(The episode opens to Mario and Co hiking through a jungle. Mario is hacking his way through the thick trees with his plunger.)

Mario: (in his mind) Plumber's Log, Number 5-0-5. We were hacking our way through the Amazon Jungle, searching for Sheldon, the mysterious witch doctor.

(Toad trips on a root, but gets up and runs back to the others. Three Shy Guys in grass skirts notice the group and hide behind a bush as they reach a clearing and stop.)

Mario: Let's take a lunch break!

Princess: Oh, Mario! You just ate three guavas, four breadfruit, and two bananas!

Mario: If food isn't pasta, it doesn't count!

Luigi: What's so important we hafta find this Sheldon guy anyway?

Toad: He's the best witch doctor there is, that's why!

Princess: Good enough to mix a potion that will rid my kingdom of Koopa forever!

Mario: Hey? Who called this lunch break anyway? Let's get hackin'!

(The group starts moving again, and Mario hacks away at some more trees. The Shy Guys run off.)

(Cut to a hut attached to a large tree. Inside, Koopa, who's wearing a nose ring and a bone necklace, sits down on a wooden throne in front of the Shy Guys.)

Koopa: Well, did ya find out what those bumbling basin brains are up to?

Shy Guy: Yes, your royal Koopaness! They're looking for Sheldon, the witch doctor!

Koopa: I've heard of him! He's the best elixir mixer in the jungle!

Shy Guy: That's why they wanna see him! So he can mix a magic potion that will put you out of business!

Koopa: Oh yeah? Well two can play at that game! And I know how to cheat! *laugh*

(Cut to Mario and Co, who are still hacking through the trees.)

Luigi: Hey, how much farther to this witch doctor's village?

(Princess looks at a map.)

Princess: It's just the other side of this scraggly line!

Toad: Which we should be reaching just about NOOOWWW!

(Toad suddenly walks off the cliff of a gorge and gets caught on a vine.)

Toad: HEELLLPPP! *screams* YOW!

(Toad climbs up the vine to the top and looks down at the gorge.)

Toad: Wow! This gorge has gotta be at least three miles deep!

(Princess looks at her map.)

Princess: That's what it says on the map! *reading* George's Gorge, three miles deep!

(Luigi walks up to the edge of the cliff, looks down, and backs off.)

Luigi: Well, that's that! Time to turn back!

Mario: Na, we can get across, no sweat! Look!

(Mario points to a rope bridge going across the gorge. The group walks up to it.)

Luigi: Ya know, a bridge this rickety's gotta have a warnin' sign that says "Keep Off"!

Mario: Look around, Luigi! There's no warning sign! Come on!

(Mario steps onto the bridge and jumps on the spot.)

Mario: See?

(Nearby, Koopa is spying on Mario and Co through binoculars.)

Koopa: There's no warning sign you faucet freak, because I stole it! *laugh*

(Koopa holds up the sign, which shows a bridge surrounded by a red circle with a slash. Koopa turns around to his minions, which includes Shy Guys, Bob-ombs, and Albatoss.)

Koopa: Okay, Koopa Pack! Time to attack!

(Cut to the bridge, where Mario and Co are slowly walking their way across. Every step they take causes the bridge to wobble.)

Luigi: What's that down below?

(Toad looks down and gasps when he sees a river and rocks.)

Toad: Jagged boulders, raging water, broken bones.

Luigi: Mario! It's not too late to go back!

Mario: It is now!

(Mario points back to the start of the bridge, where Koopa and the Shy Guys are standing.)

Koopa: That's right! Ya can't go back! But ya can go down!

(Mario and Co gasp as a Shy Guy cuts at one of the ropes with a dagger.)

Koopa: So long, scum scrubbers!

(The rope breaks, causing the bridge to break into two parts. Mario and Co scream as they grab onto the planks and ride their part of the bridge towards the other side of the gorge. When they crash into the other side, a cloud of dirt forms and they cough until it clears up.)

Mario: All we gotta do is climb up this side, and we're on our way!

Toad: Yeah! This is the side we wanted to be on anyway! It's not so bad.

Luigi: It is so bad!

(Luigi points to several Albatoss, each one holding a Bob-omb.)

Albatoss: Albatoss leader to squadron! Bob-ombs away!

(The Albatoss fly over to Mario and Co and release the Bob-ombs, which explode and release clouds of white powder around them. The Marios and Toad start to scratch themselves.)

Toad: What is this white stuff?

Luigi: I don't know, but it's making me itch! Somethin' terrible!

Koopa: *laugh* It's my own Koopa strength itching powder! You're gonna scratch so bad, you'll fall off that bridge! Now I'm gonna get that witch doctor and his magic potion for myself! *laugh*

(The Albatoss return with more Bob-ombs.)

