(The episode opens to a 50's style town.)

Mario: (in his mind) Plumber's Log, Number 1950. We've walked into Sock Hop Land in search of the music king himself, Elvin Parsley.

(Mario and Co walk up to a Mushroom boy.)

Princess: We really need to find someone. Can you help us?

Boy: (in a very high-pitched voice) Tsk, tsk, chicky-poo! Like, right away! So the king said "I'm movin' in with the queen!

Luigi: Holy macaroni! We'll never find King Parsley without a translator!

Toad: Hey, why's everybody so scared?

Boy: What?

(All the citizens look down the street and yell. Several Goombas, who are dressed like greasers, come riding towards them on motorcycles. Most of the people run away. Koopa, who's also dressed like a greaser himself, is driving in a red convertible with a K hood ornament.)

Koopa: Make way for the big daddio, the headman, the new king of Sock Hop Land, Koopa the Kool!

Princess: Koopa is king? What happened to Elvin Parsley?

Boy: He's like, uh, disappeared, vanished, left. If ya know what's good for ya, you will too!

(The boy runs off. The Goombas and Koopa park their vehicles. Two Goombas enter a record store and replace the billboard on the roof of Elvin Parsley, a man who resembles Elvis, with one of Koopa.)

Koopa: Only thing I need to go along with my groovy, new crown is a groovy, new, steady girlfriend! Like you, Princess Toadstool!

(Mario and Co gasp. Koopa starts his engine.)

Princess: Be your steady? Never! No way! Forget it you filthy-

(Mario grabs Princess' arm and the group runs off.)

Mario: Run now gab later!

(Koopa and the Goombas drive after them.)

Koopa: Hey! Come back here! We got a date for the prom!

(Mario and Co shout and run into an alley. Mario stops in front of a dumpster.)

Mario: Just what we need! A stinky mess for a big stinker!

(Koopa and the Goombas park their vehicles and enter the alley.)

Koopa: No teenybopper is gonna stand me up! Find 'em!

(Mario and Co stick their heads out from behind a corner.)

Mario: We're over here, Koopa!

Koopa: Huh?

Mario: You're not groovy, you're a nerd!

Koopa: Let's get those Mario Bros. off my turf!

(Koopa and the Goombas run down the alley and behind the corner. They then try to slow down.)

Koopa: Oops! I think I should've stayed at the malt shop!

(Mario and Co shove the dumpster towards Koopa.)

Koopa: YOW! Ow.

Princess: Groove on that, Mr. King of Cool!

(Mario and Co run off.)

Koopa: Search Sock Hop Land and bring me the princess! Or else your socks are gonna hop!

(Cut to Mario and Co walking through a residential neighborhood.)

Mario: Koopa's pulling another sneaky trick! He's not king of Sock Hop Land!

Luigi: Yeah! Elvin Parsley is the real king! We gotta find him!

Princess: And there's the place to start looking!

(Princess points to a large, gated mansion.)

Princess: Elvin's mansion, Parsley Land!

(Cut to Mario and Co in the foyer of the mansion.)

Mario: Lots of statues and pictures of Elvin, but not the guy himself!

(A thumping noise is heard and the group gasps.)

Luigi: What's that tappin' sound?

Toad: It's comin' from in-

(Toad runs up to a closet door, opens it, and falls over.)

Toad: Yow!

(The Marios and Princess gasp as a pair of blue suede shoes walk out of the closet.)

Left Shoe: I'm so glad to be out!

Right Shoe: I'm gonna dance and shout!

Princess: Why, it's Elvin's blue suede shoes! He wore them everywhere!

Mario: Maybe they know what happened to Elvin!

Left Shoe: That's right, daddio! And it's a terrible thing!

Right Shoe: That lousy Koopa busted in and grabbed our king!

Princess: I knew Koopa was behind this! He kidnapped Elvin!

Mario: But where did Koopa take him?

Left Shoe: Koopa took the king of cool down, but don't you worry!

Right Shoe: We'll show you the way, but you gotta hurry!

(The group follows the shoes out of the mansion.)

(Cut to an establishing shot of a malt shop. The group is hiding behind a bush.)

