Super Mario Bros. Trading Cards

This article is about a series of collectible cards based on the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film. For a list of other Mario-themed trading cards, see here.

Large box of Super Mario Bros. trading cards.

The Super Mario Bros. Trading Cards were a series of collectible trading cards based on the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film. They were released over the summer and winter of 1993, with a total of 101 regular cards and 3 hologram ones. The summer release cards have yellow text, while the winter release has a light blue text. The summer release was produced by the now defunct SkyBox International, while the winter release was released by defunct Australian company Dynamic Marketing. The cards feature high quality images, both screen caps from the film itself and some behind the scenes photographs.

Some of the cards feature content cut from the final film. There is a deleted scene where Spike and Iggy rap at the Boom Boom Bar that receives its own card. Two deleted scene cards involve Mario and Luigi arguing with Mike and Doug of Scapelli Construction regarding how long a job at the Riverfront Cafe would take. Toad's hologram card erroneously calls him "Lemmy" on the front, though it is corrected on the back. This is due to Toad being named Lemmy in earlier drafts of the film.

Card list

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Set List No.	Image	Name	Description
#1		A Strange New World	"From a safe distance, it looks like Earth as we know it. But up close, it's a strange world, oozing with slow-moving slime and ruled by prehistoric forces. Truthfully it's a lot like New York City. And yet..."
#2		Mysterious Woman	"On a dark rainy night 20 years ago, a young, desperate woman places a precious bundle on the steps of St. Teresa's. But the package holds no ordinary contribution to the church. Within lies a cone-shaped pendant and an 18-inch egg - in mid-hatch!"
#3		Mario Mario	"Meet Mario Mario, the elder Mario brother and main brain behind the family plumbing business. Cool as an iceblock in winter, he's a man's man, a Mario's Mario. What could possibly ruffle this guy's feathers? He's about to find out!"
#4		Luigi Mario	"Here's Luigi Mario, long, lean and definitely living in a fantasy world. The only thing Luigi has in common with his older brother Mario is... well, nothing. But if dreams could be turned into gold, Luigi would be a rich man. Unfortunately, they can't."
#5		Call For Help	"An emergency phone call from the Riverfront Cafe requires quick action and superior skill. Is it a heart attack victim? A customer choking on a chicken bone? Nope. It's a broken dishwasher, which calls for Brooklyn's best, the Mario Bros.!"
#6		Driven Crazy	"The Mario Bros.' beat-up old van may not exactly be the "Bat-mobile", but Luigi can sure make it dance! Speeding past speeders and maneuvering around heavy New York traffic, the younger brother scouts out a shortcut to the Riverfront Cafe."
#7		Slimy Scoundrels	"From the crooked company of Scapelli Construction, plumbers Doug and Mike arrive at the Riverfront Cafe to beat the Mario Bros. out of a job. These guys are slimier than worms in oil, but the cafe owner knows that you don't say "no" to Scapelli."
#8		Nobody Touches My Tools	"Only someone with a death wish would dare to stand up to Scapelli's cronies -- unless it's Mario Mario, who has a pet peeve about being pushed around. He tells Doug and Mike Scapelli, "You don't know a pipe from a crowbar."
#9		2 Days or 2 Hours	"Shifty-eyed Doug and Mike tell the Rivertfront Cafe's owner, Pascal, that it's a two-day job. "A two-hour job," counters honest Mario. But Pascal, stuck with a leaky dishwasher and a desire to live past tomorrow, hands the gig to Scapelli's sinister scoundrels."
#10		Scapelli	"Anthony Scapelli really knows how to make an entrance. Delivered by limo and flanked by his loyal, well-dressed sidekicks, the owner of Scapelli Construction arrives at a digging site by the East River to check out the progress of his latest project."
#11		Daisy	"Brave, bright and determined to do her job, Daisy supervises a student archaeological dig at the Scapelli construction site. Of course, her bone-digging project is holding up Scapelli's fun and games, and she knows it. She just doesn't particularly care."
#12		Spike and Iggy	"There's strange, there's stranger and then there's Spike and Iggy. Their mission? To track down and kidnap the innocent Daisy, then deliver her to their leader. Trouble is, not only are they ugly and subhuman, they're also not too terribly bright."
