Mario's Got a Chain Chomp

**Mario's Got a Chain Chomp** is an episode of Super Mario Exploration.

## Summary

Bowser and the Koopa Brigade attempt to steal a gift for Categnaccio.

## Plot

The episode starts with Mario and Luigi getting a present they're going to give to Poochy, when they see a sleeping Stunky. Mario whispers that he knows the sleeping Stunky as a friend of his. The Stunky's name is Stunkette. Mario pokes Stunkette's paw pad to wake her up. Stunkette wakes up and asks Mario why he woke her up. Mario whispers something into Stunkette's ear and Stunkette agrees as she smiles. Bowser and his minions use the airship's mechanical hand to grab the present, but it instead grabs Stunkette the skunk, and Bowser gets sprayed. Mario and Luigi laughed their heads off as Stunkette chases Bowser around his airship before setting her down. The two brothers thank Stunkette and walk away. Molly says they have to go through the Butterfly Garden and through the Ten Dancing Trees in order to get Mario's Present to his house really fast. On their way to Butterfly Garden, Boshi was up to something. Mario and Luigi do not know what he is doing so they call Secret, the super spy Power Star for help. Secret sees that Boshi is building an ACME robot butterfly, that he got from ACME, that can nab anything. As he tested it, the butterfly nabbed a pile of bananas. Mario and Luigi entered the garden and found the butterfly. They said "Butterfly no nabbing" three times, and Boshi stomped his foot in frustration (just like what Bowser always does when Nabbit is stopped). Boshi was shocked that it didn’t get the present. As he tried to make it nab something else, something insane happened: it actually nabbed Boshi's glasses, shoes, and collar! He got very angry and followed it to try to get his stuff back. Now, Mario and Luigi had to go to the 10 dancing trees. It was a long walk, but Peach offered a ride in her car. All of a sudden, Wario & Waluigi had rocket skates. Peach went as fast as she can to avoid them. They later slowed down to get across a mud puddle. As Wario & Waluigi was still coming after them, they were still going too fast and did not even pay attention to the mud puddle. They got very muddy and ended up hanging on a tree. Now Mario and Luigi made it to a bridge that leads them to the dancing trees, it was bouncy, slippery, and windy. The wind knocked the present out of their hands and it went in the water. They got a fishing pole from Baxter. After that, they saw Bowser Jr. in a submarine Cheep Cheep, so they fished for the present very fast. Bowser Jr. then saw a giant Cheep Chomp and got away. Mario and Luigi made it to the 10 dancing trees. To get through, they had to dance like the trees. They did so and made it to the other side. Bowser comes and disguised himself as a tree labeled "11" on it. He finally got the present, but as he was about to throw it far away, Luigi tells him that the present is for Categnaccio the Chain Chomp. He then reveals to them that he really loves puppies and returns it to Mario. So far, Mario and Luigi made it through Butterfly Garden and past the ten dancing trees. Now they had to get home. Once they made it, Categnaccio comes up to Mario and Luigi and they show him the presents. When Mario opened the present, there was a dog bowl, a collar, a leash and a bone. Categnaccio has happy with his presents. The episode ends with Mario and Luigi playing with Categnaccio and even Bowser pets him and Categnaccio licks Bowser's face.

## Trivia

* This is the first appearance of Stunkette.
* It is revealed that Molly and Bowser love Chain Chomps.
* Instead of by hand, Bowser & the Koopa Brigade use mechanical instruments for nabbing, which they all failed.
* It is a very rare event that Bowser returns any items Nabbit nabs. This previously happened in A Present for Santa.
* When Molly was about to be checked the first time, Mario and Luigi both ask "Who do we ask for help when we don’t know which way to go?" in a unison, just like in Lost Map.
* In the beginning of the episode, Mario's School makes a cameo appearance. It is possible that it was a school day before going home.
* This is the second episode in which a Koopa Brigade member got muddy, first being Veloce, Principessa!.
	+ In this case, it was Wario and Waluigi who got muddy. While in Veloce, Principessa!, Shadow Peach got muddy.
* This episode is very similar to Grandma's House.
* This is the 87th episode of the show.
* There was no star catching in this episode, but Secret did appear to help Mario and Luigi figure out what Boshi was doing at the Butterfly Garden (inventing a robot nabbing butterfly). It is possible that they caught him before the episode starts.
* Mario and Luigi do not sing the Travel Song in this episode.
	+ They're not supposed to sing it anyway because The Koopa Brigade is on to them wanting to swipe the present, besides if they did sing it, then they would most likely cut them off in the middle of them singing because they're trying everything into getting the present, so they just run to every place without singing it and/or other songs. The only song that was sung in this episode is We Did It!, (excluding the theme song, Backpack Backpack, and I'm The Map).
* When Mario and Luigi are telling their favorite parts at the end of the episode, Bowser is on his good side because he loves Mario's new Chain Chomp but he doesn't tell his favorite parts with Mario and Luigi to the viewer, as he and the Koopa Brigade were chasing Mario and Luigi, creating inventions to nab the present.
* Toad and Lakitu don’t appear in this episode.
* Due to this being Categnaccio's third appearance of the show, this episode most likely takes place before Big Brother Mario.
* If not, it is possible that time Big Brother Mario and Catch the Babies occurred, someone else in Mario's family (possibly Red) had Cucciolo and he later adopted him.