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In 1989 the two most famous plumbers from Brooklyn burst out of the Nintendo game world and onto television screens across America. The Super Mario...
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Season 1

  • The Bird! The Bird!
    7.0/10116 votes
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    The Bird! The Bird!

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1989

    While crossing the Land of Ice, Toad gets kidnapped by a Giant Birdo who thinks the Mushroom is her missing baby.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • King Mario of Cramalot
    6.8/1066 votes
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    King Mario of Cramalot

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/1989

    With the help of the wizard Mervin, Mario pulls the Golden Plumber's Helper from the magic sink and saves the Land of Cramalot from evil King Koopa.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid
    7.0/1061 votes
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    Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/1989

    Koopa the Kid has kidnapped the Princess and hidden her in the Old West, and when Mario and Luigi ride into town to save her they find Koopa has branded them wanted outlaws with rewards on their heads.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Mario's Magic Carpet
    6.8/1058 votes
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    Mario's Magic Carpet

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1989

    The Marios wage a wild magic carpet battle to save the Princess from being forced into King Koopa's harem.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Rowby Goren

  • The Ringer
    7.7/1033 votes
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    The Ringer

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1989

    When Ganon learns that there is to be an Amateur Magician's Contest in the Castle of Hyrule, he sees his chance.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Rolling Down the River
    6.6/1043 votes
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    Rolling Down the River

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/1989

    Mario and Luigi disguise themselves as Riverboat Gamblers to rescue the Princess who is held captive on Captain Koopa's sidewheeler, "The Sinister Star".

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • The Great Gladiator Gig
    6.7/1043 votes
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    The Great Gladiator Gig

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/12/1989

    Our heroes think they are going to a benefit Spaghetti Dinner at the Linguini Empire Colosseum, but it's all a plot by the evil Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa to feed the Marios to the lions.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Jack Olesker

  • Mario and the Beanstalk
    6.7/1047 votes
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    Mario and the Beanstalk

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/1989

    When the Marios buy some magic garbanzo beans they are lead up the beanstalk to face a Giant Koopa.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: George Atkins

  • Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
    6.8/1042 votes
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    Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/1989

    The dreaded Queen Rotunda of Rotundaland falls in love with Mario when she mistakenly drinks a love potion and tries to force him into marriage.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Sean Roche, David Ehrman

  • Cold Spells
    7.5/1023 votes
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    Cold Spells

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/1989

    When it's spring cleaning time in the castle, Link pretends to have a cold in order to get out of doing work.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • The Great BMX Race
    6.5/1046 votes
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    The Great BMX Race

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/1989

    To save Toad's life, Mario and Luigi are tricked into a disaster-strewn Boy's Motor Cross bicycle race with three of Koopa's sneakiest minions.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Tony Marino

  • Stars in Their Eyes
    6.5/1035 votes
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    Stars in Their Eyes

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/1989

    Our heroes get chased to the Planet Quirk where Koopa has enslaved the natives and then puts the Marios into slavery, too.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Jack Hanrahan, Eleanor Burian-Mohr

  • Jungle Fever
    6.9/1034 votes
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    Jungle Fever

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/20/1989

    Mario, Luigi, The Princess, and Toad hack their way through the Ama-Zone Jungle searching for Sheldon the Witch Doctor, but Koopa gets to him first.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Larry Alexander

  • Brooklyn Bound
    7.2/1040 votes
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    Brooklyn Bound

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/21/1989

    The Marios finally find a way back to Brooklyn -- and are faced with a big decision when Koopa captures the Princess just at the moment they can return home.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • The White Knight
    6.9/1028 votes
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    The White Knight

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/22/1989

    When the handsome Prince Facade shows up in Hyrule, Zelda cannot keep her eyes off of him, and Link is green with jealousy.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Toad Warriors
    6.5/1037 votes
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    Toad Warriors

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/25/1989

    King Koopa steals every drop of spaghetti sauce in Car Land, but our heroes come to the rescue of the Mushroom Colonists when Toad turns super and saves the day.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • The Fire of Hercufleas
    6.4/1035 votes
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    The Fire of Hercufleas

