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'''Subcon'''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' NES instruction booklet, page 3.</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Sub-con'''<ref name=NP>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 1, page 6.</ref> or '''Sub-Con''';<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 2, page 42.</ref><ref>NES Game Atlas Nintendo Player's Guide, pages 12 and 24.</ref> also known as the '''World of Dreams'''<ref name=NP/><ref>NES Game Atlas Nintendo Player's Guide, page 27.</ref> or '''Land Of Dreams''';<ref>NES Game Atlas Nintendo Player's Guide, page 3.</ref> formerly called '''Muu''') is a peaceful dream world of the [[Subcon (species)|Subcons]]. Believed to be [[Mario]]'s dream, it is said to be a vast dream world that is part of a larger subconsciousness of the Mushroom Kingdom's inhabitants. The name "Subcon" itself is short for "{{wp|subconscious}}".

In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', the dream world is in a storybook that the twin children Poki & Piki got pulled in by [[Wart]]. In fact, the reason [[World 7 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|Chapter 7]] has only two pages is due to the fact that the original ending was accidentally destroyed by the twins. This detail is lost in the ''Mario'' version of the game's events.

Subcon is the main setting of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', the world's first appearance in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise. Subcon was once a peaceful place until it was taken over by the tyrannical Wart. He created monsters with the [[Dream Machine]], and sent his army from the dream factory all around Subcon. The original inhabitants of Subcon were captured and imprisoned in a [[jar]] by Wart's minions so that they would not interfere with his mischief.

Subcon also uses [[Coin]]s, though their design is different, with an "I" in place of the "1" on the Mushroom Kingdom's coins. While relatively plentiful in most other ''Mario'' platformers, coins in this world are instead rather rare. Instead of being found floating in the air or in [[block]]s like in the Mushroom Kingdom, Coins could only be retrieved by using a [[Magical Potion]] to go to [[Subspace]], where unpicked [[grass]] gives coins in place of items (said grass still remains after leaving Subspace). Coins are used to earn [[Extra Life|extra lives]] in a [[Bonus Chance|minigame]] after finishing a level.{{br}}

Subcon's natural population consists of mostly [[Subcon (species)|Subcon]]s, although the seldom-seen [[Ōsama|king]] and his aide appear to be [[human]]. During Wart's takeover, several monsters were artificially created, although some existing creatures like [[Albatoss]] and [[Tryclyde]] were merely enlisted to his forces. Other creatures resembling those from the [[Earth|real world]] are also known to exist, such as [[whale]]s residing in [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|icy territory]].

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|Jap=<span class="explain" title="ムウかい">夢宇界</span><ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 6.</ref><br>''Muu Kai''<br>サブコン<br>''Sabukon''

|JapM=Dream World<br><br>Subcon

|SpaM=Subcon

|Fra=Subcon<br>Pays des Songes <ref>''Super Mario Advance'' French instruction booklet.</ref>

|FraM=-<br>Dream Country

|Ita=Subcon<br>Subspazio (other name as it is known in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'''s booklet)

|ItaM=-<br>Subspace