Flower Power
- This article is about The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode Flower Power. For the term Flower Power, see Flower Point.
- Not to be confused with Power Flower.
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! live-action segment | |
|---|---|
| "Flower Power" | |
| |
| Production number | 123 |
| Airdate |  October 16, 1989[1] |
| Guest star(s) | Scott Nemes |
| Title reference | Flower power |
| Cartoon episode | "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men" |
| Zelda preview | "Doppelganger" |
| << List of episodes >> | |
"Flower Power" is the thirty-first live-action segment of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Its corresponding animated episode is "Hooded Robin and His Mario Men."
Plot synopsis[edit]
In the apartment's kitchenette, Mario is in the middle of cooking some of his prize-winning spaghetti sauce; after pouring some spice into the sauce, Mario proceeds to bring the pot of it over to Luigi, who is working at the dinner table, and eventually convinces him to try some of the sauce. After an amazed Luigi declares it to be the best sauce he has ever tasted, Mario proudly reveals his secret ingredient: seeds. When Luigi is unimpressed by this, Mario specifies that he used dehydrated vegetable seeds. Luigi responds by saying that, regardless of whether the spaghetti sauce has seeds in it or not, it is the best spaghetti sauce he has ever had.
It is only after Luigi's comment that Mario notices that Luigi has suddenly grown a small patch of leaves on his chest and neck. At first, Mario tries to stay calm and convince a still-oblivious Luigi that there is nothing wrong with him. After Mario mentions that nothing is wrong with his neck, Luigi becomes suspicious and runs to a nearby mirror, where he sees the patch of flora that has grown on him. As Luigi panics, Mario tries to reassure him to no avail.
As Luigi stares blankly into a mirror, several vegetables having sprouted from his body, Mario paces back and forth repeatedly. Suddenly, the doorbell rings and Mario rushes over to answer the door. Opening the door, Mario is met by a boy who says he called his farm; Mario confirms this, but cites he called Old McDonald's farm. The boy explains that he is Old McDonald's son, Young McDonald, and that he was sent to Mario Brothers Plumbing in place of his father, who is at a potato convention.
Leading Young McDonald into the apartment and to Luigi, Mario watches as Young McDonald inspects Luigi and the vegetables growing from him. Dumbfounded by Luigi's condition, Young McDonald asks Mario if he has tried picking the vegetables to which Mario says no to, saying the vegetables did not look ripe. Ignoring this response, Young McDonald asks Mario for a pair of clippers; when Mario provides him with a pair, Young McDonald begins to cut and pull the vegetables off Luigi.
With Luigi seemingly cured of his condition, Mario asks Young McDonald to take a look at the sick carrots in the nearby tub garden. As Young McDonald and Mario look at these carrots, which have begun to shriek, Luigi notices that he has sprouted more vegetables and alerts Young McDonald and Mario to this fact. Seeing Luigi, Young McDonald nonchalantly tells him that maybe he will get used to growing vegetables from his body.
Later, as Young McDonald reads a book, Known Facts About Vegetables, looking for a solution, Luigi begins to argue with Mario, saying he cannot believe he allowed Mario to convince him to eat his spaghetti sauce. As Mario and Luigi argue, Young McDonald calms them down and tells them that he thinks he may have found a way to help Luigi. Reading from his book, Young McDonald states that Luigi has Veggieitis, a disease that occurs every three hundred years in only Brooklyn, and only when vegetable seeds are eaten by someone in spaghetti sauce.
Young McDonald proceeds to tell Luigi the only known cure for Veggieitis: eating a rose, which will cause the vegetables on a person's body to instantly fall off; hearing this, Mario grabs a nearby, rather dead-looking rose and hands it to Luigi, who hesitantly eats it. As Luigi eats the rose, Young McDonald warns that eating a rose will sometimes cause Roseitis, a disease that lasts for a week and causes roses to come out of the afflicted person's ears. Glancing at Luigi, Mario and Young McDonald notice that Luigi has sprouted roses from his ears. Telling Luigi to look on the bright side, Mario says that at least with roses coming from his ears, Luigi will smell better.
Gallery[edit]
Title card
Characters[edit]
- Mario
- Luigi
- Young McDonald
- Old McDonald (mentioned)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (simplified) | 花朵力量[2] Huāduǒ Lìliang |
Flower Power | |
| Italian | Pollice Verde[?] | Green Thumb | |
| Portuguese | Santo molho de espaguete[3] | Holy spaghetti sauce | |
| Spanish | El poder de la flor[4] | Flower power |
Notes[edit]
- Both Old McDonald and Young McDonald are references to the song "Old McDonald Had a Farm," which is even pointed out in the episode.
