Suspenion of Disbelief and You

definitely... i was playing SMB (the first one) and managed to find my way into bowser's castle right? just before the end, there's a small stretch of water with bloopers and the rotating fire "arms". i never questioned how physically impossible it was to be hurt by fire while underwater before, or how bowser got them into the water in the first place for that matter.

i also wondered why in those castles the axe that dropped the bridge was there at all, or at least why bowser didn't use it to drop mario (well, that really didn't need much of an excuse because the game wouldn't be practical otherwise).

and on a general note, i think a couple times i also wondered how lava manages to find its way everywhere in old videogames: it seems everyone is able to make trips and carry it in buckets out to wherever they need in order to create a hazard for the hero.

Jam it back in, in the dark.