Title- Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas (September 8, 1990)
New/Guest Voices
Walker Boone - Mario
Tony Rosato - Luigi
Tracey Moore - Princess Toadstool (Peach)
John Stocker - Toad, Boomerang Bros, Fire Bros, Thwomp and Paragoombas
Harvey Atkin - King Bowser Koopa
Tara Strong - Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa (credited as "Tara Charendoff")
Paulina Gillis - Wendy "Kootie Pie" Koopa
James Rankin - Larry "Cheatsy" Koopa
Dan Hennessey - Roy "Bully" Koopa, Angry Sun and Sledge Bros
Michael Stark - Ludwig "Kooky" Von Koopa
Gordon Masten - Morton "Big Mouth" Koopa Jr.
Louise Vallance - Ptooey
Ernie Anderson - Opening Narrator
Worlds- Giant Land
Well this new show is a follow up to the Super Mario Bros Super Show which is usually the more popular show out of all the Mario series. I grew up with this show and although the super show is a great show, I still prefer this show, mainly because of it’s faithful interpretation of the game. This show made the Mushroom Kingdom, the Mushroom Kingdom, not spaghetti land or whatever from the Super Show. It was always fun looking to see which world they’d do next.
This episode is obviously a pilot as there’s more attention to the sounds and the overall episode is very smooth moving. The Koopa Kids, the main addition to this show are a great addition, they give Koopa his henchmen and are in some ways, more sinister than Koopa himself. Koopa has become a basic king now, rather than a guy who kept donning new costumes and identities, he stays as Koopa here.
Voice actors, now whilst I admit Captain Lou was great as Mario, I feel that Walker Boone still does a good job with the character, he’s believable and fits Mario, also his voice sounds quite cynical a lot which is good. Luigi is played well by Tony Rosato too and they work quite well. Tracey Moore does well as Princess Toadstool too, she doesn’t seem as spacey as Jeannie Elias Jeannie Elias did. Finally Toad and Koopa have their original voice actors which pleases me as Harvey Atkin is Koopa to me, John Stocker sounds like Toad did in Mario Kart 64 which made me believe that this was really how he was meant to be, to be honest, I prefer this voice to the current game Toads, it’s not often I say that.
To the episode itself, Koopa’s throwing his weight around here, humiliating the new Giant Land’s king, and deciding to take each land over. The Mario bros facing the Angry Sun was great, and we get to see the first suit of the series, the Racoon suit of course! The episode is good fun and a great start to the series, sadly it’s the only episode in Giant Land, although Giant Land has a few references later in the series. The ninja turtle Koopa kids were good and were an effective way of them taking over Giant Land.
Overall a good first episode, but not outstanding, the series gets much better later but it’s still fun to watch for now. The music (even the Koopa Kids song) is great in this episode. The main problem with this series is the constant mistakes with colours and lip sync, these are small though and can usually be overlooked… well ok, that’s a lie, they’re pretty huge, but somehow I never notice dodgy parts unless I’m specifically looking for them. There’s great stuff to come.
