Editing Do the Koopa

{{TAOSMB3 episode infobox
|image=[[File:DotheKoopa.jpg|250px]]
|production=115
|airdate=October 27, 1990 (English) <br> October 25, 1991 (French)
|writer=[[Phil Harnage]]
|opening=[[Dark Land]]
|song="[[List of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 songs#Do The Koopa|Do The Koopa]]"
|before=[[Misadventures in Babysitting|<<]]
|after=[[Kootie Pie Rocks|>>]]
}}
"'''Do the Koopa'''" is the fifteenth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It aired alongside another episode entitled "[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]." The title of the episode is a reference to "[[Do the Mario]]," the song that is used in the closing credits to ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', the previous ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' animated series produced by [[DIC Entertainment]].

==Plot synopsis==
The episode begins with [[Luigi]] finding a treasure map to the [[Doom Dancer Music Box]] in Mushroomland Central Library. [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] later gets Luigi, [[Mario]], and [[Toad]] to help her get the Doom Dancer, which makes anyone who hears it dance fast or slow according to how fast it is cranked. Mario proposes that the Doom Dancer can keep the [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Clan]] under control. The group then sets out to get it in [[Dark Land]]'s [[Temple of Gloom]]. When they arrive, a [[Dry Bones]] hears their plans and goes to tell [[Bowser|King Koopa]] at [[Bowser's Castle|Kastle Koopa]]. After telling him a few times (King Koopa has a cold), King Koopa sends [[Larry Koopa|Cheatsy Koopa]], [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa Jr.]], and [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]] to get the Doom Dancer before the Mario Bros. do.

Mario and Co. face a problem getting over a wide gap. Toad suggests that Mario break some [[? Block|block]]s to get some [[Super Leaf|Super Leaves]], which Mario does. Turning into their [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon forms]], the group flies over the wide gap. They run through a field of giant spikes popping down from the cave ceiling. After getting through the spike field, two [[Bowser Statue|Koopa statue]]s turn them all back into their normal forms.

[[File:Do the Koopa 1.jpg|thumb|left|The Temple of Gloom.]]
After traversing through a hallway, the group sees the Temple of Gloom, which is guarded by a group of Dry Bones. The group stomps on all the Dry Bones, but they just reform and get back up. Mario then sees a group of Blocks and tells everyone to break them. The rubble of the blocks block the Dry Bones from reaching the gang, allowing Mario and the group to get into the Temple of Gloom safely.

Cheatsy, Bully, and Big Mouth are later seen clearing the rubble, and following the gang into the Temple of Gloom. After narrowly avoiding beams from many Koopa statues, Mario and the gang reach a door. Princess Toadstool looks at the map and tells the group that the Doom Dancer is in the Inner Temple. The Koopalings, who are eavesdropping, realize that the Doom Dancer exists and is not a myth like their father always thought. The Koopalings decide to let Mario get the Doom Dancer, then Big Mouth says they should ambush them. Bully tells Big Mouth to give him his string. Big Mouth objects because it belonged to their great grandmother and attempts to tell an unneeded story about her. Bully covers his big mouth before he starts while Cheatsy steals the string and creates a trip-wire.

[[File:Do the Koopa 2.jpg|thumb|Traps going off after Mario grabs the Doom Dancer.]]
Mario and the group are then seen inside the room of the Doom Dancer, which is on a pedestal. Mario climbs up and obtains the Doom Dancer, which sets off a trap that makes projectiles fall from the ceiling. Mario gets back to the group after narrowly avoiding a [[Thwomp]]. A [[Boom Boom]] scares the group and sends them running outside, tripping on the trip-wire and sending the Doom Dancer into the air. Big Mouth attempts to catch it while mimicking football game crowds, but Cheatsy pushes him aside and attempts to catch it, but Bully grabs him by the hair and throws him away and the Doom Dancer falls into Bully Koopa's claws. Bully then uses the Doom Dancer to force everyone to dance, even his own siblings. He makes everyone march back to Castle Koopa, plotting to use the Doom Dancer to overthrow his father.

