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{{about|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode named "The Great BMX Race"|the VHS of the same name|[[The Great BMX Race (VHS)]]}}
{{SMBSS episode infobox
{{SMBSS episode infobox
|image=[[File:SMBSS Episode 9.jpg|200px]]
|image=[[File:SMBSS Episode 9.jpg|200px]]
|production=109
|production=109
|airdate=September 18, 1989 (English) <br> September 17, 1990 (French)
|airdate=September 18, 1989 (English)<br>September 17, 1990 (French)
|writer=Tony Marino
|writer=Tony Marino
|plumbers_log=25
|plumbers_log=25
|alter-ego=None
|cover= "[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Shut Down|Shut Down]]"
|cover= "[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Shut Down|Shut Down]]"
|replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#My Frog Suit|My Frog Suit]]"
|replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#My Frog Suit|My Frog Suit]]"
|reference=None
|live="[[Mama Mia Mario]]"
|live=[[Mama Mia Mario]]
|before=[[Love 'Em and Leave 'Em|<<]]
|before=[[Love 'Em and Leave 'Em|<<]]
|after=[[Stars in Their Eyes|>>]]
|after=[[Stars in Their Eyes|>>]]
}}
}}
"'''The Great BMX Race'''" is the ninth episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Mama Mia Mario]]".
"'''The Great BMX Race'''" is the ninth episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Mama Mia Mario]]."


==Plot synopsis==
==Plot synopsis==
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Enraged by this news, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool see King Koopa nearby on a rather small bicycle. As King Koopa begins to taunt them, they begin to chase him through the Desert Kingdom, throwing vegetables at him all the way.
Enraged by this news, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool see King Koopa nearby on a rather small bicycle. As King Koopa begins to taunt them, they begin to chase him through the Desert Kingdom, throwing vegetables at him all the way.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
The Great BMX Race VHS.jpg|VHS front cover
The Great BMX Race VHS back.jpg|VHS back cover
</gallery>


==Characters==
==Characters==
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==Animation and continuity errors==
==Animation and continuity errors==
*King Koopa only had two Koopa Troopa henchmen inhabiting his camp, yet when he commands them to attack Toad and Princess Toadstool, there are three Koopa Troopas present. Also, when they're unconscious, they are all wearing blue gloves.
*Initially, [[Bowser|King Koopa]] has two [[Koopa Troopa]] henchmen inhabiting his camp, but when he tells them to attack [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], there are three, and shortly after, gloves appear on their hands.
*When Toad says "They're safe," he has Princess Toadstool's voice. Also, when King Koopa turns around in the same scene, his eyes are white instead of the usual yellow color.
*When King Koopa tells [[8 bits|his minions]] to push [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] off a cliff, [[Tryclyde]]'s head flashes.
*When King Koopa told Tryclyde, Mouser, and Koopa Troopa, to koop Mario and Luigi when they get to the cliff, Tryclyde's head was flashing.
*When [[Fryguy]]'s first appears, his mask moves out of place.
*When the episode first shows Fryguy, his mask moves out of place.
*when Princess Toadstool spots King Koopa, King Koopa and his minions are layered over a wall.
*When Fryguy blows fire at them, Luigi's overalls were a little blue.
*When Princess Toadstool says that King Koopa tricked the Mario Bros, one Koopa Troopa's belly is colored purple. This also happens when he tells his minions to push the Mario Bros. off a cliff.
*In the shot that shows the Princess Toadstool and Toad captive, one of the Koopa Troopa's belly is colored purple.
**In the same scene, King Koopa's eyes are white instead of yellow. This also happens after Toad says that the Mario Bros. are safe.
*When Tryclde, Mouser, and Koopa Troopa are watching Mario and Luigi fall off the cliff, Koopa Troopa's racing helmet was not present.
*When King Koopa's minions watch Mario and Luigi fall off the cliff, Koopa Troopa's helmet is missing.
*When Princess Toadstool gets up and says, ''"They must have dust in their ears!"'', Toad's eyebrows are missing.
*When Princess Toadstool says that they cannot hear her and Toad, Toad's eyebrows are missing.
*When the episode first showed Princess Toadstool, her dress was not colored correctly.
*At the beginning of the episode, Princess Toadstool's dress is miscolored.
*When Mario and Luigi were looking at the Pasta Pit, their racing helmets had no detail.
*When Mario and Luigi are looking at the [[Pasta Pit]], the holes in their helmets are missing.
*When Mario and Luigi enter the Pasta Pit, the arrow is on the right of it, but when they are driving away, the arrow is on top of it.
*When Mario and Luigi enter the Pasta Pit, the arrow is on the right of it, but when they drive away, it is on top of it.
*When the Mario Bros. pass King Koopa's minions after surviving the first trap, the lenses in [[Mouser]]'s glasses disappear.


==Profiles==
==Profiles==
*'''Netflix:''' ''With Toad's life hanging in the balance, Mario and Luigi enter a BMX bike race that's got Koopa's evil fingerprints all over it.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref>
*'''Netflix:''' ''With [[Toad]]'s life hanging in the balance, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] enter a BMX bike race that's got [[Bowser|Koopa]]'s evil fingerprints all over it.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref>
*'''[[The Great BMX Race (VHS)|The Great BMX Race]]''' VHS: ''To save Toad's life, Mario and Luigi are tricked into a disaster-strewn Boy's Motor Cross bicycle race with three of King Koopa's sneakiest minions. The wild ride is Koopa's wicked scheme to get the Mario Brothers out of his way once and for all.''


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fra=La course des BMX
|Fre=La course des BMX
|FraM=The BMX race
|FreM=The BMX race
|Ger=Das große BMX-Rennen
|Ger=Das große BMX-Rennen
|GerM=The Great BMX Race
|GerM=The Great BMX Race
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The ''[[Mario's Adventures Out West]]'' DVD's cover is based on this episode. It shows Mario and Luigi racing against Tryclyde. The covers to the UK releases ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One (VHS)|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One]]'' (VHS only) and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume Two]]'' use a version of that cover where Mario and Luigi are trying to get away from King Koopa.
*The ''[[Mario's Adventures Out West]]'' DVD's cover is based on this episode, which shows [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] racing against [[Tryclyde]]. The covers to the US VHS release of the same name, the UK and Irish releases ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One (VHS)|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One]]'' (VHS only) and ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume Two]]'', and the German release ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Vol. 03: Episodes 07-09'' use a version of that cover where Mario and Luigi are trying to get away from [[Bowser|King Koopa]].
*This is the only episode in ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' where Mario and Luigi wear bike helmets as opposed to their usual plumber caps for the majority of the episode.
*This is the only episode in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' where Mario and Luigi wear bike helmets as opposed to their usual caps for the majority of the episode.


==References==
==References==
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