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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Season 1

Every episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Season 1!

The Mario Bros., Princess Toadstool, and Toad protect the Mushroom Kingdom against the evil forces of Bowser and his seven Koopa Kids.
Genres:FamilyAnimationKids
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly, it aired on 9/8/1990. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Reptiles in the Rose Garden".

  • Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas
    6.3/1075 votes

    #1 - Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1990

    Koopa turns Kooky, Bully, Big Mouth, and Cheatsy into gigantic ninjas to apprehend Prince Hugo of Giant Land.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • Reptiles in the Rose Garden
    6.3/1066 votes

    #2 - Reptiles in the Rose Garden

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario
    6.0/1052 votes

    #3 - Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz

  • The Beauty of Kootie
    6.3/1042 votes

    #4 - The Beauty of Kootie

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Booth

  • Princess Toadstool for President
    7.1/1049 votes

    #5 - Princess Toadstool for President

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz

  • Never Koop a Koopa
    6.6/1040 votes

    #6 - Never Koop a Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Reign Storm
    7.6/1052 votes

    #7 - Reign Storm

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/29/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Hayes, Ted Pedersen

  • Toddler Terrors of Time Travel
    6.3/1050 votes

    #8 - Toddler Terrors of Time Travel

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/29/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rowby Goren

  • Dadzilla
    5.5/1043 votes

    #9 - Dadzilla

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/6/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Tag Team Trouble
    6.6/1037 votes

    #10 - Tag Team Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Oh, Brother!
    6.5/1042 votes

    #11 - Oh, Brother!

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/13/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Misadventure of Mighty Plumber
    6.7/1038 votes

    #12 - Misadventure of Mighty Plumber

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/13/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • A Toadally Magical Adventure
    6.6/1043 votes

    #13 - A Toadally Magical Adventure

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/20/1990

    Toad loses a magic wand to the Koopas.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Booth

  • Misadventures in Babysitting
    6.0/1035 votes

    #14 - Misadventures in Babysitting

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/20/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Booth

  • Do the Koopa
    6.5/1035 votes

    #15 - Do the Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/27/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Kootie Pie Rocks
    6.6/1050 votes

    #16 - Kootie Pie Rocks

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran, Phil Harnage

  • Mush-Rumors
    6.8/1036 votes

    #17 - Mush-Rumors

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/3/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Lee Schneider

  • The Ugly Mermaid
    5.5/1037 votes

    #18 - The Ugly Mermaid

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/3/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Lee Schneider, Sean Roche

  • Crimes R Us
    7.1/1038 votes

    #19 - Crimes R Us

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Heidi Holicker, Rick Holicker

  • Life's Ruff
    4.8/1038 votes

    #20 - Life's Ruff

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/10/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Up, Up, and a Koopa
    6.7/1039 votes

    #21 - Up, Up, and a Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/17/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rowby Goren

  • 7 Continents for 7 Koopas
    7.3/1039 votes

    #22 - 7 Continents for 7 Koopas

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/17/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • True Colors
    7.4/1043 votes

    #23 - True Colors

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 11/24/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steve Fischer

  • Recycled Koopa
    6.4/1035 votes

    #24 - Recycled Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/24/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Sean Roche, David Ehrman

  • The Venice Menace
    6.4/1033 votes

    #25 - The Venice Menace

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/1/1990

    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 have her own water park. The Mario Bros. are approached in Desert Land by an Italian gondolier and since Mario has a passion for the country of Italy, they couldn't resist. Armed with Frog Suits, can they stop Koopa in time?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Matt Uitz