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|image=[[Image: StarKoopa.jpg{{!}}200px{{!}}Darth Koopa confronts Princess Toadstool and her friends.]]
|production=150
|airdate=11/29/1989
|airdate=November 29, 1989 (English)<br>December 18, 1990 (French)
|writer=Phil Harnage  
|writer=[[Phil Harnage]]
|plumbers_log=2001
|plumbers_log=2001
|alter-ego=Darth Koopa
|alter_ego=[[King Koopa's alter egos#Darth Koopa|Darth Koopa]]
|location=Space
|reference=''{{wp|Star Wars (film)|Star Wars}}''
|song=None
|live="[[Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush]]"
|title=[[Wikipedia: Star Wars|Star Wars]]
|live=[[Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush]]
|before=[[Crocodile Mario|<<]]
|before=[[Crocodile Mario|<<]]
|after=[[Robo Koopa|>>]]
|after=[[Robo Koopa (episode)|>>]]
|#=51
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'''Star Koopa''' is the fifty-first episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush]]"
"'''Star Koopa'''" is the fifty-first episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush]]."


==Plot Synopsis==
This episode is a parody of ''{{wp|Star Wars}}'', with several characters, such as {{wp|Darth Vader}}, {{wp|Grand Moff Tarkin}}, {{wp|Obi-Wan Kenobi}}, and {{wp|Luke Skywalker}} being parodied. In addition, the [[Koop Star]]'s destruction emulates the destruction of both Death Stars (traveling down a trench to destroy the first Death Star in ''{{wp|Star Wars (film)|A New Hope}}'' and entering the second Death Star's infrastructure in ''{{wp|Return of the Jedi}}''). The [[Flying Pizza]] is a parody of the {{wp|Millennium Falcon}}.
[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] are traveling through outer space onboard a spacecraft known as the [[Flying Pizza]], and are on their way to help a group of [[Toad (species)|Mushroom]] space colonists. The colonists are in trouble, due to the fact that [[Bowser|Darth Koopa]] is threatening to blow up [[Mushroom Colonists' Planet|their planet]]. However, Mario's group is unaware of the fact that they are being pursued by Darth Koopa's [[Koop Star]].


While Mario pilots the Flying Pizza, Luigi gulps, and tells him to check out his rear-view video screen. Upon doing so, the screen brings up a shot of Koop Star, informing Mario that Darth Koopa's moon-sized spacecraft is on their tail. Mario turns on the ship's "Fasten Seatbelts" light, warning Princess Toadstool and Toad to stop their card game, and to fasten their seatbelts, while he increases the Flying Pizza's speed.
This episode has the same [[List of implied items#Plumber's Log|Plumber's Log]] as "[[Robo Koopa (episode)|Robo Koopa]]," 2001, which is a reference to the science-fiction movie ''{{wp|2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey}}''. It is also the last episode where [[Mouser]] appears.


Not wanting Princess Toadstool to escape, Darth Koopa orders [[Mouser (character)|Mouser]], whose piloting Koop Star, to give chase. Mouser responds by putting Koop Star into overdrive, telling Darth Koopa that not even the Flying Pizza could outrun Koop Star. After telling Mouser to close in on the Flying Pizza and to activate Koop Star's tractor beam, Darth Koopa readies his [[Stormtroopa]]s to prepare to board the Flying Pizza; telling them to do what they want to Mario, Luigi and Toad, but to take Princess Toadstool prisoner.
==Plot synopsis==
[[Mario]] and his friends are traveling through space and are on their way to help a group of [[Toad (species)|Mushroom space colonists]]. The colonists are in trouble as [[Bowser|Darth Koopa]] is threatening to blow up [[Mushroom Planet|their planet]]. Mario's group is unaware they are being pursued by Darth Koopa's [[Koop Star]].


Mouser locks onto the Flying Pizza with the tractor beam, and pulls the ship into Koop Star's docking bay. Darth Koopa then orders his Stormtroopas to board the Flying Pizza, while Mario's group prepares for the assault by drawing their [[Lightplunger]]s. Luigi has trouble activating his Lightplunger, but Princess Toadstool tells him to say the magic words: "May the [[pasta]] be with you", and activates it for him.  
While Mario flies through space, [[Luigi]] gulps and tells him to check his rearview video screen. Upon doing so, he notices that the Koop Star is following them, so he turns on the ship's "Fasten Seatbelts" light and speeds up.


Soon the Stormtroopas discover Mario and his friends, and engage in several duels with them. Mario knocks a Stormtroopa aside, while two [[Super Troopa]]-sized Stormtroopa's attack Toad, only for their Lightplungers to hit each other. Another Stormtroopa foolishly grabs ahold of Princess Toadstool's Lightplunger, and gets shocked. Princess Toadstool then shocks yet another Stormtroopa that was holding Luigi upside-down, knocking him out. Mario and Toad then toss the final, defeated Stormtroopa into a pile with the rest of his team.
[[File:Star Koopa.png|thumb|left|The [[Koop Star]] pursuing the [[Flying Pizza]].]]
Not wanting Princess Toadstool to escape, Darth Koopa orders [[Mouser]], who is piloting Koop Star, to chase them. After telling him to close in on Mario and his friends and activate the tractor beam, Darth Koopa prepares his [[Stormtroopa]]s for boarding their spacecraft; telling them to do whatever they want to the Marios and Toad, but to take [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] prisoner.


