The Beauty of Kootie

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode
"The Beauty of Kootie"
Production number	106
Airdate	September 15, 1990 (English) September 20, 1991 (French)
Writer(s)	Doug Booth
Opening curtain	Desert Land
Featured song	"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard)
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"The Beauty of Kootie" is the fourth episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired alongside another episode entitled "Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario." This is the last episode where Mario's hair is colored black; starting with "Princess Toadstool for President," his hair changes to brown, based on the later Super Mario games.

Plot synopsis

The Sultan of a desert region is at home in his palace, taking a bath in his jacuzzi. Suddenly, oil comes flowing out of the camel head-shaped faucets, and the Sultan reacts by calling for his guard, asking him to send for the Mario Bros.

When Mario and Luigi arrive, they manage to patch up the faucets, at least to prevent any more oil from flowing out. Toad asks where the oil is coming from, so the Sultan tells him that his palace is built over an oil well, and that the pipes connecting a nearby oasis to his castle must have gotten crossed with the pipes from the oil well. After experiencing a tremor caused by the oil pressure, Mario explains that they need to fix the palace's plumbing to prevent the place from blowing up.

Meanwhile, in the basement of the palace, Cheatsy is spying on the Mario Bros. through a peephole, when Kootie yells for his assistance in tightening the oil pipes that they have been tampering with. Cheatsy tells Kootie that the Mario Bros. are coming, so Kootie uses her wand to alert Bowser, who is onboard the Doom Ship. Bowser explains that they have nearly refilled the Doom Ship's fuel tank by secretly stealing oil from the Sultan's oil well by using the pipes from the oasis. Bowser then orders Kootie Pie and Cheatsy to stop the Mario Bros., and disconnects from the conversation.

Kootie examining herself after being transformed by Cheatsy.

When Kootie Pie whines about not knowing how to stop the Mario Bros., Cheatsy comes up with an idea; he uses his own wand to transform Kootie into a human. Kootie Pie is shocked, but Cheatsy tells her that by pretending to be Mario's "dream girl", she will be able to stall him. Just before Mario and Luigi enter the basement, Cheatsy flees, and Kootie is too late to tell him that he left her tail intact.

When Mario sees Kootie Pie as a human, she immediately starts flirting with him, and introduces herself as Lady Fetuccini^[sic] Alfredo. Although Mario falls in love with Lady Fetuccini, Luigi quickly notices her tail, which she frantically hides under her dress. Lady Fetuccini then makes up a fake story about being lost in the dungeon for days, and how Luigi should not jump to conclusions. When Luigi tries to get a better look, Lady Fetuccini smacks him into a wall with her tail.

Luigi gazing at Mario and "Lady Fetuccini" eating a spaghetti dinner.

Mario then tells Lady Fetuccini to forgive Luigi for his behavior, and directs her over to a table where he is set up a spaghetti dinner for two. Lady Fetuccini tells Mario that she is an amateur plumber herself, and while Luigi barely believes her, he is reminded of the fact that he and Mario have a job to do. Lady Fetuccini forces herself to eat some of the spaghetti, and tells Mario to bring everyone in the castle down to the dungeon in case the palace explodes.

After the Sultan, his guard, Princess Toadstool and Toad are led into the dungeon, Lady Fetuccini locks the door, and demands for Cheatsy to come out of hiding and turn her back to normal. When Mario sees that he really fell for Kootie, he can barely react before Cheatsy sprays him and Luigi down a hole with oil from a hose.

Bowser and some minions enter the basement through a Warp Pipe, where he congratulates his kids for capturing the prisoners, and then mocks the prisoners as well. Bowser then goes upstairs, while he waits for the Doom Ship to finish sucking up the rest of the oil in the well.

Mario and Luigi escape from the sub basement of the palace by opening up and entering a warp pipe, taking them up a floor to the basement. While Kootie taunts the prisoners, Mario and Luigi sneak up behind her and Cheatsy. Princess Toadstool keeps the Koopalings occupied while Mario picks up Cheatsy's dropped wand.

