Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 32 – Bad Rap
Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad have arrived in Rap Land, because King Koopa has kidnapped Rap Land's king, and is attempting to take everyone's money by playing an eerie theme throughout the land. They are surprised to see the rapper-themed citizens of Rap Land monotonously entering the castle, carrying sacks of Gold Coins. Princess Toadstool assumes that King Koopa is forcing everyone to bring him their money, but Toad wants to know how.
A message from King Koopa, announcing himself as "Rappin' Koopa", comes out of all the speakers around Rap Land, demanding that everyone give him their money. The group is then approached by the Flab Boys, two obese, yet friendly guys who tell them that their earphones blocked out Rappin' Koopa's sound. They then explain that Koopa has trapped King James in his own castle. Mario then decides that they will all head over to the castle to set things straight.
At the castle, Rappin' Koopa makes another announcement for everyone's money. He then taunts King James, who is tied up and sitting on an enormous turntable. King James tells Koopa that the Flab Boys are going to save him. Although Koopa doubts him, from looking out upon Rap Land through a telescope, he finds Mario's group and the Flab Boys arriving at the castle.
As Mario's group reaches the castle, they spy on a Koopa Troopa collecting everyone's money. One of the Flab Boys runs towards the castle, and it takes the combined strength of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad to stop him. Mario explains that he has a plan: have Princess Toadstool dress up like a rapper and offer a bag of coins to the Koopa Troopa that Toad is hiding in. Just as the Princess hands over the bag with Toad to the Koopa Troopa, Koopa announces that the Princess's disguise is fake, and the Koopa Troopas uncover the real Princess.
Mario tells the others that they need to save the Princess, who soon gets tied up by the Koopa Troopas. As they run towards the castle, the Flab Boys create a small tremor, causing Mario and Luigi to fall over. Because they all had to stop, the Koopa Troopas start to bring Princess Toadstool into the castle. The Flab Boys try to stop the Koopa Troopas by throwing records at them, but they are ineffective. Mario manages to hit the Koopa Troopas with his plunger, causing the Princess to fly out of their hands and into the claws of Rappin' Koopa.
As Koopa brings the Princess into the castle, several Albatosses show up and start dropping Bob-Ombs at the heroes. Luigi mentions cannolis, and this prompts Mario to retreat for a lunch break.
Trivia & Bloopers
- When Rappin' Koopa looks through his telescope, part of the background can be seen at the edges of the screen.
- When Koopa laughs at King James, the rim of his shell turns the same color as his body. This also happens with one of his shackles when he notices Mario and his friends.
- When Koopa grabs a Koopa Troopa, the Koopa Troopa's eyes are yellow circles with black pupils, and shortly after, its eyes are white instead of yellow.
- In the second shot of Koopa tying Princess Toadstool and King James onto the spinning record, the Princess's nose is missing until she starts speaking. In the same scene, the record is black, but when Toad saves Princes Toadstool and King James, it turns brown. A similar error occurs with the record a Flab Boy tosses to Toad, where it is initially black, but turns brown when Toad puts it on his turntable.
- In the original, the song played in Mario's honor at the end of the episode is a lower-pitched version of "The Mario Rap Part 2."
- As everyone dances in celebration, the song abruptly stops and all on-screen audio is muted until the episode is over. However, in original and foreign airings, the audio is not muted, and a sound bite of James Brown saying "It's got to be funky!" at the beginning of his song "Make It Funky" can be heard. This sound bite can also be heard on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Robo Koopa VHS.
- In the French and German dubs, "The Mario Rap" is played normally. The dubs also use the first part of the rap instead of the second.
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario, Flab Boy #1
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool
- John StockerToad, Koopa Troopa
- Harvey AtkinRappin' Koopa, Flab Boy #2
- Greg MortonKing James
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Caught in a Draft (Live Action Sketch)
At Mario Brothers Plumbing, Mario and Luigi are in the midst of fixing several pipes together, arguing as they go along. Suddenly, to their surprise, the doorbell rings and Sgt. Slaughter enters. He announces to Mario and Luigi that he is here to train the two of them for a secret government mission.
Sgt. Slaughter manages to frighten Mario to "drop and give him ten". Luigi confronts Sgt. Slaughter and asks how they can be sure that they are on a secret government mission, to which he pulls out his secret government orders and reads them in a whisper. Luigi claims that he cannot hear anything, and Sgt. Slaughter reminds him that the orders are top secret.
Sgt. Slaughter tells Mario and Luigi that he is going to give them a test to see if they can be trusted with top government security. Mario repeats the information to Luigi, and Sgt. Slaughter scolds Mario for shouting, exclaiming that the whole neighborhood probably heard him. He then tells Mario that he failed, and orders him to give him ten.
Afterwards, Sgt. Slaughter is shouting orders at Mario and Luigi as they run around the basement, carrying plungers over their shoulders and running around obstacles. Sgt. Slaughter orders Mario to do some pull ups on a pipe, but Mario ends up bending it. Sgt. Slaughter orders Mario and Luigi to face away from him, but they have trouble, as they are scared of his yelling. Sgt. Slaughter then tells them to place and alternate their plungers between their right and left shoulders, but Luigi fails completely, causing Mario to mess up as well.
After a few more missteps, Mario and Luigi misinterpret Sgt. Slaughter's directions and throw their plungers away. Sgt. Slaughter then yells at Mario and Luigi for confusing a parade rest with taking a rest. Some time later, Sgt. Slaughter is about to inaugurate Mario and Luigi, but they are sleeping.
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