Shy Girl, A Worm/Mario Crossover
is, as the title suggests, a crossover between Worm and Super Mario Bros., in which Taylor becomes the Boss of the Shy Guys, and becomes the bail bondswoman cape "Shy Girl".
Anything after the beginning of 2-1 may be marked as spoilers.
Tropes:
- Adaptational Badass: Bob-ombs in Mario canon will have a blast radius of about 5-6 times their diameter (as of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2). The non-lethal paint bob-ombs in Shy Girl are strong enough to be mistaken for a terrorist attack, and Taylor is shocked at how much damage she caused with an absent-minded go-ahead.
- All Animals Are Dogs: Taylor's pet Chomp Nippy.
- Ambiguous Robots: In-Universe, the main theory is that Taylor/Shy Girl is a Tinker and her Guys are advanced robots.
- Berserk Button: Taylor is this to both Sophia (over the paint bombs in high school) and Bakuda (for one-upping the ordnance of the ABB). In regards to Sophia, the feeling is mutual.
- The Chosen One: Apparently Taylor was the one destined to be the Boss of the Shy Guys, who've been waiting for her for years.
- Crossover: With Super Mario Bros. and Super Smash Bros..
- Dead Fic: Not updated since 2014. Until it started up again in 2023.
- Denser and Wackier: The fic has the cartoony tone of the Mario franchise, with the darker nature of Worm manifesting mainly as Comedic Sociopathy.
- The Dreaded: Mario to the Guys, who treat him as if he's a Humanoid Abomination.
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Taylor as Shy Girl.
- Hive Mind: The Guys have this. Any time they need a new type of Guy that doesn't currently exist, they can create it out of the collective knowledge they have.
- I Was Just Joking: Following an incident with non-lethal ordinance turning the school into a veritable war zone, Taylor has to explain to General Guy that sometimes she has thoughts she doesn't want to follow through with.
- Knight of Cerebus: Uber and Leet of all people, giving Taylor her first duel with Mario, her first encounter with Bowser, and a Crossover with Super Smash Bros..
- Mooks: The premise is Taylor getting an army of these, much to Bowser's detriment.
- No Kill like Overkill: Averted in the case of getting back at Taylor's bullies- Taylor orders a downgrade from lethal bob-ombs to non-lethal paint bob-ombs because she doesn't want to get in trouble. Even that is overkill and disturbs Taylor.
- Dream Reality Check: Gourmet Guy slaps Taylor to prove they're real and not a hallucination.The Boss? I was the Boss of these things? I held up a hand to stop an answer that I somehow knew was coming, "Just tell me one thing." They waited as I tried to form the right words, but how could I ask them to prove that they were real? That I wasn't somehow hallucinating.
* SLAP!* I blinked and held my cheek as a Shy Guy I hadn't noticed stepped into view, a doctor's bag in it's grip, "That should be proof enough I think. We are quite certainly real Boss, and we're here to serve..." - Oh, Crap!: Taylor is shocked when the Shy Guys actually follow through with administering non-lethal paint bob-ombs to Sophia, Emma, and Madison following her joking suggestion.
- Punch-Clock Villain: The Shy Guys had no particular loyalty to Bowser, merely serving him while they waited for the Boss to call.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- The Shy Guys don't think twice when they hear the Call, and all of them desert Bowser.
- Taylor herself has this reaction when she inadvertently paint-bombs the school with bob-ombs strong enough to be mistaken for a terrorist attack, but is intercepted when she tries to run.
- Taylor panics and runs from the PRT after being attacked by Shadow Stalker in the ABB's foiled bank robbery.
- Superpower Lottery: Taylor is in command of the Guys, Chomps, Boos, Bob-ombs and Bills with all that entails.
- There Are No Therapists: Averted with Psyche Guy, the therapist Guy Taylor creates to help with her mental issues. It is noted that she should see a non-Guy therapist at some point though.
- Unstoppable Rage: Bowser enters one when the Shy Guys, Chomps, Bob-ombs, Bills and Boos all abandon him for Taylor.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: The sheer amount of information in the Shy Guy Hive Mind did a mental whammy to Taylor, and while the Guys did a fairly good job patching her together, she's still got a few problems as a result.
- Wham Episode:
- 2-5 and 2-6. Uber and Leet turn the fic into a crossover with Super Smash Bros., Shy Girl fights Mario, Bowser chews out Taylor and swears revenge, and the Master Hand speaks with Taylor.
- 2-?: The Master Hand wants Shy Girl to level up enough to defeat Scion, and says as much to Miss Militia.
- Womanchild: Taylor has shades of this due to the mental damage caused by linking up to the Shy Guy Hive Mind.
