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|airdate=November 24, 1990
|production=124
|writer=David Ehrman, Sean Roche
|airdate=November 24, 1990 (English) <br> November 22, 1991 (French)
|opening=Dark Land
|writer=David Ehrman<br>Sean Roche
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"'''Recycled Koopa'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''; it aired alongside another episode of ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' entitled "[[True Colors]]". The episode is a social commentary on pollution and the importance of recycling.
{{quote|Those Mario Brothers ARE super!|Statue of Liberty}}
"'''Recycled Koopa'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It aired alongside another episode entitled "[[True Colors]]." The episode serves as social commentary on pollution and the importance of recycling.


==Plot synopsis==
==Plot synopsis==
At [[Bowser's Castle|Castle Koopa]], [[Bowser|King Koopa]] himself is in the middle of marching [[Roy Koopa|Bully]], [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth]], [[Iggy Koopa|Hop]] and [[Lemmy Koopa|Hip Koopa]] outside his castle, which is surrounded by assorted trash and garbage. While the [[Koopalings]] stand at attention, Koopa informs them that, unless they get rid of all the junk surrounding the castle, they will be banned from doing anything mischievous for an entire week.
The episode begins at [[Bowser's Castle|Kastle Koopa]], as [[Bowser|King Koopa]] marches [[Roy|Bully]], [[Wendy|Kootie Pie]], [[Morton|Big Mouth]], [[Iggy|Hop]], and [[Lemmy|Hip Koopa]] outside his castle, instructing them to clean up the [[Koopa trash|assorted trash and garbage]] surrounding the castle, else they will not be allowed to perform any mischievous deeds for a week. As Koopa leaves, Bully quickly hops into a nearby hammock, telling the others to get to work. Angry at his slacking off, Big Mouth threatens to inform Koopa of Bully's procrastination, though he is unaffected. Just then, Kootie Pie picks up a tin can and tosses it aside, claiming she has broken a nail and is too magnificent to work anyway. Bully hears this and insults her, claiming he thought she was part of the garbage. Kootie retaliates, throwing a handful of sludge into his face. He proceeds to shake it off and picks up a [[Green Shell]], tossing it at her though hitting Big Mouth. At this time, Koopa mentions he hopes they are busy cleaning up. Bully claims they are and proceeds tossing some of it into a [[Warp Pipe]].
[[File:BullyTrash.png|thumb|left|Bully getting rid of the trash.]]


As Koopa leaves the Koopalings, Bully, not wanting to work, jumps into a nearby hammock and begins to relax, telling the others to start cleaning. Big Mouth, angered by Bully's display of laziness, begins to bad mouth him and threaten to tell Koopa on him, which Bully is completely indifferent to. As Big Mouth and Bully argue, Kootie Pie picks up an old tin can, only to throw it aside, claiming she's broken a nail and also exclaiming she's too magnificent to be doing any kind of work. Hearing Kootie Pie's complaints, Bully approaches her and insults her, claiming she isn't beautiful and that he thought she was a part of the garbage. Kootie Pie, highly offended, subsequently throws a handful of cold sludge on Bully's face, to which Bully retaliates to by trying to hit Kootie Pie with a nearby [[Green Shell]], only to hit the nearby Big Mouth instead. As a dazed Big Mouth shakes his head, Koopa's voice echoes from nearby, telling the Koopalings that he hopes they're getting rid of the junk around the castle. Hearing Koopa, Bully slyly claims that they are and begins throwing trash into a nearby [[Warp Pipe]].
Meanwhile, at [[Peach's Castle|Princess Toadstool's Castle]], as [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are walking in the garden, they are hit with the garbage falling out of an overhead pipe. Eventually, garbage stops spewing, though the garden is ruined. When the princess asks who would do such a thing, Mario picks up a statue of King Koopa in response. As they ponder what to do, Luigi sarcastically suggests using a [[magic wand]] to clear the rubbish. Mario declares this a good idea and decides to take the wand of one of the Koopalings. They then jump through the Warp Pipe to do so. Back at Kastle Koopa, the five aforementioned Koopalings show Koopa the completely cleared castle grounds, with both Big Mouth and Kootie Pie claiming they contributed the most. Suddenly, the group emerge from the Warp Pipe outside the castle as Koopa and the Koopalings chase after them. Luigi instructs them to hide in a suit of armor they pass. Not only is this successful, Mario is able to swipe Hip's wand as they pass.


At [[Princess Peach's Castle|Princess Toadstool's Castle]], [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are walking in the castle's garden; as they walk, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool find themselves bombarded with a stream of garbage, which is being dumped from a nearby Warp Pipe. Eventually, garbage stops pouring from the Warp Pipe and, as Princess Toadstool inquires as to who would pour garbage into a beautiful garden, Mario finds a statuette of Koopa, inscribed with the sentence "World's Repulsivest Reptile," in a garbage pile. As Mario surmises that Koopa is behind this garbage dumping, Princess Toadstool laments that all this garbage could choke the life out of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. Hearing Princess Toadstool, Luigi asks what they should do and sarcastically suggests using a [[Magic Wand|magic wand]]. Thinking Luigi's comment to be a good idea, Mario formulates the plan of obtaining a Koopaling's Magic Wand and using it to send all the surrounding garbage back to Castle Koopa. After explaining this, Mario, along with Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad, jump into the Warp Pipe that the deposited the garbage.
As the group begins to flee from the castle, they are noticed by some of the Koopalings, who also notice Hip's wand being in their possession. Mario, Luigi, Toad and the princess all manage to collect [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] from nearby blocks. With their newly acquired [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon Suit]]s, they fly away into the distance, as Koopa decides to get his [[Airship|Doomship]] and follow them. Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool continue to fly through the air, as the Doomship has already caught up with them, firing [[Bob-omb]]s. After successfully nailing Luigi in the tail one, Koopa orders [[Paragoomba|Para-Goomba]]s to attack them. As Toad and the princess manage to evade and knock out two of them, they notice the garbage surrounding their castle has started to emit an odor they worry will spread to the rest of the kingdom.


