Recap / Goomzilla E 11 Peachs Quest

It's Peach's turn to defeat Bowser!^note ...But is it that simple?

Upload Date: November 3, 2017

Completion Date: June 26, 2020

Goomzilla returns from trolling his fans with fake April Fool's trailers to provide the third Quest movie in his series. This time, it's Princess Peach's time to shine as the hero. This is also the first Goomzilla production to have two Special Guests voicing major characters.

Bowser has planned a forced marriage with the recently-captured Princess Peach, with Kamek as their minister. They stage their wedding next to the Mario Bros.' house, and set a trap for them, knowing full well they will come to crash the wedding. Then they teleport to the castle's prison to taunt the captured Mario Brothers—with Peach left out of the teleportation effect!

Now free from being Bowser's wife, Peach changes back to her usual clothes, and sets off to Bowser's Castle to save the Mario Bros. She enlists the help of a Toad who holds a map to the castle, as well as some supplies they will need for battle.

Their first stop is Toad Town, where they buy a hammer for 100 coins, use its tornado attack to put out a fire, and check out the Star Carnival to witness Doopliss' amazing shape-shifting powers on stage. But it turns out Doopliss has some other tricks up his sleeve, having taken a picture of Peach using Francis' camera as proof that she's on her way to Bowser's Castle.

When they get there, it seemed like a simple hop, skip, and jump to Mario's rescue. But it was a trap! Her Toad companion and the Shy Guy who sold her her hammer earlier turned out to be Duplighosts! Bowser swoops in and tries to fight off the Duplighosts cornering Peach, but they easily overpower him due to Bowser's now-weakened state, and leave.

Bowser then explains how an imposter of Kamek took his strength, believing it's the only thing keeping his minions loyal to him. The imposter may be right, as Bowser's minions don't recognize him in his shrunken state, and now serve the Duplighosts, who have taken over the castle, after being told that Mario killed Bowser. Peach pieces together where Kamek is hiding, and the two manage to find him, still weakened after the last movie.

Kamek tells Bowser and Peach about how a mysterious new villain found him in his drained state following Solus' defeat. The villain threw Kamek into a hidden corridor in the castle, checking up on him every two days to assume his identity (Duplighosts can only duplicate people they've seen in the last 48 hours). Worse yet, as long as the Goomba that absorbed Kamek's magic is still alive, Kamek remains powerless.

He also tells them that the Duplighosts' home base is in Crystal Palace, and that there are three legendary items that can be used to defeat them, hidden across Sarasaland: The Book of Delopp, the Mirror of Reipoc, and the Flaming Arrows of Ghustiplod. But neither Bowser or Peach can get them alone: they have to team up. So the two unlikely partners set off to save the still-captive Mario Bros. and win back Bowser's minions.

Their first stop is the Great Glory, where they seek the Book of Delopp. Problem is, said book holds sentimental value to the ship's captain, and he's not giving it up without a fight. He secretly hides the book after promising to give it to Peach and Bowser the following day, but both an unexpected crash caused by a careless passenger who wasn't supposed to be there and Peach and Bowser catching onto his scheme made it impossible to keep it for long. It turns out the captain was raised by a Duplighost when he was a child, and promised to look after it they way he was looked after. After a forgiving Peach rescues the captain from the sinking Great Glory, he realizes his family life is more important than the sea, and they leave amicably. With the Book of Delopp in the bag, the heroes are surprised to find names on it—including the leader of the Duplighosts, none other than Mimi.

Peach and Bowser find the Mirror of Reipoc at Daot Town relatively easily, but escaping with it was the tricky part. The police catch Bowser, also thinking he's an imposter, and throw him in prison, where he is to stay for five years. Meanwhile, Peach hears that the theater at the Rats Carnival needs volunteers—due to most of its staff getting sick—and offers to help. After a successful show, she and the citizens find out that those who got sick were affected by polluted water caused by factory owner Drubba. With Drubba incarcerated, the town repays Peach for her kindness by giving her the mirror and releasing Bowser, and their journey continues.

