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|image = [[Image: MariosMagicCarpet.jpg{{!}}200px{{!}}The Genie prepares to give Mario, Luigi and Toad the power of flight.]]
|image=[[File:SMBSS Episode 4.jpg|200px]]
|airdate = 9/7/1989
|production=104
|writer = Rowby Goren
|airdate=September 7, 1989 (English)<br>September 6, 1990 (French)
|plumbers_log = 4 - 37
|writer={{wp|Rowby Goren}}
|alter-ego = None
|plumbers_log=4 - 37
|location = Desert
|cover="[[List of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! songs#Magic Carpet Ride|Magic Carpet Ride]]"
|song = [[Wikipedia:Magic Carpet Ride{{!}}Magic Carpet Ride]] ([[Wikipedia:Steppenwolf (band){{!}}Steppenwolf]])
|replacement="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#When Koopas Paint The Town|When Koopas Paint The Town]]"
|title = Aladdin's Magic Lamp
|reference={{wp|Aladdin|Aladdin's}} {{wp|Oil lamp|magic lamp}}
|live = [[Marianne and Luigeena]]
|live="[[Marianne & Luigeena]]"
|before = [[Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid|<<]]
|before=[[Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid|<<]]
|after = [[Rolling Down the River|>>]]
|after=[[Rolling Down the River|>>]]
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{{about|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]] episode "Mario's Magic Carpet"|the VHS of the same name|[[Mario's Magic Carpet (VHS)]]}}
"'''Mario's Magic Carpet'''" is the fourth episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Marianne & Luigeena]]." This episode is notable for being the first episode to feature [[Toad]]'s new color scheme, consisting of a white mushroom cap with red spots, a red vest, bluish-white pants, and purple shoes. It is also notable for being the only episode where [[Pidgit]]s have a speaking role.


'''Mario's Magic Carpet''' is the fourth episode of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. Its corresponding live-action segment is "[[Marianne and Luigeena]]".
==Plot synopsis==
In a dry and deadly desert, [[Mario]] is guiding a camel carrying [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] through the sand in search of [[Aladdin's Lamp]], which Princess Toadstool believes can be used to defeat [[Bowser|King Koopa]]. Becoming exhausted from the heat of the desert, Mario suddenly sees a waterfall and rushes to it; only to discover that the waterfall is a mirage and that the camel has been licking him repeatedly, much to his disgust. Princess Toadstool proceeds to tell Mario to ignore all mirages, which manifest themselves as giant food items as the gang treks through the arid landscape.


==Plot Synopsis==
[[File:Pasbah Palace.png|thumb|left|[[Mario]] and his friends being launched towards [[Sultan Pasbah]]'s palace]]
In a dry and deadly desert, [[Mario]] is guiding a camel carrying [[Luigi]], [[Toad]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] through the sand in search of [[Aladdin's Lamp]], which Princess Toadstool believes can be used to defeat [[Bowser|King Koopa]].
Suddenly, Toad sees a swimming pool, which everyone rushes to, only to discover the water in the pool is actually a large blue trampoline, which bounces them into a nearby palace with a flip-off roof that allows the gang to fly through the top, causing them to land before the presence of an overweight Sultan. Princess Toadstool, over-hearing a man brag about how his trap has brought more people to his palace, demands to know who the man is. The man proceeds to say that he is [[Sultan Pasbah]] and says that the Princess, along with Mario, Luigi and Toad, are now his slaves. Hearing this, Mario, Luigi (who is enclosed in a vase), Toad and the Princess begin to flee from the palace throne room, only to be stopped by a guard. Sultan Pasbah then tells the palace guard to transport Mario, Luigi and Toad to the slave quarters, and attempts to riddle the Princess into joining his harem, much to her horror.


Becoming exhausted from the heat of the desert, Mario suddenly sees a waterfall and rushes to it; only to discover that the waterfall is a mirage and that the camel has been licking him repeatedly, much to his disgust. Princess Toadstool proceeds to tell Mario to ignore all mirages, which manifest themselves as giant food items.
[[File:Aladdin'sLamp.jpg|thumb|[[Aladdin's Lamp]]]]
While being transported to their cell, Mario, Luigi and Toad notice that among the treasure hoard of Sultan Pasbah is Aladdin's Lamp. Mario proceeds to come up with a plan: he, Luigi, and Toad sneak out to get the lamp and use its power to save Princess Toadstool and escape. Managing to sneak out of their cell after their guard has gone to sleep, Mario, Luigi and Toad find Aladdin's Lamp, only to see it is inside a glass containment. Taking out his pizza cutter, Mario easily slices through the glass and grabs Aladdin's Lamp and goes on to tell Luigi about the [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|genie]] that supposedly inhabits the lamp, to which Luigi who does not believe in such a myth.


