Editing Send in the Clown

{{SMW TV episode infobox
|image=[[File:Title-SendInTheClown.jpg|200px]]
|production=403
|airdate=September 28, 1991 (English) <br> September 18, 1992 (French)
|writer=Martha Moran
|song="[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#At the Circus|At the Circus]]"
|captain_n="Return To Castlevania"
|before=[[The Wheel Thing|<<]]
|after=[[Ghosts 'R' Us|>>]]
}}
"'''Send in the Clown'''" is the third episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. This episode is notable for being the last episode where [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]] appears, as well as the only episode where [[Spinner|Ball 'N' Chains]] and [[Metal ball|Big Steelies]] appear.

==Plot synopsis==
Outside in a field, [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are in the middle of a tennis match, using [[fireball]]s from a nearby [[Volcano Lotus|Fire Plant]] as balls. As Princess Toadstool scores a point against Mario, she is congratulated by [[Luigi]], who is acting as the game's scorekeeper. Princess Toadstool than proceeds to hit another fireball to Mario; before Mario can hit the ball though, [[Yoshi]], the game's ballboy, gobbles it up.

[[File:SMWTV Send in The Clown.jpg|thumb|left|Mario and Princess Toadstool in a tennis court with Kootie Pie Koopa putting up a poster.]]
Mario proceeds to scold Yoshi for eating the ball, saying he is not supposed to eat them, he is supposed to catch them only when they are out of bounds. As Yoshi calls tennis "un-fun," the scene zooms out and shows [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]] and [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]] putting-up posters for the "[[Koopalings|Koopaling]] Bros. Circus". As Big Mouth begins to ramble and yell at Kootie Pie, the annoyed Koopaling shoves a poster in Big Mouth's face.

As Kootie Pie and Big Mouth continue to put-up posters, [[Bowser|King Koopa]] flies overhead in his [[Koopa Clown Car]] and using a conch shell, begins to make announcements about how the cave-people can visit the Koopaling Bros. Circus for free. The cave-people follow Koopa to a [[Warp Pipe|Warp Tube]] which leads to "the circus". As the cave-people enter the pipe, Koopa snickers to himself, saying that he hopes his dinosaurs enjoy a "cave-people casserole".

Mario and Princess Peach are still playing tennis, with Princess Toadstool winning. As the Fire Plant launches another ball, Mario makes a futile attempt to chase it, with Yoshi running after him. Mario and Yoshi end-up tumbling into one another. As Mario is helped up by Luigi and Princess Toadstool, he notices that all the cave-people are missing. As Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi look around, Luigi notices a Koopaling Bros. Circus and panickingly states, "Oh no! Koopa's at it again!"

Using the [[Star World|Star Path]], Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi warp to [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Castle]] in search of the cave-people. Entering Neon Castle, the group notice that there really is a circus tent in it. Entering this circus tent, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi decide to watch the show and see what will happen. After a performance by acrobatic [[Chargin' Chuck|Koopa Football Players]] and tight-rope walking [[Mechakoopa|Mechkoopas]], Big Mouth, the circus' ringmaster, enters and begins an egotistical speech, only to be stopped by Koopa, who has several "clowns" enter.

Performing various stunts, these clowns decide to include a rambling Big Mouth in their act, much to his annoyance. After being flung into a pool of green goo, an extremely mad Big Mouth begins to chase the clowns around, much to the amusement of the show's spectators; the only person not laughing is Luigi, who still believes Koopa is up to no good. Mario rebuffs his brother's claims, telling him to just enjoy the show.

It is only after an incident involving a pie-throwing machine that the clowns are revealed to be [[Rex]]es. As the crowd of cave-people flee to the exits of the tent, several [[Thwomp]]s cover the doors, trapping everyone inside. Flipping a switch, Koopa and Big Mouth dump everyone in a large cage hidden under the floor.

[[File:SMWTV Mario In A Cage.jpg|thumb|Mario in a cage with Dino-Rhinos.]]
As Mario is hanging over the cage, Koopa begins to taunt him and shoves him into the cage. After Mario is in the cage for a brief moment, Koopa grabs him and brings him back-up and, shoving a chair in Mario's arms, he pushes his "dinosaur tamer" in a cage filled with [[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]]s.

After easily destroying Mario's chair, a Dino-Rhino shoves Mario to the ground and, putting on a bib, prepares to eat him. As Luigi and Princess Toadstool mourn Mario's fate, Luigi helps Toadstool remember a [[Fire Flower]] was in the princess' hands. She tosses it to Mario to free him. Using several fireballs, Mario defeats the Dino-Rhino and its [[Dino-Torch]] friends.

