Have You Seen This? Adventures of Super Mario cat

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OVERWORLD — Super Mario Bros. is one of those pop culture phenomenons that the majority of people a certain age will always love revisiting.

We grew up playing the game, watching Nintendo cereal commercials, and being scarred by the live-action, “Super Mario Bros.” movie. So a little bit of niggling nostalgia will always make us click on the latest video or art parody of our favorite video game brothers.

I clicked on one such video homage this very day. Sure, I initially clicked because it stars a cat wearing a Mario costume, but I stayed because the video is charming and well done with a funny surprise. It’s the most adorable effort of a princess rescue you’ll probably ever see.

Even if the Mario visuals don’t suck you in, those iconic Mario sound effects just might do the trick. Each ring of a coin, crunch of a brick, and warp of a pipe will hit you right in your childhood. It also doesn’t hurt that the cat starring in this video has a built-in, furry mustache, just like a-Mario.

Since I love cats, I know that they mostly do what they want, even though they certainly are trainable and good creatures. So I can’t imagine the amount of footage they had to shoot then edit to make the cat fit into the jumping and brick-hitting action in every Mario game.

But I’m sure Michael Tivikoff, AKA YouTube user Mr.TVCow, knew exactly what he was getting into. His channel is full of pop culture-based videos starring cats and bunnies, which you can check out here.


Martha Ostergar

About the Author: Martha Ostergar

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to write about. Follow her on Twitter @monstergar.

OVERWORLD — Super Mario Bros. is one of those pop culture phenomenons that the majority of people a certain age will always love revisiting.

We grew up playing the game, watching Nintendo cereal commercials, and being scarred by the live-action, “Super Mario Bros.” movie. So a little bit of niggling nostalgia will always make us click on the latest video or art parody of our favorite video game brothers.

I clicked on one such video homage this very day. Sure, I initially clicked because it stars a cat wearing a Mario costume, but I stayed because the video is charming and well done with a funny surprise. It’s the most adorable effort of a princess rescue you’ll probably ever see.

Even if the Mario visuals don’t suck you in, those iconic Mario sound effects just might do the trick. Each ring of a coin, crunch of a brick, and warp of a pipe will hit you right in your childhood. It also doesn’t hurt that the cat starring in this video has a built-in, furry mustache, just like a-Mario.

Since I love cats, I know that they mostly do what they want, even though they certainly are trainable and good creatures. So I can’t imagine the amount of footage they had to shoot then edit to make the cat fit into the jumping and brick-hitting action in every Mario game.

But I’m sure Michael Tivikoff, AKA YouTube user Mr.TVCow, knew exactly what he was getting into. His channel is full of pop culture-based videos starring cats and bunnies, which you can check out here.


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About the Author: Martha Ostergar ---------------------------------

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to write about. Follow her on Twitter @monstergar.

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