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SMG4
Also known as	SuperMarioGlitchy4 Super Mario 64 Bloopers
Genre	Black comedy Parody Surreal humor Slapstick comedy Animated sitcom Cringe comedy
Created by	Luke Lerdwichagul
Inspired by	Mario by Nintendo Red vs. Blue by Burnie Burns Team Fabulous 2 by Kitty0706
Written by	Luke Lerdwichagul Kevin Lerdwichagul
Directed by	Luke Lerdwichagul
Voices of	Luke Lerdwichagul Kevin Lerdwichagul Elsie Lovelock James Bailey
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	13
Production
Animators	Luke Lerdwichagul Kevin Lerdwichagul
Editor	James Bailey
Production company	Glitch Productions
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07) – present
Related
Meta Runner Sunset Paradise

SMG4 (abbreviation of SuperMarioGlitchy4 and formerly known as Super Mario 64 Bloopers) is an Australian parody machinima web-series founded by Luke Lerdwichagul. It mainly focuses on parodies of Nintendo franchises or other works. It was first uploaded on the SMG4 (at the time known as Supermarioglitchy4) YouTube channel on May 7, 2011 with the episode "The Cake Is a Lie!".

Series Summary

SMG4 chronicles the adventures of the "SMG4 Crew", a dysfunctional group of friends going about on various misadventures, utilizing internet memes and running gags with greater (and often comical) results as it usually escalates into complete chaos.

Characters

Main Characters

• SMG4: One of the main protagonists of the series who is also the titular protagonist. He is a partially amnesiac Super Meme Guardian who gets dragged into Mario's adventures.
• Mario: One of the main protagonists of the series. He is an Italian-American plumber. He is also depicted as the dumb man of the channel. He and Luigi are typically presented as the comic reliefs of the channel.

Major supporting Characters

• Luigi: One of the two deuteragonists of the series. He is Mario's younger foster brother. He is often called gay by his brother and gets scared very easily. But nonetheless, from friendly ghosts to knocking into strangers' houses, he acts bravely when he needs to.
• Meggy Spletzer: One of the two deuteragonists of the series and the main protagonist of Season 9. She is a former Inkling who is friends with Mario and the others. She likes action and adventure but doesn’t like anime. She's a complete failure at cooking. She was permanently transformed into a human upon being drained of her ink in "SMG4: Final Hours".
• Fishy Boopkins: A jolly Spike and the son of Joe Boopkins that loves eating rocks and anime. His species is endangered.
• Bob Bobowski: A Garo who constantly wants to be in SMG4's videos during Season 6. He is friends with the cast but more so Fishy Boopkins. He is the focus of Season 8's second story arc that centers on his career as a rapper, but it caused him to strain his relationship with his friends. He loses his fame and is able to make up with his friends during Season 8's conclusion.
• SMG3: The current anti-heroic tritagonist of the series. He is a partially amnesiac Super Meme Guardian and the former arch-nemesis of SMG4 who becomes his rival after they first met. After he was banished to the Internet Graveyard by Susan Wojcicki, he became ruler of said realm. As of Season 11, he is a member of the gang.
• Tari: A shy and quiet girl who's a pro in video games. She also loves rubber ducks, as she is frequently seen with one. She is also a cyborg who can manipulate the properties of video games.
• Melony: A literal watermelon used to replace Meggy that was later transformed into a lazy human girl by Fierce Deity Mask and the late Axol's best friend/crush.
• Saiko Bichitaru: A girl from Kevin's School who was mentally unstable due to her wanting attention. She eventually reformed in SMG4: Luigi's Lesson. She has since gradually grown to be good friends with most of the cast.
• Shroomy: A mushroom boy scout and former demon hunter hailing from the Luncheon Kingdom. He is an innocent denizen but tends to suffer from PTSD and a sadistic mindset he obtained during his former life as a Demon Hunter.
• Kaizo Koorumaniru: A demon who was a friend of Saiko. He was created by the fans in a live stream.

