#first ever wotfi

[michaelscorneroftheinternet]

ALRIGHT FOLKS!!!! A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE!!!!

So WOTFI 2024 - To me ,despite some flaws, has honestly also a lot of good within!

SPOILERS FROM HERE ON SO BE WARNED!!!!!

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As for my theories-

Hoooo boi-

So a lot really didn't happen when it came to actual physical harm. The closest I believe we got was Meggy being grabbed by Puzzles and then yeeted to the floor being saved by Mario mere seconds before hitting the ground.

Other than that most of the harm done was more goofy than anything and didn't actually hurt or kill.

As for Puzzles- Puzzles lived! Though now being held in max security prison in a private holding cell. Puzzles is alive and more crazy than ever with a new goal in mind. No longer does he care for fame or 5 stars but for a (very unhealthy) friendship with Leggy.

No doubt Puzzles will be back. And more than likely will escape prison because I mean... C'mon-

Swag and Chris are in charge of keeping this man in prison.... He's not staying.

SMG34 - sadly didn't get much of that as we had a mind controlled Three who definitely wasn't giving us much. Which I have to say was a little disappointing. Though I am interested to see if the next episode goes over how everyone is after Puzzle Park. But we'll see.

Though I gotta say!!!!

The carnival outfits for everyone were honestly spectacular!!! My favorites def being SMG3, Bob, & Karen!!

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Now to get into some of my gripes with this WOTFI..

Although it was fun we had quite the banger song from Puzzles, but I do agree with some that it felt rushed despite the time they had. And the trailer definitely over-hyped all of us for what we were expecting..

I wish they maybe made this WOTFI longer so more could be put into the games as not many were put in sadly and I wish more was given for actual lore especially for Puzzles as we kinda just got the same information we already knew.

A lot more could have been done but I still heavily enjoyed watching this WOTFI as my first live show.

I look forward to the future of SMG4 and hope to see more of our favorite Television in the coming timeline of SMG4.

I will be posting another thing like this going over things I did notice during this WOTFI that I found to be really great in writing, animation, attention to detail, and so much more!

This definitely was one hell of a WOTFI!!

Oh boy everyone!!! It's finally happening!!!! 

WOTFI 2024 Is less than 24 hours away and I wanted to share some predictions/theories!!!

- Mr. Puzzles is going to get someone horribly maimed or killed.

We already have a possible confirmation from our dear Television himself in the PSA.

- Who should we be most scared for??? I know a lot of people are scarred for Meggy and SMG3 but based on Mr. Puzzles Clubhouse beginning scene we should be most concerned for Mario and SMG4.

Both were on Puzzles absolute LOATH list with the most knives or sharp deadly objects thrown at. Though with Mario being the world's Avatar I have to assume they wouldn't go killing that man. At most horribly injured. Though SMG4 is definitely not in the clear. Despite being our main protagonist he is high on Puzzles hate list. 

Though I can imagine SMG3 possibly saving SMG4's life. So SMG3 could easily be an accidental target.

- Now another one I've seen is will Puzzles live after this WOTFI? And as much as I'd love to give a “oh he's so gonna _____ after this WOTFI.” But I can't. I can see it going either way but a part of me does hope for a possible redemption. With his backstory and all. I feel it's possible. But again I can also see him dying as a high possibility for what he's done to the crew and others. So I'll leave this as is.

- Do I believe we'll get some sweet sweet SMG34? YES. With how SMG3 was in Welcome to Puzzle Park I can see the two sticking pretty close once they can find each other.

With that I believe as this being my first ever live WOTFI experience, this is going to be an absolute blast!!!! 

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FOUR DAYS EVERYONE FOUR DAYS!!!!

[doodlecatz]

"Roll The Die!"

SMG4 and SMG3 in their fabulous casino outfits, they're on their way to take back SMG3's sussy notebook from Marty and Mario..yahoo!

I'm in love with their designs it just..hfjgjdufkh

Silly memer guy <3

[hplonesomeart]

……wow my parents must think I’m so sane and normal about a certain fictional character to the point my mom already knew ahead of time that I’d want to carve him huh. We are doing so well blending into normal society guys—anyways here’s spooky glowing pumpkins. There was an attempt lol

[fronexus]

If I had a nickel for every time a character I simped on ended up in a mental asylum, I'd have two

[purpdrawsthings]

CHAT HELP I THINK I ACTUALLY COOKED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

WAHHHHHH CAN'T BELIEVE I FINISHED THIS IN 8 HOURS 🙏🙏🙏🙏

My hand is feeling sore from both drawing and holding the phone I swear to God 😭😭😭

This WOTFI is my first ever WOTFI in the fandom and it was a great one =3

Even if people have different opinions, I find this year's WOTFI to be my favourite ❤

No it's not because of a certain handsome tv man

And with that, I hope you eat well chat, because I think I accidentally cooked y'all a huge ass looking buffet.

