Heartwarming / Supermarioglitchy4's Super Mario 64 Bloopers

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Even among the craziness and wackiness, these bloopers can still have you walk away with a good feeling in your heart.

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General

• Anytime a Jerkass (like Mario) gives a Pet the Dog moment in a video, such as Bob choosing to win Rob's corn truck back in "The Corn Trip."
• Anytime an antagonist pulls a Heel–Face Turn, examples being Waluigi and Bob.
• Friendships:
  • Mario and Meggy. He treats her like a real friend compared to everyone else associated with him, and his Jerkass attitude started to tone down after meeting her. They're also Like Brother and Sister, as Meggy points out in the Q&A video featuring her. The series even gives us occasional short scenes like Mario simply hanging out at Meggy's house playing with her cat.
  • Tari and Saiko. These two could not be any further apart in personality, but they're shown to be the best of friends, with Saiko even sometimes inviting Tari to her jam sessions. Saiko is also extrememly protective of Tari, to the point of covering her ears when Mario cursed so loudly the entire Mushroom Kingdom heard it.
  • Tari and Mario, surprisingly enough. While not on the same level as Meggy, Mario clearly cares about Tari. It helps that she's the most girl most likely to go along with his insanity and is nearly as much of a Butt-Monkey as Mario himself. Sure, he sometimes enjoys playing on her innocence with dark memes, but he still doesn't take kindly to anyone else hurting her.
  • Axol and Melony. Sure Axol's crush on her is Played for Laughs, but it's adorable at the same time. She didn't like him back at first, but as the series progresses, she takes a liking in him.
  • Bob and Boopkins, post Rapper Bob arc. They act more like best friends ever since Bob Took a Level in Kindness. In the 10th anniversary special, they commit the "Ultimate Rap Finisher" like True Companions.
  • SMG3 and SMG4 (yes, really). After going through so much pain and learning to work together in the Genesis Arc, they become Fire-Forged Friends who look towards their future as Meme Guardians.
  • Hell, the whole group is like one big family; they constantly piss each other off, but when push comes to shove, they'll drop everything to save one another.

