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[[File:Milli Vanilli.png|200px|thumb|Milli Vanilli members Rob Pilatus (left) and Fab Morvan (right)]]
[[Image:Milli vanilla.jpg|200px|thumb|'''Milli Vanilli''' members Rob Pilatus (left) and Fab Morvan (right).]]
'''{{wp|Milli Vanilli}}''' was a German-French R&B duo consisting of '''{{wp|Rob Pilatus}}''' (June 8, 1965 – April 2, 1998) and '''{{wp|Fab Morvan}}''' (born May 14, 1966). The band appears as a guest star in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]", voiced by their real selves. They are [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s favorite rock band. Milli Vanilli are the only guest stars to appear in the show.
'''[[Wikipedia:Milli Vanilli|Milli Vanilli]]''' was a band consisting of '''[[Wikipedia:Rob Pilatus|Rob Pilatus]]''' (June 8, 1965 – April 2, 1998) and '''[[Wikipedia:Fab Morvan|Fab Morvan]]''' (born May 14, 1966). They are apparently [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s favorite rock band.


== History ==
They appeared in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' once, in the episode "[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]". In the episode, [[Cheatsy]] overhears the [[Mario]] Brothers talking about going to a rock concert with Princess Toadstool, for Milli Vanilli. Cheatsy made his way back to [[Bowser's Castle|Castle Koopa]] and explained to [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]] what the Mario Brothers intended to do. Kootie Pie was not pleased about the Princess getting something that she wasn't. In the middle of the band's concert, Cheatsy and [[Bowser|King Koopa]] appeared in their [[Airship|Doomship]] and kidnapped the two singers, then made their way back to Castle Koopa. Kootie Pie wanted the two rock singers to sing for her but they refused. Kootie Pie was enraged, and she turned the two into accountants. When the pair tried to escape, the Sledge Brothers foiled their escape, and Kootie Pie said that they would remain in Dark Land forever unless they do her personal concert. Milli Vanilli said they could not perform for Kootie Pie even if they wished; for their songs required a backup band.  
In the episode "Kootie Pie Rocks", [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] go to [[Brooklyn]] with Princess Toadstool for a Milli Vanilli concert. [[Larry Koopa|Cheatsy Koopa]] overhears them talking about this and tells [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]] back at [[Bowser's Castle|Castle Koopa]], making her enraged that she cannot also go to the concert. In the middle of the band's concert, however, the [[Airship|Doom Ship]] arrives and [[Bowser|King Koopa]] kidnaps them. They are taken back to Castle Koopa, where Kootie Pie wants them to sing for her. The two refuse, which leads to Kootie Pie using her [[Magic Wand]] to turn them into accountants, and she tells them that they will be trapped in [[Dark Land]] forever unless they perform for her. When they try to escape, two [[Sledge Bro|Sledge Brothers]] block the exit. Kootie Pie then threatens to transform them again, but Milli Vanilli tell her that they cannot perform without a backup band.


Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and [[Toad]] take advantage of this by disguising themselves as a band to sneak into Castle Koopa (with Milli Vanilli recognizing Toadstool from the audience at the concert), and they trick Kootie Pie into turning the band back to normal. When Milli Vanilli tries to perform with them, however, Mario and friends play cannot play their instruments, and everyone in the castle flees from the terrible music, allowing them to escape. Back at their proper concert in Brooklyn, Milli Vanilli dedicate their next song to Princess Toadstool.
Mario, [[Luigi]], the Princess, and [[Toad]] took advantage of this and disguised themselves as a band. Princess fooled Kootie Pie into giving back Milli Vanilli their true forms as she was questioning why "two accountants" would be singing. The quartet helped Milli Vanilli escape from the castle, then returned them to the [[Real World]]. Kootie Pie protested their escape, as the guards ran off in disgust and Bowser said he has had enough of her tantrums, and especially the horrid music of that band.


==Controversy and episode edits==
Back in their proper concert in [[Brooklyn]], Milli Vanilli dedicated their rescue to Princess Toadstool.
Despite their popularity, Milli Vanilli attracted suspicions of {{wp|lip sync}}ing during their shows, rumors that were exacerbated by Morvan and Pilatus' thick German speaking accents (compared to their American-sounding singing voices) and a notorious live performance where a guide vocal locked up mid-song, only two weeks after the initial airing of "Kootie Pie Rocks", and one week after the group won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In November 1990, producer Frank Farian revealed that not only was this true, but the pair also never recorded a single note on their studio recordings. In actuality, the vocals were performed by four different singers - Brad Howell, John Davis, Jodie Rocco, and Linda Rocco - who Farian saw as unmarketable.  Morvan and Pilatus relinquished their Grammy in light of the confession, with conflicting accounts stating that they either returned it voluntarily or had it revoked. The band's US label, {{wp|Arista Records}}, additionally pulled their catalog from print and erased the master tapes that they possessed.


In the wake of the scandal, subsequent airings of "Kootie Pie Rocks" cut their songs and replaced them with different instrumental music (the pair still move their lips while performing these songs in the re-releases, however, as the episodes were not reanimated to reflect the change), as well as cutting any references to Milli Vanilli throughout the episode. Milli Vanilli's song at the end of the episode was completely cut, without even an instrumental replacement.
Milli Vanilli was the only guest appearance on ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''; whereas the preceding show, ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', had several during the live-action segments.


==Trivia==
==Controversy==
*The name of the ''[[Mario Party 4]]'' minigame "[[Blame It on the Crane]]" is a pun on the name of the Milli Vanilli song "{{wp|Blame It on the Rain}}".  
Milli Vanilli were actually lip-syncers, and glitches in their equipment revealed this only two weeks after the initial airing of "Kootie Pie Rocks", and one week after the group won the 1990 Grammy Awards, which the duo relinquished. Subsequent airings of the cartoon cut their songs and replaced them with different instrumental music. (Curiously, the pair still moved their lips while performing these wordless songs in the re-releases.) One of the episode's references to a Milli Vanilli song was also removed, and Milli Vanilli's song dedicated to Toadstool at the episode's end was completely cut, without even an instrumental replacement.


Though DVD releases of "Kootie Pie Rocks" generally censor the aforementioned Milli Vanilli references, the PAL "[[Do the Koopa]]" DVD retains Milli Vanilli's original songs if the language is switched to Dutch.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kootie_Pie_Rocks&diff=161068301&oldid=161068141 Wikipedia] (accessed on 4-20-08)</ref>
Rob Pilatus died in 1998. Fab Morvan continues to make music independently and has recorded lessons for the Berlitz Institute in French, as that is his native tongue.
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