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{{ | {{SMBSS episode infobox | ||
|image=[[File:TheBirdTheBird.jpg|200px]] | |image=[[File:TheBirdTheBird.jpg|200px]] | ||
|airdate=September, | |production=101 | ||
|writer=Reed | |airdate=September 4, 1989 (English) <br> September 3, 1990 (French) | ||
|writer=Bruce Shelly<br>Reed Shelly | |||
|plumbers_log=1 - 0 - 1 | |plumbers_log=1 - 0 - 1 | ||
| | |cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Surfin' Bird|Surfin' Bird]]" | ||
| | |replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Life Of A Dog|Life Of A Dog]]"<br>"[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Motor City|Motor City]]" | ||
| | |live="[[Neatness Counts]]" | ||
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|live=[[Neatness Counts]] | |||
|before= | |before= | ||
|after=[[King Mario of Cramalot|>>]] | |after=[[King Mario of Cramalot|>>]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ | {{about|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode called "The Bird! The Bird!"|the VHS of the same name|[[The Bird! The Bird! (VHS)]]}} | ||
"'''The Bird! The Bird!'''" is the first episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and the series premiere of [[DIC Entertainment]]'s ''Super Mario'' cartoon trilogy. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Neatness Counts]] | "'''The Bird! The Bird!'''" is the first episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' and the series premiere of [[DIC Entertainment]]'s ''Super Mario'' cartoon trilogy. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Neatness Counts]]." The copyrighted title for the episode in the {{wp|United States Copyright Office}} is "'''The Birds, the bird'''". This episode was adapted for the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' set of {{wp|View-Master}} reels, with the illustrations consisting of repurposed stock art of the characters, with [[Wart]] being used in place of [[Bowser|King Koopa]], though the pictures' captions still refer to him as such. | ||
==Plot synopsis== | ==Plot synopsis== | ||
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Before King Koopa can order his minions to attack, though, he is suddenly bombarded with [[Vegetable|Turnip]]s thrown by Toad, who is being carried through the air by the Giant Birdo. Calling a retreat, King Koopa and his minions begin to flee. Unfortunately for them, the Giant Birdo is not finished with them and, picking up Mario, has him and Toad begin to throw more vegetables at King Koopa and his troops. Koopa zooms off on his snowmobile, saying the heroes have not seen the last of him. | Before King Koopa can order his minions to attack, though, he is suddenly bombarded with [[Vegetable|Turnip]]s thrown by Toad, who is being carried through the air by the Giant Birdo. Calling a retreat, King Koopa and his minions begin to flee. Unfortunately for them, the Giant Birdo is not finished with them and, picking up Mario, has him and Toad begin to throw more vegetables at King Koopa and his troops. Koopa zooms off on his snowmobile, saying the heroes have not seen the last of him. | ||
With the threat of King Koopa gone, the Giant Birdo, as thanks for finding Cheepy, decides to invite Mario and his friends to dinner at her house. At the Giant Birdo's house, though, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad quickly leave after learning that the | With the threat of King Koopa gone, the Giant Birdo, as thanks for finding Cheepy, decides to invite Mario and his friends to dinner at her house. At the Giant Birdo's house, though, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad quickly leave after learning that the dinner they are being served are large, talking worms. | ||
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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
*[[Mario]] | *[[Mario]] | ||
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*[[Cheepy]] | *[[Cheepy]] | ||
*[[Giant Birdo]] | *[[Giant Birdo]] | ||
*[[Flurry]] | *[[Flurry|Flurries]] | ||
*[[Flaky]] | *[[Flaky]] | ||
*[[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]]s | |||
*[[Albatoss|Albatosses]] | |||
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s | |||
*Worm | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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*''"Spaghetti? We're not spaghetti, we're worms."'' - Worm | *''"Spaghetti? We're not spaghetti, we're worms."'' - Worm | ||
