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{{SMBSS episode infobox | {{SMBSS episode infobox | ||
|image=[[File:SMBSS Episode 8.jpg|200px]] | |image=[[File: SMBSS Episode 8.jpg|200px]] | ||
|production=108 | |production=108 | ||
|airdate=September 14, 1989 (English)<br>September 13, 1990 (French) | |airdate=September 14, 1989 (English) <br> September 13, 1990 (French) | ||
|writer=David Ehrman<br>Sean Roche | |writer=David Ehrman<br>Sean Roche | ||
|plumbers_log=1 - 0 - 5 - 11 | |plumbers_log=1 - 0 - 5 - 11 | ||
|alter-ego=None (does not appear) | |||
|cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#The Power of Love|The Power of Love]]" | |cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#The Power of Love|The Power of Love]]" | ||
|replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#My Karoobi|My Karoobi]]" | |replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#My Karoobi|My Karoobi]]" | ||
|reference= | |reference=Love 'em or leave 'em | ||
|live= | |live=[[Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!]] | ||
|before=[[Mario and the Beanstalk|<<]] | |before=[[Mario and the Beanstalk|<<]] | ||
|after=[[The Great BMX Race|>>]] | |after=[[The Great BMX Race|>>]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | {{Distinguish|Lava or Leave 'Em}} | ||
{{quote2|HELP! My life is over! I'm a prisoner of love!|[[Mario]]}} | |||
"'''Love 'Em and Leave 'Em'''" is the eighth episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!]]". | |||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
[[File:LoveEmLeaveEm.jpg|thumb|left|The gluttonous [[Queen Rotunda]] is about to marry [[Mario]].]] | [[File:LoveEmLeaveEm.jpg|thumb|left|The gluttonous [[Queen Rotunda]] is about to marry [[Mario]].]] | ||
Inside a castle in the kingdom of [[Rotundaland]], the land's queen, [[Queen Rotunda]] | Inside a castle in the kingdom of [[Rotundaland]], the land's queen, [[Queen Rotunda]] is in the middle of a conversation with another woman named [[Hildy]], who is in the middle of brewing a potion. As Hildy continues to mix her potion, Queen Rotunda asks if Hildy's potion will make [[Prince Pompadour]] fall in love with her. Hildy replies that her [[Passion Potion]] will definitely make Prince Pompadour fall in love with Queen Rotunda, they just have to make sure that she is the first person he sees after they make him drink the potion. After saying this, Hildy proceeds to put some of the Passion Potion into a heart shaped container. | ||
Outside Queen Rotunda's castle, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] | Outside Queen Rotunda's castle, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] are standing on a grassy knoll; suddenly, a beeping and rattling noise cuts through the air, surprising Luigi, who asks what the noise is. Mario calmly responds to Luigi's question by saying the noise is coming from his [[Red-Hot Pepper Detector]] and proceeds to take a device resembling a chili pepper out of his overalls. As the Red-Hot Pepper Detector begins to shake in Mario's hands, he, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad run in the direction of Queen Rotunda's castle. | ||
After some running, the quartet finds a large field filled with giant peppers. Luigi, having grabbed several peppers, begins to stumble backwards, only to stop from falling when he leans on to a recently thrown lance. While resting on the lance, Luigi suddenly notices three [[Beezo]]s, one of which is riding an [[Ostro]], wearing armor and wielding lances nearby. | After some running, the quartet finds a large field filled with giant peppers. Luigi, having grabbed several peppers, begins to stumble backwards, only to stop from falling when he leans on to a recently thrown lance. While resting on the lance, Luigi suddenly notices three [[Beezo]]s, one of which is riding an [[Ostro]], wearing armor and wielding lances nearby. | ||
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In the castle of Queen Rotunda, Queen Rotunda herself is in the midst of thanking Hildy for her Passion Potion when one of her Beezo henchmen enter the room. Approaching Queen Rotunda, the Beezo tells her that she has prisoners in the throne room, who were caught stealing her royal hot peppers. Queen Rotunda, outraged by this begins to leave the room, only to be stopped by Hildy, who gives her some of the Passion Potion; gaining the Passion Potion, Queen Rotunda leaves the room, knocking her Beezo servant aside. | In the castle of Queen Rotunda, Queen Rotunda herself is in the midst of thanking Hildy for her Passion Potion when one of her Beezo henchmen enter the room. Approaching Queen Rotunda, the Beezo tells her that she has prisoners in the throne room, who were caught stealing her royal hot peppers. Queen Rotunda, outraged by this begins to leave the room, only to be stopped by Hildy, who gives her some of the Passion Potion; gaining the Passion Potion, Queen Rotunda leaves the room, knocking her Beezo servant aside. | ||
In the throne room, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool | In the throne room, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad are forced to their knees by several Beezos as a nearby chef wheels a cart filled with food into the room, which Luigi perceives as their last meal. Suddenly, Queen Rotunda enters the room and tells Luigi that he does not get a last meal before eating some icing off a cake on the cart. Eating the icing, Queen Rotunda suddenly kicks the cart of food away, with the chef, saying that the cake is imperfect for her wedding to Prince Pompadour. Going to her throne, Queen Rotunda is reminded of her new prisoners by a Beezo. However, Queen Rotunda simply orders them to be beheaded. | ||
