Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Name: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Released: 2023
Rating: 1.6

2023

91Score

Certified Woke Trash

Messaging overwhelms the narrative.

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Is The Super Mario Bros. Movie Woke? Quick Answer

The Super Mario Bros. Movie scores 91/100 on the IsItWoke scale and is rated Certified Woke Trash.

The messaging is doing a lot of the work in this film.

The dialogue generally serves the story and humor rather than pushing overt ideological messages, keeping message-first dialogue low. Characters are mostly adapted from the game franchise with some minor additions, but there is little evidence of tokenistic or symbolic character construction.

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How the score is shaped

Eight stored dimensions, each scored from 0 to 20.

Message

Characters

Story

Legacy

Politics

Lead

Tradition

Norms

Column height is the stored score out of 20

Message-first dialogue
3/20
Tokenistic characters
2/20
Ideology over story
2/20
Legacy rewriting
4/20
Modern politics injection
1/20
Protected protagonist pattern
3/20
Anti-traditional framing
0/20
Cultural normalization framing
1/20

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Why it received this score

Based on: Published title analysisConfidence: MediumLast updated: 2026-10-12

Key reasons

The dialogue generally serves the story and humor rather than pushing overt ideological messages, keeping message-first dialogue low.
Characters are mostly adapted from the game franchise with some minor additions, but there is little evidence of tokenistic or symbolic character construction.
The story prioritizes adventure and comedy over social commentary or activism, maintaining a focus on entertainment.

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Some legacy elements are altered or reinterpreted to fit a modern animated movie format, but these changes feel more like adaptation choices than ideological rewriting.
There is minimal injection of contemporary political themes, with the film focusing on fantasy adventure and family-friendly humor.
Mario and Luigi face challenges and setbacks, and their competence is grounded in their roles as plumbers and brothers, avoiding a protected protagonist pattern.

Score signals

Signal	What was measured	Strength	Impact
Message-first dialogue	How much the dialogue, monologues, or character interactions feel driven by overt messaging, moral lecturing, ideological framing, or making a point instead of serving the story naturally.	3/20	+2
Legacy rewriting	How much an existing franchise, adaptation, setting, or known property appears significantly altered, reinterpreted, or re-centered in ways that feel driven by modern ideological priorities rather than faithful or organic storytelling.	4/20	+2
Protected protagonist pattern	How much the protagonist fits the protected-protagonist pattern (agenda-driven character construction) rather than competence fantasy. Score HIGH only when: competence appears unearned or unexplained; protagonist rarely faces consequences; antagonists exist mainly to demonstrate protagonist superiority; narrative treats protagonist as symbolically superior; plot shields protagonist from vulnerability. Score LOW when: competence is grounded in training, profession, or past experience; protagonist suffers damage or setbacks; real physical danger and survival tension exist (normal action storytelling). Do not penalize competence fantasy.	3/20	+2
Tokenistic characters	How much characters feel inserted or shaped primarily for symbolic representation, political signaling, or demographic checkbox value rather than narrative depth, organic fit, or strong characterization.	2/20	+1
Ideology over story	How much the overall storytelling prioritizes ideological framing, message delivery, social commentary, or activism-coded narrative choices over pacing, conflict, immersion, and entertainment.	2/20	+1

AI cultural analysis

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AI read

The Super Mario Bros. Movie leans heavily on its source material's fantasy adventure and comedic elements, delivering a story-first experience that prioritizes entertainment. Dialogue is natural and humor-driven, avoiding overt ideological or message-first tendencies.

Characters remain largely faithful to their video game origins, with few signs of tokenism or forced representation. While the film adapts legacy elements to suit a modern animated format, these changes serve narrative flow and accessibility rather than ideological agendas.