Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas

"Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas" is the first episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
==Plot==
The Koopalings are rough-housing inside Castle Koopa, shortly before King Koopa appears and calls everyone into attendance for a Koopa Family Meeting. Seeing that it is time for the Koopas to do something exceptionally dastardly, he devises a plan to have his Koopalings capture Prince Hugo and bring him to the castle, that way he can shrink him to a poodle. He has Bully, Cheatsy, Big Mouth, and Kooky step forward for him to zap them each with his wand and transform them into "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas." He then orders them to carry out the task of capturing Prince Hugo.
Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad are at Prince Hugo's castle, having been informed of the message they received from him. Mario promises that he and his friend will protect him from the giant Koopa kids. The Prince's Royal Parrot does not have much faith in them, but Mario is determined to prove to him that they are more than just "shrimpy guys." Mario and Luigi head through a pipe leading to the outside world. They are encountered by an angry sun, who chases them around the field. As they try to outrun it, the brothers find a Super Leaf and transform themselves into flying raccoons. Completely unaware who the raccoons really are, the sun asks them where the two plumbers went. Raccoon Mario directs him to the cloud far off, then the two brothers fly back to Giant Land to stop the giant Koopas.
Meanwhile, the Koopa kids approach the castle and break down the door, capturing Princess Toadstool, Toad, and Prince Hugo. The Mario Brothers fly into the castle, distracting the Koopa kids with their flying. Big Mouth manages to incapacitate Mario with a "reptile breath tornado," which causes Mario to fly into a pipe and slide down near a pipe, from a which a plant emerges and bites Mario on his tail, disabling his flight abilities. Luigi, upon being touched by a Koopa, loses his racoon abilities as well. Luigi, along with Toad and Princess Toadstool are locked away in the parrot's cage. Fortunately, Mario is still uncaptured, giving him the opportunity to hop on the parrot's back. The parrot, however, is reluctant to fly anywhere without his cage. Mario promises the parrot that he will reclaim his cage for him if he helps him rescue his friends. Mario flees the castle on the parrot's back. However, this does not disappoint the Koopas much, as they still have the other three prisoners in their possession.
The Koopas return to Castle Koopa to show their father their accomplishment. Upon seeing the captured Prince, King Koopa commends his Koopa kids on a job well done and takes the opportunity to gloat the to three caged prisoners, shortly before he grabs his poodle wand and transforms Prince Hugo into a miniature poodle. Happy at their success, the Koopas cheer in excitement and beg their father (who is ready to zap them back to normal) to let them stay giant and capture more kingdoms. Loving the cruel and rotten idea, he puts up his ninja wand, and his Koopalings praise him. Meanwhile, Mario sneaks his way into the room and approaches his caged friends. He cannot get the door open, but fortunately, he already knows a plan to trick King Koopa.
With the Koopas distracted, Mario takes switches the gems on King Koopa's wands. After the Koopalings finish praising their father, they sit him down and ask him what land they should conquer. Before King Koopa can make a decision, Mario approaches him and demands that he change Prince Hugo back and free his friends or else. King Koopa then orders his Koopas to grab Mario. Not realizing he has been tricked, King Koopa zaps Mario, transforming him into "Good, Truthful, Honest, Giant, Ninja Mario," rather than a miniature poodle. In a brief musical montage, Mario frees his friends and then goes toe-to-tow with the four giant Koopalings. All the while, Princess Toadstool grabs a wand and shrinks the Koopalings back down to size, forcing them to run away from Giant Mario. Luigi then takes a wand and zaps Prince Hugo back to normal.
With his plans ruined, King Koopa and his Koopalings make a quick escape through a warp pipe. Afterwards, Prince Hugo thanks Mario for his help in rescuing him and saving Giant Land. The Princess takes a wand and zaps Mario back to normal size. However, the parrot notices the damage Mario left on his cage. Shortly after Mario promises to fix it, the angry parrot grabs a wand and transforms himself into a "Miserable, Squawking, Angry, Giant, Ninja Parrot," then gives chase to Mario before the episode ends.
==Cast and characters==
*Mario - Walker Boone
*Luigi - Tony Rosato
*Princess Toadstool - Tracey Moore
*Prince Hugo - Greg Morton
*Royal Parrot
*King Koopa - Harvey Atkin
*Koopalings
**Cheatsy Koopa - James Rankin
**Big Mouth Koopa - Gordon Masten
**Kootie Pie Koopa (no dialogue)
**Hop Koopa (no dialogue)
**Bully Koopa - Dan Hennessey
**Hip Koopa (no dialogue)
**Kooky von Koopa - Michael Stark
==Errors==
* At the beginning of the episode, when Koopa is walking near the Goombas, the spikes on his shell are white instead of orange.
* After Mario tells Koopa he is not taking over any land, Cheatsy's eyelids are the same color as his muzzle.
* When Koopa first orders Cheatsy, Big Mouth, Kooky and Bully forward to be transformed into giant ninjas, his crown is missing.
** Also, Cheatsy, Big Mouth, Kooky and Bully do not move forward. Kootie Pie, Hip and Hop move back.
* When Kooky suggests to Koopa that they attack Water Land, he noticeably has Bully's voice instead of his own.
* Throughout the entire episode, the feathers of the Royal Parrot appear to change colors.
* When Mario tells the Royal Parrot that riding on it is the only way to save Prince Hugo and all Mario's friends, Mario's hand suddenly jerks behind the Royal Parrot's back.
** Right after, the Royal Parrot's eyes turn from blue to yellow.
* In a shot showing the Koopalings reaching the Prince Hugo's castle, Cheatsy's head is olive and his hair's yellow.
