Oh, Brother! (AoSMB3 episode)
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| The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode | ||
| "Oh, Brother!" | ||
 The Mario Bros. arguing in the rain. |
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| Episode no. | 11 | |
| Prod. no. | 110 | |
| Airdate | October 13, 1990 | |
| Writer(s) | Perry Martin | |
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| List of all Super Mario cartoon episodes | ||
"Oh, Brother!" is the eleventh episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
[edit] Synopsis
It's apparently been raining for two weeks in the Mushroom Kingdom, and Princess Peach and the Mario Bros. have been forced to spend that period in Toad's House. Luigi grows annoyed with the record album that Mario is listening to and throws it in the fireplace. Mario gets mad about this, and he and Luigi bicker until finally Luigi decides to leave, despite the downpour outside. Peach makes Mario go after him.
Unbeknownst to either of them, the two-week downpour is actually being caused by Ludwig von Koopa's Power Shower; the runoff from the rain it causes makes the Coins in the Pipe Maze wash down into the basement of Bowser's Castle. Unfortunately for him, at this moment the Power Shower springs a leak, and Bowser orders him to kidnap one of the Mario Bros.
Mario catches up to Luigi, and they begin bickering again. Their argument is cut short when Mario gets nabbed by the Plumber Pole (another one of Ludwig's inventions) and dragged into Bowser's basement. He initially refuses to fix the Power Shower's leak, so Ludwig turns him into his slave by way of a brainwashing helmet he calls the Lame Brainer.
Up above, Luigi takes it upon himself to rescue "that bilge-brained brother of [his]", but first he goes back to Toad's to get a Frog Suit in order to avoid the underwater enemies more easily. When he shows up in Bowser's basement, the Koopa King orders Mario to destroy him, but Luigi manages to annoy Mario enough to cause the Lame Brainer to jump off his head and, by chance, land on Ludwig's. After ordering Ludwig to turn against Bowser, the Mario Bros. destroy the Power Shower and return to Toad's House, arguing (in a polite tone) over whose fault it was that their argument got started.
[edit] Trivia/Goofs
- Since Princess Peach lives in a castle, it would make more sense if she were spending the downpour there instead of at Toad's House.
- Apparently, Ludwig is really explaining the Power Shower to the viewers, since surely he would've explained it to Bowser before he got it working.
- This is the first time in Adventures of SMB3 that the writers stress the need for the Frog Suit.
- This episode demonstrates the brotherly love that Mario and Luigi have for each other.
- Bowser complains that he hates getting his feet wet, but in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Bowser ordered his Flurries to lick his feet.
- Mario says to Luigi in the rescue scene, "Glad you took my idea of wearing a Frog Suit." Wasn't it Peach's idea in the first place?
- After Ludwig gets the Plumber Pole on Mario, Ludwig's face turns orange in the next scene! It's again orange right before he lands next to the Hammer Brothers!
- When Mario says "I'll never help you" his mouth isn't moving!
- When Ludwig says he turned Mario into his slave, his face is orange again!
- Right before Mario is under control of the Lame Brainer, the rope that's tying him is purple.
- When Mario tries to bash Luigi under the control of the Lame Brainer, the red circles in his eyes that show that he's under control are missing.
- Right after Luigi gets the Lame Brainer off Mario's head, look quickly and you'll see that Mario's hair is black.