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/26/1989

    The Marios seek the help of the legendary hero Hercufleas, but find it's the hero himself who needs help to recover the "Great Balls of Fire" stolen by King Koopa.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • Count Koopula
    6.8/1044 votes
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    Count Koopula

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/27/1989

    Our heroes are lured into a spooky castle in the Land of Turtlevania where Count Koopula plans to turn the Princess into a spaghetti-sauce-sucking vampire.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Pirates of Koopa
    7.0/1033 votes
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    Pirates of Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/28/1989

    Long John Koopa kidnaps the Princess and is auctioning her off to his fellow pirates when our heroes arrive in pirate disguises.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Ted Pedersen

  • Kiss'N Tell
    7.1/1020 votes
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    Kiss'N Tell

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/29/1989

    When Link rescues a fair maiden from a ferocious dragon, he gets a kiss as his reward. But the maiden is one of Ganon's evil creatures in disguise, and Link is turned into a frog!

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Two Plumbers and a Baby
    6.5/1039 votes
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    Two Plumbers and a Baby

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/2/1989

    When Koopa misuses the Fountain of Youth to turn the Princess into a baby, the Marios get stuck with a big babysitting problem.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Sean Roche, David Ehrman

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Mario
    6.8/1034 votes
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Mario

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/3/1989

    When Professor Koopa-arity kidnaps the brilliant criminologist Herlock Sholmes, the Marios turn detective.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?
    6.7/1033 votes
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    Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/4/1989

    Koopa threatens to turn the Marios into rocks unless Princess Toadstool agrees to marry him.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • The Pied Koopa
    7.0/1029 votes
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    The Pied Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/5/1989

    King Koopa acquires a magic flute that makes him irresistible to the children of Pastaland and he leads them all to his castle until the Marios come to their rescue.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Sing for the Unicorn
    7.2/1017 votes
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    Sing for the Unicorn

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/6/1989

    You'd think a King would be safe standing on top of his own castle. But not when Ganon has managed to capture a flying Unicorn!

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Koopenstein
    7.0/1031 votes
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    Koopenstein

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/9/1989

    Dr. Koopenstein starts the trouble by trying to steal the Marios' brains for his new invention, and then he really turns into a monster.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • On Her Majesty's Sewer Service
    7.5/1030 votes
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    On Her Majesty's Sewer Service

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 10/10/1989

    When Princess Toadstool's chief spy (James Blond) is zapped by Koopa, Mario and Luigi turn secret agent.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Tony Marino

  • Mario and Joliet
    6.9/1035 votes
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    Mario and Joliet

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 10/11/1989

    Our heroes arrive for the wedding of Romero and Joliet, only to find Koopa has reignited the feud between the two lovers' families.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Michael A. Medlock, David Tischman

  • Too Hot to Handle
    6.7/1034 votes
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    Too Hot to Handle

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/12/1989

    Koopa has imprisoned the Fire God of Lavalava Land and forces the natives to sacrifice the Princess Toadstool to the local volcano.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Peter Norris, Brad Wilson

  • That Sinking Feeling
    6.8/1019 votes
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    That Sinking Feeling

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 10/13/1989

    Ganon has a new toy: an Overworld Magnet, capable of pulling any object in the Overworld down into the Underworld.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Dennis O'Flaherty

  • Hooded Robin and His Mario Men
    6.1/1032 votes
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    Hooded Robin and His Mario Men

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/16/1989

    The Marios arrive in Sharewood Forest and help the Hooded Robin recover the gold coins that the rich Sheriff of Koopingham has stolen from the poor.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • 20,000 Koopas Under the Sea
    6.8/1030 votes
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    20,000 Koopas Under the Sea

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 10/17/1989

    Our heroes travel to Oceanworld where they discover Captain Koopa-Nemo is using a super submarine to terrorize the Mushroom People.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold
    6.7/1028 votes
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    Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 10/18/1989

    When a Leprechaun our heroes meet in Shamrock Land asks them to help recover his Pot O'Gold Coins stolen by Koopa, the Marios can only say "yes".

