Super Mario World (television series): Difference between revisions

{{about|the television series|the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] game|[[Super Mario World]]}}

|firstair=September 14, 1991 (English) <br> September 4, 1992 (French)

|lastair=December 7, 1991 (English) <br> November 6, 1992 (French)

Several episodes of ''Super Mario World'' often had Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Toadstool, and occasionally [[Oogtar]], a show-exclusive character, trying to stop the schemes of King Koopa and the Koopalings, as well as other villains such as [[Wizenheimer]] or the [[Dino Riders]]. [[Toad]], who appeared in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', does not appear in the series (nor did he appear in the game it was based on), making it the only ''Mario'' cartoon where he does not appear. Because of his absence in the show, he is replaced by Yoshi. Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, King Koopa, and the Koopalings retain their designs from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'', although the "L" on Luigi's cap is black instead of green in early episodes, Princess Toadstool has lighter skin and blue eyes instead of black eyes, and Cheatsy's hair is yellow/white instead of dark blue. Also, Mario and Luigi's fire forms in the show are based on their fire from sprites from the game. Walker Boone, Tony Rosato, Tracey Moore, and Harvey Atkin reprised their roles as Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and King Koopa respectively in the show.

Due to the introduction of the Children's Television Act in 1990, some social commentary and edutainment was added into the series. Some episodes of ''Super Mario World'' can be seen as social commentary for controversial issues, such as street gangs ("[[Born to Ride]]"), addiction ("[[Rock TV]]"), bullying in school ("[[A Little Learning]]"), obesity and capitalism ("[[King Scoopa Koopa]]").  Several episodes such as "[[The Wheel Thing]]" and "[[Party Line]]" deal with the introduction and consequences of introducing new concepts and technologies to others without thinking ahead, in this case, the cave-people of Dome City. One of the more noticable changes made to the series in light of the CTA is the change made to Princess Toadstool's personality, where she is now more of a role model and parental figure for Mario, Luigi and Yoshi.

Due to the nature of its production, ''Super Mario World'' is actually one half of a series entitled '''''Captain N and the New Super Mario World''''', which also consists of the third season of ''Captain N: The Game Master''. Although the "New" suffix was used to promote the ''Super Mario World'' game when the show first aired, it is part of the series' proper title, and was never dropped. An episode of this half hour series consists of a ''Super Mario World'' cartoon and either a ''Captain N'' cartoon, or a second ''Super Mario World'' cartoon. Due to legal issues, the third season episodes of ''Captain N'' and the ''Super Mario World'' episodes are inseparable, and have to be released on DVD in the same set. This also explains why the first two seasons of ''Captain N: The Game Master'' were released in a "complete series" set; the third season is part of a separate show. The show can also be seen on {{wp|Starz Encore}}’s Kids and Family channel on weekday afternoons since 2019 as well as on its WildBrain YouTube channels and Paramount+.

As of 2014, the episodes along with the ''Captain N'' segments have been streamed on {{wp|WildBrain}}'s {{wp|YouTube}} Channel "WildBrain - Cartoon Super Heroes". As of 2021, it is available to stream on {{wp|Paramount+}}.

|Hun=Super Mario Világa

|HunM=Super Mario's World

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