20 Things You Somehow Missed In Super Mario Bros: The Movie
11. Big Bertha
Big Bertha (Francesca P. Roberts) is the bouncer of Dinohattan's Boom Boom Bar and wears a distinctive, spiked red leather outfit, while serving as both a foil and romantic interest for Mario.
But given that Big Bertha's name is only ever spoken aloud once in the film, by Spike no less, you may not have even realised that the character was based off the same-name fish enemy introduced in Super Mario Bros 3.
It was in the Nintendo Comics System comic books, however, that Big Bertha was shown to have romantic designs on Mario, even if Mario ultimately rebuffs her just as he does in the film.