The Mario quote makes me think of John Carter of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. Each time he has fought his way through pure Hell to reach the beautiful Dejah Thoris, he discovers that the bad guys have whisked her away to somewhere else.
The Mario quote makes me think of John Carter of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. Each time he has fought his way through pure Hell to reach the beautiful Dejah Thoris, he discovers that the bad guys have whisked her away to somewhere else.