Back at Castle Koopa, Big Mouth, Bully, Kootie Pie, Hip and Hop are in the midst of showing King Koopa that they got rid of all the garbage, with both Big Mouth and Kootie Pie claiming that they were the ones to get rid of the most trash; as Koopa tells Kootie Pie and Big Mouth that he doesn't care who got rid of the most garbage, he notices Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool exit a nearby Warp Pipe and quickly orders the Koopalings to capture them. Fleeing from Koopa and the Koopalings, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool enter the castle; inside, Luigi notices a large suit of armor and tells Mario, Toad and Princess Toadstool to hide behind it with him. Doing so, the group goes unnoticed by Koopa and the Koopalings, with Mario grabbing Hip's wand as he passes by.
[[File:Mariowand.png|thumb|Mario zapping away the garbage.]]
As they land atop the garbage, Mario states an incantation which collects all of the garbage into a giant ball, though the wand is also absorbed. Mario attempts to grab the wand back and is stopped by Luigi, preventing him from getting sucked in as well. At this, the ball of garbage is launched out of the castle and completely onto the Doomship, weighing it down and crashing it along with all of the rubbish back at Kastle Koopa. Big Mouth attempts to parse the garbage as recent, though Koopa is not fooled, and instructs all of them to get rid of it once more, making sure it will not return.


With Hip's Magic Wand in their possession, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool flee from the castle, only to be noticed by Koopa, Bully and Hip, who also notice Mario is clutching Hip's Magic Wand. As Bowser, Bully and Hip chase them, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool, who, after finding some [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] in some [[Brick Block]]s and a [[Jump Block]], gain [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon Suit]]s and quickly fly away. Seeing the group flying into the distance, an enraged Koopa exclaims that he will get his [[Airship|Doomship]] and hunt them down.
At Princess Toadstool's Castle, as Mario, Luigi, and the princess walk inside, she mentions she wonders whether they have learned their lesson from the experience. At this, Toad appears and gives Luigi his [[Plumber's Periscope]], suggesting they check on Koopa to ensure this. Mario decides to do so, looking into the periscope through a Warp Pipe only to find [[Sledge Bro]]thers tossing more boxes of garbage into the pipe. Mario concludes they have not learned after all and informs the others of this. The princess instructs them to go out and stop them while she and Toad stay to guard the castle. The brothers arrive just as Bully is instructing them to continue dumping the trash into the pipe, becoming exhausted from doing so. Mario and Luigi decide to look down the pipe to see where the trash is headed - however, they are accidentally dropped into the pipe by the Sledge Brothers, who do not notice them hidden among the trash in the boxes.


In the Mushroom Kingdom, which has multiple, large piles of trash covering it, [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and Princess Toadstool continue to fly through the air, only to notice the Doomship, which is shooting volleys of [[Bob-omb]]s, is chasing them. After successfully hitting Luigi with a Bob-omb (though he does not lose his Raccoon powers), Koopa orders his [[Paragoomba]] minions to attack them; after he and Princess Toadstool dodge a pair of Paragoombas, Toad notices that the trash that has been dumped in Princess Toadstool's garden has begun to emit a horrible smell, which is beginning to spread to the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom, which Princess Toadstool believes will be decimated by the horrid odor of Koopa's garbage.
Falling out of the pipe, Mario and Luigi find themselves in [[Brooklyn]]. As litter continues falling from the skies, the brothers use trash can lids to shield themselves as panicked citizens pass by. It is then Luigi notices a tail resembling that of Koopa's around the corner. As he and Luigi yank the tail, however, they discover it is not Koopa himself, rather a lookalike in business attire, who simply wanders away, moaning "Koopa" in a monotone voice. Seeing a nearby cab driver pick up some of the garbage and mutating into another lookalike immediately after, they realize the trash is turning the citizens into [[Koopa Zombie]]s. They rush into the city hall of [[New York City]] for the [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]], only to realize he too is about to become a zombie. Upon realizing the trash can spread to all of the [[Earth|real world]], the brothers hurry to clean it up.


As King Koopa, through a megaphone, orders Mario to give back Hip's Magic Wand, claiming it's rightfully his, Mario, after saying he will, says an incantation and and zaps the nearby garbage in Princess Toadstool's garden with the wand. After being zapped, the garbage begins to be sucked together into a giant ball, which also absorbs the Magic Wand after pulling it out of Mario's hand. After reaching its maximum size, the ball of garbage flings itself at the Doomship, hitting the vessel with enough force to fling it all the way back to Dark Land. After his Doomship and the ball of garbage crash into his castle, King Koopa, digging himself out of a pile of waste, instantly tells the nearby Big Mouth to shut up when the talkative Koopaling begins to say how neat all the garbage is, not realizing it is the same garbage from before. After quieting Big Mouth, Koopa tells him and Bully to get rid of the garbage again and to this time, put it somewhere where it won't come back.
While on the Doomship, Bully, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth inform Koopa of the power the garbage has on the inhabitants of the Real World. Big Mouth begin to rant about how the want Koopa to be their leader, only for him to have a can stuffed onto his head. As he struggles to remove it, Koopa orders them to continue dumping trash into the real world, which he intends to conquer. Upon arriving in the real world, King Koopa orders the zombie hoard to attack Mario and Luigi, as shown on a banner. To assist them in doing so, he dumps a load of garbage, along with certain weapons, such as [[Blooper|Bloober]]s. The hoard proceeds to notice and chase after the brothers, alongside several other enemies, such as [[Bob-omb]]s, [[Dry Bones]], and [[Fire Snake|Firesnake]]s. A montage ensues in which the brothers are chased through various locations, Mario through a sewer and Luigi into the subway station. Both of them then hide in a pile of garbage, evading the hoard entirely.


In Princess Toadstool's Castle, Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool are going on another walk, with Toadstool saying she hopes Koopa learned his lesson about keeping his garbage to himself. As the princess says this, Toad suddenly appears, carrying a box with Luigi's [[Plumber's Periscope]] in it. After Luigi grabs the periscope, Toad says that he should check up on King Koopa, which Mario proceeds to do, using Luigi's Plumber's Periscope to look into a nearby Warp Pipe which leads to Castle Koopa. Through this Warp Pipe, Mario sees several [[Sledge Bro]]thers unloading boxes of garbage into a nearby Warp Pipe, as Bully, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth sit nearby. After retracting Luigi's Plumber's Periscope, Mario informs Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool that the Koopalings are unloading their trash into someone else's land now. Hearing Mario say this, Princess Toadstool tells him and Luigi to go and stop the Koopalings, while she and Toad stay behind to guard the Mushroom Kingdom.
[[File:Koopamario.png|thumb|Mario transformed into a Koopa Zombie.]]
After leaving the pile, Mario laments about Koopa, not realizing he has sprouted a tail resembling that of Koopa's. Luigi notices and informs him, to Mario's panic. Mario declares they must get rid of all the trash before he is completely transformed. Ruling out magic, the brothers agree on one solution. Meanwhile, Koopa begins to fire his [[Crud Cannon]] to launch garbage all over Brooklyn atop his Doomship, hovering over the Statue of Liberty, modified to resemble him. As the cannon spews rubbish throughout the city, various creatures are transformed (turning birds into [[Paragoomba]]s and fish into [[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]s), including Mario, while he and Luigi are working on their [[Trash Smasher]]. Before Mario is completely transformed, he asks Luigi to complete the Trash Smasher.