Episodic

• Scatman's Revenge:
  • The ending is shockingly emotional, when the ghost of Scatman John, after initially lashing out with cursed clothes, a giant Mario and greenscreen madness, finally accepts that people using his songs constantly in bloopers is in fact proof that people love his music. Mario is genuinely touched by this moment.
• Tale of a Bob-omb:
  • The Bob-omb being adopted by King Bob-omb. Too bad the episode delves into Tear Jerker territory.
• The Visitor:
  • When Enzo receives his birthday gift.^note  In actuality, it was a ploy to get him arrested.
  • Also when Luigi cries over Toad's death. Doubles as a Tear Jerker.
  Luigi: Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! *sobs hysterically*
• War of the Fat Italians 2014: When SMG4 and Mario apologize to each other, while X is bored and depressed:
  SMG4: I'M SO SORRY MARIO! FOR ALL THE FIGHTING!
  Mario: Somewhere, deep down in my heart, I still love you!
  Both cry. X is still bored.
  SMG4: C'MON MARIO! BROFIST ME UP! (X presses the button on his controller, causing a spaghetti-eating challenge from before to continue)
  Mario punches SMG4.
  Mario: SIKE! (he laughs)
• Who Let the Chomp Out?: The Chain Chomp and SMG4 share a heartwrenching but warming moment apologizing:
  Chain Chomp: I just wanted to be your friend! (sheds a single tear)
  SMG4: I'M SO SORRY-
  Mario: I don't give a fuck!
• In Christmas Crazies, Mario gave Enzo and Villager gifts as a way to stop them from causing more massacre. They both felt happy as a reaction.
• In Waluigi Origins, after Waluigi saves himself and Wario from falling, he reminds Wario of the incident that separated them. Wario forgets the negative parts and both are happy to be with each other again. They even have a hug before being interrupted by Bowser.
• Mario trying to comfort Meggy after their team loses a tournament in "If Mario Was In Splatoon", and succeeds in cheering her up.
• In the Hotel Mario episode, there's one clip where Mario is having genuine fun playing with Baby Mario.
• Fishy Boopkins' Rousing Speech to Luigi in the high school episode.
• Sob Story: Tale of a Bob-omb It's also a Tear Jerker.
• Area 64: When Mario had to let go of Beta Luigi from a broken spaceship.
  Mario: LUIGI! NOOOOOOOOOO!
• The friendship between Mario and Meggy. Unlike pretty much everyone else in the show, Mario seems to genuinely like Meggy and values their friendship, to the point that he comes to her defense without hesitation in "Wild Wild Mario", eagerly helps her learn about Christmas in "The XMAS Discovery", and teaches her how to cook in "New Year, New Mario". Taken up to eleven in “If Mario Was In Splatoon 2”, where after they part ways over disagreements over a deadly training session Meggy wanted to do, they still manage to make up by the end with Meggy respecting Mario’s decision to not be a part of her team while Mario still claims that it was fun playing with her.
• The ending of The Mario Mafia certainly counts. Upon confronting Bowser for stealing Mario's spaghetti, he tearfully confesses that what he did was wrong. Mario is unfazed until Bowser decides to make it up to him by buying him extra spaghetti. Mario is instantly moved and hugs Bowser while exclaiming that he loves him, as they along with Steve sob hysterically. Meggy's reaction kinda ruins the moment, however.
  Meggy: Are you guys done yet? (leaves silently while the boys are hugging)
• During the Smash 5 trials, Meggy has to do a platforming challenge, which she can't do all that efficiently. Her partner is Mario, who isn't allowed to interfere. When all hope seemed to be lost, Mario decided to help Meggy by flinging her across the platforms. Master Hand lets it slide despite it probably being illegal, and Meggy makes it in with a smile on her face. She immediately collapses due to being flung face-first into several platforms, but its the thought that counts.
• If Mario Was In... Kirby Star Allies has Mario, who normally tends to be an aggressive Idiot Hero, ask Whispy Woods for directions to Dedede's castle even after Kirby tells him how dangerous Whispy is. He even befriends the tree, giving him a fire flower as a gift. The flower accidentally burns Whispy and the entire forest down, but at least it was a nice gesture from the normally-selfish Mario.
• In Mario waits for pizza everyone (except Bob) offering to help Bowser clean his house.
• Luigi genuinely trying to help Saiko learn to be a good person in "Luigi's Lesson". While it doesn't seem to take at first, when Mario starts having a heart attack from eating 500 hotdogs, Saiko immediately helps Luigi save him. This, plus the genuine smile she gives before riding off at the end, suggests that there may be hope for the show's biggest Yandere after all.
• A Freeze-Frame Bonus in Mario's Late!; during the awards ceremony Waluigi gets upset he lost the award (unsurprising considering what he did to everyone the last few episodes). During Baldi's reaction to losing, you can briefly see Wario patting him on the back and consoling him. It's a sweet moment. Sweeter if you consider that this moment takes place after Wario made up with and promised to be nicer to Waluigi after the events of WOTFI 2018.
• If Mario Was In... Starfox
  • Mario actually showing concern from Slippy after he crash-landed, jumping onto the plane and trying to revive him. Guess that Character Development during the Waluigi Arc stuck...
• The Mario Purge has Bob locked outside after the purge started. Saiko, Toad, Mario, and SMG4 elected to keep him out (with Mario getting a smaller heartwarming moment, still being angry at Bob for leaving him and his brother out to die during the events of Mario and the T-Pose Virus), leading to Fishy Boopkins defying them and disabling the security system to let him in. Bob is genuinely surprised and extremely thankful, even hugging and spinning around Fishy Boopkins and calling him his best friend.
• Mad Mario has one via Alternate Character Interpretation. SMG4 and Luigi are afraid of the dangerous "Wild Childs" (Meggy, Tari and Saiko) but Mario believes they're Not Evil, Just Misunderstood and still thinks of them as friends, even expressing protest against SMG4 for distrusting them. While it could be because of Mario's obliviousness, it's also possible that he still remembers his friendships with Meggy and Tari and considers them his friends. Bonus points for him also considering Saiko as a friend as well. It pays off when the girls decide to help them.
• In Mario Goes To The Fridge... Mario, Luigi and Toad are forced to milk cows after ruining Jeeves's milk factory. Luigi goes to milk a cow called Bessie, but instead of forcibly milking her he compliments and reassures the cow, to the point of having a candlelit dinner, and treats her kindly. Bessie repays the kindness tenfold by saving Luigi from Jeeves's wrath, even if she did start an uprising and transform into a demon to do so.
• Everyone in Mario's Valentine Advice turns up to give Shroomy advice on how to win over Po, even though they aren't obligated to. Shows how they're all close friends to him.
• The way Mario and the Cherry Clone interact in "Stupid Mario 3D World" is both this and tear-jerking at the same time. As Bowser throws a fireball at Mario, the Cherry Clone sacrifices himself to save the original. The Cherry Clone dies after taking the hit and tells Mario that he'll always be in his heart. One could argue that Bowser threw the fireball at the Cherry Clone and the original Mario took the sacrifice.
• In "Mario Does the Chores", when Meggy is having trouble adjusting to her human form, Mario reassures her with a Rousing Speech and tells her to pick herself up. It's notable in that it is pretty much the only time in the video where Mario is being genuinely helpful, despite him doing it to get off doing chores himself, showing off the bond the two have. It even helps make her feel a little better... even if she goes gun-crazy while training for Splatfest. Again.
• Mario visibly feeling sorry for Luigi in his Heroic BSoD over the final obstacle course appearing to be impossible in "Stupid Mario Maker 2". It motivates him into clearing the course himself, in his own stupid way.
  • Overlapping with Tearjerker, the ending features an In Memoriam to Etika.
• One would expect Meggy's segment of "A day in the Life of Everyone" to be her training hard for Splatfest. Instead, it's her, Tari, and Saiko playing pretend police in her apartment, with Meggy and Tari having a lot of fun and Saiko...less so. After Meggy's breakdown in the previous episode, it's adorable to see the three messing about and having a great time. Even Saiko gets into it...a little too much, though.
  • Likewise, Bob and Boopkins's segment has them play Monopoly that quickly descends into Calvinball-esque chaos. But it's still nice to see the two get along after the Bob Arc, especially when Boopkins actually commends Bob for being good at the game when he cheats his way to victory.
• "Treasure Hunt With The Bois" opens up with Mario and Bob fishing together. It's small, but considering Bob's long-standing status as The Friend Nobody Likes, it's nice to see someone else besides Boopkins hanging out and getting along with him.
• "The Minecraft Plague" opens with Meggy getting to enjoy the one activity she never could from when she was an inkling – swimming! She even delightfully says that maybe her new body isn't so bad after all!
  • Much later, when the means to cure their friends from the titular plague requires one human soul, Luigi offers his, even though he is visibly frightened, and immediately, Meggy and Mario refuse to go through with it. Especially poignant is that it's MARIO who comes up with an alternative, to spare Luigi from sacrificing his soul!
• Sans and Mario having a lazy-off in "Sans's First Day In Smash Bros."
• After Mario's friends convert his dumbness into smartness in "Smart Mario", he spends the first half of the episode doing all sorts of good deeds for his friends. Unfortunately, that all goes to hell when he starts demanding compensation in spaghetti for his kindness, and then starts stealing everyone's spaghetti as revenge for all the times he was called a dumbass.
