Editing King Scoopa Koopa

{{SMW TV episode infobox

|airdate=October 19, 1991 (English) <br> October 2, 1992 (French)

|song="[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Time to Run|Time to Run]]"

"'''King Scoopa Koopa'''" is the sixth episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. This episode could be seen as social commentary on fast food franchises and obesity in the United States, which became a serious issue by the turn of the 21st century. It can also be a commentary on addiction, such as [[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]] stealing a treasure chest to feed their unhealthy habit. This episode is notable for being the only episode where a [[Roulette Block]] and a [[Super Mushroom]] appear. Chronologically, this is the last episode to use [[Yoshi]]'s original design before being redesigned with a more anthropomorphic appearance that more closely resembles his official game artwork. Despite this, "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]" (episode 411), produced later than this episode (405), uses his original design.

==Plot synopsis==

As [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] serves lunch to [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]], which turns out to be vegetable-filled sandwiches, Mario starts complaining about eating "rabbit-food" again. Subsequently, Mario begins to wonder where [[Yoshi]] is, as he never misses lunch. Soon after, a large roar is heard. This roar sends Mario, Princess Toadstool, and Luigi scurrying out of the [[Dome Castle]] to investigate.

Outside, Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool see a [[Rex]] dressed as a chef parading around a sign displaying the message "GRAND OPENING! SCOOPA KOOPA'S FAST FOOD, FREE SAMPLES." At the prospect of free food, Luigi runs up to the Rex chef and grabs an egg-burger, called an [[Egg Scoopa Koopa]] off the chef's plate, which he particularly enjoys because of the egg. However, Mario becomes disgusted due to his dislike of eggs. After Luigi gets his Egg Scoopa Koopa, Mario spots Yoshi in a line-up for food at a small concession stand, which is run by [[Bowser|King Koopa]] himself.

Proceeding to order a large amount of food, Yoshi watches as his meal is assembled by several Rexes and [[Dino-Torch]]es. As Yoshi's food is being made, Koopa begins to gloat about how he will make himself rich off causing the cave-people to become addicted to his food, and how he cannot wait to see the side-effects from eating too many Egg Scoopa Koopas. Getting his food, Yoshi realizes that he does not have any money. An annoyed Koopa (in his chef's outfit) proceeds to threaten Yoshi, until backing off by the appearance of Mario. Asking how much Yoshi owes, Mario proceeds to give him the apparently unfair sum of eighteen [[coin]]s.

Leaving Koopa's concession stand, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Princess Toadstool find a stone table to eat lunch at. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi scarf down the food with Princess Toadstool refusing to eat anything, not wanting to even touch anything Koopa's had his claws on. After finishing their meals, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, despite being extremely bloated, decide to waddle back to Koopa's concession stand and order seconds.

Several days later, Princess Toadstool visits Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, who have all gotten fat off King Koopa's food, with the latter two oddly acting somewhat like chickens. The Princess, alarmed at seeing her friends in this condition, forces the three of them to go a diet, by locking them in the Dome Castle, much to their dismay.

Moments after leaving, Princess Toadstool returns to check on her friends, but finds that while Mario is perfectly normal, since he did not eat any Egg Scoopa Koopas, Luigi and Yoshi have been mutated by them, having grown several bird-like features, including wings, which they used to escape (although Princess Toadstool does not believe Mario at first). Watching as his customers line up for food, Koopa begins to realize that once all his customers have mutated into [[Chickadactyl]]s, he will lose his cash flow. At that point, however, Koopa realizes he can just cook the Chickadactyls and sell them to dinosaurs as "Flew the Koopa's Fried Chickendactyl Stand." After having this thought, Koopa begins to laugh maniacally, stating that he cannot be too rich, or too evil.

Princess Toadstool and Mario manage to track the infected Luigi and Yoshi down and try to knock some sense into them. Unfortunately, Luigi and Yoshi will not listen and resume chowing down. Suddenly, King Koopa appears, claiming there is no way to stop his plan of transforming everyone into Chickadactyls. He then states to several mutated cave-people that Mario and Princess Toadstool plan on taking away their food, leaving the enraged cave-people to attack the fleeing Mario and Princess Toadstool.

Transported to the ocean, Mario and the Princess manage to evade a [[Rip Van Fish]] and enter a nearby [[Warp Pipe|Warp Tube]]. Exiting the Warp Pipe, Mario and Princess Toadstool find themselves in a cave where Koopa has been dumping the garbage from his concession stand. Hitting a nearby [[Roulette Block]], Mario gains a [[Cape Feather|feather]] and turns into [[Cape Mario]]. Climbing-up the Warp Tube garbage-disposal, Mario enters Koopa's kitchen and begins to beat up his henchmen. Using a Dino-Torch as a flamethrower against Mario, Koopa is hit by a coconut thrown by the Princess and manages to escape by jumping down a warp pipe. After Koopa and his minions escape, Princess Toadstool drops the Chickadactyls down the pipe as well. With Koopa gone, Mario destroys the concession stand and orders everyone to return home and eat some vegetables, "Dr. Mario's orders!".