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Brooks Wachtel

  • Mario Meets Koop-zilla
    6.9/1036 votes
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    Mario Meets Koop-zilla

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 10/19/1989

    Koopa has eaten Dr. T. Garden's secret weapon -- Super Sushi -- and has been transformed into the huge monster "Koopzilla" who is terrorizing the city of Sayonara.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Doppelganger
    8.3/1023 votes
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    Doppelganger

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 10/20/1989

    When Zelda finds a huge and beautiful mirror in her room, she naturally assumes that it is a present from Link. But in fact it is a present from Ganon -- as Zelda soon discovers!

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward, Eve Forward

  • Koopa Klaus
    6.2/1038 votes
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    Koopa Klaus

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 10/23/1989

    When the evil Koopa Claus (Bah Humkoop!) tries to stop Christmas, the Marios come to Santa's rescue and Toad learns the true spirit of giving.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Jack Olesker

  • Mario and the Red Baron Koopa
    6.8/1026 votes
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    Mario and the Red Baron Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 10/24/1989

    When Koopa teams up with the dreaded sky turtle Lakatu, our heroes head for an aerial dogfight in their flying carpet biplane.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: John Vornholt, Steve Robertson

  • The Unzappables
    7.1/1032 votes
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    The Unzappables

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/25/1989

    Mario and his friends travel to Mobsterland where they discover the city is being terrorized by the notorious gangster Al Koopone.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Bad Rap
    6.9/1033 votes
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    Bad Rap

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/26/1989

    Koopa kidnaps the King of Rapland where everyone speaks in rap rhyme and it's up to the rapping Marios to save the day.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Kevin O'Donnell, Cassandra Schafhausen

  • Underworld Connections
    8.0/1032 votes
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    Underworld Connections

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 10/27/1989

    Ganon's evil creatures attack the castle and break the Triforce into three pieces.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • The Mark of Zero
    6.4/1028 votes
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    The Mark of Zero

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/30/1989

    Mario and Luigi come to El Desertland's rescue against the evil Capitan El Koopa by donning black masks and capes to become the legendary heros "Zero" and "Zero Plus One".

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Jack Olesker

  • The Ten Koopmandments
    6.8/1029 votes
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    The Ten Koopmandments

    Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 10/31/1989

    Our heroes travel to Desertland where they discover Koop-Tut has enslaved the Desertlanders and is enforcing an evil set of rules known as the Ten Koopmandments.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming!
    6.9/1029 votes
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    The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming!

    Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 11/1/1989

    Our heroes come to the rescue of General George Washingtoad by helping him cross the Delawide River to defeat the Redcoat Koopa's army.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Ted Pedersen

  • The Trojan Koopa
    6.8/1026 votes
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    The Trojan Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 11/2/1989

    When King Koopa holds the Princess captive in his impregnable island fortress, the Marios get inside by hiding in a wooden "Trojan Koopa."

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • Stinging a Stinger
    6.5/1019 votes
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    Stinging a Stinger

    Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/3/1989

    Link rescues an old man named Sleazenoze from attackers in the woods, and as a reward, the old man gives Link a brand-new fancy sword in exchange for his old one.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Quest For Pizza
    6.4/1028 votes
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    Quest For Pizza

    Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 11/6/1989

    When Caveman Alley Koopa poisons Mario, his three friends have to find a way to make pre-historic pizza to save his life.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • The Great Gold Coin Rush
    7.4/1026 votes
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    The Great Gold Coin Rush

    Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 11/7/1989

    The Marios discover the Mother Lode of Gold Coins, but -- Klaimjump Koopa rides in and takes over.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • Elvin Lives
    6.2/1024 votes
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    Elvin Lives

    Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/8/1989

    The Marios, the Princess, and Toad arrive in Sock Hop Land to save the music king Elvin Parsley from Greaser Koopa.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • Plumbers Academy
    7.3/1024 votes
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    Plumbers Academy

    Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 11/9/1989

    In a flashback to their days of Basic Draining at the Brooklyn Academy of Plumbing, Mario and Luigi tell of their troubles with Drain Sergeant Kooperman and why the President of the United States called them to the White House.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Hitch in the Works
    7.6/1017 votes
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    Hitch in the Works

    Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 11/10/1989

    When Ganon captures Zelda, he has a most evil plot in mind: using the Crystal of Control he has just discovered, he will force Zelda to marry him -- and then Hyrule will be under his control!