Princess: That's Koopa hideout, all right!

Toad: And that's gotta be where Koopa is keepin' Elvin prisoner!

(The group runs over to the malt shop and look through a window. Goombas are sitting at the tables and eating.)

Luigi: But the place is full of greaser Goombas! How're we gonna get past 'em?

Mario: Those greasers aren't the only slick ones around here! Come on!

(The group huddles. Later inside the malt shop, a Goomba emcee walks onto the stage.)

Emcee: Alright, alright, alright! Listen up all you groovy Goombas! And give a big hand to a great new band, The Toadstool Trio!

(The emcee walks off as the curtain opens to reveal the Marios and Toad. Mario is holding a guitar, Luigi is holding a bass, and Toad is at the drums. The Goombas lightly applaud with their feet.)

Luigi: Mario! This is crazy! I can't play the bass, and Toad's no drummer!

Mario: Do your best, guys! We gotta keep 'em busy, while the princess looks for Elvin!

(Princess opens the front door a crack, but no one notices her.)

Mario: Besides, I've always wanted to be a rock and roll star!

(The three of them start playing some off-key music. The room shakes, and the Goombas become all frazzled and fall over.)

Mario: Hey, this is great! We're knockin' 'em dead!

Luigi: I just hope they don't do the same to us!

(The Goombas moan.)

Left Shoe: Don't you worry, Princess fair!

(The shoes lead Princess to a walk-in freezer.)

Right Shoe: Elvin Parsley is right in there!

(Princess opens the door and they enter the freezer where Elvin Parsley is standing still, and petrified.)

Princess: Oh no! He's been turned into stone!
[Note: Elvin doesn't look like he's been turned to stone at all.]

Left Shoe: Not for long, if ya don't delay!

Right Shoe: Put me on his feet, he'll be ready to play!

Princess: Oh, I see! If I put you on Elvin's feet, The King will live again!

Koopa: (off screen) Fat chance, chicky-poo!

(Koopa enters.)

Koopa: Elvin's not goin' anywhere!

(Princess gasps.)

Koopa: And neither are you, date!

(Koopa grabs Princess and she screams. Koopa laughs. Meanwhile, the Marios and Toad are still playing.)

Mario: Hey, I think they're startin' to like it!

(The Goombas continue to groan as the shoes walk up to the Marios and Toad.)

Left Shoe: Wow! Boogey! Boogey! Boogey away!

Right Shoe: Live to boogey another day!

Toad: Hey shoes, where's the princess? Woah!

(Koopa grabs Toad. The Marios turn around and gasp.)

Koopa: I've got her. And now, I've got you too!

(Mario jumps down from the stage, grabs a glass off of a table, and throws it at Koopa. It misses and ends up hitting the emcee. The rest of the Goombas get up and toss their burgers and fries around.)

Emcee: Food fight! Food fight!

(The Marios hide behind a turned over table as food is thrown across the room. A burger hits Luigi's nose and gets mustard all over it.)

Luigi: Oops! Now you've done it!

Mario: *laugh* You bet I have! Look!

(Koopa keeps getting hit by the food.)

Koopa: No!

(Koopa drops Toad.)

Koopa: Don't throw at me, you Goombas! Throw at them! *growl*

(Mario grabs Toad and they run out of the malt shop with Luigi and the shoes. Food is still being thrown at them.)

Left Shoe: Ow! I don't mean to be mean!

Right: But this mess is seen!

Toad: You said it, shoes!

(Koopa runs out of the malt shop and trips on a banana peel.)

Koopa: YOW! I'll getcha for this, ya pesky plumbers!

(Later, Koopa is in his convertible with Princess.)

Koopa: Well Princess, looks like your plumber pals flaked out on ya! Now, let's groove the main drag, so I can show off!

(Koopa drives down the street. The Marios, Toad, and the shoes come out from behind an alley.)

Mario: Koopa's got the princess!

Luigi: What a lowdown heel!

Shoes: HEY! You got somethin' against heels?

Luigi: Don't take it personal, shoes, but the princess is in a jam! How're we gonna save her?

(Mario starts to ponder.)

Mario: Hmm. If we had a hotrod of our own, we could chase down Koopa and rescue the princess!

