(The episode opens to a primitive Japanese city. Mario and Co are walking through the marketplace.)

Mario: (in his mind) Plumber's Log, Number 22-16. We were in the Oriental city of Sayonara, looking for the martial arts master, Misaki, whose skills could help us save the Princess' kingdom. But we found trouble first.)

(A bamboo pole with a lantern falls over in front of Mario and Co and several Ninjis surround them.)

Luigi: Ruffling rigatoni! What are those?

Toad: Black belt ninjas! Run for it!

(Koopa, who's dressed in a samurai outfit, appears. He even has white skin, a black shell, and a topknot.)

Koopa: Pipesqueeks! You can run, but ya can't hide from Karate Koopa!

Princess: We're outnumbered!

Mario: Don't worry, Princess! I've seen clogged drains tougher than these guys!

Ninji 1: Hiya!

(One of the Ninjis jumps over Mario, who tries to attack him.)

Mario: Hey, stay put when I'm punching ya!

(The Ninji picks up Mario and throws him. Mario goes flying for a bit and crashes onto the ground.)

Mario: How can guys who wear pajamas be so tough?

(Two of the Ninjis surround Luigi on both sides.)

Luigi: I'll bet you guys give up, huh?

(One of the Ninjis kicks Luigi into the air.)

Luigi: I didn't think so.

(Luigi lands in a wastebasket.)

Koopa: Round those pests up so I can sell 'em all into slavery!

Princess: No!

(The Ninjis spin Princess around and tie her up.)

Princess: Enjoy your evil kicks now, Koopa! But they won't last!

(Toad is then tied up too.)

Koopa: And just who's gonna stop me, Princess? Your thoroughly defeated drainage drips? *laugh*

(Misaki, a Japanese fighter dressed in a kimono, jumps out from behind a building.)

Misaki: Hiya! I, Misaki, will stop you, Karate Koopa! Hiya! Hiya!

(Misaki runs up to some of the Ninjis and kicks them away.)

Misaki: Nothing like good workout!

(A Ninji wheels a rickshaw up to Koopa, who places Toad in it.)

Koopa: It's that meddling Misaki! Grab the princess and scram!

(The Ninjis toss Princess into the rickshaw and wheel it away. Misaki is surrounded by more Ninjis, but he defeats them by kicking and throwing them.)

Mario: Wow! That guy fights like we fix faucets!

(Misaki throws the last Ninji away, and he lands on an awning. Misaki dusts his hands off.)

Misaki: Ah, they don't make ninjas like they used to!

(The Marios walk up to Misaki.)

Mario: Can you teach us how to fight like you do? We have to save the princess from Karate Koopa!

Misaki: No one fights like I do! But enemy of Koopa's is friend of mine!

Luigi: Then you'll help?

Misaki: Yes, grasshopper! Let's hop to it!

(Cut to Misaki's dojo. The Marios are now wearing karate outfits and sandals. Luigi is also wearing a bandana in place of his hat.)

Misaki: When training to be martial art expert, the word "fear" never enter vocabulary! Hiya!

(Misaki karate chops a brick in half.)

Luigi: How 'bout the words "scared" and "petrified"?

Mario: When's lunch? I'm starved!

(Misaki grabs Mario and throws him across the room.)

Misaki: One must stay focused and not let mind stray!

Luigi: Mario's mind was where it always is, on pasta!

(Mario gets up.)

Misaki: Okay, Mario-san! A chop chop! You stop me!

(Misaki hands Mario a bo staff.)

Mario: I'll stop you as fast as I can stop a leaky faucet! Hiya!

(Mario swipes the staff at Misaki, who grabs it, along with Mario, and throws him across the room again.)

Luigi: We'll never be able to beat Karate Koopa and free the Princess!

Misaki: Do not give up hope, grasshoppers! We go with flow! Use what you know!

(The Marios and Misaki are now outside the dojo.)

Misaki: I will teach you most dangerous form of karate ever invented! Plumb Fu!

