1ups may give you infinite lives, but you only have one body to apply them to.

And now we see what Mario looks like when he gets hit by a firebar.

1 touch still kill me?

"Maybe those 1-ups started to take a toll on my skin."

"Damn, I knew I shouldn't have let Peach redcorate, i told her I would die if I saw this again"

COME ON IN HEREREE~

Mario is Doomguy in Doom 4.

he saw Florida and did not want to see it again

Ironically the one time Mario went for the lettuce in the fridge Luigi had mixed it up with a fire flower.

"Welcome to the Minus World."

Mario went to Russia and all he got was a lousy T-shirt and some Krokodil

"You want a smoke?"

"The Price of Fire Flowers"

Luigi's Mansion 2 concept art

This is what happens when you go in sewers for over 25 years

oh ill fix your pipes... ill fix em reeeeal good.

Looks like Mario joined the ranks of one of the biggest cliches in modern gaming.

I guess that 1-Up was spoiled...

"I lost all my extra lives"

Super Zombieland

The new item will be like the one-up mushroom but...well, I think the screen-shot speaks for itself

This is what happens when the Mushroom Kingdom suffers a zombie apocalypse.

And Mario's first DLC will be... zombie mode...

1....2....mario's coming for you. 3....4....lock the castle door. 5....6....fire he spits. 7....8....close the castle gate. 9....10....lose the princess again.

Underground.

If Wario was cool.

Mushroom For Dead.

This is what happens when you eat the purple mushroom with 0 lives.

"Save you princess? Oh no, I'm not here to save you......"

wanna play Mario party....?

Go ahead. I dare you to give me a 1-up.

Resident Mario: The Pipe Chronicles

Frank West had more trouble than he barganed for when he leftfor themushroom kingdome...

winners don't use drugs

"Itsa Me... Mario... and I'm here to show you what a lifetime of doing magic mushrooms, looking flowers, and leaves that make you fly will get you."

Mario: it's a been a long time, I wish a Shigeru Miyamoto would let me die. mamma mia .

A Nightmare in the Mushroom Kingdom.

So that's why Mario was missing

It's a me, rrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh

Now that is pretty badass

Resident plumber

And so, Mario realized that mixing a zombie power up and the Fire Flower was devastatingly powerful...until he turned into burnt cinders.

Rule #52 of the Mushroom Kingdom: Check for Piranha Plants before going down pipes.

Now I have a new reason not to do homework and save the trees; Mario may die!

Anyone need a light? Give me a second and I'll throw one at ya

Well, how else has Nintendo been able to trot out Mario for so long?

AMC's newest spin-off "The Walking Mario"

Tales from the Mushroom Kingdom

Stay off the shrooms, kids.