Before Mario's group can celebrate their victory, Darth Koopa boards the Flying Pizza, demanding for them to leave his galaxy. Princess Toadstool and Mario talk back to Darth Koopa to defend their right to stay. Mario redraws his Lightplunger, while Darth Koopa draws his, and challenges him to a duel. Mario and Darth Koopa fight with their Lightplungers, while Mario's friends cheer him on. Eventually, Darth Koopa has Mario up against a wall, however, Mario fights back, and manages to kick Darth Koopa into the far wall. Just when Mario figures that Darth Koopa is at his mercy, the space tyrant pulls out a [[Freeze Gun]], and shoots Mario with it, encasing him in a thick shell of ice. Princess Toadstool demands for Darth Koopa to release Mario, only for Darth Koopa to freeze her as well, along with Luigi and Toad.
Mouser locks onto Mario and his friends with the tractor beam and pulls them into the docking bay. Darth Koopa then orders his Stormtroopas to board the spacecraft. Mario's group prepares for the assault by drawing their [[Lightplunger]]s.


Mario's group, still frozen in ice, are brought aboard Koop Star, where Darth Koopa orders Mouser to thaw them out with a [[Heat Gun]]. When Mario comes to his senses and reacts to Darth Koopa, Mouser threatens him with his Freeze Gun, forcing him to stay in his spot. Princess Toadstool asks what Darth Koopa wants with them, so Darth Koopa responds by bringing down a monitor, and explains that he needs to destroy the Mushroom Colonists' planet, due to the fact that they won't surrender it to him. Darth Koopa tells Princess Toadstool to order the colonists to give up, or else their planet will be destroyed by his [[Birdo Ray]], and shows a simulation of what will happen to the planet if he uses the aforemented weapon. Princess Toadstool exclaims that the colonists will never give up, so Darth Koopa orders Mouser to activate the Birdo Ray which will go off in thirty minutes, and to have the heroes escorted to the [[Intergalactic InSinkErator]].
Soon, the Stormtroopas discover Mario and his friends and engage in several duels with them. Mario knocks a Stormtroopa aside, while two others attack Toad, only for their Lightplungers to hit each other. Another Stormtroopa grabs Princess Toadstool's Lightplunger, and is shocked. Princess Toadstool then shocks yet another Stormtroopa that is holding Luigi upside-down, knocking him out. Mario and Toad then toss the final defeated Stormtroopa into a pile with the rest of his team.


After bringing Mario's group to a platform above the Intergalactic InSinkErator, Mouser explains how the industrial-sized garbage disposal will elimate them through the use of a flow chart, and that their remains will be ejected from Koop Star into space in a [[Garbage Pod]]. Mouser then pushes a button, dropping Mario and his friends down into the Intergalactic InSinkErator. While falling, Mario pulls out his plunger and uses it to hang onto the wall, while his friends grab ahold of him, with Luigi dangling right above the Intergalactic InSinkErator's buzzsaws. The thought of garbage disposals reminds Mario of all the ones that he and Luigi used to fix back in [[Brooklyn]], and Luigi remarks that they always had silverware stuck inside of them, pulling out the utensils that he was saving for their next picnic lunch. Mario demands for Luigi to drop the uternsils, and Luigi does so, causing them to jam the Intergalactic InSinkErator's buzzsaws, bringing them to a halt, just as Mario's plunger loses its grip on the wall. With the buzzsaws turned off, Mario's group safely falls past them, and continue to fall deeper into the Intergalactic InSinkErator.
Before Mario's group can celebrate their victory, Darth Koopa boards the spacecraft, demanding for them to leave his galaxy, which Mario and his friends refuse. Mario challenges him to a duel, and he and Darth Koopa fight with their Lightplungers. Eventually, Darth Koopa has Mario up against a wall, however, he fights back and manages to kick him into another wall. Just when he thinks that Darth Koopa is about to surrender, the space tyrant pulls out a [[Freeze Gun]], and shoots him with it, encasing him in a shell of ice. Princess Toadstool demands for Darth Koopa to release Mario, only for him to freeze her as well, along with her friends.


Meanwhile, Darth Koopa gloats about how he's going to conquer the Mushroom Colonists' planet, and that eventually, the [[Mushroom Universe|Universe]] will be known as the "Koopaverse". Mouser returns to Darth Koopa, to inform him that Mario's group has been "disposed" of, and directs him to the Garbage Pod that's  supposedly carrying what's left of them down towards the Mushroom Colonists planet. Mario's group, all still in one piece, are riding inside the Garbage Pod, which crashes on the desert surface of the planet, sending them all flying out of the pod upon impact. Luigi lands on a [[Pokey]], greatly angering it.  
Mario's group is brought aboard Koop Star, where Darth Koopa orders Mouser to thaw them out with a [[Heat Gun]]. When Mario regains consciousness and reacts to Darth Koopa, Mouser threatens him with his Freeze Gun, forcing him to stay in his spot. Princess Toadstool asks what Darth Koopa wants with them, which he explains that he needs to destroy the Mushroom Colonists' planet because they will not surrender it to him. He tells her to order the colonists to give up, or else their planet will be destroyed by his [[Birdo Ray]]. She says that the colonists will never give up, so he orders Mouser to activate the Birdo Ray have the heroes escorted to the [[Intergalactic InSinkErator]].


