This article is about the episode inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! For the alter ego King Koopa uses here, seeKing Koopa's alter egos § Koopa Klaus.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode
"Koopa Klaus"
Production number	140
Airdate	October 23, 1989[1] November 29, 1990[?]
Writer(s)	Jack Olesker Perry Martin
Plumber's Log #	12 - 25
King Koopa's alter ego(s)	Koopa Klaus
Cover song(s)	"Jingle Bell Rock"
Replacement song(s)	"What Goes Up"
Title reference	Santa Claus
Live-action segment	"Little Marios"
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“Mario Christmas to all...and to all a good night!”

—Santa Claus

"Koopa Klaus" is the twenty-ninth episode ofThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, serving as the animated series' Christmas episode. This is the only episode where Mario does not wear his normal plumber outfit and the only one that does not immediately begin with thePlumber's Log. Its corresponding live-action segment is "Little Marios."

This episode came with theSuper Mario World episode "The Night Before Cave Christmas" on theSuper Mario Bros. Super Christmas Adventures! VHS tape. Additionally,King Koopa's plan to kidnap and impersonateSanta Claus would later be reused inInspector Gadget Saves Christmas andSonic Christmas Blast.

Plot synopsis[edit]

Koopa boasts about his plan to ruin Christmas.

In an icy castle somewhere in theNorth Pole,King Koopa, going by the alias of Koopa Klaus, is overseeing the production of toys being loaded onto a conveyor belt, only to be smashed by a machine resembling an evil nutcracker. Koopa Klaus rants about his hatred of the spirit of Christmas, and admires the destruction of the toys.Tryclyde, dressed in a cheap reindeer costume, tells Koopa Klaus that Ice Bombs have been loaded on his sleigh. Glad to hear the news, Koopa Klaus reveals that he plans to use said Ice Bombs to freezeSanta Claus'sworkshop, which will in turn cause everyone will have anunmerry Christmas. After reprimanding Tryclyde for making a joke, Koopa Klaus takes off in anAlbatoss-driven sleigh.

Meanwhile,Mario (dressed in tropical-themed clothing) and friends arrive in a very snowy landscape via digging a tunnel, promptingLuigi to point out that they have not arrived inHawaii Land as planned, withToad (who was in charge of navigating) sheepishly admitting they made a wrong turn.Princess Toadstool then reads a nearby sign that tells them they are near theNorth Pole, so Toad suggests they pay a visit to Santa Claus's workshop. Mario finds this suspicious and asks if Toad deliberately brought them here, but Princess Toadstool agrees to it, since it is Christmas Eve. On the way over, though, it becomes clear that all Toad can think about is receiving presents. Princess Toadstool decides to present Toad with an early gift - a snowboard. Toad eagerly accepts the snowboard and then promptly begins playing with it without bothering to thank the Princess.

Mario, Luigi, and the Princess are ashamed of Toad's selfish behavior.

Just then, Princess Toadstool and the Mario Bros. spot Koopa Klaus in his flying sleigh up above. Upon seeing Mario's group, Koopa Klaus orders his Albatoss to dropBob-Ombs down at them before continuing onward. Mario's group manages to avoid being harmed by the Bob-Ombs, but Toad gets knocked off of his snowboard and gets upset that Koopa Klaus may have damaged it. This upsets Princess Toadstool, who scolds Toad for not caring about their safety. Mario, meanwhile, figures out that Koopa Klaus is on his way to Santa's workshop as well, so he, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool take it upon themselves to save Santa, although Toad's more concerned with saving the presents.

Arriving at the workshop, Mario's group learn that they were too late to stop Koopa Klaus from freezing the workshop with his Ice Bombs, but they arrive just in time to see him flying off with a captive Santa in tow. Toad begins to cry, as he worries that he will never receive another Christmas present if Santa is missing.

However, Mario tells Luigi to load a heavy ice block from a nearby igloo onto the see-saw in theElves' playground. After doing that, Mario makes Luigi leap onto the see-saw from his shoulders, catapulting the block at Koopa Klaus' sleigh, hitting it dead on and causing both Koopa Klaus and Santa to fall to the ground. Holding Santa with one hand, Koopa Klaus uses an empty sack to parachute downwards.

Without his sleigh, Koopa Klaus is forced to make off with Santa on foot with Mario's group in hot pursuit. He manages to gain a slight boost by using his empty sack as a wind sail. The Marios start throwing snowballs at him, so Koopa Klaus opts to collect the snowballs in said sack and throws it at the Bros. Following that, Koopa Klaus slides down a snowy hill and onto a frozen ice pond using Santa as a sled. Mario and Co. follow Koopa Klaus onto the ice, where he calls out someFlurries on skates to attack by carving a block of out ice from the pond and knocking it towards them. The Mario Bros. and Toad manage to defeat the Flurries by shoving their ice block back at them.

Koopa Klaus then drags Santa into a nearby cave, so Mario's group follows him. Before entering, Luigi remarks that the cave is quite dark, but Princess Toadstool reminds them that the world will look very dark without Christmas. Toad then brings up his desire from presents, as well as rescuing Santa, so the enter the cave. The cave proves to be a bumpy ride for the quartet, and they end up falling off a cliff at the cave's exit and onto a snowbank. Koopa Klaus, who apparently did not endure the same ride they did, holds Santa over the edge of the cliff, threatening to drop him into the icy water below.

Santa becoming touched with Toad's decision of offering his beloved snowboard as a gift.

