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Pirates of Koopa / Do You Believe in Magic?

Season 1, Episode 16, Aired Sep 28, 1989

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Pirates of Koopa Mario and Co have hired on as deckhands aboard Captain Clump's ship. As luck would have it, Koopa captures Princess so that he can auction her off. He then has her friends tied to the mast of Clump's ship, which is left to sink into the Trouter infested waters. Do You Believe in Magic? Magic Johnson asks Luigi to fix his trophy, but Mario ends up throwing it into the furnace, or not...moreless

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Earvin Johnson

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Danny Wells

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Maurice LaMarche

Edison (L) (uncredited)
Rob Cowan

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Harvey Atkin

King Koopa, Triclyde, Snifit, Mushroom Mayor (V)
Joyce Gordon

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- Just before Mario loses his Super powers, you can see him wearing his normal clothes in a few shots.
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- The official description for this episode refers to Koopa as Long John Koopa.
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- When Mario lands on the pirates' shoulders, he loses his costume.
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QUOTES (5)
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- Toad [about Mario and Luigi as pirates]: Oh, this will never work!
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- Koopa: Remember, the money goes to my favorite charity: Me!
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- Mario: I see we should've stayed in Brooklyn!
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- Clump: Why did I ever let you dinghies man my ship? Luigi: Yeah, why did'ja?
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- [Mario and Luigi go in a bar] Luigi: I'll take a milk. (Troopas and a Goomba stare at him] Mario: Ummm, in a dirty glass!
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NOTES (10)
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- This episode mildly parodies Pirates of Penzance.
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- The Goombas, Troopas, and Clawgrip reuse their pirate costumes from Rolling Down the River.
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- Minions that appear: Troopa, Goomba, Trouter, Mouser, Triclyde and Clawgrip.
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- This episode marks the first time Mario says "Faster than a vanishing clog! More powerful than an electric drain stake! Its SUPER MARIO!" when he becomes Super Mario.
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- This episode marks the first time Mario used a Starman to become Super Mario.
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- Second appearance of Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. His first appearance chronologically was in Magic's Magic, which aired with Cold Spells from The Legend of Zelda.
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- Yahooligans air date: May 10, 2004
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- Featured song: Limbo Rock (Chubby Checker). This song was later replaced by an instrumental version of the song "It's a Dog's Life" from the SMB3 episode Life's Ruff.
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- This episode's Plumber's Log entry: #6-97
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- Koopa alter-ego: Blackbeard Koopa
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