User blog:WikiSchm2000/The MarioMario54321 Review Marathon - Part 40

'''Mario’s Raceway Takeover! (Episode 3) (February 24th, 2008) [Runtime: 1:37. Total Runtime: 7:55] '''

Prelude:

Here’s the second of the Mario Vandalizes Other People’s Courses showcases, except this time it’s for Wario instead of Luigi. It’s even shorter than the last one, and this is perhaps one of my favorite MM videos of all time. Yes, really. This is one of the greatest, because one line in it is so amazing and perfect that I cannot begin to describe in words how much I love it. And it’s also made on the same day, which is not surprising since these two were fairly easy videos to make. They both only had one unedited long take and an image at the end, so editing it probably took 1-2 hours for each one at most.

See this video first before reading on to get your own properly informed opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hne-dgzKOSM&list=PLNPi6H0sXYaCHQG4Br4q5yZJp8uxhid2B&index=40

The Main Video:

We start with Wario driving in his own stadium, and at first things seem alright. The sand of the place hasn’t changed at all, and the rocky walls look fine. And then Wario gets to the side of his stadium and finds out that the walls of his face have been covered by Mario posters. Also, Wario finds out that his Wario sign has been replaced by a Mario sign.

Now, the thing I love about all of this is that I don’t even need to joke about how this is vandalism. MM clearly made the graphics to look like Mario actually came in and vandalized the place instead of just warping reality to fit Mario’s needs. For example, the W in Wario’s sign is completely erased and replaced with a crappy red M, which is totally something I could see Mario being capable of in real life. And as for the posters, as Wario points out, there’s duct tape on them with Wario’s faces underneath. That is a fine level of detail and I completely commend MM for his attention here. Fantastic work.

Back to the story, though, to say Wario would be shocked by all of this is an understatement. I too would be enraged if Mario somehow spent all his time hanging hundreds of Mario posters up on your stadium walls just to take over your place. I wonder if Wario actually wants to punch himself upon seeing Mario’s face, considering what he did last time back after Waluigi’s Island.

And then, Wario speaks of his threat. It is a threat so glorious, so amazing, that I cannot describe it into words. You have to see for yourself, image to image, what Wario threatens against Mario. Here you go:

Yep. That was absolutely incredible. You can feel the sheer force of Wario’s rage through those words, that perfect in-character tone when he says that Mario is an ignorant loser. You can sense his raw determination when he states that he’ll hunt through the depths of the Earth to find Mario, with you knowing from his adventures in Wario land that he would do anything for revenge. And that final sentence, “I will do diabolical things to you!” Perfect. You don’t need to know what Wario will do. Just the mere fact that what he will do is diabolical makes the imagination go wild on what he will do, with how he will output his rage on Mario. This is literally one of the best monologues of rage from a character I’ve read from, and it’s in a video where the worst thing that happens is Mario vandalizing raceways. And it’s so in-character for Wario. The only thing wrong with it is that there’s too many dots and exclamation points though, plus you didn’t capitalize Earth. Fix those and it would be 100% perfect.

Okay maybe I’m overhyping this speech quite a lot, but this makes the video for me along with the rest of the detail. It’s a short simple one minute and thirty seconds, but it’s also one of the finest MM54321 things I’ve ever seen. Well done!

The Extra Bonus Stuff:

Evil Mario - 0 lines [34]

MarySue54321 - 0 lines [3]

Lakitu - 0 lines [0]

Luigi - 0 lines [21]

Wario/Diabolical Fat Guy - 18 lines [18] (Truly the most diabolical man around.)

Biggest Loner: Wario - He may have had the video alone, but he still stole the entire show near the end.

…do I really even need to do the favorite quote?

Favorite Quote: “Mario…………you ignorant loser……I will travel far and wide and to the ends of the earth to find you……AND WHEN I DO……………………………………!!!!!!!! I WILL DO DIABOLICAL THINGS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!” - Wario (The most iconic quote of all of MM thus far, even though it has too many periods and exclamation marks.)

Well now that we’re past the best part, we’ll be downgrading on Toad’s Turnpike next time!