Editing King Mario of Cramalot

{{SMBSS episode infobox
|image=[[File:SMBSS Episode 2.jpg|200px]]
|production=103
|airdate=September 5, 1989 (English)<br>September 5, 1990 (French)
|writer=[[Perry Martin]]
|plumbers_log=22 - 37
|cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Bad|Bad]]"
|replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Burn Baby Burn|Burn Baby Burn]]"<br>"[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#What Goes Up|What Goes Up]]"
|reference={{wp|King Arthur}} of {{wp|Camelot}}
|live="[[Day of the Orphan]]"
|before=[[The Bird! The Bird!|<<]]
|after=[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid|>>]]
}}
{{about|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode named "King Mario of Cramalot"|the VHS of the same name|[[King Mario of Cramalot (VHS)]]}}
"'''King Mario of Cramalot'''" is the second episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' This episode is a parody of the {{wp|King Arthur|Legend of King Arthur}}, with [[Cramalot]] being a pun on the fictional castle {{wp|Camelot}}. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Day of the Orphan]]." The copyrighted title for the episode in the {{wp|United States Copyright Office}} is "'''King Mario of Camelot'''".

==Plot synopsis==
[[File:Cramalot 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fire Mario|Super Mario]], battling [[Bowser|King Koopa]] over the fate of [[Cramalot]].]]
[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are traveling through [[Cramalot]] while searching for [[Mervin]] the magician, whom the Princess believes can free her kingdom from [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s tyranny. While traveling, Mario suddenly hears some bee-like buzzing, which leads him to believe a beehive and thus, bees, are nearby. Mario and Toad start thinking about food until the latter notices that unfortunately, it turns out that the buzzing is not being caused by bees; instead, it is being caused by a nearby swarm of [[Beezo]]s, who are preparing to attack.

Narrowly dodging the Beezos, Mario grabs a nearby [[Vegetable|Tomato]] and hurls it at their leader; after being hit, the Beezo, angry, orders another attack. Before the Beezos hit Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool, though, a man dressed as a wizard suddenly appears and, with a blast from his wand, disintegrates the Beezos.

Princess Toadstool suddenly realizes that the man who saved them must be Mervin; the man says he is indeed Mervin and invites Mario, Luigi, Toad, and the Princess to his cave home. In his cave, Mervin proceeds to tell the group that the Beezos that attacked them were sent by King Koopa.

Mervin then tells a surprised Luigi that King Koopa became the new king of Cramalot when, after the old king died, he simply marched into the castle and took over. Princess Toadstool, after hearing Mervin's story, asks if there is anything they can do to help him free Cramalot. Mervin says there is an old legend that says that the one who can pull the [[golden plunger]] from the [[sacred sink of Cramalot]] will be able to defeat King Koopa and save Cramalot.

Taking Mario's group to the sacred sink, Mervin says that if one of them can remove the golden plunger, they will gain enough power to defeat King Koopa. Mario, jumping on top of the sacred sink, manages, after some effort, to pull out the golden plunger.

At his recently claimed castle, King Koopa, after hearing from one of his somewhat dimwitted [[Koopa Troopa]] soldiers that Mario pulled the golden plunger out of the sacred sink of Cramalot, sends several of his minions out to get rid of Mario.

In the town square of Cramalot, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad, Mervin, and several villagers are in the middle of celebrating Mario as the new king of Cramalot. Suddenly, King Koopa and a brigade of Koopa Troopas appear; before anyone can react, King Koopa orders several [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s to dump a net on them, trapping them.

Using his golden plunger, though, Mario is able to cut a hole in the net, freeing himself and everyone else; unfortunately, Mario is unable to fight King Koopa, as the Koopa king has taken Princess Toadstool hostage, threatening to let his Beezo minions attack her if Mario does not cooperate. Taking the golden plunger, King Koopa has Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad, and Mervin to the dungeon of [[Cramalot Castle]].

In the dungeons, Mario begins trying to calm down a panicking Luigi, saying things could be worse-the ceiling could lower. Just as Mario says this, the spike-covered ceiling indeed begins to lower, and then Mario says that the dungeon could fill with water, which does happen. Mario says, "Hey, I can think of another way things could be worse!" but Luigi stops him.

Before Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad are crushed or drowned, Mervin suddenly appears and, using his magic, transports everyone out of the cell and into the "[[forest of perpetual night and terrible dangers]]".

Suddenly, lightning strikes a nearby lake, causing a hand holding a plumbing snake to rise from the water. Mervin says that the plumbing snake is [[Excalibur]]; suddenly, the hand tosses it to Mario. Grabbing Excalibur, Mario is suddenly turned into [[Fire Mario|Super Mario]]. With his new powers and confidence, Mario has Mervin lead him and Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool to Cramalot Castle.

Arriving at the castle, Mario notices that the drawbridge of the castle is up and decides to send a resistant Luigi through the castle moat to lower it. After some trouble with hungry [[Trouter]]s, Luigi manages to reach the drawbridge.

Inside the throne room of the castle, King Koopa begins to gloat about how he is now officially king of Cramalot, now that he has the golden plunger. Suddenly, Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Toadstool, and Mervin appear to challenge King Koopa. As Luigi, Toad, and the Princess defeat King Koopa's Koopa Troopas, Mario begins to duel King Koopa.

Battling King Koopa atop a stairway, Mario chases after him, who has swung to a balcony and begins to get the upper hand against him. As the two battle, King Koopa suddenly drops down onto a dining table with Mario following him. Grabbing a food-covered plate, King Koopa hurls it at Mario, who easily dodges it. Shortly after his minions are defeated, King Koopa himself is; losing the golden plunger, King Koopa manages a desperate escape using a [[Magical Potion]].

