Editing Bad Rap

{{SMBSS episode infobox

|image=[[File:BadRap.jpg|200px]]

|airdate=October 26, 1989 (English)<br>November 6, 1990 (French)

|writer=Cassandra Schafhausen<br>Kevin O'Donnell

|plumbers_log=2-2-4

|alter_ego=[[King Koopa's alter egos#Rappin' Koopa|Rappin' Koopa]]

|cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#I Got You (I Feel Good)|I Got You (I Feel Good)]]"<br> "[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Make It Funky|Make It Funky]]"

|replacement="[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Motor City|Motor City]]"

|reference = A term used to refer to an undeserved poor reputation

|live="[[Caught in a Draft]]"

|before=[[The Unzappables|<<]]

|after=[[The Mark of Zero|>>]]

"'''Bad Rap'''" is the thirty-second episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' This episode is the only in the series to have more than one cover song accompany it, as it has two, although one replacement song accompanies it. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Caught in a Draft]]." This episode is notable in that most lines are done in rhyme.

[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Toad]] have arrived in [[Rap Land]], because [[Bowser|King Koopa]] had kidnapped Rap Land's king, and is attempting to take everyone's money by playing an eerie theme throughout the land. They are surprised to see the rapper-themed citizens of Rap Land monotonously entering the castle, carrying sacks of [[Coin|Gold Coins]]. Princess Toadstool assumes that King Koopa is forcing everyone to bring him their money, but Toad wants to know how.   

[[File:Toadstoolbadrap.jpeg|200px|thumb|Princess Toadstool captured by a Koopa Troopa.]]

Mario tells the others that they need to save Princess Toadstool, who soon gets tied up by the Koopa Troopas. As they run towards the castle, the Flab Boys create a small tremor, causing Mario and Luigi to fall over. Because they all had to stop, the Koopa Troopas start to bring Princess Toadstool into the castle. The Flab Boys try to stop the Koopa Troopas by throwing records at them, but they are ineffective. Mario manages to hit the Koopa Troopas with his plunger, causing Princess Toadstool to fly out of their hands and into the claws of Rappin' Koopa.

Toad, Princess Toadstool and King James manage to meet up with Mario, Luigi and the Flab Boys outside the castle, where King James points out that they need to cut off Rap Land's power supply to stop Rappin' Koopa's takeover; a huge cord plugged into a hydroelectric dam, the [[Royal Plug]]. Luigi is afraid to pull the plug, as he fears that he will get electrocuted. Mario decides to do it, and is given a boost up to the outlet by Luigi and the Flab Boys. As Mario grabs onto the cord, he gets shocked, but the power surge transforms him into [[Fire Mario|Super Mario]], giving him the strength to unplug the cord. Mario gives King James a hand shake, which electrocutes him, and everyone laughs.

[[File:Rappinkoopa.jpg|200px|thumb|Rappin' Koopa.]]

Rappin' Koopa gets mad, and claims that he will not be leaving Rap Land without everyone's money. Luigi is afaid of what Rappin' Koopa is about to do, but Mario reminds him about Toad, who is still hiding in his hole. As Rappin' Koopa runs over Toad, Toad pops up and knocks him over. Mario's group surrounds Rappin' Koopa, and the Flab Boys threaten to sit on him. Rappin' Koopa pulls out a [[Magical Potion]], which he uses to create a door that he escapes through.

*[[Lou Albano]] &mdash; [[Mario]], [[Flab Boys|Flab Boy]] #1

*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|Rappin' Koopa]], Flab Boy #2

==Animation and continuity errors==

*When [[Bowser|Rappin' Koopa]] looks through his telescope, part of the background can be seen at the edges of the screen.

*When Rappin' Koopa laughs at [[King James]], the rim of his shell turns the same color as his body. This also happens with one of his shackles when he notices [[Mario]] and his friends.

*When Rappin' Koopa grabs a [[Koopa Troopa]], the Koopa Troopa's eyes are yellow circles with black pupils, and shortly after, its eyes are white instead of yellow.

*In the second shot of Rappin' Koopa tying [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and King James onto the spinning record, Princess Toadstool's nose is missing until she starts speaking.

**In the same scene, the record is black, but when Toad saves Princes Toadstool and King James, it turns brown. A similar error occurs with the record a [[Flab Boys|Flab Boy]] tosses to [[Toad]], where it is initially black, but turns brown when Toad puts it on his turntable.

*When Princess Toadstool and King James are trapped on the spinning record, the actuator appears to be rising upward instead of lowering down to slice them in a couple of scenes.

*When Mario transforms into [[Fire Mario|Super Mario]], he briefly disappears.

*In a couple of scenes, Rappin' Koopa's turntable is colored blue like Mario and his friends' instead of orange.

*When Rappin' Koopa takes out a [[Magical Potion|Magic Potion]], his right arm is the same color as the rim of his shell.

*After the [[Warp Zone]] disappears, it can briefly still be seen.

 

TSMBSS Bad Rap error 2.png|Rappin' Koopa's miscolored shackle

 

*'''Netflix:''' ''With [[Bowser|Koopa]] holding the [[King James|King of Rapland]] hostage, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] must speak in rhythmic rhyme to set him free.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 23, 2020.</ref>

*'''[[Off the Map]]''' DVD: ''Koopa kidnaps the King of Rapland where everyone speaks in rap rhyme. It's up to the rapping Marios to save the day.''

 

*In the original, the [[List of implied items#Plumber's Log|Plumber Log]] number is given as 2-2-4. In the Latin American Spanish dub, it is given as 1-2-3.

 

*The song played in [[Mario]]'s honor at the end of the episode is a lower-pitched version of [[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!#Plumber Rap Part 2 (animated episodes intro)|Plumbers Rap Part 2]].

*As everyone dances in celebration, the song abruptly stops and all on-screen audio is muted until the episode is over. However, in original and foreign airings, the audio is not muted and a sound bite of James Brown saying "It's got to be funky!" at the beginning of his song "{{wp|Make It Funky}}" could be heard. This sound bite can be heard on the [[Robo Koopa (VHS)|''Robo Koopa'' VHS]].

 

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