Toad: Albatoss with Bob-ombs at ten o'clock!

Luigi: At five o'clock too!

(Luigi points to a big Albatoss that's below them.)

Princess: Actually, that big one is practically in our lap!

Mario: And maybe, that's our way out!

(Mario jumps onto the big Albatoss as it flies past them and covers his eyes.)

Mario: If ya don't want me to tweak your beak off, fly back to my friends!

(The Albatoss flies back to the bridge and stops in midair.)

Mario: All aboard!

(Luigi, Princess and Toad get onto the Albatoss.)

Mario: We gotta get to the witch doctor before Koopa does!

(Cut to another part of the jungle, where four Shy Guys are carrying Koopa on a litter. Behind them are some Birdos.)

Koopa: Those pesky plumbers must be falling to their doom right now!

Shy Guy: Your badness! Your badness!

(The Shy Guy points up at the sky.)

Koopa: Never interrupt me when I'm gloating!

Shy Guy: But look!

(Mario and Co ride by on the Albatoss and wave at Koopa, who gets off of the litter.)

Mario: Hasta la pasta!

Koopa: Alright! Which one of you messed up? Who ruined all my sneaky commander plans?

(One of the Shy Guys shivers, and Koopa kicks him away. Koopa goes after another Shy Guy, but trips over a root and crashes into a Birdo.)

Koopa: OW! Watch where you're goin', ya egg crate! Better yet, commence fire!

(The Birdo shoots an egg at the Albatoss and it cracks on his head.)

Albatoss: Crash landing! Egg in the face! Fasten your seatbelt!

Koopa: Forward! Quick! There's no time to lose!

(The Albatoss crashes into some tries and leaves Mario and Co on the ground nearby. Princess gets up.)

Princess: Is everybody all right?

(The others are scratching themselves silly.)

Toad: No! Koopa's itching powder is driving me buggy!

Luigi: Yeah! I feel like I was bit by a million mosquitoes!

Mario: This time Koopa really did somethin' rash!

Princess: Don't just stand there scratching! Koopa's gonna beat us to the witch doctor's village!

(Cut to the village, where several Mushroom natives are gathered around a cauldron. The song "Jungle Love" begins. Sheldon, who's wearing a native mask, jumps down from a raised hut. He does a little dance and removes his helmet, revealing that's he's a skinny, bald, and friendly native. A native girl named Butterfingers walks up to Sheldon and sets up two stools.)

Butterfingers: The office of Sheldon the witch doctor is now open!

(Butterfingers walks off with the mask as Sheldon sits down with one of the natives and puts a stethoscope up to his body.)

Sheldon: You ran around the village seven times backwards?

(The native nods.)

Sheldon: You drank my blue potion, swam in my pink potion, and danced The Funky Chicken on top of that grass hut?

(The native nods again.)

Sheldon: Then you are cured! Assistant, bring on the next patient!

(The song ends.)

Koopa (offscreen): Hey doc-

(Everyone turns their attention to Koopa, who's standing nearby with some Shy Guys.)

Koopa: Can you mix potion from inside a gunnysack?

Sheldon: Frankly, that's something I never studied in witch doctor school!

Koopa: Well, here's your chance!

(Koopa snaps his fingers and the Shy Guys run up to Sheldon, force him into a sack, and run off.)

Sheldon: Hey! Help! Get me out of here!

Butterfingers: *sob* This is terrible! Koopa kidnapped the witch doctor!

(Mario and Co arrive at the village.)

Princess: Mario! Luigi! We've got to stop him!

(The Marios and Toad are still scratching themselves like mad.)

Mario: We can't! All we can do is scratch!

Koopa: And it's just beginning, basin brain! And while you're scratching yourself to your graves, your good witch doctor will be mixing bad potion for me! *laugh*

(Koopa walks off with the Shy Guys and Princess gasps. Later, the boys are still scratching themselves, and Mario is even using his plunger to scratch his back. Meanwhile, Butterfingers is mixing something in the cauldron.)

Luigi: Oh, Koopa's really done it to us this time!

Mario: Yeah, he's got the witch doctor, and all we can do is stay here and commit itchicide!

Princess: Hurry, Butterfingers! You've got to find an antidote to save my friends!

Butterfingers: Relax, Princess! I watched my boss mix his no-itch potion a zillion times!

(A cloud of smoke blows out of the cauldron. When it subsides, another identical cauldron is suddenly next to it. More and more cauldrons suddenly appear out of nowhere as well.)

Butterfingers: Oops! I guess that was the formula for making new cauldrons. *sob* I can't do it, we need the witch doctor!

Princess: Then I guess I'll have to go by myself and get him out of Koopa's clutches!

