Line #24 Fanfic/TheNeverEndingMarioStory


1	->''Mario and Luigi were watching ESPN when Toad walked in and said...''
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3	''[[http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=553689 The Never Ending Mario Story]]'' is/was a nonsensical RoundRobin fanfic created by the users of Nsider2 Forums. As the name implies, the story's main focus is on the characters of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, but as the plot went on it inevitably began to draw in elements from [[MegaCrossover just about everything else]]. Surprisingly, however, the story was for the most part actually able to hold together a coherent plot, and featured several story arcs before becoming a DeadFic.
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5	Since then, a few brave individuals on Nsider have attempted to begin another "Never Ending _____ Story" on the forums, but none have been as successful as this one.
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7	!!''The Never-Ending Mario Story'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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9	%%* AbortedArc: The search for the Legendary Ruby Burritos.
10	%%* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
11	%%* AllJustADream: Subverted.
12	%%* AwesomenessIsVolatile: So volatile that it tears a hole in the space-time continuum.
13	%%* BackFromTheDead: Used occasionally, most notably with [[TheGrimReaper Death]] himself.
14	%%* BadFuture: [[spoiler: One where Toad joins the Dark Side and takes over the world]].
15	%%* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Lampshaded.
16	%%* BattleCouple: Toad and Kamelia.
17	* BigBad: King K. Rool ([[spoiler: Or rather, the demon that was possessing him]]) in the first arc, Creator/BillMurray in the second, [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Captain Olimar]] in the third.
18	* BigDamnHeroes: Toad, when he assembles an army of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} to save the others from Team Rocket.
19	%%* BreakingTheFourthWall
20	%%* CerebusRollercoaster: Given the amount of writers with differing styles of writing, this was bound to happen.
21	%%* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Dr. Robotnik and Mechagodzilla]]
22	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Since "evil" Mario can't kill Mario and co., he attempts to do the next best thing by forcing them to listen to ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' on tape.
23	%%* DamselInDistress: Peach, as usual, though she eventually manages to escape on her own.
24	* TheDeathOfDeath: Death is killed, resulting in everyone else being unable to die until he is revived.
25	%%* DependingOnTheWriter: Inevitable.
26	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Villainous example: [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] somehow murders [[AC:[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Death]]]].
27	* DontFearTheReaper: [[AC: Death]] is actually helpful to Mario and co., though you still shouldn't get on his bad side.
28	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Alucard]] is crushed under a spaceship piloted by Franchise/{{Kirby}}.
29	%%* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The demon possessing King K. Rool]]
30	* EnemyMine: Bowser teams up with Mario yet again in this fic.
31	* EvilTwin: The "evil" counterparts. Also, Toad's twin brother Ignuf.
32	%%* FantasticVoyagePlot: King K. Rool and the Kremlings upon being vacuumed by Bowser.
33	%%* FireAndBrimstoneHell
34	%%* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Kamek, er, Kamelia.
35	* FollowTheLeader: As mentioned above, a few users have attempted to make similar group fics since this one ended, but most of them lose momentum quickly.
36	* FusionDance: [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] and Creator/ChuckNorris combine to become the most powerful being in existance: Creator/BruceLee.
37	%%* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: Darth Toad]]
38	* GenderBender: Kamek is transformed into a woman by Toad's wish, and remains as such for the duration of the story. [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy Weapons Guy]] also has a sex change, [[spoiler: Though she was actually a woman to begin with.]]
39	%%* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Mario and Luigi to Toad.
40	%%* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Several.
41	%%* GroinAttack: Subverted, see SamusIsAGirl below.
42	* HumongousMecha: Peach and Bowser's Castles apparently still have their mecha components from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'', and they can even [[CombiningMecha combine]].
43	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Toad, causing him to believe that he is [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]].
44	* MacGuffin: Several over the course of the course of the story, such as the Legendary Ruby Burritos, the Manga/{{Dragon Ball}}s, and the [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Ultimate Power]].
45	%%* MagneticHero: Mario, natch.
46	%%* MegaCrossover
47	* MirrorUniverse: Where the "evil" counterparts are suspected to have come from. [[spoiler: But it ends up being subverted.]]
48	* NonIndicativeName: "The Land of Chocolates, which in fact had no chocolate at all and no one there knew what chocolate was."
49	* OffWithHisHead: "Evil" Luigi. He survives it.
50	* ThePsychoRangers: The "evil" duplicates of the heroes, created by a space-time paradox.
51	%%* ResetButton: Played straight and later subverted.
52	%%* RoundRobin
53	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Heavy is a woman.]]
54	%%* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: The demon.]]
55	%%* SecondLawOfGenderBending:...Kamelia again.
56	%%* SpotTheImposter: Mario invokes this by using his newfound shapeshifting abilities on the Heavy.
57	* SuperHero: Toad's alter ego, Mushroom Man.
58	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Justified in that the Mario Bros. have been able to breathe underwater in the past.
59	%%* ThoseWackyNazis
60	%%* TookALevelInBadass: Toad.
61	* VillainousRescue: K. Rool unwittingly saves Mario and the gang from their "evil" counterparts.
62	%%* VillainTeamUp: K. Rool and Giovanni.
63	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The "evil" twins of the heroes, who are actually [[spoiler: duplicates created by the distortion of the time-space continuum, and are only trying to fix said distortion]].
64	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Yoshi lampshades the fact that he doesn't appear until twenty pages into the story. Peach also ends up having to rescue herself when Mario and co. get sidetracked.
65	%%* WhattheHellHero: Mario killing Prince Peasley for insulting his mother.
66	%%* WildCard: Creator/MrT
67	* YinYangClash: Creator/BruceLee vs. [[spoiler: Demon K. Rool]].
68	%%* [[YourHeadASplode Your Head Implode]]: Toad, upon witnessing the ritual of Zalgo.

Context Fanfic / TheNeverEndingMarioStory