History Recap / SMG4TheGameCube

** The title itself is a double-reference. It's not only a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}'' but also the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], which is what Mario and [=SMG4=] were trapped in for the whole episode.

* TheReveal: The ending reveals that Mario and [=SMG4=] were put into the cube [[spoiler:by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who was testing out his newest Mario Party, ''Mario Party VR''.]]

* ChekhovsGun[=/=]CuttingTheKnot: Mario spends most of the Shy Guy Says minigame out cold with a cutlass in his face while the focus is on [=SMG4=] attempting the challenge himself. Eventually Mario, sick of Shy Guy's trolling, gets up, pulls out the cutlass, and throws it back at Shy Guy, killing him and winning the game.
* DeathGame: Mario and [=SMG4=] must complete lethal challenges from within the cube. Of course with Mario, "death" doesn't exactly stick.

** The title itself is a double-reference. It's not only a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}'' but also the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], [[spoiler:which is what Mario and [=SMG4=] were trapped in for the whole episode.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: As usual for Mario. Here, he gets sliced in half by a chain-chomp and then takes a pirate's shortsword (a cutlass) to the forehead without any of it fazing him.

* SecurityCling: During the countdown to [[spoiler:what seems like]] their deaths, Mario and [=SMG4=] tearfully hold each other in terror.

* AsideGlance: Mario does this in Game 4 while [=SMG4=] is humorously trying to pull him up and drop him into the can.
* BaitAndSwitch: During Toad-in-the-Box, Mario fails and summons Bowser. He tries to bring up their friendship to avoid punishment, to which Bowser pats him on the head… and ''then'' blasts him with fire.

** The title itself is a double-reference. It's not ''just'' a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}'' but also the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], [[spoiler:which is what Mario and [=SMG4=] were trapped in for the whole episode.]]

** The coin [=SMG4=] flips to see who will take on Robo Bowser Head is yet another ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' asset, specifically it's a half-dollar depicting town founder and coward Claude Huggins.

* CallBack: [=SMG4=] during Crane Game wonders why the timer is still going after he put all the random crap in the box. ''Then'' he realizes he's required to lift Mario, who we are reminded is impossibly heavy (specifically he weighs Infinity-minus-one kilograms). [=SMG4=] tries and fails to lift him. As he does, Mario nonchalantly walks over and puts himself in the box to win the game.

** The title itself is a double-reference, not ''just'' a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}'', but also the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], [[spoiler:which is what Mario and [=SMG4=] were trapped in for the whole episode.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: What do you expect from Mario? Here, he gets sliced in half by a chain-chomp and then takes a pirate's shortsword (a cutlass) to the forehead without any of it fazing him.

** The coin [=SMG4=] flips to see who will take on Robo Bowser Head is yet another ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' asset, specifically it's a half-dollar depicting town founder and coward Claude Huggins.

** The title itself is a double-reference, not ''just'' a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}'', but also the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], [[spoiler:which is what we see Mario and SMG4 trapped in for the whole episode.

** The title itself is a double-reference, not ''just'' a shout-out to ''Film/{{Cube}}''

* ChekhovsGun: Mario spends most of the Shy Guy Says minigame out cold with a knife in his face while the focus is on [=SMG4=] attempting the challenge himself. Eventually Mario, sick of Shyguy's trolling, gets up, pulls out the knife, and throws it back at Shyguy, killing him and winning the game.
* CuttingTheKnot: The duo wins Shy Guy Says when Mario throws a dagger through the Shy Guy's head.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: What do you expect from Mario? Here, he gets sliced in half and then takes a knife to the forehead without any of it fazing him.
* TheReveal: The ending reveals that Mario and [=SMG4=] were put into the cube [[spoiler:by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who was testing out his newest Mario Party.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mario and [=SMG4=] argue over who should face the robo-Bowser head in "Bowser's Big Blast" and eventually give up and cower in the corner. Bowser-head soon gets fed up with the whole thing, pulls out a gun, and shoots himself, handing Mario and [=SMG4=] the win by default.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] have to do are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'', specifically TOAD in the Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says, and Crane Game.

* CuttingTheKnot: The duo wins Shy Guy Says when Mario throws a sword through the Shy Guy's head.
* DeathGame: Mario and [=SMG4=] must complete lethal challenges from within the cube, which all turns out to be part of ''Mario Party VR'', a new game Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto was testing.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All the challenges are strangely similar to Mario Party minigames.
* TheReveal: The ending reveals that Mario and [=SMG4=] were put into the cube by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, who was testing out his newest Mario Party.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] have to do are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'', specifically: TOAD in the Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says and Crane Game. Also serves as Foreshadowing to the fact the whole thing was simply to test the newest Mario Party game.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] have to do are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'', specifically: Toad In A Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says and Crane Game. Also serves as Foreshadowing to the fact the whole thing was simply to test the newest Mario Party game.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] have to do are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/{{MarioParty2}}'', specifically: Toad In A Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says and Crane Game. Also serves as Foreshadowing to the fact the whole thing was simply to test the newest Mario Party game.

* ShoutOut: The inside of the titular cube is an exact replica of the one of the many cubic rooms from the movie ''Film/{{Cube}}''.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] have to do are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/{{MarioParty2}}'', specifically: Toad In A Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says and Crane Game.

** The four challenges that Mario and [=SMG4=] are simply mini-games taken from ''VideoGame/{{MarioParty2}}'', specifically: Toad In A Box, Bowser’s Big Blast, Shy Guy Says and Crane Game.

* ShoutOut: The inside of the titular cube is an exact replica of the one of the many cubic rooms from the movie ''Film/{{Cube}}''.

* ShoutOut: The inside of the titular cube is an exact replica of the eponymous cube from the movie ''Film/{{Cube}}''.

* DeathGame: Mario and [=SMG4=] must complete lethal challenges from within the cube, which all turns out to be part of ''Mario Party VR'', a new game Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto was testing.

* DeathGame: Mario and [=SMG4=] must complete lethal challennges from within the cube, which all turns out to be part of ''Mario Party VR'', a new game Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto was testing.

* DeathGame: Mario and [=SMG4=] must complete lethal challennges from within the cube, which all turns out to be part of a new game Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto was testing.