User blog:WikiSchm2000/The MarioMario54321 Review Marathon - Part 27

'''Luigi Kart 64 Bloopers: Deleted Scenes! (January 29, 2008) [Runtime: 4:11. Total Runtime: 12:44]'''

Prelude:

MM does seem to have a fondness for deleted scenes, doesn’t he? It’s been apparent ever since the Experimental Era that he has a perchance to insert in alternate scenarios or add to the story in some way after it's been told. On one of these occasions he’s referred to this as a ‘deleted scene’, even though it really was just part 3 of the story. However, this time I’m not sure if these really were deleted or if they weren’t.

The reason I debate if they were is because, by MM’s own reasoning, it would make sense for them to be deleted. Not only would inserting them have made YouTube go over ten minutes, but also they actually take place during the events of the video proper instead of right afterwards. Thus, this is more excusable to be called deleted scenes. However I also have to point out that these scenes weren’t mentioned at all in the previous video and could have just been inserted just so that MM could showcase even more Mario Kart courses. I’m counting it as part 2 and not its own separate thing, regardless of if they’re authentic deleted scenes or not.

Also, rather weirdly I might add, this is the only other video of January 2008. I thought there would be more than just Luigi Kart 64 but that’s really it. I suppose MM didn’t get a jumpstart until February, meaning that the 302 videos left (yes, I counted. That is how many we have in 2008 alone) were posted in eleven month’s time. I don’t know what to say to that, that’s just really huge and really daunting. Let’s get done with January, though.

See this video first before reading on to get your own properly informed opinion:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJH6dApw3Eo&list=PLNPi6H0sXYaCHQG4Br4q5yZJp8uxhid2B&index=27

The Main Video:

We start with the first deleted scene, coming right after Luigi was squashed by the boulder. He ends up right in Bowser’s Castle, which is about the worst place that you could end up actually.

Luigi is directly in enemy territory, and I’m pretty sure they’ll be sending the army after him soon. However, Luigi isn’t so much concerned that he’s in his mortal enemy’s lair as he is the fact that his lead hat is a rip-off. Ah, nice! Continuity! It wasn’t mentioned in the desert scenes at all so I’m glad that Luigi’s complaining about the uselessness of that hat.

Lo and behold, though, a Thwomp comes up and forces Luigi to ram right into it. This causes Luigi to get mad, which again is a nice continuity touch considering how he acts towards the train. Also I’m pretty sure this confirms that Luigi gets mad by ramming into things, which means that the train incident was entirely on him and not any ghostly curses. Anyways he tries to fight the Thwomp but gets crushed in the process. That Thwomp actually double-crushes Luigi and his kart too, I really think it’s enjoying the crushing too based on its face.

This doesn’t send Luigi to the desert yet, but instead to a set of canyons. Luigi ends up checking the receipt for his lead hat (nice) and jokes about it being expired. Given that literally no one else besides Lakitu is nearby I’m assuming that he’s talking to the audience and breaking the fourth wall. He ends up driving straight off the cliff being too distracted with his joke and gets crushed by a giant egg, complaining that this was the third time that he got crushed in one day.

Meanwhile, on the boardwalk, Wario tries to evade the police but ends up somehow being captured and thrown in a giant public cage. First off, again, the continuity is nice because the boardwalk was right next to the turnpike in the main video. Second, why is there a public cell in the middle of a boardwalk? Because I don’t think that’s how prisons work. Thirdly, you say you’re going to suspend Wario’s license if he doesn’t get arrested, but isn’t that going to happen anyways? You know, as part of being arrested? That’s one of the most empty threats you could make.

As for Luigi, it turned out that his ramp endeavor took him a bit higher than he would have expected. Luigi ended up getting onto Rainbow Road, driving through it and seeing Neon versions of Mario, Peach and himself.

He doesn’t even get the most excited over himself, he’s just as humble and calm as ever. Eventually he ends up running into a chomp, making him drop all the way back down into the Earth below.

At the end of this, we see that Mario was watching all of these events on Luigi’s big tv screen, to which Luigi objects by misspelling the word ‘supposed’ again and saying those clips weren’t meant to be viewed. Sopposed Counter: 3. Oh boy, where do I begin? Good on Luigi to get his 50,000 coin screen reinstalled, but did Mario really broadcast those videos without Luigi’s permission? Just to humiliate him in front of everyone? Even in Luigi’s own story Mario can’t help but be an utter jerk! Evil Mario attempts to defend himself saying that they were cut out due to YouTube length, but I’m pretty sure it’s because of his own evil desires.

While both of the Mario Brothers just sit there and pollute the air, Wario drives up and states that he’s escaped the police.

The result is one of the oddest misspellings I’ve ever seen in my life. “Samutaneously?” I don’t know how you got that spelling from the word simultaneously, I really don’t. Anyways, the police catch up with Wario because they’re a bunch of pests and Wario screams in frustration. They seem to be really persistent with catching a speeder, aren’t they?

And that’s the deleted scenes of Luigi’s Kart, plus a bonus scene at the end. Overall, it fits in nicely with the previous video, and I enjoyed it. It also expands on the Wario stuff which is a plus in my eyes.

The Extra Bonus Stuff:

Luigi - 20 lines [72, 84%] (Got quite a bit more from the lead hat conversations)

Boat Captain - 0 lines [1, 1%] (Probably still having a cruise)

Boat Passengers - 0 lines [1, 1%] (I have to ask, on that boat, is one door red and the other blue?)

The Boardwalk Boos - 0 lines [0] (I didn’t count these last time but I suppose I should. Anyways they’re background props)

‘Fat Guy’ Wario - 2 lines [3, 3%] (Hey he got more screen time! Nice!)

Toad’s Turnpike Police - 3 lines [4, 5%] (Somehow have more lines than Wario.)

Bowser’s Castle Thwomps - 0 lines [0] (That thwomp seemed to enjoy himself way too well.)

Lakitu - 0 lines [0] (I remember actually seeing him in this one so)

MarySue54321 - 2 lines [2, 2%] (I would have ignored him but since he put a ‘Me’ in some of the dialogue I have to count him. Not the other lines though, I’m treating them as narrator lines.)

Evil Mario - 3 lines [3, 3%] (Even in this one he couldn’t go without being awful, huh?)

Total Lines: 86

Part Biggest Chad: Bowser’s Castle Thwomps - Crushed Luigi and got away with it.

Part Biggest Loser: ‘Fat Guy’ Wario - How do you run straight into your own cell and get placed in it while still being in your kart?

Overall Biggest Chad: Luigi - He had quite an adventure, that’s for certain. Also because he’s totally getting a refund on that cap and because he got to suggest which of his own scenes got deleted.

Overall Biggest Loser: ‘Fat Guy’ Wario - Literally I don’t know how things could have gotten worse for him than this. Getting tricked by Luigi and arrested in the most public and awkward holding cell in existence, not to mention getting found out immediately by police in his escape attempt has to denote some level of loserdom.

Favorite Quote: “CURSE MY CLUMSINESS!” - Luigi (The misspelling of simultaneously came close, but this one pretty much summarizes MM’s gameplay skills all too well.)

Next time we’ll be switching from Mario Kart 64 and heading straight into Mario Party in ‘Waluigi’s Island!’