Luigi: Great idea, Mario! But where do we get a hotrod?

Mario: We make one!

(They run over to an old tow truck and Mario pulls out a wrench.)

Mario: Let's get to work!

(Luigi inflates the tires with a bicycle pump, Toad works on the engine, and Mario works underneath. The shoes dance on the roof a bit and then jump down on the hood, which lands on Toad.)

Toad: Hey!

Shoes: Dance!

(Some oil lands on Mario's face. Mario and Toad look at the shoes with angry faces, and they slowly back off. Luigi has inflated the tire with a ton of air and is gasping. The tire suddenly pops.)

Mario: *cough* Huh?

(In a puff of smoke, a hotrod is standing in place of where the truck was.)

Shoes: Wow! We did it! A Mario vehicle!

Mario: Now lets find Koopa, and make him eat dust!

(Cut to Koopa and Princess.)

Princess: You can stop looking so smug, Koopa! Mario and Luigi will save me!

Koopa: No way, José! They'll never catch the Koopilac! *laugh* I got dual carbs! I got four on the floor! Ha!

(Princess turns around and sees the hotrod.)

Princess: And you got trouble!

Mario: Get that heap off the road, Koopa!

(Mario drives in circles around Koopa's car.)

Princess: Yay, Marios! Get me out of here!

(Luigi grabs Princess' hand, and they drive off into a park.)

Koopa: No one steals Kool Koopa's prom date!

Luigi: Way to go, Mario! You're beatin' him!

Mario: Only trouble is, we forgot about the Goombas!

(Some Goombas are driving towards them on motorcycles. One of the Goombas kicks a Bob-omb at the hotrod and blows up a tire.)

Princess: Oh no!

(The car goes driving out of control and falls apart.)

Right Shoe: No time for another ride!

Left Shoe: We gotta run and hide!

Mario: We don't have to hide!

(Mario is standing next to a bed of flowers.)

Mario: We have Fire Flowers!

(The song "Rock Around the Clock" starts up." Mario plucks a Fire Flower and powers up to Super Mario. Luigi also plucks a Fire Flower and powers up to Super Luigi.)

Luigi: How about that? Everything's comin' up Fire Flowers!

(The Goombas see them and turn around. The Marios then shoot them with fireballs.)

Koopa: Uh oh! Time to make Koopa tracks!

(The Marios hop after Koopa's car and catch up with him.)

Luigi: Hey, Koopa stoopa! Thought I'd just drop in!

(Koopa gets out of his seat.)

Koopa: Get lost, faucet freaks!

(Mario jumps in the driver's seat.)

Mario: Don't you know it's not safe to take your hands off the wheel? Here, now hang on tight!

(Koopa lunges at Mario, who jumps out of the car.)

Koopa: Why you. *growl*

(Koopa's car heads towards a cliff.)

Koopa: Huh? OH NOOOOOO!

(The car drives off the cliff and the group walks over to the edge.)

Left Shoe: Well, what can we say?

Toad: The Marios have saved the day!

Right Shoe: Hey, that's my line, chump!

(The song ends.)

Koopa (off screen): I hate plumbers!

(Koopa is hanging from a branch on the cliff.)

Koopa: Hate 'em! Hate 'em! HATE 'EM!

(The branch snaps, and Koopa yells as he falls to the bottom. Cut to the malt shop. The Marios, who are now back to normal, along with the rest of the group, are in the freezer.)

Mario: Are you sure this'll work?

Left Shoe: All you gotta do is put us on!

Right Shoe: And that stone cat'll be really gone!

(Princess puts the shoes on Elvin's feet, bringing him back to life.)

Mario: Wow! It's working!

Elvin: Oh yeah! *laugh* Ow! I feel good, now! I feel good!

(The Marios run outside.)

Mario: Hey, everybody! Elvin lives!

Luigi: The King is back!

(A crowd of screaming Mushroomers run down the streets into the malt shop, knocking the Marios over. Inside, Elvin gets onstage and the crowd cheers.)

Mario: Hey, think I can play a few steps with King Elvin?

Luigi, Princess, and Toad: NO!

(Mario shrugs.)

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