Reptiles in the Rose Garden

"How dare you disturb the almost-empress of the real world?!"

- Kootie Pie Koopa

"Reptiles in the Rose Garden" is the second episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3; it aired alongside another episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 entitled "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas".

Plot synopsis
Kootie Pie Koopa is celebrating her sixteenth birthday. However, her greed has caused her to want much, much more then what she has, dissatisfying her with her presents. When her father, King Koopa, asks her what she wants the most, she promptly yells, "I WANT AMERICA FOR MY BIRTHDAY!" King Koopa is reluctant to give her her wish along with his reason being "But America's in the Real World!" but between taking over the United States or listening to Kootie Pie's mental breakdowns, he chooses the former.

Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool are enjoying their day in the Mushroom Kingdom, when they catch sight of King Koopa's Doomship headed for the real world. King Koopa sends his Chain Chomps to capture them before they can do a thing about it. Kootie Pie then gloats about how she's going to become "Empress of America" and that "(the Princess) is just Princess Toadstool of the measly Mushroom Kingdom".

The Doomship flies through a Warp Pipe leading to Washington, D.C. where it arrives at the White House. King Koopa looks through a telescope and finds the President in his office, talking on the phone. King Koopa then orders two Sledge Brothers to shoot the White House with a Levitation Beam, ripping it out of the ground and warping it to Castle Koopa.

King Koopa then announces to the citizens through a megaphone that Kootie Pie is now taking over as Empress of America. Shortly after, at a press conference, Kootie Pie gives out her new "laws":


 * 1) Kids in America must give her their toys and everything they have.
 * 2) Any boy who does not ask her on a date of any kind will be turned into a rock by King Koopa.
 * 3) All the gold in Fort Knox will be melted down to make an endless lifetime supply of charm bracelets for Kootie Pie.

King Koopa then orders everyone in America to pledge allegiance to Kootie Pie, "and to the repulsiveness for which she stands."

At Castle Koopa, Mario's group notices the White House outside the dungeon window and need to return the White House and the President to America, or else Kootie Pie will rule forever, however, they're still trapped in the dungeon, with several Chain Chomps still holding them down.

Princess Toadstool uses the crossfire to cut off the chains of the Chain Chomps and Mario's group escapes from the dungeon through a Warp Pipe.

At this point, King Koopa returns to Dark Land on board the Doomship, and intends on keeping Kootie Pie happy by sending the President where he will never be rescued: The bottom of the Mushroom Sea. By using the Levitation beam, he levitates the White House over the Mushroom Sea and lets it sink to the bottom.

Mario rushes to put on a Frog Suit and dives into the Mushroom Sea. A Blooper Nanny chases Mario, but Mario tricks her into hitting a Jump Block. Mario is then chased around by a Jelectro, that Mario lures into and ditches in a pipe complex. Finally, Mario makes it to the White House and enters through the front door.

After arriving and being mistaken by Mrs. President for a member of the Secret Service, Mario goes to the basement, attaches several pipes together and directs them out the windows. He then turns a valve which pumps all the water out of the White House and raises it to the surface of the water. Mrs. President thanks Mario, but Princess Toadstool, Luigi and Toad come by in a rowboat to inform them that Bowser's loading up the Doomship to attack London, Paris and even Brooklyn.

Mario and Luigi disguise themselves as Sledge Brothers and sneak aboard the Doomship, but their disguises don't fool the guards and they soon find themselves fleeing angry Sledge Brothers After dodging their attacks Mario, though, is still able to make it to the engine room, while Luigi holds off the Sledge Brothers with a cannon.

Mario takes control of the Doomship, and uses the Levitation Beam to send the White House back through the Warp Pipe, but he accidentally sends it to the top of the Washington Monument. Fortunately, he is able to correct it, and places the White House back where it belongs.

Kootie Pie objects to the return of the White House, and Mario tells her to go home. Kootie Pie then throws a tantrum, and Mario levitates her (mid-tantrum) back through the warp pipe to Castle Koopa. Mario and Luigi return the Doomship to Castle Koopa, and deliberately crash it, which angers King Koopa.

Kootie Pie then blames her father for letting the Mario Bros. spoil everything, but he finally gets fed up with her whining and commands her to do her chores as punishment for her behavior and treating him like a slave. Mario and his friends can hear them yelling from outside the castle, and Mario comments that King Koopa is finally giving Kootie Pie "the present she deserves".

Characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Princess Toadstool
 * Toad (no dialogue)
 * King Koopa
 * Kootie Pie Koopa
 * Mrs. President
 * Mr. President
 * Big Mouth Koopa
 * Bully Koopa (no dialogue)
 * Cheatsy Koopa (no dialogue)
 * Kooky von Koopa (no dialogue)
 * Hip Koopa (no dialogue)
 * Hop Koopa (no dialogue)
 * Sledge Brothers

Cast

 * Walker Boone &mdash; Mario
 * Tony Rosato &mdash; Luigi
 * Tracey Moore &mdash; Princess Toadstool, First Lady
 * John Stocker &mdash; Toad, Koopa Troopa, fire bro #1, boomerang bro #2
 * Harvey Atkin &mdash; King Bowser Koopa, fire bro #2, boomerang bro #1, Koopa Troopa #2
 * Gordon Masten &mdash; Big Mouth Koopa, Singer #1
 * Dan Hennessey &mdash; Singer #2
 * Paulina Gillis &mdash; Kootie Pie Koopa, Female singer
 * Stuart Stone &mdash; Koopa Troopa #3, Singer #3

Animation and continuity errors

 * After Kootie Pie kicks her cake out the window, she whines but her mouth is closed.
 * At one point while the main characters are in prison, three Fire Bros. are seen.
 * When Mario is warping Kootie back to Castle Koopa, her whole face is brown and her shell's rim is pink.
 * When Luigi says "Hehe, so you're not even boss of America anymore," his gloves are colored like his skin.
 * After Mario takes the White House out of the water, Luigi says King Koopa is using the Doomship to attack London, Paris and Brooklyn, but since Brooklyn is in America, Kootie Pie had already effectively conquered it.
 * In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Salvador Drainado says there's only one pipe to Earth.
 * Before Mario puts the White House right where it belongs, the Sledge Brother giving Kootie Pie an pedicure is orange, but in the close-up, it turns green. Additionally, when the camera zooms in on Kootie Pie, her whole face is brown.
 * When Mario, Luigi, and Toad ask "You mean these things?", Toad's mouth doesn't move.
 * As Mario and the gang watch Castle Koopa shake, it's missing.

Trivia

 * Out of all the Mario cartoon episodes that Toad appears in, this is the only one in which he doesn't have any lines.
 * This is the only episode to feature the Hammer Suit (or at least a reasonable facsimile).
 * Near the end of the episode, when Mario flies the Doomship into the Mushroom Kingdom, its back fins resemble the British Isles.
 * In the German dub of this episode, Big Mouth calls Kootie Pie the German equivalent of the B-word.
 * This episode references The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming! when Luigi says, "We can't even tell them the Koopas are coming!".
 * This is the first episode where Kootie Pie has a speaking role.