At the Crystal Palace, the Duplighosts get word that Peach and Bowser are on their way to save the Mario Bros., so they send Bowser's minions to stop them. It doesn't look good...until the Bros. get a mysterious letter that may help them escape. Sure enough, the letter came with a magical cap that could allow them to possess the nearest objects. With it, Mario possesses a chair and goes to find... Doopliss. Him and Tripliss need Mario's help to stop Mimi, who was going against the Duplighost way—they just want to prank people, but she wants to use the Duplighosts to take over the world.

The Flaming Arrows of Ghustiplod were the easiest artifacts to find with a little help from an old friend of Peach: Princess Daisy, the ruler of Sarasaland, and from Koopa, having learned from Kamek that the odd Bowser-looking fellow was indeed Bowser. With all three artifacts in tow, it was time to take on Mimi at the Crystal Palace. But their troubles aren't over yet, as Mimi is sending a Spiked Paragoomba—the very same one that currently has Kamek's powers—to bring the weakened Magikoopa to her so she can have all his magic abilities.

Peach, Bowser, and Koopa work together to solve the puzzles at the Crystal Palace, with the help of a free Mario and Doopliss and Tripliss. When they finally get to Mimi, she is heavily outnumbered, and the heroes figure out how the artifacts work so that Mimi won't ever be able to transform again. With Mimi defeated, the heroes celebrate their victory...

... unfortunately, it was a short-lived victory, because Tripliss manages to take away Doopliss' shapeshifting power as well, leaving himself as the only Duplighost. Now he wants to spread all the havoc he wants—starting by setting fire to Toad Town, leaving Mimi feeling terrible about letting the power go to her head.

After a moment of encouragement, the heroes finally destroy the Spiked Paragoomba with Kamek's magic, causing it to return the Magikoopa to his old self again. He uses his magic to chase after Tripliss, and the heroes once again use the artifacts to strip him of his ability to transform, with Mario finishing him off with a good old-fashioned Goomba Stomp.

With Tripliss gone, peace is finally restored not only to the Mushroom Kingdom, but also to the Koopa Kingdom and Sarasaland. Bowser's minions no longer have to work for the Duplighosts, Mimi and Doopliss found a place where they belong even without their shapeshifting abilities, and Peach and Bowser will never forget their adventure together.

View the trailer here, Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here, and Part 7 here. Click here for the Hilarious Outtakes.

Tropes applying to Peach's Quest:

