Every ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Video Game Reference, Power-Up and Easter Egg, Explained
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” now playing in theaters. “Mario” video game fans are in for another treat with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the sequel to the first animated blockbuster that grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in 2023. Nearly every scene is jam-packed […]
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Apr 1, 2026 7:00pm PT Every ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Video Game Reference, Power-Up and Easter Egg, Explained By Jordan Moreau , Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” now playing in theaters. “Mario” video game fans are in for another treat with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the sequel to the first animated blockbuster that grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in 2023. Nearly every scene is jam-packed with Easter eggs and references to past “Mario” games, plus there are a ton of musical nods to games throughout the series. “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” introduces two popular characters from the games: the evil Bowser Jr. (voiced by Benny Safdie) and space princess Rosalina (Brie Larson). Like the events of the 2007 video game that the film takes as inspiration, Mario (Chris Pratt), Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy), Luigi (Charlie Day) and newcomer Yoshi (Donald Glover) head to space to save Rosalina from Bowser (Jack Black) and his son. Along the way, they leave Brooklyn and the Mushroom Kingdom far behind and explore several brand new planets seen in past games. The movie starts out with Mario and Luigi exploring the sandy Tostarena Town, from “Super Mario Odyssey,” and meeting Yoshi. Then they blast off into space and fight off enemies in a gravity-defying casino run by Wart (Luis Guzman) and a bee colony led by Queen Bee (Issa Rae), both from the “Super Mario Galaxy” game. There are more “Odyssey” references when Mario and Co. encounter a T-rex from a prehistoric planet and summon a massive dragon during the final fight against Bowser and Bowser Jr. Check out all of the “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” references below. Rosalina’s Library “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” opens with Princess Rosalina reading a bedtime story to the Lumas, the cuddly star-shaped creatures who call her “Mama.” She first tells them about a faraway princess named Peach before they beg her to tell them about “the plumbers” — Ma...
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