Suddenly, Toad sees a swimming pool, which everyone rushes to; only to discover the water in the pool is a blue trampoline, which bounces Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool into a nearby palace. Princess Toadstool, over-hearing a man brag about how his trap has brought more people to his palace, demands to know who the man is. The man proceeds to say that he is [[Sultan Pasbah]] and says that Princess Toadstool, along with Mario, Luigi and Toad are now his slaves.
Suddenly, one of Sultan Pasbah's servants appear and begins to tell the Sultan that Princess Toadstool has been causing all kinds of trouble with her disagreements. The Sultan responds that the Princess is more trouble than she is worth and states that he put out an advertisement for her in the ''Harem Recycler'' magazine, planning on selling her to the highest bidder as he takes a bite of tofu. Overhearing what Sultan Pasbah plans to do with the Princess, Mario and Luigi rush off to find a place to summon the genie of the lamp (while Toad oddly remains until the scene changes).


Hearing this, Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool begin to flee from the palace throne room, only to be stopped by a guard. Sultan Pasbah then tells the guard to transport Mario, Luigi and Toad to a slave cell and to transport Princess Toadstool to his harem, much to Princess Toadstool's horror.
Venturing onto one of the palace's balconies, Mario rubs the lamp which emits a loud shriek and manages to summon the genie, who turns out to be an old and very obnoxious woman who demands to know what Mario and Luigi want immediately, with the once-doubting Luigi convinced that the genie is true as the genie scoffs at Luigi's remark. As the genie begins struggling to get out of her lamp, which is now heavily stuck on her left foot, Toad appears to tell Mario and Luigi that King Koopa has shown up to buy Princess Toadstool, much to the genie's surprise. As King Koopa begins haggling with Sultan Pasbah over the price of the Princess, Mario humbly begs the genie to save her. Attempting to use a magic spell, the genie only succeeds in creating a horrific odor, temporarily causing the bid to cease. Suddenly, King Koopa zooms out of a palace window on a [[magic carpet]] (with a [[Cobrat]] hood ornament) with Princess Toadstool as his captive as she cries for help from her beloved heroes.


While being transported to their cell, Mario, Luigi and Toad notice that among the treasure of Sultan Pasbah is Aladdin's Lamp. Mario proceeds to come-up with a plan, he, Luigi and Toad will sneak out to get the lamp and use it's power to save Princess Toadstool and escape.
[[File:MariosMagicCarpet.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|genie]] prepares to give [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Toad]] the power of flight.]]
While flying over the desert, King Koopa begins to taunt the Princess, telling her to prepare for a long and torturous journey. Princess Toadstool then demands the reptilian king tell her where he intends on going, only to get a response to an unspecified location where the Mario Bros. and Toad can never save her. Down below, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to try and chase King Koopa, but are unable to catch him. Eventually perspired, Mario, after offering her a [[Coin|gold coin]], has the genie give him, Luigi, and Toad the power to fly; though the genie only succeeds in flinging them through the air. Eventually, Toad simply says that maybe they should just buy a magic carpet from a used flying carpet lot.


Managing to sneak-out of their cell after their guard has gone to sleep, Mario, Luigi and Toad find Aladdin's Lamp, only to see it's inside a glass box. Taking out his [[pizza]] cutter, Mario easily slices through the glass and grabs Aladdin's Lamp and goes on to tell Luigi about the genie that supposedly inhabits the lamp.
Later, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to track down King Koopa in a somewhat shoddy magic carpet, as the genie complains about Mario's driving. In front of them, King Koopa, having reached his designated area, prepares to push Princess Toadstool from his carpet and into some quicksand below. Seeing King Koopa, Mario has Toad disguise their flying carpet by repeatedly bouncing up and down, covering the magic carpet in dust and making it resemble a cloud. Unfortunately, the disguise is ruined when the genie, possibly allergic to dust, sneezes, causing the dust to blow away.


Suddenly, one of Sultan Pasbah minions appear and begins to tell Sultan Pasbah that Princess Toadstool has been causing all kinds of trouble. Sultan Pasbah responds that Princess Toadstool is more trouble than she's worth and says that he put out an advertisement for her, planning on selling her to the highest bidder.
King Koopa hears the sneeze coming from nearby and suddenly becomes alert. As Princess Toadstool tries to convince King Koopa that it was her who sneezed, though King Koopa, having already seen Mario and the gang coming close, executes his plan and proceeds in pulling the gearshift on the dashboard, opening a trap door under the passenger seat, dumping the Princess from his own carpet and into an immense pit of quicksand below. With the Princess rapidly sinking, King Koopa scoffs at the Princess and zooms over above the Mario Bros. carpet and sucks the dust from Mario's carpet's new cloud disguise, using an extendable vacuum gadget, and begins to taunt Mario, telling him how he succeeded in dumping Princess Toadstool into quicksand. As Mario begins to maneuver in the direction of Princess Toadstool (who is crying for help), King Koopa calls the [[Pidgit Express]], with the aide of his carpet phone, ordering a dozen [[Pidgit]]s to attack Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie.


