Editing Send in the Clown

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|airdate={{flag list|USA|September 28, 1991<ref>https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/4301/super-mario-world/episodes</ref>|France|September 18, 1992|Albania|November 10, 2024<ref name="Albania">[https://www.cda.pl/video/2224640769 Bota e Super Marios - Episoda 3 | Të shfaqen kllounët (Dublimi Shqip, Çufo)]</ref>}}

"'''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|Kootie Pie]] appears, as well as the only episode where [[Dino Rhino]]s, [[Spinner|Ball 'N' Chains]], [[Metal ball|Big Steelies]], and the [[Koopa Clown Car]] 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 court playing tennis, with Kootie Pie 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|Kootie Pie]] and [[Morton|Big Mouth]] 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|Flying Clown Head]] 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".

Meanwhile, Mario and Princess Toadstool are still playing tennis, with Princess Toadstool in the lead. 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.

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.

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]], [[Bowser Statue]]s, Mechkoopas, and a [[Spinner|Ball 'N' Chain]]. While fleeing, Mario bumps into a block which shoots out a [[Cape Feather|feather]].

Approaching the cage holding his friends, Mario is about to release everyone when Koopa in his [[Koopa Clown Car|Flying Clown Head]] appears. Koopa from his Flying Clown Head calls out to Mario (after calling him a plungerface) that he would not do that if he were him; 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 Flying Clown Head.

[[File:SMWTV Bowser Kidnaps Peach.jpg|thumb|left|King Koopa with Princess Toadstool in his Flying Clown Head]]

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 Flying Clown Head. When it smashes into the contraption, Koopa loses control of the Flying Clown Head, 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 ringmaster and juggler, with Yoshi eating the rocks.

SMWTV Kootie and Big Mouth.jpg|Kootie Pie covering Big Mouth with a poster

CartoonClownCar.jpg|King Koopa in his Flying Clown Head

SMWTV Mario Defeated.jpg|Mario laying on the ground after being tumbled by Yoshi in the tennis match

SMWTV Circus Poster.jpg|The circus poster

SMWTV Warp to Star World.jpg|The warp to the Star Path

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 as the ringmaster

SMWTV Big Mouth and Audience.jpg|The audience amused at Big Mouth's performance

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 into the cage

SMWTV King Koopa Torments Mario.jpg|King Koopa taunting Mario

SMWTV Dinosaur Likes Spicy Food.jpg|Fire 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

Send in the Clown.png|Kootie Pie and Big Mouth 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, alongside with Princess Toadstool and Yoshi

*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]], singer #2

*[[Paulina Gillis]] &mdash; [[Wendy|Kootie Pie Koopa]], Female singer  

*In the original version:

*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.

*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.

*[[Morton|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|Flying Clown Head]] 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.

*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 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 Big Mouth gets hit with a pie while demanding respect.

*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 sees Princess Toadstool in the Flying Clown Head, 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 Luigi, Yoshi, and the cave people cheer for Mario, the stripe on Yoshi's tail is colored green instead of white.

*When Mario is shaking Luigi’s hand, the latter's sideburns are missing, while a line disappears from his back several times.

 

*'''[[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.''

 

*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, Mario mentions that the [[Dino-Torch]]'s breath smells worse than a drainpipe. In the original, he speculates that "no one invented mouthwash yet."

|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0kmM5jpK4&list=PLZUe09WWlPLY1AP6s7TIqpxLfkeOxs7xx&index=3 Le avventure di Super Mario - Episodio 3 - Manda dentro il clown]</ref>

|Kor=지상 최대의 서거스

|KorM=Big Top Circus

|KorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilzaKyDrwMY Super Mario World Cartoon (Send in the Clown) - Korean version]</ref>

|Pol=Dawacjie klauna

|PolM=Send the clown

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==Notes==

*[[Bowser|King Koopa]] narrates the preview for this episode by saying, "''Hey kids, the circus is in town! Come one, come all, to King Koopa's big top dinosaur show! We've even got a Flying Clown Head! And if you don't know what that is, you'd better tune in!''"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKFRwlYvFk&list=PLySo2SlSHPSPsMPvx3vXPmReAe05Vro9H&index=3 Super Mario World 403 - Send In The Clowns//Return To Castlevania]</ref>

*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 scream is not kept in any dub which removes the vocals of "[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#At the Circus|At the Circus]]," nor is it present in the Brazilian Portuguese dub, as these dubs either replace the scream with an original scream or remove it entirely.

*This episode's final battle is very similar to the one in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As Koopa throws [[Mechakoopa]]s at Mario, he throws them back, and Koopa attempts to crush him with the [[Koopa Clown Car|Flying Clown Head]] and drops a [[Metal ball|Big Steely]] on him. However, when the Flying Clown Head 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]]''.

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