Melting the lock on his cage, Mario runs through Neon Castle searching for something he can help his friends with. While searching, Mario is attacked by an armada of enemies such as Koopa Football Players, [[Dry Bones|Koopa Skeleton]]s, [[Bowser Statue]]s, Mechkoopas and a [[Spinner|Ball 'N' Chain]]. While fleeing, Mario bumps into a block which shoots out a [[Cape Feather|feather]].

Grabbing this feather, Mario transforms into [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]]. Using his new powers, Mario defeats Koopa's minions, flinging them at the Koopa king. Mario then proceeds to chase down Big Mouth, who seeks refuge in the circus tent. Once Big Mouth is in the tent, Mario pulls it down on-top of Big Mouth and Kootie Pie.

Approaching the cage holding his friends, Mario is about to release everyone when Koopa in his [[Koopa Clown Car]] appears. Koopa from his Koopa Clown Car calls out to Mario (after calling him a plungerface) that he would not do that if he were Mario; unless Mario wants to see his precious princess again. Holding Princess Toadstool captive, Koopa begins to hurl Mechkoopas and [[Metal ball|Big Steelies]] at Mario. Stomping on a Mechkoopa, Mario hurls it at Koopa, who easily dodges it. He then proceeds to try and crush Mario with the Koopa Clown Car.

[[File:SMWTV Bowser Kidnaps Peach.jpg|thumb|left|King Koopa with Princess Toadstool in his Koopa Clown Car.]]
Evading Koopa, Mario (who tells him that he will not do any more clowning around and is being "koo-put"), grabs another Mechkoopa and hurls it at the Koopa Clown Car. When it smashes into the contraption, Koopa loses control of the Koopa Clown Car, dropping Princess Toadstool out of the vehicle. Catching Princess Toadstool, Mario proceeds to release all the captives. After doing this, everyone returns to [[Dome City]].

Back home, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi have their own circus for the cave-people, with Yoshi as the clown, Princess Toadstool as tight rope artist, Luigi as an ice cream seller, and Mario as the ring master and juggler, with Yoshi eating the rocks.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMWTV Kootie and Big Mouth.jpg|Kootie Pie Koopa covering Big Mouth Koopa.
CartoonClownCar.jpg|King Koopa in his Koopa Clown Car.
SMWTV Mario Defeated.jpg|Mario just defeated in the tennis match.
SMWTV Circus Poster.jpg|The circus poster.
SMWTV Warp to Star World.jpg|The warp to Star World.
SMWTV Entering the Castle.jpg|King Koopa's Castle where the circus is located.
SMWTV Circus Tent.jpg|The circus tent in King Koopa's Castle.
SMWTV Circus of Terribleness.jpg|The circus.
SMWTV Ringleader Big Mouth.jpg|Big Mouth Koopa as a ringmaster.
SMWTV Big Mouth and Audience.jpg|Big Mouth Koopa and the audience.
SMWTV Laughing at the Circus.jpg|Luigi wondering why King Koopa would have a circus.
SMWTV Surprise Rex.jpg|The revealing of the Rexes.
SMWTV Thwomp Traps Cave People.jpg|Thwomps blocking the exit.
SMWTV Luigi and Princess About To Fall.jpg|Luigi and Princess Toadstool about to fall into the cage.
SMWTV Cave Men Falling.jpg|The Cave People falling to the cage.
SMWTV King Koopa Torments Mario.jpg|King Koopa taunting Mario.
SMWTV Dinosaur Likes Spicy Food.jpg|Mario throwing a fireball in the Dino-Rhino's mouth.
SMWTV Mario Dodging Spikes.jpg|Mario avoiding obstacles.
Whatatoothygrin.jpg|Mario obtaining the Cape power-up. 
SendintheClown.jpg|Kootie Pie and Big Mouth are caught under the tent when Mario pulls it down.
KingKoopaDroppingBall.jpg|King Koopa dropping a [[Metal ball|Big Steely]]
SMWTV Mario Saves the Day.jpg|Mario shaking hands with Luigi after he saves the day.
SMWTV Ringmaster Mario and Clown Yoshi.jpg|Mario and Yoshi dressed up for their own circus.
</gallery>

==Cast==
*[[Walker Boone]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Tony Rosato]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Andrew Sabiston]] &mdash; [[Yoshi]]
*[[Tracey Moore]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]
*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]], singer #2
*[[Paulina Gillis]] &mdash; [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]], Female singer 
*[[Dan Hennessey]] &mdash; Caveman #1, Caveman #2, Caveman #3, singer #1, dinosaur #1, big dinosaur, caveboy
*[[Stuart Stone]] &mdash; dinosaur #2