Mario, panicking runs up to Queen Rotunda to tell her that he has the solution to her wedding dessert problem. As Mario is held in place by several Beezos, Queen Rotunda listens to what he has to say; Mario offers to make Queen Rotunda some "[[Hot Pepper Pistachio Ice Cream|hot pepper pistachio ice cream]]" for her wedding, which Queen Rotunda decides to allow Mario to make for her, before beheading him. | Mario, panicking runs up to Queen Rotunda to tell her that he has the solution to her wedding dessert problem. As Mario is held in place by several Beezos, Queen Rotunda listens to what he has to say; Mario offers to make Queen Rotunda some "[[Hot Pepper Pistachio Ice Cream|hot pepper pistachio ice cream]]" for her wedding, which Queen Rotunda decides to allow Mario to make for her, before beheading him. | ||
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Seeing that Hildy has fallen in love with him, Luigi quickly begins to run from Queen Rotunda's castle and Rotundaland with Princess Toadstool, Mario and Toad, with the love-struck Hildy chasing them. | Seeing that Hildy has fallen in love with him, Luigi quickly begins to run from Queen Rotunda's castle and Rotundaland with Princess Toadstool, Mario and Toad, with the love-struck Hildy chasing them. | ||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Mario]] | *[[Mario]] | ||
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==Animation and continuity errors== | ==Animation and continuity errors== | ||
*After [[Hildy]] pours the [[Passion Potion]] into | *At the beginning of the episode, the large hill that [[Rotunda Castle|Rotunda's castle]] is on is flat with a moat surrounding it, but zoomed-out shots of the castle depict the hill being almost spherical, with no moat in sight. | ||
*When [[Luigi]] asks Mario to remind him when a plumber is in danger, the lance that almost stabbed him is shaking. | *After [[Hildy]] pours the [[Passion Potion]] into the vial for [[Queen Rotunda]], the potion-making equipment on top of the table is missing. | ||
*When Mario and | *When [[Luigi]] asks [[Mario]] to remind him when a plumber is in danger, the lance that almost stabbed him (which is now stuck in the ground) is shaking. | ||
**In the same scene, the peppers around the group change positions | *When Mario, Luigi, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Toad]] are told to stop stealing from Queen Rotunda's hot pepper patch, Toad can be seen to be happy. | ||
*When | **In the same scene, the peppers around the group change positions whenever the shots change, such as a pepper still stuck in the ground suddenly appearing before Mario when the [[Beezo]] threatens to stow the gang in Queen Rotunda's dungeon. | ||
*When the Beezo enters the dressing room, a line on the door overlaps on it. | |||
* | *The array of candies on Queen Rotunda's vanity suddenly vanish when she becomes enraged with Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad stealing her peppers. | ||
* | *The two beakers on the edge of Hildy's workstation are not present when Queen Rotunda is handed the vial of Passion Potion. This also happens when the princess, Luigi, and Toad peek into the dressing room to prepare another love potion. | ||
*The visible hair seen sticking out of Hildy's cloak is not present when she has her back towards the screen. | |||
*In its first appearance, the cake on the cart being pushed by the chef is simply brown with a white top with a red cream puff on the very top, but when the chef comes closer to Mario and Luigi, the cake is much more detailed and the puff on the top is white. Before Queen Rotunda tests it, the top changes into a cherry and the base is more white in design, but when she enters the throne room, the cake is small and more generic. When she tests the flavor, it changes to resemble the second time it changed, but when she shames the chef for making a bad cake, it changes back to its initial appearance. | |||
*When Luigi asks Mario if the cake and pastries are their last meal, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|his cap]] is reversed. | *When Luigi asks Mario if the cake and pastries are their last meal, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|his cap]] is reversed. | ||
* | *The two cart wheels that roll in front of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad that come from the collision vanish when Mario pleads to Queen Rotunda to not decapitate him. | ||
*Before Queen Rotunda tests Mario's [[Hot Pepper Pistachio Ice Cream|ice cream]], the other pastries and sweets on the cart vanish, but when he runs over to help her, they reappear, but the ice cream is now missing, and later, it is the only thing present on the cart. | |||
*The Passion Potion that Queen Rotunda set on the armrest of her throne suddenly appears before Mario dumps it into her mouth. | |||
*Before Queen Rotunda tests Mario's [[Hot Pepper Pistachio Ice Cream|ice cream]], the other pastries and sweets on the cart vanish | *After Mario pours the potion into the queen's mouth, they teleport to the positions they had while he was dumping it into her mouth for a frame. | ||
* | *Toad's shoes are brown (much like the modern-day [[Toad (Species)|Toads) when he, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool watch the love-struck queen chase Mario through the throne room. | ||
*Before Queen Rotunda bundles Mario up in the rug, the right strap on his overalls disappears for a frame. | |||
*After Mario pours the potion into the queen's mouth, they teleport to the positions they had while he was dumping it for a frame. | |||
