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Given that the cartoon name is usually Neon Castle I don't think we need to question that Mario was clearly making a joke, being as he's from Brooklyn. Also added some information about the real Coney Island.
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'''Coney Island''' is an ocean-side amusement park in the southern part of [[Brooklyn]]. | '''Coney Island''' is an ocean-side amusement park in the southern part of [[Brooklyn]] appearing in the episode "[[Flatbush Koopa]]". It is based on the real life peninsula known as '''{{wp|Coney Island}}''', famous as a location for various amusement parks. The park itself appears to be modelled after '''{{wp|Astroland}}'''. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Prior to the events of " | Prior to the events of "Flatbush Koopa", [[Bowser|King Koopa]] has discovered a [[Warp Pipe]] connecting the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] to [[Brooklyn]]. Wanting to get back at [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] for foiling his plans too many times, King Koopa travels to Brooklyn with his [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and starts to wreck havoc throughout the town. Believing that they have ejected King Koopa from Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi use the Warp Pipe to return home, but are soon led to Coney Island by two Koopa Troopas. | ||
Arriving at Coney Island in a taxi, Mario and Luigi come just as King Koopa and several Koopa Troopas replace the park's entrance sign with one that reads "Koopa Island". Mario and Luigi listen as King Koopa announces his plans to take over [[New York City]], which leads the cabbie to seek assistance from the police. Before the cabbie can escape, King Koopa uses his [[Magic Wand|Koopa scepter]] to transform the cabbie and his taxi into bricks. | Arriving at Coney Island in a taxi, Mario and Luigi come just as King Koopa and several Koopa Troopas replace the park's entrance sign with one that reads "Koopa Island". Mario and Luigi listen as King Koopa announces his plans to take over [[New York City]], which leads the cabbie to seek assistance from the police. Before the cabbie can escape, King Koopa uses his [[Magic Wand|Koopa scepter]] to transform the cabbie and his taxi into bricks. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "[[Mama Luigi]]", Mario refers to the [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Castle]] as | *In the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "[[Mama Luigi]]", Mario mockingly refers to the [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Castle]] as King Koopa's "Coney Island disco palace". | ||
*There is a [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' entitled [[Coney Island (minigame)|Coney Island]], | *There is a [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]'' entitled [[Coney Island (minigame)|Coney Island]], a pun referring to '''{{wp|New York}}''''s Coney Island and the ice cream cones that the game centers around. The mini-game is situated on a Mario-styled [[Statue of Liberty]] holding an ice cream cone in place of a torch. | ||
{{Earth}} | {{Earth}} | ||
{{The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Animated}} | {{The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Animated}} | ||
[[Category:Amusement Parks]] | [[Category:Amusement Parks]] | ||
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Places]] | [[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Places]] | ||