Dr. Mario (episode)

Dr. Mario is an episode of Season 2.

## Summary

Mario becomes a doctor to help his friends feel better.

## Plot

Mario and Luigi pretend to be doctors. Mario shows the viewer the stethoscope. He says that doctors use a it so they can hear one’s heart beating. Luigi wanted to listen to his heart. So, Mario tries to find Luigi's heart. His heart wasn't on his foot, nor his head. It was on his chest. Mario listened and Luigi's heart went "pump-pump, pump-pump, pump-pump". Mario was amazed at how Luigi's heart was strong. Suddenly, Oh no! they heard a big loud sneeze from afar. Luigi knew somebody had the sneezes. Mario knew somebody needed help. "Dr. Mario to the rescue!", he shouted. Then, Mario puts his stethoscope in his backpack. But, Mario & Luigi walk a little but then Mario stops and Luigi bumps into him from behind. They didn't know where the sneezing was coming from. So, they asked Molly for help. Molly knew where the sneezing was coming from (and who has the sneezes). A roof jumps up and stays in place for momentarily and the blue cursor clicks on Lakitu. The roof comes back down into place. Molly said that Lakitu had the sneezes and also says that he is in his house. Molly says that to get to Lakitu's house, they had to go through the jungle and over the big hill. Every time Lakitu sneezes, his roof jumps but comes back down into place. Mario and Luigi are now ready to help their friend Lakitu who has the sneezes. First Mario & Luigi had to go through the jungle. Along the way, they got stopped by a Totodile who won't let them pass. The Totodile swishes his tail and then his tail goes into a thorny bush. He sobs, pulls his tail out of the thorny bush and gets thorns stuck on his tail. Dora told the Totodile to calm down and had to get the thorns out. In no time, Mario gets them out of Totodile's tail. But now, they had to heal the boo-boos. Mario & Luigi check Baxter. She had lollipops and stickers of green, red, blue, and yellow, a box of bandages, liquid soap, the stethoscope, and a box of tissues. They pick out the box of bandages to heal the boo-boos for Totodile's tail. And because Mario and Luigi were doctors, they decided to give each patient a treat. So, they get out the green lollipop and green sticker with a treasure chest on it. Luigi holds the green lollipop and sticker in his hands.

Now, they had to figure out how many boo-boos Totodile had on his tail. They counted in Italian and found out that Totodile had 7 boo-boos. So, they needed to put 7 bandages. After putting bandages over the boo-boos, Luigi hands out the green lollipop and sticker for Totodile because he was a good patient and told him the sticker had a treasure chest on it. Totodile said "Grazie per l'aiuto" which is Italian for "Thank you for your help" Mario & Luigi go "Prego" for "You're welcome". Suddenly, as Mario & Luigi waved goodbye to Totodile, they overheard Lakitu sneezing again. Mario & Luigi finally made it through the jungle and now they had to go over the big hill. But just then, they saw Lily by the bush. She had a bucket stuck on her foot and couldn't get it off. Mario & Luigi walked up to her and tried pulling the bucket off Lily's foot. But it was really stuck tight. They needed something slippery to make the bucket slide off Lily's foot. Mario & Luigi check Baxter. Luckily, Baxter had something that will make the bucket slip off Lily's foot. She had liquid soap and it was slippery. And they also decided to give her a lollipop and sticker for the girl. They got out the red lollipop and sticker. Mario gets the liquid soap, squirts some on the bucket stuck on Lily's foot and puts it back in his backpack. Mario & Luigi tried again and started pulling and pulling and then the bucket slipped off. Luigi hands out the red lollipop and red sticker which had a star on it to Lily because she was a good patient. After that, they heard Lakitu sneezing again. Mario & Luigi went past Lily and she waved goodbye to Mario & Luigi as they headed off to help Lakitu who has the sneezes. But first, they had to go over the big hill. They found Blu the blue train. Mario goes "Ciao Blu" while Luigi goes "Hi Blu". Then Blu said "Ciao" to Mario and "Hi" to Luigi. They asked Blu what was wrong. She said that she lost her whistle in one of her 4 train cars and she can't find it. Luigi couldn't hear her whistle, neither does Mario. They check Baxter once again for something to help them listen. Baxter had something to help them listen to the sounds to find Blu's whistle. They used the stethoscope. They also got a lollipop and sticker for Blu after they finish finding her whistle.

