Title- Never Koopa a Koopa (9/22/1990)
Worlds- Grass Land, Dark Land
Following the theme from the last episode, this episode is also mainly in Dark Land and is another of my favourites. I like that we finally get a look at Kastle Koopa and see a lot more cameos. The Thwomps pretty funny, as his whole purpose in life is to crush people so he’s pretty pissed when he misses. Also the strangely armed Bob-ombs (in SMB3 they didn’t have arms, whereas they did in SMB2) Finally you gotta love the motley welcome hall with all the Koopa Kids pictures staring down on you.
One thing I always laughed at, was how much like King K-Rool Koopa looks with the cape, funnier still is that in the last Mario series Koopa dressed up in various guises, just as K-Rool does in the games. Finally I gotta mention Cheatsy’s betrayal. Well I guess he’s his father’s son. Also a couple of funny other points, they drink wine at the start of the episode, kinda funny considering the villain in the Pokemon anime has his wine edited to water and yet the HEROES who are meant to be role models in this show drink wine.
Anyway, about the actual episode itself. It’s a pretty weird thing that the princess would turn essentially the most evil place in the world into a retirement home. Also I liked the way Luigi and Toad were there for backup and just got kidnapped anyway. In conclusion a fun episode, especially all the enemies who appear in Koopa’s Castle.