Overhearing what Sultan Pasbah plans to do with Princess Toadstool, Mario and Luigi rush-off to find a place to summon the genie of the lamp. Venturing onto one of the palace's balcony, Mario rubs Aladdin's Lamp and manages to summon the [[Genie of Aladdin's Lamp|genie]], who turns out to be an old and very obnoxious woman who demands to know what Mario and Luigi want. As the genie begins struggling to get out of her lamp, Toad appears to tell Mario and Luigi that King Koopa has shown up to buy Princess Toadstool.
Having managed to reach Princess Toadstool, Mario dives down over the pit and has Luigi pull her from the quicksand and place her in the magic carpet's back seat with Toad and the genie. Suddenly, a swarm of Pidgits appear and begin to peck and gnaw on Mario's magic carpet, causing it to deteriorate with each bite. The genie, having seen enough action for one day, proceeds to enter her magic lamp and throw herself overboard as the Pidgits continue to eat away at Mario's carpet. Luigi, suddenly remembering he can speak Pidgit, proceeds to grab a nearby unnamed Pidgit and speaks to it in its nonsensical language; the Pidgit proceeds to tell its friends about what Luigi said and it and its companions proceed to swarm onto King Koopa's flying carpet, devouring it. Luigi reveals to Toad, who asks what he told the Pidget, that he told the Pidgit that if it wants to eat something really delicious, it should try King Koopa's magic carpet. As King Koopa begins to desperately drive away from the Pidgits, the lamp lands in his flying carpet and the genie begins to annoy and badger him, much to the amusement of Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool and they all laugh. As King Koopa swerves uncontrollably, the genie plants her lamp in the passenger seat of King Koopa's now-shabby carpet and bickers about his driving, telling him that she will make his life miserable for trying to harm the Mario Bros. The episode ends as Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad cruise over the skies of the arid desert with smiles on their faces. When Mario asks Toadstool where they should head to next, Toadstool says they should go to a carpet cleaner, much to everyone's amusement.


As King Koopa begins bartering with Sultan Pasbah over the price of Princess Toadstool, Mario begs the genie to save her. Attempting to use a magic spell, the genie only succeeds in creating a horrific odor; suddenly, King Koopa zooms out a palace window on a [[Magic Carpet]], with a [[Cobrat]] on the front of it, with Princess Toadstool as his captive.
==Animation and continuity errors==
*Although [[Mario]] warns the group about the fake pool being a trap after he jumps on, they still jump on.
*When Mario and his friends bump into the guard, the vase on [[Luigi]]'s head shatters with the pieces falling on the floor, but when [[Sultan Pasbah]] asks [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] to join his harem, the pieces disappear.
*When the guard pokes [[Toad]] with his spear, it does not touch him, but Toad acts as though it did.
*When [[Bowser|King Koopa]] first appears in his [[Magic carpet|magic carpet]], he is driving on the right side, but in all later shots, he is on the left.
*When Mario and his friends are falling from the sky, Luigi has a green "W" on [[Luigi Cap|his cap]] instead of an "L."
*When Princess Toadstool says that King Koopa will not get away his scheme, King Koopa's magic carpet is colored pink like Mario and his friends' instead of blue.
**Shortly after, part of his shell disappears several times.
*When Toad is disguising the car, the dust freezes for a few seconds. This also happens when King Koopa sucks up the dust.
*When Mario's group is sneaking up under King Koopa via the dusty carpet, Princess Toadstool disappears for a frame.
*When King Koopa looks in the mirror, the reflection is not reversed. Additionally, it would not be possible for him to get a reflection from the side of Mario and his friends carpet since they are underneath him.
*Koopa and his flying carpet trembles or repeats frames at different points throughout the episode.
*When Princess Toadstool is in the quicksand, her position in the sand changes several times.
*King Koopa orders a dozen Pidgits from the [[List of implied organizations|Pidgit Express]], but only nine appear.
*When Luigi is explaining to Toad about what he said to the [[Pidgit]], his thumb briefly turns the same color as his overalls.
*When Mario and his friends fly past King Koopa while he is with the [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|genie]], the wheel on the back of their magic carpet has its colors reversed.


While flying over the desert, King Koopa begins to taunt Princess Toadstool, telling her to prepare for a long and torturous journey. Down below, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to try and chase King Koopa and Princess Toadstool, but are unable to catch him. Eventually Mario, after offering her a [[Coin|gold coin]], has the genie give him, Luigi and Toad the power to fly; though the genie only succeeds in flinging Mario, Luigi and Toad through the air. Eventually, Toad simply says that maybe they maybe they should just buy a magic carpet.
<gallery>
TSMBSS Mario's Magic Carpet error.png|Luigi's emblem error
TSMBSS Mario's Magic Carpet error 3.png|King Koopa's miscolored carpet
TSMBSS Mario's Magic Carpet error 2.png|Luigi's miscolored thumb
</gallery>