  • On that note, while all of Mario's friends – including Meggy and Tari – are on particularly sour terms with Mario for most of the episode, they all show that they still care for him. Their decision to make Mario smart against his will is treated as an intervention for him being Lethally Stupid because they don't want him causing trouble for anyone or himself anymore, with Meggy rushing in to make sure he's okay when the operation is finished. Later, when everyone gets even more angry with Mario for turning into a bigger jerk than before, they make it clear that they only hate the villainous asshole they turned Mario into, not the good-hearted asshole he used to be. Once they know Mario's back to normal, his friends immediately stop being angry with him and celebrate, reaffirming their acceptance of him as their idiot friend.
• In "The Big Bad Bully", Tari's friends all immediately come to help her out after finding out Wario stole Tari's game. Mario and SMG4 immediately run off to beat Wario's ass, while Meggy and Saiko try to help her boost her confidence, even if that does nearly work too well.
  • Wario and Waluigi show they're still working things out after the Waluigi Arc, taking it one step at a time. When Wario hurts his brother's feelings by playfully ribbing him over still not getting into Smash, Waluigi maturely goes out for a walk to clear his head and leaves Wario feeling guilty, as he admits he didn't know it still bothered him. Then, when Wario is crying like a baby after Tari takes her game back, Waluigi just slaps some sense back into him and carries him away, saying they should just buy their own game for once.
• Mario and Meggy watching the sunrise on an ice floe while eating pizza in "Little Penguin Lost" is just beautiful, reaffirming the two as friends to the end.
  • Hell, the entire episode can be considered this for Mario and Meggy. Between Mario not even hesitating to save Meggy from the penguin that kidnapped her, their ensuing escape, the two having fun sliding around on the frozen lake, and Mario's failed but admirable attempts to cheer Meggy up when the two are stuck on the previously mentioned ice floe, few episodes in the series have managed to highlight the Like Brother and Sister dynamic of these two characters as well as this one.
• "The Festival of the Year" has several moments to commemorate the arriving of a new year:
  • In an underhanded way, Bob assisting Chris and Swagmaster6969696969 with their stand and inviting them to see the fireworks with them.
  • Meggy hugging Saiko after the latter was freed from her possession.
  • Meggy notes the many changes that had happened to them throughout the year to which Fishy Boopkins assures her that some changes were good such as them meeting Axol.
  • Meggy reveals that next year would be the last Splatfest. Instead of ending on a depressing note, Meggy instead vows to give it her all to win the tournament not only for herself, but Desti as well.
• It doesn't last very long, but Bowser reuniting with his children at the end of "Bowser Loses Custody Of His Children" is this at its finest.
• To tease the upcoming and long awaited Splatfest, a movie poster has been made to advertise “Meggy’s Destiny” and in the background you can see the spirit of Desti watching over Meggy with a smile.
• Luigi shooting a corrupted Fishy Boopkins (holding the Ultimate Meme) into the Dashcon ball pit to save his brother Mario.
• Meggy’s Destiny will surely tug at your heartstrings more than once.
  • The fact that SMG4, Bob, Fishy Boopkins, Bowser, Saiko, Shroomy, Axol and even Toad all came to cheer the team on (though Toad's probably came reluctant).
  • Mario, Luigi, and Tari saving Meggy from the pit.
  • Axol cheering Meggy up after they seemingly failed the second round is nothing short of adorable.
  • Meggy coming to terms with herself and Desti.
  Desti: How’s it feel to be so close to fulfilling your lifelong dream?
  Meggy: I couldn’t care less about my dream. That’s not why I’m here. I’m here because I made a promise to you. And I’m going to keep it.
  Desti: I know you will...
  • And of course during the final moments of the Splatfest, Desti is there right beside Meggy in spirit.
  • Meggy finally wins Splatfest.
  • Meggy finally saying goodbye to Desti. Now that she’s fulfilled her promise, Desti tells Meggy to move on with her life, gives her one final hug and fades away with a smile.
• Mario goes through a lot of crap in "Mario Is Cancelled" when he gets screwed over by YouTube policies for nearly saying the "N-word" in a stand-up routine (which was actually "Nintendo"), but after finally being allowed to leave after making an apology video (albeit a completely insincere one), he gets to properly finish his routine. That applause he gets for it is well deserved.
• Swagmaster's story about the sponge cake in "The Totally Legit Learning Show with SMG4".
  Swagmaster: Sponge Cake...
  Chris: Huh?
  Swagmaster: Sponge Cake. I remember this one New Year's Eve, I invited everyone I possibly knew to a big party at my house, but no one came... not even my family... but you, Chris... you came and you brought along this tiny-ass box of Sponge Cake, all the shops were closed.
  Chris: So I tried making my own but burned most of it.
  Swagmaster: That's right, but you know what Chris? It was one of the best damn cakes of my life and one of the craziest nights I had.
  Chris: Christ Swag, that was so many years ago.
  Swagmaster: You may not have any good memories with me Chris... but I do.
• When Mario sics the Toads on the rest of the gang in "Mario the Supreme Leader", Saiko's first reaction is to shield Tari from the coming onslaught.
• Meggy and Mr. Monitor bonding over their shared love of tackling a problem guns a-blazin' in "Officer Meggy".
• Despite "The Demon Among Us" being an episode of otherwise Nightmare Fuel thanks to Demon Hunter Shroomy, Bowser and Jr. have a genuine Father-Son bonding moment of Bowser trying to teach Jr. how to ride a bike. Unfortunately, Shroomy interrupts, determined to kill Bowser after claiming him to be a demon.
  • How do the Mario bros, Saiko, Tari, and Bob bring Shroomy back to normal? They made him remember what good friends they are. And, while Mario (who was just bullying Shroomy), Bob (who was bored), and Luigi (with whom Shroomy didn't remember anything) didn't help, Saiko and Tari helped.
• Towards the end of “Mario Scratches His Ass”, Bob, despite being a belligerent Jerkass, chooses to spare Mario showing that despite being a dick to him, he does value their friendship.
• Bob choosing to win back Rob's truck in "The Corn Trip". No, you read that correctly: Bob helped Rob win his truck back. He's certainly come a long way from harming others for his own benefits.
  • Let's face it: Bob and Rob's bond, despite the banter between them, was quite heartwarming too; from Rob choosing the Garo of all people to accompany him, to Bob saving both of their asses from angry police bears, to Bob admitting that the reason he joined Rob was to bond with him, or even Rob taking him to a casino to chill out.
  • Rob embracing Bob after he won the truck was also pretty sweet.
• In Cooking With Mario & Bowser: World Tour, when Bowser upsets Meggy by saying that she sucks at cooking, Mario consoles her by giving her a star sticker with the words "You tried" on it.
• In Mario's Mask of Madness, When Melony gains a human body and Mario refers to her as "another anime thot", Meggy, who it should be noted has a phobia of anime, is the first to take umbrage with Mario's comment. Heartwarming when you remember one of her best friends is Saiko, so of course she'd be offended by what Mario says.
• In the short episode Meggy Learns Japanese, Mario helps a dejected Meggy, struggling and finally giving up on the language, to learn Italian instead. Well, Mario & Luigi Italian, but with his encouragement Meggy is able to pick it up easily^note while Saiko dismisses it as gibberish, it was enough to get Mario and Luigi an A+ in Italian in High School Mario, so it is legit.
• The 2020 Christmas special has a fair share of sweet moments, but Belle forcing Bob to give Tari a decent present (specifically a PlayStation 5) is chief among them, considering it's Belle. Later, she gives Tari a rubber duck for Christmas.
• "SMG4 2020 COLLAB SPECIAL" can be seen a love letter for the series, both the classic era (2011-2015) and modern era (2016-present) as the episode references both eras. Even some obscure SMG4 characters like the Crazy Toilet Dude and Captain Lardbutt reappear in the episode, at least as minor characters in the skits they appear in.
• In "The Melony Felony", Bob and Melony as friends has elements of heartwarming, though it's mostly played for laughs. Considering Bob was hitting on aliens not too long ago, he's treating Melony more like a bro, and Bob doesn't hesitate to help Axol win his "melon waifu" back.
• "Mario's Amazing Bed and Breakfast" sees Mario and Bob turning Meggy's house into a hotel while she's on vacation. The reason they did so? Mario wanted to pay off the overdue loans Bob took out in Meggy's name. Considering the hotel itself becomes a success, it's safe to say he succeeded.
  • The fact that Mario does not hesitate for even a second and sets his stupidity aside to help Meggy by helping Bob make the hotel a success is heartwarming in its own right when you consider how bad his previous role as a hotel manager in "The Grand Mario Hotel" turned out as well as how Mario generally isn't good at anything besides eating. Not the first or last time Mario used his "4 IQ" to take care of a problem the instant he realized Meggy was in danger (in this case of losing her home).
• "The Quest for RTX" starts and ends with the gang video-chatting with Meggy. Considering the HD antics earlier, Meggy's new model looks pretty nice with some hints of body-tracking instead of SFM rigging.
  • Meggy also takes over the intros with a bit of setup by SMG4. Hopefully her second round as an influencer goes better this time.
• In "Mario Gets His Pingas Stuck In the Door", the aliens free Mario's pingas from the door after he unwittingly helps them defeat the military.

