The Super Mario Show

The Super Mario Show is an American Animated Adventure Fantasy Comedy television series created and directed by Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky with  Alex Hirch writing stories for the show along with  Shigeru Miyamoto and Yoshiaki Koizumi serving as Executive Producers. The Series follows the adventures of 2 Brothers, Mario (Maurice LaMarche) and his twin brother Luigi (Rob Paulsen)  They are Plumbers in New Donk City, who are unexpectedly sent to the Mushroom Kingdom,  a Kingdom with many mysterious friends and foes.

The first season premiered worldwide on the 13th of September 2023 with 26 Episodes, and the second season was released on October 5, 2024 with 26 Episodes. The third season premiered on the 13th of September 2025 for Mario’s 40th Anniversary with 26 Episodes, the 4th and final season premiered on March 10th, 2026 with 20 episodes. Craig McCracken announced that the series would finish with its 4th season, stating that this was "100% his choice" and that "the show isn't being cancelled it's being finished" and was simply reaching its natural conclusion. The series ended on October 12th 2026, with the one-hour finale, The Ultimate Show.

The Super Mario Show received critical acclaim, with praise going to the writing, animation, voice acting, characters, humour, and action sequences, particularly strong praise being given to the faithfulness to the series however some criticised it for the length of some episodes in the first season and the tone of the series, calling it “Jarring” for a Mario Show

A Spin-Off series, Based on the Donkey Kong Country Series released in 2024.

Synopsis
Set in the Late 1990s, The Super Mario Show follows 30-Year Old Twin Brothers, Mario Mario & Luigi Mario, who are Plumbers living in the fictional city of New Donk City (based on New York City), When tasked from their Boss, Foreman Spike, to fix a leak in the sewers, The Bros face an army of Koopas before quickly & unexpectedly being transported to the magical world of the Mushroom Kingdom, a far away rural kingdom in their world, they are quickly enwarpped with the ruler of the Kingdom, Princess Peach and become the royal engineers of the Kingdom, When Bowser, Cruel Ruler of the Koopa Kingdom, plots to take over the world, which involves capturing the Princess and destroying the Mushroom Kingdom, The Bros must rise up and become the unexpected heroes that the world needs, along with teaming up with their new group of friends such as Toad, The Bros & Peach’s best friend who provides comedic relief for the gang and often join them on their Adventures to guide them through the world, Captain Toad, Toad’s Twin brother and a hero in Training who leads the Toad Brigade, Toadette, Captain Toad’s hyper-active Girlfriend and Yoshi, The Bros Pet who comes from Yoshi’s Island.

Most Episodes are based of a existing game/media or are based of a episode trope. The Series in the early seasons doesn't have much of a serialised story apart from some continuity but later Seasons use Serialised stories.

In Season 1, The Show has mostly episodic stories and instead has a bigger focus on the relationship and bond between Mario & Luigi and them exploring the Mushroom kingdom, The End of Season 1 introduces Fawful & Midbus as a Main Villains of Season 2, Season 1 also includes villains such as Wart, The 8-Bits Wario & Waluigi, Tatanga, King Boo and more, Season 1 and the series Main Villains of a whole are the Koopa Troop, with characters such as Kamek, The Elite Trio and Bowser Jr being main recurring villains of the series with the Koopalings being introduced in Season 2. Season 4, the final season, introduced the RPG Villains but mainly Dimentio being the main antagonist of the series.

Setting


The Super Mario Show takes place in an unspecified time in the late 1990s and in a fictionallised version of the Earth, with most episodes taking place in the Mushroom Kingdom, a rural, mysterious location filled with many Mushrooms and Toads (anthropomorphic Mushrooms), other notable locations include in the series include:


 * New Donk City: A large city filled with skyscrapers and buildings inhabited by New Donkers (including Mario & Luigi) and ruled by Mayor Pauline. The city's design is largely inspired by real world big cities, most notably New York City
 * The Koopa Kingdom: An extremely volcanic Kingdom ruled by Bowser, with areas being wastelands filled volcanos, lava rivers, and largely untouched by sunlight.
 * Tostarena: A large desert which has a Mexican/Western Town inside out along with Ancient Pyramids surrounding the area, the place is mostly inhabited by Tostarenans, skeletal beings that dress in traditional Mexican-style clothing, including sombreros and ponchos, and often play such instruments as maracas and guitars.
 * Steam Gardens: A large forest area containing several iron structures. This area is also surrounded by large mountains, as well as a geodesic dome. Steam Gardenersinhabit the area,  which are created by a scientist so the area can still thrive and flourish, in spite of many people ruining the Forest.
 * Donkey Kong Island: A lush Island mostly dominated by Jungles and is ruled by the Kongs with many exotic and unique creatures living there.
 * Yoshi’s Island: A Big Island that Yoshis live in, It contains a mountain, a forest, a massive dome shaped cave, and also an underground valley.
 * Isle Delfino: A tropical paradise island and vacation resort inhabited by Piantas, Nokis, Yoshis, Sunflower Kids, and Raccoons.
 * Sarasaland: A Large Kingdom made of four areas: the oceanic Muda, the Easter Island-based Easton, the ancient Egyptian-styled Birabuto, and the ancient China-based Chai. The Kingdom is ruled by Princess Daisy
 * Beanbean Kingdom: A monarch neighbor kingdom of the Mushroom Kingdom and is ruled by Queen Bean and her son, Prince Peasley.  The predominant indigenous species are the Beanish who homeland it is, although there are other species such as the Hoohooligans who live on Hoohoo Mountain and the Yoshi’s who immigrated from Dinosaur Land to the Mushroom Kingdom and Isle Delfino, then later immigrate to Beanbean Kingdom.
 * Pilo Kingdom/Subcon: A remote Island inhabitanted by Pi'illo, Brocks and the "Hooski", Subcon is linked to an interdimensional dream pocket dimension called "Subspace" in which Mario and crew can travel there via Luigi dreams, this is where Wart, Antasma and the 8 Bits have been banished to.

Heroes

 * Mario (Voiced by Maurice LaMarche): The Unexpected Hero of the Mushroom Kingdom and the main protagonist. He can be little cocky, arrogant or selfish but he will do the right thing whenever it is possible and stand up for his friends whenever they’re in danger, even though he isn’t the strongest thinker out there. He also has an unhealthy obsession with food, especially spaghetti.
 * Luigi (Voiced by Rob Paulsen): The Younger Twin Brother of Mario, He is very cowardly and not very heroic at all but will try to always follow his brother and always try his best. He is also smarter than Mario in some situations, assessing the situation instead of going head-on as Mario would.
 * Princess Peach (Voiced by Grey Delisle): The Young, spirited and naivè princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She Gets kidnapped by Bowser & his minions all the time for his evil schemes but will do all her best to protect her kingdom. She also possesses a short temper which can lead to her becoming uncontrollably mad.
 * Toad (Voiced by Jack McBrayer): Peach’s Childhood friend and Assistant, helping her at all costs and serves as the show's comic relief. Later on in Season 2 he becomes the New Captain Toad and becomes the Girlfriend to Toadette
 * Captain Toad (Voiced by Travis Willingham): The prideful yet timid leader of the Toad Brigade and is national guard for the Mushroom kingdom. In Season 2 he loses his role as Captain Toad from his Brother and becomes Homeless, later living in Toad’s house.
 * Toadette (Voiced by Kristen Schaal): The ex-girlfriend of Captain Toad and is the love interest and later girlfriend of Toad, she is caring and friendly but overall annoying and overbearing at points, she tones this down throughout the series