The Magic Stick

**The Magic Stick** is the second episode of Season 2 of Super Mario Exploration.

Previous: **The Big Storm**

Next: **The Missing Piece**

## Characters

* Mario
* Luigi
* Baxter
* Molly
* Toad Brigade
* Nabbit
* Princess Lily
* Signorwe Tucán
* Heatmor (debut)
* Squirtles
* Absol (debut)
* Lizard
* Sandshrew (debut)

## Summary

Mario and Luigi find a magic stick and have to go to the High, High Hill so it can do its trick.

## Plot

The episode starts with Mario and Luigi going exploring in the forest. First, Luigi wanted to look for a bird's nest. He finds it and climbs up the tree and sees eggs in the nest, and saw the eggs hatch and they were baby birds inside and they called for their mother. A real mama bird flew down to check on her babies. Luigi told Mario that the baby birds thought he was their mommy. Mario thought that was silly and they both laughed. Now, they get going. Mario wanted to find a Metapod. Luigi saw the cocoon and Mario explained to him that a Caterpie evolves into a Metapod and later, it'll evolve into a Butterfree. Luigi wanted to see the Butterfree. Mario told him that it may not happen for a while. They noticed that the Metapod was starting to evolve into Butterfree and flies away. Mario and Luigi kept exploring and then they found a long stick. Mario and Luigi walked up to the stick which was on a little hill. They wiggled and pulled; it was stuck tight but they managed to pull the long stick off the little hill.

Suddenly a big spotlight shined over Mario and Luigi holding the long stick. Pokemon poked their heads up from different areas. They saw a Sandshrew, a Heatmor, an Absol, and a Politoed. They told Mario and Luigi that what they found was a magic stick by chanting a rhyme which went: "The stick, the stick, the magic stick, the stick can do a magic trick. The stick will work, it really will, but only on the high, high hill!" They said the rhyme twice: the first time each Pokemon recited one line at a time, then all Pokemon recited it together. The second time, Mario and Luigi joined in. They had to go to the high, high hill to see the magic stick do its trick. They ask Molly for directions and she says that they have to go across a river filled with cobrats and over a big wall to get to the highest hill.

Mario and Luigi were ready to go to the highest hill so the magic stick can do its trick. Along the way, they heard Princess Lily. She explained to Mario and Luigi that he had an itch she needs to scratch but couldn't reach it. So, Luigi gets on Lily's shoulders and uses the magic stick to scratch her itch. When they were done, Lily thanked them for scratching her itch. Mario and Luigi made it to the cobrat river. Luigi saw a canoe and a broken paddle. The paddle's handle is missing. Mario gets out sticky tape from Baxter and used the sticky tape to stick the paddle to the magic stick. Mario and Luigi put on their life jackets so they can be safe in the river. As Mario and Luigi paddled across the river, Luigi thought he saw sticks in the river. But they were really cobrats. Mario and Luigi paddled away from the snakes and got across the river to the other side. They take the sticky tape off and their life jackets off so they can continue taking the magic stick to the highest hill to find out what the trick will be.

Mario and Luigi had to watch out for the Koopa Brigade. Nabbit nabs the magic stick and throws it. Mario and Luigi had to find the magic stick right away. Signore Tucán is going to help out by sorting sticks of different sizes. All Mario and Luigi know is that the magic stick is long. So, Signore Tucán is gonna hold up a stick and will ask if it's "lungo", long or "corto", short and sort them into two piles. After sorting all the sticks, they were 3 of both long and short sticks. The last long stick that Signore Tucán had in his wing was the magic stick. Signore Tucán picks up the magic stick with his talons and hands it over to Mario and Luigi. They thanked Signore Tucán and he flew away. Mario and Luigi approach the tall wall. They had to figure out how to climb over the wall. They find a ladder and some rungs were missing on the ladder. The Mario Bros. counted and said there were 4 missing rungs. Mario picks up 4 rungs from the ground and puts them on the ladder going from bottom to top. Mario climbs up the ladder safely but as Luigi grabbed the rung at the very top, it breaks in half and couldn't climb up to the top. But, he uses the magic stick to fill in the missing rung. The magic stick didn't break because it was strong enough for Luigi's weight and he completely climbs up to the top of the wall.

Mario and Luigi saw a slide and went down the slide. So far, Mario and Luigi went across Cobrat River and over the wall. They were getting very close to the high, high hill so that the magic stick can do its trick. They get there right away. They marched up the hill to get to the top. Soon after, Luigi plants the magic stick on the highest hill and then they waited. Nothing happened. Luigi wondered how they had to get the magic stick to work. All the Pokemon from earlier came to the High, High Hill and the wise old Politoed told them that they must chant the magic stick rhyme to get the magic stick to do its trick. So, they said the magic stick rhyme with the Pokemon so that the magic stick could work its magic. They practiced saying the rhyme. Then, they said it a second time, but a little louder. Sure enough, the magic stick worked. There was green grass, trees, flowers, dragonflies, and banana trees. The magic stick started flying in midair and Mario and Luigi grabbed on the magic stick and started flying with it. They came back to a soft grassy surface on the high, high hill and the magic stick floated down and seated on the hill. The wise old Politoed congratulated Mario and Luigi because they brought life back to his hill. As a reward, he got out a flower for both of them. Mario puts his flower on his cap while Luigi holds his flower.

## Trivia

* Mario and Luigi used the magic stick for scratching Lily's itch, the paddle's broken handle, and to fill in the missing rung at the top of the ladder.
* This episode aired as part of Watch and Munch on Nintendo Kids.
* This is the 28th episode of the show (30th in earlier airings).
* Mario's voice starts to sound higher pitched in the next episode, but the actual first use of her high-pitched voice is in Rosso, the Fire Truck.
* Toad, Lakitu, and Peach don't appear in this episode at all.
* This is the third time for Mario and Luigi to climb up and slide down. This time they climbed up a ladder and slid down a wooden slide to climb over the Wall. The first time was in Backpack, where they climbed and slid down the Big Rock and the second time was in Fish Out of Water, where they climbed and slid down the Sandcastle.
* This is the first (third in earlier airings) Season 2 episode Mario and Luigi clap their hands three times after asking "Where are we going?" during the Travel Song and will no longer say the place immediately after the question like in Season 1 from now on.
* Mario and Luigi always sing the Travel Song twice even in Season 1 or sometimes even 3 times (4 times in Beaches) without clapping their hands after "Where are we going?", but this is actually the first Season 2 episode they sing it twice because in The Big Storm, they've only sung it once.
* The tree that Nabbit was hiding is the same one from Grandma's House.
* This is the first episode where Molly did not sing the full version of I'm the Map, she only says "I’m the Map" five times. This happens again in later episodes, especially in season 3 onwards. Also, this is the third instance (excluding episode where Backpack was checked more than once) where Baxter's full song is only sung partially, first being Call Me Mr. Riddles and second being The Big Storm.
* When Luigi says "Oh!" (after Mario tells him that they don't know how to get to the High, High Hill), the audio is taken from Treasure Island.
* Molly's zoom wipe is recycled from To the Treehouse. It will be used later on in more season 2 episodes and some season 3 episodes!.

* This is the first time Shy Guy has spoken English.