Reptiles in the Rose Garden
Template:TAoSMB3box Reptiles in the Rose Garden is the second episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3; it aired alongside another episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 entitled "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas".
Plot Synopsis
Kootie Pie Koopa is celebrating her sixteenth birthday. However, her greed has caused her to want much, much more than what she has, dissatisfying her with her presents. When her father, Bowser, asks her what she wants the most, she promptly screams "I want AMERICA for my birthday!" King Koopa is loathe to give her her wish, his reason being "But America's in the Real World!" But it's either that or put up with incessant whining, so he eventually gives in.
Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are enjoying their day in the Mushroom Kingdom, when they catch sight of Bowser's Doomship headed for the real world. Bowser sends his Chain Chomp cronies to capture them before they can do a thing about it. Kootie Pie then gloats about how she's going to become "Empress of America" and that "(the Princess) is just Princess Toadstool of the measly Mushroom Kingdom".
The Doomship flies through a Warp Pipe leading to Washington, D.C. where it arrives at the White House. Bowser looks through a telescope and finds the President in his office, talking on the phone. Bowser then orders two Sledge Bros. to shoot the White House with a Levitation Beam, ripping it out of the ground and warping it to Castle Koopa.
Bowser then announces to the citizens through a megaphone that Kootie Pie is now taking over as Empress of America. Shortly after, at a press conference, Kootie Pie recites her new "laws";
Law Number One: Every kid in America must give Kootie Pie their toys.
Law Number Two: Any handsome boy who does not ask Kootie Pie for a date will be turned into a rock (by Bowser).
Law Number Three: All the gold in Fort Knox will be melted down to make a lifetime supply of charm bracelets for Kootie Pie.
Bowser then orders everyone in America to pledge allegiance to Kootie Pie, and to the repulsiveness for which she stands.
At Bowser's Castle, Mario's group notices the White House outside the dungeon window. Princess Toadstool states that they need to return the White House and the President to America, or else Kootie Pie will rule forever. Luigi then points out that they're still trapped in the dungeon, with Chain Chomps still holding them down.
Princess Toadstool tricks the Fire Bros. guarding them into fighting the Boomerang Bros., and uses the crossfire to cut off the chains of the Chain Chomps. With the Fire and Boomerang Bros. still fighting, Mario's group escapes from the dungeon through a Warp Pipe.
At this point, Bowser returns to Dark Land onboard the Doomship, and intends on keeping Kootie Pie by sending the President where he'll never be rescued: The bottom of the Mushroom Sea. By using the Levitation beam, he leviates the White House over the Mushroom Sea and lets it sink to the bottom.
Mario rushes to put on a Frog Suit and dives into the Mushroom Sea. A Blooper Nanny chases Mario, but Mario tricks her into hitting a ♪ Block. Mario is then chased around by a Jelectro, that Mario lures into and ditches in a pipe complex. Finally, Mario makes it to the White House and enters through the front door.
After arriving and being mistaken by Mrs. President for a member of the Secret Service, Mario goes to the basement, attaches several pipes together and directs them out the windows. He then turns a valve which pumps all the water out of the White House and raises it to the surface of the water. Mrs. President thanks Mario, but Princess Toadstool, Luigi and Toad come by in a rowboat to inform them that Bowser's loading up the Doomship to attack London, Paris and even Brooklyn.
Mario and Luigi disguise themselves as Sledge Bros. and sneak aboard the Doomship, but their disguises don't fool the guards and they soon find themselves fleeing angry Sledge Bros. After dodging their attacks Mario, though, is still able to make it to the engine room, while Luigi holds off the Sledge Bros. with a cannon.
Mario takes control of the Doomship, and uses the Levitation Beam to send the White House back through the Warp Pipe, but he accidentally sends it to the top of the Washington Monument! Fortunately, he is able to correct it, and places the White House back where it belongs.
Kootie Pie objects to the return of the White House, and Mario tells her to go home. Kootie Pie then throws a tantrum, and Mario levitates her (mid-tantrum) back through the warp pipe to Castle Koopa. Mario and Luigi return the Doomship to Castle Koopa, and deliberately crash it, which angers Bowser.
Kootie Pie then she blames her dad for letting the Mario Bros. spoil everything, but he finally gets fed up with her whining and commands her to do her chores. Mario and his friends can hear them yelling from outside the castle, and Mario comments that Bowser's finally giving Kootie Pie "the present she deserves".
Trivia
- Out of all the Mario cartoon episodes that he appears in, this is only one in which Toad doesn't have any lines.
- This is the only episode to feature the Hammer Suit (or at least a reasonable facsimile).
- When Kootie Pie cries, her mouth isn't open.
- Near the end of the episode, when Mario flies the doomship into the Mushroom Kingdom, its back fins resemble Ireland and the British Isle.
- When Mario is warping Kootie back to Kastle Koopa, her whole face is brown.
- When Luigi says "Hehe, so you're not even boss of America anymore.", he isn't wearing his gloves.