Recurring Characters

• Swagmaster69696969696: One of the main protagonists of Guards N' Retards along with his partner Chris Gordman who work as guards in a spaghetti manufacturing company named Fresh Spaghetti Tubbie. He's very unintelligent and often causes a lot of the problems in the series, but has been proven to be helpful in rare instances. From Season 12 onwards, he becomes Sonic's husband after being in a relationship with him.
• Chris Gordman: One of the main protagonists of Guards N' Retards along with his partner Swagmaster69696969696 who used to work as guards at Fresh Spaghetti Tubbie. He's much more competent and sane than Swag is though at times he has done some insane stuff. He and Swagmaster6969696969 have been tertiary antagonists in The Anime Arc previously but became allies in the second half of the arc.
• Peach Toadstool: The Princess of The Mushroom Kingdom who is annoyed easily by Mario and the gang's stupidity but does have a good heart towards them.
• Toad: The annoying grumpy Toad who serves as Peach's servant and is very psychopathic.
• Yoshi: Mario's dinosaur friend. He loves drugs, eating and committing tax fraud, which gets him into trouble with the authorities.
• Bowser: The tritagonist of the series. He is Mario's former nemesis where Peach is involved but otherwise good friend who isn’t that bad. He likes chicken and cooking. While he was an antagonist in previous episodes, he has long since retired from villainy.
• Wario: Mario's arch-rival who loves scamming for money. He also seems to like fried chickens.
• Waluigi: Wario's brother and taco vendor who was a major threat to the Mushroom Kingdom in his own arc based on a meme of not being in smash until being redeemed by SMG3. He would later do the same to Bob.
• Steve: The main character of Minecraft who says “HI GUYS!”. Despite his chicken loving behavior, he yields impressive power.
• Professor E. Gadd: A kooky and eccentric scientist.
• Nintendofan997: SMG4's friend who's sometimes called "X". He is the host of War of the Fat Italians.
• FightingMario54321: Another friend and ally of SMG4. Like X, FightingMario54321 has fewer appearances starting from 2015, being relegated to just cameos. He occasionally is seen as a Policeman who seems to hate jaywalking.
• The Villager: A main protagonist of the Nintendo franchise Animal Crossing as well as a fighter in SSBU/SSB3DS and had appeared once in SMG4's blooper SM64 Bloopers: Can the Villager come out to play? as the main antagonist, as he become a murder since he lost his Doritos.
• Hal Monitor: A cyborg police officer with a monitor for a head who hates illegal activity and would typically respond with violence to deter others from doing it.
• JubJub Boopkins: Fishy Boopkins' younger brother who's often abused by Mario.
• Rob the Scarecrow: A scarecrow who loves corn and Bob's possible best friend.
• Belle Fontiere: A cyborg gamer and aspiring play actor originating from Meta Runner.
• Whimpu: A meek simp who also has an interest in anime like Boopkins.
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The main character of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and Sonic the Derphog. He is a fast blue hedgehog. From Season 12 onwards, he becomes Swag's husband after he got into a relationship against his will..
• Old Man Hobo: The old man who appears as a background character and is a pixelated sprite.
• Teletubbies: SMG4's worst nightmare that are a bunch of weird aliens from a realm called Teletubbyland. They are depicted as violent beings.
• Jeeves: A large sentient fork who is of high class and runs a milk factory. He is also known for a VERY short temper.
• Toadette: She's the crazy and obsessive girlfriend of Toad.
• The Police: The Mushroom Kingdom's local law enforcement.
• Toadsworth: Another Toad that is Peach's butler.
• Donkey Kong: A big gorilla who loves bananas.
• Karen: A cat who work in a lot of different jobs. She has a thousand children, but only three are known

Minor Characters

• Dr. Eggman: Sonic's main nemesis who likes saying “Pingas!”, as well as the main antagonist of Sonic the Derphog.
• MarioMario54321: A minor YouTuber who in real life he has done machinima longer than SMG4 has, but the latter quickly surpassed him in popularity.
• SMG4's Minion: A clone sister of SMG4 that Mario accidentally created with the cloning machine when trying to clone spaghetti. She is some what idiotic like Mario and loves hugs.
• Crazy Toilet Dude: A minor antagonist of the earlier bloopers who loves toilets. He was a member of SMG3's first gang at one point.
• MCGustavo: A minor YouTuber who helped SMG4 catch SMG3 after the latter copied the former's first WOTFI video.
• Ruffman8890: A minor YouTuber that appeared occasionally, he is shown to be very hyper in the series and a good friend to Mario and SMG4.
• Crimsonman5: A minor YouTuber that appeared occasionally from 2012 to 2018, he was mostly portrayed as a news reporter in the majority of his appearances.
• Toast Guy: A Shy Guy who has a love for toast and turns into a fairy.
• Wizard Rock: The rock who is the wizard who do magic spells.
• Princess Daisy: The princess of Sarasaland, although she currently resides in Mushroom Kingdom. It is often speculated that she is Luigi's contrarily outgoing and radiant love interest. In the seasons 7-11, her appearances decreased that demoted her a minor character, but in the Seasons 11 and 12, she appears as several cameos.
• Rosalina: The manager of the Comet Observatory where she looks after her various Lumas and the cosmos.
• Team Killer Ink Leader: The main antagonist of Meggy's Destiny. She is a female inkling with a dislike for humans.
• Fuego the Water Bottle: A sentient Russian water bottle.
• Crazy Raisin Lady: A old lady.

