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[[Image:SwissCheeseAlps.jpg|thumb|'''The Swiss Cheese Alps''', with Dr. Koopenstein's tower in the distance.]]  
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The '''Swiss Cheese Alps''' are a bizarre-looking mountain range, with the mountains in it being green and filled with holes, giving them a slight resemblance to Swiss cheese. A small village and [[Bowser|Dr. Koopenstein]]'s tower and laboratory are located here.
|image=[[File:SwissCheeseAlps.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' ("[[Koopenstein]]") (1989)
|greater_location=[[Mushroom Kingdom]]
|ruler=[[Mr. Mayor]]
|inhabitants=[[Toad (species)|Mushroom People]]
}}
The '''Swiss Cheese Alps''' is a mountain range appearing in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Koopenstein]]". Its name is a reference to the {{wp|Swiss Alps}} and Swiss cheese, with the mountains comprising it being green and filled with holes, giving them a slight resemblance to the cheese. A small village and [[Bowser|Dr. Koopenstein]]'s tower and laboratory are located here, the former of which may be based on the village of {{wp|Chamonix}}, which [[Dr. Frankenstein|Frankenstein]] visits in the {{wp|Mary Shelley}} novel ''{{wp|Frankenstein}}''.


In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Koopenstein]]", [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] traveled to the Swiss Cheese Alps to defeat Dr. Koopenstein and [[Mouser (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Mouser]] at the behest of the villagers and the village [[Swiss Cheese Alps Mayor|mayor]].
During the episode, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] travel to the Swiss Cheese Alps to defeat Dr. Koopenstein and [[Mouser]] at the request of the villagers and the village [[Mr. Mayor|mayor]].
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==Names in other languages==
{{The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Animated}}
{{foreign names
|Ger=Schweizer Käse Alpen
|GerM=Swiss Cheese Alps
|GerC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9glv49xkhQ&list=PLn0Cm-QzTZcYMFil7DnnbYQJlk7qccB4H&index=31 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 26 Baby Mario Love / Koopenstein]</ref>
|Spa=Alpes de Queso Suizo
|SpaM=Swiss Cheese Alps
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4NLBVeBq_o El Pied Koopa | Dibujos Para Niños]</ref>
|Swe=Schweizerost Alperna
|SweM=Swiss Cheese Alps
|SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Sm9YlzOOc&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=21 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 21 - Swedish]</ref>
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 23:58, April 21, 2025

Swiss Cheese Alps
Swiss Cheese Alps
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Koopenstein") (1989)
Greater location Mushroom Kingdom
Ruler Mr. Mayor
Inhabitants Mushroom People

The Swiss Cheese Alps is a mountain range appearing in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Koopenstein". Its name is a reference to the Swiss Alps and Swiss cheese, with the mountains comprising it being green and filled with holes, giving them a slight resemblance to the cheese. A small village and Dr. Koopenstein's tower and laboratory are located here, the former of which may be based on the village of Chamonix, which Frankenstein visits in the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein.

During the episode, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool travel to the Swiss Cheese Alps to defeat Dr. Koopenstein and Mouser at the request of the villagers and the village mayor.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Schweizer Käse Alpen[1] Swiss Cheese Alps
Spanish Alpes de Queso Suizo[2] Swiss Cheese Alps
Swedish Schweizerost Alperna[3] Swiss Cheese Alps

References