At Castle Koopa, Bully, after directing Sledge Brothers to dump garbage into a Warp Pipe, yawns and exclaims that its hard work ordering the Sledge Brothers around. Nearby, Mario and Luigi, from behind a heap of trash, decide to look into the Warp Pipe to see where all the Koopaling's garbage is being dumped. Hiding in some boxes of garbage, Mario and Luigi are accidentally dropped into the Warp Pipe by some Sledge Brothers.
[[File:THOSE MARIO BROTHERS ARE SUPER.png|thumb|left|The Statue of Liberty commenting on Mario and Luigi.]]
 
With the Trash Smasher complete, Luigi boards the cockpit and proceeds to vacuum garbage throughout the city, recycling it into new appliances while reverting the residents to their human selves, including Mario. However, this appears to be for naught as Koopa resumes dumping garbage over Brooklyn. Determined to stop him for good, the Trash Smasher is modified to fly, allowing Mario and Luigi to board it and chase after the Doomship. They are successfully able to chase him out of Brooklyn, as the regular [[Statue of Liberty]] comments on them.
After being deposited from the Warp Pipe, Mario and Luigi find themselves in a garbage filled street, which Mario instantly recognizes as being a part of [[Brooklyn]]. As litter falls from the sky, Mario and Luigi grab a pair of trashcan lids and use them as makeshift umbrellas. Looking around, Luigi sees what appears to be the wriggling tail of King Koopa sticking out from behind a corner; rushing to this twitching tail, Mario and Luigi grab onto it and begin tugging on it, only to notice that the tail isn't attached to Koopa, rather a lookalike wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase. As Mario and Luigi stare, shocked, at this Koopa doppelgänger, the creature, apparently not noticing Mario and Luigi, wonders away, moaning in a monotone voice.
 
Afterward, Luigi, seeing a nearby cab driver touch some of the Koopaling's garbage and mutate into a Koopa lookalike, realizes that all of the Koopaling's trash is changing people into [[Koopa Zombie]]s. The brothers rush to the city hall of [[New York City]], where the [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]], who Mario and Luigi believe can help them, resides. Reaching the door of the city hall, Mario and Luigi are shocked to see that the mayor of New York has been changed into a Koopa Zombie, who quickly flees the scene and joins his zombified brethren. Realizing that the mutating trash of the Koopalings can spread to all of [[Earth]], Mario and Luigi begin to collect with [[plunger]]s and bags.
 
Elsewhere, on the Doomship, Bully is pointing out to King Koopa the various, chanting zombies on the Doomship's monitors. Seeing the zombies, Big Mouth begins to rant about how they want Koopa to be their leader, only to be quieted by Bowser, who stuffs a can on Big Mouth's head. As Big Mouth struggles to remove the can from his head, Koopa orders him, Bully and Kootie Pie to continue dumping garbage on Earth, which he intends to conquer.
 
Having travelled to Dark Land in his Doomship, King Koopa, through a megaphone, orders the zombies, after showing them a picture of Mario and Luigi, to attack them; to aid the zombies in their mission, Koopa opens a hatch on his Doomship and dumps a load of garbage and weaponry (as well as [[Blooper|Bloober]]s) on them. Noticing Mario and Luigi nearby, the zombies charge after them, while unleashing various monsters, such as Bloobers, [[Fire Snake]]s, Bob-ombs and [[Dry Bones]]; after being chased through the sewers and across a rooftop, Mario and Luigi manage to escape the attacking zombies by hiding in an alley, under some garbage.
 
After leaving the pile of garbage, Mario says that this is another fine mess Koopa has gotten him and Luigi into. As Mario says this, Luigi notices that Mario has grown a [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] tail, which a shocked Luigi reveals to Mario, who instantly begins to panic. As Mario exclaims that they need to get rid of all the garbage in Brooklyn, Luigi asks him how, saying when magic was used, the garbage only came back worse; after Luigi says this, Mario gets an idea, which Luigi seems to get as well.
 
At the Statue of Liberty, which has been warped to resemble King Koopa, Koopa, aboard his Doomship, has begun to use his new [[Crud Cannon]] to launch garbage all over Brooklyn, as he plans to strike Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx next; as the Crud Cannon spews garbage everywhere, mutating humans into Koopa Zombies, gulls into Paragoombas and fish into [[Spiny Cheep-Cheep]]s, Mario and Luigi work frantically on their [[Trash Smasher]]. As he works on the Trash Smasher, Mario is hit by a wayward ball of garbage, which fully mutates him into a Koopa Zombie. Before his transformation is complete, Mario tells Luigi that he has to finish constructing the Trash Smasher.
 
After escaping from a crazed, zombified Mario, Luigi enters the cock pit of the Trash Smasher and uses it to suck up all the garbage in Brooklyn, which the Trash Smasher recycles into new appliances and turning passing Koopa Zombies back into people. After passing by Mario with the Trash Smasher, returning him to normal, Luigi exits the device and greets Mario; unfortunately, Luigi's trash cleaning efforts appear to be in vain, as Koopa simply begins to dump more garbage from his Doomship on to Brooklyn.
 
Deciding to stop Koopa once and for all, Mario and Luigi enter the Trash Smasher, which, after sprouting helicopter blades, takes flight and begins to fly towards the Doomship. Seeing Mario, Luigi and the Trash Smasher approaching, Koopa panics and begins trying to fly away in his Doomship, only to have Mario and Luigi catch up with him and begin to chase out of Brooklyn, with the nearby Statue of Liberty commenting "Those Mario brothers are super!", ending the episode.
 
