The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American 3D computer-animated surreal comedy-adventure film for all ages produced by Nintendo and Illumination. Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the plot follows Mario and Luigi, two Italian-American plumber brothers who are transported to an alternate world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and the Koopas, led by Bowser. It was released on April 5, 2023. A sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, was released in April 1, 2026. Dialogue Snow King: That is but a taste of our fury. Do you yield? Bowser: [chuckles] I do not. Mario: It's-a-me! A-Mario! Luigi: And a-Luigi! Foreman Spike: Well, well, well, if it isn't Brooklyn's favorite failures, the Stupid Mario Brothers. Luigi: [sarcastically] Oh, great. Spike's here. Mario: Hey, Spike. Spike: Yeah. [mockingly] "It's-a me!" [laughs] Ooh, yeah. [seriously] Tell me, have you even gotten one call since you two have left me to start your dumb company? Luigi: As a matter of fact, Spike, we have. [points at his phone] Mario: Wow. Really? Luigi: Uh, yeah. Our mom called, and she said, "Oh, boys, that's the best commercial I've ever seen!" And I said, "Thank you very much, Mother, we're very proud of it." So, boom! [slams his phone, cracking the screen] Spike: [laughs] Good luck running a business with this idiot. [throws a balled-up napkin at Luigi] Mario: [catches the balled-up napkin; in tranquil fury] Say that again about my brother, and you're gonna regret it. [throws ball back at Spike] Spike: Oh, yeah? [grabs Mario by the overalls] Get this through your tiny brain, Mario: you're a joke, and you always will be. [throws Mario on the ground, leaves some money, and exits] Luigi: Are you insane? He's 3 times than your size. Mario: Luigi, c'mon. Y'know, you can't be scared all the time. Luigi: Mmm, you'd be surprised. [hears his cracked phone begins to ring with the Nintendo GameCube boot-up music and answers] Hello, Super Mario Brothers. Uh-huh? A drip in your faucet? That's great! I mean, that's...That's great you called us because we can be there, and we can fix it right away. Okay. [hangs up] Mario, we got one! The Super Mario Brothers are in business! Mario: Woohoo! [Inside Peach's Castle, the Toad Council holds a meeting] Toad General: Council, your attention. Bowser has found the Super Star, and is headed toward our kingdom. Its power will make him invincible. We will be destroyed. [The Toads gasp] Yellow Council Toad: Princess, what are we gonna do?! [Princess Peach: [rising from her throne] I will not let him hurt you. [ascending from the stairs] We are going to stop Bowser. Yellow Council Toad: How? Look at us. We're adorable! [he and the others widen their eyes] Peach: I'm going to convince the Great Kong Army to help us. Together, we'll annihilate that monster. Toad General: Their mad king doesn't make alliances. The Kongs will never agree. Peach: I can convince him. I'll leave for the Jungle Kingdom in the morning. [leaves] Toad General: Good luck, Princess. For all our sakes. [After Mario almost completes Peach's training course] Peach: Well, we have a long journey ahead of us, Mustache. Mario: But I didn't make it. Peach: You almost did. No one gets it right away. Mario: How many tries did it take you? Peach: [her eyes widen] Oh, so many. I was not good at it. Worse than you. [flashes a guilty grin] Mario: [disbelieving] You got it right away, didn't you? Peach: I got it right away, but I grew up here. Mario: Okay, now you're just trying to make me feel better. Peach: No. No. [pause] Is it working? Mario: A little bit, yeah. [The Toad guards play the Level Complete fanfare as Mario and Peach exit the castle to find all Toads cheering for them] Peach: They're all counting on us. No pressure. Toads: [cheering] Yeah! [now looking at Mario] Huh? [Through the crowd, Peach and Mario get to the pipe] Peach: My Toads, our days of terror are almost over! With the help of the Kong Army, we will stop——— [Princess Peach clenches her hands into her fists.] Blue Toad: Uh, who's he? [points to Mario who nervously chuckles] Peach: [gapes at him and at the Toads] He's not inportant! [In the answer, the Toads cheer again as Peach and Mario exit through the pipe] Kamek: [as Bowser is singing "Peaches"] Sire. Bowser: [growls] What? Kamek: A report from our intelligence; A mustachioed human has arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom. [Bowser