Later, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to track down King Koopa in a somewhat shoddy Magic Carpet; in front of them, King Koopa, having reached his designated area, prepares to push Princess Toadstool from his flying carpet and into some quicksand below. Seeing King Koopa, Mario has Toad disguise their flying carpet by bouncing up and down, covering the magic carpet in dust and making it resemble a cloud. Unfortunately, the disguise is ruined when the genie sneezes, causing the dust to blow away.
==Characters==
*[[Mario]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[Toad]]
*[[Bowser|King Koopa]]
*[[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Genie]]
*[[Sultan Pasbah]]
*Sultan Pasbah's servant
*Sultan Pasbah’s guard
*[[Pidgit]]s


As Princess Toadstool tries to convince King Koopa that it was her who sneezed, King Koopa, having already seen Mario's magic carpet, dumps Princess Toadstool from his own and into a pit of quicksand below. With Princess Toadstool rapidly sinking, King Koopa begins sucking the dust from Mario's carpet's new cloud disguise and begins to taunt Mario, telling him how he dumped Princess Toadstool in quicksand. As Mario begins to maneuver in the direction of Princess Toadstool, King Koopa calls the [[Pidgit Express]], ordering a dozen [[Pidgit]]s to attack Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie.
==Cast==
*[[Lou Albano]] &mdash; [[Mario]], Pidgit #1
*[[Danny Wells]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Jeannie Elias]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]], Sultan Pasbah's servant, Pidgit #2, Pidgit #4
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]], [[Sultan Pasbah]], Pidgit #3
*[[Diane Fabian]] &mdash; [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|Genie]]
*[[Greg Morton]] &mdash; Pidgit #5
*[[Rob Cowan]] &mdash; Pidgit #6


Having managed to reach Princess Toadstool, Mario has Luigi pull her from the quicksand and place her in the magic carpet. Suddenly, a swarm of Pidgits appear and begin to peck and gnaw-on Mario magic carpet; the genie, having seen enough action for one day, proceeds to enter her magic lamp and throw herself overboard as the Pidgits continue to eat away at Mario's carpet.
==Profiles==
*'''Netflix:''' ''[[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] hitch a ride on a [[Magic carpet|magic carpet]] to stop a determined [[Bowser|King Koopa]] from adding the [[Princess Peach|Princess]] to his ever-growing harem.''<ref>[https://www.netflix.com/title/70212980 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']. ''Netflix''. Retrieved June 22, 2020.</ref>
*'''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One (DVD)|The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Volume One]]''' DVD: ''The Marios wage a wild magic carpet buckle{{Sic}} to save The Princess from being forced into King Koopa's harem.''
*'''[[Mario's Magic Carpet (VHS)|Mario's Magic Carpet]]''' VHS: ''Our heroes are counting on the magic of of [[Aladdin's Lamp]] to help them defeat Koopa when they are captured by an [[Sultan Pasbah|evil sultan]]. The Marios and [[Toad]] are enslaved and the Princess is sold to none other than evil King Koopa. The Mario's escape and wage a wild carpet battle to save the Princess's life.''
* '''[[Super Mario Bros.: Mario Mania!|Mario Mania!]]''' DVD: ''The Mario Brothers wage a wild magic carpet battle to save the Princess from being forced into King Koopa's harem.''


Luigi, remembering he can speak Pidgit, proceeds to grab a nearby Pidgit and tells it that if it wants to eat something really delicious, it should try King Koopa's magic carpet. The Pidgit proceeds to tell it's friends about what Luigi said and it and it's companions proceed to swarm onto King Koopa's flying carpet, devouring it.
==Dub edits==
*In the German dub, [[Bowser|King Koopa]] orders the [[Pidgit]]s from the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Troop]] instead of [[List of implied organizations#Pidgit Express|Pidgit Express]].
*In the Latin American Spanish dub, during the scene where [[Mario]] and his friends ask for the [[Genie (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)|genie]]'s assistance to fly, the original has the genie reply how much of a "drain" it is on her, to which [[Luigi]] mentions that, since he and Mario are plumbers, they can fix any drain. Mario then offers to grease the genie's palm with a [[coin]]. As she makes them fly, she sings "{{wp|Eeny, meeny, miny, moe}}." In the dub, the genie instead mentions how difficult it is for her to make Mario and his friends fly, to which Luigi mentions that he is a good cook. Mario then offers to prepare a large banquet for her tomorrow. When making them fly, the genie sings "Tin marín de dos pingüé," a counting rhyme similar to "Eeny, meeny, miny moe." This rhyme would later appear in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Oh, Brother!]]."