==Animation and continuity errors==
*At the beginning of the episode, the circus in [[Dome City]] can be seen even though [[Mario]] and his friends have not hosted it yet.
*The score for the tennis match at the beginning of the episode can be seen to be 30-love before [[Luigi]] announces it.
*In several scenes, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|Luigi's cap]] is white on a black background.
*In a couple of scenes, Luigi has four fingers on each hand instead of five.
**Similarly, when Mario says that he and his friends should check out the circus, he has four fingers on each hand instead of five.
*When [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]] is putting up a poster, her snout is the same color as her body.
*[[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth]]'s head is off-model when he scolds Kootie Pie and when she places the poster on his face.
*In one scene, the rim around the [[Koopa Clown Car]] is white instead of green.
*When two [[Cave People|cave kids]] enter the [[Warp Pipe]], they move without moving their legs.
*When [[Bowser|King Koopa]] says the Cave People will become food for his dinosaurs, his claws are the same color as the spikes on his shackles.
*When Mario goes out of bounds to hit the ball, the stripes on his gloves are the same color as his shirt. This also happens to Luigi when he and Princess Toadstool are holding onto their seats as they are about to fall into the underground cage.
*When Mario says "Huh?", his voice distorts slightly. This is fixed in foreign dubs.
*A small line appears on the light-blue mountain on the right for a brief moment when the [[Star World|Star Path]] is about to warp Mario and his friends.
*When Mario and his friends reach [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Castle]], a railing is layered over Mario.
*When [[Yoshi]] asks what doom is, his mouth moves before any sound comes out.
*When Yoshi says that the circus is more fun than tennis, a line on his underbelly appears on his left arm.
**In the same scene, [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s nose is missing.
*Mario and his friends laugh upon sitting down despite there being nothing to laugh for at the time.
*When King Koopa says to bring on the clowns, the bottom of his feet is yellow instead of green.
*The audio temporarily goes out of sync in the scene where [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth]] gets hit with a pie while demanding respect.
**In the same scene, Big Mouth's body is missing.
*When the pie launcher starts launching pies, the crank does not move even though King Koopa is cranking it.
*When a [[Rex]] trips on a pie, the nose on its costume overlaps on Big Mouth as he passes.
*When Mario and Luigi notice that the clowns are dinosaurs, part of Mario's mouth disconnects from his face.
*When Luigi mentions that the circus is a trap, his teeth turn the same color as his skin.
*After a Rex completely rips its costume, it is green instead of purple.
*When King Koopa taunts Mario, his shell is briefly layered behind one of his shackles.
**In the scene in the Romanian dub, when Mario pleads for King Koopa to not drop him into the cage, his mouth moves before any sound comes out.
*When Mario falls into the underground cage, King Koopa disappears.
**In the same scene, his mouth does not move as he screams.
*King Koopa drops Mario into the cage despite immediately pulling him out afterwards.
*When King Koopa hoists Mario out of the cage, the spikes on his tail are the same color as the spikes on his shackles.
*When King Koopa instructs Big Mouth to reveal the [[Dino-Torch]]es, the claws on his left hand turn the same color as his body.
*When Mario suggests grace to the Dino-Torch, his mustache overlaps its snout.
*Initially, the cage Mario's friends are in is underground, but when Princess Toadstool tosses the [[Fire Flower]] to Mario, it is at ground level.
*When the third [[Chargin' Chuck|Koopa Football Player]] starts swinging to Mario, a [[Block]] overlaps it.
*[[Fire Mario]] loses his powers despite not being hit.
*When the Koopa Football Players run to the door, they are depicted with spikes on their shells.
*When Mario jumps over the statue, he is layered in front of and behind the wall.
*When a [[Spinner|Ball 'N' Chain]] swings over to Mario, Mario overlaps.
*When Mario lands onto the platform in the lava, the [[Dry Bones]] appears out of thin air.
*When Mario jumps onto a moving platform, he passes through it.
*When Mario screams upon seeing Big Mouth and Koopa Football Players, his mouth does not move. This is fixed in the Greek dub.
**Most dubs that retain the vocals of the song with the exception of Brazil Portuguese dub also feature Mario's English voice instead of his dubbed voice.
*When Mario runs past Big Mouth and some Koopa Football Players, he can be seen layered underneath a Koopa Football Player.
*Mario is seen about to dive at King Koopa's minions but instead performs a twirl in the next shot.
*The scene where King Koopa is crushed by his minions has its background saturated.
**King Koopa is flattened before his minions actually fall on top of him.
*Mario lands far from the peg when he stops gliding but is seen in front of it in the next shot.
*When Mario is near the peg holding up the circus tent, the "M" on [[Mario Cap|his cap]] is white while the background is red.
*Kootie Pie's body shifts right for a frame when the tent collapses onto her and Big Mouth.
*When Mario rips open the tent, the lock on the cage faces away from it, but in the next shot, it faces towards it. When the cave people cheer for Mario after he saves the princess, the lock is back to its original orientation.
*When Mario sees Princess Toadstool in the Koopa Clown Car, his gloves are the same color as his skin. This also happens with Luigi when he is giving ice cream, although the stripes on his gloves are the same color as his shirt.
*When Mario jumps on a [[Mechakoopa|Mechkoopa]], his eyebrows are brown instead of black.
*When Mario and a Mechkoopa duck underneath the Koopa Clown Car, they can be seen to be overlapping on it.
*When Luigi, Yoshi, and the cave people cheer for Mario, the stripe on Yoshi's tail is colored green instead of white.
*After Mario opens the cage, the cave people inside are missing.
*When Mario is shaking Luigi’s hand, the latter has a line disappearing from his back several times.
*After Mario says he will keep the crowd entertained by juggling, his mouth moves, but no sound can be heard.
<gallery>
SMW Send in the Clown error.png|King Koopa's miscolored claws
SMW Send in the Clown error 2.png|The miscolored Rex
SMW Send in the Clown error 3.png|Luigi's miscolored gloves
</gallery>