Shoutout to @livzees for the amazing Mr Puzzles form ref / inspiration, your ver of Mr Puzzles looks amazing and you deserve the shoutout ❤ =3

[oreoflesh]

Regarding WOTFI 2024, I bring you…

My first ever smg4 related fanart, yippee!!

[mage-ical-character-person]

Yes!! I love discussing this stuff!

And I highly recommend getting into staring at the funny meme man and analyzing his soul if you like Puzzles’ poor communication skills because like…

Okay, Four is without a doubt better at empathy than Puzzles. But it doesn’t seem to come all that naturally to him. It’s something he has to actively think about, and he often forgets to do that.

Using the new vocabulary acquired from your Puzzles Empathy post, I’d say he has similarly low affective empathy, but better cognitive empathy due to more experience with actually interacting with people and having friends.

It’s still something he struggles with, though, especially with Three (who often is actively covering up his emotions), and Mario (who is just kind of hard to take seriously a lot of the time)

Again, while Four’s not nearly as bad, Puzzles isn’t the only one tormenting people for content.

Mario’s used to this. I don’t know if that makes things worse or better

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AAAHHHH

This moment, this parallel in particular, it gets me so bad...

And just… okay, so the thing that first sent me down the rabbit hole of Four’s communication and empathy issues is his dynamic with Three, and how Four is simultaneously a total sweetheart and kind of a jerk. I think specifically what sparked it for me is the “SMG3’s Bomb Cafe” episode, and digging into that more and sort of realizing it’s not just that he’s used to being rivals and doesn’t quite recognize when their usual banter escalates and becomes genuinely hurtful.

But also that… while that was part of it and they do enjoy messing with each other. Four was trying to help. More than that, Four recognized that Three needed help with the cafe and wanted him to swallow his pride and actually admit it!

He recognized only part of how Three was feeling and ended up making things worse. I love that for him. I think not knowing when he’s gone too far is a very fitting character flaw for the meme man.

and Four’s FACE when Three was literally sacrificing his son just…

He just looks so confused. I don’t even know.

ALSO WITH THE PUZZLES FEELING LIKE THE BAD ENDING TO IGBP!! First of all just the fact that Puzzles has no one to pull him out of destructive spirals, no support system like SMG4 does. BUT ALSO

HE’S EVEN GOT THE GOOP! THE ELDRITCH GOOP AND WE SEE IT RIGHT AFTER HE LOSES LEGGY (HIS ONLY “FRIEND”) AND AAAAH!

AND WHILE FOUR WAS ALREADY BEING A JERK AND SPIRALING BEFORE HE WAS POSSESSED BY THE KEYBOARD AND THE GOOP, HE STILL WAS VERY MUCH POSSESSED

AND JUST THE QUESTION OF IF SOMETHING SIMILAR IS GOING ON WITH PUZZLES IF HE’S NOT ACTING ENTIRELY ON HIS OWN BECAUSE THE PUPPET IMAGERY!!

WHY PUPPET IMAGERY WHY SO SIMILAR TO THE BIT IN CREATIVE CONTROL BUT WITH PUZZLES BEING ON STRINGS THIS TIME??

Why are they so parallels… what does it mean..

sooo…

WOTFI

THEY DIDNT ADDRESS ANY OF THE PARALLELS AND THEN THEY

INSTITUTIONALIZED HIM

I’m so mad about this. I’m so mad. I’m so mad.

because okay. Okay remember this.

His super dramatic flinch here and there was that post going around like “I wonder what happened in Mr Puzzles’ childhood to make him flinch like that“

CHILD PUZZLES DOES THE SAME THING

EVERY TIME MEGGY/LEGGY APPROACHES HIM HE FLINCHES. HE COWERS. EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE POTENTIAL CONCLUSION HE WAS BEATEN, SOMEONE GENUINELY CARING ABOUT HIM IS SUCH A FOREIGN CONCEPT THAT HE ASSUMES THE ONLY REASON ANYONE WOULD GET CLOSE IS TO HARM HIM.

AND HE’S NOT EVEN WRONG?! THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS?

THEY INSTITUTIONALIZED HIM HE IS TIED TO A TABLE IN A PADDED ROOM. THEY APPEALED TO HIS HUMANITY AND FOUND THE GOOD IN HIM AND THEY USED IT AGAINST HIM.

YOU THINK THATLL HELP HIM? TARGETING THE MOST VULNERABLE PART OF HIMSELF AND GETTING HIM SENT TO AN ASYLUM?

AND IT SUCKS BECAUSE I WAS LEGITIMATELY ENJOYING THE EPISODE BEFORE THAT! I was having fun until that ending. That’s literally the one thing I didn’t like. The scene with Kid Puzzles was really well done. Everybody’s outfits were so cool. IGBP flesh blobs were there that was really cool

but then

I hate this. Genuinely worse than killing him off to me. It just feels wrong

[ominus-potato]

As a MareWare ceo. What do you think of the people that call them a “problematic ship”?

I personally have no problem with the ship itself. I think it’s hilarious and offers a unique dynamic between the two. And I personally don’t care if people like the ship or not. But I feel like it’s a weird label to put on what is essentially just a hero x villain /crackship.

