The following are episode lists for the three Super Mario cartoons produced by DiC Entertainment. The three shows consist of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989), The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990), and Super Mario World (TV series) (1991). Altogether, there are 91 animated episodes (52/26/13) from the three series. The series first aired on September 4, 1989, and finished on December 7, 1991 .
Mario and Luigi trade Princess Toadstool's cow for garbonzo beans. The beans grow into a beanstalk, leading the group to a castle in the sky owned by a giant Koopa.
8
"Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!"
When Mario and Co are imprisoned by the obnoxious Queen Rotunda, and after eating Mario's spicy ice cream, the queen accidentally drinks a love potion that makes her fall in love with Mario.
Princess Toadstool falls into Koopa's Fountain of Youth and turns into a baby. Mario, Luigi and Toad must babysit her until they can get her back to normal.
18
"The Adventures of Sherlock Mario Plumbers of the Year"
In order to free the Mario Bros. and the Mushroom People, Princess Toadstool agrees to marry Koopa, which would make him the legal ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.
When Mario, Luigi and Toad are unable to rescue Princess Toadstool from Koopa and the Hammer Brothers, they try to fool him with a Koopa-shaped Trojan Horse.
When Mario gets bitten by a venomous snake in Cavemanland, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Toad learn that the only way to save him is to feed him a pizza, which they must make from scratch.
When Mario's group accidentally discovers a cavern full of gold coins, Koopa finds out and forces the local villagers and Toad to mine them all for himself.
Koopa uses a robo suit to kidnap Princess Toadstool and Toad. The suit's inventor then builds Mario and Luigi a suit of their own so they can fight Koopa.
The following thirteen live-action segments were aired with episodes of The Legend of Zelda cartoon on Fridays.
Slime Busters (aired with "The Ringer")
Magic's Magic (aired with "Cold Spells")
Wild Thing (aired with "The White Knight")
Mommies Curse (aired with "Kiss ’N Tell")
Fred Van Winkle (aired with "Sing for the Unicorn")
Tutti Frutti, Oh Mario (aired with "That Sinking Feeling")
The Magic Love (aired with "Doppelganger")
Defective Gadgetry (aired with "Underworld Connections")
The Great Hereafter (aired with "Stinging a Stinger")
Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn (aired with "A Hitch in the Works")
Pizza Crush (aired with "Fairies in the Spring")
Tutti Frutti Mario (aired with "The Missing Link")
The Ghoul of My Dreams (aired with "The Moblins are Revolting")
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (Season 2)
Note that every episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is shown in a double-episode format.
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Title
Original airdate
Production code
1
"Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas / Reptiles in the Rose Garden*"
Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas: Koopa turns Kooky, Bully, Big Mouth, and Cheatsy into gigantic ninjas to apprehend Prince Hugo of Giant Land. Reptiles in the Rose Garden: Koopa warps the White House, along with the President and the First Lady, to his castle and makes Kootie Pie Empress of America.
2
"Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario / The Beauty of Kootie"
Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario:Hip and Hop kidnap the sarcophagus of a prince whom Mario resembles. Their actions awaken the prince's mother, who believes Mario is her son. The Beauty of Kootie: While stealing oil from the sultan of Desert Hill, Cheatsy turns Kootie Pie into a human so she can fool Mario.
3
"Princess Toadstool for President / Never Koop a Koopa"
Princess Toadstool for President: When Princess Toadstool challenges Koopa to an election over leadership of the Mushroom Kingdom, Kooky uses a nice guy potion on Bowser to make all the voters like him. Never Koop a Koopa: Koopa surrenders his castle to Princess Toadstool, but she and Mario quickly learn it was just a ploy to trap them.
Reign Storm: When Princess Toadstool and Toad vacation in Hawaii, Kooky uses a robot princess to try and take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Toddler Terrors of Time Travel: Kooky and Koopa try to go back in time to stop the Mario Bros. from ever going down the drain in Brooklyn, but their plan backfires, turning them all into babies.
Dadzilla: 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. Tag Team Trouble: 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.
Oh, Brother!: When Mario and Luigi get fed up with each other, Luigi soon finds himself having to save his brother from Koopa and Kooky. Misadventure of Mighty Plumber: Koopa brings TV hero Mighty Plumber to life and tricks him into robbing the Pipe Land Treasury.
7
"A Toadally Magical Adventure / Misadventures in babysitting"
A Toadally Magical Adventure: Toad loses a magic wand to the Koopas. Misdaventures in babysitting: Mario and Luigi wind up babysitting a brat from Brooklyn who finds his way into the Mushroom Kingdom.
Do the Koopa: 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. Kootie Pie Rocks: Koopa kidnaps Milli Vanilli and forces them to perform exclusively for Kootie Pie.
Mush-Rumors: When a Real World family drives into the Mushroom Kingdom, the Mushroom People and the Koopas mistake them for aliens. The Ugly Mermaid: 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.
Crimes R Us: Koopa recruits a criminal from the Real World to teach the Koopalings how to commit crimes. Life's Ruff: Hip and Hop turn Luigi and the King of Ice Land into dogs and run off to cause mayhem in Florida. This is also the episode of the three DiC Mario shows the doesn't feature Mario himself.
Up, Up, and a Koopa: Kooky uses his new "Raiser Upper" machine to levitate everything in the Mushroom Kingdom to the sky. 7 Continents for 7 Koopas: After trapping the Mario Bros. and Toad in the Mushroom World, Koopa orders his kids each to take over one of Earth's seven continents.
True Colors: 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. Recycled Koopa: When the Koopalings can't get away with dumping their trash in the Mushroom Kingdom, they warp it all to Brooklyn.
The Venice Menace: Koopa and Kootie Pie terrorize Venice with the Doomsub to warp the city to Koopa's castle and turn it into a water park for Kootie Pie. Super Koopa: Kooky creates a pendant that grants Koopa the Mario Bros.' powers, but it only works in the Real World. Koopa kidnaps Luigi to lure the others to Paris to defeat them.
- During some countries or syndication airings, these are aired opposite than when they originally aired.
Super Mario World (Season 3)
These episodes are listed in the original US order rather than the production order or the Captain N production order which aired alongside Super Mario World. Unlike the previous seasons, these are full-length episodes.
When Wizardheimer abducts Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool, Yoshi and Oogtar must fight him in an epic battle with the fate of the universe on the line.
While Luigi teaches the cave people how to grow their own crops, Cheatsy gets a group of Montys to make a python in order to reclaim their flying circus.
Koopa sells TV sets to the cave people. The TV sets are really just Koopa's ploy to hypnotize viewers into buying more Nintendo products. (Note: Crossover with Hammerman)
Wizardheimer turns Luigi into an egg which Koopa Football Players steal. When Mario and Yoshi find out, they must challenge them to a game of football with Luigi as the prize.