• Adaptational Heroism: Doopliss is much more heroic here than he was in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
• Adaptational Job Change: Mimi goes from being Count Bleck's minion in Super Paper Mario to the ruler of the Duplighosts in this movie.
• Adapted Out: The Crystal Palace is a primary location in the movie, yet the Crystal King is nowhere to be seen or mentioned.
• Ad-Break Double-Take: Just like the last movie, the finale opens with the moment of the villain's betrayal that concluded the previous part.
• An Aesop:
  • Brute force and violence aren't always the answer. Sometimes, intelligence, wit, and even kindness are all you need to fix your problems.
  • Groups of all kinds can work together, whether they're humans, Koopas, or Duplighosts.
• Affectionate Nickname: Apparently, "Slick" is one Duplighosts give to each other.
• And Now You Must Marry Me: Bowser's initial plan for Peach, before Mimi attacked.
• Animation Bump: While Luigi's Quest had instances of improved animation from time to time, that seems to be more of what Goomzilla's going for here. In particular, we have Paper Mario sprites for Peach, Toad, and Bowser that move around on Toad's map, and a very realistic fire on Boo's top hat.
• Asshole Victim: Bowser gets his strength taken from him not three minutes after laughing at the Mario Bros. in their cage.
• Badass Normal: Even after being permanently stripped of their shapeshifting powers, Mimi and Doopliss are helpful in aiding the heroes take down Tripliss.
• Badass Pacifist: Peach solves a lot of the movie's problems with her intelligence and her kindness, and is not as effective in combat as Mario & Luigi.
• Bad Boss: Mimi shows some shades of this for most of the story. She later regrets it after being permanently stripped of her ability to transform.
• Big Bad: Mimi, initially, before Tripliss takes over.
• Big Damn Movie: The third one in the series.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Combined with two Continuity Nods, and it still works.
  Bowser: No more Mario's Quest! No more Luigi's Quest!
• Break the Haughty:
  • Longtime villain Bowser has it hard when the Duplighosts steal his strength and his minions from him.
  • The captain of the Great Glory refuses to give up the Book of Delopp because it held sentimental value to him. After failing, he doesn't even have the heart to escape the sinking ship.
  • After Mimi has been permanently stripped of her powers, she feels remorse for her actions.
• The Bus Came Back: Professor Kolorado returns from Mario's Quest after being absent in Luigi's Quest.
• Comically Missing the Point:
  • During Bowser's "heartbreak":
  Bowser: How could my bride run away at our wedding?
  Kamek^note actually Mimi: Because...we weren't watching her?
  Bowser: Not like that, Kamek.
  • When Kamek urges Bowser to team up with Peach in order to fight the Duplighosts, Bowser seems to think it's a date. Kamek sounds legitimately frustrated when he tries to tell Bowser that this is not a date.
• Continuity Nod:
  • Peach flashes back to the events of Bowser's Mushroom Factory and Mario's Quest. This also makes it the second time in the series where flashbacks to previous events were going on in her head.
  • One of the less obvious ones: Boo's magic trick with the piece of chicken on a string appearing from his top hat is a reference to Luigi the Prankster, complete with Wario apparently recognizing it.
  • Kamek still has his power drained after the events of the last movie, and apparently has been surviving off of Goomba feed. This essentially means that the Kamek that appeared in Yoshi and the Lost Egg isn't the real Kamek at all.
  • Princess Eclair was Luigi's identity in Luigi's Quest. Whether she's a real person or Daisy somehow knew and believed this ruse is unclear.
• Darker and Edgier: While it's become the norm for the Quest movies to have darker themes than the regular episodes, this one takes the cake. We have weapons and locations that don't look like they belong in the Super Mario universe at all, and a more moody soundtrack this time around. There even appears to be deeper themes of death and family in this movie, unlike Goomzilla's past works. Not to mention the climax consisting of an entire town on fire.
• A Day in the Limelight: Peach gets her chance to shine as The Hero.
• Distressed Dude: Mario & Luigi.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: When Kamek straight-up yells at Bowser for somehow thinking teaming up with Peach was the equivalent of a date, it makes it sound like he was Bowser's father. This makes sense, considering the events of Yoshi's Island.
• Driven to Suicide: After failing to save the Book of Delopp he promised to look after and letting his cruise ship crash, the captain doesn't have the heart to escape when it's sinking.
• Enemy Mine:
  • Bowser and Peach are forced to work together to defeat a common enemy.
  • The Duplighosts grow tired of Mimi and join forces with the heroes against her. The partnership develops into a friendship for at least one of them.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Doopliss is hit the hardest by Tripliss' betrayal.
