500 True/Funny Things We Know About Mario

278. Red-shelled Koopas will turn back when they reach the end of a platform, but the green-shelled ones will walk off it.

279) Mario is a plumber
280) Mario is a racecar driver
281) Mario is a doctor
282) Mario is a tennis player
283) Mario is an arsonist
284) Mario is a pole dancer
285) Mario is a typing teacher

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/wat...5jxZbD68

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286) Mario was also a carpenter in the original Donkey Kong game.

287. Mario and Luigi have no last name.

288. Princess Peach is a blonde in most games, but in Super Mario Bros. 2 (outside Japan) she had brown hair.

289. Bowser & his koopalings always die, then come back to life somehow.

290. Bowser doesn't seem to have a wife, but he has a son.

291. Spinning next to a flower in later Super Mario games will result in a coin spawning.

292. In standard Super Mario games when you finish a level with Yoshi, Mario will leave him behind. In Super Mario Maker, Yoshi will stay with Mario.

Matt77 said:

292. In standard Super Mario games when you finish a level with Yoshi, Mario will leave him behind. In Super Mario Maker, Yoshi will stay with Mario.

I have never observed this. In Super Mario World, Yoshi will stay with Mario if he finishes the level with him.

293. Bowser and the Koopalings build weird castles to live in.

294. In New Super Mario Bros + New Super Mario Bros U, when Mario touches the flagpole with Yoshi, Mario jumps off Yoshi's back and runs into the tower without him.*

295. It is not possible to jump over the flagpole in the original Super Mario Bros, unless through use of a Game Genie or similar device.

296. Mario and Luigi can stay underwater and never need to surface for air.

297. In SMW, enemies you killed will respawn if you back to where they first appeared.

298. Luigi is slightly taller than Mario.

299. Mario is older than Luigi.

300. Luigi was created for the purpose of having 2-player simultaneous play in the fist Mario Bros. game.

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301 - When Mario is hurt, he receives about 2 seconds of invincibility.
(We've got 199 to go, we really don't need 100 more added on )

302. Wario wears a cap like Mario's in Super Mario Land 2 (6 Golden Coins), but he does not in the first Wario Land game.

303. Mario is rich from all the coins he collects, yet his occupation is as a plumber.

304. Mario can shoot fireballs with or without aid of a fire flower.

305. Mario can grow wings in Super Mario 64.

306) In super Mario Bros 1, Lost Levels (2) and 3, Mario and Luigi wear different colors, but if they get Fire Flowers, their fire outfits change to the same color.

307) As of New Super Mario Bros Wii, Yellow Toad and Blue Toad became playable characters.

308) As of New Super Luigi U, Nabbit became a playable character.

309) Peach made her debut as a playable character in a side-scrolling Mario game in 1988, before returning in 2005 in Super Princess Peach, and finally again in Super Mario 3D World in 2013.

310) Mario and his friends are surprisingly good at various types of sports, including golf, tennis, and baseball. They also have been to 3 Olympic games, and have won several Olympic medals alongside various SEGA characters.

311) Princess Peach has her own game.