Mario, Toad and Princess Toadstool have landed upon what appears to be a red rock, and are unsure of what it is, except for the fact that it's hard. Toad kicks the rock, which reveals itself to actually be part of large [[Cobrat]]. Mario, Princess Toadstool and Toad flee from the Cobrat, and run into Luigi, who's running from the Pokey. The Cobrat spits a bullet, which ends up hitting the Pokey, blowing it up. Mario comes up with a plan, and tells the others to follow him while he runs in circles around the Cobrat. Watching the group run in circles causes the Cobrat to get coiled up, only for it to uncoil, making itself dizzy. Mario and his friends leap onto the Cobrat's back, and Mario uses his plunger as reins for the Cobrat, which he takes control of, so that they can ride it to the [[Mushroom Colony]]. Back onboard Koop Star, Mouser informs Darth Koopa that the Birdo Ray is set to go off in sixteen minutes.  
After bringing Mario's group to a platform above the garbage disposal, Mouser explains that it will slice and compact them and eject their remains  into space. He then pushes a button, dropping Mario and his friends down into the garbage disposal. While falling, Mario pulls out his plunger and uses it to hang onto the wall while his friends grab onto him. The thought of garbage disposals reminds him of all the ones that he and Luigi used to fix back in [[Brooklyn]], and Luigi, pulling out the utensils that he was saving for lunch, remarks that they always had silverware stuck inside of them. Mario tells Luigi to drop the utensils, which he does, causing them to jam the garbage disposal's saws, bringing them to a halt, just as Mario's plunger loses its grip on the wall. With the saws turned off, his group safely falls past them.


Having arrived at the Mushroom Colony, Princess Toadstool explains to her friends and [[Obi-Wan Toadi]] that they need to do something to save the planet. Mario requests to have lunch, but Obi-Wan Toadi explains that they don't have time to eat. When Princess Toadstool points out that they can't give up, Obi-Wan Toadi explains that someone needs to penetrate Koop Star in a [[Mushroom Starfighter]], so that they can disable the Birdo Ray. With the promise that he will receive lunch afterwards, Mario agrees to take on the task, and boards a Mushroom Starfigher. Before Mario leaves, Obi-Wan Toadi presents him with a [[pizza]] to bolster his spirts, and tells Mario: "May the pasta be with you". Mario then takes off, and after Obi-Wan Toadi gives the signal, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad take off after Mario in their own Mushroom Starfighters.
[[File:StarKoopa.jpg|thumb|Mario and his friends inside the [[Garbage Pod]].]]
Meanwhile, Darth Koopa brags about how he is going to conquer the Mushroom Colonists' planet, and that eventually, the universe will be known as the "Koopaverse." Mouser returns to him to tell him that Mario's group has been disposed of and directs him to the pod that he believes is carrying what is left of them down toward the Mushroom Planet. Mario's group, still in one piece, are inside it, which crashes on the planet, sending them flying out of it. Luigi lands on a [[Pokey]], upsetting it.  


After flying into space, the Mushroom Starfighters are confronted by [[Stormtroopa Starfighter]]s, of which they dodge the attacks of. Toad succeeds in blasting a Stormtroopa Starfighter, while Princess Toadstool dodges a Stormtroopa Starfighter attacking from behind, only for it to hit a second Stormtroopa Starfighter. With a path cleared, Mario flies over to Koop Star, and travels through a canyon-sized groove along the surface of the spacecraft. A Stormtroopa Starfighter attacks Mario from the rear, but Mario swerves away from a protuding wall, which the Stormtroopa crashes into. Another Stormtroopa Starfighter attempts to shoot Mario down, but Toad blows it up.
His friends have landed upon what appears to be a red rock and are unsure of what it is, except for the fact that it is hard. Toad kicks it, revealing itself to be part of a large [[Cobrat]]. They flee from it and run into Luigi, who is running from the Pokey. The Cobrat spits a bullet, which ends up hitting the Pokey, blowing it up. Mario comes up with a plan and tells the others to follow him while he runs in circles around the Cobrat. Watching them run in circles causes it to coil up, only for it to uncoil, making itself dizzy. Mario and his friends leap onto the Cobrat's back, and Mario uses his plunger as reins for the Cobrat so that they can ride it to the [[Mushroom Colony]]. Back onboard Koop Star, Mouser informs Darth Koopa that the Birdo Ray is set to fire in sixteen minutes.  