[[File:Do the Koopa 3.jpg|thumb|left|Bully with the Doom Dancer.]]
When the group gets to Kastle Koopa, King Koopa asks Bully to give him the Doom Dancer. Bully refuses, saying that he is going to use it to rule the entire world, starting with his father. However, King Koopa's cold prevents him from hearing the music, making him invulnerable to its magic. Koopa then takes the Doom Dancer, and cranks it, making everyone "Do the Koopa". King Koopa then says that he is going to make the whole [[Mushroom Kingdom]] dance to their doom. The Doom Dancer is powerful enough for its power to spread into Desert Land where a Sphinx, the trees and even the enemies start dancing.

King Koopa then flies over various parts of the Mushroom Kingdom on his [[Airship#The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3|Doom Ship]], making everyone "Do the Koopa", even statues and plants. Mario then gets some [[Plumber's Putty]] from Luigi, and jams them in his ears, blocking out all sound. Pretending to dance, Mario slowly goes towards Koopa, tackling him and sending the Doom Dancer into the air. A struggle for the Doom Dancer follows, which ends up in the crank breaking off from the rest of the Doom Dancer. Attempting to crank it with his claw, Koopa gets his claw stuck. The Koopalings help Koopa get it off, but send the Doom Dancer crashing onto the landscape below, where it hits a [[Goomba]] on the head and breaks.

King Koopa, Bully, and Cheatsy then start arguing over whose fault it is for breaking the Doom Dancer. Mario and the group jump into the [[Warp Pipe]] and get warped to [[Mushroom Castle]], where the episode ends.

==Cast==
*[[Walker Boone]] &mdash; [[Mario]]
*[[Tony Rosato]] &mdash; [[Luigi]]
*[[Tracey Moore]] &mdash; [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]
*[[John Stocker]] &mdash; [[Toad]]
*[[Harvey Atkin]] &mdash; [[Bowser|King Bowser Koopa]]
*[[James Rankin]] &mdash; [[Larry Koopa|Cheatsy Koopa]]
*[[Dan Hennessey]] &mdash; [[Roy Koopa|Bully Koopa]], singer #2
*[[Gordon Masten]] &mdash; [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Big Mouth Koopa]], singer #1
*[[Michael Stark]] &mdash; singer #3
*[[Paulina Gillis]] &mdash; female singer

