Veggieitis
- “Veggieitis: The strange malady of vegetables growing out of the human body. This usually happens when chopped up vegetable seeds are eaten with spaghetti sauce. This only occurs every 300 years in Brooklyn.”
- —Young MacDonald, Flower Power
Veggieitis is an extremely rare disease that Luigi is afflicted with after having eaten Mario's prize-winning spaghetti sauce. It and Roseitis are references to arthritis, a term referring to joint disorders.
In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Flower Power", it is revealed that Veggieitis only occurs every 300 years in Brooklyn, and only when dehydrated vegetable seeds are eaten in spaghetti sauce; after some is afflicted with Veggieitis, they begin to spontaneously grow vegetables from their body, which, once removed, grow back faster. Luigi, who suffers from Veggieitis throughout the episode, is eventually cured of it when he is advised by Young McDonald to eat a rose, which instantly cures his Veggieitis and causes all the vegetables on Luigi's body to fall off. However, upon eating this rose, Luigi gains another disease, Roseitis, which caused roses to grow from his ears for a week.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (simplified) | 蔬菜关节炎[1] Shūcài Guānjiéyán |
Vegetable Arthritis | |
| German | Gemüsitis[2] | Portmanteau of Gemüse ("vegetable") and "arthritis") | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Semite[3] | "Seeditis," portmanteau of semente ("seed") and artrite ("arthritis") | |
| Spanish | Vegetalitis[4] | Veggieitis | |
| Swedish | Grönsaksjukdom[5] | Vegetable Sickness |
References[edit]
- ^ 連帽羅賓和他的馬里奧人 | 兒童電子遊戲 | 兒童卡通
- ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 31 Flower Power / Hooded Robin und seine Mario Männer
- ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Robin Hood e seu Homem Mario / Santo Molho de Espaguete (Dublado)
- ^ Mario de las profundidades | Dibujos animados para niños | Episodios completos de Super Mario
- ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 25 - Swedish
