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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 3-Disc Box Set DVD
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is the early-1990s Mario-themed cartoon adapted from Nintendo's blockbuster Super Mario Bros. 3 video game, following Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad as they take on King Koopa and his seven Koopa Kids across the kingdoms and worlds introduced in the game. The series aired on NBC, The Family Channel, and USA Network in 1990, with a 26-episode run.
The format is the appeal: each episode pairs a fresh game-derived complication (a giant Koopa, a babysitting crisis, a princess election, a rock concert, a recycled Koopa) with the team's running attempts to keep the kingdom safe, holding the source video game's signature blend of platforming worlds and Mushroom Kingdom characters as the engine. Episode titles like "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopa," "Princess Toadstool For President," "Kootie Pie Rocks," "7 Continents For 7 Koopas," and "Super Koopa" telegraph the show's commitment to game-faithful storytelling. The animation has the unmistakable early-1990s look of its era.
For early-1990s NBC programming, this was the second entry in the popular Mario animated continuity, sitting in the long lineage of Nintendo-derived TV. Suited for longtime Mario fans, viewers with affection for the era's particular brand of game-property cartoons, and anyone curious about the lineage of Super Mario animation across decades.
Standouts worth revisiting include "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopa" (the opener), "Reign Storm" (an early classic), "Kootie Pie Rocks" (a fan-favorite musical riff), "Mush-Rumors" (a goofier swing), and "Super Koopa" (the closer). This 3-DVD collection brings all 26 episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 into one place.
Stars: Walker Boone, Tony Rosato, Tracey Moore
More Information: IMDB, Wikipedia
26 Total Episodes on 3 DVDs:
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 01 - Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopa
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 02 - Reptiles In The Rose Garden
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 03 - Reign Storm
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 04 - Toddler Terrors Of Time Travel
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 05 - Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 06 - The Beauty Of Kootie
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 07 - A Toadally Magical Adventure
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 08 - Misadventures In Babysitting
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 09 - Oh, Brother!
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 10 - Midadventure Of Mighty Plumber
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 11 - Princess Toadstool For President
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 12 - Never Koop A Koopa
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 13 - Dadzilla
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 14 - Tag Team Trouble
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 15 - Do The Koopa
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 16 - Kootie Pie Rocks
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 17 - Crimes R Us
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 18 - Life's Ruff
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 19 - Up, Up, And A Koopa
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 20 - 7 Continents For 7 Koopas
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 21 - Mush-Rumors
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 22 - The Ugly Mermaid
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 23 - True Colors
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 24 - Recycled Koopa
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 25 - The Venice Menace
The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 26 - Super Koopa
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