History YMMV / MARIOByMARIO

* NightmareRetardant: In 2023, the "Victim #1" image was finally discovered to be a [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/videogaming/images/0/0c/Victim_1_unedited_photo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20230902031600 highly edited image]] of an Main/{{Emo}} doing a Music/DirEnGrey cosplay. For an image that once tormented the Internet and was even speculated to portray actual gore, it's much harder to take seriously anymore.

* NightmareRetardant: In 2023, the "Victim #1" image was finally discovered to be a [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/videogaming/images/0/0c/Victim_1_unedited_photo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20230902031600 highly edited image]] of an Main/Emo doing a Music/DirEnGrey cosplay. For an image that once tormented the Internet and was even speculated to portray actual gore, it's much harder to take seriously anymore.

** The NightmareFace itself, which can take up the background of your computer according to the pasta.

-->''Victim #1. Eyeballs were unable to be found. The victim was found lying on her carpet. Causes of death unknown, handmarks with unidentifiable fingerprints were found all over the corpse.''

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Iggy's Castle level seems to be building up something incredibly horrifying and scary...only to reveal that the boss level is the generic fight with Iggy.
* MoralEventHorizon: Whatever Mario did before the start of this hack, we'll probably never know...and probably don't wanna know for that matter.

** This is one of the more uniquely disturbing pastas out there for two reasons. One, the Narrator has proof that it exists. Two, the MARIO hack was already released before anyone even thought of posting a pasta about it. Had the narrator not been intrigued to take a look, the hack could've had a very obscure existence, being played only by very few people out there.

** This is one of the more uniquely disturbing pastas out there for two reasons. One, the Narrator has proof that it exists. Two, the MARIO hack was already released before anyone even thought of posting a pasta about it. Had the narrator not been intrigued to take a look, the hack could've had a very obscure existence, being played only by very few people out there.

** This is one of the more uniquely disturbing pastas out there for two reasons. One, the Narrator has proof that it exists. Two, the MARIO hack was already released before anyone even thought of posting a pasta about it. Had the narrator not been intrigued to take a look, the hack could've had a very obscure existence, being played only by very few people out there.
* UncannyValley: A lot of people find the hack scary because of the lack of gore or anything traditionally scary, the only element that's considered graphic is the Victim #1 message and we don't even see a proper image. [[spoiler: In the hack itself anyways...]]

* NightmareFuel: The Victim #1 message.

* NightmareFuel: The Victim #1 message!

* UncannyValley: The hack itself! A lot of people find it scary because of the lack of gore or anything traditionally scary. The only element that's considered graphic is the Victim #1 message and we don't even see a proper image! [[spoiler: In the hack itself anyways...]]

* UncannyValley: The hack! A lot of people find it scary because of the lack of gore or anything traditionally scary. The only element that's considered graphic is the Victim #1 message.

* CompleteMonster: Mario is implied to be this throughout the hack.

* UncannyValley: The entire hack! A lot of people find it scary because of the lack of gore or anything traditionally scary. The only element that's considered graphic is the Victim #1 message.

* AntiClimaticBoss: The Iggy's Castle level seems to be building up something incredibly horrifying and scary...only to reveal that the boss level is the generic fight with Iggy.