==Characters==
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Bowser|King Koopa]]
*[[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]]
*[[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]]
*[[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]]
*[[Lemmy Koopa|Hip Koopa]] (no dialogue)
*[[Iggy Koopa|Hop Koopa]] (no dialogue)
*[[Sledge Bro]]thers
*[[Koopa Zombie]]s
*[[Mayor of New York City]]
*[[Statue of Liberty]]


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Walker Boone]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Walker Boone]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Tony Rosato]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Tony Rosato]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Tracey Moore]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], Statue of Liberty  
*[[Tracey Moore]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Statue of Liberty]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]]
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]], zombie #2, zombie #3
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]], zombie #2, zombie #3
*[[James Rankin]] &mdash; singer #1
*[[James Rankin]] &mdash; singer #1
*[[Dan Hennessey]] &mdash; [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]], zombie #1, zombie #4, singer #2
*[[Dan Hennessey]] &mdash; [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]], zombie #1, zombie #4, singer #2
*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]], [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]] singer #3
*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]], [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]], singer #3
*[[Paulina Gillis]] &mdash; [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]], female singer
*[[Paulina Gillis]] &mdash; [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]], female singer


==Animation and continuity errors==
==Animation and continuity errors==
*When King Koopa goes to the Doomship after Hip's magic wand is stolen, the garbage is already back at his castle.
*This episode's colors are noticeably more desaturated than other episodes.
*When the Koopalings are viewing what the garbage is doing to the real word, Big Mouth's head turns green.
*In several scenes, [[Dark Land]]'s sky is shown as normal blue sky.
*When King Koopa leaves after ordering the Koopalings to clean up the garbage, Hop and Big Mouth become orange for a few frames.
*When the [[Koopalings]] march at the beginning of the episode, [[Iggy|Hop]]'s hair turns completely yellow while the lenses on his glasses are the same color as his head. This also happens when [[Roy|Bully]] is on the hammock.
*Koopa's arm is orange when he puts the can on Big Mouth's head. Furthermore, Big Mouth's mumbling while the can is on his head is identical to the speech he gave when Bully laid on the cot.
**In the same scene, the Koopalings march in place for a moment.
*Like in "[[7 Continents for 7 Koopas]]," Hop has Hip's hair when they first notice Mario, Luigi, the Princess and Toad.
*In several scenes, the rim on [[Morton|Big Mouth]]'s shell is colored white instead of yellow.
*Luigi is harmed by a bomb while in Raccoon form, but doesn't lose his Raccoon powers like he should.
*In some scenes, [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s snout flashes.
*When Luigi cleans up all the trash, Mario's tail doesn't disappear until he turns so it can be seen.
*In the close-up of King Koopa commanding the Koopalings to clean up the [[Koopa trash|trash]], a small part of his snout is white.
*At some points, King Koopa's snout flashes light green.
*When King Koopa leaves after telling the Koopalings to clean up the trash, Hop and Big Mouth turn orange for a few frames while the lenses on the former's glasses turn blue.
*When Mario is turned back to normal, he still has a tail for a few seconds.
*When Bully heads over to the hammock, his head turns backwards twice.
*When Kootie Pie says that cleaning the garbage is no job for her, her shell is green.
*When Bully questions [[Wendy|Kootie Pie]] if she is "beautiful," one of his claws is the same color as his skin for a brief moment.
*Shortly after the gang returns the garbage to Koopa, Luigi is seen turning light green to green.
*Bully has his eyes pop out the trash thrown at him despite the fact he has sunglasses covering his eyes.
*When a Koopa Kid is seen on Luigi's periscope the Koopa Kid next to them cannot be seen seen; they reappear when they speak, but disappear again afterwards.
*The [[Green Shell]] is thrown at Kootie Pie before she ducks while Bully's mouth does not lip-sync with his voice.
*As King Koopa is instructing the Koopa Kids to clean up the garbage at the beginning of the episode, Bully's head turns backwards for a few seconds then becomes normal.
**In the same scene, Bully's line "Eat trash!" is clearly trimmed. This line was possibly longer but ended up being trimmed down for the episode.
*After King Koopa and his Koopalings were chasing Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, who hid behind a knight, they were trying to look for them, but then only Hip and Hop were shown following King Koopa.
*When Bully says that he and his siblings are "on it," Big Mouth’s star is missing.
*When King Koopa puts the can on Big Mouth's head, Bully and Kootie Pie disappear.
*When [[Mario]] and his friends walk through [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s garden, the [[Warp Pipe]] is purple, but in the next shot, it is gray.
*When Hip, Hop, Big Mouth, Kootie Pie, and Bully are marching at start of the episode, Hop's hair is yellow and his glasses lens are the same color as his head.
*When Princess Toadstool jumps into the pipe, the Warp Pipe sound effect does not play.
*This also happens when Bully is on the hammock.
*Princess Toadstool emerges from the pipe third despite Toad jumping into the pipe before her.
*When King Koopa is walking away at the beginning of the episode, Big Mouth and Hop's bodies are both dark orange, also Hop's glasses lens turn blue.
*When King Koopa spots Mario and his friends when they enter Dark Land, Bully's skin is the same as Big Mouth's.
*When Bully says ''"We're on it, King Dad!!!"'' Kootie Pie is shown worried.
*When Hop first notices Mario and his friends, he has [[Lemmy|Hip]]'s hair.
*When the episode first shows Princess Toadstool's castle, a dot appears.
*When Mario and his friends hide behind the knight, part of Hop's snout turns the same color as his head, while Kootie Pie's bracelets are colored gray instead of yellow.
*When Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad are walking through Princess Toadstool's garden, the warp pipe is shown purple, but in the next shot, it is shown grey.
**In the same scene, all of the Koopalings are trying to find them, but when they start running the other direction, only Hip and Hop are present.
*In several shots, Dark Land's sky is shown a like normal blue sky.
***Shortly after, Hop's hair turns completely pink.
*When King Koopa spots Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, Bully and Big Mouth are strangely going up and down.
*The Koopalings are heard screaming while running, but their mouths are closed.
*When Hip and Hop are running after King Koopa, Hop's hair is pink.
**In the same scene, a male voice that does not sound like any of the characters can be heard when the Koopalings run by the first time.
*In some shots, Hip's wand changes color.
*When King Koopa notices Mario and his friends after they steal Hip's [[Magic Wand|wand]], Mario's hair is black instead of brown.
*In some shots, Mario is not shown holding Hip's wand.
*The [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]] do not disappear upon Mario and his friends touching them.
*When the Doomship was chasing Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad, the parts on the Doomship were shown floating.
*When [[Luigi]] and [[Toad]] get Super Leaves, Toad's pants are purple instead of blue.
*When Mario was sending the trash back to King Koopa, Princess Toadstool's broach was colored incorrectly.
*When King Koopa goes to the [[Bowser's Airship|Doomship]] after Hips's wand is stolen, the trash is at [[Bowser's Castle|his castle]] despite Mario and his friends not having returned it yet.
*When the trash was back at Castle Koopa, Big Mouth's star was white.
*Luigi gets hit by a [[Bob-omb]], but he does not lose his [[Raccoon Mario|raccoon form]].
*When Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool were walking, Luigi's hat and overalls were flashing.
*During the shot of Princess Toadstool's [[Peach's Castle|castle]] producing fumes, a black bar is seen in the top left.
*When Luigi got his periscope, Mario's "M" was really thin.
*When King Koopa says that Hip's wand is his, part of the Doomship on the lower left is missing.
*In some shots of this episode, Mario and Luigi have no symbols on their hats.
*In some scenes, Hip's wand changes color.
*When the trash is falling from the sky in Brooklyn, Mario and Luigi are shown on the sidewalk, but in the next shot, they are shown in the street.
*In some scenes, Mario does not have Hip's wand.
*On the screen in the Doomship, the Koopafied people are walking forward, but in the next shot, they are shown going backwards.
*When Mario sends the trash back to Kastle Koopa, the fumes from the trash disappear for a few frames, while Princess Toadstool's brooch has its colors reversed.
*When Mario is swimming in the sewers, the Koopafied person squirts two Bloopers out of his bottles, but when Mario goes in the pipe, three Bloopers are shown.
*When Mario loses the wand, Toad's eyebrows turn the same color as his cap.
*The Koopafied person chasing Luigi through a rooftop has a red hat and a black suit, but when he lets Fire Snakes out of his briefcase, his hat and suit are black.
*When Big Mouth and Bully go to King Koopa in the trash pile, Big Mouth's star is miscolored.
*After Mario grows a Koopa tail, the screen is shaking.
*When Mario and his friends walk after sending the trash back to Kastle Koopa, Luigi's [[Luigi Cap|cap]] and overalls flicker to a different color scheme.
*When the scene starts with the Doomship parked at the Koopa designed Statue of Liberty, the lever for the Crud Cannon is all orange, but in the next shot, the top is blue.
*When Luigi gets his periscope, the letters on his and Mario's caps turn white.
*When the Crud Cannon turned the birds into Paragoombas, it was grey, but when it turned the fish into Boss Bass, it was orange.
*In some scenes, the symbols on Mario and Luigi's caps are missing.
*The chains on the Koopafied Mario just appear out of nowhere.  
*When Mario focuses on Big Mouth, Kootie Pie appears from thin air, and when he focuses on her, Big Mouth disappears.
*The spikes on the chains of the Koopafied Mario are orange, but when he gets Unkoopafied, they are white.
*When Mario focuses the telescope on the [[Sledge Bro|Sledge Bros.]], a Sledge Bro appears from thin air.
*When Luigi says ''"Hey! Now you're being recycled!!"'' His mouth wasn't moving.
*When Mario and Luigi are dumped into the Warp Pipe, a Sledge Bro's hand is colored white instead of green.
*Throughout the episode, [[Brooklyn]]'s sky is the same as the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]'s.
*When the trash falls in Brooklyn, Mario and Luigi are on a sidewalk, but in the next shot, they are in the street.
*When the taxi driver becomes Koopafied, the cigar in his mouth disappears.
*Initially, the Koopafied people walk forward on the screen in the Doomship, but in the next shot, they walk backwards.
*When King Koopa puts the can on Big Mouth's head, the former is colored like Bully, while the latter's toenails turn the same color as his body.
*After King Koopa puts the can on Big Mouth's head, Bully and Kootie Pie disappear.
**In the same scene, Big Mouth's mumbling while it is on his head is the same as the speech he gives when Bully is on the hammock.
*When the ammunition rains down to the zombies, the [[Blooper]]s are colored white instead of yellow and black.
*When Mario and Luigi go their separate paths, neither of them have their containers while Luigi also has no plunger.
*When Mario jumps into a trash pile to evade a Koopafied mailman, the background suddenly stops moving.
*When Mario swims in the sewers, the Koopafied person squirts two Bloopers out of his bottles, but when Mario goes in the pipe, three are present.
*The Koopafied person chasing Luigi in a subway has a red hat, but when he lets [[Fire Snake]]s out of his briefcase, his hat turns black.
*When Luigi jumps up and creates a hole on the road, there is already a hole before he creates it.
*The two [[Dry Bones]] chasing Luigi are larger than normal when they appear on screen the first time.
*When the Dry Bones that chases Mario zooms offscreen, it has a green zoom effect, which is usually only used for Luigi.
*One Dry Bones is seen chasing Mario but when the Dry Bones crash in each other, there are two Dry Bones that was chasing Mario.
*After Mario and Luigi escape from the zombies, Mario appears from thin air.
**In the same scene, the screen flashes. This happens again in the wide shot of Mario and Luigi talking about the garbage situation.
*After Mario grows a Koopa tail, the screen shakes.
*When the screen changes to Luigi after Mario grows a tail, the background does not change.
*When Mario mentions that they have clean up the trash before he is completely Koopafied, his tail briefly disconnects from his body.
*A plot hole in the episode is that the Koopa garbage mutates people and animals who come in contact in a matter of seconds. The Mario Bros. come in contact with piles of Koopa garbage yet neither mutate until later on where Mario finally starts mutating after growing a Koopa tail, though Mario seems to last longer than the other victims of Brooklyn.
**The reason why Luigi does not mutate despite coming in contact with the same amount of garbage as his brother is unknown.
*Initially, the lever for the [[Crud Cannon]] is completely orange, but in the next shot, the top is blue.
**In the same scene in the Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs, King Koopa continues speaking when firing the cannon, but his mouth does not move.
*Initally, the Crud Cannon is orange, but when it first fires, it turns mostly green and blue.
*When the Crud Cannon turns the birds into [[Paragoomba]]s, the barrel is gray, but when it turns the fish into [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]], it is orange.
*When Luigi cleans up all the trash, Mario's tail is still present.
*After Mario becomes Koopafied, the shackles on him appear out of nowhere.
*When Mario is UnKoopafied, the spikes on his shackles are white instead of orange, while his tail is still present.
*When Luigi says that Mario is being recycled, his mouth does not move.
*In the Italian dub, most of the [[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Stench City|Stench City]] instrumental is replaced with the "[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Slippin' and Slidin'|Slippin' and Slidin']] instrumental," with only the first three seconds remaining.
 
