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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 26 – Super Koopa

In his laboratory in Koopa Kastle, Kooky von Koopa, with assistance from Hip and Hop Koopa, is in the midst of creating another invention. Telling Hip and Hop to pull a switch, Kooky watches as energy pulses into a nearby pendant. After the pendant is done absorbing energy, Kooky grabs it and proclaims that with it, King Koopa will gain the same powers Mario and Luigi have and begins to gloat over his genius. As Kooky continues his self-praise, Koopa appears and, after congratulating Kooky, Hip and Hop, takes the pendant, only to be informed by Hip and Hop that it will only function in the real world. Koopa does not seem to be concerned with this though, as he will still have the advantage, as Mario and Luigi are unable to access their powers in the real world.

While traveling, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are suddenly confronted by King Koopa and his Doomship; Koopa proceeds to, with a lasso, grab Luigi and, after traveling a few feet, dumps him and himself into a Warp Zone, with Mario and Princess Toadstool following closely behind; a complaining Toad is told to stay behind in the Mushroom Kingdom by Princess Toadstool.

Emerging from the Warp Zone, Mario and Princess Toadstool find themselves in a manhole in Paris, France. Seeing Luigi being held by Koopa, Mario and Princess Toadstool begin to give chase to him. King Koopa, believing now to be a good time to use his power, releases Luigi, zaps a fire hydrant, and kicks it over; amidst the water that flies out is a Super Leaf. Grabbing the Super Leaf, Koopa instantly grows a tail and raccoon ears and, calling himself "Raccoon Koopa", takes flight.

Watching in disbelief as King Koopa dives towards them, Mario and Luigi are unable to do anything as he kidnaps Princess Toadstool and flies off towards the Eiffel Tower. Landing on the Eiffel Tower, Koopa proceeds to tie up Princess Toadstool and suspend her from the tower. As he finishes tying up the princess, he is approached by Mario and Luigi in a helicopter. Unfazed by Mario and Luigi's sudden appearance, Koopa proceeds to simply knock Mario and Luigi's helicopter out of the sky with one punch.

Spinning out of control, Mario and Luigi are fortunate enough to land on a submarine that had raised from the ocean. The captain of the submarine, after exiting the vessel, proceeds to ask if Mario and Luigi are all right. The brothers, however, point out Koopa, who is about to dive-bomb them. Retreating into the captain's submarine, Mario, Luigi, and the captain fail to notice Bowser zap a nearby crate with his pendant. Diving into the crate he zapped, Koopa transforms from Raccoon Koopa into "Frog Koopa". Diving underwater, he proceeds to kick the submarine with enough force to beach it on shore, hurting his foot in the process. Climbing on shore, Koopa manages to capture Mario, Luigi, and the submarine captain and dumps them in the Bastille.

Returning to the Eiffel Tower, Koopa informs Kooky, Hip, Hop, and Kootie Pie Koopa through his wand that Paris and all of Europe is now defenseless. In the Bastille, Mario and Luigi begin to bemoan their fate, realizing they are no match for the super-powered King Koopa. As Koopa begins to travel through Paris, becoming annoyed with all the looks he is getting, Mario and Luigi begin trying to dig their way out of the Bastille with a spoon, which Luigi accidentally bends.

Trivia & Bloopers

Due to an issue with the master tape, the Shout! Factory and nCircle DVD releases of this episode on the complete series contain many glitches, such as the audio disappearing and the screen turning gray at certain moments. This is not present in the "Koopa Kronicles", "What a Wonderful Warp" DVD releases, or the 2023 rerelease of the complete series on DVD, and all YouTube uploads.
When King Koopa uses the pendant on a fire hydrant, the hydrant is on dirt, but in the next shot, the ground changes to pavement.
When Super Koopa ties up Princess Toadstool on the Eiffel Tower, the rope holding her appears out of thin air.
When King Koopa becomes Frog Koopa, his shell is uncovered, but in later scenes, the suit covers it.
The police helicopter Mario and Luigi use to command Raccoon Koopa to surrender has "Le Police" written on its sides, which is grammatically incorrect in French, as the masculine article "le" cannot be used with a feminine noun like "police". However, the article "le" is often used in English as a synonym for "the" to mark someone or something as being stereotypically French, similar to "el" (which is used to mark someone or something as being stereotypically Spanish). Such use can be seen on th
The unhappy expression of the French submarine captain when he mentions Frog Koopa is a reference to "frog", an ethnic slur towards people of French origin that originated due to the French being stereotypically thought of as eating frogs.[14] The Latin American Spanish dub keeps this line intact, with "frog" being translated to its corresponding word in Spanish, rana; however, the innuendo associated with this line is missing, as rana merely refers to the amphibian; derogatory terms to refer a