Mario references

Ever since Mario was created, there have been plenty of references to him and his games in popular movies, tv shows, magazines, books, and much more. Here is a list of all of the known references related to Mario.

Telivision References

 * The Simpsons: In the episode of The Simpsons titled "Marge be Not Proud", Mario, along with Luigi, Donkey Kong, and Sonic the Hedgehog try to convince Bary Simpson to steal a video game.
 * The Simpsons: In the episode titled "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass", Mario jumps out of an italian tourist bus and starts throwing trash cans at Homer Simpson, who defeats Mario with a hammer. This of course is a reference to the video game ''Donkey Kong.
 * Futurama: In the episode titled "Anthology of Intrest 2", Fry asks the What if Machine, which can answer any "What if Question" in video form, what life would be like as a video game. Soon into the show, it shows that Mario is the Italian ambassador at the United Nations. Donkey Kong then goes on top of the building and jumps on it making it look like the scene from Donkey Kong.
 * Robot Chicken: In an episode that features famous characters racing, Mario, Luigi, and Wario are racing in there karts from the Mario Kart Series. Mario then throws a blue shell at the player in first.
 * Robot Chicken: In one episode, Mario is trying to get to Donkey Kong in the game Donkey Kong, out of no where, Master Chief and his troops come onto the scene and kill Mario and Donkey Kong, and take Pauline.
 * Whose Line is it Anyway: Mario and Donkey Kong were mentioned in a song about a Person's Profession.
 * The Sopranos: A.J. is scene in the background playing Mario Kart 64 on the Nintendo 64.

Movie References

 * Fast and the Fearious 2: One of the stages in the movie is titled "DK Mountain", which is the name of a course in Mario Kart: Double Dash.
 * Ghostbusters 2: Rick Moranis asks a date if she wants to play Super Mario Bros.