• Fetch Quest: Peach and Bowser must look for three legendary items that can be used to defeat the Duplighosts.
• Foreshadowing: Kamek's clear hesitance to go along with Bowser's plan to bring Peach back to his wedding serves as a clue that this may not be Kamek. Likewise, Toad's suspicious behavior in Toad Town is a major eye-opener that he's not really Toad.
• For the Evulz: Tripliss wanted to cause chaos simply because he can, not unlike Doopliss' actions in the last movie.
• Going Down with the Ship: Just barely averted with the Great Glory's captain.
• Go-Karting with Bowser: Despite messing with the heroes on a regular basis, Wario has no problem watching a magic show with the very people he harassed in past episodes.
• Grim Up North: The Duplighosts' base of operations is Crystal Palace, which is located in the far north. It's said to have been their stronghold for as long as they have lived.
• Hate Sink: Goomzilla had some pretty nasty baddies in his videos before, but Tripliss stands out as truly despicable and unlikable, having no sense of morality and desiring chaos purely because he can.
• Heel–Face Turn: Doopliss and Mimi become good by the end of the movie.
• The Hero: Peach.
• He Who Must Not Be Seen: Toadsworth. Goomzilla has confirmed that the voice in Peach's head telling her to stay in the castle is Toadsworth, but since he doesn't have an official Toadsworth plush, he zoomed in on Peach's face instead.
• Hilarious Outtakes: As per tradition with the Quest movies, they have their own video.
• Imposter Forgot One Detail: You know the Kamek that shrunk Bowser down to size isn't really Kamek since he never once says "my King" when he interacts with him. The real Kamek we see later does. Oddly enough, the imposter had no problem with this Verbal Tic in the Bowser Ending from Yoshi and the Lost Egg...but then again, that was a non-canon ending anyway.
• In Medias Res: The movie opens right off the bat with Bowser's wedding already happening.
• Irony: A spellbook that can defeat the Duplighosts has the face of one on it.
• Kick the Dog: Bowser is clearly enjoying rubbing the Mario Bros.' capture in their faces. Mimi later gets to have fun with it too.
• The Lancer: Toad... at first. He's really a Duplighost luring her into a trap. Played straight with Bowser.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When we are about to meet Princess Daisy, Bowser gives us this lovely line.
  Bowser: Daisy is all the way out here? I guess that's why I never bothered kidnapping her.
• Line-of-Sight Alias: Frustrated that Princess Daisy doesn't recognize him, Bowser was about to blurt out his name to her. Peach stops him in time, since his reputation as a villain would definitely make their journey harder at best. After seeing an avocado, he calls himself... King Avocado.
  • This becomes a Brick Joke at the party for Peach in the finale, where Daisy asks Peach where King Avocado is.
• Logical Weakness: The captain of the Great Glory, a Bob-omb, can only be defeated by Bowser's fire breath.
• Mind Screw: A Bob-omb sharing the sleep-inducing powers of the Crazee Dayzees makes perfect sense. Wait...
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • The Lakitu who hijacked the Great Glory and caused it to crash felt really guilty about it.
  • Mimi feels horrible for letting the power over the Duplighosts go to her head.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Not only is Bowser trying to marry Peach a common plot throughout various Mario-related media, the trailer for this movie was uploaded very close to the release of Super Mario Odyssey. Realizing this, Goomzilla apparently decided to have a little fun editing the thumbnail for Part 1 by having Peach hold the Piranha Plant Bouquet from that particular game.
  • A Star Carnival was also a thing in Mario Party 8, although it works a little differently here.
• Never Say "Die": Continuing Goomzilla's tradition of almost never outright mentioning death in his videos, Kamek!Mimi tells Bowser's minions that Mario has "defeated" Bowser, instead of straight-up saying he was killed. Though there was one instance of Daot Town being mentioned as a "dying mess" without Peach's help.
• No-Sell: Peach's hammer has no effect on Bob-ombs. Considering they're made of metal, it makes sense.
• One-Winged Angel: Mimi's spider form.
• Plot Hole: Bowser clearly describes his encounter with the Kamek imposter as a "he", but we later find out it's Mimi, who is a girl.
• Rule of Three: This is the third Goomzilla movie, with three sacred items in need of collecting, hidden in three locations. Also, Doopliss, Tripliss, and Mimi are a Terrible Trio.
• Save the Villain: When Bowser gets arrested at Daot Town, Peach helps to bail him out. Of course, they were working together during this period, so it may be a subversion.
