Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas

Princess Toadstool

Toad

King Koopa

The Koopalings

"**Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas"** is the first episode of 'The Adventures of Super Mario Bros.3'.

## Plot

Inside Castle Koopa, the Koopalings are rough-housing and fighting amongst themselves. Koopa then calls the "Koopa Family Meeting" to tell them it's time for them to do something exceptionally dastardly. He orders the Goomba wearing a headband to pull a rope to open a curtain for the life-size portrait of the person they are going to attack. They did so and reveals a portrait of a extremely large Mushroomer.

Big Mouth Koopa identifies the Mushroomer as Prince Hugo, the new ruler of Giant Land, who is described as being the bravest and strongest prince ever and "even for a giant, he's a giant!". But Bully Koopa believes that Prince Hugo is not a big deal and elbows his brother to the floor; Koopa says that Prince Hugo is a big deal, but he will cut Prince Hugo down to size, by changing him into a miniature poodle with one of his wands. He asks who will bring Prince Hugo to him so that he can be transformed.

Kootie Pie Koopa pushes Bully forward but the latter says it is too dangerous and asks for a smaller prince to capture. Ignoring Bully, Koopa orders Cheatsy Koopa, Kooky Von Koopa, Bully and Big Mouth to step forward(Hip Koopa, Hop Koopa and Kootie Pie only stepped back) and zaps his wand at his four sons and transformed them into Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas. Koopa then commands his colossal children to go out and kidnap Prince Hugo.

In Giant Land, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool meet with Prince Hugo and the Royal Parrot. Hugo informs them that his royal army have been defeated by the Giant Ninja Koopas and the Ninja Koopas are on their way to capture him. Mario reassures Prince Hugo, saying that they will stop the Koopalings; soon after making this remark, the Royal Parrot begins to criticize Mario and Luigi. Wanting to show-up the uppity Royal Parrot, Mario and Luigi set-off in a Warp Tube to find a couple of Super Leaves to defeat the Giant Ninja Koopas.

Outside, the Giant Ninja Koopas are heading towards Prince Hugo's castle. Exiting the other end of the Warp Tube, Mario safely falls to the ground and prepares to catch the falling Luigi. Unfortunately, Mario fails to catch Luigi and says the reason for this was that the sun was in his eyes. Insulted, the Angry Sun suddenly charges towards Mario and Luigi in rage; running from the Angry Sun, Mario and Luigi hit a nearby block which releases a Super Leaf. Touching this Super Leaf, Mario and Luigi gain raccoon powers and begin to fly through the air.

As Mario and Luigi fly, they are approached by the Angry Sun, who proceeds to ask them if they saw where Mario and Luigi went. Mario and Luigi, bemused by the Angry Sun's obliviousness, say that they went and hid behind a cloud, and the Angry Sun then flies off and begins to search for Mario and Luigi. With the Angry Sun gone, Mario and Luigi head back to Prince Hugo's castle.

The Ninja Koopas approached the castle and manage to break in. Bully grabs Princess Toadstool and Toad while Kooky and Cheatsy grab Prince Hugo. The Mario Brothers arrive and try to feebly attack the Koopalings but to no avail until Big Mouth blows Mario away and is slammed against a pipe and falls to the ground. Then the Piranha Plant appears and bites Mario's tail, causing him to lose his powers. Big Mouth grabs the flying Luigi, making him lose his powers as well.

Big Mouth grabs the Royal Parrot from it's cage and tosses it aside so that he and Bully can put Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool in it. As they're about to put Mario in it too, Mario jumps on the Royal Parrot's back. At first the bird would not leave it's cage behind, but eventually agrees to help Mario after Mario promises that he will get the cage back for it. The two then take off. Unconcerned with the fleeing Mario and parrot, Big Mouth says that he and his siblings should just take Prince Hugo, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Luigi to Koopa and get all their well deserved praise.

