Saturday Supercade

SATURDAY SUPERCADE

Today, let's cover the Saturday Supercade, a programming block featuring Hannah-Barbera-esque shorts starring various video game characters prominent specifically in arcade games. Among them were Pac-Man, Q*Bert, and many others, but the only ones we're going to focus on today is the shorts starring Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. respectively.

The Donkey Kong shorts featured Donkey Kong, who had escaped from a circus, being constantly pursued by Mario, the circus owner (voiced by Peter Cullen of Optimus Prime and Eeyore fame), and Pauline his trainer. Mario and Pauline frequently use a number of traps to try and catch Donkey Kong, including a net, a lever, and a rope. Meanwhile, Donkey Kong uses every trick in the book to escape them, including throwing banana peels, swinging on a rope, throwing barrels, roller blading, blowing bubbles, using sails as wings, juggling, swinging on a trapeze, taming a lion, jumping on a seesaw, and using a hoop.

The Donkey Kong Jr. segments star Donkey Kong Jr. (voiced by Frank Welker) as basically a Scrappy Doo knockoff complete with "Monkey Muscle" replacing "Puppy Power," looking for his father after arriving at the circus and finding he had escaped. He is helped in his journey by Bones Bailey, or I suppose you could say, his Shaggy. Donkey Kong Jr. is seen riding a motorcycle, throwing a lasso, pole vaulting, paragliding, and throwing cactus needles. Bones, on the other hand, tends to be a klutz but does manage to hang from a tree branch, throw acorns, pole vault, roll on a trash can, bounce on a mattress, swing on a tire, jump a hurdle, bicycle, swing a purse, skateboard, man a cement mixer, use plungers, toss a giant ball, skate, swing a broom, and ski.

Across all the episodes, there tend to be one-off characters, some who get in and some who don't. Same rules apply as before. First of all, several episodes tend to have a duo+ of villains, who are all different characters, but tend to fall into the pattern of sneaky brains of the operation and big dumb muscle. None of these stand out enough to be on their own, but they're not the same enough to easily combine into one big general group, so I'm just going to ignore them. That cool? Outside of that, those who do stand out include: Maxwell and Boris, toy store owners who developed a shrink ray; Clovis, a movie star orangutan who gets ousted from his role by Donkey Kong and turns to murder, using things such as scissors, an axe, a stick, rope, and sails to take out Donkey Kong; Barney Todd, a rival circus owner who kidnaps Donkey Kong and could act as a catch-all for all those circus things Donkey Kong's got up there; Master Bryan, a lonely rich kid who drives a motor scooter, uses scissors, plays mini-golf, and has a windmill that takes off at one point; Trapper Jack, a wilderness explorer who tries to catch DK with a net and rope; Kid Dynamo, a teenage superhero who can fly, catch falling people, create a whirlwind, spin like a drill, and has a talking dog sidekick; Dr. Demise, Kid Dynamo's nemesis, who flies a helicopter, uses meteor dust to de-power Kid Dynamo, sets up a trapdoor, and uses a blowtorch; the Gorilla Ghost, a crook dressed as a gorilla to steal animals and force them to work in a mine, and throws a rock at Junior at one point; and Lucy Belle, Bone's lookalike cousin. Stanley the Bugman of Donkey Kong 3 also appears, portrayed as a scientist who has developed a super-intelligent Venus Flytrap.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

TV Mario: plungers, wrenches, plumber's snakes, climb with plungers, pizza cutters, pizzas, spaghetti, fire flowers, fireballs, growing giant, invincibility, raccoon tail, frog suit, handstands, toss, chisels, fire flower, spring, cape, inflate, tennis, net, lever, rope

TV Luigi: plungers, wrenches, plumber's snakes, climb with plungers, pizza cutters, pizzas, spaghetti, fire flowers, fireballs, growing giant, invincibility, raccoon tail, frog suit, handstands, toss, chisels, fire flower, spring, cape, inflate, tennis

Donkey Kong: punch, beat up, booby traps, banana peels, rope, barrels, roller blading, bubbles, sail wings, juggling, trapeze, taming a lion, seesaw, hoop

Diddy Kong: shoot bananas, booby traps

Donkey Kong Jr.: motorcycle, lasso, pole vaulting, paragliding, cactus needles.