Mario: Plumb Fu?

Misaki: Plumb Fu is ancient style of fighting secretly passed down from plumber father to plumber son! Plunge on!

(Mario holds up his bo staff, which now has plungers on both ends. Luigi pulls out nunchucks, which are actually two pipes attached by a chain.

Mario: Now you're talking our language! Hiya!

(Mario swipes his staff at Misaki and knocks him over. Misaki gets up and presents Luigi with a washer in his hand.)

Misaki: Luigi-san! Snatch washer from my hand!

(Luigi twirls his nunchucks in one hand and grabs the washer with his other hand.)

Luigi: Yah! *laugh*

Misaki: Now, grasshoppers, you are ready! I will teach you the secrets of Plum Fu!

(Cut to Koopa's dojo, which is located on top of a high island.)

Princess: You'd better set us free, Koopa! Before the Mario Bros. come after you!

Toad: Yeah! They're gonna beat you but good!

(Koopa bends down in front of Toad and taps his head.)

Koopa: Listen, fungus face, if the Mario Bros. have brains, they won't show up here!

(Koopa pulls out a pair of binoculars and looks out the window, where he can see the Marios and Misaki walking down a path to the dojo.)

Koopa: Hmm, just as I thought! The Mario Bros. don't have any brains!

Misaki: You face greatest test as Plumb Fu masters! Ready?

Luigi: Can I think about it for a couple of years?

(A net is tossed on top of them as Koopa and some Ninjis show up.)

Mario: Mamamia!

Koopa: I gotcha now!

Misaki: You are sneaky scum!

Koopa: You're wrong, Misaki! I'm a blackbelt master sneaky scum!

(Cut to a cliff by the water. The Marios and Misaki are chained to a boulder, which is positioned on a catapult. The Marios' weapons are lying on the ground.)

Koopa: I hope you budinskis like the ocean bottom-

(The Marios and Misaki try to escape, but they can't.)

Koopa: Because it's about to become your new home! *laugh*

(Koopa trips the catapult, launching the boulder into the air.)

Koopa: I love being rotten!

(The catapult lands in the water. Princess and Toad are watching from the dojo.)

Princess: Mario! Luigi! They're sunk, Toad! And so are we!

(Cut to the ocean floor. The Marios and Misaki are still trying to break free. Misaki bangs the chain with his hand.)

Misaki: No good! Koopa's made these chains karate-proof!

(Mario pulls out a hacksaw and begins cutting the chain.)

Mario: Yeah, but he didn't make them Plumb Fu-proof!

(Mario cuts through the chain, releasing them from the boulder.)

Misaki: You have learned your lessons well, Mario-san!

Mario: Now to teach Koopa a lesson he'll never forget!

(The three of them walk across the ocean floor.)

Luigi: Frantic fettuccine! It's Trouters!

(A school of Trouters swim up to them.)

Mario: Hiya!

(Mario punches one of the Trouters.)

Luigi: Yo! Hiya!

(Luigi kicks a Trouter and karate chops another one.)

Misaki: Plumb Fu very effective underwater! Ho! Ya ha!

(Misaki punches and kicks some Trouters. Luigi points ahead)

Luigi: Look, a drainage pipe!

Mario: Swim for your lives!

(The three of them swim away from the Trouters, barely escaping them. They swim into a pipe made of bamboo and close the grating. The Trouters crash into the grating as Luigi winks and gives a thumbs up. Cut to outside of Koopa's dojo. Mario crawls out through a manhole. Mario pulls Luigi out, with the help of Misaki, who then gets out himself. Misaki point to their weapons, which are lying on the ground.)

Misaki: Your weapons! That is what I call plumb luck!

(The Marios pick up their weapons.)

Mario: It's Princess-saving time!

(They enter the dojo, and are in what looks like a maze of screen walls.)

Mario: Princess could be anywhere! *gasp*

(Several Ninjis jump out from behind the screens.)

Ninji 1: It's the Mario Bros.!

