As our short begins, we see a familiar shack with a logo on it.

"Sonic's Cars Toons: Mario's Tall Tales"

As a familiar horn is heard honking, the shack door fell down. Mario is speaking into a microphone, saying, "Houston, if I'm-a lying, I'm-a crying."

Moon Mario

Nighttime has fell over Ancient Springs. Our familiar group of friends are at the edge of town, looking at the big moon shining in the sky.

"Wow. Check out that moon." Sonic said to his friends in approval.

"I know, isn't it awesome?" Emerl ask with a smile on his robotic face.

"Yup." Mario said, nodding in agreement.

"Ever think of going up there, guys?"

"Yeah, of course, that would be stranger than the strangest stories Mario always tell that got me in them somehow." Sonic said with a light chuckle, recalling his best friend's stories.

"'strangest stories'?" Mario laughs happily at what Sonic just said. "Mama mia. that's-a nothing! I-a been to the moon myself! Now, that's-a strange!"

"What?" Sonic and Emerl ask Mario in confusion. Did their friend just claim that he's been to the moon himself?

"Yep! I-a been up there!"

"Come on. No you didn't." Sonic said to Mario with a frown of disbelief.

"Oh, it's-a pretty." Mario said with a sigh as he begins going to one of his stories. "It-a all started when I-a was towing this-a guy in his car to-a Florida."

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The story begins with Florida in the daytime. Mario was towing a car like he said to the state as we hear him narrate, "And-a suddenly, Houston has a problem!"

Sure enough, in Mission Control, a crowd of scientists look at a screen and are worried. An astronaut named Peter Quill AKA Star Lord is stranded on the moon!

"Hey Houston? I have a problem." Star Lord said to Mission Control in concern and worry.

"Uh oh! It's Star Lord on Guardian XIII!" One of the scientists exclaims in worry over this.

"He's stuck on the moon!" Another scietnst said with a quick nod.

"He needs a tow and fast!" A third scientist exclaims frantically. "We need some help and fast!"

"But where on Earth are we gonna get a tow?" Another scientist ask in concern. Where can Ground Control find someone who can tow Star Lord back to Earth?

"Wait, how about that guy?" Yet another scientist gasps as he points to someone. It's Mario towing the car, arriving as he drop the car off. The figure wince, making the plumber grin sheepishly.

"But he's a tow truck driver!"

"He's the best we could do! Come on!"

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And so, Ground Control put Mario to training. They put him in a device in the training room, zooming him around quickly.

"And-a so, after a little bit-a of training, I became a genuine astro-nut!"

A crowd later took photos of Mario as he came out of a van in astronaut clothing. The plumber smiles to Tessa and Vanessa James watching from nearby.

"What's-a going on, ladies?" Mario ask one of the ladies eagerly.

"Good luck, Mario." Tessa said to Mario as she giggles.

"The world is counting on you!" Vanessa exclaims as she nods in agreement.

Mario hops into the truck as he goes to inside the rocket. He comment, "Well, I suppose it's a good thing I DO have some experience with space-faring heroics." The two men who found Mario in the first place looks at each other in worry. They hope for his sake that he survived!

Once Mario got into the rocket, he is greeted by the pilot named Captain Charles T. Baker who waved to him. He spoke, "Hey, Mario! Welcome aboard! My name is Baker. Charles T. Baker."

"Hi-a there, Charles!"

Inside Mission Control, the crowd hurried to make the final preparations. A scientist spoke into the microphone, "Get ready for takeoff."

Once the elevator is removed, Charles takes the control as he and Mario put their helmets on, ready for takeoff. The pilot spoke, "Oh yeah! Let's burn this candle!"

"T-minus ten, nine...main engine start." One scientist spoke as he begins the countdown. "7, 6..."

"Mama mia! I-a never been to-a moon before, Charles!" Mario exclaims excitedly to Charles.

"5..."

"Oh, you will love it. It's real nice." Charles said to Mario with a light chuckle. He can tell that the plumber will love being on the moon once he gets there.

"...4, 3, 2, 1. Booster ignition!" The scientist exclaims. Soon the rocket begins to blast off, heading right into the sky. "And we all have lift of Baker Shuttle on brother on Guardian XIII rescue mission." Mario wishes that he could share his friend's excitement: he's screaming in fear!

