Mouth of the River

The Mouth of the River is some sort of wise, all-knowing sage that lives near the river featured in the Super Mario Brothers Super Show episode: "Rolling Down the River". She helps the Mario brothers by offering them a rather asinine riddle, and then proceeds to give them "Magic Doodads". She appears later on the boat, shouting and screaming at the Mario Bros as they fight King Koopa.

APPEARENCE: The Mouth of the River lives near the river, and is mentioned by Mark Twang. He remarks that she "knows everything about the river". The Mario Bros follow Twang to the Mouth's shabby little hut, and are greeted by the Mouth inside. After spouting some unimportant parables, she offers to assist the Mario Bros is crossing the hole in the river made by King Koopa's "Black Pit Bomb-omb". She remarks:

"Take it straight from the mouth boys. There wont be a black pit, if the river goes around it".

Luigi,stunned by the stupidity of the Mouth of the River shouts with dismay:

"Yo! How can the river go around it?!"

To which the Mouth gives this limp retort:

"Your asking me? Your the plumbers!"

It then cuts to them aboard the ship, and the Mario Bros successfully manage to get across the hole in the river,seemingly achiveing this without any help from the Mouth of the River beyond her useless riddle. The Mouth beckons the Mario Bros,and gives them strange chains to wear around their necks, saying that these "Magic Doodads" were more "Powerful than Pasta" (so therefore extremely useless). The bros use them for a few seconds in a fight against King Koopa,until he easily rips it off thier necks. This is the last time the Mouth of the River offers any help. At the end of the episode,The Mouth cooks the Mario Bros,Peach and Toad a "Catfish Pizza".This pizza is so revolting that even Mario refuses to eat it,remarking:

"This may be a first, but Im not Hungry!"

PERSONALITY: The Mouth of the River is portrayed as a dark skinned woman, with huge red lips. She speaks like a stereotypical black woman. She is short, and incredibly obese, dawning raggedy clothes and rings. Her hair is wild and unkept. Many critics of the show point to the Mouth of the River as being a racist stereotype of black women.