With only ten seconds left on the Birdo Ray's timer, Mario flies into a hole on the surface of the groove, and enters Koop Star. After flying past some pipes, Mario opens the dome of his Mushroom Starfighter, and tosses a [[Bob-omb]] at the foundation of Koop Star, causing it to blow up. As a chain reaction, Koop Star as a whole begins to self-desctruct. Darth Koopa and Mouser board an emergency [[Space Raft]], and get blasted into space once Koop Star blows up entirely. Looking back, Mario laughs as Darth Koopa and Mouser uncontrollably float away on the Space Raft.
Having arrived at the colony, Princess Toadstool explains to her friends and [[Obi-Wan Toadi]] that they need to do something to save the planet. Mario requests to have lunch, but Obi-Wan Toadi explains that they do not have time. When Princess Toadstool points out that they cannot give up, Obi-Wan Toadi explains that someone needs to penetrate Koop Star in a [[Mushroom Starfighter]] so they can disable the Birdo Ray. With the promise that he will receive lunch afterwards, Mario agrees to take on the task and boards a Starfighter. Before he leaves, Obi-Wan Toadi presents him with a pizza to bolster his spirts, and bids him good luck. Mario then takes off, and after Obi-Wan Toadi gives the signal, his friends take off after him in their own Starfighters.


Mario's group returns to the Mushroom Colony in their Mushroom Starfighters, where the colonists cheer on their victory. Once Mario exits his Starfighter, Obi-Wan Toadi congratulates him. Mario explains that he couldn't have done it without the pizza he received, or without the help of his friends, and suggests that the pasta was with them. The talk of pasta reminds Mario of lunch, and he asks Obi-Wan Toadi where the lunch he was promised is. Upon hearing this, Mario, his friends and Obi-Wan Toadi all laugh.
[[File:Star Koopa 3.png|thumb|left|Mario's [[Mushroom Starfighter]] traveling down one of the Koop Star's trenches.]]
After flying into space, the spacecrafts are confronted by [[Stormtroopa Starfighter]]s, of which they dodge the attacks of. Toad succeeds in blasting one of them, while Princess Toadstool dodges one attacking from behind, only for it to hit a second Starfighter. With a path cleared, Mario flies over to Koop Star and travels through a groove along the surface of the spacecraft. A Stormtroopa Starfighter attacks him from behind, but he swerves away from a wall, which the Stormtroopa crashes into. Another Starfighter attempts to shoot Mario down, but Toad blows it up.
 
With only ten seconds left on the Birdo Ray's timer, Mario flies into a hole on the surface of the groove and enters Koop Star. After flying past some pipes, Mario opens the dome of his Mushroom Starfighter and tosses a [[Bob-omb]] at the heart of the spacecraft, causing it to blow up. As a chain reaction, Koop Star as a whole begins to self-destruct. Darth Koopa and Mouser board an emergency [[Space Raft]], and are blasted into space once Koop Star blows up completely.
 
Mario's group returns to the Mushroom Colony, where the colonists cheer on their victory. Once Mario exits his Starfighter, Obi-Wan Toadi congratulates him. Mario explains that he could not have done it without the pizza he received or the help of his friends and suggests that the pasta was with them. The talk of pasta reminds him of lunch, and he asks Obi-Wan Toadi where the lunch he was promised is. Upon hearing this, he, his friends and Obi-Wan Toadi laugh.
 
==Characters==
[[File:DarthKoopa.png|thumb|"Darth Koopa"]]
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Bowser|Darth Koopa]]
*[[Mouser]]
*[[Obi-Wan Toadi]]
*[[Toad (species)|Mushroom space colonists]]
*[[Stormtroopa]]s
*[[Pokey]]
*[[Cobrat]]
*[[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]]
 
==Cast==
*[[Lou Albano]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Danny Wells]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Jeannie Elias]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]], [[Mouser]], [[Koopa Troopa]], [[Obi-Wan Toadi]]
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]
 
==Animation and continuity errors==
*After [[Bowser|Darth Koopa]] tells [[Mouser]] to speed up the [[Koop Star]], his costume is missing.
*When Darth Koopa tells [[Mario]] and his friends to leave the galaxy, the rim of his goggles is the same color as the goggles themselves.
*When [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] explains that the [[Toad (species)|Mushroom Colonists]] have a right to be on their planet, a line on her dress appears over her right arm.
*When [[Bowser|Darth Koopa]] first points his [[Freeze Gun]] to Mario, his chestplate is missing.
*When Darth Koopa freezes Mario, his Freeze Gun is red, but when he freezes his friends, it is gray.
*Throughout its appearance, the [[Cobrat]]'s eyes change from white to green several times.
*[[Mouser]] tells Darth Koopa that there is still sixteen minutes left until the [[Birdo Ray]] fires, though the machine's counter briefly says that four minutes and twenty-five seconds are left.
*While Mario and his friends are frozen, their positions change several times, such as their facial expressions and how they are frozen.
*When Mario's friends cheer for Mario when dueling Darth Koopa, Mario and Darth Koopa appear much larger than them and the surrounding background.
*When Mario asks if his friends have their seatbelts on, Princess Toadstool's brooch has its colors reversed.
*Throughout its appearance, the [[Flying Pizza]] changes color several times.
*When Mario and Darth Koopa's duel begins, Mario's [[Lightplunger]] is tan and red instead of gray.
*When [[Obi-Wan Toadi]] presents the pizza to Mario, the right strap of Mario's seat is connected to thin air. This also happens when he says the pizza will bolster his appetite.
*When Mario flies down into the trench, the cockpit of his [[Mushroom Starfighter]] flashes.
*When Darth Koopa demonstrates the [[Mushroom Planet|planet]]'s destruction, the group's location is shown on one of its moons instead of the Koop Star.
*When [[Toad]] dodges some [[Stormtroopa]]s, the Flying Pizza appears to be flying out in space instead of in the Koop Star.
*When Princess Toadstool zaps the Stormtroopa holding [[Luigi]], the light around it is misplaced.
 
