Greenhouse Gorilla
| Saturday Supercade episode | |
|---|---|
| "Greenhouse Gorilla" | |
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| Segment | Donkey Kong |
| Season | 2 |
| Episode | 5 |
| Airdate |  October 6, 1984[?] |
| Writer(s) | James Diamond |
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"Greenhouse Gorilla" is the fifth episode of the second season of Saturday Supercade's Donkey Kong segment. The title may be a pun on "greenhouse gas," a type of gas in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat. This episode is notable for being the only animated episode where Stanley appears.
Plot synopsis[edit]
Mario and Pauline are chasing after Donkey Kong who flees to Stanley's Nursery. Meanwhile, a thief on the other side of the nursery by the name "Mr. X" eavesdrops on Stanley and his pet carnivorous plant, Herman. Believing that Herman will make him rich, Mr. X sends out a bug to distract Stanley. Stanley falls for the bait and begins using his Sprayer on the bug; Mr. X manages to steal Herman. On his way out, he slips on some banana peels, causing Herman to land in Donkey Kong's arms. Herman takes an immediate liking to Donkey Kong, and Mr. X suggests that they all leave together. Stanley arrives and attempts to stop them, but Donkey Kong manages to knock some beehives over to distract him, and Donkey Kong, Mr. X, and Herman all escape.
Mario and Pauline arrive at Stanley's Nursery, and Stanley tells them about what had happened earlier. When the "ape" in Stanley's description matches Mario's magic pencil sketch of Donkey Kong, Mario and Pauline both agree to take Stanley along with them. Meanwhile, Mr. X decides that Herman needs to eat; they stop at the Sooper Dooper Market to find some food. Donkey Kong feeds Herman some of the tools at the store's hardware section, but Mr. X tells them to "not spoil [their] appetite on all that junk food"; after finding more food, they walk up to the cashier, who runs away in fear. Herman eats up the register, leaving behind the money, which Mr. X steals while "paying" for the food.
Just then, Mario, Pauline, and Stanley arrive. Mario takes his vacuum trap and tries to stop Donkey Kong; he succeeds in trapping Donkey Kong, but Herman eats out the top of the trap, allowing Donkey Kong to escape. They throw watermelons at Mario; Stanley attempts to help, but his Sprayer's nozzle releases all of his bug spray at once and runs out, causing all of the watermelons to fall on both of them simultaneously, buying Donkey Kong enough time to escape. After a brief robbery, Mr. X and Donkey Kong drive away, with Mario and co. in hot pursuit.
Mr. X gives Donkey Kong a suit and tie, and tells him of his plans to infiltrate the Great Ball at Hornby Manor as described in a newspaper. Donkey Kong then sneezes, causing the newspaper to fall on Mario's van's windshield. The van then careens into a car wash; when draining all of the excess water, Pauline notices the newspaper headline, and Mario rightfully deduces that it is where Mr. X is headed.
Donkey Kong, Herman, and Mr. X all arrive at the Great Ball, with everyone shocked at Herman's appearance. Mario, Pauline, and Stanley all arrive through the Staff Only area with disguises of their own; Mario manages to distract Mr. X by giving him too many balloons, causing him to fall into a vat of fruit. Meanwhile, Donkey Kong and Herman are enjoying the fruits on the other end when Pauline and Stanley approach them. While Herman and Stanley reconcile, Pauline reveals that Mr. X is a criminal, shocking Donkey Kong. Pauline then leads them all out of the ballroom.
Stanley is momentarily distracted with a bug; during the ensuing chaos, Mr. X manages to recapture Herman taking Donkey Kong with him to a secret room in Hornby Manor. Donkey Kong and Herman then double-cross Mr. X, and Donkey Kong throws vases at him, knocking him out. Herman then holds Mr. X at bay while the police arrest him, and Donkey Kong escapes out the open window and drives away in the nearby car. The episode ends with Pauline saying, "That's our Donkey Kong!"
Gallery[edit]
Title card
Stanley
Animation and continuity errors[edit]
- When Donkey Kong recites his name as he pole vaults into Stanley's Nursery using a street sign, his mouth does not move.
- As Donkey Kong eats some bananas from a tree, he replaces each banana before taking another banana. However, if one looks closely, he replaces the banana, only to take the same banana again, while the banana itself becomes uneaten.
- When Stanley runs out of his greenhouse, he is briefly layered over it.
- When Mr. X mentions that Donkey Kong will feed Herman every bolt in town, his mouth stops moving before he finishes speaking.
- When Mr. X says it is Herman's lunchtime, Herman and Donkey Kong are missing from the back of the truck.
- The bin Donkey Kong feeds Herman with suddenly disappears when Mr. X tells them to not spoil their appetite.
- After Mario takes his vacuum trap out of the van, the stripes on his gloves turn the same color as his shirt.
- When Mario uses his vacuum trap, the shopping cart that Donkey Kong is hauling disappears the moment he and Herman are inside the trap.
- As the watermelons begin to fall on Mario and Stanley, the background is a street instead of the market.
- When the newspaper flies onto Mario's van, the newspaper covers the right side of the windshielf, but in the next shot, it covers the left.
- After Pauline reads the newspaper's headline about the Great Ball, Mario's gloves are missing. This also occurs after Donkey Kong jumps out of Hornby Manor.
- Shortly after, the newspaper also disappears.
Mario's miscolored gloves
Mario's missing glove
Trivia[edit]
- One of the newspaper's headlines reads, "Donkey Kong Escapes! Mario in Hot Pursuit." This references the premise of Saturday Supercade's Donkey Kong segment, where Donkey Kong escapes from Mario's circus and is chased by him and Pauline.
