- 4.8/1038 votesLoading...
#1 - 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
- 5.5/1043 votesLoading...
#2 - 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
- 5.5/1037 votesLoading...
#3 - 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
- 6.0/1035 votesLoading...
#5 - 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
- 6.3/1075 votesLoading...
#6 - 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
- 6.3/1066 votesLoading...
#7 - 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
- 6.3/1042 votesLoading...
#8 - 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
- 6.3/1050 votesLoading...
#9 - 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
- 6.4/1035 votesLoading...
#10 - 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
- 6.4/1033 votesLoading...
#11 - 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
- 6.5/1042 votesLoading...
#12 - 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
- 6.5/1035 votesLoading...
#13 - 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
- 6.6/1040 votesLoading...
#14 - 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
- 6.6/1037 votesLoading...
#15 - 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
- 6.6/1043 votesLoading...
#16 - 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
- 6.6/1050 votesLoading...
#17 - 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
- 6.7/1038 votesLoading...
#18 - 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
- 6.7/1039 votesLoading...
#19 - 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
- 6.8/1036 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 7.1/1038 votesLoading...
#22 - 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
- 7.3/1039 votesLoading...
#23 - 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
- 7.4/1043 votesLoading...
#24 - 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
- 7.6/1052 votesLoading...
#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Every episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3!
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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Life's Ruff" is the worst rated episode of "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3". It scored 4.8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Martha Moran, it aired on 11/10/1990. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Dadzilla".