As King Koopa begins to desperately drive away from the Pidgits, the lamp of the genie lands in his flying carpet and begins to annoy and badger King Koopa, much to the amusement of Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool.
==Names in other languages==
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|FinC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84WB46fOZc Super Mario Bros 2 VHS (Suomi)]</ref>
|Fre=Le Tapis magique
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|Heb=מרבד הקסמים של מריו
|HebR=Marvad HaKsamim shel Mario
|HebM=Mario's Magic Carpet
|HebC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ABGCtbtyo האחים סופר מריו חלק 4]</ref>
|Ita=Mario e il tappeto volante
|ItaM=Mario and the flying carpet
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMsFU2kyN1c&list=PLcGZc7g30V1szpfz3uw4SZIma9VbA33Bo&index=4 Super Mario bros super show ita 1x04 Mario e il tappeto volante]</ref>
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|NorM=Mario's magic carpet
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|Por=O Tapete Mágico
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|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpXF-C6w6Iw&list=PLwzf4mOPE8BlhZQzQNfBFjrkJrrocv7kU&index=4 Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - O Tapete Mágico / As Primas (Dublado)]</ref>
|Rus=Волшебный ковер Марио
|RusR=Volšebnyj kover Mario
|RusM=Mario's magic carpet
|RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2UMWprMtM&list=PLsSyf51DZDU1cejc8jqQCEBNTxTQMq5zW&index=4 Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 4 серия]</ref>
|Spa=La alfombra mágica de Mario
|SpaM=Mario's magic carpet
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZaYiN0-Fz4 Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español - Alfombra Mágica de Mario - Episode 4]</ref>
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*King Koopa orders a dozen Pidgits from the Pidgit Express, though only nine appear. Additionally, the color of King Koopa's magic carpet continually switches from being blue to yellow.
[[File:Mario'sMagicCarpet-PictureCropping.png|thumb|The picture cropping for this episode: original (left), and YouTube and Pluto TV (right)]]
*The cover artwork for the episode's original VHS release, curiously, depicted the characters driving a standard-style Magic Carpet with a steering wheel, like the one Mario and Luigi used in the later episode "[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]". The Genie also looked drastically different on the VHS cover.
*The cover artwork for [[Mario's Magic Carpet (VHS)|the episode's original VHS release]] depicted the characters driving a standard-style magic carpet with a steering wheel, like the one [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] used in the later episode "[[Mario and the Red Baron Koopa]]". The genie also looks drastically different on the VHS cover.
*When King Koopa first appears with Princess Toadstool in his carpet, He is driving on the right side of the vehicle, like an English vehicle. In all later shots, he is on the left, like an American vehicle.
*The 2021, 2022, and 2023 YouTube uploads and Pluto TV use different picture cropping for this episode and "[[Marianne & Luigeena]]."
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode
"Mario's Magic Carpet"
SMBSS Episode 4.jpg
Production number 104
Airdate September 7, 1989 (English)
September 6, 1990 (French)[?]
Writer(s) Rowby Goren
Plumber's Log # 4 - 37
Cover song(s) "Magic Carpet Ride"
Replacement song(s) "When Koopas Paint The Town"
Title reference Aladdin's magic lamp
Live-action segment "Marianne & Luigeena"
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This article is about The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Mario's Magic Carpet". For the VHS of the same name, see Mario's Magic Carpet (VHS).

"Mario's Magic Carpet" is the fourth episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Its corresponding live-action segment is "Marianne & Luigeena." This episode is notable for being the first episode to feature Toad's new color scheme, consisting of a white mushroom cap with red spots, a red vest, bluish-white pants, and purple shoes. It is also notable for being the only episode where Pidgits have a speaking role.

Plot synopsis[edit]

In a dry and deadly desert, Mario is guiding a camel carrying Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool through the sand in search of Aladdin's Lamp, which Princess Toadstool believes can be used to defeat King Koopa. Becoming exhausted from the heat of the desert, Mario suddenly sees a waterfall and rushes to it; only to discover that the waterfall is a mirage and that the camel has been licking him repeatedly, much to his disgust. Princess Toadstool proceeds to tell Mario to ignore all mirages, which manifest themselves as giant food items as the gang treks through the arid landscape.

Mario and his friends being launched towards Sultan Pasbah's palace in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Mario and his friends being launched towards Sultan Pasbah's palace

Suddenly, Toad sees a swimming pool, which everyone rushes to, only to discover the water in the pool is actually a large blue trampoline, which bounces them into a nearby palace with a flip-off roof that allows the gang to fly through the top, causing them to land before the presence of an overweight Sultan. Princess Toadstool, over-hearing a man brag about how his trap has brought more people to his palace, demands to know who the man is. The man proceeds to say that he is Sultan Pasbah and says that the Princess, along with Mario, Luigi and Toad, are now his slaves. Hearing this, Mario, Luigi (who is enclosed in a vase), Toad and the Princess begin to flee from the palace throne room, only to be stopped by a guard. Sultan Pasbah then tells the palace guard to transport Mario, Luigi and Toad to the slave quarters, and attempts to riddle the Princess into joining his harem, much to her horror.

Aladdin's Lamp, amoung the treasures of Sultan Pasbah.
Aladdin's Lamp

While being transported to their cell, Mario, Luigi and Toad notice that among the treasure hoard of Sultan Pasbah is Aladdin's Lamp. Mario proceeds to come up with a plan: he, Luigi, and Toad sneak out to get the lamp and use its power to save Princess Toadstool and escape. Managing to sneak out of their cell after their guard has gone to sleep, Mario, Luigi and Toad find Aladdin's Lamp, only to see it is inside a glass containment. Taking out his pizza cutter, Mario easily slices through the glass and grabs Aladdin's Lamp and goes on to tell Luigi about the genie that supposedly inhabits the lamp, to which Luigi who does not believe in such a myth.