Ohh boy.

Okay so there’s a beeg misunderstanding around the Marware ship and a lot of people like to label it as victim x abuser bc Mr Puzzles indirectly tormented the SMG4 crew for a year.

Now, in my personal opinion, labelling all toxic ships as proships is a bit ridiculous bc with that logic, pretty much any ship could be argued to be a proship. I could argue that SMG34 is a proship because SMG3 harassed SMG4 for years and stole from him and tried to kill him. If we were in 2020 back at the peak of SMG3’s villainy during the YouTube arc, I can BET that there would be people calling SMG34 and Mar3 a proship bc Three essentially erased Four from existence and kept Mario as a prisoner until he was willing to cooperate. But of course, those ships are not proships, nor were they ever. But bc of that abuse rule, any idiot can make the argument that they are proships and a bunch of people waste a bunch of time talking about it.

But, if we are going to include the abuse rule, Marware still does not qualify to be a proship.

Why?

Because Mr Puzzles is incapable of actually hurting Mario.

We saw him try to intimidate and threaten him during Puzzlevision and Mario just kicked his ass every single time. Hell, Puzzles was cowering in FEAR of the man! And you want to tell me Marware is an abusive proship where Mario is the poor little victim? Oh please, he wouldn’t take that shit from Puzzles and you know it. It’s MARIO for Pete’s sake. If anyone’s the victim in this relationship it’s Puzzles /j

Also, although the crew were forced to perform in Puzzles’ shows against their will, Mario seemed to be actually ENJOYING Puzzles’ schemes which is ridiculous but true. The only time Mario really hated one of Puzzles’ schemes was when he stole his moustache and as soon as he confronted him, the first thing he did was smash his screen in as revenge.

If you want to write off the entirety of Puzzlevision as Mario being fully brainwashed (despite definitely not being brainwashed in the Gameshow Episode), then fine. We’ll just take a look at wotfi, the Puzzlevision movie, and the meme factory mini arc.

Wotfi 2024: Mario was the only one who wanted to stay in Puzzle Park when they first arrived, he was clearly having fun with a lot of the games (joking around with SMG4, smiling, clearly enjoying himself), in the wotfi song he literally said “I’m-a having fun! Let’s-a stay!” …..

Meme Factory Mini arc: Mario dropped in, danced around a bit, and got threatened by Puzzles. He didn’t even register the threat. He just stood there with a stupid look on his face. He couldn’t care less.

Puzzlevision movie: Mario gets threatened by Puzzles and immediately breaks his screen, demands TV time, and chases him around the entire mushroom kingdom trying to get his TV time back. He is completely unfazed by Puzzles yelling at him for ruining his 5 stars and instead continues to taunt him. When he gets told to ram his head into the wall 1000 times, he comes out completely uninjured afterwards bc Mario cannot get hurt like a normal person. SMG4 beheaded him in “No TV makes Mario not okie dokie” and he’s still doing fine. He clearly does not operate mentally and physically like a human.

It’s also worth noting that Mario is the ONLY character in the entirety of SMG4 who genuinely enjoys the creations that Puzzles is passionate about!! His shows, his theme park, whatever he does out of pure passion! Mario is there and in full support of it, no matter how terrible the parody may be.

If you want to bring up Western Spaghetti and IGBP then that’s fair. However, I don’t think Mario actually KNOWS Puzzles is responsible for those events. Think about it! Mario wasn’t there when Puzzles revealed he was behind those movies. And the crew themselves are seemingly over that whole thing as well. SMG4 is just irritated by Puzzles now. Meggy honestly seems to be the only one who is directly affected mentally by his schemes.

At the end of the day, you’ve got to remember that it’s a silly little meme show and a lot of what goes on really shouldn’t be taken that seriously. Especially with the character of Mario. But even if you want to take it seriously, you’ve got to look at the facts. Mario is too stupid to be mentally affected by what Puzzles does and physically, he is untouchable.

Marware is not a proship. It is not problematic. It’s is just hero x villain.

You don’t have to like it, but don’t go around calling the people who ship it proshippers

(This is not directed at you anon. Just people in general who misunderstand their relationship)

Anyway, live laugh love Marware

[choppedsouldreamer]

My Crazed SMG4 art I was working on for ages!, the speedpaint for this will explain it all since I was doing the planning faze for what he would look like first when he was possessed by Mr Puzzles, drew a base but didn't like it then got both ideas at once plus I didn't like it in my usual plain style so did it like I did the WOTFI drawings of 3 and 4, creating this! I hope you like it and this may be my first ever video on my channel if I can figure it out! Enjoy the art as always! (I experimented with so many brushes you have no idea and it's my first time doing glitch effects so don't judge me-)

[jovialoddity]

A crap ton of stupid questions for your AUs.

Professor Puzzles.

What's his opinion on the theater musical Cabaret? (1998)

Has he ever thought of quiting his job and doing something else other than Film?