<gallery>
TAoSMB3 Recycled Koopa error.png|Hop and Big Mouth's miscolored heads
TAoSMB3 Recycled Koopa error 2.png|Big Mouth's missing star
TAoSMB3 Recycled Koopa error 3.png|King Koopa coloring error
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|ChiS=酷霸的拉圾
|ChiSR=Kùbà De Lājī
|ChiSM=Koopa's Garbage
|ChiSC=<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV12D4y1r7zX?p=24 【720P高清修复】超级马里奥兄弟3 TV版动画【1990年】【中文语音字幕】【全26集】]</ref>
|Fre=Ecolo Mario
|FreM=Eco Mario (Eco being short for Ecology)
|FreC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvBnfELAQbE&list=PLaFoLvczabwbb5ANoo18Mvytk_HLBN74Z&index=24 Les aventures de Super Mario Bros 3 024 Ecolo Mario]</ref>
|Ger=Wohin mit dem Schrott?
|Ger=Wohin mit dem Schrott?
|GerM=What To Do With The Scrap?
|GerM=What To Do With The Scrap?
|Ita=Attila riciclato
|Ita=Attila riciclato
|ItaM=Recycled Koopa
|ItaM=Recycled Koopa
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raosi1uPCVY&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=24 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x24 - Attila riciclato]</ref>
|Kor=쿠파쓰레기의 오염
|KorR=Kupa Sseuregiyi Oyeom
|KorM=Koopa Trash Contamination
|KorC=<ref>[https://archive.org/details/smb3-kr-dub/6+-+%EC%8A%88%ED%8D%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4+3+6%ED%8E%B8.mp4 The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3 Korean Dub 슈퍼마리오 3 VHS Volumes 1 - 6.]</ref>
|Por=A Reciclagem de Koopa
|Por=A Reciclagem de Koopa
|PorM=Koopa's Recycling
|PorM=Koopa's Recycling
|Spa=Koopa reciclado (Spain)<br/>Recicla Koopa (Latin America)
|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QP2AJgsn7I&list=PLwzf4mOPE8Bmhgll2-ndwQWhRpiCUMR6G&index=24 Super Mario Bros. 3 - A Reciclagem de Koopa (Dublagem Herbert Richers)]</ref>
|SpaM=Recycled Koopa (Spain)<br/>Recycle, Koopa (Latin America)
|Rom=Koopa reciclat
|Fra=Ecolo Mario
|RomM=Recycled Koopa
|FraM=-
|RomC=<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26865568388 "Recycled Koopa", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|Rom=Koopa reciclat<ref>[http://ok.ru/videoembed/26865568388 A Romanian-dubbed version of "Recycled Koopa"]</ref>
|Rus=Переработанный Купа
|RomM=Recycled Koopa}}
|RusR=Pererabotannyj Kupa
|RusM=Recycled Koopa
|RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DwSbIQkrUo Приключения братьев Супер Марио 3 (все серии) (6+)]</ref>
|SpaA=Reciclen Koopa
|SpaAM=Recycle Koopa
|SpaAC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaVbNThfBWE&list=PL9SW0yG7n_bnpxH7s64Qgh_Wa4ycVmNpt&index=24 Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 24 - Reciclen Koopa]</ref>
|SpaE=Koopa reciclado
|SpaEM=Recycled Koopa
|SpaEC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1195gUV9Lbg&list=PL2lUnuHRmZtzqzUPj5vJysHm-kxWJi2BN&index=25 Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koopa reciclado (Doblaje castellano original)]</ref>
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The taxi cab driver's appearance bears a very close resemblance to the one from "[[Flatbush Koopa]]".
*The taxi driver's appearance bears a very close resemblance to the one from "[[Flatbush Koopa]]." The "[[Statue of Liberty|Statue of Kooperty]]" also previously appeared in the same episode.
*In the original NBC airings, [[Morton|Big Mouth]] narrates the teaser promo saying, "''Trash problem? What trash problem? We have took all the toxic Koopa trash, and dumped it into a Warp Zone! Into Brooklyn! Right on the Mario Brothers' heads! What a way to conquer the world!''"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ-3sEZ2W00&t=35s The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros 3 LOST MEDIA [episode previews]]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode
"Recycled Koopa"
"Recycled Koopa" episode
Production number 124
Airdate November 24, 1990 (English)
November 22, 1991 (French)[?]
Writer(s) David Ehrman
Sean Roche
Opening curtain Dark Land
Featured song "Stench City"
"Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard) (Italian version only)
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“Those Mario Brothers ARE super!”
Statue of Liberty

