True Colors (AoSMB3 episode)
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For the album, see True Colors.
True Colors is an episode of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
[edit] Plot
Bowser plans a midnight attack on The Mushroom Kingdom but is easily thwarted by Mario and Luigi. Then back at the castle, Larry has a "devious and nasty plan that will divide and conquer". Bowser (who is tired from having to stay up late for said midnight attack) agrees, and they organize the Doomships at morning. Then the mini-ships pour red and blue paint all over the citizens, including Mario and Luigi, who are rendered blue and red, respectively. (Why nobody ends up purple is anybody's guess.)
The citizens are at first okay afterwards, but Larry and Ludwig then disguise themselves as Mushroom citizens and provoke the town into racial war. Even the Mario Bros. bicker with each other. (Princess Peach and Toad are the only exceptions since they weren't hit by the paint earlier.)
Trying to find a solution to the problem, the Mario Bros. trek into Bowser's Castle and start bickering about which path to take. They both finally find the right path (the path neither of them took) and end up finding out about the Koopalings' plans. They agree to a truce and return to the Mushroom Kingdom. Not far away, Bowser is armed with a pack of Sledge Bros., ready to attack. Everyone is ready to fight, but the Mario Bros. interrupt them, claiming that the Princess is in danger. Then they realize that she is okay, and Mario says "It shows your true colors." Everyone makes up, and the Koopalings' plan is ruined.
[edit] Trivia/Goofs
- This episode is listed as 122 in production order.
- This episode is about racism, a topic not expected to be covered in a children's cartoon.
- When the Koopas make their midnight attack, it still appears to be daytime.
- When Larry says "Help, dad! We're in trouble!" through the wand, his mouth doesn't move.
- The masks the Koopalings wear shouldn't move with their mouths, but it may be possible that they have a special mouthhole for them.
- The red paint they spray looks more like pink.
- When they pour the paint on Mario & Luigi, they are standing crouched on the sidewalk, but on Koopa's monitor, they are standing straight up on a yellow background. Additionally, when the Mario Bros. are hit by the paint, it knocks their hats off, but in the next shot, where we see them on a monitor on the Doomships, their hats are back on.
- When Luigi exclaims that him and Mario have to go down Pipe number 2, he holds up 3 fingers.