"Kassanova Koopa" introducing himself to Kootie Pie.

Mario and Luigi run into another room, where Mario says that Kootie Pie should meet her dream reptile. Mario uses the wand on Luigi, transforming him into a handsome Koopa (similar in design to King Koopa) that he calls "Kassanova Koopa." Although Luigi tries to object, Mario makes him put on a deep and appealing voice while he takes care of the plumbing upstairs.

When Kootie Pie sees Kassanova, she falls in love with him, and they immediately start hugging and kissing each other. Kassanova finds out that Kootie Pie's kisses are disgusting, though. When Cheatsy starts pestering him, Kassanova pushes him out of the way and asks Kootie if they can get some privacy alone in the dungeon. In an outrage, Kootie kicks the prisoners out of the dungeon, despite Cheatsy's objection. Kootie Pie explains that her dad only wants her to be happy, and uses her wand to change the dungeon into a living room. Kootie Pie jumps up to Kassanova, and kisses him several times again, but in doing so, her wand accidentally transforms him back into Luigi.

Kootie screaming after realizing that she kissed Luigi.

After screaming about being tricked into kissing a plumber, Kootie and Cheatsy chase Luigi upstairs, with Kootie spitting out the germs from Luigi's kisses. When Luigi gets upstairs, Toad leads him aside, while Mario blasts the Koopalings with oil from a hose. When Bowser enters, he sends his Boomerang Brothers after the Mario Bros., but they get washed away by the oil as well. Bowser then sends several Fire Chomps after Mario, but Princess Toadstool sprays them with water from some pipes that Mario set up.

After getting soaked with water, Bowser sends for the Doom Ship, which crashes into a wall of the palace. The Koopas board the Doom Ship and retreat out of the castle. Bowser uses the Doom Ship to start blasting the palace apart, and the Sultan asks for Mario and Luigi to stop Bowser before the entire place is destroyed.

Mario riding on a jacuzzi faucet.

Mario and Luigi direct a ton of oil up through one of the jacuzzi faucets, destroying a tower of the palace in the process. Holding on to the faucet, Mario rides it through the air, and directs it into the Doom Ship, soaking Bowser and the Koopalings with oil. Not wanting to stick around, the Doom Ship flies away, as Luigi shuts off the faucet, allowing Mario to land.

The Sultan is still upset about his ruined palace, but Luigi then notices that one of the Koopalings left their wand behind. Luigi uses up all the power in the wand in the process, but succeeds in making the palace as good as new. With all that said and done, Mario calls first dibs on the jacuzzi, and runs into the palace. Luigi chases after Mario as he runs upstairs, claiming that he should go first because he fixed the jacuzzi. Mario explains that he had to ride it, and Luigi counters that comment by stating that he had to kiss Kootie. Able to hear the brothers' shouting from outside, Princess Toadstool and Toad laugh.

Cast

• Walker Boone — Mario
• Tony Rosato — Luigi
• Tracey Moore — Princess Toadstool
• John Stocker — Toad, Sultan, Sultan's worker
• Harvey Atkin — King Bowser Koopa
• James Rankin — Cheatsy Koopa
• Paulina Gillis — Kootie Pie Koopa

