United States of America
| United States of America | |
|---|---|
 Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America, inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | |
| First appearance | Saturday Supercade - "Mississippi Madness" (1983) |
| Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023) |
| Greater location | North America |
| Capital | Washington, D.C. |
| Ruler | Mr. President |
| Inhabitants | Humans |
TheUnited States of America in theSuper Mario franchise is a country onEarth, located on the continent ofNorth America. It is often calledUnited States orAmerica for short. Most of the characters and locations from theSuper Mario iteration of the country exist also in real life.
History
Saturday Supercade
The United States of America makes its first appearance in the first episode ofSaturday Supercade. The episode takes place inNew Orleans,Louisiana as evidenced by a large sign reading "Welcome to New Orleans." Other features of Louisiana are also included, such as theMississippi River and large swamps. In the episode "Trucknapper Caper",Donkey Kong Jr. andBones Bailey travel to the state ofTexas on their motorcycle. In the episode "Rocky Mountain Monkey Business", Donkey Kong Jr. and Bones ride through theRocky Mountains, a large mountain range in the western United States.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
All of the live-action segments ofThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! are set inBrooklyn,New York at the Mario Bros.' businessMario Brothers Plumbing. Further, the show's opening sequence showsMario andLuigi in Brooklyn getting sucked down a drain pipe into theMushroom Kingdom.
In addition to the live-action segments and the intro, a few of the animated episodes also take place in the United States. In the episode "Plummers Academy," there is an extended flashback of Mario and Luigi at theBrooklyn Plumbers Academy in Brooklyn. In the episode "Flatbush Koopa,"King Koopa attempts to take overNew York City and rename it "New Koopa," with most of the episode taking place in Brooklyn andConey Island. In addition, in the episode "Koopa Klaus," Mario, Luigi,Toad, andPrincess Toadstool attempt to vacation to a place known asHawaii Land, but they accidentally end up at theNorth Pole instead.
Several locations in the United States are mentioned inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! In the episode "Marianne and Luigeena," Luigi mentioned the U.S. state ofAlaska. Luigi mentionsThe Bronx, a borough ofNew York City, in the live-action segments "Day of the Orphan" and "Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes." In "Mario and the Beanstalk," Luigi mentions theBrooklyn Public Library, and in "Wild Thing," Mario and Luigi each have a borrowed book from the library, andMarilyn references herUncle Tony in the state ofCalifornia. In "The Great Hereafter," it is revealed thatGrandma Mario was buried inNewark,New Jersey. In "Glasnuts," Mario and Luigi try to conviceMikhail Gorbachev into going toYankee Stadium to try an all-Americanhot dog.Yonkers, New York is referenced in the title of "Bonkers From Yonkers."
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Several episodes ofThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 take place within the United States of America.Hollywood,California is featured in the episode "Dadzilla."Miami, Florida and theKennedy Space Center appear in the episode "Life's Ruff." The state ofKansas appears in the episode "Mush-Rumors," which also mentions the city ofWichita and the states ofIowa andNebraska. The state ofHawaii is featured in the episode "Reign Storm." The capital of the United States,Washington, D.C., is featured in the episode "Reptiles in the Rose Garden." Finally, New York City is featured in "Kootie Pie Rocks," and Brooklyn specifically is featured in "Recycled Koopa," "Toddler Terrors of Time Travel," and "Misadventures in Babysitting."
Several locations in the United States are mentioned inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. In the episode "Recycled Koopa,"King Koopa announces he will soon conquer theNew York City boroughsthe Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens.
Club Nintendo
New York City,Washington, D.C., and the state ofHawaii appear in several comics in the GermanClub Nintendo series.
"Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit"
In "Super Mario: Verloren in der Zeit," VikingsErik, Baleog and Olaf are teleported to New York while Mario is also teleported to the Viking Age. the Vikings' presence in the city causes enormous chaos until some New York policemen finally arrest them.