* When the Koopalings begin breaking into Prince Hugo's castle, Kooky's head is orange instead of green.
* When Princess Toadstool is tricking Koopa into turning Mario into a giant ninja, Luigi's hat and overalls both briefly turn red in color, as well as when Mario lets them out.
* While Cheatsy is holding on to Prince Hugo, he is not wearing his ninja outfit.
* When the Koopalings are praising their father and walking around Prince Hugo the poodle, they all have pink shells.
* As soon as the Koopalings return to normal, they are still wearing their ninja outfits for one shot.
* Sometimes, Kooky's nostrils appear to be missing.
* When Mario hits the pipe, his raccoon tail and ears are discolored red and white.
* When Big Mouth asks which place to conquer next, one of his nails turns the same color as his skin.
* Koopa takes the green scepter, but when Big Mouth is suggesting to take over other lands, the scepter Koopa is holding is red, and when he goes to put it back it turns green again.
* After Koopa points at the picture of Prince Hugo, the scepter is purple.
* When Koopa sees Mario set the others free, his scepter is green, but while he drops it, it turns red. And when Princess Toadstool picks it up and Luigi holds it, it is still red. When Toadstool approaches Hugo and Mario shaking hands, the scepter's green, but when the view changes, it is red. And when the parrot takes the scepter from Toadstool, it is blue.
* When Mario switches the red and green scepters, the scepters switch each others' colors while they are in Mario's hands.
* At one point, Big Mouth's thumb claw is red, but in the next shot it is normal.
* When Big Mouth says "I love being a Koopa!", Cheatsy is seen without his ninja suit.
* When the Koopas attack Prince Hugo, Bully is holding Princess Toadstool and Toad, but when the Mario Brothers appear, Big Mouth is holding Princess Toadstool and Toad.
* When Koopa calls attendance of a "Koopa Family Meeting" Kooky's muzzle is the same color as his skin.
* At the very start of the episode, Hip and Hop are jumping on a chair, but when Koopa calls attendance of a "Koopa Family Meeting", the chair is not shown.
* After Cheatsy, Kooky, Big Mouth, and Bully get turned giant, Bully's eyes are shown.
* Koopa uses a green scepter to turn Kooky, Cheatsy, Bully, and Big Mouth giant, but in the next shot, he has a purple scepter.
* In one shot of the scene with Prince Hugo, Mario's "M" is white.
* When the Ninja Koopas are walking through Giant Land, Kooky flashes.
* When the Ninja Koopas are approaching Prince Hugo's castle, Cheatsy's hair is yellow.
* When the Angry Sun flies away, he is shown disappearing.
* When Koopa wonders who has been fooling with his wands, two black lines briefly appear and the screen shakes.
* When Good Truthful Honest Giant Ninja Mario opens the cage, black dots are briefly on and around his left hand.
* When Toad, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool escape from the cage, it is partially destroyed. However, it was fine in the previous shot.
* When Koopa hides behind Kooky's leg, the Giant Koopas shrink a little.
* When Bully, Kooky, Cheatsy, and Big Mouth get scared by Giant Ninja Mario, Bully's muzzle is the same color as his skin.
* When Koopa says that he has an appointment in another Warp Zone, Big Mouth's head is black and white.
* When the Royal Parrot, as a ninja, is trying to get Mario, its feathers are lighter green.
* When Mario says, "We'll protect ya!" and the camera switches to all of the characters, Prince Hugo is briefly seen with only one arm.
* When the Angry Sun is questioning Mario and Luigi, Mario and Luigi stop moving for a few seconds.
* When Koopa asks who will bring him Prince Hugo, he is using his wand at the most inappropriate time when four of his Koopalings have yet to be transformed.
* When Big Mouth says "Don't shut that door! We gotta put Mario in there!", part of his ninja outfit disappears.
* Before grabbing Princess Toadstool and Toad, Bully's head is the same color as his muzzle.
* Kooky and Cheatsy can be heard saying "Save us!" and "No fair!", but Bully and Big Mouth's mouths move to Kooky and Cheatsy's dialogue.
* As Kooky is talking while holding Prince Hugo, Cheatsy's left arm seems to be missing.
** Also Kooky's shell is pink.
== Availability ==
File:Super Mario Bros. - King Koopa Katastrophe (DVD, 2003).jpg|Super Mario Bros.: King Koopa Katastrophe (DVD, 2003/2007)
File:The Adventures of SMB 3 - The Complete Series (DVD, 2007) Shout Factory.jpg|The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - The Complete Series (DVD, 2007)
File:The Adventures of SMB 3 - The Complete Series (DVD, 2013) NCircle re-release.jpg|The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - The Complete Series (DVD, 2013) (NCircle Re-release)
==Trivia==
* The title of this episode is a spoof of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Big Mouth Koopa even spoofs the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles catchphrase ("I love being a turtle!") from their first film by saying "I love being a Koopa!"
*The Koopalings also share similarities to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: they are brothers, they are teenagers, they are based on turtles, they are ninjas, and each of the members' personalities reflect that of a certain turtle.
**Bully is the team's angry member (similar to Raphael).
**Kooky is the team's smart member (similar to Donatello).
**Big Mouth is the team's annoying member (similar to Michelangelo).
**Cheatsy is the team's neutral member (similar to Leonardo).
* This episode marks the first time in the series where King Koopa is referred to as "Bowser Koopa". In this case, Mario says "You're not taking over any land, you Bowser Koopa!" He is also called that in "Princess Toadstool for President," "Reign Storm," and "Crimes R Us."
* This is the only episode in the series to show parts of it during the credits.
* Toad only has two lines of dialogue in this episode.
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