Mario steals the constitution to make MAR10 a holiday since everyone's too busy to celebrate it.
No one is in the mood to celebrate Mario's favorite holiday: "MAR10 day" (March 10th), so he and fellow participant Bowser decide to steal the American Constitution from the White House and make it an official holiday. But they first have to get past the Capitol's elaborate – and absurd – security.
- Ambiguous Syntax: In return for his help, Mario promises Bowser that he'll write in an additional "chicken nuggets day" to the Constitution. At the end, Mario makes good on his promise. The only problem is that he writes "Bowser = chicken nuggets", which turns Bowser into a chicken nugget. Either way, Bowser is overjoyed.
- Artistic License – Politics: This episode is a doozy, although it doesn't hurt the story…
- Why would altering the United States Constitution, as Toad 2 suggested, have an effect on anything in the Mushroom Kingdom? Furthermore, why did Toad 1 mention a "president"? The latter may have been a mistake, as Mario specifically approached Peach about his holiday knowing she had the power to declare it (then captured her in a pokéball when she refused).
- This episode shows us the West Front of the Capitol Building. The Constitution is not kept inside the Capitol; it's a few blocks away at the National Archives along with the Declaration of Independence.
- The Oval Office, which is smaller than the room depicted here and is a completely different color scheme, is not adjacent to the House Chamber floor (labeled as "Main Government Court"), or in the Capitol at all. The president has no office in the Capitol – the vice president does but it's next to the Senate Chamber.
- Obviously, simply writing something on the Constitution does not make it binding. Indeed, the U.S. Constitution is known for being notoriously difficult to amend.note
- In the USA, while the President can declare a national holiday, making it an official one where offices are closed requires an Act of Congress, which has a long history of stinginess on that.note
- While Barack Obama was still living in the District Of Columbia (the USA's capital) as of this episode's airdate, he has not been president since January 20th 2017 – probably why he now runs his Convenient Ramp business in SMG4-world – yet he remains the Guardian of the Constitution.
- Obama is finally able to subdue Peach by using "Diplomatic Immunity". In reality defeating her would require the opposite – stripping her of her own diplomatic immunity (called "Persona Non Grata"). Obama doesn't need it since he's in his own country.
- The Bus Came Back: This is the first episode since WOTFI 2022 in which Peach and Bowser appear, the first since "Mario Can't Play With You Anymore" that either has had a speaking role, and the first in even longer than that in which either has played a major part in the plot. Further, this episode features Guards & Retards characters other than Swag and Chris – aside from a brief cameo in "Mario Watches Nintendo Memes 11", they had not appeared since "Mario Gets His Pingas Stuck in the Car Door".
- Butt-Monkey: Luigi gets it bad this episode. First, Mario burns down the flower shop when Luigi says he has to work on "Mario Day". Then, Mario and Bowser stow away in his van (without him knowing) when he makes a flower delivery to the US Capitol and Swag shoots him in retaliation. At the end we see Chris poking Luigi's body with a stick.
- Chekhov's Gunman: Mario catches Princess Peach in a Pokéball to prevent her from interfering with his plans to steal the American Constitution. Later, when facing the Obama Prism, Mario uses Peach as a Pokémon to hold him off long enough for him and Bowser to swipe the Constitution from Obama's office.
- Continuity Nod: SMG4 is still working on the special video after two weeks. Something Mario expressly calls attention to. And now he's so deeply-entrenched that SMG3 has to do the Enforced Plug at the beginning instead.
- A Day in the Limelight: This episode centers entirely around characters who were part of the series before 2016. Aside from very brief cameos of Saiko, Meggy, and Bob (all slamming their doors in Mario's face), plus Boopkins helping SMG3 with the sponsorship plug, no "modern" characters appear at all… unless one counts Obama.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Mario burns down Luigi's flower shop just because Luigi politely declined his request to spend "MAR10 Day" with him.
- Failed a Spot Check: Swag, as usual. When he corners Bowser in a random office, Bowser has disguised himself with the only camouflage available – a flower. Swag gets right up in Bowser's face, declares him an "ugly-ass flower", and leaves still rambling about the ugliness of the "flower". Bowser takes the insult hard…
- A Friend in Need: As per usual with this series. Mario and Bowser are not only good friends, but Bowser is the only other individual also looking forward to Mario Day. Bowser does briefly consider his eight children when Mario asks him for help, but Mario convinces him to go along by agreeing to add a "National Chicken Nugget Day" to the Constitution as well. For once, Mario keeps his word.
- Hikikomori: As noted above, for the third week in a row (real-time), SMG4 refuses to leave his room because he's working on his "ultimate video". This time, however, his room is filled with garbage bags plus cans, and he now has noticeable stubble.
- Incredibly Obvious Bug: For the second time in as many weeks, Glitch took a real news story from the USA and used it as a joke in an episode* – establishing shots show the Chinese Spy Balloon which the US Military shot down off the South Carolina coast in February 2023. Here, it is much closer to the ground than the real thing was and has a sign on it assuring us it is "NOT A SPY BALLOON".
- Note the genuine article was kitted out with surveillance equipment… which the NSA promptly jammed and started studying as soon as it entered US airspace. The only reason they waited to shoot it down was out of concern it might have a self-destruct function that could hurt people on the ground.
- Sanity Slippage: SMG4 is a lot less with-it than even the previous week. The creepy atmospheric sounds in the background-music only reinforce this.SMG4: It's gotta be perfect... It's gotta be perfect... It's gotta be perfect...
- Self-Deprecation: Mario defeats a Toad guard in Peach's Throne Room by grabbing him and filling his head with SMG4 Lore. This makes the Toad's head explode.
- Shout-Out: The True Obama Prism quotes a variation of Sans's monologue at Mario and Bowser just before engaging them.True Obama Prism: It's a beautiful day outside... birds are singing, flowers are blooming... on days like this, kids like you... are gonna have a bad time.
- Spin Attack: Mario makes frequent use of grabbing Bowser by the tail and spinning him around in battle.
- There Was a Door: When Mario first approaches Peach in hopes of having March 10th legally declared "Mario Day", he knocks politely on the Star Door to her throne room… then immediately smashes through the wall next to the door. Made even sillier when, just a minute later, he leaves by phasing through the actual door.
