When Koopas Paint the Town
| "When Koopas Paint the Town" | |
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| Composed by: Evan Roberts, Michael Tavera, Joellyn Cooperman | |
| Vocals | Gordon Masten Paulina Gillis Dan Hennessey Michael Stark |
| Key | C minor (original recording) D-flat minor (in episode) |
| Appears in | The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - "True Colors" (1990) |
"When Koopas Paint the Town,"[1] referred to as "Town Painting" on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series DVD, is a song from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "True Colors." The song plays as Cheatsy and Kooky begin dropping Koopa Color Goopa all over citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. The song was composed by Evan Roberts, Michael Tavera, and Joellyn Cooperman.
The instrumental was played in place of "Magic Carpet Ride" in "Mario's Magic Carpet," the second instance of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" in "Mario and the Beanstalk," the second instance of "Jungle Love" in "Jungle Fever," "Peter Gunn" in "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario," "Splish Splash" in "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea," and "Workin' for a Livin'" in "Plummers Academy."
The lines in red are not played during the episode, and can only be heard on the bonus disc of the Shout! Factory DVD set.
Lyrics[edit]
Zoomin' down down
Down, down, down!
To change the town
Town, town, town!
Half will be red!
Half will be blue!
Brother against brother!
Divided in two!
When the Koopas
Paint the town!
Yes! (Hey, Salvador Dali!)
The fate of the kingdom
Will be up against the wall! (Wall, wall!)
When folks of different colors
Can't get along at all! (Yeah!)
What's the matter with you?!
We're Koopas! (Yeah!)
Hey, Botticelli! Hand me a paintbrush!
Give us room!
Room, room, room!
To bring doom, doom, doom!
Doom, doom, doom!
Right from the start!
Up 'til the end!
Neighbor fighting neighbor!
Friend against friend!
When the Koopas (Koopas!)
Paint the town! (Yes!)
When the Koopas
Paint the town!
Multimedia[edit]
 When Koopas Paint the Town - The song as heard on the bonus disc of the Shout! Factory DVD set | File info |
| When Koopas Paint the Town - The instrumental from the Italian dub of "True Colors" | File info |
| When Koopas Paint the Town - The song as translated in the Brazilian Portuguese dub | File info |
References[edit]
- ^ The abyss & 2,087 other titles; musical compositions. (Part 012 of 013)