Human Puzzles

How does the whole TV realm,and Puzzle park thing work for human puzzles?

Does the silly magic shit still work in Human Puzzles' AU?

Now for both of them.

How did he find out his allergic to cashews? What did his father think or do when ever Puzzles ate a Cashew?

Have they been to South Africa?

Thought on people calling them by their first name?

Are they single? If so , why?

Opinion on children who want to be like them?

OHHHHHHH BUDDY GET READY FOR SOME RAMBLING

For the Professor P ones:

Oh he LOVES Cabaret!!! He’s only ever seen the movie (because of course he has this is Mr. Puzzles we’re talking about), but he adored it. His favorite song is “Maybe This Time”.

He honestly couldn’t see himself having a non-film job because basically every job he’s ever had has been film-related. Before he started working as a teacher, he worked at a Blockbuster store from ages 17-30 until the shop closed down, and after THAT he landed a brief job at a local movie theatre before quitting and going into education. It’s hard for him to imagine having a career outside of that sphere 🥲

For the Human Mr. Puzzles ones:

The TV Dimension still exists and Puzzle Park still happens in this AU! Obviously it works a little differently though. The TV Dimension is all in a giant haunted/magical TV that he found at a garage sale (presumably the same one as the animatronics from Scooby Mario lmao) that he somehow managed to learn how to use, and now he brings it with him for set pieces to make his films more “engaging”. As for Puzzle Park, uh… I’ll just say that it’s around then that he starts to follow in the footsteps of his canon self a bit. He ended up roboticizing a lot of his body - not to the “full head replacement” extent, but quite a bit. And unfortunately it isn’t reversed/undone after WOTFI.

Yup! This is still the SMG4 universe, after all. Just with the one big change lol

For both of them (I’ll just be referring to them as one for this unless there’s significant differences in the answers):

He found out just by eating something with cashews in it as a kid and having a bad reaction to it. He didn’t realize it was the cashews that caused the reaction until way later, though, he just knew he was allergic to something. His father somehow never actually witnessed any of Puzzles’ allergy attacks so he was blissfully unaware of the fact that he even had any.

Nope, but he’d love to travel there someday!

He would feel really weird about it unless it’s someone extremely close to him. He’s more okay with people calling him his first name than he is with people calling him his legal surname (that’s a COMPLETE no, he despises his legal surname), but he still just goes by his director name for “convenience” since everybody pronounces his name wrong.

Human Mr. Puzzles is very much single. He just “hasn’t found the right one yet”. As for Professor Puzzles, that depends on who you ask lmao.

Human Puzzles would be flattered at the thought. Professor Puzzles’ reply would be an immediate “oh trust me kid, you don’t want that.”

[libbytwq]

i need smgloren in wotfi outfits NOW

OIHUJEDWSXZYUIHJEDWSHUJIHKJME

anyways hope your doing alright this week bro! :3c 💛🌈🐥

YES MR TOMM TIRED SMASH BROS MORE YURI SIR

ive been waiting to do this all week ever since i first got the ask but only now did i have the freetime nhgfdghjhkhgyfd

ough the cuties,,,, evil yuri,,,

karens fit kinda cooked a little bit

anyway im doin alrighty :3 weeeee i need sleep, will i get it? nope, but otherwise im vibin yippie

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SMG4: WOTFI 2024 Thoughts and Analysis Masterpost

WOTFI 2024 is finally here and I had so much fun watching it! I've even watched it a few times already!! I'm so glad this was my first ever live WOTFI, it makes me wish I knew of SMG4 earlier but alas! I'm still so happy I found SMG4 and it's wonderful community the way I did!

This is one large compilation of all my reactions, opinions and deeper analysis... -es on WOTFI 2024! I will go over the entirety of the video almost scene-to-scene with my OWN OPINIONS! (And yes, it gets hella long) I divided it into sections of the video and even included pictures for viewing convenience!

Hope you enjoy reading essays <33

Warning: Spoilers (duh).

✧ Before The Show

As said before this was my first live WOTFI, since the episodes release at 9AM for me I had to put on my alarm one hour before but I shut it off fhjkdsa

So you can imagine my panic when I had to make my breakfast 10 minutes before it started

Not my greatest planning but I managed to (somewhat) make it on time!

✧ Let's Jump Right In!!

WHUH HAPPEN

Loved the spin off of Mr Puzzles' jingle, I knew I was going to get it stuck in my head the moment the lyrics switched

I was amused when Puzzles re-enacted his life, thought he'd give a little more meat to work with but I'm glad he just explained what we already knew. Some of his charm lies in the mystery that is his life

"So I did what any ambitious, misunderstood young soul would do... I locked myself in my room and watched TV all day!" So real tho-

I'm surprised I didn't see many people react to Puzzles cursing so loud hfdskja maybe we're all busy with the rest of WOTFI but I SCREAMED when he went "-WERE VIOLENTLY FUCKING CRUSHED BY YOU LOT!!"

LET THAT MAN CUSS FREELY!!!!

