Super Mario Bros. Super Show Cartoon Episode 38 – The Great Gold Coin Rush
At the start of the episode, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad travel through the wild Wild West in a chariot pulled by Ostros while being chased by several Snifits and Klaimjump Koopa. They grab Piranha Plants and aim them at Mario and his friends' chariot, but Mario instead grabs a Cobrat and uses it to attack Klaimjump Koopa. However, Klaimjump Koopa shoots a fireball to destroy the ropes that are used to control the Ostros. This causes the Ostros to flee, and Mario and his friends later slide down a cliff. They later escape from their chariot. Klaimjump Koopa notices them at the bottom of the cliff, and goes after them.
Toad then spots a giant Warp Pipe leading to an unknown area, and he, Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool decide to enter it. Klaimjump Koopa then tosses a Bob-Omb to destroy the entrance of the pipe. In the area under the pipe, Mario discovers a room filled with coins, and Princess Toadstool says it is the Lost Gold Coin Mine. Luigi is worried about getting out of the mine, though Mario says that they can dig a way out with shovels.
After digging out of the gold mine, they reach an apparently empty town. An elder then appears and introduces himself as Calamity Clam and reveals that the town is called Lonesome Mushroom. They later reach the assay office, where Toad puts all of his coins from the mine on the desk and calls for the assayer. The assayer turns out to also be Calamity Clam, and Toad asks him to tell them if the coins are real. He says that the coins are real, and yells out to miners outside as they look through the window. Klaimjump Koopa hears the noise and prepares to approach Lonesome Mushroom.
Back in the town, many miners have come to dig for gold. Toad is unhappy about this gold rush and claims that it is his fault, but he later gets suddenly captured by Klaimjump Koopa, who invades the town and captures the miners. Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool escape from the town while the townsfolk and Toad are being forced to dig for gold. Sometime later, they return to learn that the Klaimjump Koopa, the townsfolk, and Toad are in the gold mine. Meanwhile, Toad starts fighting with Klaimjump Koopa in the mine, but he fails. Mario wants to obtain Fire Flowers to save the townsfolk, and Calamity Clam reveals that they have to get past the tomato sauce mine to reach the Fire Flower mine. Calamity Clam wanted to take Mario to the pasta mine for lunch, but Princess Toadstool forces him to go to the Fire Flower mine. When they arrive at the mine, Mario and Luigi touch two Fire Flowers and become Super Mario and Super Luigi.
Later, just as Klaimjump Koopa is about to dispose of Toad and all the miners after they mine the last of the gold, the Mario Bros. punch through a wall near the gold mine and frightens the Snifits with fireballs, but Klaimjump Koopa captures Princess Toadstool in the meantime and leaves, riding a mine cart. Mario, Luigi and Toad then ride on another minecart to save her. During the chase, they pass through tunnels, and the Mario Bros. begin to lose their powers. They soon pull Princess Toadstool into their cart when reaching the tomato sauce mine. Klaimjump Koopa crashes through a green wooden gate, and he instead goes through the right path while the brothers go to the left one, passing him. Both carts later collide, and Klaimjump Koopa is launched towards a cactus, hurting him. In the end, Mario and his friends celebrate Klaimjump Koopa's defeat back in the town.
Trivia & Bloopers
- When Klaimjump Koopa is seen from behind sitting on a pile of Coins, his pants are missing.
- Throughout the episode, the Snifits' masks change from white to blue several times, while Calamity Clam's patch changes from yellow to green.
- When Luigi says, "And bye bye, us!!", Mario is missing. In the same scene, a part of his cap briefly turns the same color as his skin.
- When Klaimjump Koopa says, "That's the end of those plumb-twerps!", the Ostro's head plume is missing.
- The Plumber's Log at the beginning of the episode (1849) is the same year that gold was found in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, starting the California gold rush.
- The coach Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad ride at the beginning of the episode later appears in the episode "The Provolone Ranger."
Cast
- Captain Lou AlbanoMario
- Danny WellsLuigi
- Jeannie EliasPrincess Toadstool
- John StockerToad, guy #1
- Harvey AtkinKlaimjump Koopa, Calamity Clam, guy #2, Snifits
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The Great Gold Coin Rush
Game Show Host (Live Action Sketch)
In Mario Brothers Plumbing, Mario and Luigi are watching a game show called Money for Morons when the show announces the super jackpot will total 35 cents. After it ends, Luigi turns the television off and reminds Mario that they have to get coal into the furnace before the tenants start to complain. They head over and Mario puts some coal in there, only for it to sneeze and have the dial hit Luigi in the head, which knocks him out. In a panicky tone, Mario tries to get Luigi to get up, and uses a dirty sock to do so successfully.
When Mario tells Luigi that he is glad that he is all right, Luigi responds with a yes and welcomes him to the "show," as well as asking him for his name. When Mario asks Luigi what happened to him, Luigi instead tells him to select "Door #1, 2 or 3." When Mario realizes Luigi believes that he is now a game show host, Luigi tells him that what he just said is "not the correct answer," but also tells him not to worry, because they will "return right after these messages."
Jim Lange arrives, telling Mario he came as soon as he could. When he asked why he was called, Mario tells him that it is about Luigi. After another host-like call from Luigi, Jim is reminded of a contestant he once met. Mario reminds him that he needs help and the contestant is not important right now. When Jim attempts to talk to Luigi, Luigi tells him that he must ring his bell in order to be recognized. After a few more announcements from Luigi, Jim decides that "this is going to be harder than he thought." Luigi responds by saying that that was not the correct answer, but that he wins "the first two hours in February, all meals included." Luigi then tells Jim that he is not a plumber from Brooklyn and that it will cost him five points.
Later, Luigi announces that he can name a tune in five, four, or three notes. The CooKoo Bird tells him that if he named the tune, "then shut up already." Luigi stares at him with a scowl. Mario wonders what he will do with a game show host brother for the rest of his life. Jim tells him not to worry, and that they will figure out how to fix the problem. He starts to reminisce again, but Mario interrupts him and tells him that there is no time. Mario then believes that if he fixed the furnace, then none of this would have happened. This gives Jim an idea. He walks over to Luigi, who asks him if he is ready with his answer. Jim tells Luigi that the Super Duper Jackpot Furnace has burned out.
Not wanting that to happen, Luigi hands the microphone over to Jim, asking him to hold it. When he lights the furnace, it sneezes again, and the dial ejects, knocking Luigi down again. When Mario asks him if he is all right, Luigi shouts out that he smells pizza. Mario happily shouts that Luigi is cured. Luigi thinks that he was smacked by Jim Lange, while Mario shouts that Jim is the greatest game show host in the world. Jim says that he is reminded of a show he used to do, and that they said goodbye in a special way. Together they blow a kiss waving their arms to their right. Jim's hand accidentally hits Luigi, who is knocked down. When he gets up, he has reverted to the game show host personality, leaving the other two upset after so much trouble trying to get him back to normal again.
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