== | ==Animation and continuity errors== | ||
* | *Throughout the episode, Toad's clothes are miscolored, including a red cap with white spots instead of white with red spots, resembling the [[Super Mushroom]]'s design starting with ''[[Super Mario World]]''. This would continue until "[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid]]". This design would later be used for [[Fire Mario|Super Toad]] in [[The Fire of Hercufleas]]. | ||
*When the Giant Birdo | *When Princess Toadstool feels sorry for [[Toad]], her brooch has its colors reversed. | ||
* | *In several scenes, Princess Toadstool's brooch is missing. | ||
*When | *When the [[Giant Birdo]] hugs Toad when the phone rings, her right arm is the same color as Toad's pants. | ||
*In a scene that shows Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool walking up a mountain, Mario's "M" is white. | **In the same scene, there is a purple book on the table, but in the next shot, it is orange. | ||
* | ***Additionally, the phone switches direction when the camera changes. | ||
*When Mario jumps across the gap, his friends are briefly layered on top of him. | |||
*When Luigi says "What is that thing?", Princess Toadstool's mouth | *When [[Luigi]] runs back for his jump, he disappears into the snow instead of behind it. | ||
*When | *In a scene that shows Mario, [[Luigi]], and Princess Toadstool walking up a mountain, Mario's "M" is white. | ||
*When Mario and Luigi attempt to keep the door closed in the cave during the avalanche, Princess Toadstool's glitches until the snow bursts through the door. | |||
*When Toad says he has ten [[Coin|gold coins]], he speaks through the Giant Birdo's mouth. | |||
*When the [[Flurry|Flurries]] report to [[Bowser|King Koopa]] about Mario and his friends, one of them can be seen to be landing in midair. | |||
*When Luigi says, "What is that thing?", he speaks through Princess Toadstool's mouth. | |||
*When Toad notices [[Cheepy]], Cheepy's eyes are mostly closed. | |||
*When Mario and his friends are surrounded by the [[Koopa Troopa]], some of the [[Koopa Troopa]]s have a green stripe on their underbelly. | |||
*When Mario and Toad are dropping [[Turnip]]s as they head over to the Giant Birdo's house, Toad's shoes are brown like [[Mario's Shoe|Mario's]] instead of white. | |||
==Profiles== | ==Profiles== | ||
*'''Netflix:''' ''It's a serious case of mistaken identity when a [[Giant Birdo]] thinks [[Toad]] is [[Cheepy|her missing baby]] and tries to claim him as her own.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref> | |||
*'''Netflix:''' ''It's a serious case of mistaken identity when a Giant Birdo thinks Toad is her missing baby and tries to claim him as her own.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref> | *'''Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play and Pluto TV:''' ''While venturing in a [[Land of Ice|snowy world]], Toad is kidnapped by a nearsighted Birdo who is convinced that he is her missing baby.''<ref>https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/series/super-mario-brothers-super-show-ptv1/season/1</ref> | ||
*'''[[The Bird! The Bird! (VHS)|The Bird! The Bird!]]''' VHS/''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One (DVD)|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One]]'' DVD: ''While crossing the Land of Ice, Toad gets kidnapped by a Giant Birdo who thinks the [[Toad (species)|Mushroom]] is her missing baby.'' | |||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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|Por=O Pássaro! O Pássaro! | |Por=O Pássaro! O Pássaro! | ||
|PorM=The Bird! The Bird! | |PorM=The Bird! The Bird! | ||
| | |Fre=Ne fais pas l'oiseau | ||
| | |FreM=Don't act like a bird | ||
|Spa=¡Vuela! ¡Vuela | |Spa=¡Vuela! ¡Vuela! | ||
|SpaM=Fly! Fly | |SpaM=Fly! Fly! | ||
|Ger=Der Vogel! Der Vogel! | |Ger=Der Vogel! Der Vogel! | ||
|GerM=The Bird! The Bird! | |GerM=The Bird! The Bird! | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The scarf and earmuffs that [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] wear in this episode were later reused in "[[Little Red Riding Princess]]". | |||
*The scarf and earmuffs that Mario and Luigi wear in this episode | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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