Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 24 – Too Hot to Handle
In Lava Land, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are using a variety of floating rafts to reach an island named Waki-Waki in the middle of the ocean, where Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool are to meet a Fire God who has promised to use his power to free the Mushroom Kingdom from King Koopa. Reaching Waki-Waki, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool are greeted by several friendly, native Mushroomers known as the Aloha People. Introducing himself as Scooter, the leader of the Aloha People gives Princess Toadstool a lei made of grass.
After Scooter gives Princess Toadstool this lei, the ground of the island begins to shake violently, surprising Luigi, Toad, Princess Toadstool and Mario, who hopes the earthquake occurring is just someone making a mozzarella milkshake. Panickingly, Scooter says that everyone should run for cover, as the Fire God has been summoned; as Scooter runs for shelter, a fissure suddenly spreads through the ground beneath Princess Toadstool. Before she can react, Princess Toadstool falls into this fissure, frantically yelling. Before Princess Toadstool falls any further down into this fissure, Mario, using a plunger with a rope tied to it, manages to snag Princess Toadstool's dress and reel her back up on to the surface. After Princess Toadstool thanks Mario for having rescued her, Luigi points to the rumbling volcano and comments that the Fire God is acting strange.
At the peak of this volcano, a pair of binoculars which are being used as periscope begin to survey the havoc that is being caused on Waki-Waki. Watching the fleeing Aloha People, the periscope sees Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool. Removing his face from the periscope, King Koopa says to himself, Fryguy and his surrounding Shyguy minions that Mario, Luigi and Toad are falling for his plot to trap Princess Toadstool. After King Koopa announces this, Fryguy proceeds to ask him what should be done with the real Fire God, who is being kept nearby in a large, ice and snow filled bottle. Replying to Fryguy's question, King Koopa tells Fryguy that until he has captured Princess Toadstool, the Fire God should be kept frozen, only to be thrown into the Lava Machine later. After hearing this, Fryguy gives King Koopa a microphone, which King Koopa proceeds to use to announce to the Aloha People, under the guise of the Fire God, that unless Princess Toadstool is thrown into the volcano at sundown, the volcano will explode and destroy all of Waki-Waki. Finishing his announcement, King Koopa turns to a nearby control panel while Fryguy tells him that the Lava Machine, a large, furnace-like device, is ready. Hearing Fryguy, King Koopa uses his control panel top turn the Lava Machine on.
Outside King Koopa's volcano headquarters, Scooter, after gazing up towards the smoking volcano, declares that, in order to save Waki-Waki, Princess Toadstool must be sacrificed. Trying to reason with Scooter, Mario tells him that it is not the Fire God who made that announcement, it was King Koopa, whose voice Mario instantly recognizes. Not listening to Mario, Scooter grabs hold of him and orders several nearby Aloha People to grab Princess Toadstool and throw Luigi and Toad into a pit. Before they can react, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Luigi are grabbed by several Aloha People; after having Mario, Luigi and Toad thrown into a nearby pit, Scooter orders two Aloha People, who have grabbed Princess Toadstool, to take her to the volcano and throw her in.
Trivia & Bloopers
- When Fryguy pulls a lever, his arm is yellow instead of orange.
- When Mario, and his friends look at the Lava Machine, Luigi's blinking animation is reversed. Most of the time his eyes are closed but they occasionally open, instead of the other way around. In the same scene, the "L" on his cap is missing. This also happens when Toad asks why there are pipes in the volcano.
- After putting on the work gloves, Mario and Luigi can be seen several times with their usual gloves instead.
- At the beginning of the episode, Scooter gives a lei to Princess Toadstool, but afterwards, it disappears.
- With the Plumber's Log removed from the French dub, and Lava Land not mentioned anywhere else, this leaves the location of the episode ambiguous in the French dub. This also occurs in the previous two episodes.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi, Citizen #1
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool, Lady
- John StockerToad, Fryguy, Citizen #2
- Harvey AtkinKing Bowser Koopa, Citizen #3, Citizen #4, Bingo
- Greg MortonScooter, Citizen #5, Citizen #6
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Too Hot to Handle
Time Out Luigi (Live Action Sketch)
In the apartment, Luigi is in the middle of playing an intense game of Duck Hunt with his Nintendo Entertainment System and NES Zapper. After showing off to himself by shooting ducks from behind his back, under his leg and behind his head, Luigi hears a loud bang and turns to investigate it. Looking over to where the pipes of the apartment are, Luigi sees an odd looking, old woman carrying a bag exit from the shadows. Greeting the woman, Luigi asks how he can help her, only to get the response from the old woman that maybe she can help him; introducing herself as Angelica, "Mysterious Salesperson for Weird and Spooky Gadgets Incorporated". While Luigi shows interest in what Angelica has to offer, Mario, who has appeared behind Luigi, does not care what Angelica has to say, saying he and Luigi do not want anything.
Deciding to show her merchandise to Mario and Luigi, Angelica shows them a crystal ball that can predict the future with ninety-nine and nine-tenths accuracy, an eerie painting that gets older as the owner stays eternally young; though Luigi is impressed by this odd merchandise, Mario remains unenthusiastic, wanting a crystal ball with one hundred percent accuracy and a cheaper painting. Angelica, not giving up, asks Mario and Luigi if they would prefer to buy a wristwatch she has.
Taking the wristwatch out of her bag, Angelica shows it to Luigi, who inquires if it is water proof, shock resistant and self winding, to which Angelica replies that it is not, but it is strange and mysterious. After being handed the wristwatch by Angelica, Luigi inspects it and decides that it looks alright and asks Angelica how much it is. After hearing that the wristwatch is ten dollars, Luigi begins to haggle with Angelica and, after going from five to seven dollars, manages to buy the wristwatch from a flustered Angelica for four dollars. Taking out his wallet, Luigi gives Angelica four dollars; after being paid by Luigi, Angelica leaves Mario Brothers Plumbing the way she came in, after calling Mario and Luigi galoots and telling them to sweep their floor once in a while.
With Angelica gone, Luigi begins to tell Mario how much of a bargain it was that he got his new wristwatch for four dollars. Mario tells Luigi that of course he got the wristwatch at such a low price, going on to show Luigi that the wristwatch is broken because it runs backwards. Realizing that he has seemingly been swindled by Angelica, Luigi quickly tells Mario to stop laughing at him.
Later, as he sits on the couch with his plunger, Mario asks Luigi what's wrong with him, as, ever since he got his wristwatch from Angelica, he has been acting strange. As an oddly dressed Luigi walks around him backwards, Mario tells Luigi that all he has been doing is walking backwards, talking backwards, dressing backwards and somehow eating backwards. Stopping near Mario, Luigi begins trying to explain to him that he feels better than ever, only to have his words come out backwards. After some trouble, Mario manages to decipher what Luigi is saying and tells Luigi to prove he is okay be jogging around the room. Doing what Mario says, Luigi begins to jog, though he does it backwards before collapsing on the couch, instantly falling asleep. As Luigi sleeps soundly, Mario surmises that the wristwatch Luigi bought must be making him do all these odd things and decides to take it off Luigi and throw it in the furnace. Grabbing the wristwatch, Mario tries to pull it off Luigi, only to be electrocuted by the wristwatch, which also causes the apartment lights to turn off. Thinking the wristwatch is possessed or cursed, Mario decides to either look for Angelica or put Luigi in a "backwards folks home". After Mario says this, he is surprised by Edison, who, after bursting out of his manhole, asks what happened to the lights.
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