Bones Bailey: tree branch, throw acorns, pole vault, roll on trash can, bounce on mattress, swing on tire, hurdle, bicycle, purse, skateboard, cement mixer, plungers, giant ball, skate, broom, ski.

Pauline: net, lever, rope

Tommy Treehugger: roller blade, yo-yo, throw trash, golf, destroy set, remote

Co-MC: roller blade, yo-yo, throw trash, golf, destroy set, remote

Cranky Kong: spells, potions, teleport

Princess Toadstool: flowers, sled, vegetables, float, shrinking wand, surfing, paraglider, P-Wing, tennis

TV Toad: flowers, snowboard, biker, hat parachute, vegetables, surfs, disguises as plant, powerful wand, giant pipe creatures, P-Wing.

Candy Kong: punch, banana pie, barrel works

Yoshi: tongue, wings, breathe fire, extendable tail, eat everything.

Oogtar: swing, rope, wheel, berries, hoe, club.

Funky: surf, plane

Dixie Kong

Bluster Kong: barrel works, cake, super potion, love potion, eye lightning

Melanie Angelie

King Koopa: snowmobile, cage, Piranha Plant gun, door potion, magic carpet, net, vampire, turn people to stone, flies a plane, freezes people, hat shield, catapult, pesticide, grow gigantic, giant shoe, magic, Klown Kar, Ratso.

King K. Rool: schemes, traps, cannon

General Klump: mostly the same, Klaptrap guns

Krusha

Cheatsy: magic wand, transform, pull things from TV, booby traps.

Big Mouth: tornado breath, bo staff.

Kootie Pie: tantrum, throws things, wrap in a scarf.

Bully: nunchaku, fire hose, garbage.

Kooky: time travel machine, rain machine, Lame Brainer, nice spray, Koopa Doopa raiser-upper, Goopa, Mega Mechanisaur

Hip and Hop: ball.

Robo Koopa: bullet bills, bombs from the toe, laser cage, stomp, fist from the chest, rocket pack.

Captain Skurvy: cannon, cannonballs, dig, barrels, Kutlass, Green Kroc, Polly Roger

Mouser: bombs, Cobrats, BMX bike, mace, spinning hat, dinosaur

Tryclyde: spits fireballs, poison, net, trident, sword, BMX bike

Koopa: spin in shell, BMX bike, Werekoopa

Wizenheimer: lightning, fog, create bombs, hypnotize, vanish, egg transformation

Dino Riders: motorcycles, graffiti, throw bowls, stink bob-omb

Evil Eric: knock out, tie up, puppets, same as Co-MC

Tammy Treehugger: knock out, tie up, puppets, same as Co-MC

Eddie the Mean Old Yeti: stick, fire, roar, snowballs, giant ice block, angel

Birdo: wings

Flurries: ski, ice skate, carve up blocks of ice, ice wands

Beezos: fly, spears, lances, swords, rope, nets

Rex: spears, pies, other things from the previous games

Mervin the Magician: teleport, vanish, see the future, golden plunger, plumber's snake

Genie: trampoline, stink spell, flying spell, lamp, magic carpet

Mark Twang: steamboat, rope, cannon

Brutius Maximus Grouchimus: throws shells, lions

Queen Rotunda: strength, love potion

Captain Clump: peg leg, parrot, barrel, club, rigging launch

Bunsen: hacks into computers, drills, Plumbinator, plunger sword, flyswatter, shoots eggs

Sheldon the Witch Doctor: brews potion

Mermushroom: swim, whale

Hercufleas: great fireball, launch fire, race really fast, swing a pillar

Salvado Drainaro: plumbing focus

Hooded Robin: flies, shoots plunger arrows

Flab Boys: throwing discs, zapping, boosting, bouncing on their large bellies, exploding disc launcher, rolling around

