Ding Bell
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| Appears in | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Rolling Down the River") (1989) |
The Ding Bell is a large steamboat owned by Mark Twang. In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Rolling Down the River", Mark uses the Ding Bell in his race against Captain Koopa for the title of King of the River and presumably the rest of the River World. Captain Koopa sabotages the Ding Bell's engine, severely limiting the Ding Bell's speed.
When Mark saves Mario and Luigi from a voracious Trouter and brings them aboard the Ding Bell, Mario and Luigi manage to successfully repair the Ding Bell's engine. With the Ding Bell's engine repaired, Mark Twang is able to catch up to Captain Koopa’s steamboat, the Sinister Star.
The Ding Bell's progress is halted once again when Captain Koopa creates an impassable black pit in the river with a Black Pit Bob-Omb. It is only through the intervention of Mario, Luigi and a "plunger anchor" that the Ding Bell narrowly manages to avoid being sucked into the black pit. The Ding Bell is eventually docked when Mark, Mario and Luigi go to see the Mouth of the River for advice on how to pass the black pit.
After gaining advice from the Mouth of the River, Mario and Luigi create an intricate piping system that drains the water from around the black pit and empties it into a nearby path, separated from the black pit by a wall of rocks. With this new path, the Ding Bell can pass the black pit unhindered.
Much later, the Ding Bell manages to catch-up to the Sinister Star, with Super Mario and Super Luigi powering the device ahead on jump powered pumps. When Mario and Luigi later leap to the Sinister Star, the Ding Bell manages to move ahead of the Sinister Star.
The Ding Bell later appears to attack the Sinister Star with Turnips fired from a cannon. As Mark maneuvers the Ding Bell, the Mouth of the River fires Turnips at the Sinister Star, with one Turnip incapacitating the Sinister Star's helmsman, Clawgrip. Princess Toadstool uses the opportunity to crash the Sinister Star into a sandbar, destroying it. She, Mario, Luigi, and Toad board the Ding Bell, which passes the finish line.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified) | 叮叮汞 Dīngdīng Hǒng |
Ding Bell | [1] | |
| Finnish | Ding Bell | - | [2] | |
| German | Ding Bell | - | [3] | |
| Hebrew | דינג בל Ding Bel |
Ding Bell | [4] | |
| Italian | Campanello d'Oro | Gold Bell | [5] | |
| Korean | 딩동 Dingdong |
Ding Dong | [6] | |
| Norwegian | Ding Bell | - | [7] | |
| Polish | Dzwonek | Ding Bell | [8] | |
| Portuguese | Ding Bell | - | [9] | |
| Spanish | Campanita | Little Bell | [10] | |
| Swedish | Ding Bell | - | [11] |
References[edit]
- ^ Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Rolling Down The River | Learn Chinese | Cartoons in Mandarin
- ^ Super Mario Bros 3 VHS (Suomi)
- ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 6 Der Mario MonsterBrei / Es geht den Fluss hinunter
- ^ האחים סופר מריו (1989) - (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Hebrew Dub) - S01E05
- ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x05 Sulle rapide
- ^ The Super Mario Brothers Super Show - Korean Dub, No Subtitles - Rollin' Down the River
- ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E06 - Rolling Down the River/The Mario Monster Mash (Norsk Fox-Ki
- ^ Przygody Braci Mario - Odcinek 5 | W Dół Rzeki (Polski Lektor)
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Descendo o Rio / A Mistura de Mario e o Monstro
- ^ Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español - Rodando Rio Abajo - Episode 5
- ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 5 - Swedish
