The Super Mario Bros. Movie Page #4

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MARIO:
(pants) Whoa! Okay, so these bricks are just floatin' here? Uh...

TOAD:
Just pop in this pipe and we're on our way!

MARIO:
Oh.

TOAD:
It's the only way to fly, man. (laughs) Woo!

[Toad jumps into a glass pipe as he moves ahead.]

MARIO:
Oh, wow! Love these pipes-- (yelps)

(Mario gets sucked into the pipe. He yells as he gets dragged across, hitting every corner, while Toad has a smooth ride.)

TOAD:
Woo!

MARIO:
(grunts)

[Toad gets out of the pipe and jumps in another. Mario comes out next but gets confused on which pipe Toad took. He gets in the wrong pipe and comes out of another.]

MARIO:
Huh?

[He tries other pipes but repeatedly ends up in the same place. The camera zooms out to see even more pipes.]

MARIO:
Ah, come on!

(Mario finally comes out of the correct pipe at the top of the hill. He looks completely worn out as he tumbles to the ground.)

TOAD:
Here we are. Palace doors. Bing, bang, boom!

(Mario gets up, and straightens his hat while staring in awe at the Castle)

TOAD:
Come on! (laughs) Woo!

MARIO:
(quietly) Whoa.

TOAD:
Pretty impressive, am I right?

(However, the two get stopped by two guards at the palace doors)

BLUE TOAD GUARD:
Hold it right there, you two!

MARIO:
Oh, hey. I need to see the princess. It's an emergency.

(The guards nod at each other discreetly)

BLUE TOAD GUARD:
What princess?

YELLOW TOAD GUARD: I've never heard of any princess.

BLUE TOAD GUARD:
Oh, wait, I did. Our princess, though, is in another castle.

YELLOW TOAD GUARD: Oh, yeah, that's right.

BLUE TOAD GUARD:
You should try another castle, maybe. She ain't in this one.

MARIO:
Huh?

TOAD:
Okay, so they're messing with you. And... I don't like it.

(Toad brandishes his frying pan and delivers a battle cry, seemingly about to fight the guards. However, he places the pan down and starts cooking, leaving Mario confused.)

TOAD:
What do you guys, um... What do you wanna eat? Anything, anything your hearts desire. (whispers to Mario) Go! (to the guards) I am ready to scramble it up.

(Mario sneaks in through the palace doors. He stops to notice some more guards. Two guards lounge about until Mario passes by, casually saluting to them. After he continues on, they realize their mistake.)

URPLE TOAD GUARD: (gasp)

GREEN TOAD GUARD: Hey! Intruder!

MARIO:
(panting)

GREEN TOAD GUARD: Stop him!

TOAD GUARDS:
Intruder! Stop him! Stop him! Now! Stop him!

[In a large room, a council of Toads are gathered around a hologram that opens from the ground. The hologram shows a world map, displaying all the islands, including Bowser's ship.]

TOAD GENERAL:
Council, your attention. Bowser has found the Super Star and is headed toward our kingdom. Its power will make him invincible. We will be destroyed.

[All the toads gasp, a green toad faints.]

YELLOW COUNCIL TOAD: Princess, What are we gonna do?

PEACH:
I will not let him hurt you. We are going to stop Bowser.

YELLOW COUNCIL TOAD: How? Look at us. We're adorable.

PEACH:
I'm going to convince the great Kong army to help us. Together, we'll annihilate that monster.

TOAD GENERAL:
Their mad king doesn't make alliances. The Kongs will never agree.

PEACH:
I can convince him. I'll leave for the Jungle Kingdom in the morning.

(Peach proceeds to leave the room)

TOAD GENERAL:
Good luck, princess. For all our sakes.

[Princess Peach walks through the halls, thinking to herself, until she hears foot steps. From her point of view, Mario appears, making another sloppy turn, and dashes towards her. Everything goes in slow-motion as Mario becomes glad to have found her. Peach stares at him in awe.]

MARIO:
(slow motion) Princess!

[Mario reaches his hand out to hers, but when she grabs him, she flips him over to his back.]

MARIO:
Princess! Hi-

(The Toad guards catch up and pile over Mario.)

PEACH:
Wait! Release him.

(The guards back away from him, before one of them gives him another kick.)

MARIO:
Ah! (gets up from the ground)

PEACH:
Whoa... Are you...? (gasps) He's a human! I mean, you are a human, right? (starts inspecting him) It's just, you're so small and... (looks under the hat)

MARIO:
(tries reaching for it) Hey!

PEACH:
Wait, wait, wait. L-Let's go back. (places the hat on his head incorrectly) Where did you come from?

MARIO:
(stammers, fixes his hat) Uh, me and my little brother, Luigi... we-we fell down this pipe, and now he's lost... s-somewhere in the Dark Lands!

PEACH:
Then it's only a matter of time until he's captured by Bowser. But you're in luck — I'm on my way to stop him.

MARIO:
Well, take me with you.

PEACH:
This guy's a lunatic. A psycho. He will eat you for breakfast. He won't even notice it probably because you're very, very small.

MARIO:
You know what? Make fun of me all you want. But you are gonna help me find my brother!

(Princess Peach gives him a stern look)

MARIO:
...Please?

PEACH:
Well, okay. Let's see what you're made of.

MARIO:
Is that a "yes"?

PEACH:
No. That's a "Let's see what you're made of."

[Peach leads Mario to the balcony where it floats over to a middle of a lake, where a giant Question block appears, and as it opens, the Training Course appears, filled with many replicas of items appearing in Mario games.]

PEACH:
If you can finish this, you're coming with me. Watch and learn.

[Peach begins the course, swiftly passing through obstacles and jumping off the bricks. Peach tears through a cardboard cutout of Bowser as she bounds off fake Bullet Bills and finishes the course easily, gliding down with her dress.]

MARIO:
That was amazing. Wait... How-how am I supposed to do that?

PEACH:
With the Power-Ups. They give us special abilities.

[Peach hits a Question Block with a Super Mushroom inside. It lands on Mario's hands.]

MARIO:
(disgusted) Ugh! Really?

PEACH:
Go on. Eat it.

MARIO:
Ugh... (brings the mushroom up to his mouth trying to eat it.) Now this has to be a mushroom. 'cause I just...hate mushrooms, and...

(Peach glares at Mario.)

MARIO:
Okay, okay. (determined grunt; Mario again brings the mushroom up to his mouth.) Are you sure there's not like a--

(Peach takes the mushroom and forces it down Mario's mouth.)

PEACH:
Down the hatch! Yup, there it is, and all gone.

MARIO:
(gags, huffs) Oh, not cool! Uh...

[Mario's body begins to shimmer. First, his hand increases in size, accidentally hitting him in the face, then his feet, and finally his lower half, until he fully grows as tall as Peach.]

MARIO:
Whoa! I'm tall.

PEACH:
And strong. (Mario jumps and breaks a Brick Block) And you can jump.

MARIO:
(chuckles) Oh, I got this. No problem.

[Mario confidently jumps up as he begins the course, but misjudges the jump's power as he falls down, hitting brick platforms before falling into the water and returning to normal. A Warp Pipe retrieves him and sends him back to the start]

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