Super Koopa (episode)

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode
"Super Koopa"
Production number	126
Airdate	December 1, 1990 (English) November 29, 1991 (French)
Writer(s)	Doug Booth
Opening curtain	Dark Land
Featured song	"My Karoobi"
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"Super Koopa" is the twenty-sixth and last episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired alongside another episode entitled "The Venice Menace." This episode contains a few references to the Superman series, most notably the title. King Koopa also references Superman's catchphrase "This looks like a job for Superman" by saying, "This looks like a job for Super Koopa!"

This episode is notable for being the only episode to feature Karoobis.

Plot synopsis

In his laboratory in Koopa Kastle, Kooky von Koopa, with assistance from Hip and Hop Koopa, is in the midst of creating another invention. Telling Hip and Hop to pull a switch, Kooky watches as energy pulses into a nearby pendant. After the pendant is done absorbing energy, Kooky grabs it and proclaims that with it, King Koopa will gain the same powers Mario and Luigi have and begins to gloat over his genius. As Kooky continues his self-praise, Koopa appears and, after congratulating Kooky, Hip and Hop, takes the pendant, only to be informed by Hip and Hop that it will only function in the real world. Koopa does not seem to be concerned with this though, as he will still have the advantage, as Mario and Luigi are unable to access their powers in the real world.

Kooky holding the pendant.

While traveling, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are suddenly confronted by King Koopa and his Doomship; Koopa proceeds to, with a lasso, grab Luigi and, after traveling a few feet, dumps him and himself into a Warp Zone, with Mario and Princess Toadstool following closely behind; a complaining Toad is told to stay behind in the Mushroom Kingdom by Princess Toadstool.

Emerging from the Warp Zone, Mario and Princess Toadstool find themselves in a manhole in Paris, France. Seeing Luigi being held by Koopa, Mario and Princess Toadstool begin to give chase to him. King Koopa, believing now to be a good time to use his power, releases Luigi, zaps a fire hydrant, and kicks it over; amidst the water that flies out is a Super Leaf. Grabbing the Super Leaf, Koopa instantly grows a tail and raccoon ears and, calling himself "Raccoon Koopa", takes flight.

Watching in disbelief as King Koopa dives towards them, Mario and Luigi are unable to do anything as he kidnaps Princess Toadstool and flies-off towards the Eiffel Tower. Landing on the Eiffel Tower, Koopa proceeds to tie up Princess Toadstool and suspend her from the tower. As he finishes tying up the princess, he is approached by Mario and Luigi in a helicopter. Unfazed by Mario and Luigi's sudden appearance, Koopa proceeds to simply knock Mario and Luigi's helicopter out of the sky with one punch.

Spinning out of control, Mario and Luigi are fortunate enough to land on a submarine that had raised from the ocean. The captain of the submarine, after exiting the vessel, proceeds to ask if Mario and Luigi are all right. The brothers, however, point out Koopa, who is about to dive-bomb them. Retreating into the captain's submarine, Mario, Luigi, and the captain fail to notice Bowser zap a nearby crate with his pendant. Diving into the crate he zapped, Koopa transforms from Raccoon Koopa into "Frog Koopa". Diving underwater, he proceeds to kick the submarine with enough force to beach it on shore, hurting his foot in the process. Climbing on shore, Koopa manages to capture Mario, Luigi, and the submarine captain and dumps them in the Bastille.

Mario, Luigi, and the Submarine captain in the Bastille.

Returning to the Eiffel Tower, Koopa informs Kooky, Hip, Hop, and Kootie Pie Koopa through his wand that Paris and all of Europe is now defenseless. In the Bastille, Mario and Luigi begin to bemoan their fate, realizing they are no match for the super-powered King Koopa. As Koopa begins to travel through Paris, becoming annoyed with all the looks he is getting, Mario and Luigi begin trying to dig their way out of the Bastille with a spoon, which Luigi accidentally bends.