Animation and continuity errors

• When Kootie Pie calls Cheatsy while working on a pipe, her coloring switches from light to dark several times.
• When Cheatsy says, "Tell that to the Mario brothers, Kootie Pie," his head is colored purple instead of green. His head also turns orange in several scenes.
• When King Koopa says that he hears Kootie Pie, part of his mouth disappears.
• When King Koopa tells Kootie Pie to stop the Mario Bros, Kootie Pie's wand is miscolored.
• When Lady Fetuccini puts down her fork, it is layered in front of her bowl.
• When Mario's friends are entering the dungeon, the trims on Lady Fetuccini's dress are colored pink instead of green.
  • In the same scene, her bracelets are missing.
• When Lady Fettuccini reverts to her true form, two Kootie Pies can be seen.
• When Kootie Pie pulls the lever, he underbelly is white instead of cream-colored.
• When King Koopa says he will be upstairs, his mouth does not move.
• When Cheatsy and Kootie Pie look at Mario's friends, their snouts are the same color as their bodies.
• When Mario jumps out of the pipe, his hair and mustache are brown instead of black.
• When Kassanova Koopa hugs Kootie Pie, his eyes are white instead of yellow. This also happens with King Koopa when he tells the Fire Chomps to attack, along with the spikes on his shell.
• When Kootie Pie lets everyone out of the dungeon, her head is disconnected from her body.
• When Kassanova Koopa turns back into his true form, Kootie Pie has her wand, but in the next shot, it disappears.
• When Mario says that everythng is set, the pipe is brown, but in the next shot, it turns blue. In the shot afterwards, the hose changes from blue to orange.
• When Kootie Pie introduces herself as Lady Fetuccini, her eyes are completely blue.
• When Luigi tries to spot Lady Fetuccini, Lady Fetuccini's tail is the same color as her skin.
• When Mario compliments Lady Fetuccini to Luigi, Luigi's sideburns are missing and his eyes are off-model.
• When Mario rides the jacuzzi faucet, the Doomship is green instead of brown.
• When oil splashes on the Sultan, his shirt is missing.
• In its initial appearance, the table has two cups on it, but when Lady Fetuccini starts eating, it only has one.
• In one scene, the Sultan's mustache is missing.
• When King Koopa meets up with Kootie and Cheatsy for the first time, Cheatsy's eyes and eyelids are given a yellow tint twice.
• When Kootie Pie and Cheatsy are washed away, Cheatsy screams, but his mouth does not move.
• During the fight in the tower, the Boomerang Bros. change color several times.
• When the Boomerang Brothers start running to Mario and his friends, there are four instead of three.
• When the Doomship crashes into the tower, the music briefly stops.
  • In the same scene, the Sultan's shirt is yellow instead of purple.
• When King Koopa prepares the Doomship, one of the panels flashes, but he does not touch it.
  • In the same scene, the spikes on his shackles and tail have their colors swapped.
• When Mario is on the hose, its color and design change several times.
• When Luigi cheers for Mario, his eyes are blue like Mario's instead of green.
• When the oil lands on the Koopas, Cheatsy has Kooky's voice.
• When everyone watches the castle crumble when the Doomship attacks, Princess Toadstool’s crown changes to resemble King Koopa’s.

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  Cheatsy's miscolored head

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  Kootie Pie's miscolored wand

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  The miscolored Doomship

Profiles

• King Koopa Katastrophe VHS/DVD: Kootie Koopa^[sic] transforms herself into a human bombshell to distract the Mario Brothers.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Chinese (simplified)	温蒂美人 Wēndì Měirén	Wendy Belle
Croatian	Ljepota Kootieja	Kootie Beauty
Dutch	De schoonheid van Honnepon	The Beauty of Kootie
French	Pour les beaux yeux de Wendy O.	For the sake of Kootie Pie
German	Die Schönheitskönigin	The Beauty Queen
Italian	Bellezza Cucci Pucci	Beauty Kootie Pie
Korean	아름다운 쿠티파이 Areumdaun Kuti Pai	The Beautiful Kootie Pie
Polish	Ślicznotka Kootie	Baby Doll Kootie
Portuguese	A Beleza de Kootie Pie	The Beauty of Kootie Pie	Herbert Richers dub
	A beleza de Kootie	The beauty of Kootie	Uniarthe dub
Romanian	Frumoasa din Kootie	The beauty of Kootie
Spanish	La Bella Kootie Pie	The Beautiful Kootie Pie
Spanish (NOE)	La belleza de Kootie	The beauty of Kootie	original dub

Trivia

• Kootie Pie's reaction to being kissed by Luigi ("Aaaugh! I've been kissed by a plumber!") parodies a line ("Aaaugh! I've been kissed by a dog!") said by Lucy van Pelt in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• Lady Fetuccini is misspelled in the official DIC episode outline; the standard spelling is "fettuccine."