The Wheel Thing

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Super Mario World episode
"The Wheel Thing"

A caveperson is about to test drive the car.
Episode no. 2
Prod. no. 101A
Airdate September 21, 1991
Writer(s) Jack Hanrahan, Eleanor Burian-Mohr
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"The Wheel Thing" is the second episode of the Super Mario World cartoon.

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Mario and Luigi see the cave people struggling which Mario invents the wheel while Ludwig von Koopa spies on the plumber's new invention. Soon the plumbers try to introduce the wheel towards the cavepeople and shows Princess Peach their new car factory which the Mario Brothers show how the car is made. While Mario is have a sleep and Luigi gets worried about the cave people using their cars, at the Neon Castle Ludwig builds a mechanical dinosaur. After the car crash caused by the cave people, they send Mario and Luigi down into the lava pit.

Ludwig shows Bowser his new invention which he calls it "Big-feet" and they invade Dome City. The cave people warns Princess Peach about the invasion which she sends a spring while the Mario Brothers are running away from a Blarrg. Mario becomes Cape Mario which he saves Luigi and escapes from the lava pit. At Dome City, Ludwig is destroying the city while at the car factory, Mario orders the cave people to place speed-bump logs, traffic lights, railway crossing and potholes to stop the mechanical dinosaur. After defeating "Big-feet", Mario and Luigi are celebrated which they agree to forget making more cars.

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

  • The Opening theme is played at a slower pitch than the other episodes.
  • Ludwig's mouth is colored as orange in this episode instead of peach that was in Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 however this was corrected in his appearance in Rock TV.
    • This is also Ludwig's only speaking appearance.
  • This is Bowser's first appearance on the show.
  • When Luigi asks Mario, “Does that mean what I 'tink' it means?”, Mario’s overalls and shirt are red.
  • When Luigi jumps in Mario's arms, both screaming when they see the Blargg, the "L" on Luigi's cap is white with a black background! After Mario says "Come fly with me Luigi," in the scene after, you'll see this same inconsistency if you look closely!
  • The colors of the levers in Ludwig's Mechanasaur robot change in different shots.
  • When Luigi says "Potholes," the L on his cap is green on a black background!
  • When Koopa and Ludwig reach the traffic lights, they flash green and the things stopping them come out. Shouldn't it flash red?
  • When Yoshi is making potholes his eyes all of a sudden become smaller and revert back to normal!
  • When Luigi says "Your turn as traffic cop, Mr. Fender Bender", the "L" on his cap is white on a black background!
  • When Luigi first turns around to talk to Mario, the "L" on his cap is white on a black background!
  • When Mario hits the block with the Cape Feather, there are two blocks on the right, but there was only one block on the right in the previous shot.
  • When Luigi brings some wheels to Yoshi, Yoshi's arms are white.
  • In the scene just after Yoshi and Luigi are fighting over the bamboo stick, Yoshi is drawn up a bit awkwardly.
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