Dinohattan

Dinohattan is the Super Mario Bros. film's equivalent to the Mushroom Kingdom. It differs drastically from its video-game counterpart in both history and appearance, though retains some of the fantasy qualities the games are known for.

History
Dinohattan was created when a meteorite struck the planet Earth in prehistoric times and created a parallel dimension. While many dinosaurs were killed off due to the initial impact, some others survived on in this new dimension. Once there, they evolved into humanoid beings with a distinct, reptilian society.

Geography
Except for the city of Dinohattan, the entire planet of this parallel earth is mostly harsh desert. The city itself has deteriorated due to crime and neglect from President Koopa's lack of intervention. The previous ruler, the Mushroom King under the name "King Bowser", had been de-evolved by Koopa into a thick web of fungus that has since maintained some level of intelligence and spread across the city.

The surrounding world, as stated, is a harsh desert known as the Koopahari Desert.

Locale

 * Koopa's Tower
 * The Boom Boom Bar
 * Bullet Bill's
 * The junkyards

Politics
Dinohattan was originally ruled by King Bowser and his unnamed wife. However, Koopa, a military officer who had evolved from a Tyrannosaurus Rex, staged a coup and turned the King into fungus with his De-Evolution machine. He also sought to conquer the parallel world, Earth, by claiming possession of a fragment of the meteorite that had destroyed the dinosaurs in the distant past. However, Daisy's mother fled to Earth with the fragment and her unborn baby, Princess Daisy, to keep them away from Koopa. When she attempts to return to her dimention, she is attacked by Koopa and killed when the tunnel over them collapses.

With the king and queen gone, Koopa sets up a dictatorship in the guise of a democracy with him as "President". He has maintained this position for twenty years through false open elections and a secret police-force made-up of de-evolved Goombas that remove political dissenters from the public eye. After witnessing New York City while in pursuit of Daisy's mother and the meteorite shard, Koopa became inspired to recreate the modern metropolis in his own world. However, he was never quite able to accomplish it and only created a grotesque dystopia, deepening his desire to rule Earth instead. While Koopa maintained that he only sought to return his people to their rightful rule over their original dimension, it can be inferred from his dialogue that he only wanted Earth for himself.

Eventually Koopa is overthrown, King Bowser is restored to his proper form and duties as king along with Princess Daisy.

Inhabitants
The inhabitants of Dinohattan are humanoids descended from dinosaurs displaced millenia ago from our world. While the population largely resembles mammalian-humans, varying levels of reptilian traits do exist such as tails, slitted-eyes, scales, and oviparity-birth.

Typical dinosaurs also appear in the city, yet are treated as pets or wild animals. Koopa himself calls Yoshi a "throwback", suggesting a sense of racial superiority to their ancestors. Other animals, such as real-world lizards and fictional video game Spinys, are seen or mentioned as food sources to the humanoid dinosaurs. Several typical dinosaurs are seen eating fungus, suggesting omnivorous or herbivorous behavior.

Notable Inhabitants

 * King Bowser
 * President Koopa
 * Lena
 * Princess Daisy
 * Big Bertha
 * Iggy
 * Spike
 * Toad
 * Yoshi

Trivia

 * The name Dinohattan is a portmanteau of the words Dinosaur and Manhattan, which is a borough of New York City.
 * At one point, King Koopa refers to Dinohattan as "this Mushroom Kingdom" in disgust, which references Dinohattan's video-game counterpart.
 * David L. Snyder worked as the production designer for both this film and Blade Runner, which heavily inspired the dark and crowded atmosphere.