"Mario in Mariozilla"
New York City is featured once again in "Mario in Mariozilla."Kamek casts a spell onto Mario, which causes him to grow to an enormous size. Mario searches for advice fromDr. Light, who lives in theEmpire State Building, and accidentally crashes into some buildings and skyscrapers. When he finally reaches Dr. Light's home, Mario climbs up the Empire State Building in order to talk to the doctor.
"Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24"
In "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24,"Donkey Kong,Diddy Kong,Dixie Kong,Cranky Kong, andKiddy Kong travel to Washington, D.C. in order to talk to thePresident of the United States. The President then provides theKongs with a space shuttle fromCape Canaveral, Florida.
"Super Mario in Aloha Hawaii"
In "Super Mario in Aloha Hawaii", Mario is swimming in his kiddie-pool in New York untilBottles from theBanjo-Kazooie series digs a hole through the Earth and takes Mario to Hawaii.
Nintendo Adventure Books
In the second title of theNintendo Adventure Books series,Leaping Lizards, it is stated that Luigi once savedTopeka, Kansas from a flood caused by a clog, but Mario later lies toPrincess Toadstool and states that he was the one who fixed the clog. InDinosaur Dilemma, Mario mentions Hawaii after finding 300coins, stating that he now has enough coins to "take a whole herd of cattle on a vacation to Hawaii."
NES Open Tournament Golf
The United States of America is one of the three levels that are playable inNES Open Tournament Golf, the other two beingJapan and theUnited Kingdom. In addition, Mario and Luigi's outfits in the game are based on the American flag.
Mario is Missing!
In thePC,SNES, andNES versions ofMario is Missing!, Luigi visits two cities in the United States on his quest to rescue Mario.San Francisco,California and New York City are visited in all three versions of the game.
In addition to the cities that Luigi can travel to, there are numerous cities in the United States that are visible on theGlobulator that are not able to be traveled to. The cities included vary depending on the version of the game
- MS-DOS and PC versions
- Atlanta,Georgia
- Chicago,Illinois
- Detroit,Michigan
- Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Miami, Florida
- Seattle,Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- SNES version
Super Mario Bros. film
In theSuper Mario Bros. movie, Mario and Luigi live in Brooklyn, New York where they runMario Bros. Plumbing. Most of the film takes place inDinohattan, an alternate-universe version of New York City.
Mario briefly referencesthe Bronx when walking throughDinohattan for the first time in the live-actionSuper Mario Bros. movie, where he replies toLuigi's speculation that they ended up in a coma and woke up in Brooklyn of the future that they may have even arrived at "the Bronx of today" in regards to the dystopic locale.
Mario's Time Machine
Mario travels to several locations in the United States in thePC,SNES, andNES versions ofMario's Time Machine. Like the cities on the Globulator inMario is Missing!, the cities included are different depending on the version of the game.
- PC version
- Philadelphia,Pennsylvania (1752, 1776)
- Washington, D.C. (1863)
- Menlo Park,New Jersey (1879)
- Tuskegee,Alabama (1915)
- Novato, California (1994)
- SNES version
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1776)
- Menlo Park, New Jersey (1879)
- NES version
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1862)
- Menlo Park, New Jersey (1879)
- Kitty Hawk,North Carolina (1903)
Donkey Kong Country television series
In the episode "Four Weddings and a Coconut" of theDonkey Kong Country television series,Donkey Kong sings a song which lyrics mention theEverglades, subtropical wetlands located in the state of Florida. In one of the lines, Donkey Kong sings, "You promenade as you're dancing through the Everglades. Skip to the beat 'til you can't feel your feet!"
Super Smash Bros. series
The Bronx is mentioned in theSuper Smash Bros. series in reference to the Bronx-nativeLittle Mac.
InSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, one ofMario's alternative costumes is his American flag outfit fromNES Open Tournament Golf.