angrily growls; stumbles in fear] The princess has been training him. They are up to something, sire. Bowser: [calms himself] Sit. Jam with me. [Kamek sits next to Bowser, as he starts playing the Underground Theme] This, uh, human, where did he come from? Kamek: We aren't sure. Bowser: Does the princess...like him? Kamek: Sire, look in the mirror; you have nothing to worry about. Bowser: I know that. I'm not threatened. [slams cover on Kamek's fingers] Kamek: [screams in pain] Bowser: FIND OUT WHO HE IS, AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING!! [slams his fist and storms off]Kamek: [painfully] I'm on it, sire. May I lift the cover? Bowser: [walking away] Not yet. Pain is the best teacher. Mario: You don't seem like you're from here. Fire Peach: I don't know where I'm from. Mario: Really? Fire Peach: Yep. My earliest memory is arriving. [flashback to Baby Peach entering the Mushroom Kingdom and meeting the Toads] I was so lucky they found me. [as Peach grows up, shots of her fishing Cheep Cheeps and training with the Toads] They took me in and raised me like one of their own. And when I was ready... [cut to Peach being crowned as the Toads cheer for her] ...they made me their princess.[Flashback ends]Mario: Maybe you're from my world. Fire Peach: [looking up at the sky] There's a huge universe out there...with a lot of galaxies. Bowser: What is your name? Luigi: Uh...Luigi. Bowser: Not sure if you know who I am, but I'm about to marry a princess and rule the world. Luigi: [smiles nervously] Wow. Uh, yay. Bowser: But there's one problem, Luigi. There's a human traveling with my fiancé; has a mustache, just like you. Do you know him? Luigi: No. No! Bowser: Ah, tough one, I see. Maybe this'll get you to talk. [pulls at a strand of Luigi's mustache with his claws]Luigi: Do you think I know every human being with a mustache wearing an identical outfit with a hat with the letter of his first name on it? Because I don't. Bowser: [plucks the strand off, then pulls at more of Luigi's mustache] Do you know him?! Luigi: Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! I know him. Yes, I know him. Yeah, he's my brother, Mario, and he's the best guy in the world. Bowser: Do princesses find him atttractive?! Luigi: They do if they have good taste. [Bowser rips part of his mustache] AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Bowser: [tosses him to the ground] Get him outta my sight! We'll see how tough this Mario is when he watches me kill his brother! Luigi: Where am I? Peach: You ready? Peach: We are here to see the king.[at Cranky Kong's throne]Cranky Kong: What makes you think you're worthy of fighting alongside the greatest army in the world?[All the guards tap their weapons to the ground]Peach: Because we have heart. And with your strength, we can win. Cranky Kong: Okay, fine. Peach: That's it? Cranky Kong: No, that's not it! The answer is No. Good bye! Peach: If the Mushroom Kingdom falls, the Jungle Kingdom is next. Mario: We're not leaving without your army.[Beat]Cranky Kong: Hahahahaha! Who is this guy? Oh, he makes me laugh. Hahahaha! All right, tough guy, you want my army so badly? Defeat my son in the Great Ring of Kong! Peach: Give us a second. [to Mario] This is a really, really bad idea! Mario: Well, do you have another way to save my brother? Cranky Kong: [pops up from the floor] Are you two done whispering? It's a little rude.[Donkey Kong enters the Great Ring of Kong; he dances to the DK Rap from "Donkey Kong 64", with the crowd cheering]Donkey Kong: [raps along] I'm D.K.! I'm Donkey Kong! Young Kong: Yeah! We love you! Donkey Kong: Oh, yeah! [waves at his father] Hi, Dad! Hi! Cranky Kong: No. No! Don't do that! Donkey Kong: [dancing] Dad, wave back! Cranky Kong: Enough with the showboating! Donkey Kong: What do ya mean?! They like it! It's what they came here for! Dancin' pecs! [flexes his chest] Cranky Kong: [to crowd] Okay, simmer down! [the crowd still cheers] I said, "Simmer down!" [the crowd stops cheering] Diddy Kong: D.K.! D.K.! D.K.! D.K.! Cranky Kong: That means you, Diddy Kong! Diddy Kong: D.- [sits down] Sorry. Cranky Kong: Now, since I want this fight to last more than five seconds, I put power-ups around the arena. You're welcome, Mario! Donkey Kong: [smugly] I don't anything special to break every bone in your tiny body! Mario: [turned into a cat] Oh, what? I'm a cat?! Donkey Kong: [laughs] You got the cat box! Oh, my - Ah! Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay. [becomes serious] Now you die. [throws a punch at Cat Mario, who dodges] Mario: [to himself] Huh. I'm a cat! [counter-attacks] Mario: [after defeating Donkey Kong] Had enough? Donkey Kong: [weakly] Not...even...close. [almost falls off the platform] Mario: [grabs Donkey Kong by his tie] I'll take that as a "Yes." [Donkey Kong falls, and Mario jumps on him; the Kongs in the crowd cheer and chant "Mario!"] Toad: Yes! That's my best friend! [Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Kong Army arrive on Rainbow Road] Mario: [laughs] Wahoo! Peach: Is there anything like this in your world? Mario: [yells] What? Peach: [louder] IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN YOUR WORLD?! Mario: [laughs] No. We don't drive on rainbows. Peach: What are you gonna tell me next? That the turtles aren't evil? Peach: No! No, Mario! Cranky Kong: [gasps] No! No! [The flying Clown Cars starts snatching him and the Kongs away] Get your clown claws off of me! Bowser: [cackling] Goodbye, Mario. Peach: We have to get home. [From above Rainbow Road, Mario and Donkey Kong are falling] Donkey Kong: [throws debris] HEY! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! Mario: My fault?! You're the one who- Donkey Kong: STOP TALKING! I don't want the last thing I hear before I die to be your- [he and Mario crash into the ocean. Donkey Kong is knocked unconscious, but Mario manages to bring him up to the surface by pulling him by his tie. A large creature closes its jaws beneath them. They surface] Donkey Kong: Mario... you saved my life. Mario: Yeah, well...I won't tell anyone. But I don't know or remember what happened. Donkey Kong: No, thank you. Good, please don't. Mario: Okay. [hears bubbling sound from below] Uh...did you just...feel something? [The Maw-Ray rises up out of the water behind them. Mario and Donkey Kong scream and start swimming away] Donkey Kong: Swim! [The Maw-Ray closes its jaws around them] Bowser: Princess Peach, brave as ever. [Kamek appears aside him] As you can see, I have the Super Star. Peach: If you're going to use it, use it now. [points her harpoon at Bowser] Bowser: No, Princess, I stole this star for us. I guess...love really makes a guy come out of his shell, heh-heh-heh. [beat; to Kamek] I told you that line wouldn't work! Kamek: You're doing great. Luigi: Mario. [Inside the Maw-Ray] Donkey Kong: So, this is the end; being slowly digested by an eel next to an idiot in overalls. Mario: Well, at least your brother isn't gonna die because of you. Donkey Kong: [crossing his eyes] At least you're not gonna die with your dad thinking you're a joke. Mario: [sullen] Yeah, well, my dad thinks I'm a joke, too. Donkey Kong: [sadly] Yeah? Well... [angrily] Your dad's right! Mario: You know what? I feel bad enough. Just, just leave me alone. Donkey Kong: I've never met your dad, but he sounds "brilliant". Mario: Just go in a corner and smash some stuff, smash monkey! Donkey Kong: [furiously throws a tire down, and slams his fists] I...AM...MORE...THAN A GUY...WHO SMASHES THINGS!!!!![The Maw-Ray burps; they find the engines of Donkey Kong's racing cart, look at one another, and smile. Cut to them launching themselves out of the Maw-Ray's mouth]Donkey Kong: Cool raccoon suit. Tanooki Mario: Really? Donkey Kong: Not at all.[As Peach is about to marry Bowser]Kamek: Ah-he-he-hem. Dearly belov- [Peach punches him] Agh! Bowser: Huh?[All Koopas gasp]Dry Bone: Drama. Peach: You really thought I'd marry you? Bowser: Kinda. Peach: [without missing a beat] I'd never marry a monster. [powers up with Ice Flower, becoming Ice Peach]Bowser: [enraged] THEN WE ARE BREAKING UP RIGHT NOW! [They start fighting] [Tanooki Mario swoops down and catches Luigi before he can drop into the lava] Luigi: Huh? Tanooki Mario: Lu! Luigi: Mario?! [laughs] Tanooki Mario: I told ya! See? As long as we're together, everything is gonna be okay! Luigi: [laughs] Mario, why do you look like a bear? What is this? [Donkey Kong frees Cranky Kong from his cage] Cranky Kong: Ya did good, kid. Make your pecs dance, you deserve it. Donkey Kong: No time now, definitely later. [Bowser, trapped in ice, regains consciousness and sees Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and Donkey Kong together; he breathes fire and sets his head free.] Bowser: [bellowing] LAUNCH THE BOMBER BILL, AND DESTROY THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM!!!![Bomber Bill shoots out of the volcano-like opening in Bowser's Castle and speeds at Peach's Castle]Peach: No...