"... yyyou!" <3

LOVE EVERYONE'S COSTUMES TOO!! They all look great!!

Maybe it's because of the teasers they gave but I thought the crew was going to go against Puzzles himself with the challenges, but pitting them against Mario and SMG4 made me pleasantly surprised (I will be a lot throughout all this!)

I ADORE THIS INTRO SO MUCH!! It's so fun and vibrant and the way it was animated was so cool!! I WANT THE POSTER SO BAD!!!

Haeheh big Puzzles from the website!!

Love how Saiko is just screaming at Puzzles too fhdskja

✧ Fun Carnival Torture Metho- Games!!

I didn't say what my challenge was but it was called Chuck N' Dunk: Who can dunk the other first in shark-infested waters?

It didn't make it but I do see shark-infested waters, so either I gave a bit of inspo or I'm just delusional hfdsjka

"I have to deal with internet comments all day! This is nothing!" HAH!!! THAT'S MY FUCKING YOUTUBER RIGHT THERE!!! (He still lost)

Love to see SMG3 and Puzzles appreciate the beauty of destruction together, gotta love two villains vibin over causing chaos, it'd make for a fun dynamic if SMG4 ever considers it

On that note, when SMG3 tries to shake Four's tight rope I knew that was Three straight up

Even under Puzzles' control, the cast still retains a bit of their personality, as shown here and in the Puzzlevision episodes

Bob has like- the coolest costume ever holy shit- I really wanna draw it some time

I KNOW IT'S JUST A MASK AND SOME RECOLORING ALRIGHT IT JUST FITS HIM AND HE LOOKS COOL

I LOVE HIM SO. FUCKING. MUCH. HE'S SO SMUG THE BASTARD

This is a really funny joke actually

PIE GUN GO BRRRRRRRRRRRR

I liked seeing Karen included in this WOTFI, she was a main character in a few episodes and her dynamic works well with the others! Just a tired mom wanting to work but pulled along silly adventures, grounding in a badass caring way

CHANGE THE WORLD. MY FINAL MESSAGE. GOODBYE!! God I haven't heard that meme in so long

Plus [Italian vc] YOU SONSOFFA BITCHES

"Hope you two have your running shoes on!" said in the gayest villain voice ever, I love him your honor

Bob going for the clown girl instead of the exit is the Bob-iest thing ever and it just drives my point of the crew retaining their personalities even under control, so people shouldn't be surprised when it happens fhdjksa (cus I've seen it!)

FOUR ONLY WINNING BECAUSE HE'S A CLOWN IS SO FUNNY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

So... Ben (SMG4's Thumbnail Artist) posted a lot of Gokus when someone mentioned Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls

That's why I thought there'd be some kind of reference to it in WOTFI which... now that I say it out loud sounds kinda dumb hfsjdka

But the moment Mario appeared as Goku I immediately thought of Ben and it had me gigglin fhdsjka

You'd think Tari would be in the ducky mini-game but you'd be wrong! <3

Final thoughts of the games, this year's WOTFI challenges were delightful!! They were all very clever from the audience and well chosen from the crew! Congratulations to the folks that got their prompt in!

✧ WHACK-A-LEGGY (aka forgive me father for this next part)

You........ CANNOT tell me he wouldn't treat you right- God- DAMN.

LISTEN. HEAR ME OUT. YES I'M GONNA BE SIMPY IN THIS REACTION POST FUCK YOU.

Puzzles is the type of guy to give you the best of the best simply because you say so and deserve it, doesn't matter if it's as tame as a big bouquet of flowers OR as extreme as absolutely destroying your enemies through the most painful torture you have ever witnessed

He would treat you RIGHT!!!!

THAT IS THE MOST PERFECT MAN RIGHT THERE

Oh yes and I love his interactions with Leggy, they're adorable, yes FHDSKJA

THEY MAKE A CUTE DUO

Speaking of Puzzles treating you right: I am on the FUCKING FLOOR. THAT MAN IS PROTECTIVE TOO.

It's just so endearing to me how protective he is of Leggy (yes yes I know I know he's done evil shit to Meggy I know) BUT LISTEN.

In an actual redemption arc, I can see Puzzles as the most loyal motherfucker that you've ever befriended, that man is going to go to the edge of the earth and fight for you if needed BECAUSE you're his friend and that is so lovely to me

It's cute how he's trying to tell Leggy where to go, where to hide and just how worried he is of her

Mind you, the contrast between Puzzles being worried and SMG4 and Mario wanting to curve-stomp that goomba to death is hilarious fhdsjka

So forgive me if I giggle like a schoolgirl over that man

✧ I'm Gonna Get Real With You For A Moment

MR STINKY

Oh this scene now- lots to unpack

First: Adore how this scene plays out, I love the portrayal of Puzzles' meltdown, induced by grief, sadness, anger and frustration over how things are playing out. It's a big "I'm supposed to win! Why don't you let me win!" moment, I simply adore when those happen.