  Mario: "Thank you so much! Mario's pingas is real hard!"

• "If Mario Was in Friday Night Funkin' 2", has a very cute moment between Saiko and Whimpu after the latter kicks Senpai's ass in a rap battle. He offer Saiko a bucket of KFC, which she very happily eats before telling Whimpu he's not so bad. She's definitely come a long way since her debut as a Yandere.
  • The fact that Mommy Mearest cared so much about Daddy Dearest that she cursed the SMG4 crew specifically to get revenge for him. When that doesn't work, they share a Golden Moment.
  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend live together. When Mario literally crashes in and eats the spaghetti, Boyfriend greets him like they're talking about the weather.
• Although Shroomy failed to impress Doomguy and make him forget about Isabelle in "Mario and the Village", Lady D hugs him and tells him he did his best.
• Axol and Melony being a battle couple as they make and break a bed in "The Bed".
• Meggy's back in "She's Back". The episode is mainly about Meggy catching up with her friends and even deciding she wants to become a sports teacher.
• Axol finally gets his Inkweaver fixed in "If Mario Was In Anime".
• Half a week after WOTFI 2021, Meggy hosted a stream dedicated to Axol's best moments throughout his time with the gang, emphasizing how much of an impact he had on her life and the lives of her friends, and how she will never forget him or his sacrifice.
  • The last clip of the montage, is, of course, the heart the heart the two shared during Meggy's Destiny.
  • A superchat proposes the idea of Axol hanging out with Desti in Heaven. Meggy really likes that idea.
• SMG4 wanted to have a peaceful barbeque after the events of the Genesis Arc, and he didn't get that. But it wouldn't be a SMG4 episode without the chaos, so the crew gathers up the food and continues their evening happily.
  • Melony still misses Axol, but Meggy assures her that they're making him proud by being able to live on like this.
• After getting ahold of Cosmo's wand, in the midst of all the chaos Mario causes, he apparently wished for an axolotl for Melony. Sure, it's another one of those funny moments since this is Mario, but think about the implications of what Mario was actually intending. Awww...
  • And as of the 5 Million Sub Special and Christmas 2021 Special, Melony is holding that very same axolotl in her arms.
  • That pet axolotl eventually gets a name, Axol Junior, for Christmas 2022, and from that point on she is rarely seen without it.
• Mario being willing to take Meggy and Melony's place (taking Luigi with him) to take their exams for them just shows how much Mario really cares for his friends... even though he and Luigi have no idea how to answer the questions.
• Melony's monologue at the end of the 5 million sub special, and by extension, Luke's speech afterwards.
• Mario choosing to save Luigi instead of the pizzas in "If Mario was Spider-Man". Even Dr. Octopus finds this touching (and gets thrown to death for causing the trouble).
• The Christmas 2021 Special, where Mario delivers gifts to the cast. Even more surprising, most of these gifts were well-received.
  • This is also SMG3's first Christmas with people. Though, he gives everyone a hard time.
  • After Shroomy gets turned away by Doomguy, Mario decides to introduce Shroomy to Swag and the two quickly bond over guns.
  • Luigi's B-plot to help a Boo celebrate Christmas.
  • After Mario returns home very late, Luigi gathers the cast to celebrate Christmas with him, everyone recognizing the good he's done.
    • Meggy chatting on the phone with Auri.
• In "Mario Gets Into NFTs", after teaching Mario how to turn people into NFTs, Bob quickly realizes Mario went too far after he goes on a rampage and turns everyone in town into NFTs. Right before Mario is about to inflict the same fate on Tari, Bob does something he wouldn't have done a few years ago: bravely stepping in to save her. Talk about Character Development.
• In "If Mario was in... Sonic Movie 2", even after his "bride" Sonic is turned into a hideous Sanic meme, Swag reminds him that it was always the inside that mattered to him the most (even though he still seeks that hedgehog bussy).
  • In spite of, well, everything about his friend, Chris proves that he supports Swag's relationship with Sonic by threatening to shoot Sonic if he tried to escape the wedding and comforting a heartbroken Swag when the wedding ring is stolen by Eggman.
• The sloths in "Mario Goes To The Zoo" do more than chill with Melony; they point out that she doesn't need to solve big issues with Deity mode. Instead she and the sloths use music and friendship to stop a zoo war.
• Karen’s interactions with JubJub in "Mario Does The Laundry". At this point the audience hadn't been introduced to her kids but it was obvious from the start JubJub brings out her good side.
• Saiko sticks with her friends even if it means giving up Kaizo and the band.
• "Mario Does It To Em" has some sweet moments:
  • All of Mario's friends try to help him find his style. Even Saiko.
  • When the crowd laughs at Mario's outfit, Meggy immediately jumps to his defense.
  • SMG4 and Melony relaxing with memes while a riot breaks out again.
• After Saiko saves Kaizo from the Chain Chomp in one game even though he pushed her down, Kaizo lures the melon Spies away from her in another game.
  • Saiko and Kaizo then team up to give the crew their second wind against Mario. And when Mario counters that attempt, Kaizo offers his hand to pick Saiko back up, which causes her own second wind.
  • Saiko and Kaizo reform their band. Even better, Saiko will only do so on the condition of doing it her way (no smashing or rage fits) and Kaizo agrees to that.
• "If Mario Was The Last Man On Earth" ends with everyone about to maul Mario. Except not everyone. Paul Stylianou (MediExcalibur2012) revealed in a video that Meggy was only flying towards Mario because she was holding an angry JubJub. She's actually not mad at Mario, but at JubJub. Everyone else is pissed at Mario, so her reaction blends in and the message is lost, but it's the thought that counts.
  • Additionally, Luigi initially admits he feels bad for leaving Mario out. Meggy is apologetic, as she doesn't want to leave Mario out either, but believes it's for the best.
• Tari (Meta Runner) is quick to interrogate Mario but backs off when Tari (SMG4) says he's a friend, agreeing that any friend of a Tari is a friend of hers. Plus the hug they give each other at the end of the segment.
• The ending of "POV: You're Mario". Mario and Meggy realize that each other's lives are harder than they look – Meggy finally understanding and accepting Mario's chaotic idiocy, and Mario understanding the pressure she lives under and can't simply blow through by acting stupid – and apologize for getting carried away.
  • Meggy initially gloats about beating Mario, but stops when she sees how upset he is… and also realizing she would be a massive hypocrite if she continued, since she was in the process of throwing in the towel when Mario showed up.
  • Mario shows Meggy how to get rid of the annoying memes in the end, and she can't help but join in.
• Though it's played for laughs, the others coming together to help Mario find a job in "If Mario Was In... Simulator Games" after the latter claims to be a "public liability". Even Saiko is there, and she isn't happy when it seems Karen has broken Mario.
  • Even when Mario is bugging them, wanting to do something, no one yells at him, not even Saiko. In fact, she's the one calmly suggesting Mario get a job. One could easily see Meggy letting the others know what she learned from "POV: You're Mario".
  • At the end, when Mario jumps for joy over getting a job as "Chief Idiot of the Mushroom Kingdom", both Luigi and Meggy give him a smile that he has a job he's happy with, even if it means nothing has changed for the rest of them.
• Mario and SMG4 gives the "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" crew hope, making them happier than...well, their home series.
• In "Mario Steals Your Liver", Meggy and SMG4 take care of Mario when he gets sick. When they learn about his missing liver, they spend all their money ordering new ones before outright going to reclaim Mario's old one from Bob and Wheeler. Both are pissed when they learn that Bob took it.
  • SMG4 defends Mario from Meggy during the first half of the episode, from preventing him from eating Meggy's soup to stopping Meggy when she yells at him for losing his liver.
  • When the new livers don't work, Meggy is upset that they couldn't cure Mario, apologising to the plumber before swearing vengeance.
    Meggy: I'm sorry I couldn't help... When I get my hands on whoever stole your liver!
• Despite a rough start, everyone is able to have a happy Christmas with each other in "All I Want For Christmas Is Mario To FREAKIN BEHAVE."
  • Melony clearly loves Axol Jr. to death, so much so that she's livid when Mario uses him to cause a commotion. She spends most of the episode isolated to take care of him. And everyone else knows how much she loves her pet to understand that Mario screwed up big time. Even Bob and SMG3, who have (nearly) ruined past Christmases, are disappointed.
  • When Mario doesn't understand why everyone is upset with him for hurting Axol Jr., Meggy calmly explains to him how important Axol Jr. is to Melony. Mario is immediately remorseful and goes to apologize.
  • To get Melony out of her funk so Mario can apologize proper, Mario enlists the help of his friends to set a brighter mood in the castle. He allows Fishy Boopkins to play Christmas music, the SMGs work to make it snow inside the castle (even if it's just salt), and Meggy goes to help Melony realize that Mario is genuinely sorry.
  • And Mario does give a genuine, heartfelt apology. Melony thinks for a bit... and accepts it. The two share a hug, and Mario is noticeably relieved that they're friends again.
• We Don't Talk About Luigi: Mario thinks Luigi is a serial killer and thinks he killed Melony and Shroomy. Even though it's revealed later on that Luigi was working on gardening and Melony and Shroomy are not only alive and well, but are helping Luigi with it, Mario tries to disprove his theory by spying on him. It really shows how much Mario cares about his friends, and is devastated when he thinks Luigi is a serial killer.
• "Mario Goes On A Diet" has some nice moments:
  • Once again, all of Mario's friends come together to help him lose weight. If Luigi's case is any indication, Mario willingly chose to go to them for help, even if he is bad at or unwilling to do their methods.
  • SMG4 is sympathetic when he learns of Mario's condition, and is noticeably saddened when all of their methods seem in vain.
  • Meggy spends the entire episode trying to improve his condition, using methods she learned from college.
  • Speaking of Meggy, her heart-to-heart with Mario. Mario has just gone on a rampage and he blames her for making him miserable. She blatantly says that she cares about him, and that calms him down. As the two watch the sunset, Meggy apologizes for pushing her methods, and Mario says that he'll miss her when he dies.
  • ...then she realizes that by climbing up a building during his rampage, Mario technically exercised. Sure enough, the scale shows he has lost enough weight to live, and the two high five. Unlike past episodes, there's no strings attached.
• Seeing Karen shoot up the rabid customers in "Mario Breaks the McDonald's Ice Cream Machine" turns Swag on, but Swag quickly reminds himself to be loyal to his love Sonic.
• Beeg SMG4 and Eggdog saving the SMGs from the Pianta Mafiosi in "SMG4 KIDS" is nothing short of sweet and both of their owners promised to give them rewards for their efforts. The memes over the course of the episode bond together and eventually become best friends.
• After Christmas 2023 is nuked by Santa and the Old Man, Bob offers to host Christmas at his place...a hobo camp. Unlike the SMGs and the big parties they tried to host, he and the hobos celebrate the holiday by holding hands around the Christmas tree, prompting the crew to invite the others to make a second circle around the tree.