"We have cleared the tower."

The folks at Mission Control cheers happily. The first scientist sighs in concern, "Now, it should be up to Mario to save Star Lord now."

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Soon the shuttle ended up in space as the boosters disengaged.

"Booster rockets 1 and 2, disengaged." Charles said into his mic to Mission Control that the booster rockets are now off.

"Roger, Charles. You are clear to burn." The first scientist's voice advised as the rocket zoomed away from the Earth.

Mario stares out the window and gets a full view of the planet Earth and all the stars circling around in space.

"Cosmic!" Mario exclaims in amazement. "See-a ya later, Earth!"

Charles then looked at Mario as he spoke, "It's gonna be a long ride, Plumber Boy. So break out the tunes!"

Suddenly, Mario then pulled out a tape.

"Let's rock!" Mario laughs eagerly.

He placed the tape in a cassette player of some sort in the rocket, and it started playing conga music. They started dancing around like fools, but were unaware that a small TV just turned on with a scientist speaking.

"This is ground control. Come in, men." The first scientist spoke out clearly.

However, the two didn't hear as they were too busy dancing to the conga music, while Mario shook maracas that he had found somewhere. Back on Earth, the scientists looked confused at why the two were dancing the conga at a time like this. In the shuttle, Mario shook his maracas and exclaimed merrily.

"Mamma-mia! Everbody-a conga!" Mario laughs then he begins scatting. "Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-ba!"

Back on Earth, the scientists couldn't help but give in to the beat of the music being played, as they all started dancing around happily in a conga line, all around the room. Of course, one scientist was struggling to fight the urge to join in the conga, while drawing a shape on a paper.

"Must...fight...urge...conga...not an option!" The first scientist mumbles, trying to fight the conga. He finished drawing, before hurrying to the screen and speaking through the communicator. During this time, the two astronauts kept dancing until they heard the scientist's voice shout. "Stop!"

The two stopped, as did the music and they turned to see the scientist holding up the paper that had a "Stop" sign on it.

Mario, mimicking De Niro, ask, "Are they talking to us?"

"Well, we are the only ones here, so...yeah." Charles said with a nod.

"Okay, you are on approach to the moon." The second scientist sighs as both men got back to their seats.

"Right, thanks, Houston." Charles said as he prepares for landing.

"Wait, what if-a I have to go?" Mario ask worried, concerned about..."going".

"Go in your spacesuit, that's what they're for!" Charles exclaims, pointing out what the spacesuits are for. "Let's see...which buttons go where..."

Mario glances at his own controls, tapping a few. Eventually, beeps and sounds are heard, similar to the "Axel F" song. The plumber then plays them to the beat.

On Earth, most of the scientists were confused at what Mario's doing now, but some of them begin dancing along, shaking their groove themselves as well.

Back on the shuttle, Charles gasps, stopping Mario as he exclaims, "There's the moon!"

"Prepare for moon landing." The second scientist said as the shuttle is preparing to land on the moon itself.

"Open cargo bay doors." The third scientist said as he pushes a button.

"Roger!" Charles's voice is heard over the radio in determination.

The space shuttle opens up in space as Mario is in his space gear, riding his tow truck. It's time to help Star Lord!

"Operation: Tow Plumber is a-go." The fourth scientist said as Mario was lifted away, heading towards the waiting moon.

"Okie dokie!" Mario exclaims in determination.

"Well, good luck, Mario, see you back on Earth." Charles said to Mario over the comlink. The pilot hopes that the new astronaut can find Star Lord and brings him home safely. The plumber meanwhile looks amazed at the moon, arriving on the dark side.

"Mama mia!" Mario exclaims in amazement. The astronaut check the details then uses his boosters to land safely. "The Moon Mario has landed."

Mario hops a bit in his vehicle and soon found Star Lord, struggling to get his aircraft to work. Upon spotting the hero, he exclaims, "Mario! Thank goodness you're here! I was told you were coming. Quick. Get your rescue apparatus to the frontal structural component of the line axel assembly. Pronto!"

"Mama mia! Too-a complicated! How-a about I give you a tow?"

"Okay, that works too." Star Lord remarks with a shrug. Mario got to work and hooked the machine up to the shuttle, then heads out to tow the stranded astronaut and the pilot still inside the shuttle out of the moon. "All right, mission accomplished. Now take us home."