"Recycled Koopa" is the twenty-fourth episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired alongside another episode entitled "True Colors." The episode serves as social commentary on pollution and the importance of recycling.

Plot synopsis[edit]

The episode begins at Kastle Koopa, as King Koopa marches Bully, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Hop, and Hip Koopa outside his castle, instructing them to clean up the assorted trash and garbage surrounding the castle, else they will not be allowed to perform any mischievous deeds for a week. As Koopa leaves, Bully quickly hops into a nearby hammock, telling the others to get to work. Angry at his slacking off, Big Mouth threatens to inform Koopa of Bully's procrastination, though he is unaffected. Just then, Kootie Pie picks up a tin can and tosses it aside, claiming she has broken a nail and is too magnificent to work anyway. Bully hears this and insults her, claiming he thought she was part of the garbage. Kootie retaliates, throwing a handful of sludge into his face. He proceeds to shake it off and picks up a Green Shell, tossing it at her though hitting Big Mouth. At this time, Koopa mentions he hopes they are busy cleaning up. Bully claims they are and proceeds tossing some of it into a Warp Pipe.

Bully Koopa "gets rid" of garbage.
Bully getting rid of the trash.

Meanwhile, at Princess Toadstool's Castle, as Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are walking in the garden, they are hit with the garbage falling out of an overhead pipe. Eventually, garbage stops spewing, though the garden is ruined. When the princess asks who would do such a thing, Mario picks up a statue of King Koopa in response. As they ponder what to do, Luigi sarcastically suggests using a magic wand to clear the rubbish. Mario declares this a good idea and decides to take the wand of one of the Koopalings. They then jump through the Warp Pipe to do so. Back at Kastle Koopa, the five aforementioned Koopalings show Koopa the completely cleared castle grounds, with both Big Mouth and Kootie Pie claiming they contributed the most. Suddenly, the group emerge from the Warp Pipe outside the castle as Koopa and the Koopalings chase after them. Luigi instructs them to hide in a suit of armor they pass. Not only is this successful, Mario is able to swipe Hip's wand as they pass.

As the group begins to flee from the castle, they are noticed by some of the Koopalings, who also notice Hip's wand being in their possession. Mario, Luigi, Toad and the princess all manage to collect Super Leaves from nearby blocks. With their newly acquired Raccoon Suits, they fly away into the distance, as Koopa decides to get his Doomship and follow them. Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool continue to fly through the air, as the Doomship has already caught up with them, firing Bob-ombs. After successfully nailing Luigi in the tail one, Koopa orders Para-Goombas to attack them. As Toad and the princess manage to evade and knock out two of them, they notice the garbage surrounding their castle has started to emit an odor they worry will spread to the rest of the kingdom.

