Editing Do the Koopa

{{TAOSMB3 episode infobox

|airdate=October 27, 1990 (English) <br> October 25, 1991 (French)

|writer=[[Phil Harnage]]

|opening=[[Dark Land]]

|song="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Do The Koopa|Do The Koopa]]"

"'''Do the Koopa'''" is the fifteenth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It aired alongside another episode entitled "[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]." The title of the episode is a reference to "[[Do the Mario]]," the song that is used in the closing credits to ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', the previous ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' animated series produced by [[DIC Entertainment]].

==Plot synopsis==

The episode begins with [[Luigi]] finding a treasure map to the [[Doom Dancer Music Box]] in [[Mushroom Land Central Library]]. [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] later gets Luigi, [[Mario]], and [[Toad]] to help her get the Doom Dancer, which makes anyone who hears it dance fast or slow according to how fast it is cranked. Mario proposes that the Doom Dancer can keep the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Clan]] under control. The group then sets out to get it in [[Dark Land]]'s [[Temple of Gloom]]. When they arrive, a [[Dry Bones]] hears their plans and goes to tell [[Bowser|King Koopa]] at [[Bowser's Castle|Kastle Koopa]]. After telling him a few times (King Koopa has a cold), King Koopa sends [[Larry|Cheatsy Koopa]], [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa Jr.]], and [[Roy|Bully Koopa]] to get the Doom Dancer before the Mario Bros. do.

Mario and Co. face a problem getting over a wide gap. Toad suggests that Mario break some [[? Block|block]]s to get some [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]], which Mario does. Turning into their [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon forms]], the group flies over the wide gap. They run through a field of giant spikes popping down from the cave ceiling. After getting through the spike field, two [[Bowser Statue|Koopa statue]]s turn them all back into their normal forms.

Cheatsy, Bully, and Big Mouth are later seen clearing the rubble, and following the gang into the Temple of Gloom. After narrowly avoiding beams from many Koopa statues, Mario and the gang reach a door. Princess Toadstool looks at the map and tells the group that the Doom Dancer is in the Inner Temple. The Koopalings, who are eavesdropping, realize that the Doom Dancer exists and is not a myth like their father always thought. The Koopalings decide to let Mario get the Doom Dancer, then Big Mouth says they should ambush them. Bully tells Big Mouth to give him his string. Big Mouth objects because it belonged to their great grandmother and attempts to tell an unneeded story about her. Bully covers his big mouth before he starts while Cheatsy steals the string and creates a tripwire.

Mario and the group are then seen inside the room of the Doom Dancer, which is on a pedestal. Mario climbs up and obtains the Doom Dancer, which sets off a trap that makes projectiles fall from the ceiling. Mario gets back to the group after narrowly avoiding a [[Thwomp]]. A [[Boom Boom]] scares the group and sends them running outside, tripping on the trip-wire and sending the Doom Dancer into the air. Big Mouth attempts to catch it while mimicking football game crowds, but Cheatsy pushes him aside and attempts to catch it, but Bully grabs him by the hair and throws him away and the Doom Dancer falls into Bully Koopa's claws. Bully then uses the Doom Dancer to force everyone to dance, even his own siblings. He makes everyone march back to Castle Koopa, plotting to use the Doom Dancer to overthrow his father.

When the group gets to Kastle Koopa, King Koopa asks Bully to give him the Doom Dancer. Bully refuses, saying that he is going to use it to rule the entire world, starting with his father. However, King Koopa's cold prevents him from hearing the music, making him invulnerable to its magic. Koopa then takes the Doom Dancer, and cranks it, making everyone "Do the Koopa". King Koopa then says that he is going to make the whole [[Mushroom Kingdom]] dance to their doom. The Doom Dancer is powerful enough for its power to spread into Desert Land where a Sphinx, the trees and even the enemies start dancing.

*[[James Rankin]] &mdash; [[Larry|Cheatsy Koopa]]

*[[Dan Hennessey]] &mdash; [[Roy|Bully Koopa]], singer #2

*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]], singer #1

==Animation and continuity errors==

*At the beginning of the episode, the [[Boom Boom]] moves on the map, but at [[Toad House|Toad's house]], it does not.

*In several scenes, [[Mario]]'s hair is colored black instead of brown.

*When Mario and his friends looks at the map in Toad's house, the emblem on [[Mario Cap|Mario's cap]] has its colors reversed.

*When [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] explains how the [[Doom Dancer Music Box]] works, [[Wendy|Kootie Pie]]'s bracelets are colored gray instead of yellow, and when [[Iggy|Hop]] falls down, his glasses turn red.

*When [[Luigi]] mentions that [[Dark Land]] is [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s kingdom, the details on the map are missing.

*When Mario and his friends jump into the [[Warp Pipe]], the skull symbol is blue, but when they arrive in Dark Land, it turns yellow.

**Shortly after, the symbol on the pipe disappears.

*When the Warp Pipe appears in Dark Land, Mario and his friends appear, but in the next shot, they and the pipe disappear while a [[Dry Bones]] replaces them.