==Gallery==

<gallery>

SadMarScoopaPoopaKoopa.jpg|Princess Toadstool serving healthy sandwiches to Mario and Luigi.

McKoopasKingPoopaScoopaDoopa.jpg|The sign leading to King Scoopa Koopa's free samples.

Luigi eating a Collosal Burger from Ruby Tuesdays.jpg|Luigi eating an Egg Scoopa Koopa.

Ruby Tuesday King Scoopa Koopa.jpg|Yoshi about to make an order.

Chef King Koopa.jpg|King Koopa as the head chef.

SMWTV Chickadactyls.jpg|Four Chickadactyls.

KingScoopaLoopaEggz.jpg|An egg about to be placed in the buns.

WarioFoodKing ScoopKoopa.jpg|Mario receiving the food.

Warioisfatter King Scoopa Koopa.jpg|Luigi and Yoshi just after eating the food.

Proportionmistake.jpg|Luigi and Yoshi sleeping in a bird position.

Luigi and Yoshi has Flown the Coop.jpg|Mario realizing that Luigi and Yoshi flew away, despite Princess Toadstool not believing him.

Chickens arriving in line.jpg|Luigi and Yoshi, having just mutated into Chickadactyls fluttering into line.

Luigi and Yoshi chickening out.jpg|Princess Toadstool scolding Luigi and Yoshi about trading their treasure chest for food.

Mario and Toadstool Chased by Dinosaur Things.jpg|Mario and Princess Toadstool running away from the dinosaurs and the Chickadactylified cave people.

Mario fending off Workers of Ruby Tueday.jpg|Mario scaring away the Rexes.

Mega Ultra Chicken Cave People.jpg|The Cave People following Mario and Princess Toadstool in Star World.

SleepingFishManofFishyness.jpg|Mario and Princess Toadstool near a Rip van Fish.

Trashing trash trash talk.jpg|Mario discovering King Koopa's trash.

ItsShowTime!OnRubyTuesdays!.jpg|Mario with his cape, giving a health inspection.

Moral Ruby Tuesdays is bad for you.jpg|Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Yoshi back at home, eating healthier.

</gallery>

*Throughout the episode, the color of [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s [[Rex]] minions continually switch every few shots, and in a few shots, one has the head and spine plates of a [[Dino-Torch]].

*When [[Luigi]] asks [[Mario]] if they could get more fast food, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|his cap]] is missing.

*When Luigi and Yoshi say that they are hungry, Yoshi has four spikes on his back instead of three.

*When King Koopa imagines his plan to open "Flew the Koopa's Fried Chickendactyl Stand," he can be seen thinking about it within the imagination when one of the dinosaurs eats a drumstick.

*Yoshi's normally yellow wings are green when he and Luigi put down food on a table and before Mario orders to closure of the restaurant.

*When the [[Roulette Block]] is shown changing between items, there are two yellow blocks in the background, but when Mario jumps up to claim the [[Cape Feather]], the blocks are brown.

**In the same scene, when the Roulette Block shows a [[Fire Flower]], only it is shown, but in the next shot, it is on top of a [[? Block]]. In the shot afterwards, the ? Block disappears.

*When Mario jumps as an attempt to hit the Roulette Block, the item in the block switches, but it stays as a Cape Feather.

 

 

**In the Castilian Spanish re-dub, he speculates that Princess Toadstool giving him vegetables is a sign she will make him run, without referring to the vegetables.

{{foreign names

|ItaM=Koopa's fast food

|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBBRP2Bf64&list=PLZUe09WWlPLY1AP6s7TIqpxLfkeOxs7xx&index=5 Le avventure di Super Mario - Episodio 5 - Il fast food di Attila]</ref>

|Pol=Król Scoopa Koopa

|PolM=King Scoopa Koopa

|PolC=<ref>[https://www.cda.pl/video/1593721248 Kapitan N i nowe przygody braci Mario. Odc. 5 - Król Scoopa Koopa/Pojedynek baseballowych mądrali]</ref>

|Rom=Regele Koopa Scoopa

|RomC=<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26847873668 "King Scoopa Koopa", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>

|SpaA=El Koopa Ingrediente Secreto

|SpaE=El rey Scoopa Koopa

|SpaEM=The king Scoopa Koopa

}}

*In Australia, this episode aired as the fifth episode instead of the sixth, replacing "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]."

*[[Bowser|King Koopa]] briefly mentions that he is a {{wp|Capitalism|capitalist}} in this episode. This reference is not present in the French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, or Latin American Spanish dubs.

*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] screaming when she and [[Mario]] fall down the [[Warp Pipe|pipe]] is an audio clip from ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[The Ugly Mermaid]]" of [[Holly Mackerel]] screaming when she sees the helmet distort Mario's face. This clip is replaced in any dubs that remove the vocals from "[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Time to Run|Time to Run]]," as well as the Brazilian Portuguese dub.

*On the ''[[Captain N and the New Super Mario World]]'' DVD release, a "here comes the show" bumper featuring Kevin from ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' can be seen for a split second during the transition from this episode to "Battle Of The Baseball Know-It-Alls".

 

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