# The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)

> The Mario Bros., Princess Toadstool, and Toad defend the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and his Koopa Kids in this 1990 cartoon adapted from the Nintendo game.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/13409

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 26
- Episode runtime: 11 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, family, comedy, adventure
- Created by: Reed Shelly, Bruce Shelly
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Walker Boone, Tony Rosato, Tracey Moore, Harvey Atkin, John Stocker, Dan Hennessey, Tara Strong, Tabitha St. Germain
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098762/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: breezy, goofy, whimsical, cheerful

## What critics say

Critics have received this Saturday morning cartoon negatively, viewing it as a loose and formulaic tie-in to the Super Mario video game franchise.

## Synopsis

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) is a United States animated family adventure series created by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly for NBC. Drawn from the Nintendo video game franchise, it follows the plumber brothers Mario (voiced by Walker Boone) and Luigi (voiced by Tony Rosato), who join Princess Toadstool (voiced by Tracey Moore) and the mushroom-capped Toad (voiced by John Stocker) in defending the Mushroom Kingdom. Their engine is simple and recurring: each episode, King Koopa (voiced by Harvey Atkin) and his seven Koopa Kids, including Bully Koopa (voiced by Dan Hennessey) and Kooky Koopa (voiced by Michael Stark), hatch a new scheme to conquer the realm, and the heroes must outwit them with quick thinking and bright cartoon action. The series runs for a single season of twenty-six short episodes, each about eleven minutes long, so the stories stay self-contained and easy to follow. Its tone is breezy, goofy, and gently comic, with a sunny fantasy look and a kid-friendly sense of adventure. Its Italian American brotherhood and video game origins give it a distinctive flavor. Fans of The Legend of Zelda and Sonic the Hedgehog will find familiar playful quests and colorful rivals here.

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