Suddenly, one of Sultan Pasbah's servants appear and begins to tell the Sultan that Princess Toadstool has been causing all kinds of trouble with her disagreements. The Sultan responds that the Princess is more trouble than she is worth and states that he put out an advertisement for her in the Harem Recycler magazine, planning on selling her to the highest bidder as he takes a bite of tofu. Overhearing what Sultan Pasbah plans to do with the Princess, Mario and Luigi rush off to find a place to summon the genie of the lamp (while Toad oddly remains until the scene changes).

Venturing onto one of the palace's balconies, Mario rubs the lamp which emits a loud shriek and manages to summon the genie, who turns out to be an old and very obnoxious woman who demands to know what Mario and Luigi want immediately, with the once-doubting Luigi convinced that the genie is true as the genie scoffs at Luigi's remark. As the genie begins struggling to get out of her lamp, which is now heavily stuck on her left foot, Toad appears to tell Mario and Luigi that King Koopa has shown up to buy Princess Toadstool, much to the genie's surprise. As King Koopa begins haggling with Sultan Pasbah over the price of the Princess, Mario humbly begs the genie to save her. Attempting to use a magic spell, the genie only succeeds in creating a horrific odor, temporarily causing the bid to cease. Suddenly, King Koopa zooms out of a palace window on a magic carpet (with a Cobrat hood ornament) with Princess Toadstool as his captive as she cries for help from her beloved heroes.

A shot from Mario's Magic Carpet
The genie prepares to give Mario, Luigi, and Toad the power of flight.

While flying over the desert, King Koopa begins to taunt the Princess, telling her to prepare for a long and torturous journey. Princess Toadstool then demands the reptilian king tell her where he intends on going, only to get a response to an unspecified location where the Mario Bros. and Toad can never save her. Down below, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to try and chase King Koopa, but are unable to catch him. Eventually perspired, Mario, after offering her a gold coin, has the genie give him, Luigi, and Toad the power to fly; though the genie only succeeds in flinging them through the air. Eventually, Toad simply says that maybe they should just buy a magic carpet from a used flying carpet lot.

Later, Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie begin to track down King Koopa in a somewhat shoddy magic carpet, as the genie complains about Mario's driving. In front of them, King Koopa, having reached his designated area, prepares to push Princess Toadstool from his carpet and into some quicksand below. Seeing King Koopa, Mario has Toad disguise their flying carpet by repeatedly bouncing up and down, covering the magic carpet in dust and making it resemble a cloud. Unfortunately, the disguise is ruined when the genie, possibly allergic to dust, sneezes, causing the dust to blow away.

King Koopa hears the sneeze coming from nearby and suddenly becomes alert. As Princess Toadstool tries to convince King Koopa that it was her who sneezed, though King Koopa, having already seen Mario and the gang coming close, executes his plan and proceeds in pulling the gearshift on the dashboard, opening a trap door under the passenger seat, dumping the Princess from his own carpet and into an immense pit of quicksand below. With the Princess rapidly sinking, King Koopa scoffs at the Princess and zooms over above the Mario Bros. carpet and sucks the dust from Mario's carpet's new cloud disguise, using an extendable vacuum gadget, and begins to taunt Mario, telling him how he succeeded in dumping Princess Toadstool into quicksand. As Mario begins to maneuver in the direction of Princess Toadstool (who is crying for help), King Koopa calls the Pidgit Express, with the aide of his carpet phone, ordering a dozen Pidgits to attack Mario, Luigi, Toad and the genie.

Having managed to reach Princess Toadstool, Mario dives down over the pit and has Luigi pull her from the quicksand and place her in the magic carpet's back seat with Toad and the genie. Suddenly, a swarm of Pidgits appear and begin to peck and gnaw on Mario's magic carpet, causing it to deteriorate with each bite. The genie, having seen enough action for one day, proceeds to enter her magic lamp and throw herself overboard as the Pidgits continue to eat away at Mario's carpet. Luigi, suddenly remembering he can speak Pidgit, proceeds to grab a nearby unnamed Pidgit and speaks to it in its nonsensical language; the Pidgit proceeds to tell its friends about what Luigi said and it and its companions proceed to swarm onto King Koopa's flying carpet, devouring it. Luigi reveals to Toad, who asks what he told the Pidget, that he told the Pidgit that if it wants to eat something really delicious, it should try King Koopa's magic carpet. As King Koopa begins to desperately drive away from the Pidgits, the lamp lands in his flying carpet and the genie begins to annoy and badger him, much to the amusement of Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool and they all laugh. As King Koopa swerves uncontrollably, the genie plants her lamp in the passenger seat of King Koopa's now-shabby carpet and bickers about his driving, telling him that she will make his life miserable for trying to harm the Mario Bros. The episode ends as Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad cruise over the skies of the arid desert with smiles on their faces. When Mario asks Toadstool where they should head to next, Toadstool says they should go to a carpet cleaner, much to everyone's amusement.