Miscelleneous Works

• "Saikosis" contains some sweet lyrics amidst the disturbing imagery and badass rock & roll.
  "Though reality is often harsh,
  these small moments we mark
  will be enough to get us through
  and pull me through the dark."

Arcs

The Waluigi Arc

• In "Stupid Mario Tennis Aces", Waluigi wins a tennis game to get into the newest Mario Tennis game, defeating Fishy Boopkins, who had just been trained by Mario. Initially walking away gloating, Waluigi hears Fishy lamenting how he is always rejected, so what does Waluigi do? Demand that Jeeves let Fishy join since he knows the feeling of rejection all too well (as in, not being a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. games and being reduced to a mere Assist Trophy). It works, and they even get ice cream together.
• Mario, normally portrayed as incredibly self-centered, shows care for his friends and his brother in Mario and the T-Pose Virus. Mario displays extreme confidence in Meggy's ability to defeat the T-pose zombies (even calling her "number one") and tries to get the door to the roof open so that he and Luigi can avoid the zombies. But perhaps the biggest demonstration (that also crosses over with Tear Jerker) that Mario genuinely does care about his brother comes from what he does to Bob (who has been... extremely unhelpful, to put it mildly) immediately after Luigi gets turned. He wastes no time in giving Bob a well-deserved death to avenge his fallen brother. Even when the situation is resolved, Mario's grateful everything is back to normal.
• In "Mario The Ultimate Gamer", Mario gets help with his video gaming skills from a gamer girl named Tari. He wins and gloats it to a saddened SMG4. Tari, seeing how upset SMG4 is, asks if he wants to play video games with her for fun. He accepts, and the video ends with everyone happy.
  • Even while gloating, Mario makes sure to thank Tari for her help.
• In "Mario SAW" Mario and Luigi are kidnapped by a masked man. During one task, one of the brothers has to sacrifice himself to die in lava to save the other, and the lava beneath them is rising so one has to do so. Luigi then decides to fall in the lava himself. Mario cries and begs him to stop, but Luigi still does so, telling Mario good-bye. It really shows that when in danger, the Mario bros will be true brothers. Thankfully, it was a test by the masked man and Luigi is safe as the "lava" is really just warm watermelon kool-aid.
  • And even after all of that, when Luigi is allowed to leave, he doesn't want to. Luigi tells this masked figure that he doesn't want to leave Mario behind.
  • Although it was the opposite of what Waluigi wanted, Mario being the only person to accept Waluigi's birthday invitation (even if only for free food) despite everything he's done was kind of sweet.
• "Mario the Scam Artist":
  • Mario dropping everything to save Luigi when he sees him floating in the sewer, and even punching Wario out when he threatens to throw Luigi back into the sewer, counts as well, continuing the theme of Mario genuinely caring for his brother's well-being.
  • At the end of the episode, Wario, after spending the entire episode adamantly claiming he didn't care about Waluigi and didn't need him, realizes that he does care and resolves to find him and talk him down from whatever exactly he's scheming.
• "The Mario Convention!":
  • Meggy pushing Mario out of the way just so that he doesn't turn into a T-Pose zombie.
• "Mario and the Waluigi Apocalypse"
  • While this scene mostly crosses over with Tear Jerker, when Tari hugs the T-Pose zombified Meggy in grief, there is no effort from the zombified Meggy to attack Tari, meaning that Meggy was sentimental enough to restrain herself from attacking her new friend. Instead, we see Meggy shed a single tear.
• Wario and Waluigi finally making up at the end of "War Of The Fat Italians 2018". The last scene before the end is the two of them hugging.

The Rapper Bob Arc

• "Mario And... The Well" is the first episode since the Waluigi Arc where Wario and Waluigi have reconciled and are working as a team again, trying to get Boopkins out of the well together.
• "Mario and the Bob Mansion":
  • It turns out that Bob's act of heroism in Mario and the Well has greatly improved his life. He's now mildly successful on Soundcloud and is able to afford a mansion instead of living in a literal garbage dump.
  • After the, erm, messy events of "Doki Doki Mario Club", Boopkins and Saiko finally manage to reconcile peacefully. Looks like Luigi's lessons paid off after all.
• When Fishy Boopkins says goodbye to his dad while going to Bob’s concert in "The Mario Concert", Fishy Boopkins’ dad waves back and then wipes away a single tear. Heartwarming indeed.
• In "War On Smash Bros Ultimate" we have a quick scene of Waluigi hearing about the new character of the game, the Piranha Plant. He starts to go into his rejection mode, only for Wario to lay a hand on his shoulder and say "Not today, bro." Waluigi then calms down.
• "The Melancholy of Fishy Boopkins" has the episode's title character in a state of depression following Bob's betrayal, even feeling too sad to watch anime. This prompts the enitre main cast^note except Toad, who didn't really care much to go out of their way to cheer him up. It's pretty nice enough showing that Boopkins is cared for by a whole bunch of people, but you have to remember that he used to be The Friend Nobody Likes. That fortunately isn't the case anymore.
• In "Mario and the Diss Track", Saiko expresses her concern when Luigi shows her Fishy Boopkins in his Heroic BSoD state as a result of his trauma from being betrayed by Bob. After Luigi tells her everything that happened, she tells everyone that she's willing to help. When Bowser expresses his distrust towards her for being roped up with Bob, Saiko explains that she hates being played and that Bob hurt her "f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-friend". When Boopkins hears that she cares for him, he snaps out of his broken state and smiles for the first time in ages.
• "SMG4 Christmas 2018: The Most Important Thing". Waluigi finds Bob sulking in the dumpster, and he takes him to the top of the dump pile. From there, Waluigi gets Bob to realize the most important thing is friends, all done by throwing him off the dump pile and then catching him with a psychic power right before Bob hits the ground. After all is said and done, Bob does a rap again... only to announce that he is retiring his rap career and says he's going back to being a "poor-ass peasant with friends", causing the others to realise that he does have a heart after all. From there, Mario and company visit Bob in the dumpster and give him a picture of the cast with Bob taped on it (causing him to pour Ocular Gushers and makes an excuse that "his eyes are just pissing", and everyone's friendship with Bob is rekindled once more.
  • In the final scene, Fishy Boopkins tells Bob that his own present has been here all along, referring to Bob's redemption and restored friendship. Despite Bob retaining his insults, he still values being friends with Boopkins once more.
  • The biggest heartwarming moment comes from the Wario Bros' conversation. Wario is intrigued that his brother had actually cultivated Bob's Heel–Face Turn, and Waluigi responds that after everything that happened to him, he figured that everyone can use a friend. Not once did Waluigi have any evil intentions (throwing Bob off a cliff was to make him realise the values of friendship), everything he did was to make sure everyone could be happy. Great job, Wario Bros!

