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[[File:San Francisco MIMDOS.png|thumb|[[Luigi]] in San Francisco in the DOS version of ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'']]
'''{{iw|wikipedia|San Francisco}}''' is sometimes accessed by the various protagonists of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. It is a city in {{wp|California}} within the [[United States of America]].
[[File:San Francisco MIM SNES.png|thumb|left|Luigi in San Francisco in the SNES version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
'''[[wikipedia:San Francisco|San Francisco]]''' is a city in {{wp|California}}, located on the west coast of the [[United States of America]]. Along with [[Rome]], [[Beijing]], [[Nairobi]] and [[Moscow]], it is one of the first five cities [[Luigi]] has to rescue from invading [[Koopa Troopa]]s in ''[[Mario is Missing!]]'' The enemies have stolen one artifact each from the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], the [[Coit Tower]], and the [[Transamerica Pyramid]]; in the PC version, they have also stolen from [[Alcatraz]] and a [[Cable Car]]. To expel the Koopas, Luigi has to find the missing objects and return these to their respective landmarks.


Later in the game, the city is mentioned by a tourist in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. When Luigi shows him a cable car that the Troopas stole from [[Sugar Loaf Mountain]], he says that "San Francisco doesn't seem quite so far, when I look at that cable car." In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', in an episode titled "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]", the location of [[Koopatraz]] is based off of Alcatraz Island.
==History==
===''Saturday Supercade''===
[[File:SS Golden Gate Bridge.png|thumb|The Golden Gate Bridge in ''Saturday Supercade'']]
San Francisco appears in the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'' episode "[[The Ventriloquist Caper]]," where [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] and [[Bones Bailey]] travel to the [[Golden Bridge Theatre]] to see the [[Wrestling Gorilla]], whom they believe has information on [[Donkey Kong]]'s whereabouts.
 
===''Mario is Missing!''===
[[File:San Francisco MIMDOS.png|thumb|[[Luigi]] in San Francisco in the DOS version of ''Mario is Missing!'']]
San Francisco appears in the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']]. In the game, it is one of the first five cities [[Luigi]] has to rescue from invading [[Koopa Troopa]]s except the NES version, where it is instead in the second pair of levels alongside [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]]. The enemies have stolen a [[Golden Gate Bridge fog horn|fog horn]] from the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], the [[Top of the Transamerica Pyramid|top]] of the [[Transamerica Pyramid]], and a [[window from Coit Tower|window]] from [[Coit Tower]]; in the PC version, instead of Coit Tower, they have also stolen a [[striped prison shirt]] from [[Alcatraz]] and the [[Cable Car Bell|bell]] from a [[Cable Car]]. To expel the Koopas, Luigi has to find the missing objects and return these to their respective landmarks.
 
In the PC version, Luigi is contacted by [[Mayor Froobnitz]] when he first arrives in the city and after he returns all the artifacts.
 
Later in the game, the city is mentioned by a tourist in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. When Luigi shows him a cable car that the Troopas stole from [[Sugarloaf Mountain|Sugar Loaf Mountain]], he says that "San Francisco doesn't seem quite so far, when I look at that cable car."
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==Information from ''Mario is Missing!''==
 
*Boy:
==Profiles==
**''"July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states."
===''Mario is Missing!''===
**''"Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars."
{{MIM info header}}
*Tourist:
{{MIMPC info
**''"A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie."
|boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
**''"California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam."
|boy_2=Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars.
*Business Woman:
|tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
**''"Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?"
|tourist_2=California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam.
**''"If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough."
|reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
*Scientist:
|reporter_2=If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough.
**''"This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776."
|scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
**''"No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush."
|scientist_2=No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush.
*Police Officer:
|officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
**''"Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco."
|officer_2=To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California.
**''"To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California."
}}
|-
{{MIMNES info
|boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
|tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
|reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
|scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
|officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
}}
|-
{{MIMSNES info
|boy=July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states.
|boy_2=Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars.
|tourist=A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie.
|tourist_2=California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam.
|reporter=Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?
|reporter_2=If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough.
|scientist=This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776.
|scientist_2=No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush.
|officer=Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco.
|officer_2=To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California.
}}
|}
=== Newspaper ===
;Turtles Take Prominent Property
:A lime-green turtle with a giant shell, last seen traveling by turbo skateboard, is the prime suspect in the theft of the fog horn from the Golden Gate Bridge. Ship traffic has grounded to a halt in the fog. Meanwhile, bridge officials have offered a $2240 reward for safe return of the horn, plus a $3200 bonus if it's returned first.
; Lightfingers on the Loose
: {| class=wikitable
![[File:Koopa balloon MIMDOS.png]]
|
*Scene of crime: The Golden Gate Bridge
*Artifact: the Golden Gate Bridge fog horn
*Reward: $2240
*Bonus: $3200
|-
![[File:Koopa propeller MIMDOS.png]]
|
*Scene of crime: Alcatraz
*Artifact: the striped prison shirt
*Reward: $1440
*Bonus: $0
|-
![[File:Koopa skateboard MIMDOS.png]]
|
*Scene of crime: Scene of crime: The Cable Car
*Artifact: the Cable Car Bell
*Reward: $1280
*Bonus: $0
|-
![[File:Koopa bag pull MIMDOS.png]]
|
*Scene of crime: The Transamerica Pyramid
*Artifact: the top of the Transamerica Pyramid
*Reward: $1600
*Bonus: $0
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SanFrancisco MIM.png|The map in the SNES version
SanFrancisco MIM.png|The map in the SNES version
San Francisco MIM SNES.png|San Francisco in the SNES version
San Francisco Map MIMDOS.png|The map in the DOS version
San Francisco Map MIMDOS.png|The map in the DOS version
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ger=San Franzisko
|GerM=San Francisco
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Software Toolworks]]|title=''Mario wir vermisst''|language=German|accessdate=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
}}
== References ==
<references/>
{{Earth}}
{{Earth}}
{{MIM}}
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[[Category:Cities in North America]]
[[Category:Real cities]]
[[Category:Mario is Missing! locations]]
[[Category:Mario is Missing! locations]]

