Veggieitis

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Veggieitis
Luigi, suffering from the symptoms of Veggieitis
“Veggieitis: The strange malady of vegetables growing out of the human body. This usually happens when chopped up vegetable seeds are eaten with spaghetti sauce. This only occurs every 300 years in Brooklyn.”
Young MacDonald, Flower Power

Veggieitis is an extremely rare disease that Luigi is afflicted with after having eaten Mario's prize-winning spaghetti sauce. It and Roseitis are references to arthritis, a term referring to joint disorders.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Flower Power", it is revealed that Veggieitis only occurs every 300 years in Brooklyn, and only when dehydrated vegetable seeds are eaten in spaghetti sauce; after some is afflicted with Veggieitis, they begin to spontaneously grow vegetables from their body, which, once removed, grow back faster. Luigi, who suffers from Veggieitis throughout the episode, is eventually cured of it when he is advised by Young McDonald to eat a rose, which instantly cures his Veggieitis and causes all the vegetables on Luigi's body to fall off. However, upon eating this rose, Luigi gains another disease, Roseitis, which caused roses to grow from his ears for a week.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Bulgarian Зеленитис
Zelenitis
Portmanteau of "зеленчук" (zelenchuk, "vegetable") and "arthritis" [1]
Chinese (Simplified) 蔬菜之关节炎
Shūcài zhī Guānjiéyán (Mandarin)
Vegetable Arthritis [2]
German Gemüsitis Portmanteau of Gemüse ("vegetable") and "arthritis" [3]
Portuguese (Brazilian) Semite Portmanteau of semente ("seed") and artrite ("arthritis") [4]
Spanish Vegetalitis Veggieitis [5]
Swedish Grönsaksjukdom Vegetable Sickness [6]

References[edit ]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (live-action segments)
Mario Brothers Plumbing Bangul-gongju aClogCooKoo BirdEdisonLuigiMarioRatagatorScarecrow
Guests Albert EinsteinAlligator DundeeAngelicaAunt LuigeenaBorisBrian BonsallCaptain Lou AlbanoCherCount Zoltan DraculaCyndi LauperDavid HorowitzDoc FreudDr. FrankensteinDr. Sigmund FruitcakeDr. TobyE.C.Ellie MaeElviraElvis PresleyErnie HudsonExterminatorFrankenstein's MonsterFred Van WinkleGeorge WashingtonGrandma MarioHAL 9001Harry Blackstone Jr.Howard StevensIkeImperial PoobahInspector GadgetInspector KleanJim LangeJodieKennethLittle RobertLizLuigeenaLuigi's girlfriendLyle AlzadoMad DonnaMadam AGoGoMagic JohnsonMama MarioMarianneMarilynMario Joe and Luigi BobMikhail S. GorbachevMonsterMr. GibbelMr. PresidentMrs. GammlissMrs. PeriwinkleNickNicole EggertObi-Wan CannoliPam MattesonPattyPatty's mother and fatherPietroPoochieRalph WashingtonRob StoneRowdy Roddy PiperRoxanneSgt. SlaughterShabba-DooSlime GhostSuper PlantSusanna RossTawny TylerTed BullThe Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It HappensTommy LasagnaTulioVincent Van GookWilly WhiteYoung McDonald
Objects, items, etc. Curse of CeleroMario Brothers Clog CleanerMario Brothers Plant FoodMovie Macabre PeanutPizza TransformerRoseitisSecret Chippie Decoder RingSteamomaticStrange watchSuper Plant Growth FormulaVeggieitis
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a Exclusive to the Korean live-action segments