Plumber's log

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The Plumber's Log is an unseen log book of Mario's that he uses to record his adventures throughout the animated segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. It's an obvious pun on "Star Trek"'s "Captain's Log"

At the beginning of every episode, Mario would quote (in a voiceover) a brief entry from his Plumber's Log, usually explaining where he and his friends had travelled to, why they were there, and what they were about to encounter.

Each Plumber's Log has its own numbered entry, although there does not appear to be any plausible or chronological order to them in regards to the order of the episodes.

Note: Each Plumber's Log entry is written the way Mario pronounces it. For instance, the Plumber's Log for the first episode is written as "1-0-1", because Mario actually says "one-oh-one", as opposed to "one-hundred and one". Also note that Mario always says "oh" in place of any zeroes.

However, there are a few entry numbers that this rule does not apply to, usually because the number has an actual meaning (ie; the number is a year).

# Episode
1-0-1 The Bird! The Bird! / Neatness Counts
22-37 King Mario of Cramalot / Day of the Orphan
10-61 Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid / All Steamed Up
4-37 Mario's Magic Carpet / Marianne and Luigeena
1-0-6 Rolling Down the River / The Mario Monster Mash
6-0-3 The Great Gladiator Gig / Bonkers from Yonkers
4-4-2 Mario and the Beanstalk / Bats in the Basement
1-0-5-11 Love 'Em and Leave 'Em / Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!
25 The Great BMX Race / Mama Mia Mario
6-2-9-4 Stars in Their Eyes / Alligator Dundee
5-0-5 Jungle Fever / Dance
2-21 Brooklyn Bound / Cher's Poochie
10-24 Toad Warriors / E.C. The Extra Creepy
2-95 The Fire of Hercufleas / The Marios Fight Back
10-14 Count Koopula / Magician
6-97 Pirates of Koopa / Do You Believe in Magic?
39-62 Two Plumbers and a Baby / Lost Dog
7-0-4 The Adventures of Sherlock Mario / Plumbers of the Year
2-3-0 Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...? / Mario Hillbillies
50-24 The Pied Koopa / Super Plant
10-34 Koopenstein / Baby Mario Love
007 On Her Majesty's Sewer Service / 9001: A Mario Odyssey
1601 Mario and Joliet / Fake Bro
8-10 Too Hot to Handle / Time Out Luigi
2-0-3 Hooded Robin and His Mario Men / Flower Power
2-32 20,000 Koopas Under the Sea / Vampire Until Ready
7-11 Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold / Heart Throb
22-38 Mario Meets Koop-zilla / Fortune Teller
12-25 Koopa Klaus / Little Marios
6-21 Mario and the Red Baron Koopa / Gorilla My Dreams
1929 The Unzappables / George Washington Slept Here
2-2-4 Bad Rap / Caught in a Draft
1-39-13 The Mark of Zero / Toupee
1000 B.C. The Ten Koopmandments / The Artist
1776 The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming! / Zenned Out Mario
4-4-9 The Trojan Koopa / Texas Tea
1-0-9 Quest for Pizza / The Painting
1849 The Great Gold Coin Rush / Game Show Host
1950 Elvin Lives / Home Radio
2-18 Plumbers Academy / Glasnuts
22-16 Karate Koopa / Adee Don't
8-42 Mario of the Apes / Chippie Chipmunks
1989 Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers
7-98 Little Red Riding Princess / No Way to Treat a Queenie
1870 The Provolone Ranger / Goodbye Mr. Fish
10-51 Escape from Koopatraz / French
H2O Mario of the Deep / Two Bums from Brooklyn
12,247 Flatbush Koopa / Opera
1938 Raiders of the Lost Mushroom / Cyrano de Mario
33-12 Crocodile Mario / Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes
2001 Star Koopa / Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush
2001 Robo Koopa / Captain Lou is Missing

Trivia

  • No Plumber's Log begins with a "9".
  • The Plumber's Log for The Bird! The Bird! is 1-0-1, which is also the episode's production code. It was the first episode to be produced and the first to be aired.
  • The Plumber's Log for On Her Majesty's Sewer Service is 007 (double-oh-seven), which is an obvious reference to James Bond.
  • The Plumber's Log for Mario and Joliet is 1601, which is supposedly the year that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
  • The Plumber's Log for Koopa Klaus is 12-25, which stands for December 25th, Christmas Day.
  • The Plumber's Log for The Ten Koopmandments is 1000 B.C., which was around the time that King David was the king of Israel.
  • The Plumber's Log for The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming! is 1776, a year in the American Revolution.
  • The Plumber's Log for The Great Gold Coin Rush is 1849, a notable year for the California Gold Rush.
  • The Plumber's Log for Elvin Lives is 1950. The episode itself resembles the 1950's.
  • The Plumber's Log for Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers is 1989, the year that both the SMBSS and the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids debuted.
  • The Plumber's Log for The Provolone Ranger is 1870. The 1870's was the decade that Billy the Kid was a wanted outlaw.
  • The Plumber's Log for Mario of the Deep is H2O, the scientific term used for water.
  • Star Koopa and Robo Koopa both have the same Plumber's Log (2001) for some reason. It is a reference to the futuristic story 2001: A Space Odyssey.