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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 17 – Mush Rumors

In Kansas, United States, a family of four is traveling to Wild Waldo's One-of-a-Kind Amusement Park in a station wagon. After the daughter of the family, Missy, continues to pester her father, Norman, about whether they are at the amusement park. Norman, flustered, stops the car; then sarcastically says they are here and to be quiet. Norman starts to drive again, only to be asked by his son, Bud, whether or not they are lost, to which Norman responds with a somewhat hesitant no. As Norman continues to drive along, his wife tells Bud and Missy that the amusement park is still far away and to simply enjoy the scenery, as it will take them at least another hour of driving to arrive. After this is said, Norman drives the station wagon through a tunnel, which is actually a Warp Zone.

Once the Warp Zone is driven through, the family find themselves in the Mushroom Kingdom; as Bud and Missy look around, bewildered, at their new surroundings, their mother calms them down and assures them that Norman, who believes he has entered Iowa, will find a gas station and ask for directions. After his wife tells Bud and Missy this though, Norman, distracted by all the new scenery, accidentally crashes the car into a wall of Blocks. As the car's engine begins to steam, the family is left to panic as Norman, who has lost control of the car, tries desperately to steer it. As the car swerves out of control, it narrowly avoids hitting a nearby Mushroom boy who was fishing by a river; however, the Mushroomer jumps into the river to avoid the car, which he perceives to be a monster.

Eventually, the car begins to slow down and eventually crashes into another wall of blocks near the river before stopping completely. With the car having finally stopped, Norman gets out of it to inspect the engine. Opening the hood of the car, Norman is shrouded by a large amount of smoke and begins to cough, which frightens the nearby Mushroomer from before who, after being seen and yelled to by Norman, runs away frantically, claiming that aliens have come.

Elsewhere, Hip and Hop Koopa are in the process of setting up a prank, placing a mirror in front of a wall to make it appear as if there is an opening in the wall. As Hop steadies the mirror though, Hip begins to wonder if the prank will work, thinking if there is anybody gullible enough to be tricked by it. Directly after Hip says this, the Mushroom boy suddenly runs directly into the wall and falls to the ground, dazed as Hip and Hop praise themselves on having pulled another successful prank.

Recovering from running into the wall, the Mushroomer proceeds to tell the nearby Hip and Hop to run, saying something about fire belching with four eyes; the Mushroom boy's ramblings cause a somewhat nervous Hip and Hop to ask what he is talking about, getting the response from the Mushroomer that horrible aliens are coming. This revelation about aliens causes a scared Hip and Hop to frantically run away, screaming.

At Kastle Koopa, Hip and Hop, still screaming and claiming that something is coming, are knocked backwards by Bully, who asks them who is coming. Hip and Hop proceed to tell Bully about the aliens, which is enough to even terrify Bully, prompting him to tell Kooky about them, who tells Big Mouth about them, who tells Kootie Pie about them, with the Koopalings' stories becoming more and more exaggerated. After being told of the aliens by Big Mouth, Kootie Pie runs to King Koopa's throne room, where she tells her father that zillions of heavily armed, fire-spewing aliens are going to attack the castle before breaking down into tears, screaming that they are all doomed and that she does not have anything to wear. As Kootie Pie sobs in front of him, a shocked Koopa proclaims that he will have to attack the aliens, before they get to him.

Trivia & Bloopers

Throughout the episode, Bud's mother switches from not having lipstick to having lipstick several times.
When Norman says that he and his family have arrived at the amusement park and when he says that they are not lost, his hands are holding the car's steering wheel, but they are layered completely in front of it.
When Bud asks if Norman is lost, the colors of his hat swap between frames.
After the family drives through the Warp Pipe, Norman's shirt is yellow instead of purple.
Princess Toadstool and Toad do not appear in this episode.
When Norman drives into the Mushroom Kingdom, he remarks, "We're sure not in Kansas anymore", a reference to a similar quote from The Wizard of Oz.