Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 19 – Do you Princess Toadstool take this Koopa?
At Koopa's castle, Mario and Luigi are locked in a cell in King Koopa's dungeon, where King Koopa himself is taunting them as Princess Toadstool and Toad stand nearby, guarded by two Koopa Troopas. As King Koopa jeers Mario and Luigi, Toad boldly runs forward and begins to taunt King Koopa himself, running around him claiming he is unafraid of him; ignoring Princess Toadstool's warnings, Toad continues to run around King Koopa, who, annoyed with Toad's antics, decides to use his magic wand to turn him into a large, green rock, a fate which has befallen several other Mushroom People as well.
As Princess Toadstool hugs the stone that was once Toad and bemoans his fate, a mocking King Koopa exclaims that Toad is not the only one he is not getting rid of, and proceeds to pull a nearby lever, which causes the walls of Mario and Luigi's cell to begin to close. Seeing Mario and Luigi in peril, Princess Toadstool begins to beg King Koopa to let them live, saying that she will do anything for him, which interests King Koopa. Deciding to agree to Princess Toadstool's bargain, King Koopa tells her that she must marry him and make him the legal ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. Seeing her hesitance, Mario and Luigi, who are trying in vain to push back the walls of their cell, tell her just to go through with it, promising her that they will break free and help her get out of this situation (though Luigi is somewhat reluctant). With this, Princess Toadstool agrees to marry King Koopa, on the condition that he frees Mario and Luigi and changes Toad and the captured Mushroom People back to normal; hearing this, King Koopa makes the promise that he will change Toad and the Mushroom People back to normal before he is married to Princess Toadstool and will free Mario and Luigi after he is, which Princess Toadstool hesitantly agrees to.
With his deal with Princess Toadstool done, King Koopa pulls the lever on the wall again, which instantly causes the moving walls of Mario and Luigi's cell to stop moving inward and to pull back. After sparing Mario and Luigi, King Koopa tells his two Koopa Troopa cohorts to take Princess Toadstool to the great hall of the castle and to spread the news that he and Princess Toadstool are going to married in the morning the next day. After announcing this, King Koopa leaves the area, descending a ladder that Princess Toadstool, escorted by the two Koopa Troopas, follows him down. As King Koopa, Princess Toadstool and the Koopa Troopas leave, Luigi exclaims how everything that has happened so far is terrible and that he and Mario need to stop Princess Toadstool and King Koopa from getting married. Agreeing with Luigi, Mario, and his brother, each take out a spoon and begin to quickly dig out of the cell they are in.
Elsewhere in the castle, King Koopa is climbing a ladder while throwing flowers downward; as soon as he reaches the top of the ladder and gets on to a platform, where three Koopa Troopas are, King Koopa trips and is sent sprawling forward. Lying on the ground, dizzy and stunned, King Koopa tells the surrounding three Koopa Troopas that he is going to be marrying Princess Toadstool. Mario and Luigi, having rapidly dug a long tunnel with only their spoons, soon break through a wall and into a room that has two Hammer Brothers in it. As the Hammer Brothers prepare to attack them, Mario and Luigi quickly go back into the tunnel they have dug, causing the Hammer Brothers to accidentally hit each other on the head with their hammers when they do attack.
Trivia & Bloopers
- In the original version, after Mario and Luigi get into the castle and Mario reminds Luigi about the Princess, Luigi mouths the word "remember." This is corrected in the Latin American Spanish dub, where Luigi instead says that he will wait at the entrance of Koopa's castle.
- In the first scene, when King Koopa says "faucet freaks," the animation shows him laughing.
- At the beginning of the episode, King Koopa is on the left of the cage, but when he turns Toad into a rock, he is on the right.
- When Princess Toadstool agrees to marry King Koopa, the spikes on the latter's tail are colored orange instead of white.
- This episode was used as a bonus extra on the original 2003 Sterling Entertainment release of the Sonic Underground DVD "Dr. Robotnik's Revenge", which stars Sonic the Hedgehog. The print used was from Mario All Stars, complete with the latter's intro and closing. It was removed from the 2007 NCircle Entertainment reissue of the DVD.
- This is one of the few episodes where the script ends several seconds before the show, with just the music playing. In this particular episode, the ending of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! theme plays post-script, causing Koopa's defeat to be more dramatic.
- In the original version, Mario disguised as a chef, tells the Koopa Troopa doorman that he and Luigi have bug soup for Koopa's wedding. In the Latin American Spanish dub, he instead says that he has beetle soup.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool
- John StockerToad, Mouser, Koopa Troopa
- Harvey AtkinKing Bowser Koopa, Tryclyde
- Joyce GordonKing Koopa's mother
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Mario Hillbillies (Live Action Sketch)
Exiting a door in the apartment, Luigi, who is wearing fishing gear, begins to tell Mario to hurry and prepare for the fishing trip they are going; the reason Luigi wants Mario to hurry up is because he wants to get his fishing done so he and Mario can be in time for the Plumber's Hoedown that will be going on later. After telling Mario to quicken his pace, Luigi also asks him as to whether he has the fishing bait, which Mario replies with a yes to, and proceeds to show Luigi a worm covered pizza. Though Luigi believes the worm pizza is disgusting, Mario reassures him, saying that the fish will love the worm pizza bait. As Luigi holds the worm pizza, Mario begins to wonder where their cousins, Mario Joe and Luigi Bob are, stating that they were supposed to be here by now; a flustered Mario decides to simply leave Mario Joe and Luigi Bob a note saying where he and Luigi have gone, which Luigi agrees is a good idea. Writing the note, Luigi pins it to the scarecrow in the bathtub garden, which lets out a shriek upon having the note pinned to it; after telling the scarecrow to stop, Mario is given the worm pizza by Luigi, and the two, after grabbing their fishing rods, leave Mario Brothers Plumbing.
As soon as Mario and Luigi leave Mario Brothers Plumbing through a back passage, Mario Joe and Luigi Bob suddenly enter through the apartment's main entrance; calling out to Mario and Luigi, Mario Joe and Luigi Job receive no answer, but as they descend the stairs into the apartment, they notice the note left by Mario on the scarecrow; after tearing Mario's note off the yelping scarecrow, Luigi Bob reads it aloud to Mario Joe and both learn of what happened to Mario and Luigi. Reading the final part of the note, which states that Mario Joe and Luigi Bob should make themselves at home, Mario Joe and Luigi Bob let out a courageous yell and rush over to Mario and Luigi's refrigerator, which they open and begin to look through.
Having raided Mario and Luigi's refrigerator, Mario Joe and Luigi Bob are sitting at the table, feet on it, eating a large amount of pizza, as well as other food. While eating pizza, Luigi Bob asks Mario Joe what is on the pizza, and gets the response that it is pepperoni. As they both eat, Mario Joe and Luigi Bob hear the doorbell of the apartment ring and are at first confused as to who would be at the door, but decide to let whoever is at the door in, so Mario Joe yells for whoever is at the door to come in. Opening the door, a woman walks in and asks Mario Joe and Luigi Bob if they are Mario and Luigi, and also asks if they have faucets for sale.
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