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[[Image: FortHardKnox.jpg|thumb|'''Fort Hard Knox'''.]]
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:FortHardKnox.jpg|250px]]<br>Fort Hard Knox in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service".
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' - "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]" (1989)
|greater_location=[[Spy Land]]
}}
'''Fort Hard Knox''' is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of [[Spy Land]]. It only appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]", where [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopfinger|Koopfinger]] and his goons rob it and make off with "nine-hundred and ninety-nine zillion trillion billion million and one" [[Coin|Gold Coins]].


'''Fort Hard Knox''' is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of [[Spy Land]].
==Names in other languages==
"Fort Hard Knox" is a portmanteau of {{wp|Fort Knox}}, a fortress holding much of the [[United States of America|United States]]'s gold reserves, and the idiom "school of hard knocks," a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.


In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]", [[Bowser|Koopfinger]] and his goons robbed Fort Hard Knox, and managed to make off with nine-hundred and ninety-nine billion trillion billion million and one [[Coin|Gold Coins]].
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|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-NV8Pi-aU&list=PLwzf4mOPE8BlhZQzQNfBFjrkJrrocv7kU&index=36 Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - À Serviço de Sua Majestade / 9001 Uma Odisséia do Mario (Dublado)]</ref>
|Spa=Fuerte Peso
|SpaM=Fort {{wp|Peso}}
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmruZqFOrQ Sobre el servicio de alcantarillado de Su Majestad | Dibujos Para Niños]</ref>
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Other than a gate, Fort Hard Knox has no visible security, which might explain why it was so easy for Koopfinger to plunder.
==References==
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== Trivia ==
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* Fort Hard Knox gets its name from "Fort Knox", a similar fortress made to hold money, and the idiom "School of Hard Knocks", a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.
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Latest revision as of 23:59, March 12, 2025

Fort Hard Knox
FortHardKnox.jpg
Fort Hard Knox in "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service".
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" (1989)
Greater location Spy Land

Fort Hard Knox is the piggy bank-shaped treasury of Spy Land. It only appears in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service", where Koopfinger and his goons rob it and make off with "nine-hundred and ninety-nine zillion trillion billion million and one" Gold Coins.

Names in other languages[edit]

"Fort Hard Knox" is a portmanteau of Fort Knox, a fortress holding much of the United States's gold reserves, and the idiom "school of hard knocks," a term used to describe the simple education given by mere life.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Portuguese Forte Hard Knox[1] Fort Hard Knox
Spanish Fuerte Peso[2] Fort Peso

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - À Serviço de Sua Majestade / 9001 Uma Odisséia do Mario (Dublado)
  2. ^ Sobre el servicio de alcantarillado de Su Majestad | Dibujos Para Niños
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