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Karate Koopa
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    Karate Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 11/13/1989

    Our heroes return to the oriental city of Sayonara where they combat Karate Koopa and his Ninja Ninjiis with the martial art of Plumb-Fu.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: David Schwartz

  • Mario of the Apes
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    Mario of the Apes

    Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 11/14/1989

    Mario loses his memory in the middle of the jungle and is adopted by two apes who rename him Marzan.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers
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    Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers

    Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 11/15/1989

    When Toad accidentally spills a shrinking potion on the Marios they must overcome the perils of giant Troopas, drain pipes filled with monster-sized bugs, and Koopa's big feet.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • Little Red Riding Princess
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    Little Red Riding Princess

    Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 11/16/1989

    Our heroes have come to Winterland so the Princess can visit her grandmother, but Koopa sees her crossing the forest all alone and plays big bad wolf.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Jack Olesker

  • Fairies in the Spring
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    Fairies in the Spring

    Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 11/17/1989

    When King Harkinnian decides to build a Royal Water Park for the enjoyment of all his subjects during the hot weather, it seems like a simple enough project. But a hitch rapidly develops when the water park construction suffers a a series of strange attacks by water creatures!

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward, Marsha Forward

  • The Provolone Ranger
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    The Provolone Ranger

    Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 11/20/1989

    Mario teams up with a friendly mushroom Indian named Pronto to rescue his friends from Billy The Koopa in the Wild West.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley

  • Escape From Koopatraz
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    Escape From Koopatraz

    Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 11/21/1989

    The Marios, the Princess, and Toad are captured by Koopa and sent to his island dungeon Koopatraz where they engineer a daring escape.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Mario of the Deep
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    Mario of the Deep

    Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 11/22/1989

    Koopa has moved his underhandedness under the sea, has captured King Neptune, and is forcing the Mermushrooms to loot the sunken ships of gold coins.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Flatbush Koopa
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    Flatbush Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 11/23/1989

    The Marios return to Brooklyn to find that Koopa has taken over and renamed the City Kooplyn.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • The Missing Link
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    The Missing Link

    Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 11/24/1989

    Ganon, attempting to capture Link with a magical zapblast, succeeds in capturing his body, but not his spirit.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Bob Forward

  • Raiders of the Lost Mushroom
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    Raiders of the Lost Mushroom

    Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 11/27/1989

    Indiana Mario and his friends travel to Jungleland in search of a legendary golden statuette -- "The Lost Mushroom."

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Crocodile Mario
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    Crocodile Mario

    Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 11/28/1989

    Our heroes arrive in Down Under Land and have to save the Outback Mushroom People from Kangaroo Koopa and an army of crocodiles.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: David Schwartz

  • Star Koopa
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    Star Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 11/29/1989

    Our heroes are chased through space by Darth Koopa and thrown into the Intergalactic Insinkerator.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Robo Koopa
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    Robo Koopa

    Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 11/30/1989

    Koopa forces the brilliant scientist Dr. Nerdnick to turn him into a half-robot, half-Koopa monster.

    Director: Dan Riba

    Writer: Kevin O'Donnell, Cassandra Schafhausen

  • The Moblins Are Revolting
    7.0/101 votes
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    The Moblins Are Revolting

    Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 12/1/1989

    When Ganon's evil creatures suffer yet another humiliating defeat at the hands of Link, they decide that Ganon's stupid plans are to blame.

    Director: John Grusd

    Writer: Eve Forward