Subcon (species)

The Subcon are a peaceful fairy-folk that reside in the land of dreams (which is also named Subcon). During the events of Super Mario Bros. 2, the evil tyrant Wart took over the land of Subcon and imprisoned the Subcon fairies in a vase. After Wart was defeated, the fairies were released. They then picked up Wart's battered body and carried him off-screen where he was either disposed of, imprisoned in jail, or exiled to another land (perhaps even the dream world of Koholint Island in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening).

Additionally, the Subcon fairies may have been the mysterious voices that called Mario, Luigi, Toadstool, and Toad to the dream world of Subcon, thus starting their adventures in Super Mario Bros. 2.

A cinema scene depicting the capture of the Subcons was seen in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, the game that Super Mario Bros. 2 was based on, but was not included in the Mario title.