In one of Paris's shopping malls, Kootie Pie begins trying on outfits, causing all nearby bystanders to faint at her appearance. Inside the Louvre, Hip, Hop, and their Para-Goomba minions begin to vandalize all nearby paintings, as well as putting up their own crude crayon drawings.

At the Eiffel Tower, Princess Toadstool, having freed one of her arms, manages to toss a scroll asking for help down below. The scroll, after bouncing a few feet, lands in a manhole and, after traveling through the Warp Zone, lands near an angry Toad. Grabbing the scroll, Toad, after reading it, rushes to Princess Toadstool's aid, after collecting dozens of power-ups and stuffing them in a chest.

In the Bastille, Mario, Luigi, and the captain are surprised when their Sledge Brother guard says they have a visitor, who is delivering a birthday cake. The visitor turns out to be Toad in a disguise, and the cake is actually hiding a block inside it. Hitting this Super Block, Mario gains a Super Leaf and becomes Raccoon Mario. Using his new powers, Raccoon Mario busts down the wall of his cell, releasing himself, Luigi, and the submarine captain. As Mario, Luigi, and the captain escape, the Sledge Brother guard manages to call King Koopa, who, after hearing this news, stops his drive around Paris and flies off as Raccoon Koopa. Seeing him in the sky, Toad tosses a Super Leaf to Luigi, transforming him into Raccoon Luigi. Lifting off into the air, Mario and Luigi give chase to Koopa, who manages to smack Mario with his raccoon tail, regressing him back to normal; luckily, Luigi manages to grab Mario before he falls to the ground.

The Mario Bros. battling Raccoon Koopa.

At the Eiffel Tower, Toad manages to untie Princess Toadstool and the two toss a Fire Flower to Mario, transforming him into Fire Mario. Using one of his fireballs, Mario hits Koopa, turning him back to normal and causing him to fall into a nearby lake. Dragging himself from the lake, he notices a nearby boot and uses the pendant to transform it into a Karoobi, which he uses to chase after Mario and Luigi. During the chase, Koopa uses his pendant to transform himself into a near unstoppable form, combining the powers of a Fire Flower, Super Leaf, and Karoobi together. Blasting Mario and Luigi with a fireball, Koopa transforms them back to normal, only for them to power up once again with a Fire Flower. Zapping King Koopa with fireballs, Mario and Luigi see their attack is ineffective, as Koopa can simply power himself up again after being damaged.

Hitting Mario and Luigi with fireballs, Koopa has his attack reflected back at him when Mario and Luigi become invincible through the use of a Starman. Unfortunately, Koopa powers himself up again using his pendant and begins trying to crush Mario and Luigi with a Karoobi. Chasing Mario and Luigi, who have Frog Suits on, Koopa notices that Princess Toadstool and Toad have been supplying Mario and Luigi their powers, so he grabs them and tries to fly away with them as Raccoon Koopa. Luckily, Mario and Luigi manage to defeat King Koopa and rescue Toad and Princess Toadstool. Desperate, Koopa tries to crush Frog Luigi with his Karoobi, only to be stopped by Mario, who has his own Karoobi given to him by Princess Toadstool. Losing his Karoobi, Koopa tries to power-up again, only to see his pendant has overloaded. The pendant then explodes, hurtling him back to the Mushroom Kingdom through a manhole, with Kooky, Hip, Hop, and Kootie Pie following him. With King Koopa and the Koopalings vanquished, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool celebrate, with Toad getting lots of praise for bringing the power-ups to Mario and Luigi.