(Princess walks off, but Butterfingers runs up to her.)

Butterfingers: Princess, no! It's too dangerous!

(Princess continues anyway. Cut to a high stone structure elsewhere in the jungle. Koopa is there with Sheldon, who has his head sticking out of the sack and is surrounded by two Piranha Plants.)

Koopa: Now, make me a potion which will stop Princess Toadstool from trying to rescue her Mushroom people and ruining all my fun!

Sheldon: Or...?

Koopa: Or I feed ya to these starving Piranha Plants!

(The Piranha Plants growl at Sheldon.)

Sheldon: Listen, you, buddy-

(Sheldon hops over to Koopa.)

Sheldon: You want a potion? You got a potion!

(Sheldon gets out of the sack and grabs his bag from a pedestal next to Koopa. He brings it over to a cauldron and throws a few vegetables in it. He then juggles salt and pepper shakers and pours their contents in as well. After pouring in some sort of white powder, a cloud of white smoke rises from the cauldron. Cut to the base of the structure, where Princess has arrived.)

Princess: I sure hope I can find the witch doctor before Koopa makes him do something terrible!

(The bushes behind Princess rustle and she turns around.)

Princess: Oh no! What's that?

(Butterfingers emerges from the bushes.)

Princess: Butterfingers! What are you doing here?

Butterfingers: I couldn't let you face Koopa alone!

Princess: Thanks, Butterfingers!

Butterfingers: No time for thanks, Princess! Potion smoke! The witch doctor's cooking something up!

(Butterfingers points to the top of the structure, where the smoke can be seen.)

Princess: Come on!

(Princess and Butterfingers walk up the steps to the top of the structure and hide behind a hut, where they can see Sheldon adding more ingredients to the cauldron.)

Sheldon: Veggies, some herbs and spices, four left legs of a right-handed centipede!

Koopa: That's it! That potion will turn Princess Toadstool into a helpless rock!

Sheldon: Radishes! I forgot the radishes!

(Sheldon tosses a radish into the cauldron, and Koopa looms over him.)

Koopa: You're stalling, Sheldon!

Sheldon: Stalling? Why would I stall, my best buddy Koopa? This potion is ready!

Butterfingers: Oh no! Witch doctor Sheldon is in cahoots with King Koopa!

(Princess shushes Butterfingers and a Cobrat pops out of a nearby vase. Princess and Butterfingers turn around and see the Cobrat.)

Butterfingers: Yikes! Run!

(They run off, but Koopa spots them.)

Koopa: Hey! Capture them!

(Three Shy Guys with spears walk up the steps, blocking the way down.)

Koopa: Thank you, Princess! You saved me all the trouble of hunting you down! You're so nice to me!

Princess: Being nice to you is the last thing I'll ever do!

Koopa: You're right, it is the last thing! Witch doctor, douse her with that potion and turn her into a rock!

Sheldon: Right away, your royal Koopaness!

(Sheldon stirs the potion a bit and Butterfingers walks up to him.)

Butterfingers: Dr. Sheldon! I can't believe it! You're a traitor! I hereby resign as your assistant!

(Sheldon scoops out some of the potion into a bucket.)

Sheldon: Stand back, Butterfingers!

(Sheldon walks over to Princess and Koopa with the bucket and Butterfingers gasps.)

Sheldon: And you, Princess, duck!

(Princess ducks as Sheldon splashes the potion all over Koopa.)

Koopa: HEY! Ohhh... IT ITCHES!

(Koopa starts scratching himself like mad and screams.)

Princess: Dr. Sheldon, that's not a turn-me-into-a-rock potion!

Sheldon: No, it's my industrial strength itching potion! And it's just what Koopa deserves!

Butterfingers: I should've known you weren't really on Koopa's side!

Princess: What about my friends, Dr. Sheldon? Can you cure them?

Sheldon: Me? The best witch doctor with validated parking in the whole jungle? I can give it a shot!

(Cut to the village, where the Marios and Toad are lying down.)

Luigi: I'm too exhausted to scratch anymore!

Toad: Me too!

(Sheldon, Princess, and Butterfingers walk up to them. Sheldon is holding a box.)

Sheldon: That's because you haven't had Sheldon's famous antidote yet!

Mario: Antidote? What antidote?

(Sheldon opens the box and pulls out a bowl of spaghetti.)

Sheldon: Ta-da!

(Mario gets up and his eyes light up.)

Mario: Spaghetti!

(Mario runs over to Sheldon, grabs the bowl, and starts eating the spaghetti. Luigi and Toad walk up to him.)

Princess: Does it really cure the itch?

Sheldon: No. But they'll be so busy eating, they won't even notice it!

(The Marios and Toad happily eat away at the spaghetti.)

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