The Painting

"The Painting" is the forty-sixth live-action segment of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Its corresponding animated episode is "Quest for Pizza".

Plot Synopsis
In the middle of spring cleaning in his and Luigi's apartment, Luigi notices an old painting, which Mario picks up and blows the dust off. Luigi observes the painting and tells Mario that it could be worth something, and that they should have it appraised by an expert. Mario agrees, adding that they should then find out how much it is worth.

Later on, Mario and Luigi examine the painting, when Mario questions Luigi about who he hired to look at their painting. Luigi replies that he hired the best art expert around, Howard Stevens, who soon shows up at their apartment door. Coming in, he asks the two if they are Mario and Luigi. Luigi says yes, and asks what he thinks about the painting. Howard appears to be astounded by the picture, and explains to them that their painting, "The Second-to-Last Supper," was painted by Leonardo da Vinci Rooney, and is titled as one of the rarest paintings in history. He also states that the painting had disappeared nearly 300 years ago after Da Vinci Rooney and one of his students, Leonardo da Vinci, plagiarized his work and that it is worth over a hundred zillion dollars. Upon further examination, Howard realizes that the painting is worthless, as it was actually painted by an imposter, Leonardo da Vinci Mahoney. Howard was able to identify it as Mahoney's work, because one of the people in the painting is Mahoney's uncle, Roy Orbisoni Mahoney. In the end, Howard ends up buying the frame for seven dollars.

Trivia

 * This is the only episode in which Andy is served as a special guest in addition to being the show's creative music supervisor and executive producer.