The Great BMX Race

"The Great BMX Race" is the ninth animated episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Its paired live-action segment is "Mama Mia Mario."
== Synopsis ==
Mario and company are crossing the Desert Kingdom, possibly trying to track down King Koopa because he stole all their money earlier. They come to a sudden stop, however, due to an ambush by Fryguy. For reasons unknown, Toad owes Fryguy 60 Coins, and he has till sundown to pay them. However, since King Koopa stole their money, they cannot pay Fryguy, who suggests maybe Mario and Luigi enter the local motorcross bicycle race to win the prize money.
The Mario Bros. head for the race's starting line with their bicycle and soon meet their competitors - Tryclyde, Mouser, and a nameless Koopa Troopa. The Bros. manage to get a head start as a result of the bad guys' teasing, but while she and Toad are watching the race, Princess Toadstool notices King Koopa operating behind the scenes. She and Toad head towards his quarters to eavesdrop on him and find out, by overhearing the directions King Koopa is giving to his minions, formed under a team named Team Koopa, that the race is in fact a ploy to destroy the Mario Bros. The Princess and Toad rush out onto the road to try and warn the Marios of King Koopa's plot, but they zip right by them and are instead captured by Team Koopa; they are taken to King Koopa, who ties them up in a sleeping Cobrat.
Meanwhile, Mario, feeling too confident about his and Luigi's head start, decides to make a stop at a nearby pasta restaurant and eat. Just when they leave the restaurant, Team Koopa catches up to them and speeds right by them. Angry with this, Mario and Luigi give chase after them, with the bad guys leading them up a cliff, which the Bros. soon fall off of. However, using a plunger as a grappling hook, Mario manages to save his and Luigi's lives and get back in the race. Team Koopa then shifts into high gear and gives chase after them. After Mario empties a can of spaghetti sauce right in front of the enemies and Mouser throwing Bob-ombs at the Mario Bros., the Koopa Troopa manages to slow down the plumbers by breaking a glass boulder in front of them, making it pop their tires. However, the Marios dash into a nearby vegetable garden and pummel their enemies with the vegetables, eventually forcing them to surrender and retreat.
Meanwhile, Toadstool and Toad manage to escape the sleeping Cobrat and get away on one of King Koopa's spare bicycles, with the Koopa King himself making little effort to stop them. They find the Mario Bros. just as they've beaten their foes and tell them that the whole race was a trap, and that Toad doesn't really owe Fryguy anything. The Marios are really mad that they've risked their necks (and wasted some tomato sauce) for nothing, and the episode ends with the four of them chasing a bike-riding King Koopa off into the sunset, throwing vegetables (and fruits) at him.
== Trivia/Goofs ==
* When Toadstool first notices King Koopa, he and the Koopa Troopas are placed in the wrong part of the shot.
* The three Koopa Troopas that end up clobbering themselves in their attempt to recapture the prisoners are suddenly wearing biker gloves when King Koopa yells at them.
* This is the last episode which the airing (#9) and production (109) numbers correspond to each other. Each episode (except one) since then do not have corresponding airing and production numbers.
* In some shots that show the "Start" sign, the sign incorrectly says "Tart".
== Availability ==
File:TSMBSS - Volume 1 (DVD, 2006) Shout Factory.png|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume 1 (DVD, 2006)
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File:TSMBSS - Volume 1 (DVD, 2012) NCircle re-release.jpg|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume 1 (DVD, 2012) (NCircle Re-release)
Category:Episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!