<gallery>
TSMBSS Star Koopa error.png|Mario's miscolored Lightplunger
TSMBSS Star Koopa error 2.png|Darth Koopa's missing chestplate
StarKoopa.jpg|Princess Toadstool's miscolored brooch
</gallery>
 
==Quotes==
{{quote|Today, the [[Mushroom Planet]]. Tomorrow, the {{wp|Milky Way}}. Next week, the {{wp|Universe}} will be the Koopaverse!|Darth Koopa}}
{{quote|[[Mouser|He's]] showing a plumber how a garbage disposal works?|Mario}}
{{quote|Yikes, [[Mario|he's]] frozen solid!|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]}}
 
==Profiles==
*'''''[[Mario's Movie Madness]]'' DVD:''' ''In a galaxy far, far away, the evil [[Bowser|Darth Koopa]] has built a crazy contraption to destroy [[Mario|Mario Skywalker]].''
*'''Netflix:''' ''In a space-based plot a la Star Wars, Mario and [[Luigi]] go up against Darth Koopa and end up imprisoned in the [[Intergalactic InSinkErator|Intergalatic Insinkerator]].''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 23, 2020.</ref>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|ChiT=星球大戰
|ChiTR=Xīngqiú Dàzhàn
|ChiTM=Star Wars (same as the {{wp|Star Wars (film)|film}})
|ChiTC=<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NW411E7NG/?p=8 （部分集数画质超渣）超级马里奥兄弟的超级秀 台配国语]</ref>
|Fre=Star Koopa
|FreC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSGu-ryzB-I&list=PLaFoLvczabwZT9mEcsRppZJRvNoW4czwg&index=50 Super Mario Bros 050 Star Koopa]</ref>
|Ger=Star Koopa
|GerC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_XQ_WIeyso&list=PLn0Cm-QzTZcYMFil7DnnbYQJlk7qccB4H&index=74 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 63 Der Weihnachtsmann kommt nach Flatbush / Star Koopa]</ref>
|Ita=Attila-Nera
|ItaM=[[Koop Star]]; lit. "Black-Koopa"
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1qMV9ZY3Y Super Mario - Attila-Nera]</ref>
|Spa=La Guerra de los Koopas
|SpaM=The War of the Koopas (reference to the 1898 science fiction novel ''{{wp|The War of the Worlds}}'')
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXBl34_7g_A Koopa estrella | Dibujos Para Niños]</ref>
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This episode has the same Plumber's Log as "[[Robo Koopa]]", 2001, which is a reference to the science-fiction movie ''[[Wikipedia: 2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
*In the original version, before bucking the [[Cobrat]] the first time, [[Mario]] says, "''Hi Ho, Cobrat, Away!''", a reference to the Lone Ranger's catchphrase from the {{wp|Lone Ranger (TV series)|eponymous television series}}. This reference is also present in the Swedish dub.
*"Star Koopa" is an obvious parody of ''Star Wars'', with several characters, such as [[Wikipedia: Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] (Darth Koopa), [[Wikipedia: Grand Moff Tarkin|Grand Moff Tarkin]] (Mouser) and [[Wikipedia: Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] (Obi-Wan Toadi) [[Wikipedia: Anakin Skywalker|Anakin Skywalker]] (Mario Skywalker) being spoofed.
*In the French dub, the title is written in the {{wp|Times New Roman}} font, unlike all other title cards in the dub.
*When Darth Koopa first raises his freezing weapon against Mario, the mechanical devices on his chestplate disappear, only to reappear in seconds later. Additionally, Mouser tells Darth Koopa that there is still sixteen minutes left until the Birdo Ray fires, though the machines counter noticeably says that four minutes and twenty-five seconds are left until the Birdo Ray fires.
 
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode
"Star Koopa"
Mario dueling with Darth Koopa in "Star Koopa"
Production number 150
Airdate November 29, 1989 (English)
December 18, 1990 (French)[?]
Writer(s) Phil Harnage
Plumber's Log # 2001
King Koopa's alter ego(s) Darth Koopa
Title reference Star Wars
Live-action segment "Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush"
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"Star Koopa" is the fifty-first episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Its corresponding live-action segment is "Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush."

This episode is a parody of Star Wars, with several characters, such as Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Luke Skywalker being parodied. In addition, the Koop Star's destruction emulates the destruction of both Death Stars (traveling down a trench to destroy the first Death Star in A New Hope and entering the second Death Star's infrastructure in Return of the Jedi). The Flying Pizza is a parody of the Millennium Falcon.

This episode has the same Plumber's Log as "Robo Koopa," 2001, which is a reference to the science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is also the last episode where Mouser appears.