The Anime Arc

• How do Mario and company snap Meggy out of her funk in "Meggy's Bootcamp"? Reassuring that they will always be there for her, even after how she treated them. Mario also attempts to cheer her up with the spaghetti she gave him earlier. And we all know how much Mario loves spaghetti...
• Meggy and Tari hugging Saiko in "The Mario Showdown". Say what you want about Saiko, but she's clearly loved by her female friends.
  • Initially, Meggy has no problem fine with the ban on anime... that is until she learns that Saiko was banned from the Mushroom Kingdom, because of Saiko being an anime character. Meggy instantly changes her mind.
  • Meggy thanking her friends for helping her get her weapons back.
• Chris coming to check on Swag after he gets sent through the floor in "Mario Saves Anime". Sure, Swag wasn’t hurt too bad, but you can tell Chris didn’t want to see him like that.
• Saiko referring to Meggy as one of her closest friends in "The Splatfest Incident". She's come a long way from struggling to say the word "friend".
  • From the same episode, we see a picture of Satoru Iwata inside one of the lockers at Splatfest. Looks like Bob has some respect for him.
• Desti's role in the anime arc made her a lot more sympathetic, even going out of her way to save her rival Meggy. Many fans were actually horrified when she got killed off in "World War Mario".
• The final scene of “Final Hours”. Francis has been defeated and the Inklings are saved, but Desti has been Killed Off for Real. At her funeral, Meggy mourns the death of her rival and starts crying saying she doesn’t know what to do. Cue a heartwarming speech from everybody telling the now-human Meggy that they’re behind her.
  Axol: "You have to get back up." That's what she told me. She said that no matter how many times life knocks you down... you ALWAYS have to get back up. She said she learned it from you.
  SMG4: Yeah, we know you've been knocked down a lot lately, Meggy.
  Tari: But you always have to get back up again!
  Luigi: And if you can't right now, that's okay!
  Fishy Boopkins: Because we'll be right here to pick you up!
  Bob: yEaH, i'M gReAt aT pIcKiNg uP cHiCkS!
  Saiko: You know what he means...
  
  Mario: Meggy... Mario isn't very good at expressing himself... In fact, Mario isn't very good at anything. But one thing I'm certain of is... Mario will always have your back. No matter what.
  • After the speech, Desti’s coffin is set adrift along with her weapon. Everyone gives Desti a final salute as the Guards and Octoposse give a 21 gun salute - a poignant send-off to Meggy's rival.

The YouTube Arc

• While it may seem that SMG4 and the gang are erased from existence in "Deleted", "A Totally Normal S̷͍͖͉̙͚͎̑̃̿͑̆̇̚͠M̸͇͇̦̮̌̿Ğ̴̫̗̖͎͔̳4̶̞͇̰̎̀́̚ Episode" reveals that they are still alive but stuck in the Internet Graveyard (which is essentially the afterlife for dead memes) and SMG4 manages to get to Mario from the Starbucks there and tells him that he must re-upload all of the original videos via SMG3's phone. He succeeds in doing so, even when he was banished to the Internet Graveyard since he grabbed SMG3's phone before the Copyright Strikes get him.
  • Even Susan W. is trying to help them escape.
• "War Of The Fat Italians 2020":
  • JubJub tried to save Fishy from SMG3 and even YouTube Remote's Soul can't stop him.
  • Everybody liking Meggy's new voice.
  • SMG3's gang pulled a Heel–Face Turn. Belle even grew to respect SMG4's crew.

Genesis Arc

• In "Mario Babies", we got a glimpse of the gang's childhoods. We even got to see Inkling!Meggy one more time, and she looks absolutely adorable fangirling for One-Shot Wren, who saves her from an enemy player when she wandered onto the field to hug him and he gives her the beanie she's been wearing ever since she was first introduced.
• "SMG4's Origins" shows what could have been with Mario and Peach relaxing after the events of Super Mario 64.
  • Despite having only just met SMG4, Mario immediately comes to his aid when the memes steal SMG4's laptop.
• 10th Anniversary movie:
  • SMG3 of all people gets a few moments.
    • When SMG4 asks him to bring the Dead Memes to his 10th anniversary party from the Internet Graveyard, SMG3 initally refuses because he cares for the safety of the Dead Memes and doesn't want them to become corrupted. Really, really sweet.
    • While escaping from Zero, SMG3 helps SMG4 and Mario escape instead of trying to kill them or leaving them to die to save his own skin.
    • SMG3 also shows genuine concern for the Mario recolors and Mario himself while they were being taken by Zero and also actually is useful to the Glitchy Gang.
    • He also helps SMG4, FM, and X rescue the Dead Memes.
    • "SMG4, You're alright for a mortal enemy."
  • The Celebration itself, such as, SMG4 giving the speech to everyone, including us.
  • Mixed with Awesome, the song is full of this, particularly the moment where all the characters show up at the end.
  • Melony saving Axol from the Mario Recolor zombies, afterwards, they both share a hug.
  • After Mario's Disney Death, his arm turns back to normal and he wakes up asking for spaghetti, everyone cheers that he's alive and he receives a hug from both Tari and Melony.
    • When Meggy – who was absent due to starring in Sunset Paradise at the time (Heavy Squid took her place – reacted to this movie, she shows a lot of concern for Mario when he gets kidnapped and Mindraped by Zero. These two are Like Brother and Sister indeed.
• Axol and Melony as chonks in "Into the Dark Web".
• In "Stupid Mario Golf", before Matt can drop SMG4 into the lava pit, the latter remarks he just wanted to go to Brazil. Matt then is reminded of his past, where he always wanted to experience Brazil, but his father Tommy forced him to play sports. He also got bullied, so that's when he trained and became a god. Matt then spares SMG4 and pulls him up, and instead focuses the killing on Jeeves and turns him into the tickets to Brazil. Matt then kindly gives SMG4 the tickets, having made up with him and his friends. It's truly a sad but heartwarming moment that makes the "You're Going to Brazil" meme sad and heartwarming at the same time.
  • In the same episode, mixed with Awesome, after Matt kills Wario by reflecting a bullet back at him, Waluigi goes Rejection Mode again, all just to avenge Wario.
  • He's not the only one, Bowser gets two Papa Wolf moments. First, when King Thwomp mocks Jr.'s skills, Bowser fries him into KFC. Second time? When Matt tosses Boopkins at Jr., Bowser unleashes his fire breath on him. It doesn't work on Matt, but still.
• SMG3 became the Lord of the Internet Graveyard. This seems to be a good thing as he improved the lives of dead memes and doesn't mess with the main cast beyond a prank when they arrive. He also doesn't try to take advantage of the chaos from the corrupted meme, instead pointing out to his rival why they exist and how they can be cured. Granted, he did overthrow the previous rulers (pointing out they failed at their job, plus one of the Ancient Memes – Shoop-da-Whoop – had become Deader than Dead in the meantime), but he seems content staying there.
• In "Mario and the Backrooms", Axol having the strength to be Fighting from the Inside against Zero’s hostile takeover of his body in order to send messages to warn Mario and SMG4 not to go any further. It turns out to be All for Nothing, and Zero gets complete control over him at the end, but still.
• "MARIO'S OKAY" has SMG4 working with SMG3 to use their powers. At first, they were uncomfortable with it because they were required to hold hands in order to use them, but they quickly get over it and work surprisingly well with each other. It's especially heartwarming when you remember they're arch-enemies.
• Mixed with Tear Jerker, "The Final Piece" revealing that Axol's manga from "The Day HE Arrived" was a love letter to Melony.
• Melony ends Axol's manga in "War Of The Fat Italians 2021", where Melony agrees. After showing this, Melony kisses him.
  • SMG4 and SMG3 FINALLY putting an end to their rivalry after nearly a decade of hating and trying to kill each other.
    • Really, SMG3 himself throughout this arc, he's somewhat bonding with his Arch-Enemy, has people to care for at his new home and he doesn't even bother trying to kill SMG4 at the end. Certainly much different from the guy who literally erased almost all of the gang from existence last year.
  • Melony honors Axol's memory by resolving to finish Two Piece, and may even become a manga artist herself. Its even implied she may one day wield Inkweaver herself.