Cast

• Walker Boone — Mario
• Tony Rosato — Luigi
• Tracey Moore — Princess Toadstool
• John Stocker — Toad, captain, Sledge Brother, man
• Harvey Atkin — King Bowser Koopa
• Dan Hennessey — singer #3
• Michael Stark — Kooky von Koopa, singer #2
• Gordon Masten — singer #1
• Tara Charendoff — Hip and Hop
• Paulina Gillis — Kootie Pie Koopa, female singer

Animation and continuity errors

• Due to an issue with the master tape, the Shout! Factory and nCircle DVD releases of this episode on the complete series contain many glitches, such as the audio disappearing and the screen turning gray at certain moments. This is not present in the "Koopa Kronicles" or "What a Wonderful Warp" DVD releases and all YouTube uploads.
• When Koopa becomes Frog Koopa, his shell is uncovered, but in later scenes, the suit covers it.
• When Princess Toadstool and Toad hand Mario and Luigi the Fire Flowers, one of the Fire Flowers is colored pink instead of blue, and when the Mario Bros. catch them, both are colored green instead of blue.
• In one scene, Koopa's Karoobi is colored blue instead of green.
• In one scene, Fire Mario's orange shirt briefly turns blue.
• Throughout her time on the Eiffel Tower, Princess Toadstool's bonds change several times.
• When Kooky says, "The French fries," the background is the sky instead of Kastle Koopa. This also happens when Kootie Pie says, "The shopping."
• When King Koopa finds the boot, his feet are layered behind the paevement.
  • In the same scene, the boot is a regular boot, but when King Koopa uses his pendant to make it grow, a key appears on it.
• When Mario tells Luigi that there is a Super Block inside the cake, his mouth does not move.
• When the Koopalings create the pendant, the top of the table is green, but in the next shot, it is yellow.
• When Kooky finishes the pendant, the strap on it is missing.
• Throughout the episode, the strap on the pendant changes from black to purple several times.
• When King Koopa enters Kooky's laboratory, the lenses on Hop's glasses are colored blue instead of white.
  • In the same scene, the door is layered over one of Kooky's devices, while King Koopa appears out of thin air.
• When Hip and Hop say that the pendant only works in the real world, Hip's eyes overlap his snout.
  • In the same scene, Hip's eyelids are not fully colored in. This also happens when King Koopa says that the Koopalings can come to Europe.
• After King Koopa says that Mario and Luigi cannot get their powers in the real world, his eyes are white instead of yellow. This also happens when he knocks down the helicopter.
  • In the same scene, the pendant's handle is colored green instead of purple.
• When Mario and his friends see the Doomship, Princess Toadstool's brooch has its colors reversed.
• In several scenes, Mario's hair is colored black like Luigi's instead of brown.
• When Mario says that King Koopa is shoving Luigi into the Warp Pipe Princess Toadstool is floating in midair.
• In several scenes, the top of the Eiffel Tower is bent instead of straight.
• When Luigi thinks that King Koopa is joking about becoming Super Koopa, his head detaches from his body twice.
• Throughout the episode, Paris's sky is the same as the Mushroom Kingdom's.
• When King Koopa lands on the Eiffel Tower, he lands in midair.
• When King Koopa ties up Princess Toadstool, his left arm and leg disappear briefly.
• When Mario points to Raccoon Koopa for the captain, the background is the sky instead of the submarine while part of the background is colored in like the helicopter.
• Throughout the episode, the captain's hair changes from black to brown several times.
• When Raccoon Koopa dive-bombs Mario, Luigi and the captain, his raccoon ears are missing.
• When Frog Koopa attacks the submarine, Mario is smiling.
• When Mario tells the captain to believe what he said, his shirt turns red like his overalls.
• When Frog Koopa is upset after hurting his flipper, his eyebrows disappear several times.
• When Frog Koopa says Paris is his, the light around his wand and Kooky's head flash.
  • In the same scene, his Frog Suit covers his hands and part of Kootie Pie's underbelly is the same color as her body.
• When King Koopa tells the Koopalings that the Koopalings can come to Europe, he is in his normal form instead of his frog form, while Hop's eyelids are the same color as his glasses.
• When King Koopa starts listing what the Koopalings can see in Europe, Kooky's wand is colored like King Koopa's and the light around is missing.
• After Mario says that the lack of Power-Ups means that he and his friends cannot defeat Super Koopa, his mouth moves, but no sound can be heard.
• When King Koopa sees the pedestrians, the people teleport.
  • In the same scene, King Koopa's wand is white and yellow with blue on top, but when the people run away, it changes color.
• When Kootie Pie appears on stage, the spots on her hat are yellow like the rest of the hat, but when King Koopa congratulates her, they turn purple.
• When a Paragoomba takes away a painting, some other Paragoombas overlap on it.
• When Hop paints a picture, a line on his picture appears out of thin air. This also happens when Hip paints whiskers on the Mona Lisa.
• When Princess Toadstool throws the scroll from the Eiffel Tower, the manhole is colored yellow and orange instead of gray. This also happens when King Koopa flies in.
• When Toad grabs the scroll, the background turns completely purple.
• When a Karoobi falls into the chest, it is layered behind it.
• When Luigi notices Toad, the audio glitches.
• When Luigi says that it would be nice to have a cake, the frosting on the cake overlaps the cake itself.
• When King Koopa says, "Escaped have they!" Hop's glasses are colored red instead of black.
• When King Koopa becomes Super Koopa for a second time, Kooky is layered over him, while his left leg is colored yellow like his underbelly instead of orange.
• When Toad says, "Is it a plane?" his eyes are smaller than normal.
• When Toad says, "Luigi! Catch!" the Power-Up in the chest are missing.
• In some scenes, the chest is filled with green blocks instead of Power-Ups.
• When Toad is glad that he stayed behind, his mouth does not move and the vocal effect for his voice is missing.
• When Mario becomes Fire Mario for the first time, his mustache is colored black instead of brown several times while his eyes are colored black instead of brown throughout his time in this form.
• After King Koopa falls into the water, Mario shoots a fireball for no reason, and shortly after, the ripples in the water are misplaced.
• When Luigi asks is King Koopa is still in the river, he and his brother have four fingers on each hand instead of five.
• When Super Koopa first shoots a fireball at the Mario Bros, Luigi's raccon tail turns completely black.
• After King Koopa becomes Super Koopa for a second time, he remains as his normal form for a short time.
• When the Mario Bros. deflect a fireball back at Super Koopa, Luigi's hair in his normal form is colored brown like Mario's instead of black.
• When Princess Toadstool and Toad throw the Frog Suits to the Mario bros, the spots on Toad's cap are colored orange instead of red.
• When King Koopa tries to stomp on the Mario Bros, his shell's rim is colored brown instead of green.
• Whenever the camera zooms in on the pendant as it is about to explode, King Koopa disappears.

