Title- Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid.
Yet another takeoff, this time of a western movie. This one’s based on I think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but don’t quote me on that. This is also the first episode in which Koopa actually takes on an alter ego, as Kid Koopa (who might be a takeoff of Billy the Kid but I dunno.) We also get some creative uses of enemies from the games. Instead of guns, the characters have pocket sized Cobrats (the snakes who hid in jars and shot bullets at you from them) which they use as guns. Also, Ostros are used as horses and many other enemies appear such as Pokeys, Snifits and Tweeters.
This episode is also notable for being the first appearance of Mouser, who was a boss from the game SMB2 and appears pretty regularly as Koopa’s second in command. Even when Mouser appears in episodes with the other characters that are sometimes Koopa’s second in command, he often seems to be the one above them.
So what about the episode, well it was pretty basic fun, there were some weird moments, like when a group of Mouser’s Snifits fail to make it over a river and drown he actually starts crying over them, it’s kinda surreal really in this cartoon. Other than that, there are some pretty humorous moments, like the way the Mario Bros keep finding their wanted poster going up, but it’s not really one of the best episodes.
Overall, a pretty average episode, it’s got some funny moments.