The pitiful cries when you don't get your way when you've meticulously planned everything and done Everything to get it, and do everything did Puzzles indeed try

Second: The colors, the dramatic red light, the destruction of the park out of anger and overcharging it seems

It's basically a tantrum

Third: The voice acting is phenomenal, and that's been said all throughout the Puzzlevision arc, Brendan (Mr Puzzles' voice actor) is so good at his job- he's perfect in those high pitch inflictions of emotion and the lower threatening tones, that scream is chilling and painful

Fourth: I can try and decipher that blue screen

FATAL ERROR A problem has been detected and Mr. Puzzles has been shut down to prevent damage to himself. PUZZLEVISION.EXE Check to make sure any new show or movie is properly installed. If this is a new installation :It's not: ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any PUZZLEVISION updates you might need. :I don't need any: If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable CPU(?) memory options such as Unused Shows or Movies. If you need to use safe mode :I don't: to remove or disable components, restart yourself, press :nuhuh: to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode. :NO: Technical Information: *** STOP: 2xREADING (... xACTUALLY)

That last line is ineligible to me but I tried my best for y'all <3

Lots to unpack just in this tiny little message

In his system, Puzzles is programmed to shut down if damaged. Which is CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. His OWN SYSTEM shuts down to prevent damage to himself.

Also he's SPEAKING THROUGH THE BLUESCREEN, he's actively saying No to "Safe Mode" and REFUSING any repairs his system suggests

THIS MAN DOES NOT CARE FOR HIS BODY (if you couldn't tell by the TV head part)

AND HE'S SO UNSERIOUS HE STRAIGHT UP TELLS HIS SYSTEM NUH UH!!!!

A little easter egg that someone else on Twitter found :)

Puzzles has become a rage horror monster and I'm here for it, the horror elements do go hard when they're played

URGH. AND THIS MOMENT. Many have pointed it out by now BUT THE TRAUMA OF THE CASTLE!! I AM SO WEAK

Puzzles REALLY plays into those psychological torture methods, it is so RUTHLESS of him, intentionally or not!!

✧ STEP RIGHT UP, MY FRIENDS, TO PUZZLEPARK!

He looks horrible in armor despite being everyone's pathetic knight in shining armor FHJDSKA

"You're MINE" I SURE AM SIR!!!

THAT GROWL THO- BRENDAN STRIKING AGAIN WITH THEM VOCALS!!!

AND THIS!! IS THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR OH BOY!!

The transition into the actual song is SO GOOD, instead of going higher like the actual Disney intro it goes LOWER and it's PERFECT for the intro!! It makes Puzzles sound INSANE (RIGHTFULLY SO!) It also tricks you because you know the melody so well until UH OH!! WE'RE IN DEEP SHIT!! LET'S GET THE FUCK IN!

3!

2!

1!

IMMEDIATELY threateningly playful I LOVE IT!!

It sounds so much like the songs in Nightmare Before Christmas, Kidnap Sandy Claws, Oogie Boogie's song, it has their same vibes! The same devilishly playful with their victims kind of vibes and it's RIGHT UP MY ALLEY BABY

It has SUCH an energizing beat too!! It makes you wanna jump in your seat to the beat!

The set up is so fun too, purple is an interesting choice to go with.

I cannot stress enough how GOOD THE VOCALS ARE TOO I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

AND THIS PART. GOES EXTREMELY HARD. THEY ALL LOOK GREAT

They cooked with the choir of minions fr!! They sound great together!!

The chorus of the song is just as catchy as Creative Control, I had worries that I wasn't going to like this one as much as CC but I was SO wrong!! It's right up it's alley! They both have their strengths and their unique way of presenting Mr Puzzles, I wouldn't be able to decide which one is "better" since they both have different points to send across

Creative Control is jazzier, it taunts the crew and introduces Puzzles as the master villain with a bit of backstory, it's used to show the control on the crew both visually and lyrically with Puzzles putting them in different scenarios while singing how they can't leave

Meanwhile Puzzlepark, while similar in the controlling part, has more going on. It's not just Puzzles trying to control/stop Meggy, SMG4 and Mario, it's also them fighting back when they couldn't in CC. It also has the rest of the group trying to detain them, mind-controlled by Puzzles. It's crazier than just putting them in shows and popular culture references, it's throwing things at them, attacking them and messing with the world, trying to enact revenge yknow!

I particularly like when Meggy and Puzzles sing together, their voices contrast well

"But it's time for you to die now." Haehah! Hello!! This is the part where I kill you!!

AND A LAWSUIT ARC REFERENCE TOO!? OH I'M IN HEAVEN!!!

The lyrics scratch at a very nice part of my brain, I think SMG4 has always had a knack for rhyming, they've perfected it over the years and it's paid off well

And combined with the change in beat it goes for extra points, mwah!! Chef's kiss!!

"That child is gone... Six feet under right WHERE YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDS BELONG!!"