==Animation and continuity errors==
*When [[Mario]] and his friends start flying, Mario, [[Luigi]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]'s raccoon ears are missing, along Princess Toadstool's raccoon tail.
*When Princess Toadstool explains how the [[Doom Dancer Music Box]] works, when [[Iggy Koopa|Hop]] falls down, his glasses turn red.
*In some scenes, the [[Paratroopa]]s and [[Dry Bone]]s stand on two legs, but it is possible that the Paratroopas stand on two due to their wings, while the Dry Bones are light.
*When Mario and his friends run towards the Dry Bones, Toad's pants are missing.
*When the Dry Bones leave the [[Temple of Gloom]], the first Dry Bones disappear into the ground.
*When Mario dodges the [[Thwomp]], the Doom Dancer is miscolored, and shortly after, he fades into existence.
*In several scenes, [[Roy Koopa|Bully]]'s snout is brown instead of cream-colored.
*When Bully realizes that King Koopa cannot hear him, the rim of his shell is colored black like his shackles instead of white, and shortly after, his shell is colored green instead of pink.
*When everyone starts dancing on the [[Bowser's Airship|Doomship]], several of the Koopalings are miscolored.
**In the same scene, Big Mouth is floating in midair, while [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky]]'s mouth briefly disconnects from his face.
*While everyone dances on the Doomship, Hop changes from Cheatsy's side to Hip's between shots.
*During the song, the [[Angry Sun]] is completely white.
*When Mario puts some [[Plumber's Putty]] on his hand, the ends of the tube are purple, but in the next shot, they are yellow like the rest of the tube.
*After King Koopa holds it in the air, the crank can be seen, but in the next shot, Luigi has it in his hand.
*When the Doom Dancer starts heading towards King Koopa and when it falls to the ground, it appears to be heading towards the floor of Doomship instead.
*When King Koopa and the Koopalings have an argument at the end of the episode, Big Mouth is missing.
*When Bully slows down his cranking, his mouth moves, but no sound can be heard.
*When Mario and his friends looks at the map in [[Toad House|Toad's house]], the symbol on [[Mario Cap|Mario's cap]] has its colors reversed.
*At the beginning of the episode, the [[Boom Boom]] moves on the map, but at Toad's house, it does not.
*When Luigi mentions that [[Dark Land]] is King Koopa's kingdom, the details on the map are missing.
*When Mario and his friends jump into the Warp Pipe, the skull symbol is blue, but when they arrive in Dark Land, it turns yellow.
**Shortly after, the symbol on the pipe disappears.
*When the Warp Pipe appears in Dark Land, Mario and his friends appear, but in the next shot, they and the pipe disappear while a Dry Bones replaces them.
*In several scenes, Mario's hair is colored black instead of brown.
*In several scenes, Cheatsy's head is the same color as his body.
*When King Koopa explains to the Koopalings what he actually said, his eyes are colored white instead of yellow.
*When Cheatsy is relieved, Big Mouth's eyelids are colored gray instead of purple. This also happens when King Koopa tells the Koopalings that the Dry Bones will show where Mario and his friends went.
*When Luigi says for the music to stop, the fire flashes.
*When Mario breaks some [[Block]]s, some of them remain intact.
*After Mario dodges a spike, the screen freezes for a few seconds.
*When Mario climbs up the pedestal with the Doom Dancer, the Doom Dancer is missing.
*After Mario and his friends trip on the rope, it disappears.
*When Cheatsy pushes Big Mouth aside, the rim around Big Mouth's shell is colored white instead of yellow.
*When Cheatsy and Big Mouth look at Bully when he catches the Doom Dancer, Cheatsy's shackles are colored green instead of black.
*When Mario, his friends, and the Koopalings march, the Doom Dancer and Princess Toadstool's dress flash.
**In the same scene, Toad smiles. This also happens shortly after Bully hands the Doom Dancer to King Koopa, along with Princess Toadstool.
*When King Koopa says that he can make the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] dance, one of the spikes on his shackles is colored white like his claws instead of orange.
*In one scene, [[Peach's Castle|Princess Toadstool's castle]] is orange instead of pink.
*When the Koopalings spy on Mario and his friends Big Mouth's head is tan instead of gray.
*When Big Mouth says that the Koopas will be doomed if Mario and his friends get the Doom Dancer, his star is missing.
*When King Koopa and the Koopalings watch the Doom Dancer fall to the ground, the Koopalings' mouths mover, but no sound can be heard.
*When King Koopa becomes upset when the Doom Dancer is destroyed, the spikes on his shackles are colored white instead of orange.
<gallery>
File:DoTheKoopaShellError.jpg|Bully's miscolored shell
File:ToadEnjoyingHisSuffering.png|thumb|The error with Toad and Princess Toadstool having happy expressions
</gallery>

==Profiles==
*'''[[Koopa Kronicles]]''' DVD: ''[[Mario]] and his friends set out for [[Dark Land|Darkland]] and the [[Temple of Gloom]] to recover the [[Doom Dancer Music Box|magical music box]].''

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ger=Die Zauberkraft der Musikbox
|GerM=The Magic Power of the Music Box
|Ita=Il ballo di Attila
|ItaM=Koopa's Dance
|Por=A Dança do Koopa
|PorM=Koopa's Dance
|Spa=El Baile de Koopa
|SpaM=Koopa's Dance
|Fre=En avant la musique
|FreM=Let the music play
}}

==Trivia==
*When [[Mario]] and his friends are at the large gap, the [[Fourth wall|fourth wall]] is broken twice. It is first broken when [[Luigi]] screams, "''Stop the music!''", where the background music stops. It happens second time when Mario says, "''Start the music!''" where the background music starts again.
*In DVD releases of this episode, the episode runs slower than the other episodes. It is unknown why this happens.
*[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] references ''{{wp|Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom}}'' when she says that the [[Doom Dancer Music Box]] is hidden in [[Dark Land]]'s [[Temple of Gloom]].
*[[Toad]] only has two lines in this episode, which are "''Whoa! Try blasting those blocks, Mario!''" and "''Yeah, but we got the crank!''"
*The spikes in Dark Land predate the [[Spike (Super Mario World)|Spike]]s from ''[[Super Mario World]]'', obstacles with a very similar function and appearance, only lacking the tip.

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