Sag niemals Holerö!
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Sag niemals Holerö! (referred to as Sag niemals Holerö in the second part, English translation: Never Say Holerö!) is the name of a 12-page comic in two parts, published in issues 1/1998 and 2/1998 of the German Club Nintendo magazine. It centers around the term "holerö", an interjection that has been used several times in Club Nintendo comics in the past.
Plot Synopsis
Part One (1/1998)
Mario is spending his holidays skiing in Switzerland. Some other skiers suddenly notice that someone is singing "holerö." For some reason, all the humans on the ski-run immediately turn into animate cheese and continue skiing. Mario finds that all other Swiss people have turned into cheese as well. Assuming that he has eaten too much of this food, he decides to leave the country quickly. However, at the airport, he finds that the crew of his American airline has turned into hot dogs. Worried about the fact that hot dogs are going to bring him back to New York, he decides to go to Austria by train instead. The train is full of cheese people, but there is also TicToc, an animate clock claiming to be from Zurich and to be the only Swiss man not turned into food. Mario is enthusiastic about having someone to talk to, and TicToc explains that he was just having his batteries changed, when all the others were turned into cheese.
Arriving in Austria, Mario and TicToc find that the natives have turned into food as well: they are all Mozartkugeln, a type of candy typical to Austria. This sight makes TicToc's mouth water, but Mario reminds him that eating the candies would be cannibalism. Suddenly Bomberman, claiming to be "Bombi" from Vienna and to be the only Austrian not turned into a Mozartkugel, jumps out of the bulk of food people and joins Mario and TicToc's group. The three of them go on to Germany by train, hoping that the natives would be in normal condition. However, the Germans have turned into cutlets with hair made of French fries.
Back in the train, having a drink there, Mario and his friends discuss how to find out about the cause of all the metamorphoses. They decide to go to sleep before thinking about it further. In the sleeper cabin, there is a Toad having a bath in a Koopa Shell. He introduces himself as Todojewski. He claims to have waited for Mario, TicToc and Bomberman, and explains what has happened to all the people turned into food: An extraterrestrial power is planning to invade Earth, and one of the aliens, disguised as a crooner and calling himself Heini, has come to the planet to spread his song "Holerö." Whoever listens to this song will turn into a type of food typical of their country. According to Todojewski, this did not happen to Mario and his friends, because they were the chosen ones to stop this monster invading the planet. Finally, Todojewski says that the friends would learn everything else they have to know at Taj Mahal, and then vanishes into thin air.
Mario thinks that they would have to travel to India to get to the mausoleum Taj Mahal, but only by accident discovers the lettering "Taj Mahal" when looking outside of the window. It turns out to be an Indian restaurant in Frankfurt, Germany. Mario, TicToc and Bomberman step off the train and enter the restaurant. Inside, they find a maze of cabinets they have to get through. At some point of the maze, they come across a man smoking a water pipe. He introduces himself as Mahgo the omniscient, and explains secret powers that each of the three friends have. According to Mahgo, TocTic is able to stop time for a short amount of time. Bomberman can throw bombs. Mario, lastly, has the power to turn toilet brushs into zips. The three of them say good-bye to Mahgo and leave the restaurant, looking for a way to find Heini. Soon, they come across a bill revealing that Heini is "on tour" and get ready to save the Earth.
Part Two (2/1998)
Trivia
- When Mario is skiing at the beginning of the comic, he is wearing earmuffs that resemble rabbits' ears, thus looking like Rabbit Mario.
