Excalibur
Excalibur, being raised from the lake of Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers
Appears in	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("King Mario of Cramalot") (1989)

“That's no ordinary plumber snake! That's Excalibur, the mightiest tool of good deeds in all of the realm!”

—Mervin, "King Mario of Cramalot"

TheExcalibur is a long, golden plumbing snake that was used byMario inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "King Mario of Cramalot." It is based on thesword of the same name from theLegend of King Arthur.

The origin of the Excalibur is unknown, thoughMervin the magician seems to have some knowledge of it. The Excalibur is located in a lake in theForest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers. In "King Mario of Cramalot", the Excalibur is summoned when a bolt of lightning struck the lake it is hidden in; this lightning bolt raises a hand out of the lake (itself being a reference to theLady of the Lake), which proceeds to toss the Excalibur to Mario.

Later, Mario uses the Excalibur againstKing Koopa and hisGolden Plumber's Helper; in the end, the Excalibur proves to be more powerful than the Golden Plunger and King Koopa is defeated. What becomes of the Excalibur afterwards is unknown.

The Excalibur seems to possess a wide variety of abilities, by simply touching it, Mario is transformed intoSuper Mario. The Excalibur can also switch between being very flexible to being stiff and sword-like. The Excalibur can also extend and be used like a grappling line.

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• Artifacts
• Equipment
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! items