This episode of Stupid Mario Brothers open up with Mario and Luigi out on a normal ride on Go-Karts. Unfortunately, their wacky life gets in the way when the run into a new character, Ensemble Dark Horse, Unpopular Popular Character, and a general ditz, Ash Ketchum.
This episode is most often considered to be very good, and a highlight of the first season. Its introduction of Ash Ketchum, the first non-Mario related character, has helped this. The episode can be found here. The wiki page is here.
This episode contains examples of:
- Comically Missing the Point: Mario considers Ash a weirdo because he wears short-sleave shirts in winter.
- Continuity Nod: Wario's love for The Golden Compass and his hate for Peter Jackson
- Department of Redundancy Department: He's gotta catch 'em all! He's just gotta!
- Overly Long Gag:Mario: Catch me? WHY?!?!Ash: Because I gotta catch 'em all!Luigi: Catch what all?Ash: All the Pokemon.Mario: What are Pokemon?!Luigi: Why did you through this ball at us?Ash: I mistook you for a Charizard level 37, post-transformation Charmeleon.Mario: And that's a Pokemon?Mario: AND WHY DO YOU HAVE TO CATCH THEM ALL?!?!Ash: Because *camera closes in on his face* I gotta.
- Running Gag: Ash's entering a scene with his trademarked theme song. This ends up happening at least two more times in the series.