List of television series and films: Difference between revisions

This is a list of the '''television series''' and '''films''' that are part of the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise and other related series.

|The first ''Super Mario'' cartoon produced by DIC Entertainment, the show featured both a live segment and an animated segment. The show was mainly based around ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros. 1]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2|2]]''. On Fridays, the show would play an animated ''[[The Legend of Zelda (cartoon)|Legend of Zelda]]'' segment featuring characters from the games like [[Link]] and [[Princess Zelda]], but would still have live action ''Mario'' segments.

|align=left|This cartoon featured the character of Kevin Keene being sucked into [[Videoland]], where many different Nintendo characters and elements from several series made an appearance. Characters from the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]] such as [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] were featured.

|align=left|Based off the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy]], this Canadian-French-Chinese CG-animated series ran for two seasons and forty episodes. The plot revolved around [[Donkey Kong]] and the [[Kong]]s protecting the [[Crystal Coconut]] from [[King K. Rool]] and his minions.

|A Japanese-only Mario animated movie, based off the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' game. Running for approximately one hour, it was directed by Masami Hata, written by Hideo Takayashiki and produced by Masakatsu Suzuki and Tsunemasa Hatano. Additionally, it was produced by Grouper Studios (in co-operation with Nintendo) and distributed by Toei Company/VAP Video. It was one of the first film adaptations of a video game.

|A series of three Japanese-only Mario animated films based on fairy tales. It includes the following three films: ''[[Super Mario Momotarō]]'', ''[[Super Mario Issun-bōshi]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Shirayuki-hime]]'', which are based off {{wp|Momotarō}}, {{wp|Issun-bōshi}} and {{wp|Snow White}}, respectively.

|This action comedy film stars two teenage boys, Corey and Jimmy, who sneak out their home and set off on a trip across the country. After meeting up with a young girl, Haley, they discover that Jimmy, the emotionally disturbed little brother, has a gift for playing video games, they enter a video game competition in California. The movie features countless references to video games, and in the movies' climax, Jimmy plays ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' for the contest at the end.

|A live-action Hollywood movie adaptation of the ''Super Mario'' series, it featured [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[John Leguizamo]] as [[Mario (film character)|Mario]] and [[Luigi (film character)|Luigi]], and was made on a budget of $42 million. It was the first ever live-action movie adaptation of a video game.

|align=center|1995 (Japan)

|An educational Japanese-only video, split into two segments: a Mario segment, and a [[Kirby]] segment. The Mario segment is based off of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', and it is educational in the sense that it attempts to teach Japanese children {{wp|Kanji}}. This extremely rare tape was released on VHS, only in Japan, by [[HAL Laboratory|HAL Laboratory, Inc.]] in 1995.

|A film where Donkey Kong appears.

|align=center|April 7, 2023 (US)<br>April 28, 2023 (Japan)<br>Spring 2023 (Worldwide)

|align=center|[[File:Untitled Mario film teaser poster.jpg|100px]]

|An upcoming animated film in partnership with [[Illumination|Illumination Entertainment]], co-produced by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and {{wp|Chris Meledandri}} (founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment). It is set to be theatrically released on April 7, 2023 in North America, April 28, 2023 in Japan, and in a spring 2023 window for the rest of the world. The title is yet to be revealed.

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MarioFireBrigadeTitle.png|''[[Super Mario no Shōbōtai]]''

Nocoverart.png|''[[Super Mario: ABC no Utau Video]]''<ref>[https://youtube.com/watch?v=xMTZ5kkEZbE] [VHSRIP] • ABC|Super Mario: ABC no Utau Video (YouTube channel Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities)</ref>

*[[List of Mario references in live-action television|List of ''Mario'' references in live-action television]]

*[[List of Mario references in animated television|List of ''Mario'' references in animated television]]