Barbie recently became the second movie of 2023 to hit the lauded billion-dollar mark, following in the Kuribo's Shoe-shaped footsteps of everyone’s favorite mustachioed plumber in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The video game adaptation was a mega-success around the globe right out of the pipe, but for those of us who watched it the first time in loud theaters full of active younger viewers, there may have been some difficulty catching all the jokes, references, music cues and sight gags the first time around.
Thankfully, the film is now available to stream with a Peacock subscription (as well as being out on Blu-ray/DVD), giving fans as much time as needed to go back through the colorful adventure with a metaphorical magnifying glass to seek out the myriad details that celebrate not only Mario and Luigi’s gaming history, but also that of Nintendo itself. I definitely caught quite a few bits that I’d missed out on initially, so let’s put some Jack Black slow jams on and dive into some easy-to-miss Super Mario Bros. Movie details.
