Saturday Supercade

The Saturday Supercade marked Mario's first appearance in an animated series. Produced by Ruby-Spears, it aired on CBS from 1983 to 1985 for two seasons. It featured animated segments based off of popular arcade games, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Q*Bert, Pitfall, Space Ace, Kangaroo, and Frogger. In the Donkey Kong segment, Mario had to and his neice, Pauline, were on a constant quest to capture Donkey Kong, who had escaped from Mario's circus. In the Donkey Kong Jr. segment, Jr. traveled around the country with a biker named Bones looking for his father, likely tying into the chase around the world that made up Donkey Kong's own segment.

Voices

 * Donkey Kong - Milton "Soupy Sales" Supman
 * Mario - Peter Cullen
 * Pauline - Judy Strangis

Theme Song
Well, Saturday Supercade,

Gather 'round,

We'll get your video friends together.

Yeah, Saturday Supercade,

It's time for fun,

And no one else can do it better.

And it feels so right,

Because it's Supercade time!

Let's have some Supercade fun!

Yes, it's Supercade time,

Let's have some Supercade fun, fun, fun!

Come on, to Supercade time,

Join all the Supercade fun.

Yes, it's Supercade time,

Let's have some Supercade fun, fun, fun!

Come on, to Supercade time,

Join all the Supercade fun.

Monkey Muscle!

(Monkey Noises)

Let's have some Supercade fun.

(It's Saturday Supercade!)

Links
Cast and Crew - Full cast and crew on IMDB.