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*Despite crumpling up the spinach-flavored wedding invitation, it is still present on the floor when Rotunda heads over to Mario on the card-making invention. | *Despite crumpling up the spinach-flavored wedding invitation, it is still present on the floor when Rotunda heads over to Mario on the card-making invention. | ||
**Additionally, the stamp on the card is white when it is flying through the air, but turns blue when it lands on the ground. | **Additionally, the stamp on the card is white when it is flying through the air, but turns blue when it lands on the ground by Mario. | ||
* | *The shadowing of the dark prison cell suddenly appears on Toad when he says that the wedding is not over until Queen Rotunda gets her wedding ring and disappears when he finishes speaking. | ||
* | *The water glass on the table in the castle kitchen is only half the size of the bowl of hot pepper pistachio ice cream, but when Queen Rotuna drinks from it, it is much larger than before. | ||
* | *The ice cream splattered on the Beezo knight and the wall suddenly vanishes when Queen Rotunda orders it to capture Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. | ||
*Although the Beezo's lance topples on the floor when it is hit with the bowl of ice cream, the lance is suddenly set upright when the queen walks over to it. | |||
*The rug that Queen Rotunda captures Mario with is still in the hallway when | *The rug that Queen Rotunda captures Mario with is still in the hallway when the squadron of Beezos is searching for Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. | ||
* | *As Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad infiltrate Queen Rotunda's dressing room, the spots on Toad's cap are black instead of red. | ||
**In the same scene, he is much larger than normal, but in the next shot, he is much smaller than normal. | **In the same scene, he is much larger than normal, but in the next shot, he is much smaller than normal. | ||
*After the three heroes prepare the second love potion, the furniture in the dressing room disappears. | *After the three heroes prepare the second love potion, the furniture in the dressing room disappears. | ||
*When | *When Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad peer out from behind the tower overlooking the wedding, Luigi is colored like Mario. | ||
* | *Although Luigi poured all of the love potion into the two glasses during the wedding, the vial is later half-full when he cheers after saving Mario. | ||
*Princess Toadstool lacks lipstick when she narrowly grabs Luigi's overalls to prevent him from falling off the staircase. | |||
*Princess Toadstool lacks lipstick when she | *When Hildy decides to have a toast celebrating Queen Rotunda's marriage, the bowl of punch (now love potion) is behind the table and is much larger, but in the shot where she spots Luigi, it is smaller and on top of the table. | ||
*When Hildy decides to have a toast celebrating Queen Rotunda's marriage, the bowl of punch is | *When the lovestruck Hildy chases Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad at the end of the episode, Mario is seen in his normal clothes in one shot. | ||
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==Profiles== | ==Profiles== | ||
*'''Netflix:''' '' | *'''Netflix:''' ''Mario finds himself fending off unwanted advances when the gluttonous Queen of Rotundaland downs a love potion by mistake.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *The copyrighted title for the episode in the {{wp|United States Copyright Office}} is "'''Love 'em & leave 'em'''". | ||
*This is the only episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' in which [[Bowser|King Koopa]] does not make an appearance, although he is mentioned in the episode, making [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] the only characters to appear in every episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''. | |||
*It is unknown how | *It is unknown how Hildy deduced that Mario was a plumber, as he never mentions it to her or is seen working with pipes in the episode. | ||
*One of the ingredients for creating the second love potion is "one Fat Boys record", which alludes to the {{wp|The Fat Boys|real life singers}}. | *One of the ingredients for creating the second love potion is "one Fat Boys record", which alludes to the {{wp|The Fat Boys|real life singers}}. | ||
*The Brazilian Portuguese dub for this episode was once distributed to Portugal on VHS format, but on that occasion, the episode names were not narrated during the episode, as they used to be. This was done because the episode titles as printed on the VHS cassette box were modified to better suit the European Portuguese pronunciation.<ref>MaxwelThuThu (January 15, 2018). [https://youtu.be/LuP8zoDAB6s Super Mario Bros. Super Show - Imitando o Elvis / Ame-os Mas Deixe-os (Dublado)]</ref> | |||
*The Brazilian Portuguese dub for this episode was once distributed to Portugal on VHS format, but on that occasion, the episode names were not narrated during the episode, as they used to be. This was done because the episode titles as printed on the VHS cassette box were modified to better suit the European Portuguese pronunciation.<ref | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Ger=Lieb sie und lass sie | |Ger=Lieb sie und lass sie | ||
|GerM=Love 'Em and Leave 'Em | |GerM=Love 'Em and Leave 'Em | ||
| | |Por=Ame-os e Deixe-os | ||
|PorM=Love 'Em and Leave 'Em | |||
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|Ita=Amali e lasciali | |Ita=Amali e lasciali | ||
|ItaM=Love 'em and leave 'em | |ItaM=Love 'em and leave 'em | ||
}} | }} | ||