Latest revision as of 22:50, November 21, 2024

San Francisco is sometimes accessed by the various protagonists of the Super Mario franchise. It is a city in California within the United States of America.

History[edit]

Saturday Supercade[edit]

The Golden Gate Bridge in Saturday Supercade
The Golden Gate Bridge in Saturday Supercade

San Francisco appears in the Saturday Supercade episode "The Ventriloquist Caper," where Donkey Kong Jr. and Bones Bailey travel to the Golden Bridge Theatre to see the Wrestling Gorilla, whom they believe has information on Donkey Kong's whereabouts.

Mario is Missing![edit]

San Francisco in Mario is Missing! (DOS)
Luigi in San Francisco in the DOS version of Mario is Missing!

San Francisco appears in the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!. In the game, it is one of the first five cities Luigi has to rescue from invading Koopa Troopas except the NES version, where it is instead in the second pair of levels alongside Sydney, Australia. The enemies have stolen a fog horn from the Golden Gate Bridge, the top of the Transamerica Pyramid, and a window from Coit Tower; in the PC version, instead of Coit Tower, they have also stolen a striped prison shirt from Alcatraz and the bell from a Cable Car. To expel the Koopas, Luigi has to find the missing objects and return these to their respective landmarks.

In the PC version, Luigi is contacted by Mayor Froobnitz when he first arrives in the city and after he returns all the artifacts.

Later in the game, the city is mentioned by a tourist in Rio de Janeiro. When Luigi shows him a cable car that the Troopas stole from Sugar Loaf Mountain, he says that "San Francisco doesn't seem quite so far, when I look at that cable car."

Profiles[edit]

Mario is Missing![edit]

Person Quote
PC version
Boy "July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states."
"Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars."
Tourist "A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie."
"California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam."
Reporter "Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?"
"If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough."
Scientist "This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776."
"No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush."
Police officer "Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco."
"To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California."
NES version
Boy "July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states."
Tourist "A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie."
Reporter "Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?"
Scientist "This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776."
Police officer "Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco."
SNES version
Boy "July 4th is the most important date when you're in the land of the fifty states."
"Besides the Golden Gate bridge, the cable cars are the stars."
Tourist "A few American dollars will buy baseball, hamburgers and Mom's apple pie."
"California here I am, on the west coast with Uncle Sam."
Reporter "Welcome to the Golden West. Have you visited that other California city, Los Angeles?"
"If you're wandering around in a fog and feeling crabby, have some Dungeness crab on San Francisco sourdough."
Scientist "This city was named for Saint Francis of Assisi in 1776."
"No one was interested in San Francisco until the Gold Rush."
Police officer "Wherever you go, locals hate it if you call the city 'Frisco."
"To be more specific, you're on the Pacific in the northern half of California."

Newspaper[edit]

Turtles Take Prominent Property
A lime-green turtle with a giant shell, last seen traveling by turbo skateboard, is the prime suspect in the theft of the fog horn from the Golden Gate Bridge. Ship traffic has grounded to a halt in the fog. Meanwhile, bridge officials have offered a $2240 reward for safe return of the horn, plus a $3200 bonus if it's returned first.
Lightfingers on the Loose
Balloon Koopa Troopa in Mario is Missing!
  • Scene of crime: The Golden Gate Bridge
  • Artifact: the Golden Gate Bridge fog horn
  • Reward: $2240
  • Bonus: $3200
Propeller Koopa Troopa in Mario is Missing!
  • Scene of crime: Alcatraz
  • Artifact: the striped prison shirt
  • Reward: $1440
  • Bonus: $0
Skateboard Koopa Troopa in Mario is Missing!
  • Scene of crime: Scene of crime: The Cable Car
  • Artifact: the Cable Car Bell
  • Reward: $1280
  • Bonus: $0
Bag pulling Koopa Troopa in Mario is Missing!
  • Scene of crime: The Transamerica Pyramid
  • Artifact: the top of the Transamerica Pyramid
  • Reward: $1600
  • Bonus: $0

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
German San Franzisko[1] San Francisco

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario wir vermisst. Software Toolworks (German). Retrieved September 23, 2024.