Mario zaps the garbage.
Mario zapping away the garbage.

As they land atop the garbage, Mario states an incantation which collects all of the garbage into a giant ball, though the wand is also absorbed. Mario attempts to grab the wand back and is stopped by Luigi, preventing him from getting sucked in as well. At this, the ball of garbage is launched out of the castle and completely onto the Doomship, weighing it down and crashing it along with all of the rubbish back at Kastle Koopa. Big Mouth attempts to parse the garbage as recent, though Koopa is not fooled, and instructs all of them to get rid of it once more, making sure it will not return.

At Princess Toadstool's Castle, as Mario, Luigi, and the princess walk inside, she mentions she wonders whether they have learned their lesson from the experience. At this, Toad appears and gives Luigi his Plumber's Periscope, suggesting they check on Koopa to ensure this. Mario decides to do so, looking into the periscope through a Warp Pipe only to find Sledge Brothers tossing more boxes of garbage into the pipe. Mario concludes they have not learned after all and informs the others of this. The princess instructs them to go out and stop them while she and Toad stay to guard the castle. The brothers arrive just as Bully is instructing them to continue dumping the trash into the pipe, becoming exhausted from doing so. Mario and Luigi decide to look down the pipe to see where the trash is headed - however, they are accidentally dropped into the pipe by the Sledge Brothers, who do not notice them hidden among the trash in the boxes.

Falling out of the pipe, Mario and Luigi find themselves in Brooklyn. As litter continues falling from the skies, the brothers use trash can lids to shield themselves as panicked citizens pass by. It is then Luigi notices a tail resembling that of Koopa's around the corner. As he and Luigi yank the tail, however, they discover it is not Koopa himself, rather a lookalike in business attire, who simply wanders away, moaning "Koopa" in a monotone voice. Seeing a nearby cab driver pick up some of the garbage and mutating into another lookalike immediately after, they realize the trash is turning the citizens into Koopa Zombies. They rush into the city hall of New York City for the mayor, only to realize he too is about to become a zombie. Upon realizing the trash can spread to all of the real world, the brothers hurry to clean it up.

While on the Doomship, Bully, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth inform Koopa of the power the garbage has on the inhabitants of the Real World. Big Mouth begin to rant about how the want Koopa to be their leader, only for him to have a can stuffed onto his head. As he struggles to remove it, Koopa orders them to continue dumping trash into the real world, which he intends to conquer. Upon arriving in the real world, King Koopa orders the zombie hoard to attack Mario and Luigi, as shown on a banner. To assist them in doing so, he dumps a load of garbage, along with certain weapons, such as Bloobers. The hoard proceeds to notice and chase after the brothers, alongside several other enemies, such as Bob-ombs, Dry Bones, and Firesnakes. A montage ensues in which the brothers are chased through various locations, Mario through a sewer and Luigi into the subway station. Both of them then hide in a pile of garbage, evading the hoard entirely.

Mario turned into a Koopa Zombie.
Mario transformed into a Koopa Zombie.

After leaving the pile, Mario laments about Koopa, not realizing he has sprouted a tail resembling that of Koopa's. Luigi notices and informs him, to Mario's panic. Mario declares they must get rid of all the trash before he is completely transformed. Ruling out magic, the brothers agree on one solution. Meanwhile, Koopa begins to fire his Crud Cannon to launch garbage all over Brooklyn atop his Doomship, hovering over the Statue of Liberty, modified to resemble him. As the cannon spews rubbish throughout the city, various creatures are transformed (turning birds into Paragoombas and fish into Spiny Cheep Cheeps), including Mario, while he and Luigi are working on their Trash Smasher. Before Mario is completely transformed, he asks Luigi to complete the Trash Smasher.

The Statue of Liberty.
The Statue of Liberty commenting on Mario and Luigi.

With the Trash Smasher complete, Luigi boards the cockpit and proceeds to vacuum garbage throughout the city, recycling it into new appliances while reverting the residents to their human selves, including Mario. However, this appears to be for naught as Koopa resumes dumping garbage over Brooklyn. Determined to stop him for good, the Trash Smasher is modified to fly, allowing Mario and Luigi to board it and chase after the Doomship. They are successfully able to chase him out of Brooklyn, as the regular Statue of Liberty comments on them.

Cast[edit]

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Animation and continuity errors[edit]

