Punch-Out Pizzeria
| Punch-Out Pizzeria | |
|---|---|
 Mario and Luigi at Punch-Out Pizzeria | |
| First appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) |
| Greater location | Brooklyn |
Punch-Out Pizzeria[1] (also formatted as Punch-Out!! Pizzeria)[2] is a pizza restaurant in Brooklyn that appears in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. It is named after the Nintendo game series Punch-Out!! Many pictures of opponents from the Punch-Out!! series can be seen on the restaurant's walls, as well as paintings of a duck and the panorama from Duck Hunt. According to the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website, Mario and Luigi's typical order here is a pizza with half red peppers and half green peppers.[3]
The restaurant first appears near the beginning of the film, where Mario and Luigi view their commercial for Super Mario Bros. Plumbing on a television on the wall, as Giuseppe plays a game on an arcade cabinet titled Jump Man, which is based on the arcade game Donkey Kong but with a yeti replacing Donkey Kong. Punch-Out Pizzeria is also where Spike appears in the film for the first time, where he is seen eating a pizza slice as he insults Mario and Luigi and claims that their plumbing business will fail.
Punch-Out Pizzeria appears again near the end of the film, where Bowser smacks Mario into the building with a tail swipe, leaving him injured and about to give up. The television malfunctions as it plays the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial again, causing Mario's voice in the commercial to repeatedly tell Mario to "save Brooklyn." This inspires him to leave the building and challenge Bowser.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Italian | Pizzeria Punch-Out[4] |
Punch-Out pizzeria |
| Spanish | Pizzería Punch-Out |
Punch-Out pizzeria |
References[edit]
- ^ "Saw the plumbers’ flyer hanging up at Punch-Out Pizzeria. These guys turned out to be fantastic!"; Testimonial from anothercaserole on SMBPlumbing.com website
- ^ "What areas do you service? Find us around either Brooklyn or Queens… but most likely, Punch-Out!! Pizzeria."; Live Chat section on SMBPlumbing.com website, FAQs option
- ^ "A large half red pepper and half green pepper pizza. You can guess who likes which."; Live Chat section on SMBPlumbing.com website, FAQs option
- ^ "Ho visto il volantino degli idraulici appeso alla pizzeria Punch-Out. Mario e Luigi si sono rivelati fantastici!"; SMBIdraulica.it
