Super Mario World (television series)





Loosely based on Super Mario World, the Super Mario World show chronicles the adventures of Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool in Dinosaur Land. Yoshi, King Bowser Koopa and several new characters, such as Oogtar the Caveboy, make an appearance, as well. Super Mario World was the last of DiC's Super Mario cartoons and originally aired from September 14th, 1991 to December 7th, 1991.

Overview
Sometime after the events of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 series finale "Super Koopa", King Bowser Koopa, the Koopalings and their armies were banished from the Mushroom Kingdom.

After the banishment of the Koopa family and their minions, Princess Toadstool, Mario and Luigi went on vacation to the Dinosaur World. Only for Princess Toadstool to be kidnapped by King Koopa and his minions. After adventuring and befriending Yoshi, Mario and Luigi managed to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser's Neon Castle and subsequently decided to stay in Dinosaur Land's Dome City with the cave-people.

Several episodes of Super Mario World often had Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Toadstool and occasionally a show-exclusive character, Oogtar the Caveboy, trying to stop the schemes of King Koopa and the Koopalings, as well as other villains such as Wizardheimer or the DinoRiders.

Social Issues
Some episodes of Super Mario World can also be seen as social commentary for controversial issues, such as street gangs ("Born to Ride"), addiction ("Rock TV") and obesity ("King Scoopa Koopa").

The show also had several episodes, such as "The Wheel Thing" and "Party Line", dealing with the introduction and consequences of introducing new concepts and technologies to others without thinking ahead, in this case, the cave-people of Dome City.

Differences from the Game
Like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 before it, Super Mario World had several noticeable differences between itself and the game it was based on. Possibly the most noticeable of these are the cave-people of Dome City, the game Super Mario World, aside from Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool, had no humans in it at all. The names of enemies and places were also changed, some of these include:


 * Chargin' Chucks were renamed "Koopa Football Players"
 * Mecha-Koopas were renamed "Mechkoopas"
 * The Forest of Illusion was renamed the "Enchanted Forest"
 * Wigglers were renamed "Caterpillars"
 * Bowser's Castle was renamed "Neon Castle", which itself was short for "Coney Island Disco Palace"
 * Magikoopas were renamed "Koopa Wizards"
 * Boos were simply called "Ghosts"

Airing History
Super Mario World originally aired alongside Captain N: The Game Master on NBC, where it was erroneously refered to as Super Mario Bros. 4 in commercial bumpers. Super Mario World was also the only Mario cartoon to air in Australia on Network Ten and Cheez TV, though only on Mondays to Wednesdays on the latter. Oddly, in both the United Kingdom and Australia, the episode "King Scoopa Koopa" aired before "The Night Before Cave Christmas", due to a mishap involving the show's production order and the production order of Captain N: The Game Master.

Due to the nature of its production, Super Mario World is actually one half of a series entitled Captain N and the New Super Mario World, which also consists of the third season of Captain N: The Game Master. Although the "New" suffix was used to promote the Super Mario World game when the show first aired, it is part of the series' proper title, and was never dropped. An episode of this half hour series consists of a Super Mario World cartoon and either a Captain N cartoon, or a second Super Mario World cartoon. Due to legal issues, the third season episodes of Captain N and the Super Mario World episodes are inseperable, and have to be released on DVD in the same set. This also explains why the first two seasons of Captain N: The Game Master were released in a "complete series" set; the third season is part of a seperate show.

Distribution


The Super Mario World episode "The Night Before Cave Christmas" was released sometime in 1996 for a VHS tape entitled "Super Mario Bros. Super Christmas Adventures"; along with "The Night Before Cave Christmas", "Koopa Klaus" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush" were also released as a part of "Super Mario Bros. Super Christmas Adventures".

Currently, DVDs of every single Super Mario World episode are available in Australia; the episode "A Little Learning" was also available on a VHS tape for a time in the UK.

Due to complications involving the use of Yoshi, it was originally thought that DVD box sets of Super Mario World weren't going to be made. However, those issues were resolved, and Shout! Factory has released a box set containing the complete series, along with the third season of Captain N: The Game Master.

Cast

 * Walker Boone &mdash; Mario
 * Tony Rosato &mdash; Luigi
 * Tracey Moore &mdash; Princess Toadstool
 * Andrew Sabiston &mdash; Yoshi
 * Harvey Atkin &mdash; King Bowser Koopa
 * Tara Strong &mdash; Hip, Hop
 * John Stocker &mdash; Oogtar the Caveboy, Koopa Wizard, Monty Moles, Koopa Football Players, Wizardheimer
 * Paulina Gillis &mdash; Kootie Pie Koopa
 * James Rankin &mdash; Cheatsy Koopa
 * Dan Hennessey &mdash; Big Mouth Koopa, Green Dinosaur, Purple Dinosaur
 * Michael Stark &mdash; Kooky Von Koopa
 * Gordon Masten &mdash; Bully Koopa
 * Judy Marshak &mdash; (Additional Voices)
 * Catherine Gallant &mdash; (Additional Voices)
 * Stuart Stone &mdash; (Additional Voices)

Episodes
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Theme Song
The lyrics and melody of Super Mario World's theme song were written by Mark Mothersbaugh.

Super Mario Super Mario Super Mario World Super Mario World It's a blast from the past In Super Mario World You've got to move fast Mario and Luigi Are doing what they can Yoshi and the Princess Are givin' them a hand Super Mario World Super Mario World It's a blast from the past In Super Mario World It's a blast Super Mario World