Editing Bats in the Basement

{{SMBSS segment infobox
|image=[[File:BatsBasement.jpg|200px]]<br>Mario meets his new guest
|production=107
|airdate=September 13, 1989
|guest={{wp|Jim Ward (voice actor)|Jim Ward}}
|cartoon="[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]"
|zelda="{{iw|zeldawiki|Cold Spells}}"
|before=[[Bonkers From Yonkers|<<]]
|after=[[Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!|>>]]
|#=8
}}
"'''Bats in the Basement'''" is the eighth live-action segment of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding animated episode is "[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]."

==Plot synopsis==
[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], after having gone out for a plumbing job, are in the midst of returning to their apartment in [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]]. Entering the apartment, Luigi mentions that he cannot wait until the foreign exchange student they are going to be hosting arrives, who Mario mentions, is very smart. Asking how Mario knows that, Luigi gets the answer that the student sent his luggage ahead of him and motions towards a nearby, wooden box.

Seeing the rather fancy looking box, Luigi asks Mario when it arrived, to which Mario responds that it got to the apartment before Luigi awoke that morning. Inspecting the box, Luigi finds a note on it, which reads that the box is from [[Wikipedia:Transylvania|Transylvania]] and to open as soon as possible, as it is "stuffy in here". Surprised by this note, Luigi tells Mario that the exchange student, [[Count Zoltan Dracula]], must be inside the box.

Grabbing some nearby tools, Mario and Luigi commence trying to open the box, only to encounter problems in doing so. After some effort, Luigi manages to pry open the box with a crowbar, only to reveal an extremely pale, caped figure inside. Seeing the figure, Luigi quickly closes the box, thinking the person inside to be deceased. Soon after Luigi closes the box, it is opened by the person inside, who, after introducing himself to Mario and Luigi as Count Zoltan Dracula, quickly re-enters the box, or more precisely, a coffin, after calling the apartment "a dump".

After Count Zoltan closes his coffin lid, Luigi, somewhat suspicious of Count Zoltan, tries to tell Mario of the odd feeling he is getting from Count Zoltan, only for Mario not to understand.

A week after Count Zoltan had arrived, Luigi is still suspicious of him, telling Mario over lunch that Count Zoltan had told him he had been going to night school for 300 years. Mario, unsurprised, simply dismisses Luigi's remark, though he does say it is odd how Count Zoltan sleeps all day, only for Luigi to counter that so does Mario, unless an [[Inspector Gadget]] marathon is on. After saying this, Luigi, grabbing one of Count Zoltan's shirts, notices several red stains on it. Ignoring this, Luigi begins to look at all the bills they have received and sees that hosting Count Zoltan is costing them a fortune, with him constantly buying dental floss, eyewash, and, oddly, blood from a blood bank.

Putting these bills away, Luigi hears a singing Count Zoltan approaching. It is only when he and Mario see the silhouette of a bat on a window do Luigi and Mario realize, to their horror, that Count Zoltan is a bloodsucking vampire.

Later, as Count Zoltan sleeps in his coffin, Mario and Luigi begin to quietly approach their couch with a book entitled "How to Get Rid of a Vampire" and begin to read, only to confuse a wooden steak for a piece of steak, as in meat. Reading further, Mario and Luigi only discover a tomato sauce recipe and instructions on sending the vampire to a grocery store to buy bread and then moving while they are gone.

As Mario and Luigi begin reading further, Count Zoltan suddenly appears behind them and asks them if they really want to know how to get rid of a vampire; asking how, Mario and Luigi get the response from Count Zoltan that they just need to ask him to leave, being happy to oblige.

==Characters==
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Count Zoltan Dracula]]
*[[Inspector Gadget]] (mentioned)

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|ChiS=地下室的蝙蝠
|ChiSR=Dìxiàshì de Biānfú
|ChiSM=Bats in the Basement
|ChiSC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNEkYicUGDk Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Mario and the Beanstalk | Learn Chinese | Cartoons in Mandarin]</ref>
|Ger=Fledermäuse im Keller
|GerM=Bats in the Basement
|GerC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMNTFlcbu78&list=PLn0Cm-QzTZcYMFil7DnnbYQJlk7qccB4H&index=9 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 8 Fledermäuse im Keller / Mario und die Bohnenranke]</ref>
|Heb=עטלפים במרתף
|HebR=Tlfm Vmrtf
|HebM=Bats in the Basement
|HebC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0D1tZd9XJY&list=PL9O9vXdJDrqlKHsDjvWQQR8yzML7oOP9S&index=10 האחים סופר מריו (1989) - (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Hebrew Dub) - S01E07]</ref>
|Ita=Pipistrelli in laboratorio
|ItaM=Bats in the lab ("Lab" is referred as Basement and not an actual laboratory)
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBWvot2hjc&list=PLcGZc7g30V1szpfz3uw4SZIma9VbA33Bo&index=7 Super Mario bros super show ita 1x07 Il fagiolo magico]</ref>
|Nor=Flaggermus i den kjelleren
|NorM=Bats in the basement
|NorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXBdvOetco&list=PLW8yg18mYSRjYvdGjC1PIyxwl9PDwarRy&index=7 The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E08 - Mario and the Beanstalk/Bats in the Basement (Norsk Fox Kid]</ref>
|Pol=Jędzy w piwnicy
|PolM=Bats in the basement
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA8S6GmUrgM Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Episode 7 | Mario and the Beanstalk (Polish Voice-Over)]</ref>
|Por=Morcego no Porão
|PorM=Bat in the Basement
|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbI7Mo9fBg&list=PLwzf4mOPE8BlhZQzQNfBFjrkJrrocv7kU&index=6 Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Mario e o Pé de Feijão / Morcego no Porão (Dublado)]</ref>
|Spa=Bandidos en el sótano
|SpaM=Bandits in the basement
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-9kR4y-ARg Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español - Mario y la habichuela - Episode 7]</ref>
}}

==Trivia==
*While [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] discuss how odd [[Count Zoltan Dracula]] is at breakfast, a box of [[Nintendo Cereal System]] can be seen on the table.

==References==
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{{TSMBSS episodes}}
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! live-action segments]]
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