Send in the Clown: Difference between revisions

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|image = [[File:Title-SendInTheClown.jpg|200px]]

|airdate = September 28, 1991

|writer = Martha Moran

|song=[[List of Super Mario World songs#The Greatest Show in the World|The Greatest Show in the World]]

|before = [[The Wheel Thing|<<]]

|after = [[Ghosts 'R' Us|>>]]

"'''Send in the Clown'''" is the third episode of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series.

== Plot ==

Outside in a field, [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] are in the middle of a tennis match, using [[fireball]]s from a nearby [[Volcano Plant|Fire Plant]] as balls. As Princess Toadstool scores a point against Mario, she is congratulated by [[Luigi]], who is acting as the game's scorekeeper. Princess Toadstool than proceeds to hit another fireball to Mario; before Mario can hit the ball though, [[Yoshi]], the game's ballboy, gobbles it up.

After easily destroying Mario's chair, a Dino-Rhino shoves Mario to the ground and, putting on a bib, prepares to eat him. As Luigi and Princess Toadstool mourn Mario's fate, the princess, remembering a [[Fire Flower]] she had, tosses it to Mario. Using several fireballs, Mario defeats the Dino-Rhino and its [[Dino-Torch]] friends.

Approaching the cage holding his friends, Mario is about to release everyone when Koopa in his [[Koopa Clown Car]] appears. Koopa from his Koopa Clown Car calls out to Mario (after calling him a plungerface) that he wouldn't do that if he were Mario; unless Mario wants to see his precious princess again. Holding Princess Toadstool captive, Koopa begins to hurl Mechkoopas and [[Big Steely|Big Steelies]] at Mario. Stomping on a Mechkoopa, Mario hurls it at Koopa, who easily dodges it. He then proceeds to try and crush Mario with the Koopa Clown Car.

KingKoopaDroppingBall.jpg|King Koopa dropping a [[Big Steely]]

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SMWTV Ringmaster Mario and Clown Yoshi.jpg|Mario and Yoshi.

* In several portions of the episode, the "L" on Luigi's hat is white on a black background.  

* In one shot, the feet of Koopa's Rex minions are green, despite the fact that the dinosaurs are blue.

* The audio temporarily goes out of sync in the scene where Big Mouth gets hit with a pie while demanding respect.

* The dots on the outsides of the Clown Car's eyes turn from blue to red during the final battle. Moments later, they completely disappear.

*'''WildBrain - Cartoon Super Heroes/Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - WildBrain:''' ''To feed his hungry evil dinosaurs, King Koopa lures the cave people to a prehistoric circus at the Neon Castle with his Flying Clown Head and Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool and Yoshi must rescue them. But only Mario escapes King Koopa's diabolical trap. He must battle the flying clown head to rescue everyone else from becoming dinosaur snacks.''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKFRwlYvFk "Super Mario World 403 - Send In The Clowns//Return To Castlevania"]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved June 23, 2020.</ref>

|Fra=Que le Spectacle Commence

|FraM=Let the Show Begin

|RomM=Let the clown out}}

*At the end of the episode, when Mario is dressed as a ringmaster, the costume he wears is extremely similar to the one he wears on the cover of ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' a few years later, which would also become a costume he could wear in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.

*This episode's final battle is extremely similar to the one in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As Koopa throws Mechkoopas at Mario, he throws them back, and Koopa attempts to crush him with the Koopa Clown Car and drop [[Big Steely|Big Steelies]] on him. However, when the Koopa Clown Car hits Mario, his cape does not disappear.

*Though this is Kootie Pie's last animation appearance, she has no dialogue (though she is heard giggling at the antics of the acrobats as they torment Big Mouth).

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