Mario Party 7
The boardNeon Heights inMario Party 7 is heavily based on several locations throughout the United States. The board is mainly based onLas Vegas,Nevada, but it also contains elements from Hollywood, California, Cape Canaveral, Florida, and New York City. It includes a theater district, a movie set based on theWestern United States, a space center, and a baseball diamond. There is also a Mario statue in the center of the board that greatly resembles the Statue of Liberty.
Mario Party DS
InMario Party DS,Las Vegas,Nevada is featured as one of the landmarks on the globe that the player battles on in the minigameGlobe Gunners.
Mario Kart series
Toad Harbor in theFlower Cup inMario Kart 8 and itsNintendo Switch remakeMario Kart 8 Deluxe features several areas inspired by American cities. The steepcable car hill and cable cars scattered throughout the track appear to be inspired bySan Francisco, California, and thePrincess Peach statue in the harbor is directly based on theStatue of Liberty inNew York City.
Mario Kart Tour features two courses that take place in the United States,New York Minute andLos Angeles Laps. New York Minute takes place inNew York City. The players race by and through several notable landmarks:Times Square, where the race begins,Broadway,Central Park, theRockefeller Center, theEmpire State Building,St. Patrick's Cathedral,30 Rockefeller Plaza, theStatue of Liberty, and theMetropolitan Museum of Art. Some of game's key art also features the Statue of Liberty and Times Square in the background. Los Angeles Laps takes place inLos Angeles,California. The players race by and through several notable Los Angeles andLos Angeles County landmarks:777 Tower,Beverly Hills City Hall,Capitol Records Building,Dodger Stadium,Inglewood Oil Field,Los Angeles City Hall,Los Angeles Convention Center,Muscle Beach,Rodeo Drive Walk of Style,Santa Monica Pier,Tongva Park,Venice Beach and theVenice Beach Skatepark,Griffith Observatory,Getty Center, and theWestin Bonaventure Hotel.
Tour New York Minute andTour Los Angeles Laps both return in theBooster Course Pass forMario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey features the American flag cap and outfit fromNES Open Tournament Golf as wearable clothing, titled "Golf Cap" and "Golf Outfit" respectively. It can be purchased usingregional coins in theMetro Kingdom, itself heavily based onNew York City.
New Donk City in theMetro Kingdom is directly based on New York City. The city features several buildings that are inspired by real-world locations. The explorable area of the city has New Donk City Hall, which is based on the Empire State Building, and a triangular building based on theFlatiron Building. In addition, The kingdom's background contains structures almost identical to theChrysler Building and theBrooklyn Bridge.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
InThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, Mario and Luigi initially live withtheir family in Brooklyn, where they runSuper Mario Bros. Plumbing. The final battle againstBowser at the end of the film takes place in Brooklyn.
Mario and Luigi operateSuper Mario Bros. Plumbing in Queens and Brooklyn, as revealed in the business's commercial andwebsite. Additionally, one of the website's testimonials comes from a customer with the username "princessofQueens".
During the brothers' Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial towards the beginning of the film, theManhattan skyline appears on a green screen with Mario and Luigi wearing capes and "flying" in the foreground. Additionally,Brooklyn, Manhattan,Queens,the Bronx,Long Island, and a sliver ofNew Jersey can be seen on a map that Mario flicks a toy van across.
