Editing Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas

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"'''Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas'''" is the first episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It aired alongside another episode entitled "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]."

 

This episode is notable for being the first time in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' cartoons where [[Bowser|King Koopa]] is referred to as "Bowser Koopa" when [[Mario]] says that he is not taking over any land. He is also referred to by this name in "[[Princess Toadstool for President]]," "[[Reign Storm]]," and "[[Crimes R Us]]." It is also notable for being the only episode in the series to show parts of it during the credits, with the scene with Mario and [[Luigi]] being chased by the [[Angry Sun]] and collecting a [[Super Leaf]] being used. In addition, it contains a few references to the ''{{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'' franchise, most notably the title. [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]] also references the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles catchphrase "I love being a turtle!" from {{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|their first film}} by saying "I love being a Koopa!"

Inside [[Bowser|King Koopa's]] castle, the [[Koopalings]] are roughhousing and fighting amongst themselves. Eventually, the Koopalings are called into attendance for a "Koopa Family Meeting" by King Koopa, who says that it is time the Koopalings do something exceptionally dastardly. He goes on to tell a nearby [[Goomba]] wearing a headband to pull a rope to open a curtain for the life-size portrait of the person they are going to attack.

The portrait is of an extremely large [[Toad (species)|Mushroomer]]; [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]] identifies the man as [[Prince Hugo]], the new ruler of [[Giant Land]], who is described as being the bravest and strongest prince ever and "giant, even for a giant." A vain [[Roy|Bully Koopa]] says that the prince is not a major concern and elbows Big Mouth to the floor; King Koopa begins to say that Prince Hugo is a major concern, but he will cut Hugo down to size, by changing him into a miniature poodle with one of his [[magic wand|wand]]s, but he will need a volunteer to get Hugo so he can be transformed.

A panicking Bully is suddenly pushed forward by [[Wendy|Kootie Pie Koopa]]. As King Koopa prepares to zap the protesting Bully with his wand, he orders Big Mouth, [[Larry|Cheatsy]], and [[Ludwig|Kooky von Koopa]] to step forward. As Kootie Pie, [[Lemmy|Hip]], and [[Iggy|Hop Koopa]] back away, King Koopa zaps Bully, Cheatsy, Kooky, and Big Mouth with his wand, turning them gigantic and inexplicably giving them weapons and ninja costumes. King Koopa then commands his colossal children to go out and kidnap Prince Hugo so he can conquer Giant Land.

In Giant Land, Mario, [[Luigi]], Toad, and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are attending a meeting with Prince Hugo and the [[Royal Parrot]]. Asking Prince Hugo why he called this meeting, Prince Hugo says that his armies have been defeated by the giant-sized Koopalings and that they are now coming for him. Mario reassures Prince Hugo, saying that they will stop the Koopalings; soon after making this remark, the Royal Parrot begins to criticize Mario and Luigi. Wanting to show-up the uppity Royal Parrot, Mario and Luigi set off in a [[Warp Pipe|Warp Tube]] to defeat the Koopalings.

Having transported Prince Hugo, Toad, Princess Toadstool, and Luigi to King Koopa's throne room, the Koopalings, after being told they did a great job by King Koopa, hold Prince Hugo in place while King Koopa uses a wand to transform him into a poodle. After doing this, King Koopa, after grabbing his "ninja wand" off the wall, prepares to change Bully, Cheatsy, Kooky and Big Mouth back to normal, but is convinced otherwise by Big Mouth, who says with their new size and skills, conquering other kingdoms will be easy.

King Koopa, believing Mario to simply be bluffing, asks what he will do if he does not give into his demands. Mario tells King Koopa to let his friends and Hugo free and he will tell him why next Tuesday. King Koopa has Big Mouth grab Mario. Princess Toadstool says from the cage that King Koopa will probably do something horrible to Mario, like turn him into a poodle like Prince Hugo. Thinking that to be a great idea, King Koopa grabs a wand off the wall and zaps Mario with it; thanks to Mario's tampering with the wand though, the wand burns Big Mouth's fingers and causes him to drop Mario; landing on the ground, Mario transforms into a gigantic, ninja version of himself, calling himself "Good Truthful Honest Giant Ninja Mario".

