Mind = blown. Did you know there’s a crossover episode with the 80s Mario Bros and Inspector Gadget?
Yup! DiC had the cartoon licenses for both Mario Bros and Inspector Gadget (they still might for Gadget–I don’t know offhand), so they just… did a crossover.
There were other crossovers, too; it was a very amusing series!
In Super Mario World, the collision detection of the fence-climbing Koopa Troopas is inaccurate, resulting in them only being able to harm Mario if his feet are touching them. By hanging off the bottom of the fence in the manner depicted, Mario is safe from the Koopa Troopas.
My FAVORITE THING is researchers who wholeheartedly embrace the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic and wear their field of study on their literal sleeve. Everyone in the invasive crayfish consortium has tiny lobster-print shorts or socks. All the middle-aged dad scientists here at the lab have shirts with fish and/or fishing tackle patterns on them. My moss specimen and ammonite earrings keep getting noticed by women who are wearing silver fishbone-shaped or native plant-themed earrings themselves. Every single person on the outreach team has at least one shirt with an anchor pattern on it from Old Navy, and almost all the younger researchers have tattoos featuring their research interests – one fisheries biologist has a half-sleeve of native species she literally uses as an outreach tool. We are self-aware and having a blast with it, honestly.
I adore the Ms. Frizzle aesthetic
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