It's Always Fair Weather
"It's Always Fair Weather" is a comic published as part of the Super Mario Bros. series of comics. The title is a pun on the title of the 1955 musical comedy film of the same name, as well as "fair," as the comic takes place during the Annual Mushroomland Fair. It was first printed in Super Mario Bros. No. 7, then reprinted the following year in Adventures of the Super Mario Bros. No. 1. It was also printed in the hardcover collection The Best of the Super Mario Bros. as well as the trade paperback Super Mario Bros.: Mario's Special Powers.
Plot synopsis
Mushroomland is hosting the Annual Mushroomland Fair, and Mario and Luigi are working there. After setting up the banner displaying the comic's title, Mario heads off to have lunch, passing by the hot-air balloons and the plant show. Shortly afterward, Luigi arrives, wearing a Bowser suit. It is then revealed that Luigi has been forced to play the role of Bowser in a dunking booth called "Douse the Bowser", where Toad is working to attract the customers. (Luigi is not happy with the idea.) After watching "a little Mush-runt" named Benny dunk Luigi into the pool, Mario heads off to judge the cake competition. Up above, Bowser is watching the fair from a helicopter and takes offense when he sees the "Douse the Bowser" booth.
Mario ends up eating all the cake he was supposed to judge and declares a four-way tie. He then takes a walk to the plant show and uses a piece of a plant labeled Magic Leaf Raccoonia as a toothpick, not realizing he has just become Raccoon Mario for the first time (this story is meant to take place before Super Mario Bros. 3). He then goes into the Fun House and, seeing his reflection in the mirrors, assumes that the raccoon ears on his hat are actually the work of the mirror.
Meanwhile, Bowser is storming around the fairgrounds, becoming irritated at the fact that everybody is mistaking him for the suited Luigi. Noticing the hot-air balloons, he throws a switch on his helicopter that creates a tornado from the propeller blades. The tornado creates a world of turbulence for the hot-air balloons. Mario and King Toadstool come outside at this point and see the tornado in action. In a feat that amazes the King (and himself, considering all that cake he ate earlier), Mario flies into the air using his new Raccoon powers and rescues the balloonists.
After landing, Mario figures that Bowser is behind this. However, Princess Toadstool then gives him a kiss, and the lovestruck plumber stumbles right into Bowser and loses his Raccoon power. Bowser is at first pleased that Mario has just lost his flight ability, but Mario then turns the cyclone feature on again, this time creating a whirlwind that picks up Bowser and drops him into the "Douse the Bowser" pool. Later, Mario tells Luigi that he can take the rest of the day off (and not have to wear the Bowser Suit anymore), because "when it comes to funny-looking, I think I finally know how you feel!"
Notable mistakes and errors
- On page 9 of the comic, Mario's hair is colored brown instead of black.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| German | Willkommen zum Mushroom-Pilzfest![1] | Welcome to the Mushroom Fungus Festival! |