• Sdrawkcab Name: "Daot" is literally "Toad" spelled backwards, and Daot Town looks exactly like the Toad Town that Peach visited earlier. Likewise, "Reipoc" is "copier" spelled backwards, which is fitting for this ancient mirror.
• Shout-Out:
  • What does Kamek say to Bowser when he urges him to team up with Peach?
  Kamek: It's dangerous to go alone!
  • At one point, Kolorado compares himself to Sherlock Holmes.
• Significant Anagram: "Delopp" is an anagram of "Doppel", "Ghustiplod" is an anagram for "Dulpighost", and "Yemoscar" is "Sycamore," like the tree.
• Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: As with most wedding plots, the minister asks why Bowser and Peach should not be wed. Predictably, Peach's opinion doesn't count.
• Special Guest: Two.
  • Hannah Wer, the sister of fellow plush movie creator YoshiZilla, as Mimi.
  • Yumi the Yoshi Tamer as Princess Daisy.
• Stage Name: "Mr. Everybody" for Doopliss.
• Strange Minds Think Alike: You would think Daisy would be a little suspicious of the Bowser-looking fellow calling himself King Avocado. Instead, she wonders if "King Avocado" knows Princess Eclair—an identity Luigi assumed back in Luigi's Quest.
• The Starscream: Tripliss.
• Subverted Catchphrase:
  Doopliss: Sorry, Princess...but your Mario is in another castle!
• Suddenly Speaking:
  • This is the first time we hear Shy Guys speak. The first example is quickly subverted since the Shy Guy in Toad Town is actually a Duplighost, but the Shy Guy in Daot Town plays it straight.
  • Though Goomzilla doesn't give an actual voice to Koopa, he provides text for the character at one point.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
  • The Great Glory is this to the Mushroom Express from Mario's Quest. They both meet with a nasty crash, our heroes need to solve a mystery within, and Toadette and a Bob-omb were on board.
  • Goomp is this to Goomfrey. They're both friendly Goombas on good terms with Peach.
  • Drubba, an antagonistic Dry Bones who causes a lot of the main problems for the heroes, is one to Solus.
• Sympathy for the Devil:
  • Despite everything he puts her and her friends through on a regular basis, Peach sympathizes with Bowser in his shrunken state. It helps that he tried to fight off the Duplighosts that cornered her a minute ago.
  Peach: We're all right.
  • She also sympathizes with Kamek unable to even move and forced to eat Goomba food to survive. She even lays out fresh fruit for him to eat instead until they come back for him later.
  Kamek: Ah, thanks, you're a star!
  • Even after the captain of the Great Glory fought tooth and nail to keep the Book of Delopp from Bowser and Peach, the latter doesn't dare let him drown in the sinking ship. They were also surprised to learn that one Duplighost makes a good father figure to said captain.
• Talk Like a Pirate: The captain of the Great Glory, who even has an eyepatch to match.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: Kamek finally gets his power back in time to stop Tripliss.
• Too Dumb to Live: Subverted. Bowser and his minions thought it would be a good idea to stage his wedding with Peach next to Mario and Luigi's house, and even they wonder if it was such a good idea...but it was a trap.
• Took a Level in Badass: Princess Peach goes from a Damsel in Distress to The Hero of the movie.
• Uncertain Doom: Tripliss' last scene has Mario stomp on him, making him disappear from thin air. Because of this, it's easy to assume that he was straight-up killed. Thing is though, we've seen Doopliss get finished off in a similar manner last movie, yet he shows up here none the worse for wear. Though Mimi did declare that Tripliss was "gone", so make of that what you will.
• Villain-Beating Artifact: The three legendary items, in case you forgot. They are the Book of Delopp, the Mirror of Reipoc, and the Flaming Arrows of Ghustiplod.
• Villain Respect: However you define Kamek as a "villain" by this point, he really acknowledges Peach's intelligence in this movie, and knows she and Bowser can't defeat the Duplighosts without it. Bowser slowly comes to realize it as well.
• Villain with Good Publicity: Despite all the terrible things he did in Luigi's Quest, Doopliss is apparently likable enough to be a part of a magic show at the Star Carnival. He's also apparently a good father to the captain of a legendary cruise ship.
• Villainous BSoD: Bowser feels truly beaten once everything has been taken from him at the beginning.
  Bowser: Ugh...it's over, Peach. They took over my castle...they took all of my minions...they made me small as a Goomba!
• Villainous Rescue: Bowser tries to save Peach from the Duplighosts when they have her cornered, minutes before their alliance.
• Wham Line:
  Kamek^note really Mimi: King Bowser. Your pure physical strength is all that keeps your minions loyal to you. Therefore I, the leader of the Duplighosts, hereby remove you of this power.
• Would Hit a Girl: When he reveals his true colors, Tripliss headbutts Peach. Hard.
• You No Take Candle: Goomp has a broken speech pattern.

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Peachy!