==Profiles==
*'''[[Koopa's Stone Age Quests]]''' DVD: ''To feed his hungry evil [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]], [[Bowser|King Koopa]] lures the [[Cave People|cave people]] to a prehistoric circus at the [[Bowser's Castle|Neon Style]] and [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Yoshi]] must rescue them. But only Mario escapes King Koopa's diabolical trap. He must battle the [[Koopa Clown Car|flying clown head]] to rescue everyone else from becoming dinosaur snacks.''

==Dub edits==
*In the original version, before [[Bowser|King Koopa]] drops [[Mario]] into the cage with his friends, he mentions that his [[dinosaur]]s can handle Mario, despite him being high in cholesterol. This is not mentioned in the French, Brazilian Portuguese, or Latin American Spanish dubs.
**In the French dub, King Koopa mentions Mario being high in fat instead of high in cholesterol.
*In the Cantonese, Greek, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish dubs, Mario's voice is added when King Koopa taunts him.
**Inversely, in the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Mario's voice is absent during the song.
*In the French dub, Mario mentions that the [[Dino-Torch]]'s breath smells worse than a drainpipe. In the original, he speculates that "no one invented mouthwash yet."

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Fre=Que le Spectacle Commence
|FreM=Let the Show Begin
|Ger=Herein mit den Clowns
|GerM=In with the Clowns
|Hun=Kész cirkusz
|HunM=Circus ready
|Ita=Manda dentro il Clown
|ItaM=Send in the Clown
|Kor=지상 최대의 서거스
|KorR=Jisang Choedaei Seokeoseu
|KorM=Big Top Circus
|Pol=Dawacjie klauna
|PolM=Send the clown
|PorA=Que Venha o Palhaço
|PorAM=Send in the Clown
|Rom=Dați drumul claunului<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26840468100 "Send in the Clown", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|RomM=Let the clown out
|SpaA=Koopa Circo
|SpaAM=Koopa Circus
|SpaE=Que Entre el Payaso
|SpaEM=Bring in the Clown
}}

==Trivia==
*The name "Koopaling Bros. Circus" is a reference to the real-life {{wp|Ringling Brothers Circus}}.
*[[Mario]]'s scream when jumping over the [[Bowser Statue]] is a reused scream from ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Recycled Koopa]]" when he and [[Luigi]] are dumped into the [[Warp Pipe]] to [[Brooklyn]].
*This episode's final battle is very similar to the one in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As [[Bowser|Koopa]] throws [[Mechakoopa]]s at Mario, he throws them back, and Koopa attempts to crush him with the [[Koopa Clown Car]] and drops a [[Metal ball|Big Steely]] on him. However, when the Koopa Clown Car hits Mario, his cape does not disappear.
*The ringleader costume Mario wears at the end of the episode is very similar to the one he wears on the cover of ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' a few years later, which would also become a costume he could wear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.

==References==
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