Having transported Prince Hugo, Toad, Princess Toadstool and Luigi to Koopa's throne room, the Koopalings, after being told they did a great job by Koopa, hold Prince Hugo in place while Koopa uses a wand to transform him into a poodle. After doing this, Koopa, after grabbing his "ninja wand" off the wall, prepares to change Bully, Cheatsy, Kooky and Big Mouth back to normal, but is convinced otherwise by Big Mouth, who ask if they can stay as Giant Ninja Koopas so they can conquer other kindoms. Liking the idea, Koopa puts away the ninja wand saying he will use it later. The Giant Ninja Koopas cheered and begin praising their father.

After picking up Koopa, Big Mouth and his siblings leave while Mario and the Royal Parrot, having somehow entered Koopa's Castle, approaches the cage containing Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad. After briefly whispering something to Princess Toadstool, Mario begins to enact a plan; going over to the rack containing Koopa's wands, Mario switches the jewels atop the wands, effectively mixing them up; after doing this, Mario hides behind Koopa's throne.

After a few minutes of mocking Prince Hugo, Big Mouth returns his father to his throne and asks which kingdom they should conquer first. Kooky suggests Water Land, Cheatsy suggests Desert Land. Koopa dismisses the two suggestions saying that he will decide which land to take over. Not before long Mario comes out of hiding and confronts Koopa, demanding him to release his friends and turn Prince Hugo back to normal. When asked what would he do if Koopa does not give in to his demands, Mario tells Koopa to let his friends and Hugo free and he will tell him next Tuesday. Koopa orders his Koopalings to grab him.

After Big Mouth grabs the plumber, Princess Toadstool says from the cage that Koopa will probably do something horrible to Mario, like turn him into a poodle like Prince Hugo. Koopa thinks it's a great idea and praises the princess for giving him the idea. He grabs the wand that he thinks is the "poodle wand", but thanks to Mario switching the wands, Koopa zaps Mario (which burns Big Mouth's fingers) and transformed him into a giant ninja, calling himself Good Truthful Honest Giant Ninja Mario.

After freeing Princess Toadstool, Toad and Luigi, Mario prepares to fight the Koopalings while his friends rush at Koopa, causing him to flee and drop his wand; as Koopa hides behind the giant Kooky, Princess Toadstool, after grabbing Koopa's wand, transforms the Koopalings back to normal as they rush at Mario. Having regressed back to normal, the panicking Bully, Kooky, Big Mouth and Cheatsy run-away at the sight of Mario. While Luigi changes Prince Hugo back to normal, the Koopalings and Koopa tremble at the sight of Mario.

As Mario begins advancing on Koopa and the Koopalings, Koopa decides to abandon his children and hits a nearby block, which causes a Warp Tube to appear out of the floor. Diving into the Warp Tube, Koopa is quickly followed by the Koopalings; after the Koopalings enter the Warp Tube, it disappears.

Prince Hugo, extremely grateful to Mario, thanks him and shakes his hand as Mario is transformed back to normal by Princess Toadstool. Suddenly, the Royal Parrot appears and begins to become extremely upset at the sight of it's cage, which was wrecked by Mario when he freed Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool from it. Grabbing Koopa's wand from Princess Toadstool, the parrot makes itself slightly bigger and gains ninja gear, which Mario calls Miserable Squawking Angry Giant Ninja Parrot, and begins to chase Mario, demanding he fix it's cage.

## Animation 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 conquer 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.
* 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 disappears.
* 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 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 Ninja 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.
* After Big Mouth picks up the cage with Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool inside, Kooky and Cheatsy who are still holding Prince Hugo have switched places.
* The Giant Ninja Koopas' weapons change throughout the episode. First Bully has the bo staff when he and his brothers are transformed, later Cheatsy has the nun-chucks, and finally, Bully has the nun-chucks and Big Mouth has the bo staff.
* When Big Mouth catches Raccoon Luigi by his tail, part of his star-shaped birthmark is the same color as his muzzle.

## 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 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.
* The only animated appearance of the Angry Sun.