Reptiles in the Rose Garden



Reptiles in the Rose Garden is one of the episodes of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. The plot is that Wendy O. Koopa (known as Kootie Pie Koopa in the series) has recently had her sixteenth birthday. However, her greed has caused her to want much, much more than what she has, dissatisfying her with her presents. When her father, Bowser, asks her what she wants the most, she promptly screams "I want AMERICA for my birthday!" King Koopa is loathe to give her her wish, his reason being "But America's in the Real World!"

But it's either that or put up with incessant whining, so he eventually gives in. Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Peach catch sight of Bowser's Doomship headed for the real world, but his Koopa cronies capture them before they can do a thing about it. The Koopalings and their dad fly (somehow) to America and warp the White House to the Koopa Castle (George H. W. Bush doesn't notice, he's on the telephone). Wendy then calls a press conference to recite her new "laws", which includes such far-out rules such as: All kids must give her all their toys. Any handsome boy who does not take her out on a date will be turned to stone. And, all the gold in Fort Knox will be melted down to make her an infinite supply of charm bracelets!

At Bowser's Castle, Peach provokes their Hammer Bro. guards into a fight, using the crossfire to cut off their chains off. Mario puts on a Frog Suit to swim down to the White House, which Bowser inadvertently warped to the bottom of the Mushroom Sea. After arriving and being mistaken by Barbara Bush for a member of the Secret Service, he goes to the basement, attaching pipes, putting them out the windows, and propelling the White House to the surface of the water. The Mario Bros. then disguise themselves as Hammer Bros. to sneak aboard the Doomship (which has returned to their world before returning to take over Paris, London, and Brooklyn), but their disguises fool no one and they soon find themselves fleeing angry Sledge Bros. Mario, though, is still able to make it to the engine room, where he warps the White House back, but sends it to the top of the Washington Monument! Fortunately, he is able to correct it, sending Wendy back to where she belongs into the bargain. When she blames her dad for letting the Mario Bros. spoil everything, he finally gets fed up with her and commands her to do her chores.