One of the best known secrets in Nintendo video games may be shown as a pattern of information in the 1987 science fiction / fantasy action film Master Of The Universe. The first world (Grass Land) fortress location of one of three warp whistles hidden throughout the video game Super Mario Bros. 3 was famously shown in the ending tournament scene of 1989 adventure comedy The Wizard. The Cosmic Key (a somewhat similar concept to the warp whistle) is shown in Masters Of The Universe. Skeletor and his forces spend much of the movie hunting down the device which has opened a portal from the fantasy world of Eternia to a small American town on Earth circa 1987. <br /><br />Actor Billy Barty plays the locksmith Gwildor. He has an interesting connection to Super Mario Brothers in that he acted in the 1957 horror film The Undead. This was directed by Roger Corman, written by Charles B. Griffith who later envisioned the horror / comedy The Little Shop Of Horrors (1960). The opening theme music of this film is very similar the fortress level of Super Mario Bros. 3. And there are other similarities such as the carnivorous Piranha Plant of the Mario games and Audrey in Little Shop.<br /><br />When the Cosmic Key is used in the film a melody or tune can be heard and the Earth people believe it may be a new musical instrument similar to a synthesizer / keyboard etc. The Warp Whistle in Mario 3 also has a accompanying tune and transportation effect. The heroes are transported to a wooded or forested area near the American town. The super leaf located at the end of the passage way in the Mario 3 fortress is key enabling Mario flight ability to reach the secret doorway in a hidden area above the screen frame / ceiling. The heroes wind up eating some fried chicken shortly after arriving on Earth in the He-Man film. A skeletal Koopa Troopa enemy turtle character is located in the fortress area called "Dry Bones". <br />#mario #mastersoftheuniverse #heman #thewizard #billybarty #theundead #rogercorman #littleshopofhorrors #nintendo
