Tommy Treehugger & Co-MC

When the first season of Super Mario Bros. Super Show ended, Lou Albano and Danny Wells left the show, meaning no live action segments could be filmed either to fill out the runtime left at the beginning and end of each episode. To remedy this, the show’s produces hired a pair of teenage actors to act as hosts of their own “kewl” Mario-watching talk show of sorts.

These two teenage hosts went by the monikers of Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC, two dudebros who adored watching Mario, having talented guests here and there, and otherwise being obnoxious to everyone around them. The show wouldn’t last long, but just enough to leave an imprint.

As fighters, Tommy and Co would act as color swaps of each other, taking turns switching back and forth. They won’t have much strength or skill, but will make up for it with speed and energy. Their moves will pull from across the short-lived series.

Likelihood rating: Non-game

Character Sheet: Tommy Treehugger & Co-MC

TOMMY TREEHUGGER & CO-MC

Now, we have finished the television series, and we have SO many characters to cover, from all across the spectrum. There are a few characters here and there that might get a few upgrades to their movesets, mostly being the Donkey Kong cast (one example, I think Klump should absolutely have a Klaptrap gun now). But, there are so many that are so distinct from their game counterparts, I could only make a brand new slot for them. They are:

1.     Beezo

2.     Flurry

3.     Rex

4.     Tryclyde

5.     TV Mario

6.     TV Luigi

7.     Tommy Treehugger & Co-MC

8.     Evil Eric & Tammy Treehugger

9.     Princess Toadstool

10.  TV Toad

11.  Bones Bailey

12.  Oogtar

13.  King Koopa

14.  Robo Koopa

15.  TV Koopalings

16.  Wizenheimer

17.  Clovis

18.  Barney Todd

19.  Master Bryan

20.  Kid Dynamo

21.  Dr. Demise

22.  Gorilla Ghost

23.  Mervin the Magician

24.  Genie

25. Brutius Grouchimus Maximus

26.  Captain Clump

27.  Bunsen

28.  Hercufleas

29.  Salvador Drainaro

30.  Sergeant Kooperman

31.  Flab Boys

32.  James Blonde

33.  Vampa White

34.  Zero

35.  Captain Abidab

36.  Mugga the Medicine Woman

37.  Misaki

38.  Waldo the Wizard

39.  Quirks

40.  Queen Mushroomkhamen

41.  Wizard King of the West

42.  Junior

43.  Mighty Plumber

44.  Crime Wave Clyde

45.  Dino Riders

46.  Candy Kong

47.  Bluster Kong

48.  Eddie the Mean Old Yeti

49.  Baby Kong

50.  Kong Fu

51.  Metal Head

52.  Captain Skurvy

Today, let's cover the hosts of Club Mario, Tommy Treehugger, as played by Chris Coombs, and his best friend Co-MC, played by Michael Anthony Rawlins. Now, there were a few way I could have gone with this. I could have just tossed aside their siblings Eric and Tammy altogether and had these two act as each other's echo fighter, or perhaps I could have had Tammy and Eric act as color swaps for their respective siblings. However, I have decided to go with this version, with Tommy and Co acting as color swaps a la Steve and Alex, and Eric and Tammy doing the same as echoes.

Now, as far as I can tell, Chris and Michael are both still around, though Chris doesn't seem to have acted since 1996. Michael, on the other hand, is still acting, and has enjoyed a strong career in TV. That said, the man he is now is far from the excitable teenager he was back then, and I assume Chris is no different, so any sort of reprisal would likely be complicated. As for movesets, we see the duo roller blade, mess with yo-yos, golf, play with a remote, throw bags of trash, and at one point destroy the set when Tommy breaks the fourth wall and goes on a rant about the studio's treatment of them. If we mix their siblings in, then we can have them knocking people out and tying them up.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Trash Bag

Tommy or Co will toss a large bag of trash at their opponent, which will burst open and create several obstacles around the nearby area.

Side B: Yo-Yo

The duo will mess around with the yo-yos that one of their guests taught them to use, pulling off a trick and striking opponents with them.

Up B: Roller Blade Jump

The duo will glide forward on roller blades suddenly, going off a jump and launching into the air in a spin before coming back down.

Down B: Mini-Golf

Based on the small Mini-Golf pad they have on their rooftop, one of the hosts will line up a shot before striking it and launching it across the stage at high speed.

Final Smash: Princess Centauri

The duo will press a button on their remote and start up a TV in the background. The alien princess Centauri will appear on the screen, waving her finger at the stage as heroes, aliens, and ships from her show "Photon" will cause trouble on the stage.

Entrance: They will hop up off of their couch from the set.

Taunts: Up, the host not on stage will appear next to their friend and the pair will high five. Side, the host will try to figure out how to work his yo-yo. Down, the host will crouch and claim that their opponent is "Bogus!"

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover their troublemaking siblings, Evil Eric and Tammy Treehugger!

Club Mario

CLUB MARIO

So, I may have mentioned how Lou Albano and Danny Wells chose not to return for season two, and thus their live action segments were discontinued as well. Well, for a short time, the series runners attempted to replace those segments with this: basically a pair of the most obnoxiously stereotypical 90's teenagers sitting on a rooftop, talking about how "kewl" Mario and Luigi are, and generally being dicks to everyone around them. This may take the ultimate top spot of most disliked Mario-related thing I've ever covered on this blog.

Regardless of my feelings on it, I will be fair and give these characters a shot too. Our main characters are Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC, played by Chris Coombs and Michael Anthony Rawlins respectively. Over the course of the short-lived series, we see them roller blade, golf, yo-yo, throw trash around the place, and break apart the set here and there. Their most recurrent guests are Co-MC's brother Evil Eric and Tommy's sister Tammy, played by Michael Anthony Rawlins again and Victoria Delaney, who frequently team up to take over the show by knocking out the hosts and tying them up. Other recurring characters include Dr. Know-it-all, who exists only to be treated like crap, and Princess Centauri, a host of a sci-fi show about a spaceman named Bodie Lee. As for locations, it's basically just the rooftop were they host.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover a rather infamous piece of lost media, King Koopa's Kool Kartoons!