With the threat of King Koopa gone, Mervin asks Mario to become the new king of Cramalot and he accepts this offer. Unfortunately, it seems the king of Cramalot has to be trim and slim as a running machine appears underneath Mario, who, not wanting to be forced on a diet, crowns Mervin as king and runs off, while the others laugh about it.

==Animation and continuity errors==
*Throughout the episode, characters' mouths move without any dialogue present.
*In several scenes, [[Mario]]'s sideburns are missing.
*In several scenes, [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s snout flashes.
*After Mario says he wants a mozzarella milkshake, [[Luigi]] is layered over a villager.
*When the [[Koopa Paratroopa|Paratroopa]]s drop the net on Mario and his friends, they are given a reddish tint, and shortly after, Mario's sideburns are the same color as [[Mario Cap|his cap]] and the [[Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot)|golden plunger]] he is holding disappears.
*When Mario says that he will save him and his friends, he briefly appears sad.
**In the same scene, Luigi's overalls are colored red like Mario's instead of green.
***Shortly after, when Mario cuts the net, the back of the net is missing, and when he jumps out of it, it overlaps on him. The net disappears shortly after.
*In several scenes in the dungeon, one of the characters' shackles disappear.
*When Mario and his friends are in the dungeon as the ceiling is lowering, the ceiling changes location relative to their heads several times.
*When [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] says that she and her friends need to get out of the dungeon, [[Toad]]'s vest is the same color as his pants.
**In the same scene, Mario shifts right for a frame.
***Similarly, when the scene fades in from black, when Toad turns his face, he is layered behind Toadstool for a frame. 
*When Toad says, "''Whew! That was close!''", his mouth is not moving.
*When Mario is about to catch [[Excalibur]], he briefly has four fingers on his right hand instead of five.
*When Luigi is about to jump in the moat, another Luigi can be seen behind the rock in the distance.
*As Mario yells out to Luigi while he jumps into the moat, his design changes from [[Fire Mario|Super Mario]] to his [[Super Mario (form)|normal form]] for a frame.
*When Mario first challenges King Koopa in [[Cramalot Castle]], King Koopa holds a regular scepter, but when he battles him, he uses the golden plunger.
*When Mario climbs the stairs in Cramalot Castle, he has buttons on the back of his overalls.
*In a couple of scenes, Mario's shirt is the same color as his overalls.
*After Mario asks King Koopa the riddle, King Koopa's shell disappears.
*After Princess Toadstool says, "There, that's the last of those grimy green good for nothings!", the emblem on Mario's cap briefly disappears. This also happens when he is about to receive the crown.
*When King Koopa is escaping into the [[Warp Zone]], the background in the portal is the same as Cramalot Castle.
*At the end, Princess Toadstool's laugh is much longer than the others.

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==Characters==
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Bowser|King Koopa]]
*[[Mervin]]
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Beezo]]s
*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]s
*[[Trouter]]s

==Cast==
*[[Lou Albano]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Danny Wells]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Jeannie Elias]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]], [[Beezo]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]
*[[Robert Bockstael]] &mdash; [[Mervin]]
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]

==Profiles==
*'''Netflix:''' ''In a twist on the Camelot legend, [[Mario]] frees a [[Golden Plumber's Helper (King Mario of Cramalot)|golden toilet plunger]] from an [[Sacred Sink of Cramalot|enchanted sink]] with help from a wizard named [[Mervin]].''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref>
*'''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One (DVD)|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One]]''' DVD: ''With the help of the Wizard Mervin, Mario pulls the Golden Plumber's Helper from the magic sink and saves the [[Cramalot|Land of Cramalot]] from evil [[Bowser|King Koopa]].
*'''[[King Mario of Cramalot (VHS)|'''King Mario of Cramalot]]''' VHS: ''King Koopa has taken over the Land of Cramalot, and the Wizard Mervin says only one man can save it—Mario. Our brave plumber pulls the Golden Plumber's Helper from the magic sink and faces Koopa in a swashbuckling duel.''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fre=Mario de Cramalot
|FreM=Mario of Cramalot
|Ger=König Mario von Cramalot
|GerM=King Mario of Cramalot
|Ita=Re Mario di Cramalot
|ItaM=King Mario of Cramalot
|Heb=מריו מלך קרמלוט
|HebR=Mario Melekh Cramalot
|HebM=Mario King of Cramalot
|Por=O Cavaleiro da Távola Quadrada
|PorM=The Knight of the Square Table
}}

==Trivia==
*All digital and streaming releases of this episode and "[[Day of the Orphan]]" use the slowed-down Family Channel version of the episode. However, the original version of both this episode and its accompanying live-action segment, minus the preview for ''[[The Legend of Zelda (cartoon)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' episode "[[zeldawiki:The Ringer|The Ringer]]" were made available on VHS, as well as on the PAL DVDs.
**Additionally, in the Family Channel version of this episode, the background music drops out when [[Mario]] says "That's right, Koopa; I'm gonna clean your pipes!"
*The [[Koopa Troopa]]s' outfits would later appear in "[[Hooded Robin and His Mario Men]]."
*This is the first episode where Mario is able to turn into [[Fire Mario|Super Mario]] without the use of a [[Fire Flower]] or a [[Super Star|Starman]]; the second is [[Rolling Down the River]], where Mario and [[Luigi]] are given [[magic doodad]]s and turned into Super Mario and Luigi, and the third is [[Bad Rap]], where Mario is able to transform after absorbing high amounts of electricity.
*This is the first time [[Bowser|King Koopa]] says his catchphrase, "He who Koops and runs away lives to Koop another day!"

==References==
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