Princess Toadstool tries to reconcile with Koopa Klaus about wrecking Christmas, but he then makes the mistake of shouting about his holiday hatred, causing an avalanche. Mario tells Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad to take shelter in the cave, and notes that he will try to rescue Santa with his plumber's snake. Mario manages to lasso Santa away from the incoming avalanche with his plumber's snake; Koopa Klaus, on the other hand, is forced to dive into the water, and he ends up climbing onto an iceberg, where he laments about his foiled plans to ruin Christmas. Asking himself about what else could go wrong, he turns his head back in response to a loud roar, and learns that the iceberg is inhabited by an angrypolar bear.

Back at his workshop, Santa thanks Mario's group for rescuing him from Koopa Klaus. Unfortunately, Santa's rescue does not change the fact that his workshop is still frozen, and he fears he will not be able to make his Christmas deliveries this year. Toad at first does not care, since he already got his present, but after some prompting from Princess Toadstool, he decides to give his snowboard to Santa, saying that he will at least have one present to give. The warmth of the Christmas spirit spread by Toad then manages to melt the ice around Santa's workshop, thus saving Christmas.

Afterwards, Santa and his Elves have finished loading presents onto his sleigh, when Mario's group comes running up to them. Santa then announces that he would like to give them all a special present, and allows them to ride in his sleigh with him as he delivers the presents, even letting Toad sit alongside him in the front seat. As the sleigh takes off into the sky, Santa wishes a "Super Mario Christmas to all, and to all a good night!".

Gallery[edit]

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  Title card

Characters[edit]

"Koopa Klaus"

• Mario
• Luigi
• Princess Toadstool
• Toad
• Koopa Klaus
• Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde
• Albatosses
• Bob-Ombs
• Flurries
• Santa Claus
• Polar bear

Cast[edit]

• Lou Albano —Mario
• Danny Wells —Luigi
• Jeannie Elias —Princess Toadstool
• John Stocker —Toad,Santa Claus
• Harvey Atkin —Koopa Klaus,Tryclyde

Animation and continuity errors[edit]

Koopa Klaus's missing costume

• In one scene ofKoopa Klaus flying away withSanta Claus, Santa's clothes are orange instead of red.
• In some scenes afterMario and his friends arrive in theNorth Pole, Mario and Princess Toadstool's luggage are missing.
• When Koopa Klaus pulls one ofTryclyde's noses, his costume is missing.
• When Mario and Luigi run to the playground, Koopa Klaus quickly flies over, but when Mario and Luigi launch the ice cube, he flies slowly over it.
• When Mario and his friends watch Koopa Klaus fly away, Koopa Klaus's sleigh shakes.
• When Koopa Klaus walks over to his sleigh, the sleigh is light-green, but in the next shot, it is dark-green.
• When Koopa Klaus laughs at the beginning of the episode, one of his horns flashes.
• When Princess Toadstool reads the sign at the beginning of the episode, her dress is white instead of pink. This also happens when she has to tell Luigi to enter the cave.
• When Princess Toadstool tells Toad that she has a present for him, her dress flashes.
• When Toad rips the present open, some pieces fly onto the ground, but in the next shot no wrapping can be seen.
• When Mario and his friends see Koopa Klaus flying in the sky, Luigi is behind Mario, but in the next shot, he is beside him.
• When Princess Toadstool becomes upset at Toad, Luigi disappears.
• In one scene at the beginning of the episode, Mario's hat flashes.
• When Koopa Klaus laughs after kidnapping Santa Claus, his hat flashes.
• Throughout his time in Koopa Klaus's sleigh, Santa Claus's bandanna changes color several times, and after Koopa Klaus falls out of his sleigh, the bandanna disappears for the rest of the episode.
• When Mario picks up Luigi, Luigi's footprints are missing.

Profiles[edit]

• Netflix:Christmas is in serious trouble when the scroogeyKoopa Claus^[sic] sets out to stop it. But canMario andLuigi fight back with holiday cheer?^[2]
• Showdown in Brooklyn DVD:When the evil Koopa Klaus (Bah Humkoop!) tries to stop Christmas, the Mario Bros. come to Santa's rescue andToad learns the true spirit of giving.

Dub edits[edit]

• In the Latin American Spanish dub,Luigi mentions him and his friends intending to travel toHawaii instead ofHawaii Land.

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• With this episode being the series' Christmas episode, there are several references to the holiday:
  • Tryclyde's alter ego in this episode, "Randolph, the Red-Nosed Tryclyde," is a reference toRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
  • When discussing his plan to ruin Christmas toTryclyde,Koopa Klaus mentions that "everyone will have a very unmerry Christmas." Tryclyde follows up by saying, "And an unhappy New Year!", referencing the EnglishChristmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
  • Santa Claus's final line in the episode is a parody of a line from the poemA Visit from St. Nicholas. This line had previously been directly referenced in theSaturday Supercade episode "A Christmas Story."
• Mario and his friends' dialogue when they spot Koopa Klaus is a reference to"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!", a famous catchphrase from the1940sSuperman animated film series. The dialogue is as follows:
  • Princess Toadstool:Look, up in the sky!
  • Mario:It's a bird!
  • Luigi:It's a plane!
  • Koopa Klaus:It's Koopa Klaus!
  • This catchphrase had been previously referenced in the live-action segment "Tutti Frutti, oh Mario" and would later be referenced inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Super Koopa."

References[edit]

• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episodes

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