*When King Koopa explains to the [[Koopalings]] what he actually said, his eyes are colored white instead of yellow.

*When [[Larry|Cheatsy]] is relieved, [[Morton|Big Mouth]]'s eyelids are colored gray instead of purple. This also happens when King Koopa tells the Koopalings that the Dry Bones will show where Mario and his friends went.

*In several scenes, [[Roy|Bully]]'s snout is brown instead of cream-colored.

*When Luigi says for the music to stop, the fire flashes.

*When Mario and his friends start flying, Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool's raccoon ears are missing, along Princess Toadstool's raccoon tail.

*After Mario dodges a spike, the screen freezes for a few seconds.

*After Princess Toadstool loses her [[Raccoon Mario|raccoon form]], she is suddenly caught up with Toad despite being behind in the previous scene.

*When the Dry Bones leave the [[Temple of Gloom]], the first Dry Bones disappears into the ground.

*When Mario and his friends run towards the Dry Bones, Toad's pants are missing.

*When Mario and his friends are beginning to enter the Temple of Gloom, the screen shakes.

*When the Koopalings spy on Mario and his friends, Big Mouth's head is tan instead of gray.

*When Big Mouth says that the Koopas will be doomed if Mario and his friends get the Doom Dancer, his star is missing.

*When Mario dodges the [[Thwomp]], the Doom Dancer is miscolored, and shortly after, he fades into existence.

*When Cheatsy pushes Big Mouth aside, the rim around Big Mouth's shell is colored white instead of yellow.

*When Cheatsy and Big Mouth look at Bully when he catches the Doom Dancer, Cheatsy's shackles are colored green instead of black.

*Bully's line when he slows down his cranking plays earlier than it is supposed to, resulting in him speaking with no dialogue.

*When Mario, his friends, and the Koopalings march, the Doom Dancer and Princess Toadstool's dress flash.

**In the same scene, Toad smiles. This also happens shortly after Bully hands the Doom Dancer to King Koopa, along with Princess Toadstool.

*When Bully realizes that King Koopa cannot hear him, the rim of his shell is colored black like his shackles instead of white, and shortly after, his shell is colored green instead of pink.

*In a couple of shots when Bully gives the Doom Dancer to King Koopa, the bottom-right corner of the background is unpainted.

*When King Koopa says that he can make the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] dance, one of the spikes on his shackles is colored white like his claws instead of orange.

*As the camera pans up to the [[Bowser's Airship|Doomship]] as it flies over [[Peach's Castle|Princess Toadstool's castle]], the castle is orange instead of pink.

**In the same scene, Big Mouth is floating in midair, while [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]]'s mouth briefly disconnects from his face.

*Cheatsy, Hip, and Hop are seen singing, but their voices are not heard in the song.

*During the song, the [[Angry Sun]] is completely white.

*While everyone dances on the Doomship, Hop changes from Cheatsy's side to [[Lemmy Koopa|Hip]]'s between shots.

*When Mario puts some [[Plumber's Putty]] on his hand, the ends of the tube are purple, but in the next shot, they are yellow like the rest of the tube.

*When the Doom Dancer starts falling towards King Koopa and when it falls to the ground, it appears to be falling towards the Doomship's floor instead.

*When King Koopa holds the Doom Dancer Music Box in the air, the crank can be seen, but in the next shot, Luigi has it in his hand.

*When King Koopa's claw gets stuck, it is not placed correctly.

*When King Koopa and the Koopalings watch the Doom Dancer fall to the ground, the Koopalings' mouths move, but no sound can be heard.

**In the same scene, Cheatsy overlaps the railing.

*The Goomba that causes the Doom Dancer Music Box to break is not seen when the Doom Dancer is falling towards the ground.

*When King Koopa becomes upset when the Doom Dancer is destroyed, the spikes on his shackles are colored white instead of orange.

*When King Koopa and the Koopalings have an argument at the end of the episode, Big Mouth is missing.

 

==Profiles==

*'''[[Koopa Kronicles]]''' DVD: ''[[Mario]] and his friends set out for [[Dark Land|Darkland]] and the [[Temple of Gloom]] to recover the [[Doom Dancer Music Box|magical music box]].''

 

*In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, the [[Plumber's Putty]] is not referred to by name, being simply being referred to as "plumber's equipment."

{{foreign names

|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWSUAkBg7h4&list=PLwzf4mOPE8Bmhgll2-ndwQWhRpiCUMR6G&index=15 Super Mario Bros. 3 - A Dança do Koopa (Dublagem Herbert Richers)]</ref>

|SpaE2=El Baile de Koopa

|SpaE2M=Koopa's Dance

|SpaE2N=re-dub

 

==Trivia==

*When [[Mario]] and his friends are at the large gap, the [[Fourth wall|fourth wall]] is broken twice. It is first broken when [[Luigi]] screams, "''Stop the music!''", where the background music stops. It happens second time when Mario says, "''Start the music!''" where the background music starts again.

 

 

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