Line #28 Recap/SMG4AllIWantForChristmasIsMarioToFreakinBehave


1	->It's CHRISTMAS TIME but Mario does something naughty and has to make up for it.
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3	During a Christmas dinner at the castle, Mario accidentally kicks off a chain of events that injures Axol Jr., Melony's pet axolotl, leaving her furious at him. Mario goes to apologize to her, but when it becomes apparent that Melony doesn't want to see him, the crew must pitch in to help him show Melony that he is truly repentant.
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5	* AmusingInjuries: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. Whenever anyone else in the group gets injured, they're perfectly fine as soon as they leave the camera. When Mario accidentally burns and flings around Axol Junior, he lives, but gets seriously injured and gets put on life support.
6	* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: Melony holds Axol Junior with her during the episode and plays with it. Real axolotls are fully aquatic salamanders, should not be taken out of water, and should never be handled with bare hands, forget playfully shaking them.
7	* BewareTheNiceOnes: This episode reminds you that as sweet as Melony is, she's still a person with feelings... and godlike powers. After Mario hurts her deeply by endangering Axol Jr., she isolates herself from him, using her powers to create not only a fortress of solitude, but also a {{Snowlem}} for the purpose of keeping others out. Even after Meggy convinces her to give Mario a chance to properly apologize, she's still quite reluctant to hear him out, and it takes a while for her to ultimately forgive him.
8	* BreakingOldTrends: The title is a refreshing change from two years of just titling the ChristmasEpisode after its year.
9	* TheBusCameBack:
10	** Tari is seen at the table after being mostly OutOfFocus since the conclusion of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner''.
11	** After months of being relegated to cameo appearances, Kaizo finally has an important part in an [=SMG4=] video since the "Meme Games".
12	** [=SMG1=] and 2 make their first major appearance since [[WebAnimation/SMG4MovieRevelations the "Revelations" movie]].
13	** Depresso makes his first physical appearance since "[[Recap/SMG4sMarioBloopersMarioScrewsInALightbulb Mario Screws In A Lightbulb]]".
14	** Axol Junior makes his first appearance since [[Recap/Supermarioglicthy4sSuperMario64BloopersSMG4ChristmasSpecial2021 the previous Christmas special]].
15	* CallBack: [=SMG4=] summarizes the events of [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64BloopersTheLawsuitArc the Lawsuit arc]] as an excuse to have not been training.
16	* ChekhovsGun: [=SMG1=] and 2 teaching [=SMG4=] and 3 about the cringe-curing salt becomes essential to calming Melony down.
17	* ChristmasEpisode: The one for 2022.
18	* ADayInTheLimelight: This video serves as Axol Junior's first major appearance, over a year after his debut.
19	* DreadfulMusician: Boopkins tries to sing a Christmas song to cheer everyone up, resulting in Kaizo and Bob covering their ears and [=SMG4=]'s [[YourHeadASplode head exploding]].
20	* DisproportionateRetribution: Karen beats up [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife an actual Karen]] and gives her to the [=SMGs=] to be harvested into salt.
21	* EasilyForgiven: Played with. Melony is initially in ''no'' mood to speak with Mario for most of the episode, but once he finally has a chance to properly apologize, she's remarkably quick to accept it.
22	* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Bob and [=SMG3=] are disgusted with Mario when he gets accidentally gets Axol Junior injured simply because he wanted to get some food sooner.
23	-->'''Bob:''' Dude, that was low. Even for you.
24	-->'''[=SMG3=]:''' Great going, idiot! You've ruined Christmas!
25	* GivenNameReveal: After over a year of cameos and minor appearances, Melony's pet axolotl's name is finally revealed to be Axol Junior.
26	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Mario's apology to Melony comes right after he kicks Boopkins.
27	* HypocriticalHumour: The group calls Mario out for abusing Axol Junior, completely ignoring that Melony was keeping him out of water, shaking him, and touching him with her bare hands.
28	* ItsAllAboutMe: Mario initially. The only reason Axol Junior got hurt in the first place is because Mario didn’t want to wait for Christmas dinner and threw him at Bob’s face in hopes of distracting everyone so he could get some food earlier, resulting in a chain of events that got the axolotl severely burned and requiring life support. And when everyone calls him out for it, [[NeverMyFault he tries to claim that he didn’t do anything]] and calls Axol Junior "a stupid frog". Meggy sets him straight, however, and he spends the rest of the episode trying to make things right.
29	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In his effort to teach Kaizo and Bob about Christmas spirit, Mario changes the castle interior background to a live action Christmas video, shocking and confusing both of them and leaving them to wonder how the background changed. The camera then pulls back to show Mario somehow surrounded them on three sides with a green-screen (how they were able to ''see'' what was on the screen is a different question).
30	-->'''Kaizo:''' Whoa!! WHAT THE HELL?\
31	'''Bob:''' How is the background changing?
32	* LethalChef:
33	** The "[[BlatantLies good soup]]" is so bad (or spicy) that Axol Junior bursts into flame upon entering it.
34	** Meggy gives the snow guardian some Christmas cookies. She tells it that she baked them herself, causing it to instantly glitch out and die.
35	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mario initially doesn't understand why Melony is so upset over Axol Jr getting hurt because of him, but once Meggy explains how much Axol Jr means to her, he ''immediately'' changes his tune and becomes determined to make it up to her.
36	* MustMakeAmends: Mario, after he realizes just how much he hurt Melony.
37	* NeverMyFault: Mario tries to claim this when everyone else calls him out for getting Axol Junior hurt and claims that Axol Junior was just a "stupid frog". Meggy sets him straight, however.
38	* {{Objectshifting}}: Cringe salt is harvested by Guardians turning cringy people into shakers of it.
39	* PuffOfLogic: The snow guardian doesn't die from eating [[LethalChef Meggy]]'s Christmas cookies until after she tells it that she baked them. Usually, someone only need make ''contact'' with or ''smell'' her cooking before dying.
40	* {{Rewrite}}: Axol Junior debuted in "[[Recap/SMG4sMarioBloopersIfMarioWasInNickelodeon If Mario Was In... Nickelodeon]]" as a pet Mario [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents wished up]] for Melony. This episode instead shows a flashback of Melony buying Axol Junior at a pet store and adopting him.
41	* ShoutOut: Melony protecting her fortress of solitude with a giant snow monster? [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Hmmm...]]
42	* TearsOfRemorse: Mario sheds these of the OcularGushers variety when it sinks in just how much he screwed up.
43	* [[TerrestrialSeaLife Terrestrial River Life]]: Axol Junior is an axolotl, a 100% aquatic salamander. Despite this, he's able to breathe and even move around in the air without issue.
44	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Melony is understandably furious when Mario's recklessness results in Axol Jr. getting severely injured and initially refuses to talk to him.
45	* WhatTheHellHero: ''No one'' is happy with Mario for hurting Melony's feelings. [[EveryoneHasStandards Not even Bob and SMG3]].
46	* YourHeadASplode: [=SMG4=]'s head explodes in response to [[DreadfulMusician Boopkins singing]].

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