Overarching Characters

• SMG1 and SMG2: The overarching protagonists of the series and the Genesis Arc. They are two Spudnick recolors who previously lived in Old Universe, which had been destroyed by Niles/Zero.

Former Characters

• Starman3: A former friend and ally of SMG4. He was a major character in Season 2 and 3. But due to real-life controversies, he has been removed from SMG4's videos and canon as a whole.
• Enzo: A frenemy of SMG4 who resided at the castle before turning evil after Mario ruined his birthday. He was arrested on his birthday in "Birthday Freakout" and was plotting his revenge to "kill Mario and SMG4 once and for all". He later reappears for revenge in "The Visitor", and "Christmas Crazies". He completely stopped appearing in the show after a fan harassed him for reappearing in the show.
• Desti: A deceased Octoling girl and former Splatfest champion. She was the leader of Octoposse and hailed Inkopolis, she used to bully Meggy until they became close friends. She was unfortunately killed off during The Anime Arc.
• Francis: A major antagonist in the series and the main antagonist of The Anime Arc. He is a nerdy chameleon whose goal was to make all anime come to life, he was responsible for the kidnapping of all of the Inklings and Octolings, he was even willing to murder Desti to get what he wants. He was eventually terminated for his crimes against humanity and Inkling kind, he is also Meggy's arch-nemesis.
• Fred: The avatar of SMG0 and the main character of the game Mage, he was killed by Niles.
• Shadow Meggy: The overarching antagonist of Sunset Paradise itself. She is the physical embodiment of Meggy's negative emotions. She soon faded away in Sunset Paradise's season finale after Meggy finally found her purpose in life.
• Spudnick: The avatar of SMG1 and SMG2 and the main character of the game Spudnick's Great Adventure, he likes teddy bears and adventures. He was killed by Eldritch Zero when Zero fails to turns him into his avatar.
• Axol: A deceased anthropomorphic axolotl and world-famous manga artist who created a special pen called "Inkweaver" which allows illustrations to come to life. He was killed off by Melony during the finale of Genesis Arc.
• Box Club Leader: A strange man who worship the God Box. He died by being overpowered by the God Box.
• SMG0: The overarching protagonist of the series and the Revelations Arc. He is Fred recolor who previously lived in his universe, which has been destroyed by Niles.
• Niles: The overarching antagonist of the series and the main antagonist of the Genesis Arc and Revelations Arc. He is the imperfect Super Meme Guardian created by the God Box who has been traveling across universes, destroying them as he goes, whose main desire is to use other avatars as a new avatar to create a universe of despair and sadness. He is also SMG1's, 2's and Melony's arch-nemesis.

Style

SMG4 is generally known for having a light-hearted, comedic tone, albeit occasional darker tones. The show is known for referencing pop culture, obsessively using memes and featuring adult jokes. During some episodes, especially during arcs, the tone severely darkens.

History

SMG4 was founded as a web series in 2011, though the channel of the same name the web series is uploaded on was founded in 2009.

Upon SMG4's inauguration, videos almost had no original IP and had much lower production quality than that of nowadays. Most original SMG4 episodes consisted of Mario as the prominent character, among other Nintendo characters. The channel was originally named Supermarioglitchy4, and episodes were branded as Super Mario 64 Bloopers. Both were renamed as simply SMG4 in 2017. Two other prominent series other than SMG4 were featured on the SMG4 channel - R64 (originally known as Retarded64) and Guards N' Retards. These two series have since been discontinued and merged into the SMG4 series regarding YouTube's stricter policies and the word "retard".

In 2018, SMG4 began to transition to original IP. The first story arc in the series also occurred said year and added more storytelling aspects to the series. Over the past few years, SMG4 has switched to more original IP and much higher production quality. Multiple characters have been redesigned into an original IP.

References

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• 2011 web series debuts
• Australian YouTubers
• Australian animated web series
• Australian adult animated web series
• Unofficial works based on Mario
• English-language YouTube channels
• Comedy-related YouTube channels
• YouTube channels launched in 2009
• Machinima works