Recycled Koopa
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".
Plot Synopsis
At Bowser's Castle, Bowser himself is in the middle of marching Bully, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Hop and Hip Koopa outside of his castle, which is surrounded by assorted trash and garbage. While Bully, Kootie Pie, Hip, Hop and Big Mouth stand at attention, Bowser 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.
As Bowser leaves the Koopalings, Bully, not wanting to do any labor, jumps into a nearby hammock and begins to relax, telling Big Mouth, Kootie Pie, Hip and Hop to start cleaning the garbage. Big Mouth, angered by Bully's display of laziness, begins to bad mouth him and threaten to tell Bowser 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 away, 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 beatiful and that he thought she was a part of the garbage. Kootie Pie, highly offended, subsequently throws a handful of 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, Bowser's voice echoes from nearby, telling the Koopalings that he hopes they're getting rid of the junk around the castle. Hearing Bowser, Bully claims that of course they are, and, after grabbing a handful of trash, dumps it into a nearby Warp Pipe.
At Princess Toadstool's Castle, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool are walking in the castle's garden; as they walk, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool find themselves bombarded with 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 Bowser, inscribed with the sentence World's Repulsivest Reptile, in a garbage pile. As Mario surmizes that Bowser 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 suggest using a 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 Bowser's Castle. After explaining this, Mario, along with Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad, jump into the Warp Pipe that the deposited the garbage.
At Bowser's Castle, Big Mouth, Bully, Kootie Pie, Hip and Hop are in the midst of showing Bowser 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 Bowser 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 Bully, Kootie Pie, Hip, Hop and Big Mouth to capture them.
Fleeing from Bowser, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Bully, Hip and Hop, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool enter Bowser's Castle; inside Bowser's Castle, Luigi notices a large suit of armor and tells Mario, Toad and Princess Toadstool to hide behind it with him. Doing so, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool go unnoticed by Bowser, Bully, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Hop and Hip, whose Magic Wand Mario grabs as the young Koopaling runs by.
With Hip's Magic Wand in their possession, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool flee from Bowser's Castle, only to be noticed by Bowser, 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 Leaves in some Brick Blocks and a ♪ Block, gain Raccoon Suits and quickly fly away. Seeing Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool flying into the distance, an enraged Bowser exclaims that he'll get his Doomship and hunt Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool down.
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-ombs, is chasing them. After successfully hitting Luigi with a Bob-omb, Bowser oreders his Paragoomba minions to attack Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool; 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 beggining to spread to the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom, which Princess Toadstool believes will be decimated by the horrid odor of Bowser's garbage.
As Bowser, through a megaphone, orders Mario to give back Hip's Magic Wand, claiming it's rightfully his, Mario, after saying he will give back what's rightfully Bowser's, says an incantation and and zaps the nearby garbage in Princess Toadfstool's garden with Hip's Magic Wand. After being zapped, the garbage begins to be sucked together into a giant ball, which also absorbs Hip's Magic Wand, after pulling it out of Mario's hand. After reaching it's 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, Bowser, 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 its the same garbage from before. After quieting Big Mouth, Bowser tells him and Roy to get rid of the garbage again and to this time, put it somewhere where it won't come back.
In Princess Toadstool's Castle, Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool are going on another walk, with Princess Toadstool saying she hopes Bowser learned his lesson about keeping his garbage to himself. As Princess Toadstool says this, Toad suddenly appears, carrying a box with Luigi's Plumber's Periscope in it. After Luigi grabs his Plumber's Periscope, Toad says that he should check up on Bowser, which Mario proceeds to do, using Luigi's Plumber's Periscope to look into a nearby Warp Pipe which leads to Bowser's Castle. Through this Warp Pipe, Mario sees several Sledge Brothers 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 they're 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.
At Bowser's Castle, Bully, after directing Sledge Bros. to dump garbage into a Warp Pipe, yawns and exclaims that its hard work ordering the Sledge Bros. 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 Bros.
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 Bowser 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 Bowser, it's attached to lookalike wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase. As Mario and Luigi stare, shocked, at this Bowser doppelgänger, the creature, apparently not noticing Mario and Luigi, wonders away, moaning in a monotone voice.
After the Bowser creature wonders away, Luigi, after seeing a nearby cab driver touch some of the Koopaling's garbage and mutate into a Bowser lookalike, realizes that all of the Koopaling's trash is changing people into Koopa Zombies. Rushing to the city hall of New York City, where the 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 plungers and bags.
Elsewhere, on the Doomship, Bully is pointing out to to Bowser the various, chanting Koopa Zombies on the Doomship's monitors. Seeing the Koopa Zombies, Big Mouth begins to rant about how they want Bowser to be they're 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, Bowser orders him, Bully and Kootie Pie to continue dumping garbage on Earth, which Bowser intends to conquer.
Having travelled to Dark Land in his Doomship, Bowser, through a megaphone, orders the Koopa Zombies, after showing them a picture of Mario and Luigi, to attack them; to aid the Koopa Zombies in their mission, Bowser opens a hatch on his Doomship and dumps a load of garbage and weaponry (as well as Bloobers) on them. Noticing Mario and Luigi nearby, the Koopa Zombies charge after, while unleashing various monsters, such as Bloobers, Fire Snakes, Bob-ombs and Dry Bones; after being chased through the sewers and across a rooftop, Mario and Luigi manage to escape the attacking Koopa Zombies by hiding in an alley, under some garbage.
After leaving the pile of garbage, Mario says that this is another fine mess Bowser has gotten him and Luigi into. As Mario says this, Luigi notices that Mario has grown a 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 Bowser, Bowser, 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, seagulls into Paragoombas and fish into Spiny Cheep-Cheeps, 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, Koopa Zombiefied 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. After passing by Mario with the Trash Smasher, returning him to normal, Luigi exits the Trash Smasher and greets Mario; unfortunately, Luigi's trash cleaning efforts appear to be in vain, as Bowser simply begins to dump more garbage from his Doomship on to Brooklyn.
Deciding to stop Bowser 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, Bowser 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.
Trivia
- "Recycled Koopa" appears to be a social commentary dedicated to teaching people to recycle and showing how pollution can have adverse effects on the environment.
- Both Big Mouth and Kootie Pie simply disappear when Bowser instructs them and Bully to continue dumping garbage on Brooklyn on the Doomship.
- When Bowser goes to the Doomship after Hip's magic wand is stolen the garbage is already back at his castle.
- When the Koopalings are viewing what the garbage is doing to the real world, Big Mouth's head turns green.
- Out of all the regular characters who appear in this episode, Hip and Hop play the most minor roles as they have no lines and disappear after Hip's magic wand is stolen.
- Bowser's arm is orange when he puts the can on Big Mouth's head, and after the can is placed on Big Mouth's head, Big Mouth's mumbling is identical to the speech he gave when Bully laid on the cot.
- The Statue of Liberty talks in the final scene, saying 'Those Mario Bros. really are super!'
