Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 36 – The Trojan Koopa
Mario, Luigi, and Toad, who are riding in their bathtub in the ocean at stormy weather, are on a mission to rescue Princess Toadstool, who has been kidnapped once again by King Koopa, who is holding her hostage in an island fortress in the island of Koopos with a ball and chain to her ankle. When Toad spots the island, claiming it is "dead ahead". Luigi asks if he had to say "dead", but Mario reassures him saying that things are going smoothly.
When Mario, Luigi, and Toad get swept into Koopos later that morning, they get up with the bathtub on their heads and stroll their way into King Koopa's fortress. At the fort, King Koopa and two Hammer Brothers are at the battlements, where they spy on the Marios heading to his fortress. Because of the bathtub on their heads, one of the Hammer Brother points out that the Marios might be a six-legged bathtub. King Koopa takes the spyglass from him and find out it is Mario, Luigi, and Toad, who throw the bathtub off their heads. Princess Toadstool tells King Koopa that the Marios are going to rescue her, but King Koopa objects her stating that his fortress is "plumber-proof" and will be stuck there for all eternity. King Koopa then tells Princess Toadstool that his Hammer Brothers are going to patrol her in order to keep the Marios away from her.
When Mario, Luigi, and Toad reach King Koopa's fortress, they find the Hammer Brothers taunting them from on top of the fort. Hammer Brothers throw their hammers at Mario, Luigi and Toad, which causes them to retreat and bounce into the other side of the bushes. Luigi laments that they will never get past King Koopa's fortress at this rate. Mario tells Luigi that he has a plan.
Mario's plan is that Luigi and Toad tie a pair of plungers to Mario's legs so he can climb on the fort wall and on top where he could retrieve the Princess. The plan backfires, however, as the Hammer Brothers knock the brick that Mario is on off the fort, causing him to plummet into the ground, with parts of the brick are still in his plungers when he gets out of where he fell.
Luigi's plan is that he pole vaults his way up on top of the fort. When Mario tells Luigi on what do, Luigi wracks up the courage to initiate the plan and attempts to do so, only to no avail when one of the Hammer Brothers breaks the pole with his hammer, dropping Luigi into the ground as well.
Toad's plan is to use a slingshot (with Luigi's overalls as the strips) so he can launch himself into the fort. Toad's shot becomes a near miss when he reaches the edge of the battlements, only to get pushed back to the bottom, where he hits the Mario Brothers on impact and tells them that it was no use.
Trivia & Bloopers
- At the beginning, when Mario narrates the Plumber's Log, he speaks it out loud.
- In some scenes, the yellow spots on the Hammer Brothers' arms are missing.
- Throughout the episode, the fortress's awning changes color several times.
- Throughout the Trojan Koopa's appearance, its eyes change several times.
- The Shyguys in this episode are voiced by Harvey Atkin as opposed to their usual voice actor, Jeannie Elias.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool
- John StockerToad, Hammer Brother #1
- Harvey AtkinBowser, Hammer Brother #2, Shyguys
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Texas Tea (Live Action Sketch)
In the kitchen area of Mario Brothers Plumbing, both Mario and Luigi, wearing aprons, are in the midst of attempting to slice tomatoes, which is proving difficult, as the knife they are using is quite dull. As Mario complains to Luigi that the knife "couldn't cut jello," he proceeds to say that they need a new one, to which Luigi responds to by saying he should dream on, as they are both broke and can barely afford to keep their plumbing shop open, let alone buy new knives. Agreeing with Luigi, Mario laments that people just are not having plumbing problems anymore, saying that they just do not make pipes as leaky as they used to. Mario goes on to say that if business keeps going the way it is, he and Luigi will have to cut down on their overeating. Hearing Mario say this, Luigi retaliates by saying what does he mean "we" and proceeds to call Mario "roly-poly," which causes both Mario and Luigi to break out laughing.
After a good chuckle, Mario gathers up the bits and pieces of the tomato he was trying to cut earlier and asks Luigi to get him another one from the tomato garden they have in a bathtub nearby. Obliging to Mario's request, Luigi heads over to the tomato garden, saying that the tomatoes look good this year, which causes Mario to yell over to Luigi to get him some really fresh ones, and grabs a tomato plant and yanks from the dirt. After Luigi removes the tomato plant from the dirt, a small geyser of oil suddenly shoots upward out of the soil. As Luigi excitedly alerts him to the "black gold" that is spouting from their tomato garden, Mario rushes over and, along with Luigi, gets sprayed by the so-called "Texas tea," claiming that the two of them are now "filthy rich," with an oil-soaked Luigi also saying that they are literally filthy. After Luigi says this, Mario says he is going to try and cap the spouting oil.
As Luigi watches Mario clumsily fumble with a tomato plant near the oil, the apartment doorbell suddenly rings and a man dressed in a spotless white suit and cowboy hat enters, drawing both Mario and Luigi's attention. Asking who the man is, Luigi gets the response from him that he is Ted Bull, president of Bull Oil Company. Greeting Ted, Luigi tells him to come right in, which Ted does, descending the stairs into the workshop, where he proceeds to give Luigi his business card. Taking the card, Luigi introduces Ted to Mario, who greets Ted with a hearty handshake with his oil covered hand. Realizing his hand is covered in oil and that he has just coated Ted's hand with it as well, Mario apologizes, only to be told by Ted, who wipes his hand off on Mario's shirt, that its alright, as an oily handshake is the best kind of handshake. After introductions are done, Ted states to Mario and Luigi that he hears they struck oil, which causes a surprised Luigi that news travels fast. In response to Luigi's comment, Ted says he can smell a gusher a mile away and proceeds to tell him and Mario that he has a deal they cannot refuse, one that will make them rich beyond their wildest dreams.