Mario catches the stethoscope while Luigi catches the blue lollipop and sticker. Luigi takes the stethoscope from Mario and listens to the sounds of the 4 train cars. He hears a "ding-ding", a "boom-boom", a "choo-choo", and a "wail-wail". The viewer tells Mario & Luigi that the whistle was in Car 3. They check to make sure if Car 3 had the whistle. Sure enough, it did. Car 1 had the bell that went ding-ding, Car 2 had the drum that went boom-boom and Car 4 had a firetruck that went wail-wail. Mario & Luigi laughed. Then they put Blu's whistle back on. Luigi puts the blue lollipop and blue sticker with a train on it on Blu's front buffer. Blu asks where Mario & Luigi were going. They explained to her that they had to go over the big hill to get to Lakitu's house because Lakitu has the sneezes. Blu gives Mario & Luigi a ride. They cheered for Blu by saying chugga-chugga choo choo a few times. In no time, Blu gets Mario & Luigi over the big hill. Mario & Luigi thanked Blu for the ride. So far, Mario & Luigi went through the jungle and over the big hill. They were close to Lakitu's house. All they had to do is go there to help Lakitu who has the sneezes. Mario & Luigi got to Lakitu's house and starts sneezing. Mario goes "Bless you Lakitu" and Luigi goes "You don't sound so good". Lakitu couldn't stop sneezing and really wishes he had tissues so he can blow his nose. Luckily, Mario had some tissues in Baxter and she and Luigi can't forget the lollipop and sticker for Lakitu so he'll feel all better. After getting the tissues, the yellow lollipop and sticker, they heard Nabbit. Lakitu thinks that Nabbit will try and swipe the tissues. Luigi thought he can also swipe the lollipop and sticker in addition to the tissues. Mario, Luigi, and Lakitu watched out for Nabbit. They stopped Nabbit by saying "Nabbit no nabbing" 3 times. Nabbit runs away. Lakitu thanked Mario & Luigi for the tissues. Now he can blow his nose.

But, he still has the sneezes. He just wishes that his sneezes would go away. Mario told Lakitu not to worry and Luigi said that Dr. Mario is really good at helping people. Mario & Luigi decided to stop and think. Mario would sneeze if he had a cold and asked Lakitu if he had a cold. Lakitu wasn't sick, he feels fine except for his sneezes. Luigi would sneeze whenever he has allergies. Mario thinks that maybe he is allergic to something in his house. So, they looked around Lakitu's house to see what made Lakitu sneeze. Lakitu didn't sneeze when he was near the feather pillow and he didn't sneeze when he was near the hay. But as Lakitu sniffed the flower, he started sneezing. So, Lakitu was allergic to the flower. Luigi walks over, picks up the flower off the table, and keeps it back from Lakitu, who then explained he just got that flower today. Luigi decided put it outside and he did so. And now Lakitu's sneezes were gone. Luigi came back and gives Luigi the yellow lollipop and yellow sticker with a teddy bear on it. Lakitu thanked Mario & Luigi for curing his sneezes.

## Places in this episode

1. Jungle
2. Big Hill
3. Lakitu's House

## Items in Baxter (clockwise starting from the top right)

* Red lollipop and sticker (for Lily)
* Stethoscope (3rd correct item)
* Green lollipop and sticker (for Totodile)
* Tissues (4th correct item)
* Yellow lollipop and sticker (for Lakitu)
* Bandages (1st correct item)
* Blue lollipop and sticker (for Blu)
* Liquid soap (2nd correct item)

## Listen to the Sounds

* Bell in train car #1
* Drum in train car #2
* Blu's whistle in train car #3
* Toy firetruck in train car #4

## Trivia

* The Travel Song is sung and heard only once, because the other 2 times, Mario and Luigi no longer sing it again. Instead, they immediately run into the places and help other friends.
* This episode is very similar to Hic-Boom-Ohhh!.
* Mario & Luigi use all their medical tools, lollipops, and stickers from Baxter.
* This is the second episode where Blu is seen without her whistle, first being Choo-Choo!.
* Toad and Peach do not appear in this episode.
* This is the 32nd episode of the show.
* Baxter was called upon four times.
* As of this episode, Mario's voice again becomes higher.

* It is unknown how Nabbit got to Lakitu's house. He also somehow got there in Pinta, the Pony Express.
* In April 2003, the scene showing Mario and Luigi waving goodbye was featured in an alphabet-themed commercial for Nintendo Kids. The commercial was also available as a video on NintendoKids.com.
* This is one of three episodes that had never been released to home video, the other two being The Legend of Lily and Whose Birthday is It?.
* This is the first appearance of Mario's alter-ego, Dr. Mario.

## Goofs

* In real life, house roofs (or roofs in general) do not jump, even when one sneezes.
* In real life, a lollipop would fall off if one puts it on the train (although it does not apply here due to cartoon logic).

## Running Gags

* Whenever Lakitu sneezes in his house onscreen, the roof jumps.
* Mario (as Dr. Mario) keeps shouting "Dr. Mario to the rescue!" on his way to Lakitu's House.