Great Balls of Fire

This article is about the fireballs from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! For the song from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, see Great Balls of Fire (song).

Not to be confused with Great Bars of Fire.

Great Balls of Fire
Appears in	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("The Fire of Hercufleas") (1989)

The Great Balls of Fire are large, powerful fireballs which are featured prominently in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "The Fire of Hercufleas." Their name is a reference to the Jerry Lewis song of the same name.

Located in the city of Mythis, the Great Balls of Fire are guarded by the hero Hercufleas, who keeps them in his acropolis home. The Great Balls of Fire are evidently more powerful than regular fireballs, as they are shown to explode violently upon contact with an object, creating an explosion powerful enough to destroy a stone wall and pillars.

The Great Balls of Fire can also be controlled mentally by whoever is in possession of them, as King Koopa is shown to make several of the Great Balls of Fire chase Mario and Luigi by simply concentrating and making gestures with his hands. The Great Balls of Fire are also finite, meaning that they will eventually be extinguished if used too many times. If the Great Balls do run out, they can apparently be ignited once more by simply placing fire in the urn the Great Balls of Fire are kept in.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Bulgarian	Великото Огнено Кълба Velikoto Ogneto Kalba	Great Ball of Fire
French	Boules de Feu Magique	Balls of Magic Fire
German	Großen Feuer	Great Fire
Hebrew	כדורי אש גדולים Chadori esh G'dolim	Great Balls of Fire
Portuguese	Bolas de Fogo	Balls of Fire
Spanish	Grandes Bolas de Fuego	Great Balls of Fire
Swedish	Stora Eldskulor	Great Balls of Fire

Notes

• During the fight against King Koopa, the song "Great Balls of Fire" is played, though it is edited out for later airings with "It's a Dog's Life" from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.