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  The gray screen that appears when Mario and his friends see the Doomship

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  The miscolored background

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  The miscolored Karoobi

Profiles

• Koopa Kronicles DVD: Kooky von Koopa makes a magic pendant that gives King Koopa the power to become Super Koopa! Mario and Luigi fight Super Koppa to save Paris from Koopa rule.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
French	Voyage à Paris	Trip to Paris
German	Mario in Paris[?]	-
Italian	Super Attila	Super Koopa
Korean	수퍼 쿠파 Syupeo Kupa	Super Koopa
Portuguese	Super Koopa	-
Spanish	Súper Koopa	Super Koopa

Trivia

• Toad bringing the chest filled with Power-Ups to Mario and Luigi is a reference to Toad Houses.
• The unhappy expression of the French submarine captain when he mentions Frog Koopa is a reference to "frog," which, when used to refer to a French person, has a disparaging meaning.
• Mario and his friends' dialogue when they spot Super Koopa is a reference to "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!", a famous catchphrase from the 1940s Superman animated film series. The dialogue is as follows:
  • Mario: Look, up in the sky!
  • Luigi: Is it a bird?
  • Toad: Is it a plane?
  • Super Koopa: No way, fungus-face! It's Super Koopa!
  • This catchphrase was last referenced in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Koopa Klaus."
• In the original NBC airings, Toad narrates the teaser promo saying, "Attention all citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom! Mushrooms everywhere are under Koopa attack! Call the Super Mario Brothers, or we'll all wind up in the soup!"