General information
States and cities
- Alaska
- Alabama
- California
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Florida
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
Non-state territories
- American Samoa
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
Inhabitants
- Abraham Lincoln
- Alyssa Milano
- Andrew Iverson
- Aunt Luigeena
- Aunt Marie
- Benjamin Franklin
- Bill Gates
- Booker T. Washington
- BrKLnCouple
- David Grenewetzki
- Deborah Read
- Don Lloyd
- Dr. Sigmund Fruitcake
- Frederick Douglass
- George Washington
- George Washington Carver
- Giuseppe
- Henry Ford
- Jason Bateman
- Jeff Griffeath
- Luigeena
- Luigi
- Luigi Mario
- Mama Mario
- Marianne
- Marilyn
- Mario
- Mario and Luigi's grandfather
- Mario and Luigi's niece
- Mario Joe
- Luigi Bob
- Mario Mario
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Mr. President
- Mrs. President
- Papa Mario
- Thomas Edison
- Thomas Jefferson
- Uncle Arthur
- Uncle Tony
Gallery
Saturday Supercade
"Mississippi Madness" title card
New Orleans,Louisiana in "Mississippi Madness"
Texas in "Trucknapper Caper"
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TheBrooklyn Bridge inBrooklyn,New York in "Mommies Curse"
Super Mario Bros. Plumbing inFlatbush, Brooklyn, New York
Super Mario Bros. Plumbing in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York in "Flatbush Koopa"
The Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York in "Flatbush Koopa"
ANew York City, New York residence in the show's opening
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
TheWhite House in Washington, D.C. in "Reptiles in the Rose Garden"
The White House on theWashington Monument in Washington, D.C. in "Reptiles in the Rose Garden"
Hawaii in "Reign Storm"
Hawaii in "Reign Storm"
Hollywood,California in "Dadzilla"
TheHollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California in "Dadzilla"
Kansas in "Mush-Rumors"
Miami,Florida in "Life's Ruff"
Miami, Florida in "Life's Ruff"
TheKennedy Space Center inMerritt Island, Florida in "Life's Ruff"
Club Nintendo
TheKongs flying to the United States in "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24"
The Kongs inWashington, D.C. in "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24"
NES Open Tournament
US Course
Mario is Missing!
New York City,New York in the SNES version
Map of New York City, New York in the SNES version
TheEmpire State Building in New York City, New York in the SNES version
TheRockefeller Center in New York City, New York in the SNES version
TheStatue of Liberty in New York City, New York in the SNES version
San Francisco,California in the SNES version
San Francisco, California in theDOS version
Map of San Francisco, California in the SNES version
Map of San Francisco, California in the DOS version
Coit Tower in San Francisco, California in the SNES version
TheGolden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California in the SNES version
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California in the DOS version
TheTransamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California in the SNES version
The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California in the DOS version
Super Mario Bros. film
Brooklyn, New York
Mario's Time Machine
Gettysburg,Pennsylvania in theNES version
Kitty Hawk,North Carolina in the NES version
Menlo Park,New Jersey in theSNES version
Menlo Park, New Jersey in thePC version
Novato,California in the PC version
The flags ofColorado, New Jersey, California, the United States,New York, andConnecticut, and a map of the United States
Independence Hall inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania in the SNES version
Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the PC version
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1752 in the SNES version
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1776 in the SNES version
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the PC version
TheWhite House inWashington, D.C. in the PC version
The White House in Washington, D.C. in the PC version
Super Smash Bros. series
Mario's American flag outfit inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Mario's American flag outfit inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Mario Odyssey
Golf Cap
Golf Outfit
TheChrysler Building and theBrooklyn Bridge in theMetro Kingdom
Mario Kart Tour
Pictures ofNew York City,New York
Times Square in New York City, New York
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
Central Park in New York City, New York
TheStatue of Liberty in New York City, New York
Times Square in New York City, New York
Postcard ofLos Angeles,California
Pictures of Los Angeles, California
Santa Monica Pier inSanta Monica, California andMuscle Beach inVenice, California
Inglewood Oil Field inLos Angeles County, California
Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
Rodeo Drive inBeverly Hills, California
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California
Two Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Tour New York Minute course icon
30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York
Tour Los Angeles Laps course icon
Dodger Stadium inLos Angeles, California
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Map ofNew York City, New York
Map ofQueens, New York
Brooklyn, New York
New York City, New York
[Edit] NES Open Tournament Golf | |
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| Playable characters | Mario •Luigi |
| Non-playable characters | Billy •Donkey Kong •Mark •Princess Daisy •Princess Toadstool •Steve •Toad •Tony |
| Courses | Japan •United Kingdom •United States of America |
| Further info | Gallery •Staff •List of golfing terms |
