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* OnlySaneWoman: Princess Toadstool is the only person smart enough to recognize the danger of television and refuses to watch it, instead taking Yoshi on a nature walk with her. As such, she's the only one who avoids getting hypnotized by Koopa's brainwashing.
* PaperThinDisguise: Koopa's disguise as "Robby Rockwell" consists of a badly-crafted human head (with visible bolts) and ill-fitting suit jacket which does nothing to cover up his green reptilian hands. Everyone--including the Mario Bros.--falls for it.
* PaperThinDisguise: Koopa's disguise as "Robby Rockwell" consists of a badly-crafted human head (with visible bolts) and ill-fitting suit jacket which does nothing to cover up his green reptilian hands. Everyone--including the Mario Bros.--falls for it.
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* FlashbackCut: "Remember the trouble we got into with that 'Speak to Santa' Hotline back in Brooklyn?"
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* FlashbackCut: PlayedForLaughs. "Remember the trouble we got into with that 'Speak to Santa' Hotline back in Brooklyn?"
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* FlashbackCut: "Remember the trouble we got into with that 'Speak to Santa' Hotline back in Brooklyn?"
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* HelpImStuck: King Koopa becomes crushed by the remnants of his giant television after Yoshi eats the load-bearing blocks. Yoshi then agrees to help him but begins eating the rest of the blocks slowly.
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* FaintInShock: Mario's reaction when he sees the phone bill he and Luigi accumulated when Luigi reminds them of the time they got in trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline.
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* FaintInShock: FaintInShock / WildTake: Mario's reaction when he sees the phone bill he and Luigi accumulated when Luigi reminds them of the time they got in trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline.
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'''Original airdate:''' November 10, 1991
King Koopa gets the cave people addicted to television, using his programming to hypnotize them into capturing the Mario Bros.
King Koopa gets the cave people addicted to television, using his programming to hypnotize them into capturing the Mario Bros.
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* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A flashback occurs to when Mario and Luigi got in big trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline back home in Brooklyn, which resulted in them racking up a phone bill of $1,295.31.
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* MassHypnosis: Koopa's plot.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A flashback occurs to when Mario and Luigi got in big trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline back home in Brooklyn, which resulted in them racking up a phone bill of $1,295.31.31.
* VerySpecialEpisode: This episode covers addictions to television and how to overcome it.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A flashback occurs to when Mario and Luigi got in big trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline back home in Brooklyn, which resulted in them racking up a phone bill of $1,295.
* VerySpecialEpisode: This episode covers addictions to television and how to overcome it.
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!!Tropes:
* FaintInShock: Mario's reaction when he sees the phone bill he and Luigi accumulated when Luigi reminds them of the time they got in trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A flashback occurs to when Mario and Luigi got in big trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline back home in Brooklyn, which resulted in them racking up a phone bill of $1,295.31.
* FaintInShock: Mario's reaction when he sees the phone bill he and Luigi accumulated when Luigi reminds them of the time they got in trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A flashback occurs to when Mario and Luigi got in big trouble with the "Speak to Santa" Hotline back home in Brooklyn, which resulted in them racking up a phone bill of $1,295.31.
