To the South Pole

To the South Pole is the 14th episode (15th in earlier airings) aired on TV (or the 3rd (or 4th in earlier airings) shown episode, due to it being shown on VHS and DVD first) of Super Mario Exploration from Season 3.

## Characters

* Mario
* Luigi
* Baxter
* Molly
* Bowser
* Nabbit
* The Toad Brigade
* Red
* Pikachu
* Red's mother (mentioned)
* Red's father (mentioned)
* Halley (debut)
* Piplup (debut)
* Wailord (debut)
* Empoleon (debut)

## Summary

Mario, Luigi, Red, and Pikachu need to take a Piplup home to the south pole.

## Plot

Mario and Luigi visit Red who works at the Pokemon Center, a place where Pokemon go if they are hurt, sick, or lost. Luigi wanted to know if there was any new Pokemon that are lost today. Suddenly, a horn beeps. That means the rescue truck had a lost Pokemon. It was in a small pool filled with ice. It was a Piplup. They said hello to the Piplup. Piplup then got hot and sweaty and is far away from home. Red checks his Pokedex, which is ideal to show where each Pokemon lives. They find out that Piplup live where it's cold. More specifically, Piplup live in the south pole where it's very, very cold. They had to figure out how to get to the south pole to bring Piplup home. They ask Molly for help. She says that they have to go across an icy body of water, next they have to go up a big snowy mountain, and that's how they'll get to the south pole. Molly also reminds them to try to catch stars along the way. Mario, Luigi, Red, Pikachu, and Piplup got going. They first have to find the icy water. They find it with help from the viewer. They use an airplane to get them there. Since Mario, Luigi, Red, and Pikachu are going to the south pole where it's very cold, they had to dress warm. They put on parkas which is a nice thick and warm coat. They buckled up and off they went. Up, up and away! Red tells Luigi that Piplups are bird Pokemon that don't fly and it was Piplup's first time. Suddenly, they hear stars. There was even an power star that looked icy. It was named Halley. Mario wanted to catch her. They each caught a star. Then, they put them in the star pocket. After that, the group reached cold territory. They thanked the airplane for the ride. Now, they just have to find a way across the icy water. They saw a boat, but it was locked up. Piplup found the keys to unlock the padlock securing the boat. Suddenly, they heard the Koopa Brigade. Nabbit nabs the keys and throws them into the icy water. Piplup dived into the icy water to get back the keys. The keys were in an oyster. Piplup dove down deep and got back the keys and swam up to the surface. Now that they got the keys back, they can sail across the icy water. Suddenly, the boat runs into an iceberg. They were stuck. Red calls out to a Wailord. The group also called out to the Wailord. The Wailord was able to clear the way. They were on the move once again. They made it across the icy water and now they had to get up the snowy mountain. They see a snowmobile built for 4. They put on their helmets and their seatbelts on. They got going but then they saw an array of Seels. Mario, Luigi, Red, Pikachu, and Piplup clapped and imitated the Seel's cry and the Seels moved out of the way. Not long after, they reach the snowy mountain. They thanked the snowmobile for the ride. Luigi & Pikachu tried to walk up the snowy mountain but slipped down to the bottom. Luckily, Piplup had a different approach. He started waddling up the mountain. Mario, Luigi, Red, and Pikachu waddled like Piplup up the mountain. And together they waddled up to the top. As they were on top of the mountain, it started to break apart. They get separated. Mario, Red and Pikachu were on one half of the mountain as it lowered with Luigi and Piplup on the other half of the mountain raised up. Mario checks Baxter for a rope. Sure enough, Baxter does indeed have one. They find it but it gets stuck in Baxter's background. The viewer pulls the rope free. Mario gets the rope and throws it to Luigi. He had to put Piplup on his back and slid down the rescue line. After that, Halley comes out of the star pocket. Halley makes a path for the group to slide down. Halley goes back into the star pocket and the group slide down the path. So far, the group went across the Icy Water and over the snowy mountain, now all that's left is to head to the south pole. They slide down a big snowy hill. Once they made to the south pole, they had to find Piplup's parents. Mario, Luigi, Red, and Pikachu imitate the Piplup's cry to call out to them. Immediately after that, they respond and Piplup's family was back together.

## Places in this episode

1. Icy Water

2. Snowy Mountain

3. South Pole

## Items in Baxter (clockwise from left to right)

* Winter Hat (same one from To the Monkey Bars)
* Conga Drum
* Rope (correct item)
* Sled
* Ski Goggles
* Water Bottle

## Trivia

* This episode aired on the VHS and DVD title "Meet Red!" before it aired on TV.
* Bowser & Nabbit are seen in his winter clothes and skiing in this episode.
* Lakitu, Toad, and Peach don't appear in this episode.
* This is the second time that the rope gets stuck during Baxter's segment, first being Meet Red!.
* Coincidentally, both of these episodes (this and the aforementioned episode) were put together on the Meet Red! VHS and DVD and the same problem occurred during the Baxter segment.
* Mario, Luigi, Red, and Pikachu don't sing the Travel Song in this episode, they're not supposed to anyway because they immediately get to all the places they need to go, they ride in an airplane and catch stars on the way to the first place, then they ride in a snowmobile to the second place, then they slide down snowy mountain getting to the third place. In fact, there are no songs sung other than We Made It! (excluding the Super Mario Exploration Theme Song, I'm The Map, and Backpack, Backpack).
* This episode also aired during the Journey to the Center of Adventure marathon, which features episodes from Super Mario Exploration and Pokemon Go! from 9AM-2PM et, and this episode aired at 1:30pm as the last episode to air during the marathon.
* This is the only episode seeing Mario, Luigi, and Bowser as ice sculptures during the end credits of Halley's mini-game.
* Mario and Luigi look like their Season 1 selves in the ice sculptures.
* Molly stands on the bottom left in this episode instead of the top left.
* It is unknown how The Koopa Brigade, Bowser & Nabbit got to the arctic. They do not wear parkas either, they just have scarves and ski goggles.
* It is also unknown how the Toad Brigade got there. They also do not wear parkas, just scarves.
* Same thing with the Power Stars, and they do not wear anything.
* This episode introduces Mario‘s red winter clothes and Luigi' green winter clothes from A Present for Santa and A Letter for Bowser in a new version. They are now parkas.
* Due to this episode being shown on Meet Red! before airing on TV, it is the first episode where Molly sings the full version of the Season 3 onwards version of I'm the Map. If the VHS and DVD airing does not count, then ¡Per Favore! is the first episode to do so. She added verses such as "Who's the gal you need to know when you got a place to go?" and "Who can help you say 'Hey, I figured out the way!' ", followed by "What's my name?" and "Say it again!" with the Toad Brigade saying "The Map!" after both questions.

## Ice Sculptures Made in the Credits

1. Wailord

2. Piplup

3. Bowser

4. Mario and Luigi