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PART FUCKING EVER!!!! THEY ABSOLUTELY COOKED

IT'S ABOUT HOW THREATENING PUZZLES IS IT'S ABOUT MEGGY STILL TRYING TO HELP HIM DESPITE IT ALL IT'S ABOUT HIM ABSOLUTELY REFUSING THE HELP BECAUSE THAT'S. JUST. HIM. PUZZLES. REFUSES. HELP. THINGS go his way or they don't go at all!!!

AND THAT ENDING NOTE MYYYY GODDDD GIVE THIS MAN AN EMMY RIGHT ABOUT FUCKING NOW!!!!

That was such a clean note, Brendan has an amazing singing voice and I'll be listening to this on repeat for A WEEK

SMG4 RELEASE PUZZLEPARK ON SPOTIFY NOW AND MY LIFE!!! IS YOURS!!!!

✧ In The End... It's For The Better...

They like using the trope of going inside a character's brain/heart/whatever to talk to them huh...

I'm not saying it as a bad thing! It's just a pattern I'm sure we've all noticed! I think it's cute!

SMG4 wouldn't be SMG4 if they at least didn't Try to save their villains, sure there's distasteful ones like that lizard that absolutely deserved it, but all the other villains had redemption arcs, heart to hearts, sympathy before dying... SMG4 is about chances, finding your people and having a heart even towards those who wronged you, even if in the end the worst happens to them

And I think that's beautiful

Regardless of having a heart, however, Meggy has the absolute right to be angry at Puzzles, maybe it wasn't right but I don't blame her for snapping at a kid, that kid Is Puzzles after all

I see two possible interpretations of Meggy becoming Leggy one more time: either- Truly to get close to Puzzles and become a true friend, or simple manipulation to get him to stop. Either are possible in my book, maybe with a little more thought I'd be able to know which one but for now I remain satisfied with being skeptical on this one, I don't care to find what the real intentions were since I know the ending.

Plus nothing is in black and white, there's a lot of layers to Puzzles' and Meggy's relationship........

And speaking of that ending-

HAH!!!!

I THOUGHT THAT SHIT WAS HILARIOUS!!

IN TRUE SMG4 FASHION YOU (SORTA) REDEEM A VILLAIN AND CELEBRATE SAVING THE DAY WITH A STUPID MEME

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOLKS IT'S SMG4 IT'S THE FUNNY HAHA MEME SHOW!!

STOP TAKING IT SO FUCKING SERIOUSLY THE WHOLE TIME!!

IT CAN BE SERIOUS AND STUPID!!!!

Mr Puzzles SHOULD go to the psych ward, HE'S FUCKING INSANE

YOU DON'T GET REDEEMED IMMEDIATELY AFTER ALL THAT!!

I'm glad they didn't redeem him completely! I didn't believe him at all when he said he learned a valuable lesson! I was like No The Fuck You Didn't!

You can have a redemption later! That's okay! I trust the writers with handling the arcs and making them good! And you heard Luke, they might bring him back later! (Which is a definite yes!)

I would love for them to take it slow with Puzzles, not immediately of course, let him breathe and write another arc right now, settle things with everything and everyone and THEN you can break him out, the universe is full of possibilities, and I'm SURE I will enjoy whatever the SMG4 crew writes

Haeheh she looks like a nerd with those goggles

Someone's Artist Puzzles AU just came true btw-

"And Didney shut down..!" :D

The Showgrounds is gonna start looking more like an actual carnival too!! Wahoo!!

I WANT THAT FUCKING HOODIE-

That Puzzle plushie looks so ugly I LOVE HIMMMM

I WANT THAT FUCKING POSTER AND KEYCHAIN

SOMEONE PLEASE FUCKING COMMISSION ME SO I CAN BUY THEMMMMMM AEUGHHHHHH

Thank YOU LUKE AND SMG4 CREW FOR GIVING US THIS WOTFI!!! I LOVED IT WITH ALL MY HEART <33

I would love to hang out and go get some pizza with Mr Puzzles :(

And finally... that lil jingle to end with the rolling credits

✧ Final Thoughts

Believe me when I say I think this is the best possible ending for Puzzles, he doesn't die, he doesn't get completely redeemed, but he does face consequences and he gets a chance for the future, best of both worlds me thinks

I loved this rollercoaster that was Puzzlevision, I might've hopped on the train sorta late but I stayed for all the duration of the ride and I had a blast <3

Mr Puzzles was great and maliciously loveable, learning about all these characters and growing to care about them was amazing, I'm really happy I have a new series I can watch and analyze and enjoy!! I'll be remaining in my seat with my one ticket until I get off the SMG4 train, not sure when!! But until then you can expect me to still love this show, draw for it and analyze it much more than any reasonably normal person should.

If you've read this far, I love you soso much and hope you enjoyed this hell of a scroll, because I spent so many hours on this shit YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND-

K BYEEEE <333

[midnight1nk]

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[*sighs*] I HATE THEM SO MUCH (/affectionate)

Like you don't understand. The first thing I noticed was Three and Tari, it already got me spiraling.

