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Mertropolis is a location in the The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "The Ugly Mermaid."

Description[]

Mertropolis is an underwater city protected by an oxygen-containing dome. Though never stated outright, it is implied to be somewhere within Water Land. Mertropolis is inhabited by fish-like merfolk who each wear a water-filled fishbowl, due to Mertropolis being filled with oxygen. Metropolis is ruled over by King Mackerel and his daughter, Holly Mackerel.

In other media[]

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[]

In "The Ugly Mermaid" King Koopa plans to take over Mertropolis using his Doom Sub and rename it "Kooptropolis", but his plans were foiled by the Mario Bros. when they used a group of Jelectros against his submarine.

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Etymology[]

Mertropolis's name is a portmanteau of the words "merfolk" and "metropolis," owing to how Mertropolis is a large city inhabited by fish-like merfolk.

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