Plot synopsis[edit]

Mario and his friends are traveling through space and are on their way to help a group of Mushroom space colonists. The colonists are in trouble as Darth Koopa is threatening to blow up their planet. Mario's group is unaware they are being pursued by Darth Koopa's Koop Star.

While Mario flies through space, Luigi gulps and tells him to check his rearview video screen. Upon doing so, he notices that the Koop Star is following them, so he turns on the ship's "Fasten Seatbelts" light and speeds up.

The Koop Star pursuing the Flying Pizza in "Star Koopa"
The Koop Star pursuing the Flying Pizza.

Not wanting Princess Toadstool to escape, Darth Koopa orders Mouser, who is piloting Koop Star, to chase them. After telling him to close in on Mario and his friends and activate the tractor beam, Darth Koopa prepares his Stormtroopas for boarding their spacecraft; telling them to do whatever they want to the Marios and Toad, but to take Princess Toadstool prisoner.

Mouser locks onto Mario and his friends with the tractor beam and pulls them into the docking bay. Darth Koopa then orders his Stormtroopas to board the spacecraft. Mario's group prepares for the assault by drawing their Lightplungers.

Soon, the Stormtroopas discover Mario and his friends and engage in several duels with them. Mario knocks a Stormtroopa aside, while two others attack Toad, only for their Lightplungers to hit each other. Another Stormtroopa grabs Princess Toadstool's Lightplunger, and is shocked. Princess Toadstool then shocks yet another Stormtroopa that is holding Luigi upside-down, knocking him out. Mario and Toad then toss the final defeated Stormtroopa into a pile with the rest of his team.

Before Mario's group can celebrate their victory, Darth Koopa boards the spacecraft, demanding for them to leave his galaxy, which Mario and his friends refuse. Mario challenges him to a duel, and he and Darth Koopa fight with their Lightplungers. Eventually, Darth Koopa has Mario up against a wall, however, he fights back and manages to kick him into another wall. Just when he thinks that Darth Koopa is about to surrender, the space tyrant pulls out a Freeze Gun, and shoots him with it, encasing him in a shell of ice. Princess Toadstool demands for Darth Koopa to release Mario, only for him to freeze her as well, along with her friends.

Mario's group is brought aboard Koop Star, where Darth Koopa orders Mouser to thaw them out with a Heat Gun. When Mario regains consciousness and reacts to Darth Koopa, Mouser threatens him with his Freeze Gun, forcing him to stay in his spot. Princess Toadstool asks what Darth Koopa wants with them, which he explains that he needs to destroy the Mushroom Colonists' planet because they will not surrender it to him. He tells her to order the colonists to give up, or else their planet will be destroyed by his Birdo Ray. She says that the colonists will never give up, so he orders Mouser to activate the Birdo Ray have the heroes escorted to the Intergalactic InSinkErator.

After bringing Mario's group to a platform above the garbage disposal, Mouser explains that it will slice and compact them and eject their remains into space. He then pushes a button, dropping Mario and his friends down into the garbage disposal. While falling, Mario pulls out his plunger and uses it to hang onto the wall while his friends grab onto him. The thought of garbage disposals reminds him of all the ones that he and Luigi used to fix back in Brooklyn, and Luigi, pulling out the utensils that he was saving for lunch, remarks that they always had silverware stuck inside of them. Mario tells Luigi to drop the utensils, which he does, causing them to jam the garbage disposal's saws, bringing them to a halt, just as Mario's plunger loses its grip on the wall. With the saws turned off, his group safely falls past them.

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Mario and his friends inside the Garbage Pod.

Meanwhile, Darth Koopa brags about how he is going to conquer the Mushroom Colonists' planet, and that eventually, the universe will be known as the "Koopaverse." Mouser returns to him to tell him that Mario's group has been disposed of and directs him to the pod that he believes is carrying what is left of them down toward the Mushroom Planet. Mario's group, still in one piece, are inside it, which crashes on the planet, sending them flying out of it. Luigi lands on a Pokey, upsetting it.

His friends have landed upon what appears to be a red rock and are unsure of what it is, except for the fact that it is hard. Toad kicks it, revealing itself to be part of a large Cobrat. They flee from it and run into Luigi, who is running from the Pokey. The Cobrat spits a bullet, which ends up hitting the Pokey, blowing it up. Mario comes up with a plan and tells the others to follow him while he runs in circles around the Cobrat. Watching them run in circles causes it to coil up, only for it to uncoil, making itself dizzy. Mario and his friends leap onto the Cobrat's back, and Mario uses his plunger as reins for the Cobrat so that they can ride it to the Mushroom Colony. Back onboard Koop Star, Mouser informs Darth Koopa that the Birdo Ray is set to fire in sixteen minutes.

Having arrived at the colony, Princess Toadstool explains to her friends and Obi-Wan Toadi that they need to do something to save the planet. Mario requests to have lunch, but Obi-Wan Toadi explains that they do not have time. When Princess Toadstool points out that they cannot give up, Obi-Wan Toadi explains that someone needs to penetrate Koop Star in a Mushroom Starfighter so they can disable the Birdo Ray. With the promise that he will receive lunch afterwards, Mario agrees to take on the task and boards a Starfighter. Before he leaves, Obi-Wan Toadi presents him with a pizza to bolster his spirts, and bids him good luck. Mario then takes off, and after Obi-Wan Toadi gives the signal, his friends take off after him in their own Starfighters.

