Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 51 – Star Koopa
Mario and his friends are traveling through space in the Flying Pizza and are on their way to help a group of Mushroom space colonists. The colonists are in trouble as Darth Koopa is threatening to blow up their planet. Mario's group is unaware they are being pursued by Darth Koopa's Koop Star.
While Mario flies through space, Luigi gulps and tells him to check his rearview video screen. Upon doing so, he notices that the Koop Star is following them, so he turns on the ship's "Fasten Seatbelts" light and speeds up.
Not wanting Princess Toadstool to escape, Darth Koopa orders Mouser, who is piloting the Koop Star, to chase them. After telling him to close in on Mario and his friends and activate the tractor beam, Darth Koopa prepares his Stormtroopas for boarding their spacecraft; telling them to do whatever they want to the Marios and Toad, but to take Princess Toadstool prisoner.
Mouser locks onto Mario and his friends with the tractor beam and pulls them into the docking bay. Darth Koopa then orders his Stormtroopas to board the spacecraft. Mario's group prepares for the assault by drawing their Lightplungers.
Soon, the Stormtroopas discover Mario and his friends and engage in several duels with them. Mario knocks a Stormtroopa aside, while two others attack Toad, only for their Lightplungers to hit each other. Another Stormtroopa grabs Princess Toadstool's Lightplunger, and is shocked. Princess Toadstool then shocks yet another Stormtroopa that is holding Luigi upside-down, knocking him out. Mario and Toad then toss the final defeated Stormtroopa into a pile with the rest of his team.
Before Mario's group can celebrate their victory, Darth Koopa boards the spacecraft, demanding for them to leave his galaxy, which Mario and his friends refuse. Mario challenges him to a duel, and he and Darth Koopa fight with their Lightplungers. Eventually, Darth Koopa has Mario up against a wall, however, he fights back and manages to kick him into another wall. Just when he thinks that Darth Koopa is about to surrender, the space tyrant pulls out a freeze ray and shoots him with it, encasing him in a shell of ice. Princess Toadstool demands for Darth Koopa to release Mario, only for him to freeze her as well, along with her friends.
Trivia & Bloopers
- After Darth Koopa tells Mouser to speed up the Koop Star, his costume is missing.
- When Darth Koopa tells Mario and his friends to leave the galaxy, the rim of his goggles is the same color as the goggles themselves.
- When Princess Toadstool explains that the Mushroom Colonists have a right to be on their planet, a line on her dress appears over her right arm.
- When Darth Koopa first points his freeze ray to Mario, his chestplate is missing.
- In the original version, before bucking the Cobrat the first time, Mario says, "Hi Ho, Cobrat, Away!", a reference to the Lone Ranger's catchphrase from the eponymous television series. This reference is also present in the Swedish dub. The catchphrase had previously been mentioned in "The Provolone Ranger".
- In the French dub, the title is written in the Times New Roman font, unlike all other title cards in the dub. This trait is absent in the TQS version of the episode.[10]
- In the original version, after being unfrozen by Mouser, Mario comments about having a dream where he was a TV dinner. In the German dub, he instead says that he was in the North Pole.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool
- John StockerToad, Mouser, Koopa Troopa, Obi-Wan Toadi
- Harvey AtkinKing Bowser Koopa
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Santa Claus is coming to Flatbush (Live Action Sketch)
It is Christmas Eve at Mario Brothers Plumbing, where Luigi is in the middle of polishing his boot. Telling himself that he needs to hurry up before Mario returns, Luigi points out that he is barefoot, and that his own boots are the only present that he can afford for Mario, due to the fact that business has not been good lately.
Approaching the front door, Mario announces that he has returned with Christmas dinner. Before Mario can enter, Luigi tells him not to enter yet, as he needs to finish wrapping his present, which he does with old newspaper. After placing the wrapped present underneath the brothers' puny Christmas tree, Luigi sits down at the table, and allows Mario to enter. Carrying some grocery bags, Mario comments about the cold weather, stating that if he stepped on a dime with his old boots, he could tell whether it was heads or tails, if he could even find a dime to step on.
Anticipating the feast that Mario has brought home, Luigi is disappointed to see Mario empty two measly garbanzo beans from the bag onto a plate. Mario states that even though the beans were all that he could afford, they will plump up when cooked. Luigi takes the beans, and tells Mario that he will place them in his soup to add some flavor, as he heads over to the stove. While Luigi is at the stove, Mario tells him to close his eyes, because he is about to give him his present. Mario removes his special wrench from his tool belt, places it in the empty grocery bag, and places the bag under the tree.
At that moment, the doorbell rings, and Mario offers to answer the door for Luigi. Upon opening the door, Mario sees a man in red long johns and a long, white beard standing there, asking if he can use their phone. The man comments that he is very tired and that somebody stole his transportation. After the man falls into Mario's arms from exhaustion, Mario tells Luigi that they now have company.
Later on, Mario and the man, whose name is revealed to be Nick, are sitting down at the table, eating their soup. Because Nick finished his bowl, Mario kindly offers his own to Nick. Luigi, having gone outside earlier, returns and complains about the cold weather, then tells Nick that he had been all over the neighborhood, but was unable to find his things. Noticing that Luigi is in his socks, Mario asks why he is not wearing his boots, and Luigi makes up a story about how he took them to a shoemaker.
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