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|production=401
|production=401
|airdate= September 21, 1991 (English) <br> September 4, 1992 (French)
|airdate= September 21, 1991 (English) <br> September 4, 1992 (French)
|writer=Eleanor Burian-Mohr<br>Jack Hanrahan
|writer=Eleanor Burian-Mohr<br>{{wp|Jack Hanrahan}}
|song="[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Motor City|Motor City]]"
|song="[[List of Super Mario World (television series) songs#Motor City|Motor City]]"
|captain_n="Pursuit Of The Magic Hoop"
|captain_n="Pursuit Of The Magic Hoop"
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|after=[[Send in the Clown|>>]]
|after=[[Send in the Clown|>>]]
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"'''The Wheel Thing'''" is the second episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' television series. The title for this episode may be a pun on the phrase "the real thing".{{Ref needed}}
"'''The Wheel Thing'''" is the second episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' television series. The title for this episode may be a pun on the phrase "the real thing". This episode is notable for being the first ''Super Mario World'' episode where [[Bowser|King Koopa]] appears. It is also the last episode, as well as the only ''Super Mario World'' episode, where [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]] has dialogue.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Animation and continuity errors==
==Animation and continuity errors==
*In several scenes, the "L" on Luigi's [[Luigi Cap|cap]] is colored white on a black background.
*In several scenes, the "L" on [[Luigi Cap|Luigi's cap]] is colored white on a black background.
*When [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]] is climbing a tree, his tail is the same color as the rim of his shell.
*When [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]] is climbing a tree, his tail is the same color as the rim of his shell.
*When Kooky lifts the mask of his disguise, its tooth turns the same color as the rest of the mask.
*When Kooky lifts the mask of his disguise, its tooth turns the same color as the rest of the mask.
*Unlike in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Kooky's snout is the same color as his body.
*Unlike in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Kooky's snout is the same color as his body.
*In one scene when [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are making wheels, Luigi's mustache turns the same color as his skin.
*In one scene when [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] are making wheels, Luigi's mustache turns the same color as his skin.
*After the cave people use the wheels as hats, Mario has an "L" on his [[Mario Cap|cap]].
*After the cave people use the wheels as hats, Mario has an "L" on [[Mario Cap|his cap]].
*When Luigi first shows [[Yoshi]] some wheels, the latter's arms are white.
*When Luigi first shows [[Yoshi]] some wheels, the latter's arms are white.
*When Mario grunts when he tosses the fireball from the [[Fire Flower]] Luigi gave him, he has [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s voice.
*When Mario grunts when he tosses the fireball from the [[Fire Flower]] Luigi gave him, he has [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s voice.
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*While Mario and Luigi are in the [[Lava Pits]], the pizza Luigi is cooking switches direction between shots.
*While Mario and Luigi are in the [[Lava Pits]], the pizza Luigi is cooking switches direction between shots.
*When Luigi asks Mario, "''Does that mean what I 'tink' it means?''", Mario's shirt is red, while his and Luigi's gloves match the color of their shirts.
*When Luigi asks Mario, "''Does that mean what I 'tink' it means?''", Mario's shirt is red, while his and Luigi's gloves match the color of their shirts.
*When Luigi jumps in Mario's arms after the [[Blargg]] scares him, the circle in his hat is black instead of white.
*When Luigi jumps in Mario's arms after the [[Blargg]] scares him, the circle on his cap is black instead of white.
*When Princess Toadstool tells Mario to catch the [[Trampoline]] while he and Luigi are being chased by the [[Blargg]], she can be seen to be smiling.
*When Princess Toadstool tells Mario to catch the [[Trampoline]] while he and Luigi are being chased by the [[Blargg]], she can be seen to be smiling.
*When Mario tries to hit the [[? Block]]s, there are five of them, but when Mario hits the Block containing a [[Cape Feather]], there are six.
*When Mario tries to hit the [[? Block]]s, there are five of them, but when Mario hits the Block containing a [[Cape Feather]], there are six.
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*After two of the cave people hammer in the crossing signals, one overlaps on a tree.
*After two of the cave people hammer in the crossing signals, one overlaps on a tree.
*When the [[Koopa Troop]] runs away, the spikes on the orange dinosaur are the same color as its body instead of green.
*When the [[Koopa Troop]] runs away, the spikes on the orange dinosaur are the same color as its body instead of green.
==Profiles==
*'''[[Koopa's Stone Age Quests]]''' DVD: ''[[Mario]] "invents" the wheel, and the [[Cave People|cave people]] discover traffic jams and fender benders. Frustrated, they banish Mario and [[Luigi]] to [[Lava Pits (Super Mario World television series)|Lava Land]].''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Ita=Cos'è la Ruota?
|Ita=Cos'è la Ruota?
|ItaM=What's the Wheel?
|ItaM=What's the Wheel?
|Fra=La préhisto-mobile
|Fre=La préhisto-mobile
|FraM=The prehistoric mobile
|FreM=The prehistoric mobile
|SpaA=La rueda
|SpaA=La rueda
|SpaAM=The wheel
|SpaAM=The wheel
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|Rom=Chestia cu roți<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26887129732 "The Wheel Thing", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|Rom=Chestia cu roți<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26887129732 "The Wheel Thing", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|RomM=The thing with wheels
|RomM=The thing with wheels
|Hun=Egy kerékkel több
|HunM=One more wheel
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*After being absent from "[[Fire Sale]]", this is [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s first appearance in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' series.
*This is the only ''Super Mario World'' episode where [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]] has a speaking role. This is also his final speaking role in the entire ''Super Mario'' animated series produced by [[DIC Entertainment|DIC]].


==References==
==References==
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