  • This episode's colors are noticeably more desaturated than other episodes.
  • In several scenes, Dark Land's sky is shown as normal blue sky.
  • When the Koopalings march at the beginning of the episode, Hop's hair turns completely yellow while the lenses on his glasses are the same color as his head. This also happens when Bully is on the hammock.
    • In the same scene, the Koopalings march in place for a moment.
  • In several scenes, the rim on Big Mouth's shell is colored white instead of yellow.
  • In some scenes, King Koopa's snout flashes.
  • In the close-up of King Koopa commanding the Koopalings to clean up the trash, a small part of his snout is white.
  • When King Koopa leaves after telling the Koopalings to clean up the trash, Hop and Big Mouth turn orange for a few frames while the lenses on the former's glasses turn blue.
  • When Bully heads over to the hammock, his head turns backwards twice.
  • When Bully questions Kootie Pie if she is "beautiful," one of his claws is the same color as his skin for a brief moment.
  • Bully has his eyes pop out the trash thrown at him despite the fact he has sunglasses covering his eyes.
  • The Green Shell is thrown at Kootie Pie before she ducks while Bully's mouth does not lip-sync with his voice.
    • In the same scene, Bully's line "Eat trash!" is clearly trimmed. This line was possibly longer but ended up being trimmed down for the episode.
  • When Bully says that he and his siblings are "on it," Big Mouth’s star is missing.
  • When Mario and his friends walk through Princess Toadstool's garden, the Warp Pipe is purple, but in the next shot, it is gray.
  • When Princess Toadstool jumps into the pipe, the Warp Pipe sound effect does not play.
  • Princess Toadstool emerges from the pipe third despite Toad jumping into the pipe before her.
  • When King Koopa spots Mario and his friends when they enter Dark Land, Bully's skin is the same as Big Mouth's.
  • When Hop first notices Mario and his friends, he has Hip's hair.
  • When Mario and his friends hide behind the knight, part of Hop's snout turns the same color as his head, while Kootie Pie's bracelets are colored gray instead of yellow.
    • In the same scene, all of the Koopalings are trying to find them, but when they start running the other direction, only Hip and Hop are present.
      • Shortly after, Hop's hair turns completely pink.
  • The Koopalings are heard screaming while running, but their mouths are closed.
    • In the same scene, a male voice that does not sound like any of the characters can be heard when the Koopalings run by the first time.
  • When King Koopa notices Mario and his friends after they steal Hip's wand, Mario's hair is black instead of brown.
  • The Super Leaves do not disappear upon Mario and his friends touching them.
  • When Luigi and Toad get Super Leaves, Toad's pants are purple instead of blue.
  • When King Koopa goes to the Doomship after Hips's wand is stolen, the trash is at his castle despite Mario and his friends not having returned it yet.
  • Luigi gets hit by a Bob-omb, but he does not lose his raccoon form.
  • During the shot of Princess Toadstool's castle producing fumes, a black bar is seen in the top left.
  • When King Koopa says that Hip's wand is his, part of the Doomship on the lower left is missing.
  • In some scenes, Hip's wand changes color.
  • In some scenes, Mario does not have Hip's wand.
  • When Mario sends the trash back to Kastle Koopa, the fumes from the trash disappear for a few frames, while Princess Toadstool's brooch has its colors reversed.
  • When Mario loses the wand, Toad's eyebrows turn the same color as his cap.
  • When Big Mouth and Bully go to King Koopa in the trash pile, Big Mouth's star is miscolored.
  • When Mario and his friends walk after sending the trash back to Kastle Koopa, Luigi's cap and overalls flicker to a different color scheme.
  • When Luigi gets his periscope, the letters on his and Mario's caps turn white.
  • In some scenes, the symbols on Mario and Luigi's caps are missing.
  • When Mario focuses on Big Mouth, Kootie Pie appears from thin air, and when he focuses on her, Big Mouth disappears.
  • When Mario focuses the telescope on the Sledge Bros., a Sledge Bro appears from thin air.
  • When Mario and Luigi are dumped into the Warp Pipe, a Sledge Bro's hand is colored white instead of green.
  • Throughout the episode, Brooklyn's sky is the same as the Mushroom Kingdom's.
  • When the trash falls in Brooklyn, Mario and Luigi are on a sidewalk, but in the next shot, they are in the street.
  • When the taxi driver becomes Koopafied, the cigar in his mouth disappears.
  • Initially, the Koopafied people walk forward on the screen in the Doomship, but in the next shot, they walk backwards.
  • When King Koopa puts the can on Big Mouth's head, the former is colored like Bully, while the latter's toenails turn the same color as his body.
  • After King Koopa puts the can on Big Mouth's head, Bully and Kootie Pie disappear.
    • In the same scene, Big Mouth's mumbling while it is on his head is the same as the speech he gives when Bully is on the hammock.
  • When the ammunition rains down to the zombies, the Bloopers are colored white instead of yellow and black.
  • When Mario and Luigi go their separate paths, neither of them have their containers while Luigi also has no plunger.
  • When Mario jumps into a trash pile to evade a Koopafied mailman, the background suddenly stops moving.
  • When Mario swims in the sewers, the Koopafied person squirts two Bloopers out of his bottles, but when Mario goes in the pipe, three are present.
  • The Koopafied person chasing Luigi in a subway has a red hat, but when he lets Fire Snakes out of his briefcase, his hat turns black.
  • When Luigi jumps up and creates a hole on the road, there is already a hole before he creates it.
  • The two Dry Bones chasing Luigi are larger than normal when they appear on screen the first time.
  • When the Dry Bones that chases Mario zooms offscreen, it has a green zoom effect, which is usually only used for Luigi.
  • One Dry Bones is seen chasing Mario but when the Dry Bones crash in each other, there are two Dry Bones that was chasing Mario.
  • After Mario and Luigi escape from the zombies, Mario appears from thin air.
    • In the same scene, the screen flashes. This happens again in the wide shot of Mario and Luigi talking about the garbage situation.
  • After Mario grows a Koopa tail, the screen shakes.
  • When the screen changes to Luigi after Mario grows a tail, the background does not change.
  • When Mario mentions that they have clean up the trash before he is completely Koopafied, his tail briefly disconnects from his body.
  • A plot hole in the episode is that the Koopa garbage mutates people and animals who come in contact in a matter of seconds. The Mario Bros. come in contact with piles of Koopa garbage yet neither mutate until later on where Mario finally starts mutating after growing a Koopa tail, though Mario seems to last longer than the other victims of Brooklyn.
    • The reason why Luigi does not mutate despite coming in contact with the same amount of garbage as his brother is unknown.
  • Initially, the lever for the Crud Cannon is completely orange, but in the next shot, the top is blue.
    • In the same scene in the Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs, King Koopa continues speaking when firing the cannon, but his mouth does not move.
  • Initally, the Crud Cannon is orange, but when it first fires, it turns mostly green and blue.
  • When the Crud Cannon turns the birds into Paragoombas, the barrel is gray, but when it turns the fish into Boss Bass, it is orange.
  • When Luigi cleans up all the trash, Mario's tail is still present.
  • After Mario becomes Koopafied, the shackles on him appear out of nowhere.
  • When Mario is UnKoopafied, the spikes on his shackles are white instead of orange, while his tail is still present.
  • When Luigi says that Mario is being recycled, his mouth does not move.
  • In the Italian dub, most of the Stench City instrumental is replaced with the "Slippin' and Slidin' instrumental," with only the first three seconds remaining.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (simplified) 酷霸的拉圾[1]
Kùbà De Lājī
Koopa's Garbage
French Ecolo Mario[2] Eco Mario (Eco being short for Ecology)
German Wohin mit dem Schrott?[?] What To Do With The Scrap?
Italian Attila riciclato[3] Recycled Koopa
Korean 쿠파쓰레기의 오염[4]
Kupa Sseuregiyi Oyeom
Koopa Trash Contamination
Portuguese A Reciclagem de Koopa[5] Koopa's Recycling
Romanian Koopa reciclat[6] Recycled Koopa
Russian Переработанный Купа[7]
Pererabotannyj Kupa
Recycled Koopa
Spanish (NOA) Reciclen Koopa[8] Recycle Koopa
Spanish (NOE) Koopa reciclado[9] Recycled Koopa

Trivia[edit]

  • The taxi driver's appearance bears a very close resemblance to the one from "Flatbush Koopa." The "Statue of Kooperty" also previously appeared in the same episode.
  • In the original NBC airings, Big Mouth narrates the teaser promo saying, "Trash problem? What trash problem? We have took all the toxic Koopa trash, and dumped it into a Warp Zone! Into Brooklyn! Right on the Mario Brothers' heads! What a way to conquer the world!"[10]

References[edit]