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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: Season 1

26 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 1990
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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (23): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E2 Core

Reptiles in the Rose Garden

Sep 8, 1990

Koopa warps the White House, along with the President and the First Lady, to his castle and makes Kootie Pie Empress of America.

S1·E3 Core

Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario

Sep 15, 1990

Hip and Hop kidnap the sarcophagus of a prince whom Mario resembles. Their actions awaken the prince's mother, who believes Mario is her son.

S1·E4 Core

The Beauty of Kootie

Sep 15, 1990

While stealing oil from the sultan of Desert Hill, Cheatsy turns Kootie Pie into a human so she can fool Mario.

S1·E5 Core

Princess Toadstool for President

Sep 22, 1990

When Princess Toadstool challenges Koopa to an election over leadership of the Mushroom Kingdom, Kooky uses a nice guy potion on Koopa to make all the voters like him.

S1·E6 Core

Never Koop a Koopa

Sep 22, 1990

In order to show Cheatsy how to be just as rotten as he is, Koopa lures Mario and friends to his castle and threatens to blow them up using a big army of Bomb-Ombs.

S1·E7 Core

Reign Storm

Sep 29, 1990

When Princess Toadstool and Toad take a vacation in Hawaii, Kooky uses a robot princess to try and take over the Mushroom Kingdom.

S1·E8 Core

Toddler Terrors of Time Travel

Sep 29, 1990

Kooky and Koopa try to go back in time to stop the Super Mario Bros. from ever going down the drain in Brooklyn, but their plan backfires, turning them all into babies.

S1·E9 Core

Dadzilla

Oct 6, 1990

Fed up with Koopa's ways, Kootie Pie and Big Mouth bring a Hollywood movie monster to life and convince him he's their real dad.

S1·E10 Core

Tag Team Trouble

Oct 6, 1990

Mario and Luigi enter a wrestling match so they can give the prize money to Toad to make up for a donation to the Mushroom Orphanage he believes he lost.

S1·E11 Core

Oh, Brother!

Oct 13, 1990

When Mario and Luigi get fed up with each other, Luigi soon finds himself having to save his brother from Koopa and Kooky.

S1·E12 Core

Misadventure of Mighty Plumber

Oct 13, 1990

Koopa brings TV hero Mighty Plumber to life and tricks him into robbing the Pipe Land Treasury.

S1·E14 Core

Misadventures in Babysitting

Oct 20, 1990

Mario and Luigi wind up babysitting a brat from Brooklyn who finds his way into the Mushroom Kingdom.

S1·E15 Core

Do the Koopa

Oct 27, 1990

Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool seek the Doom Dancer Music Box in Koopa's Castle, but when the Koopas find out, they go after it themselves.

S1·E16 Core

Kootie Pie Rocks

Oct 27, 1990

Koopa kidnaps Milli Vanilli and forces them to perform exclusively for Kootie Pie.

S1·E17 Core

Mush-Rumors

Nov 3, 1990

When a Real World family drives into the Mushroom Kingdom, the Mushroom People and the Koopas mistake them for aliens.

S1·E18 Core

The Ugly Mermaid

Nov 3, 1990

While wearing a Frog Suit, Mario almost drowns, but he is saved by Holly Mackerel, a mermaid princess. Holly falls in love with Mario and tries to marry him.

S1·E19 Core

Crimes R Us

Nov 10, 1990

Koopa recruits a criminal from the Real World to teach the Koopalings how to commit crimes.

S1·E20 Core

Life's Ruff

Nov 10, 1990

Hip and Hop turn Luigi and the King of Ice Land into dogs and run off to cause mayhem in Florida.

S1·E21 Core

Up, Up, and a Koopa

Nov 17, 1990

Kooky uses his new "Raiser Upper" machine to levitate everything in the Mushroom Kingdom to the sky.

S1·E22 Core

7 Continents for 7 Koopas

Nov 17, 1990

After trapping the Super Mario Bros. and Toad in the Mushroom World, Koopa orders his kids each to take over one of Earth's seven continents.

S1·E23 Core

True Colors

Nov 24, 1990

Kooky and Cheatsy use a special paint to turn all the Mushroom People either red or blue and trick the two colors into hating each other.

S1·E24 Core

Recycled Koopa

Nov 24, 1990

When the Koopalings are forced to dispose of their garbage, they have it dropped on the Mushroom Kingdom and later Brooklyn.

S1·E25 Mytharc

The Venice Menace

Dec 1, 1990

Koopa gets another present for Kootie Pie - this time he plans to use his Doom Sub to chase everyone out of Venice, Italy then warp the entire city to Dark Land so Kootie Pie can h

S1·E26 Mytharc

Super Koopa

Dec 1, 1990

Kooky has developed a pendant for King Koopa that will grant him the powers of the Mario brothers, but it can only be used in the real world. Koopa uses that to his advantage and l

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