, and footage of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' is shown.

 

When Rogers is asking to Yamauchi for his residuals in advance, he tells Yamauchi that, just like with Mario being hit by a [[Piranha Plant]], {{wp|Kevin Maxwell}} "pulled a Piranha Plant" on them (referring to Maxwell selling the arcade rights to [[Sega]]). During this scene, a pixelated Rogers is shown being hit by a piece of a {{wp|tetromino}} thrown by a pixelated Maxwell in a ''Super Mario Bros.'' level made of tetrominoes. He then says that he needs "a mushroom to stay alive" and another scene is shown, where the pixelated Rogers hits a [[Brick Block]] containing a tetromino which acts as a [[Super Mushroom]].

 

When Rogers tries a prototype of the [[Game Boy]], he plays ''[[Super Mario Land]]''.

==''The Wizard''==

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*The climax of ''The Wizard'' is known for featuring ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' as the final game in the Video Armageddon tournament. ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' is also played in the film.

Though it is commonly believed that Mario's non-appearance in the film was due to a high licensing fee laid down by Nintendo, it was actually because the producers could not find a way to work Mario into the story, apparently deeming him too important to have only a cameo.