When 5 teenagers left dozens of cardboard Mario question mark blocks around their town, they didn't expect police to treat their prank as a danger to the public! This simple Super Mario Bros-inspired prank quickly ballooned out of control, ending with all five teenagers being referred to PROSECUTORS. Let's find out about the Mario prank which went too far!

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SOURCES
- https://www.eurogamer.net/news030406marioprank
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080621060050/http://www.bladediary.com/questionblocks/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060202223733/https://www.qwantz.com/posterchild/ 
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080225050514/http://www.straight.com/article/bringing-mario-to-life-0
- http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/attack_of_the_mario_power--up_cubes
- https://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/254032.html
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2006/apr/03/aprilfoolsmar
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080424133635/http://www.torontoist.com/2007/04/tall_poppy_inte_48.php Posterchild interview
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060405034455/http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=archive/04012006/news/&file=_news1.txt&article=1&tD=04012006 Ravenna news article

CREDITS
- https://www.deviantart.com/nicholasblasi/art/Mario-Scared-952887467 Mario thumbnail render by Nicholasblasi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXdarJGq7MI - Ravenna aerial footage by Hank Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UJFN3sydDM - Ravenna main street footage by Ruggidro's Review

MUSIC USED
- Demise from Virtue's Last Reward
- Logic and Trick from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Transient Tranquillity from Zero Time Dilemma
- Separation of Lovers from Tomodachi Collection
Other music from Epidemic Sound