Revelations Arc

• SMG4 Movie: Revelations
  • When we meet SMG0, he turns out to be a cheerful, carefree, fun-loving SMG. Learning this is quite reassuring. Becomes Tear Jerker when you realize that he was forced into become an omnicidal Serial Killer by his best friend.
  • When it looks like it's curtains for our heroes, SMG4 tells Mario that in spite of everything, he's been a good friend. Mario feels the same way back.
  • During Melony's brief time in Purgatory on a path leading to the gates of the afterlife, she encounters Axol. Given how often Niles used him to manipulate her, it's natural she'd be skeptical. Axol doesn't answer, but instead praises her art and how far she's come, confirming to her she's finally seeing the real thing.
    • Melony and Axol have the heart-to-heart they were denied when Axol was alive, and he tells her he'll be waiting there for her when the time comes. As she returns to the land of the living, Axol cheerfully tells her to bring a new piece of art next time.
  • Before SMG3 is forced to sacrifice his favorite dead meme to save the world, he tells Terrence that he'll miss him before letting him go. The last thing that Terrence says before being converted into energy?
    Terrence: "I love you."
  • Even after all the atrocious and heinous things he did, SMG0 still gives Niles a chance at redemption, which ends up being Niles's death. Niles's death, while certainly depressing, was also quite moving.
    Niles: This can't be the end… We were supposed to be together in our new universe…
    SMG0: We ARE together, Niles. And that's enough. Come on, buddy… Let's go. I bet Fred's waiting for us…
    (Niles smiles as he and SMG0 walk into the light)
  • Melony has officially graduated from Omnia Academy, and she gives a heartwarming speech about working through hardship, keeping alive the memories of those who have come and gone, and how friends can still be together, no matter the distance. She even has the drawing she made of herself and Axol included in her speech notes.
    • During the speech, we see a montage of the gang fixing up the school and returning things to normal. SMG3 is mourning the loss of Terrence, when a small Eggdog meme comes up to comfort him. 3 picks it up, places a top hat on its head, and hugs it tenderly. Sure enough, later episodes show SMG3 with this Eggdog. However, as of this edit, he has yet to give it a name.
  • As the group gets ready to depart, Melony pauses to smile up at the sky.
    Melony: "Wait for me there, Axol. I still have lots of things to do down here."

Lawsuit Arc

• The whole arc overall is pretty heartwarming when you get right down to it. It does its best to showcase that, despite all the insanity, these characters are genuine friends who love each other, care about each other, and would do anything to protect and/or save each other.
• In “SMG4 Gets Sued”, when SMG4 is threatened with a DMCA if he doesn't release Mario to Lawyer Kong's custody, Mario doesn’t hesitate to go back to Nintendo once he learns that it means SMG4 would have to take down his channel, showing that he knows how important the channel is to his friend and will give himself up to protect it.
  • Likewise, though it causes problems down the line, Meggy wasted no time in rescuing Mario when he was first taken away.
• In "Mario Can't Play With You Anymore...", how does Mario react to Lawyer Kong building a firewall to banish SMG4 and every non-Nintendo character from the Mushroom Kingdom? He drops all stupidity and stops at nothing to save his friends – demanding Lawyer Kong to let them back inside, repeatedly trying to break down the firewall, and making a surprisingly good plan to rescue Phoenix Wright, a lawyer who could potentially help save Mario's friends, along with all the other "Grey Zone" characters.^note  Phoenix explains that he, Sonic, and others in jail are non-Nintendo characters who appeared in Nintendo games and Lawyer Kong isn't sure what to do with them. We later see the ninjas shoot Banjo out of a cannon.
  • Mixed with Tear-Jerker, Mario's Last Request to Phoenix Wright before his canon personality takes over shows what really matters to him…
    Mario: (as he loses the fight against his reversion) "Please… help… Mario's… friends…"
• In "If Mario Was In... Splatoon 3," Meggy's reaction to seeing Mario in Inkopolis is to glomp him so hard the momentum sends them both flying off-screen.
  • Her reaction once Mario returns to "normal" (by SMG4 standards) is to hug him tightly.
  • SMG4 and Meggy are still in their temporary IP forms when this happens, yet Mario can immediately tell that it's them. Makes sense with Meggy, as she looks just like she did when Mario first met her, but he'd never seen SMG4's "Stanley" form before.
  • Meggy hugs Luigi after his return as well. Mario hugs the both of them even tighter.
• After Luigi gets his break, the first characters to eat his new batch of memes are a Spike and Garo, better known as Fishy Boopkins and Bob. The two waste no time serving up memes under the guise of a Mario Bros-funded restaurant.
• Miyamoto was about to release the captured Mario and Luigi without question. It's too bad that Lawyer Kong showed him why they're locked up in the first place.
• In "Goodbye, SMG4" Mario finds the parody contract Meggy stuffed in his hat in the previous episode and he almost uses it as toilet paper. Phoenix Wright finds out Mario has it and tells him that this is how he could get his friends back. After hearing this, Mario wastes no time trying to get the contract to a judge while avoiding the Nintendo Ninjas and Lawyer Kong. Doubles as a Moment of Awesome.
  • When all of Mario's friends come back to life, Mario is in tears, overjoyed that his friends are back.
  • We can see Karen holding JubJub when they come back. Makes sense, since she's been pretty much the first mother figure in his life (he only has his father, who somehow laid the egg JubJub hatched from).
• In War of the Fat Italians 2022, Miyamoto decides that SMG4 and his crew aren't all bad, so he decides to let them walk. But only on the condition that SMG4, SMG3, Fishy Boopkins, and Bob all get new designs. And aside from SMG3, all of turn out really happy with their new looks.
  • A brief moment that also counts as a Tear Jerker, but during the rap battle, Melony's segment has a brief cameo from the deceased Terrence, SMG0, Desti, and Axol. Even if it's only for a few seconds, it's still nice to see them all again.
  • Meggy and Saiko welcoming SMG4 to the Permanent New Body Club.
  • Saiko comforting Tari as she cries over SMG4 doing an arc without her.^note  Glitch released the final season of Meta Runner at the same time this arc's episodes aired, and it's been Luke & Kevin's longstanding policy to not have characters with proper series airing also show up in SMG4 episodes. While Tari does make a couple of background appearances during this arc that are probably mistakes, she is not acknowledged and does not speak until the courtroom sequence.
  • Once all is said and done, we see Mario holding back tears again, relieved that they made it out okay and even admitting he was scared by the thought of a world without his friends. Meggy even comments that it's the sweetest thing Mario has ever said.