We all know that Three loves explosive chaos, especially when he is the one who causes it. He literally has a shop called "III's Coffee & Bombs" for meme's sake. Mr Puzzles knows that. Not only because Three uses them in his productions, but because Three tried to bomb him in the final fight during the Puzzlevision Movie.

Basically, Mr Puzzles is like

"You tried to kill me with your precious bombs, let's see how much you like it when we switch places, huh?"

Same thing goes for Tari, she was the one who used her metal arm to shoot him. As much as she was scared of Mr Puzzles, she was incredibly brave to confront him in the final fight. Not only that, Clench was a part of it too.

But without her arm, Tari might feel powerless.

"Without your robotic arm, you are nothing but a coward." - Mr Puzzles, probably

As for Boopkins, we didn't get to see him in the trailer but we know he's trapped there in Puzzle Park.

We know he isn't a sea monster but I suppose for Mr Puzzles, he's literally "a fish out of water", too "different" compared to the rest of the crew. (Which is not true considering the roster here). Mr Puzzles must've been feeling the same way, being different from everyone else and no one liking him.

Then, there's Bob with the knives. Bob had swords for hands presumably because he was bullied by Baby Wario and Waluigi and wanted to act/look cool. He changed and he's content with who he is now. (wow, really going in for trans Bob, huh)

Mr Puzzles also changed, but it was due to his obsession.

Yeah... Mr Puzzles is really projecting his insecurities onto the SMG4 Crew, calling them freaks when he himself "qualifies" as one. Especially in the state he's in right now. Ironic, isn't it?

But in his eyes, he's different. He's superior. No one understands his view of thinking, they could never. They didn't for his art, they didn't for him as Mr Puzzles. (There is no way "Mr Puzzles" is his actual name, It feels more like a stage name tbh.)

I knew the Marty speech would come back in some way,

"…And it's time for… everyone to suffer like I have! At the hands… of the one thing YOU love the MOST.”

But guys, if they bring up the whole freak show thing in WOTFI, Goop!Four could happen (please make it happen, for me specifically). I could just imagine:

Mr Puzzles: "And now, the greatest freak of them all: SMG4 and his keyboard goo!" SMG4, shocked: "...what?" Mr Puzzles: "Did you really think it was over in 'It's Gotta be Perfect'? Oh, SMG4. The goo never left your body. This is who you always wanted to be, you should've been more careful what you wished for." [*evil laughter*]

Then, it all comes together from the "SMG4: Inside Out" episode, and the goo takes over Four with the man in blue screaming in pain...

Is this ever going to happen? No. Am I thinking too much into this for a silly poster? Yeah. BUT I can't help it, I've gone insane over this.

[demonangelgirl134]

Benjamin and Smg4 after Silence of the Cats

Have I ever mentioned that Benjamin is actually on pretty good terms with smg4?

Benjamin hasn't been up to date with Smg4's videos since wotfi 2024, the retirement of smg3, and Mario's deathrun because he and the crew have been working on a new movie called "Mafia Makos" and were having a few casting issues because they're extremely understaffed and have a limited amount of actors, especially for the main villain, Snaggletooth Sal, and they were focusing more on the movie than the current arcs. And you can probably guess how Benjamin felt when Mr. Puzzles dragged a washed-up assassin who had a fallout with his family and had no ideas who he was home without warning 😅

He's trying not to bring up the fact that smg4 is beat up because after Mr. Puzzles brought Mr. wpnz home out of nowhere, he caught up on the Karen arc and now knows what happened. (He's been a fan of smg4's videos since the super Mario 64 glitches days and still watches his videos)

(I think this is the first time I've drawn Benjamin showing the other half of his personality. He's gay and the type that acts more feminine, wears girly clothes, and occasionally gives the gay limp wrist every now and then if you know what I mean)

(And yes, Benjamin is taller than smg4, and that's an engagement ring)

[emo-gremlin]

A little something I was picking my own brain about, I figured maybe ya'll might help me with ideas!

Cannibal Puzzles AU!

Starting after WOTFI 24, in the haze of his insanity, a memory came to him.

The first horror film he ever watched. It starred a group of teens running from a cannibal, who wanted to savor the final girl, so they could be together forever.

Together forever....

He'd always have friends...friends that never left. Leggy would stay forever. Be somewhere Mario could NEVER change her back. He could truly have friends. And he'd watched more than enough cooking shows to figure out how to cook any kind of meat.

Thankfully....some of his screens had teeth.

The rope was the worst part to get through. It wasn't gourmet by any means.

The Guards were his first true friends! Unable to escape him.

Definitely needed salt, maybe some cliantro and lemon juice. Oh! He could make a nice salad with the chest meat!

Unexpectedly, he found with each bite, his power came back. New...abilities...he never held a gun before, but taking a bite out of a guards' head, he knew how to take it apart, put it back together and fire!

And another friend to play with in his many channels!

He dragged away a pair of guards as he left. A bloody, gore filled massacre left in his wake.

His life just became much more fun.

And delicious.

Please send suggestions to help me get the ball rolling on this!