Mario's Mushroom Starfighter traveling down one of the Koop Star's trenches in "Star Koopa"
Mario's Mushroom Starfighter traveling down one of the Koop Star's trenches.

After flying into space, the spacecrafts are confronted by Stormtroopa Starfighters, of which they dodge the attacks of. Toad succeeds in blasting one of them, while Princess Toadstool dodges one attacking from behind, only for it to hit a second Starfighter. With a path cleared, Mario flies over to Koop Star and travels through a groove along the surface of the spacecraft. A Stormtroopa Starfighter attacks him from behind, but he swerves away from a wall, which the Stormtroopa crashes into. Another Starfighter attempts to shoot Mario down, but Toad blows it up.

With only ten seconds left on the Birdo Ray's timer, Mario flies into a hole on the surface of the groove and enters Koop Star. After flying past some pipes, Mario opens the dome of his Mushroom Starfighter and tosses a Bob-omb at the heart of the spacecraft, causing it to blow up. As a chain reaction, Koop Star as a whole begins to self-destruct. Darth Koopa and Mouser board an emergency Space Raft, and are blasted into space once Koop Star blows up completely.

Mario's group returns to the Mushroom Colony, where the colonists cheer on their victory. Once Mario exits his Starfighter, Obi-Wan Toadi congratulates him. Mario explains that he could not have done it without the pizza he received or the help of his friends and suggests that the pasta was with them. The talk of pasta reminds him of lunch, and he asks Obi-Wan Toadi where the lunch he was promised is. Upon hearing this, he, his friends and Obi-Wan Toadi laugh.

Characters[edit]

"Darth Koopa"

Cast[edit]

Animation and continuity errors[edit]

  • After Darth Koopa tells Mouser to speed up the Koop Star, his costume is missing.
  • When Darth Koopa tells Mario and his friends to leave the galaxy, the rim of his goggles is the same color as the goggles themselves.
  • When Princess Toadstool explains that the Mushroom Colonists have a right to be on their planet, a line on her dress appears over her right arm.
  • When Darth Koopa first points his Freeze Gun to Mario, his chestplate is missing.
  • When Darth Koopa freezes Mario, his Freeze Gun is red, but when he freezes his friends, it is gray.
  • Throughout its appearance, the Cobrat's eyes change from white to green several times.
  • Mouser tells Darth Koopa that there is still sixteen minutes left until the Birdo Ray fires, though the machine's counter briefly says that four minutes and twenty-five seconds are left.
  • While Mario and his friends are frozen, their positions change several times, such as their facial expressions and how they are frozen.
  • When Mario's friends cheer for Mario when dueling Darth Koopa, Mario and Darth Koopa appear much larger than them and the surrounding background.
  • When Mario asks if his friends have their seatbelts on, Princess Toadstool's brooch has its colors reversed.
  • Throughout its appearance, the Flying Pizza changes color several times.
  • When Mario and Darth Koopa's duel begins, Mario's Lightplunger is tan and red instead of gray.
  • When Obi-Wan Toadi presents the pizza to Mario, the right strap of Mario's seat is connected to thin air. This also happens when he says the pizza will bolster his appetite.
  • When Mario flies down into the trench, the cockpit of his Mushroom Starfighter flashes.
  • When Darth Koopa demonstrates the planet's destruction, the group's location is shown on one of its moons instead of the Koop Star.
  • When Toad dodges some Stormtroopas, the Flying Pizza appears to be flying out in space instead of in the Koop Star.
  • When Princess Toadstool zaps the Stormtroopa holding Luigi, the light around it is misplaced.
  • Mario's miscolored Lightplunger

    Mario's miscolored Lightplunger

  • Darth Koopa's missing chestplate

    Darth Koopa's missing chestplate

  • Princess Toadstool's miscolored brooch

    Princess Toadstool's miscolored brooch

Quotes[edit]

“Today, the Mushroom Planet. Tomorrow, the Milky Way. Next week, the Universe will be the Koopaverse!”
—Darth Koopa
“He's showing a plumber how a garbage disposal works?”
—Mario
“Yikes, he's frozen solid!”
—Princess Toadstool

Profiles[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Chinese (traditional) 星球大戰[2]
Xīngqiú Dàzhàn 		Star Wars (same as the film)
French Star Koopa[3] -
German Star Koopa[4] -
Italian Attila-Nera[5] Koop Star; lit. "Black-Koopa"
Spanish La Guerra de los Koopas[6] The War of the Koopas (reference to the 1898 science fiction novel The War of the Worlds)

Trivia[edit]

  • In the original version, before bucking the Cobrat the first time, Mario says, "Hi Ho, Cobrat, Away!", a reference to the Lone Ranger's catchphrase from the eponymous television series. This reference is also present in the Swedish dub.
  • In the French dub, the title is written in the Times New Roman font, unlike all other title cards in the dub.