PUZZLEVISION

• Of all people, SMG3 has had the most moments in the arc thus far:
  • "SMG4... Are You OK?" effectively cements SMG3's turn from Big Bad to a respectable, if grumpy, Anti-Hero. Not only has he managed to become successful in his own way, but when it causes SMG4 to fall from grace, he exposes him, but then actively works to help his counterpart back into the spotlight with no expectation of a reward or anything. Not bad for someone who tried to delete SMG4 and all his friends a few years back.
  • Then in "MAR10 Day", he makes a stand for Mario's special day after SMG4 causes an insanity-fueled rampage over the Wi-Fi being destroyed in the crossfire of a battle between Mario, Meggy, Wario, and Waluigi.
  • During It's Gotta Be Perfect, SMG3 is far and away the most empathetic when he sees just how SMG4 is feeling, and his You Are Not Alone speech ends up being what breaks SMG4 out of his Demonic Possession. And as if that wasn't enough, when it turns out SMG4 can't leave the castle until his video is complete, SMG3 grabs a laptop and collaborates with him to finish the video and get him out of there. He can deny it all he wants, but this ex-villain has come a long way.
• "MAR10 DAY" has a lot of nice moments:
  • None of Mario's friends hold it against him that he's taking time out of their day for MAR10 day. If anything, they're impressed that he was able to pull it off.
  • Mario, being who he is, could have easily made the event only about himself and nothing more. Instead, he creates different games and activities based on his interests that his friends can easily enjoy as well, like bobbing for pasta or doing the Mario. And it looks like everyone is having a good time, too!
  • Even the "main event" isn't completely about himself. What was it gonna be? SMG4 getting an award for being his best friend. If only SMG4's newly-acquired insanity and horrendous temper hadn't ruined it...
  • Mario enlists the help of Meggy, Tari, Bob, and SMG3 to get SMG4 out of his room for the main event, and they are equally upset when he doesn't answer them.
  • Mario is forced to cancel his own day because of this. He could have easily chosen another one of his best friends to give the award to, like Meggy, but the thought of replacing SMG4's award doesn't even cross his mind.
  • While most of the partygoers are annoyed at the cancellation for having their time wasted, Mario's friends react with shock and sympathy. Meggy even pulls Mario into a hug to comfort him, and becomes furious when Wario hijacks the holiday for himself.
  • Waluigi does NOT take it well when SMG4 finally comes out and bashes Wario's head with a metal bat. Granted, Waluigi fares just as well against the berserk SMG4, but it's the thought that counts.
  • After SMG4 blows up at everyone, Luigi and Meggy hold onto an upset Mario.
• "My Roommate Mario" has SMG4 move in with Mario, who is genuinely really excited at having him as a roommate. Although it turns sour with SMG4 storming out thanks to Mario's stupidity proving too hard to live with, Mario still does his damndest to find a solution to keep SMG4 off the streets. So he gives a very grateful SMG4 Luigi's meme-cooking RV.
  • Although Mario puts Luigi through a lot of crap in this episode, it ends with Mario sincerely thanking Luigi for always cleaning up after him and looking after him, leading to a hug between them.
• Even though SMG4 spent all his money on the land and has no money to build a castle, he awkwardly draws a lot where the crew hang out. Thankfully, the crew chooses to hang out and are already plotting where they'll have their spaces.
• Tari thanking Meggy for helping her stand up for what she believes in in "Mario Harms The Environment". In turn, Meggy says she's the way she is through the people she looked up to, and is happy to be that person for Tari.
• Meggy's graduation speech in "Grand Theft Mario", which shows flashbacks to several moments in SMG4 history. It makes sense in-universe, but it's also like a message delivered to the fans through Meggy.
  Meggy: Hey guys! Thank you all for being here! It's been an incredibly long journey. We've fought, laughed, cried... and have been on so many adventures together. And now... it feels like the end of something... but really I know that this is just the beginning! I'm so excited to keep growing and getting better... this time... as a COACH! And I hope you're all there with me for it!
  • Following on from this is Meggy privately telling Mario and Tari that she was worried they wouldn't get to see her graduate, and how much they mean to her. Then Tari, wanting to get stronger asks to be Meggy's first official student. Meggy is absolutely ecstatic.
• After a few months of promising the gang a new castle, SMG4 finally makes good on his promise in "We Interrupt This Broadcast", and construction officially begins. How did he do it? Upon hearing that he needed money, Mario (yes, MARIO) gives him all the money he earned from his pizza shop, and doesn't ask for anything in return other than for the castle to be built.

  SMG4: (Moved to tears) Mario, I... I don't even know how to repay you...
  Mario: You can make Mario a castle where he can play in!
  SMG4: YES I WILL! IT'S FINALLY TIME!!!! TIME TO MAKE THE NEW CASTLE I'VE BEEN PROMISING FOR SO LONG!!!

  • It's especially heartwarming when you remember that SMG4 showed signs of being fed up with Mario in episodes like "My Roommate Mario" and "Mario's Fine." This solidifies that they are still best friends.
  • Once construction starts, SMG4 decides to spend the rest of the money on a vacation for everyone. And we see at the end of the episode that even the side characters like the Anti-Cast and SMG1 and 2 are coming for the ride, as well. Even if SMG4's vacation spot is questionable (Pee Pee Island, a place that is closed off to tourists), he has good intentions.
  • Meggy is determined to clear Oneshot Wren's status, and she and Tari convince the others to help them on their journey. While everyone just didn't want to go to the place SMG4 chose, it's clear that the whole gang is present for this upcoming adventure.
• The Movie "Western Spaghetti"...
  • Tari questions why she's brought along on this trip and is always told to stay back. Meggy points out that everyone has different types of strengths and Tari's is her kindness and how much she wants to help people.
  • Tari making a path to the Digital Ether, the only place that Wren cannot reach. She admits that the task was hard, but seeing what Wren was doing to Meggy drove her to keep going.
    • Meggy is proud that Tari was able to do this on her own. Tari admits that she had great coaching.
    • And yes, this place is similar to the one in Meta Runner. Even has that music playing while she was making it.
  • After the events of the movie, Meggy is coaching a child Inkling. In addition, Tari has also grown, no longer a meek bean and even keeping up in a physical game of Splatoon.
• Along with the new castle, SMG4 reveals a new intro with the crew popping up and saying "That's-a so nice" together. In addition, he announces that the "Mario Does Things" series is becoming its own brand and will continue with future videos under the name of "SMG4 Crew".
• The ending of War of the Fat Italians 2023. SMG3 has his notebook back and Mario and Marty have ended up in jail for their crimes. But then, SMG3 reveals that he's moving to the Showgrounds by building a cafe/evil lair; 3's Coffee and Bombs. When SMG4 if he wants to be closer to his friends, SMG3 then goes full tsun mode.
  • Right after that, the meme guardians enjoy some coffee while watching the sun set, while SMG3 starts writing something in his recovered notebook. He keeps it secret when SMG4 asks about it, but then the camera shows what he's doing: drawing a picture of him and SMG4 toasting with their coffee mugs.

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