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Stupid Mario Brothers
SMB heroes The main cast of Stupid Mario Brothers Season Five
Genre Comedy / Drama / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Family
Created by Rich Alvarez
Chris Muller
Starring Rich Alvarez
Chris Muller
Matt Provencal
Doug Orofino
Christian Arista
Julian Petruzzelli
Austin Stevenson
Tim Muller
Kevin Chamberlain
Erin Henderson
Daen Olson
Eric Porter
Country of Origin United States
Production
Running time Various
Broadcast
Broadcast YouTube
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 75 (1 lost) (List of episodes)
Original Run December 29, 2007 – June 5, 2012
External links
Site YouTube channel

Stupid Mario Brothers, shortened as Stupid Mario Bros. or simply abbreviated as SMB, is an American fantasy/comedy web series and parody of Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers video game franchise, created by Rich Alvarez and Chris Muller.

The series tells the story of the show's main characters Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi (who used to be Mario and Luigi's arch-rivals) going on wild adventures in the Real World to stop the show's villains Ganondorf, Bowser, Nox Decious, the Darkness, and Kamek. Along the way, they meet a variety of friends and enemies that all play their part in changing the Real World as they know it. The first episode aired on December 29, 2007, with huge success and millions of views. The series finale aired on June 5, 2012, with the conclusion of Season Five. Originally, Alvarez planned to create Season Six, but due to most of the cast members moving away, he was forced to end the series at Season Five. The series concluded after five seasons consisting of 75 episodes, The Movie and 3 Specials in total.

A film based on the series titled Stupid Mario Brothers: The Movie was released on August 27, 2009.

While the series has officially ended, Austin Stevenson and Daen Olson tried to create a spin-off series titled Stupid Pokémon Friends. However, conflict between the RMA cast and the cast of Stupid Pokemon Friends resulted in the series being cancelled after the first episode was released.

A spiritual sequel to Stupid Mario Brothers titled That Stupid Video Game Show was released on January 17, 2013. A canon sequel, Super Mario: The Plumber Knight Returns, was released in 2014, with another sequel, Stupid Mario World, being released November 20, 2015. A follow up movie, Stupid Mario Brothers: Legacy, was released on December 9, 2017.

History[]

Mario and Luigi Pre-SMB 03

Rich Alvarez and Chris Muller as Mario and Luigi

Originally, the Mario and Luigi costumes were created in 2006 as Halloween costumes by Rich Alvarez and Chris Muller. In November 2006, they were used again while the two were in line for the launch of the Nintendo Wii.

Muller had the idea of using the costumes in a video series, but Alvarez turned it down because he thought the concept was too stupid and pointless. Later, Muller and Matt Provencal re-approached Alvarez during lunch at their high school, calling the concept Super Teenage Mario Brothers. However, Alvarez once again turned it down, still seeing it as a stupid concept.

Towards the end of 2007, Alvarez eventually agreed on filming Super Teenage Mario Brothers since they didn't have anything else to do. While editing the video, he decided that since the series was stupid and random, he changed the title to Stupid Mario Brothers.

Reception[]

Rich Alvarez already predicted that the series wouldn't gain RMA Productions a place in YouTube's top 3 most subscribed.

Despite this, Stupid Mario Brothers is still a highly successful YouTube series, its first episode garnering over 2,723,878 views, as of December 2020.

Response was almost unanimously positive during Season One's original broadcast, with most criticism constructive. Although the show and following installments were a big success, popularity has decreased over the years, and it carries on as a slightly niche, cult phenomenon in most circles, with a highly scattered fandom. Many viewers hold a nostalgic attachment for the show.

While many argue that the series' quality degraded significantly over time, most fans agree that it as a whole remains entertaining, despite later installments having less critical merit.

Episodes[]

Season One: Welcome to the Real World[]

  1. "Tired of the Mushroom Kingdom"
  2. "A Tale of Two Brothers"
  3. "One Ring that is better than a Compass"
  4. "Wario's New Partner likes Purple"
  5. "Make Fireballs, Not Love!"
  6. "Why catch them All?"
  7. "A Band that is better than the Jonas Brothers!"
  8. "It came from Ash's Toilet"
  9. "Real Jobs Suck"
  10. "A Monkey for your Thoughts?"
  11. "Stupid Mario Kart"
  12. "Stupid Wario Brothers and No Snacks"
  13. "Special Delivery from a Guy dressed in Brown"
  14. "The Final Countdown until the next Countdown"
  15. "Stupid Smash Brothers"

Season Two: In the Darkness, lies the Truth[]

  1. "Link's Letter is full of Holes!"
  2. "Draino won't unclog these Pipes"
  3. "Wario has another Bad Day"
  4. "Soccer will solve all your Problems"
  5. "Cucoos are more fun than Gerudo Myths"
  6. "A Day in the life of Mario"
  7. "Who is Scott Masterson?"
  8. "How it's done in Hyrule!"
  9. "Psychic Powers will only tell you so much"
  10. "And then there was Nox Decious"
  11. "Three Objects make a Cool Weapon"
  12. "Is it "Kung Pow" or Stupid Mario?"
  13. "Well excuse me PRINCESS!"
  14. "Two Tall Thin Men have a Fight!"
  15. "The Most Epic Battle EVER"

Season Three: The Return of the One, True Hero[]

  1. "This time, It's Personal!"
  2. "Like Hyrule, but not"
  3. "Metal Gear Stupid"
  4. "Basketball Diaries"
  5. "Snake VS Guard"
  6. "Remembrance"
  7. "Old Friends, New Enemies"
  8. "The Advent of Snake's Mission"
  9. "Man is protected from what lies beneath"
  10. "Something Crazy This Way Comes"
  11. "Regeneration"
  12. "Blood Money"
  13. "The Zero Hour"
  14. "Bloody Confrontations"
  15. "The End of the Beginning"

Season Four: The Calm Before the Darkness[]

  1. "Death is Like A Box of Chocolates"
  2. "Poke-Drawls"
  3. "The Case Of The Stolen Junk"
  4. "A Huge Payne"
  5. "You Can't Read My Poker Face!"
  6. "Poke-Suckers!"
  7. "JMK FOREVER!"
  8. "All Good Things..."
  9. "The Great Purple Hope!"
  10. "Ninjas GALORE!"
  11. "The Trifecta!"
  12. "The Truth About Blaire Vherestorm!"
  13. "What Would Waluigi Do?!"
  14. "Plumbers and Ninjas and Snakes OH MY!"
  15. "The Darkness Explains It All"

Season Five: The Great War[]

  1. "Dark Dookie"
  2. "32 bit stealth training"
  3. "PIRATES VS NINJAS!"
  4. "Shadow Scum VS Ganon....Or Ganondorf...Whatever his name is!"
  5. "An Unexpected? Proposal"
  6. "The Business Man and The Ape"
  7. "The Return Of The Great Purple Hope!"
  8. "Operation: Vherestorm"
  9. "A "Brief" Meeting"
  10. "It's Never a good time to ignore your girlfriend. EVER!"
  11. "Imported Sunflowers"
  12. "Not these Ninja's Again!"
  13. "Fantasy Wizard Bullsh*t!"
  14. ""As the Fanboys say, Only Link can defeat Ganon"!"
  15. "The Super Mario Brothers"

Spin-offs, Subsequent Canon Specials, and Extras[]

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Locations[]

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Spiritual sequel[]

Main article: That Stupid Video Game Show

A spiritual sequel titled That Stupid Video Game Show was released on January 17, 2013.

External links[]

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