(Mario and Co gasp.)

Ninji 2: Stop them!

(The Ninjis run up to them.)

Misaki: Let's kick some Koopa!

Mario: Plumb Fu!

(The song "Kung Fu Fighting" starts up. Misaki kicks and punches some Ninjis. Some Ninjis surround a nervous Luigi, who twirls his nunchucks. Misaki kicks some more Ninjis, and Mario hits some with his staff. Two Ninjis grab onto Mario's staff, but he lets go and bangs their heads together. Luigi surprises some of the Ninjis with his nunchucks. The Ninjis then surround the three heroes, who attack them some more. The song ends. Cut to another part of the dojo. Koopa is at a table with Mouser, Triclyde, and a Troopa, who are all dressed like samurais, much like Koopa. Princess and Toad are still tied up, and are off to the side.)

Koopa: In just a few minutes, the bidding for Princess Toadstool and her slimy friend Toad will begin! *laugh* So drink up your Koopa Cola!

(Koopa pours some soda into a dish and drinks it up. Princess and Toad are still trying to wiggle free.)

Toad: Koopa sure has a lot of nerve, trying to sell us into slavery!

Princess: Don't worry; he won't get away with it! I've been loosening our ropes!

(Princess manages to untie her rope. She then frees Toad.)

Toad: Let's bail!

(They run off.)

Koopa: Hold it, slaves! I haven't sold ya yet!

(Koopa chases after and catches them.)

Princess: Let go of me you repulsive reptile! Mario!

(Mario and Co are still fighting Ninjis, but they can hear her voice.)

Mario: It's Princess Toadstool! We've got to save her!

Misaki: You go! Leave rest of ninjas to Luigi and me! No sweat!

Luigi: Speak for yourself! I'm sweating like a Koopa!

Mario: Koopa will really sweat, when I show him Plumb Fu!

(Mario runs off. Princess and Toad have been tied up again and are being held by Koopa. Mario enters the room.)

Mario: Let her go, Karate Koopa!

Koopa: If it isn't Mario, the puny plumber!

(Koopa drops Princess and Toad.)

Mario: The Plumb Fu master plumber to you, Koopa!

(Koopa pulls out nunchucks.)

Koopa: I'm gonna make mincemeat out of ya, Mario!

(Koopa swings his nunchucks at Mario, who blocks with his staff. He then hits Koopa in the face with it. After some more fighting, Koopa's nunchucks wrap around the staff and Koopa pulls it up, along with Mario, who
he throws across the room. Koopa runs at Mario and almost kicks him, but lands on one of the staff's plungers and gets stuck. Mario spins Koopa around and flings him across the room.)

Toad: Way to go, Mario!

(Mario knocks Koopa over again, and using his staff, picks up Koopa and flings him across the room once more. Koopa's suit gets caught on the horn of a large, head-shaped ornament.)

Mario: You're finished, Koopa! Next time think twice before challenging a master of Plumb Fu!

Koopa: Save the speech for someone who cares! I'm Koopin' out!

(Koopa pulls out a potion and throws it at the floor, creating a warp zone that he jumps into.)

Princess: He's getting away into that warp zone!

(Koopa waves from inside the warp zone as it disappears. Luigi and Misaki enter the room.)

Misaki: Those ninjas are history! We're here to help!

Luigi: Well, that's one fight I timed just right!

(Cut to Misaki's dojo. Mario and Co are eating a Japanese meal, and Misaki is on the stage.)

Misaki: Mario-san and Luigi-san! As masters of super martial art of Plumb Fu, I award you black belts!

(Mario and Co applauds. Mario takes a bite out of his okonomiyaki, which Luigi takes away from him.)

Luigi: Come on, Mario!

(Mario gets up, but his gut is hanging out. Misaki presents them with their belts. Luigi manages to put his on, but Mario's won't fit since he's too fat.)

Mario: Could you make that two black belts?

Toad: Yeah, one for eating!

(Everyone laughs.)

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