"Okie dokie! But don't ya wanna get dropped off-a at the space station before I-a head back to-a Ancient Springs?" Mario ask, misunderstanding what Star Lord is telling him.

"That's what I meant. Rotate thrusters!"

"Got it!"

Mario got to work, doing as Star Lord said as he continues, "Prime ignition."

"Check." Mario said with a nod.

"Pivot bolster columns."

"What?"

"Disengage inertial dampener." Star Lord said the next part of the check. Of course, this left Mario more confused as he has no idea what he's talking about.

"Huh?" Mario ask, confused some more.

"Ignite propulsion system."

"Blast off!"

Charles and Star Lord hold onto their butts, yelping as the trio begins zooming off. The astronaut screams as he is being towed the wrong way, with everyone making their approach to Earth very fast.

"Well, there-a I was, doing 17,000 miles an hour."

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"17,000 miles an hour, really?" Sonic ask in disbelief by this. He chuckles. "No way!"

"Oh, yes-a way." Mario said to Sonic with a smirk, giving the hedgehog an uncomfortable feeling. "It-a was nothing compared-a to you!'

"Let me guess: Sonic is in this story?" Emerl ask Mario, though he doesn't really need to guess.

"Yep! He-a was there too!"

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And there's Sonic, wearing space gear zooming forward, screaming like mad in his car attached to a rocket. The hedgehog looks around then smirks excitedly.

"Oh yeah! This is way past awesome!" Sonic exclaims excitedly. "YAHOO!"

Sonic speeds past the two, though he ended up twirling Star Lord in the process, causing the hero to groan as he recovers from the experience he has gone through.

"Watch-a out for the re-entry!" Mario calls out to Sonic as the four are zooming towards the planet very fast.

"Wait, what?!" Sonic asks in shock and horror. The hedgehog begins zooming downward as his rocket begins burning up. Sonic yelps in pain like mad, "Ouch! Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!!!"

All four of the group headed back to Earth...where the screaming Sonic splashes right into the ocean, his parachute was activated before landing right into the water. Mario and Star Lord, in parachutes of their own, landed safely right into a raft that ended up below them.

As the aircraft carrier sails over while a helicopter controlled flies on over, Sonic resurfaces, getting out of the rocket as he coughs out water. Mario smirks as he grabs his best friend pulling his best friend out of the water.

"I-a gotcha." Mario said to Sonic with a light chuckle. The hedgehog groans a bit as he spits out more water. That was crazy!

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A photo of Mario, Sonic and Star Lord is taken as the trio ends up on a newspaper which has the words "Mario Saves the Day! Guardian XIII Crew Rescue by Moon Mario" and "Mayor Declares Moon Mario Day". A parade was given with the astronaut heroes in it, cheering and waving to the crowd.

"Yep! We was a couple-a of bona fide heroes."

On a talk show, Mario and his pals were being interviewed by a talk show host who smiles while asking, "So Mario, when does an astronaut eat?"

"At launch time." Mario smirks while making a joke, which everyone laughs at.

Yes, sir, the heroes even made magazine, which shows Mario's rescue efforts. They are indeed big time heroes!

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Sonic however shakes his head as he remarks, "Come on, that never happen."

"Well, suit-a yourself." Mario remarks with a shrug. If Sonic refuses to believe that story, who is the plumber to change his mind?

Without warning, a familiar rocket appears, much to Sonic and Emerl's surprise. A familiar astronaut peeks out while calling, "Mario! Houston has another problem!"

"Roger!" Mario laughs as he hopped right into the ship. Looks like the plumber has another job to do!

"Let's burn this candle!" Charles laughs in determination as the two in the rocket zooms right off. "Oh yeah!"

"Well, still refused to believe it?" Emerl ask Sonic in amusement, causing the hedgehog to slap himself on the forehead in disbelief. When is he ever going to learn?

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We see Mario and Sonic flying in space wearing rockets, smiling to the camera then zooms on off.

The End

Author's note
Far out space adventure! In the next chapter, it's Mario as a rock star! Oh yeah! Read, review and suggest.

This chapter references the Super Mario Galaxy games and the crossover episode of the Mask Animated Series and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Animated Series.