[Tanooki Mario flies beside the Bomber Bill, trying to get its attention]Tanooki Mario: Hey, hey...Hey, over here! [tries hitting the Bomber Bill's side, to no effect. He tries pushing the Bomber Bill's front, but ends up with his back against its tip.] You asked for it! [smacks the Bomber Bill's eye with his tail. The Bomber Bill stops in mid-air, bending the flagpole on top of Peach's Castle, glaring at him] Heh. Hello. [the Bomber Bill chases him through the Mushroom Kingdom. He crashes through a large mushroom] Ow! [gets the Bomber crashing into two more large mushrooms, getting some of the last one in his mouth before spitting it out] Really?! [spots the Warp Pipe that first brought him to the Mushroom Kingdom] Follow me! [starts leading the Bomber Bill to the Warp Pipe] Come on. [gets the Bomber Bill flying straight into the Warp Pipe's direction and speeds up] Little closer. [gets as close as possible to the Warp Pipe without going in it and flies upward at the last second; in slow motion] Mamma mia! [normal speed; Bomber Bill is sucked into the Warp Pipe with great force, but it explodes after floating into the Warp Zone, creating a visible disturbance on the outside of the Mushroom Kingdom's Warp Pipe] Huh?[The Warp Pipe creates an explosion that throws Tanooki Mario against the wall of Bowser's Castle and powers him down. Mario falls before grabbing onto a ledge of Bowser's Castle. The Warp Pipe pulls Luigi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, and Donkey Kong in. Mario loses his grip on the ledge and is pulled after them][In Brooklyn, Mario sees a Star; Bowser gets up and sees Mario close to it]Bowser: [furiously enraged] Mario! [Mario runs to the Star, but Bowser jumps in his way] You want this? [they fight] You ruined my wedding! [throwing things; Mario dodges] I was finally gonna be happy! [throws Mario at the car] Now you will suffer...LIKE ME! [throws a car at Mario, but he dodges and runs. Then Bowser chases Mario and whips him with this tail, sending him flying into Punch-Out! Pizzeria. Then he hides from Bowser] You thought you could stop me? You worthless, weak, little nothing. COME OUT AND FIGHT! Or are you too scared?! [Mario doesn't answer; arrogantly chuckles] Just when I thought. Mario: Hey! Leave him alone! Luigi: Mario? Bowser: [releases Donkey Kong] You just don't know when to quit! Mario: Yeah, I've been told that before.[Mario and Luigi defeat Bowser with the Super Star; they, Peach, and Donkey Kong approach Bowser]Bowser: Peaches. [chuckles nervously] Uh, listen, this is not the way I pictured it, but give me one more chance. Peach: Ew, no. [brings out the Mini Mushroom]Bowser: No-no-no-no-no-! [Peach stuffs a Mini Mushroom into Bowser's mouth, causes him to shrink; in a high-pitched voice] Hey! Hey! That is not cool! Donkey Kong: Ha! He got the Blue Mushroom![Toad puts Bowser into a jar]Mario: See? Told ya I'd get you a pet turtle. Peach: [giggles] Not bad, mustache. And Luigi, you're so brave. Luigi: Oh, thanks. [chuckles] Yeah, it's kind of my thing.[Last lines in mid-credits; Bowser is singing the reprised "Peaches" song in a big bird cage]Bowser: ♪ Mario, Luigi and a Donkey Kong, too / A thousand troops of Koopas couldn't keep me from you / Princess Peach, at the end of the line / I'll make you mine / Oh, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches / Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches / I love you / Oh- ♪ Toad Guard: Hey! Quiet in there! Lights out, little guy. [taps the bird cage with his weapon]Bowser: [enraged; in high-pitched voice] Hey! You can't treat me like this! Do you know who I am? I am Bow-- [The Toad Guard slams the door with screen cuts to black; sighs]'' Cast Chris Pratt — Mario Anya Taylor-Joy — Princess Peach Charlie Day — Luigi Jack Black — Bowser Keegan-Michael Key — Toad Seth Rogen — Donkey Kong Fred Armisen — Cranky Kong Sebastian Maniscalco — Foreman Spike Charles Martinet — Mario's Dad, Giuseppe Kevin Michael Richardson — Kamek Rino Romano — Uncle Tony John DiMaggio — Uncle Arthur Juliet Jelenic — Lumalee Jessica DiCicco — Mario's Mom, Plumbing Commercial Woman, Mayor Pauline, Yellow Toad, Luigi's Bully, Baby Peach Khary Payton — The Penguin King Eric Bauza — Diddy Kong, Toad General Scott Menville — Koopa General, Red Toad External Links 7634766 The Super Mario Bros. 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