"Recycled Koopa" is the twenty-fourth episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Synopsis[]
King Koopa orders the Koopalings to pick up the garbage around the castle. Being lazy, they deposit into a warp pipe that leads to Princess Toadstool's castle, which spreads through the entire Mushroom Kingdom. Mario and the others soon find the source, and decide to steal a Koopaling's Magic Wand to send it back to Castle Koopa. After arriving at the castle, Mario steals Hop's wand. Mario find Super Leaves that he and the others use to gain Raccoon Power and fly back to Toadstool's castle, while they avoid getting blasted by the Doom Ship. Mario uses the wand to send the garbage (as well as the Doom Ship), back to Castle Koopa.
Although the Mushroom Kingdom is back to normal, Mario spies on the Koopas, only to see that Sledge Bros. are just tossing the garbage down another pipe. Mario and Luigi go to investigate, and when they go down the other pipe, it warps them to Brooklyn. Not only is the Koopa garbage spreading throughout their hometown, but it's turning people everywhere into Koopa Zombies. Meanwhile, the Koopas are watching everything from the Doom Ship, where King Koopa gets the idea to make the zombies his slaves.
The Bros. attempt to clean up all the garbage, but King Koopa orders the zombies to stop them. After a chase sequence, the Bros. finally ditch the zombies. But now, Mario is slowly starting to turn into a Koopa Zombie himself. The Bros. manage to build a vehicle called the Trash Smasher, but in the end, Mario becomes completely zombified. Luigi uses the Trash Smasher to recycle all the garbage into into practical goods, which turns everyone back to normal. King Koopa tries to pollute the city with more garbage, but the Marios fly after him in the Trash Smasher.
Trivia/Goofs[]
- When King Koopa leaves the Koopalings to pick up the trash, Bully's head quickly jumps behind his back for one frame.
- When King Koopa leaves his castle to get Hip's wand back, all the trash is already back at his castle.
- The giant garbage ball that hits King Koopa's Doom Ship causes him to land back at his castle, however, it should have really landed back at the Mushroom Kingdom.
- This is the only time outside the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! in which King Koopa says "Attack!"