#13		Daisy Calls For Help	"At the excavation site, Scapelli is making trouble, so Daisy looks for a phone to call for help. However, when Daisy arrives, someone else is on the phone -- Luigi. In an entranced state after meeting Daisy, Luigi offers to give her a ride back to the excavation site."
#14		Bella Napoli	"Mario and his girlfriend, Daniella, Luigi and his new-found fascination, Daisy, make for a lively foursome at the Bella NapoliRestaurant. Over saucy Italian cuisine, they discuss the finer points of life: jobs, tans and prehistoric rocks."
#15		The Pendant	"Over dinner with her new friends, Daisy reveals the strange circumstances of her beginnings: how 20 years ago, she was abandoned in a bundle on the steps of St. Teresa's with nothing but a rock pendant -- which, to this day, she has never removed."
#16		Daniella is Kidnapped	"Mario watches as Daniella safely enters her apartment building. But "safely" isn't always safe enough: just as Mario drives away, dimwits Spike and Iggy, mistaking Daniella for Daisy, follow her inside. And no one is there to hear Daniella's screams."
#17		Excavation by Moonlight	"Maybe it isn't the most romantic spot for a first date, but Luigi and Daisy don't care. They make cozy conversation by flashlight as she gives him a tour of the excavation site. "I've been drawn to this stuff all my life," she confides to him."
#18		Fossils & Friendship	"Exploring the depths of the excavation site by night, Daisy shares with Luigi the wonders of fossils. She seems almost obsessed with dinosaur bones, holding up ancient fingers and jaws. Luigi, on the other hand, seems obsessed with Daisy."
#19		Scapelli's Sabotage	"Deep inside the dark tunnel of bones and dirt, Daisy and Luigi accidentally discover the latest Scapelli wrongdoing -- sabotage! The bad-boy plumbers have gotten to the pump room and now water is seeping in, threatening to flood Daisy's pet project."
#20		Strap On Your Belt, Kid!	"Who can stem the tide of flood waters from reaching the precious archaeological treasures of the dig site? Mario Mario, of course! Daisy and Luigi fetch the expert plumber, who dons his toolbelt like a gun holster. The three then race back to the site."
#21		Daisy is Kidnapped	"Still trying to fix the tunnel pump, Mario and Luigi never saw what hit 'em -- namely, Spike and Iggy. With the Mario boys taken care of, the thugs turn to Daisy and drag her, kicking and screaming, ever deeper into the tunnel."
#22		Where is Daisy?	"Mario and Luigi regain consciousness, only to realize that Daisy has disappeared somewhere inside the tunnel. Suddenly, they hear her scream, and take off after the voice. The search leads them to the end of the tunnel -- and to the entrance of a dark cave."
#23		A Not-So-Dead End	"Still in pursuit of the kidnapped Daisy, the Mario Bros. rush into the cave, then stop. Daisy's screams seem to be coming from inside a solid rock wall! Or maybe not so solid. The rock ripples and, to the guys' amazement, they are sucked through!"
#24		The Excavation Site	"Mario & Luigi are about to be sucked through a rock wall into a meteorite chamber. With scarcely a chance to take in their surroundings, they will soon be off again, having spotted Daisy being dragged into another tunnel."
#25		Koopa Square	"No way could Mario and Luigi know that the tunnel they're traveling out of is actually a subway tunnel leading into another city! Fact is, these New York -- bred boys are too busy arguing to notice anything unusual."
#26		"Where Are We?"	"Finally reaching the top of the subway ramp, the Mario Bros. get an eyeful of Koopa Square, a strange, sprawling city similar to Manhattan, except with mass quantities of fungus everywhere. "This is dis-gusting," notes Mario."
#27		In Hot Pursuit	"Looking down from their perch atop the subway platform, Mario and Luigi spot Daisy down on the street. Seeing them, she calls out desperately, but is abruptly yanked into a waiting taxi. The guys yell after her, attempting to chase the cab."
#28		A "Parallel Dimension?"	"Down on Koopa Square, the Mario boys begin to suspect they're not in Brooklyn anymore. For one thing, the "hot dog" stands serve lizards-on-buns and snakes-on-a-stick! "Maybe it's a parallel dimension," says Luigi, but even he can't believe that!"
#29		Koopa	"Meet the head honcho of the alternate world, Koopa! Sinister, single-minded and just plain not-nice, the city's only politician has big plans to merge his barren world with the lush world of humans and other mammals -- then rule them both!"
#30	File:SMBFilmCard30.jpg	Lena	"Behind every corrupt, reptilian politician, there's a corrupt, reptilian woman, and in this case it's Lena. Whether it's Koopa himself or Koopa's all-encompassing power that Lena loves, who knows? But it's clear she plans to be first lady forever!"
