Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 33 – The Mark of Zero
While traveling in El Desertland, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool search for the legendary masked hero known as Zero, whom they hope will help defeat El Koopitan. Luigi starts to wonder if Zero actually exists. Mario assures him that Zero does exist. Toad remarks how ostriches are too dumb to notice the heat, which causes the Ostros pulling them to stop in their tracks, insulted. He then regrets his comment.
Princess Toadstool notices a taco stand nearby, which the Ostros then rush towards. Popping out of a fake rock on a mountain, El Koopitan becomes aware of their plans and begins to hatch his own to stop them. The Ostros reach the taco stand, creating a cloud of dust. The vendor, wondering whether they came to buy something or make a mess, asks them for their order. After listing each item, Mario responds by saying yes three times.
El Koopitan responds by sending his Koopa Pack to attack everyone. Panicking, the vendor goes back in her shop and closes it. With the Koopa Pack fast approaching, the Princess and Toad hop in the bathtub part of the vehicle they were riding in, while Mario and Luigi hop into the sombrero part of the vehicle after Mouser pulls on a cactus, splitting it into segments that fly towards them. Koopa Troopas on Ostros, with some popping out of a hole in the ground, also rush towards them. Surrounded, Mario and Luigi wonder what to do next.
Out of nowhere comes Zero, leaving a look of panic on King Koopa's face. Using a whip, he loops it on a cactus and uses it as a swing, knocking a row of Koopa Troopas down. He then uses his whip to tangle two other Troopas up and launch them towards a cactus. After Zero is noticed by the four heroes, Mouser charges towards him and begins a sword fight, while Mario and Luigi fend off a group of Koopa Troopas. Mouser chops a large chunk of a cactus near him and kicks it off. Zero chops up a cactus near him. While Mouser laughs at Zero, Zero blows on the cactus and shows that he chopped it in pieces. Irritated, Mouser continues their battle, but Zero knocks Mouser's sword out of his hand and marks a zero on his chest, frustrating him even further.
El Koopitan grabs a small cactus of his own, tossing it at Zero, who was putting his sword back. The small cactus pins his cape to a bigger cactus, leaving him stuck. El Koopitan then orders the Koopa Pack to take Zero away with them. With El Koopitan escaping, the princess wonders where they went off to, while Mario comments on how they did not get a taco.
Sometime later, El Koopitan has subsequently enslaved the citizens of the shady village, forcing the townspeople to give him their vegetables as well as stealing all the gold from the Toads as well. The heroes decide that it is up to them to find Zero.
Trivia & Bloopers
- In the original version, when the Mario Bros. pop out the sombrero, Mario speaks with Luigi's voice. This error is corrected in the Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish dubs.
- Throughout the episode, the chariots' size and wheels change several times.
- When the Ostros pulling the sombrero come to a halt at the start of the episode, their body feathers continually swap between black and dark brown.
- When the taco vendor leaves her restaurant to take the group's order, her ponytail clips through the awning.
- In the Latin American Spanish dub, when Luigi and his friends are surrounded by El Koopitan's Koopa Troopas, he comments that all of them are either Batman or Superman, whereas the original version merely has him saying that they are surrounded.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool, taco vendor
- John StockerToad, Mouser, Koopa Troopa #1, Koopa Troopa #2, Señor Mayor, man #1
- Harvey AtkinEl Koopitan, Koopa Troopa #3, Koopa Troopa #4, man #2
- Greg MortonZero
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The Mark of Zero
Toupee (Live Action Sketch)
In Mario Brothers Plumbing, Mario is eating a slice of pizza. Luigi tells him to stop eating and that they must clean up, because otherwise, they will lose the building to Inspector Klean from the Board of Sanitation. Mario tosses out what is left of his pizza and moves the dumpster aside to pick up a newspaper to toss that out as well. He leaves to clean the rest of the basement and more trash falls out of the chute onto the floor.
Luigi then puts a tub over a Clog, who was eating a slice of pizza left on the floor. After a short struggle, Luigi successfully does so and explains to Clog that it is only temporary and that he does not have to worry. The CooKoo Bird then announces an incoming train, which rumbles the basement as it passes by.
Just then, the doorbell rings; Luigi must answer it. He opens the door to find Inspector Klean. When Mario asks him if he has evicted any old ladies recently, to which he responds no and that it is also why he is in such a bad mood. Looking around Mario Brothers Plumbing, though, he feels that it might help put him in a good mood. He accidentally bumps into Luigi. Luigi tries to wipe him, but he shoos him off, revolted.
Noticing an old pizza by the area where the Ratagator lives, the inspector walks over to it. The Ratagator pops out of his home and steals his toupee. Luigi successfully shoos the Ratagator away before the inspector notices. The inspector gets up and subtracts fifty points due to how dirty the basement was. Just then Clog zooms around in the tub Luigi stuck on him earlier. When the inspector asks what is under it, the Mario Bros. try not to answer.
After a brief struggle, Inspector Klean grabs it to find Clog. He then subtracts another hundred points for "keeping slimy pets at a location of business." He tells them they might have to leave Mario Brothers Plumbing for good. Later, while Inspector Klean is doing some calculations, Clog decides to go on top of his head. Inspector Klean feels Clog and asks what it is he feels. Luigi quickly says that it was leaky pipes. Before Mario can deny it, Inspector Klean happily subtracts yet "another" 50 points.
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