Animation and continuity errors[edit]

  • Although Mario warns the group about the fake pool being a trap after he jumps on, they still jump on.
  • When Mario and his friends bump into the guard, the vase on Luigi's head shatters with the pieces falling on the floor, but when Sultan Pasbah asks Princess Toadstool to join his harem, the pieces disappear.
  • When the guard pokes Toad with his spear, it does not touch him, but Toad acts as though it did.
  • When King Koopa first appears in his magic carpet, he is driving on the right side, but in all later shots, he is on the left.
  • When Mario and his friends are falling from the sky, Luigi has a green "W" on his cap instead of an "L."
  • When Princess Toadstool says that King Koopa will not get away his scheme, King Koopa's magic carpet is colored pink like Mario and his friends' instead of blue.
    • Shortly after, part of his shell disappears several times.
  • When Toad is disguising the car, the dust freezes for a few seconds. This also happens when King Koopa sucks up the dust.
  • When Mario's group is sneaking up under King Koopa via the dusty carpet, Princess Toadstool disappears for a frame.
  • When King Koopa looks in the mirror, the reflection is not reversed. Additionally, it would not be possible for him to get a reflection from the side of Mario and his friends carpet since they are underneath him.
  • Koopa and his flying carpet trembles or repeats frames at different points throughout the episode.
  • When Princess Toadstool is in the quicksand, her position in the sand changes several times.
  • King Koopa orders a dozen Pidgits from the Pidgit Express, but only nine appear.
  • When Luigi is explaining to Toad about what he said to the Pidgit, his thumb briefly turns the same color as his overalls.
  • When Mario and his friends fly past King Koopa while he is with the genie, the wheel on the back of their magic carpet has its colors reversed.
  • Luigi's emblem error

    Luigi's emblem error

  • King Koopa's miscolored carpet

    King Koopa's miscolored carpet

  • Luigi's miscolored thumb

    Luigi's miscolored thumb

Characters[edit]

Cast[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Dub edits[edit]

  • In the German dub, King Koopa orders the Pidgits from the Koopa Troop instead of Pidgit Express.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, during the scene where Mario and his friends ask for the genie's assistance to fly, the original has the genie reply how much of a "drain" it is on her, to which Luigi mentions that, since he and Mario are plumbers, they can fix any drain. Mario then offers to grease the genie's palm with a coin. As she makes them fly, she sings "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe." In the dub, the genie instead mentions how difficult it is for her to make Mario and his friends fly, to which Luigi mentions that he is a good cook. Mario then offers to prepare a large banquet for her tomorrow. When making them fly, the genie sings "Tin marín de dos pingüé," a counting rhyme similar to "Eeny, meeny, miny moe." This rhyme would later appear in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Oh, Brother!."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Danish Mario's flyvende tæppe[2] Mario's Flying Carpet
Dutch Mario's vliegende tapijt[3] Mario's flying carpet
Finnish Mario ja taikamatto[4] Mario and the magic carpet
French Le Tapis magique[5] The Magic Carpet
German Marios fliegender Teppich[6] Mario's Flying Carpet
Hebrew מרבד הקסמים של מריו[7]
Marvad HaKsamim shel Mario 		Mario's Magic Carpet
Italian Mario e il tappeto volante[8] Mario and the flying carpet
Norwegian Marios magi tappe[9] Mario's magic carpet
Portuguese O Tapete Mágico[10] The Magic Carpet
Russian Волшебный ковер Марио[11]
Volšebnyj kover Mario 		Mario's magic carpet
Spanish La alfombra mágica de Mario[12] Mario's magic carpet

Trivia[edit]

The picture cropping for this episode: original (left), and YouTube and Pluto TV (right)

