Brooklyn Bound
Brooklyn Bound is the twelfth episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Its corresponding live-action segment is "Cher's Poochie".
Plot Synopsis
In the Snow World, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool, exhausted and hungry, weakly venture forth through a snowy field, mentioning that the hoards of Koopa Khan are after them. As he walks forward, Luigi suddenly falls and begins to be blown through the air by the powerful wind of the Snow World, with Princess Toadstool, Toad and Mario being blown-away with him.
Eventually, Mario, Princess Toadstool and Toad land safely on the ground, unfortunately, Luigi lands face-down in a large pile of snow, complaining that he's beginning to despise being in the Mushroom World and constantly being chased by King Koopa. Grabbing the legs of the struggling Luigi, Mario pulls him from the snow and agrees with his words, saying he's also beginning to want to go back home to Brooklyn, which he misses dearly.
Hearing Mario, Princess Toadstool begins to feel sorry for him and decides to help him and Luigi get back home, no matter what. Just as Princess Toadstool says this though, Koopa Khan, along with several of his Snifit minions, who are riding Ostros, appear. Seeing Koopa Khan, Toad tells Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool to follow him into a nearby entrance to a cave.
Following Toad into the cave entrance, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool find themselves trapped, with a brick wall standing before them. With Koopa Khan's Snifit henchmen before him, Luigi pulls a nearby lever on the wall, which causes the floor of the room to pull apart, dropping him, Mario, Princess Toadstool and Toad plummeting into a pit as Koopa Khan and his Snifit followers watch them in amusement.
Falling downwards, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool manage to successfully grab some pipes jutting from the walls; hanging from these, Mario comments that they must have been created by a great plumber, after saying this, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool suddenly hear a voice below them. Looking downward, Mario and Luigi are surprised to see Salvador Drainado, the greatest plumber in the world, below them.
Dropping down to where Salvador Drainado is, Mario and Luigi introduce him to Toad and Princess Toadstool, saying that Salvador Drainado was the greatest plumber ever and that everyone in Brooklyn knew who he was, until one day, he disappeared. Hearing Mario and Luigi, Salvador tells them that he's been trapped in the Mushroom Kingdom for thirteen years, but has recently gained a map that we'll lead him to a drainpipe back to his home in Brooklyn.
Upon hearing Salvador say this, Mario and Luigi begin to envision various foods and and landmarks from back in Brooklyn at the thought of finding a way back their. Mario and Luigi's daydream is cut short though, when Salvador tells him that he'll be unable to lead them to the drainpipe unless he can pass a wall blocking his path. At first Mario and Luigi are disheartened at seeing this wall, but learn from Salvador that, with their help, he can create a piping system that could send a stream of water at the wall with enough force to blast through it.
After hearing Salvador Drainado's plan, Princess Toadstool says that Mario and Luigi have to help him so they can return to Brooklyn; after Princess Toadstool says this, Mario asks her if she and Toad would want to come to Brooklyn with them, which Princess Toadstool refuses to do, saying her people need her in the Mushroom Kingdom. After she refuses Mario's offer, Princess Toadstool goes on to say that Mario and Luigi should take this new chance to get home to Brooklyn; finally, after all this talk, an impatient Salvador Drainado instructs Mario and Luigi to start helping him in-act his plan to get back to Brooklyn. As Mario and Luigi begin to follow Salvador, leaving Princess Toadstool and Toad behind, a Shy Guy suddenly leaps out from behind a nearby pipe and laughs menacingly.
In his basecamp, Koopa Khan is in the midst of awarding himself a medal and praising himself for defeating Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool in front of his applauding Snifit minions. As Koopa Khan puts on his medal, one of his Snifit henchmen proposes a toast to him and proceeds to give Koopa Khan a large piece of toast. Eating this piece of toast, Koopa Khan orders every other Snifit present to cheer for him, which the Snifits do, raising their own pieces of large toast in the air in the process.
As the Snifits cheer for Koopa Khan, the Shy Guy who had seen Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool rushes into Koopa Khan's tent and begins to tell Koopa Khan of what it saw, while hopping up and down frantically. Hearing the Shy Guy say that Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool are still alive, Koopa Khan orders the Koopa Pack to mount their Ostros.
Down below, in the caverns of Snow World, Mario and Luigi are in the middle of screwing one pipe to another. Finishing attaching these pipes, Mario and Luigi t
Trivia
- In "Brooklyn Bound" Mario, as Super Mario, shows the ability to fly by waving his arms, a trait not seen in any Mario games at the time, nor in any future ones.
- Though Salvador Drainado never made another direct appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the episode "Plumbers Academy" did make a reference to him, and depicted a statue of him.