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Netflix. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ^ （部分集数画质超渣）超级马里奥兄弟的超级秀 台配国语
  3. ^ Super Mario Bros 050 Star Koopa
  4. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 63 Der Weihnachtsmann kommt nach Flatbush / Star Koopa
  5. ^ Super Mario - Attila-Nera
  6. ^ Koopa estrella | Dibujos Para Niños
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episodes
Animated episodes
Episode 1: "The Bird! The Bird!" • Episode 2: "King Mario of Cramalot" • Episode 3: "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid" • Episode 4: "Mario's Magic Carpet" • Episode 5: "Rolling Down the River" • Episode 6: "The Great Gladiator Gig" • Episode 7: "Mario and the Beanstalk" • Episode 8: "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" • Episode 9: "The Great BMX Race" • Episode 10: "Stars in Their Eyes" • Episode 11: "Jungle Fever" • Episode 12: "Brooklyn Bound" • Episode 13: "Toad Warriors" • Episode 14: "The Fire of Hercufleas" • Episode 15: "Count Koopula" • Episode 16: "Pirates of Koopa" • Episode 17: "Two Plumbers and a Baby" • Episode 18: "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario" • Episode 19: "Do You Princess Toadstool Take this Koopa...?" • Episode 20: "The Pied Koopa" • Episode 21: "Koopenstein" • Episode 22: "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" • Episode 23: "Mario and Joliet" • Episode 24: "Too Hot to Handle" • Episode 25: "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men" • Episode 26: "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea" • Episode 27: "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold" • Episode 28: "Mario Meets Koop-zilla" • Episode 29: "Koopa Klaus" • Episode 30: "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa" • Episode 31: "The Unzappables" • Episode 32: "Bad Rap" • Episode 33: "The Mark of Zero" • Episode 34: "The Ten Koopmandments" • Episode 35: "The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!" • Episode 36: "The Trojan Koopa" • Episode 37: "Quest for Pizza" • Episode 38: "The Great Gold Coin Rush" • Episode 39: "Elvin Lives" • Episode 40: "Plummers Academy" • Episode 41: "Karate Koopa" • Episode 42: "Mario of the Apes" • Episode 43: "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers" • Episode 44: "Little Red Riding Princess" • Episode 45: "The Provolone Ranger" • Episode 46: "Escape from Koopatraz" • Episode 47: "Mario of the Deep" • Episode 48: "Flatbush Koopa" • Episode 49: "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" • Episode 50: "Crocodile Mario" • Episode 51: "Star Koopa" • Episode 52: "Robo Koopa"
Live-action segments
Episode 1: "Neatness Counts" • Episode 2: "Day of the Orphan" • Episode 3: "All Steamed Up" • Episode 4: "Marianne & Luigeena" • Episode 5: "Slime Busters" • Episode 6: "The Mario Monster Mash" • Episode 7: "Bonkers From Yonkers" • Episode 8: "Bats in the Basement" • Episode 9: "Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!" • Episode 10: "Magic's Magic" • Episode 11: "Mama Mia Mario" • Episode 12: "Alligator Dundee" • Episode 13: "Dance" • Episode 14: "Cher's Poochie" • Episode 15: "Wild Thing" • Episode 16: "E.C. The Extra Creepy" • Episode 17: "The Marios Fight Back" • Episode 18: "Magician" • Episode 19: "Do You Believe In Magic?" • Episode 20: "Mommies Curse" • Episode 21: "Lost Dog" • Episode 22: "Plumbers of the Year" • Episode 23: "Mario Hillbillies" • Episode 24: "Super Plant" • Episode 25: "Fred Van Winkle" • Episode 26: "Baby Mario Love" • Episode 27: "9001: A Mario Odyssey" • Episode 28: "Fake Bro" • Episode 29: "Time Out Luigi" • Episode 30: "Tutti Frutti, oh Mario" • Episode 31: "Flower Power" • Episode 32: "Vampire Until Ready" • Episode 33: "Heart Throb" • Episode 34: "Fortune Teller" • Episode 35: "The Magic Love" • Episode 36: "Little Marios" • Episode 37: "Gorilla My Dreams" • Episode 38: "George Washington Slept Here" • Episode 39: "Caught in a Draft" • Episode 40: "Defective Gadgetry" • Episode 41: "Toupee" • Episode 42: "The Artist" • Episode 43: "Zenned Out Mario" • Episode 44: "Texas Tea" • Episode 45: "The Great Hereafter" • Episode 46: "The Painting" • Episode 47: "Game Show Host" • Episode 48: "Home Radio" • Episode 49: "Glasnuts" • Episode 50: "Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn" • Episode 51: "Adee Don't" • Episode 52: "Chippie Chipmunks" • Episode 53: "A Basement Divided" • Episode 54: "No Way to Treat a Queenie" • Episode 55: "Pizza Crush" • Episode 56: "Goodbye Mr. Fish" • Episode 57: "French" • Episode 58: "Two Bums From Brooklyn" • Episode 59 "Opera" • Episode 60: "Tutti Frutti Mario" • Episode 61: "Cyrano de Mario" • Episode 62: "Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes" • Episode 63: "Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush" • Episode 64: "Captain Lou Is Missing" • Episode 65: "The Ghoul of my Dreams"
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