James Blonde: wrench phone, explosive drain cleaner, atomic screwdriver, laser drill, plumber missiles, pummel gun, hose nozzle with a mini plunger

Vampa White, fireballs, fangs, turn into bat, werekoopa

Zero: whip, rapier, fly with cape, cacti, turnips

Captain Abidab: harpoon, plunger shooter, rope, bucket, catapult, divers' suit

Mugga the Medicine Woman: bone, torch, brews potions, swings on vines, dropes bones

Misaki: punches, kicks, jumping kicks, throws, chops, staffs, plunger staff, nunchaku

The Three Mushrooms: pie catapult

Pronto: plumber gun, lasso, Ostro

Sergeant Kooperman: also plumbing focus

Waldo the Wizard: shrinking potion, growing potion, floats, disappears, uses magic, enchants a flying boot

Old Gray Wolf

Quirks: horns, strong sounds, fly spaceships, shoot lasers, use magnets

Queen Mushroomkhamen: staff, stomps, wrap up in tape, smash through wall

The Wizard King of the West: powerful wand, snail steed, pipe monsters.

Junior: dropping vase, boomerang, other messes, boulder catapult.

Mighty Plumber: plunger  rope, wrench, burst of water, plumber's snake, rafting on a grate, pipe battering ram

Crime Wave Clyde: tuck  into a basketball, bob-omb chain, see some Koopalings above.

King Windbag: dog

Kong Fu: martial arts, dance, swing around, karate chop, throw

Baby Kong: vacuum, punch, grab and throw, cry, bite, throw objects

Metal Head: walk, hammer, put together a barrel, stomp, walk on hands, hop, toss head

Maxwell and Boris: shrink ray

Clovis: scissors, axe, stick, rope, sail wings

Barney Todd: juggle, trapeze, lion taming, seesaw, hoops 

Master Bryan: motor scooter, scissors, mini-golf, flying windmill

Trapper Jack: net, rope

Kid Dynamo: fly, catch, whirlwind, spin, dog sidekick

Dr. Demise: helicopter, meteor dust, trapdoor, blowtorch

Gorilla Ghost: worker animals, rock

Stanley the Bugman: spray, intelligent plant

Stages:

Snow Land

Wild West

Cramalot

Forest of Perpetual Night and Terrible Dangers

Sultan's Palace

River World

Sinister Star

Linguini Empire

Beanstalk

Rotundaland

Kingdom of Youth

Planet Quirk

Pirate Ship

Roboland

Chateau Koopula

Jungle Land

Aqualand

Mythus

Sayonara

Land of Romance

Lava Land

Snow World

Victoria

Sherwood Forest

Carland

Pasta Land

Rap Land

Spyland

Fort Hardknox

Tunnel of Doom

Cloudland

Shamrock Kingdom

Toadstool Castle

El Desert Land

Ocean World

Mighty Peapod

Koopalus

Delawide River

Swiss Cheese Alps

Caveman Land

Crime Land

Sockhop Land

Parsley Land

North Pole

Pyramid Land

Red Sauce Sea

Double Cross Ranch

Plumbers Academy

Down Under Land

King Koopa's Summer Castle

Kooplyn

Temple of Koopa

Koopatraz

Far Off Woods

Castle Koopa

Doomship

Giant Land

Desert Land

Pipe Maze

Dark Land

Sky Land

Mushroom House

Ace Magic Wand Factory

Temple of Gloom

Mertropolis

Hawaii

Brooklyn

Hollywood

Miami

Venice

Paris

Dome City

Neon Castle

Lava Pits

Enchanted Forest

Haunted House

Star Path

Club Mario

King Koopa's Kool Kartoons

Cranky's Cabin

Donkey Kong's cabin

King K. Rool's Lair

Bluster's Barrel Works

Captain Skurvy's galleon

Mellow Yellow Banana Plantation

White Mountains

Forbidden Forest

Temple of Inka Dinka Doo

Super Mario Challenge

Fire Escape

Circus

Thanks for reading! Now, a lump post for all miscellaneous Mario media entries!