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Netflix. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (EP4 - Dansk - Mario's flyvende tæppe)
  3. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show Dutch Subbed - Koning Mario van Cramalot / Mario's Vliegende Tapijt
  4. ^ Super Mario Bros 2 VHS (Suomi)
  5. ^ Super Mario Bros 004 Le Tapis magique
  6. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 4 Marianne & Luidiana / Marios fliegender Teppich
  7. ^ האחים סופר מריו חלק 4
  8. ^ Super Mario bros super show ita 1x04 Mario e il tappeto volante
  9. ^ The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E04 - Mario's Magic Carpet/Marianne and Luigeena (Norsk Fox-Kids)
  10. ^ Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - O Tapete Mágico / As Primas (Dublado)
  11. ^ Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 4 серия
  12. ^ Super Mario Brothers Super Show in Spanish / En Español - Alfombra Mágica de Mario - Episode 4
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episodes
Animated episodes
Episode 1: "The Bird! The Bird!" • Episode 2: "King Mario of Cramalot" • Episode 3: "Butch Mario & The Luigi Kid" • Episode 4: "Mario's Magic Carpet" • Episode 5: "Rolling Down the River" • Episode 6: "The Great Gladiator Gig" • Episode 7: "Mario and the Beanstalk" • Episode 8: "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" • Episode 9: "The Great BMX Race" • Episode 10: "Stars in Their Eyes" • Episode 11: "Jungle Fever" • Episode 12: "Brooklyn Bound" • Episode 13: "Toad Warriors" • Episode 14: "The Fire of Hercufleas" • Episode 15: "Count Koopula" • Episode 16: "Pirates of Koopa" • Episode 17: "Two Plumbers and a Baby" • Episode 18: "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario" • Episode 19: "Do You Princess Toadstool Take this Koopa...?" • Episode 20: "The Pied Koopa" • Episode 21: "Koopenstein" • Episode 22: "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" • Episode 23: "Mario and Joliet" • Episode 24: "Too Hot to Handle" • Episode 25: "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men" • Episode 26: "20,000 Koopas Under the Sea" • Episode 27: "Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold" • Episode 28: "Mario Meets Koop-zilla" • Episode 29: "Koopa Klaus" • Episode 30: "Mario and the Red Baron Koopa" • Episode 31: "The Unzappables" • Episode 32: "Bad Rap" • Episode 33: "The Mark of Zero" • Episode 34: "The Ten Koopmandments" • Episode 35: "The Koopas are Coming! The Koopas are Coming!" • Episode 36: "The Trojan Koopa" • Episode 37: "Quest for Pizza" • Episode 38: "The Great Gold Coin Rush" • Episode 39: "Elvin Lives" • Episode 40: "Plummers Academy" • Episode 41: "Karate Koopa" • Episode 42: "Mario of the Apes" • Episode 43: "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers" • Episode 44: "Little Red Riding Princess" • Episode 45: "The Provolone Ranger" • Episode 46: "Escape from Koopatraz" • Episode 47: "Mario of the Deep" • Episode 48: "Flatbush Koopa" • Episode 49: "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom" • Episode 50: "Crocodile Mario" • Episode 51: "Star Koopa" • Episode 52: "Robo Koopa"
Live-action segments
Episode 1: "Neatness Counts" • Episode 2: "Day of the Orphan" • Episode 3: "All Steamed Up" • Episode 4: "Marianne & Luigeena" • Episode 5: "Slime Busters" • Episode 6: "The Mario Monster Mash" • Episode 7: "Bonkers From Yonkers" • Episode 8: "Bats in the Basement" • Episode 9: "Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!" • Episode 10: "Magic's Magic" • Episode 11: "Mama Mia Mario" • Episode 12: "Alligator Dundee" • Episode 13: "Dance" • Episode 14: "Cher's Poochie" • Episode 15: "Wild Thing" • Episode 16: "E.C. The Extra Creepy" • Episode 17: "The Marios Fight Back" • Episode 18: "Magician" • Episode 19: "Do You Believe In Magic?" • Episode 20: "Mommies Curse" • Episode 21: "Lost Dog" • Episode 22: "Plumbers of the Year" • Episode 23: "Mario Hillbillies" • Episode 24: "Super Plant" • Episode 25: "Fred Van Winkle" • Episode 26: "Baby Mario Love" • Episode 27: "9001: A Mario Odyssey" • Episode 28: "Fake Bro" • Episode 29: "Time Out Luigi" • Episode 30: "Tutti Frutti, oh Mario" • Episode 31: "Flower Power" • Episode 32: "Vampire Until Ready" • Episode 33: "Heart Throb" • Episode 34: "Fortune Teller" • Episode 35: "The Magic Love" • Episode 36: "Little Marios" • Episode 37: "Gorilla My Dreams" • Episode 38: "George Washington Slept Here" • Episode 39: "Caught in a Draft" • Episode 40: "Defective Gadgetry" • Episode 41: "Toupee" • Episode 42: "The Artist" • Episode 43: "Zenned Out Mario" • Episode 44: "Texas Tea" • Episode 45: "The Great Hereafter" • Episode 46: "The Painting" • Episode 47: "Game Show Host" • Episode 48: "Home Radio" • Episode 49: "Glasnuts" • Episode 50: "Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn" • Episode 51: "Adee Don't" • Episode 52: "Chippie Chipmunks" • Episode 53: "A Basement Divided" • Episode 54: "No Way to Treat a Queenie" • Episode 55: "Pizza Crush" • Episode 56: "Goodbye Mr. Fish" • Episode 57: "French" • Episode 58: "Two Bums From Brooklyn" • Episode 59 "Opera" • Episode 60: "Tutti Frutti Mario" • Episode 61: "Cyrano de Mario" • Episode 62: "Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes" • Episode 63: "Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush" • Episode 64: "Captain Lou Is Missing" • Episode 65: "The Ghoul of my Dreams"
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