[[File:Good Truthful Honest Giant Ninja Mario.jpeg|thumb|left|Mario, now gigantic with ninja gear]]

After freeing Princess Toadstool, Toad and Luigi, Mario prepares to fight the Koopalings while his friends rush at King Koopa, causing him to flee and drop his wand; as King Koopa hides behind the giant Kooky, Princess Toadstool, after grabbing King Koopa's wand, transforms the Koopalings back to normal as they rush at Mario. Having regressed back to normal, the panicking Bully, Kooky, Big Mouth, and Cheatsy run away at the sight of Mario. While Luigi changes Prince Hugo back to normal, the Koopalings and King Koopa tremble at the sight of Mario.

[[File:NinjaKoopa5.jpg|thumb|An enraged [[Royal Parrot]] about to attack Mario.]]

Prince Hugo, extremely grateful to Mario, thanks him and shakes his hand as Mario is transformed back to normal by Princess Toadstool. Suddenly, the Royal Parrot appears and begins to become extremely upset at the sight of his cage, which was wrecked by Mario when he freed Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool from it. Grabbing King Koopa's wand from Princess Toadstool, the parrot makes itself slightly bigger and gains ninja gear, which Mario calls "Miserable Squawking Angry Giant Ninja Parrot," and begins to chase Mario, demanding he fix his cage.

*[[Roy|Bully Koopa]]

*[[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]]

*[[Ludwig|Kooky von Koopa]]

*[[Larry|Cheatsy Koopa]]

*[[Wendy|Kootie Pie Koopa]] (no dialogue)

*[[Lemmy|Hip Koopa]] (no dialogue)

*[[Iggy|Hop Koopa]] (no dialogue)

*[[Dan Hennessey]] — [[Roy|Bully Koopa]]

*[[Michael Stark]] — [[Ludwig|Kooky von Koopa]], the [[Royal Parrot]]

*[[James Rankin]] — [[Larry|Cheatsy Koopa]]

*[[Gordon Masten]] — [[Morton|Big Mouth Koopa]]

*At the beginning of the episode, [[Lemmy|Hip]] and [[Iggy|Hop]] are jumping on a chair, but when [[Bowser|King Koopa]] calls for a family meeting, the chair disappears.

**In the same scene, [[Roy|Bully]] and [[Ludwig|Kooky]]'s snouts are the same color as their skin. This also happens to Bully when the [[Koopalings]] return back to normal.

*When Bully knocks over [[Morton|Big Mouth]], the bottom of the latter's feet are light-brown instead of dark-brown.

*Right before Bully pulls Big Mouth back up, the former's shell is white instead of pink.

*When King Koopa orders [[Larry|Cheatsy]], Big Mouth, Kooky, and Bully forward to be transformed into giant ninjas, his crown is missing.

*When Mario hits a pipe, his raccoon tail and ears are miscolored.

*When Big Mouth and Bully start running towards Mario, Bully briefly appears running in midair.

*When Kooky suggests the Koopalings return to [[Bowser's Castle|Kastle Koopa]], his shell is colored orange instead of green.

*When King Koopa says he will return the Koopalings back to normal size, the wand he holds is briefly layered behind his hand instead of inside it.

*When King Koopa puts the ninja wand away after deciding to keep the Koopalings giant-sized for a while longer, part of his snout is missing.

*After Mario says that Koopa is not taking over any land, Cheatsy's eyelids are the same color as his snout.

*When the Koopalings run to grab Mario, Big Mouth’s voice is heavily high-pitched.

*When King Koopa hides behind Kooky's leg, Kooky's underbelly briefly disappears, and in the following shot, the Giant Koopas shrink slightly.

File:SneakyLyingCheatingGiantNinjaKoopasAnimationError.jpg|Cheatsy's miscolored eyelids

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*The [[Koopalings]] share similarities to ''{{wp|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'': they are brothers, teenagers, based on turtles, and ninjas, and each of the members' personalities reflect that of a certain turtle:

**[[Roy|Bully]] is the team's arrogant member, similar to {{wp|Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Raphael}}.

**[[Ludwig|Kooky]] is the team's wise member, similar to {{wp|Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Donatello}}.

**[[Morton|Big Mouth]] is the team's bothersome member, similar to {{wp|Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Michelangelo}}.

**[[Larry|Cheatsy]] is the team's neutral member, similar to {{wp|Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo}}.

*This episode, along with "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]", are the only two episodes that use a different scene transition style, where some scenes transition with a pink border around them with no black screen appearing before fading to the next scene. This transition style does not appear in later episodes, likely due to these episodes being produced first. However, there is a exception for one scene; the scene transition from the Mario Bros. being transported by a [[Warp Pipe]] to the Koopalings approaching [[Prince Hugo]]'s castle uses a green border instead of a pink border.

**Something to also note is that these episodes are the only episodes to have no drop shadow for title card's text.