#31		Spike & Iggy Return	"Supercreeps Spike & Iggy happily report back to their boss, Koopa, that their mission has been successful. The two bungling henchman have captured Daisy, the "princess," who unknowingly possesses the power to merge the parallel worlds!"
#32		Get Those Plumbers	"Koopa is enraged when his nitwit assistants Spike & Iggy fail to secure Daisy's rock pendant. Apparently, the rock is a piece of an ancient meteorite with special powers. "The plumbers took it," explains Spike. So, now Koopa is out to get Mario and Luigi!"
#33		Just A Little Old Lady	"What could be worse for Luigi and Mario than being lost and lonely in eerie Koopa Square? Being held up by a little old lady with a "stun stick," that's what! But since the guys' dollars are useless in her world, the feisty senior goes for... the pendant!"
#34		Bertha	"A vision of meanness in red leather, it's Bertha who chases off the pendant-stealing old lady. That's the good news. The bad news is, it's also Bertha who re-steals the pendant from the Mario boys, then takes off -- literally -- in her flying footwear."
#35		"Who Called The Cops?"	"Protest songs against Koopa are illegal, and a clubbing from the police is one street musician's punishment. But when the same nasty cops spot Mario and Luigi -- the plumbers Koopa is after -- their nightsticks really begin to fly!"
#36		Daisy Meets Koopa	"Now that Koopa has Daisy as his prisoner, all he needs is the pendant. "I need to find some friends of yours -- plumbers," he says charmingly. But Daisy knows that helping Koopa will only hurt her -- and her friends. So, she pre-tends to know nothing."
#37		De-fungusing	"What happened to frisking and fingerprinting? Arrested by koopa's cruel cops, Mario and Luigi are instead subjected to sprays and powders used to "de-fungus" suspects. Not only are the guys embarrassed -- unfortunately, they're also ticklish!"
#38		Locked Up	"Plumbers in prison?! Just tourists in this bizarre world, the Mario Bros. still don't know what crime they may have committed. Yet, left to stew at one end of a long, dark cell block, they have no choice but to wait and find out."
#39		Toad Explains It All	"Fellow inmate Toad reveals the unbelievable truth to Mario and Luigi -- that they are visitors in another dimension, created millions of years ago when a meteor blasted the earth into two separate worlds. Now, that's reason to feel homesick!"
#40		The Women's Dorm	"While being held captive by Koopa's "Goombas," the women prisoners are greeted by a new arrival: Daisy. Confused and frightened, she's glad to spot Daniella, Mario's girlfriend, who was kidnapped from the Big Apple only hours earlier."
#41		Koopa Plays Lawyer	"What's this? The ever-slimy, lizard-like leader, Koopa, posing as a kind-hearted lawyer named "Larry Lazard"? What's more, he's out to convince Mario and Luigi that they're in good hands. But that's gonna take an award-winning performance!"
#42		Lost and Confused	"Mario and Luigi would like to know one thing: What is going on here? They're locked up in a fungus-infested jail for who knows why, and now some guy calling himself "Larry Lazard" is claiming to be their lawyer. "Who sent you?" Mario asks."
#43		No More Talk	"Koopa's true sinister nature reveals itself the minute he asks Luigi and Mario for Daisy's meteorite pendant. "The what?" Luigi responds innocently. And Koopa, not taking "the what" for an answer, is ready to choke Mario!"
#44		The De-Evolution Chamber	"What unthinkable horrors await those who must visit Koopa's "de-evolution chamber"? Dragged to this unearthly place by two gun-wielding guards, Mario, Luigi and their musician friend Toad look as thought they are about to find out!"
#45		Toad Goes "Goomba"!	"Toad is the first to undergo "treatment" in Koopa's de-evolution chamber. Strapped to a chair and locked in a pod, he "de-evolves" by 65 million years. The result? Toad is now one of Koopa's reptilian tribe of guards -- the Goombas!"
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#100		Summer - 1993	"The summer of 1993 is the summer of SUPER MARIO BROS., the movie - starring Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo and Fisher Stevens. SkyBox International is proud to present this original trading card series documenting the story and production of this exciting hit film!"
#100		Winter - 1993	"The winter of 1993 is the winter of SUPER MARIO BROS., the movie-starring Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo and Fisher Stevens. Dynamic Marketing is proud to present this original trading card series documenting the story and production of this exciting hit film!"

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  Eight pack of cards