The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)

30 mistakes in Robo Koopa - chronological order

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Revealing mistake: In the first chase scene, the backgrounds are usually repeated in close-up shots, because you can see a sudden jump in the background animation. (00:00:40 - 00:02:25)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: When the brothers, Toad and the Princess are dashing away from Koopa, there is a shot with the four of them running offscreen. Notice the background as the camera pans to Koopa. The next shot shows a very different background. (00:01:45)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: In the first chase scene of Koopa running after the Mario gang, at one point, Koopa fires two bullet bills at the plumbers. In the next two shots, there are three bullet bills seen, and when the gang ducks, two bullet bills fly past them. (00:02:00)

Yoshi

Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Bunsun messes up Robo Koopa's controls, everyone's surroundings keep changing in almost every shot, which is basically the floor they are standing on, and the backgrounds. (00:02:10 - 00:03:30)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: When Koopa brags about his vision, toes, etc, when his goggles come out, the two eyepieces are on his right eye for several frames, then it suddenly changes to both eyepieces on both eyes. (00:02:15)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Other mistake: When Koopa's controls are messed up by Bunsun, an explosive shoots out one of Koopa's toes, destroying a nearby structure. In the next shot, bullet bills are being fired out of his toes. (00:02:55)

Yoshi

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: When the Marios are hurting enemies and freeing Dr. Nerdnik, Mario kicks through a gate at the start of the scene in order to get inside. This gate disappears, once when Bunsun pushes the doctor through the hole, and twice at the end of the scene. (00:04:45 - 00:06:30)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Revealing mistake: When Bunsun walks up to Dr. Nerdnik to free him, an animation mistake is noticable. Bunsun is far away and she walks up to him, and during this whole sequence her body is in front of Dr. Nerdnik, according to the camera's view. (00:04:55)

Yoshi

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: Koopa manages to take Toad and the Princess hostage by surrounding them in electric force fields so they can't move. These force fields disappear when Koopa starts chasing Mario, Luigi, Bunsun and Dr. Nerdnik. (00:05:50)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Factual error: Koopa tries to kill the Mario brothers, Bunsun and Dr. Nerdnik by pushing an electric pole at them. Mario and Luigi use a nearby fire hydrant to protect them by having water rush out of it and keeping the pole from crushing them. There is no way a single blast of water can stop a large pole from falling, and the brothers would have been electrocuted as soon as the water hit the pole. (00:07:00)

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Robo Koopa - S1-E52

Continuity mistake: When Mario, Luigi, Bunsun and Dr. Nerdnik are about to be crushed by the electric pole, when Luigi moans "we're doomed," he is in front of Mario. In the next shot, Mario is looking ahead while saying "doomed, schmoomed." In this same shot, Mario pulls Luigi over to a nearby fire hydrant, and Luigi moves onscreen from Mario's right. Therefore, Luigi has changed position. (00:07:10)

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Question: Why was Toad's color palette sometimes way different, primarily in the first couple of episodes? Why didn't they bother changing this with the final results? It's relatively inconsistent on what palette is used in each episode, despite the fact the more recognizable of the two (white mushroom with red spots along with a variety of coloring in clothes) is shown much more often than the other (red mushroom with white spots along with the majority of his clothes being red and white).

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