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The Mario Plushie Cinematic Universe, or MCPU for short, is a series of interconnected plush videos by Luigi Yoshi Shell and Mario Master 412. The series features characters across various Nintendo franchises, such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and much more.
The series can be found here
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This series provides examples of:
- Call-Back: The other videos of the series are pretty frequently referenced.
- Cartoon Bomb: No explosions are fatal or show any dents or craters.
- Character Catchphrase: Mario commonly says "It's-a me, a-Mario!" before beating the bad guy.
- Cross-Cast Role: All characters are played by male actors, including the female ones.
- Depending on the Writer: Luigi's personality varies wildly, going from the Straight Man in Mario Master 412s videos to the Cloud Cuckoolander in Luigi Yoshi Shell's.
- Dysfunctional Family: The Koopalings. Downplayed in that some of them get along, but generally when they're together, they are constantly fighting.
- Inopportune Voice Cracking: A few characters, to signify that they're weird or nerdy.
- Mario Master 412's Iggy voice is basically all voice cracks.
- Luigi Yoshi Shell's Kamek voice, too.
- And Toad, of course.
- Large Ham: Many times.
- The Hovererboard has a lot of great Big "NO!"'s from Bowser Jr. and Larry.
- Iggy. Just Iggy.
- Wario has a couple moments in Valentine's Day.
Wario: I'm SCARED, Waluigi! It's so scary and dark in here, I don't want to go in! - Leaning on the Fourth Wall: All over the place.
- Many references are made to being in a video, or refer to 2022 as "The Year of the Mariomaster".
- Characters will frequently acknowledge Montages.
Bowser Jr: Does he think I'm stupid? Answer in the comments below-- - Man of a Thousand Voices: Mario Master 412 and Luigi Yoshi Shell virtually had to be this to play that many characters.
- Minimalist Cast: All of the characters, depending on who posted the video, are played by Luigi Yoshi Shell or Mario Master 412.
- Montages: Frequently used to show characters acting out their plans.
- Mood Whiplash: Used frequently, usually Played for Laughs.
- In Mario and Luigi Turn Into Babies, it goes from the tense scene in the sinister Devil's lair to a light and funny scene with Mario and Luigi bickering, immediately into them barely dodging lightning bolts.
- In Iggy's Alexa, the Alexa threatening to kill Iggy immediately into "see you at family board game night".
- In Valentine's Day, the spooky scene of Wario and Waluigi approaching Kamek into his actual reveal.
- Nerdy Nasalness: Luigi Yoshi Shell's Kamek has shades of this.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In Mario Master 412's videos, both Waluigi and Kamek have inconsistent accents. Mario lampshades Kamek's inconsistent accent, and Kamek is shown to have dropped the British accent entirely by the next video. He acknowledges this while talking to Wario and Waluigi.
- Iggy also has this, but it's Played for Laughs. Sometimes Iggy just entirely drops his squeaky voice for a line or two.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: A few times, with a rare (for this page) Played for Drama.
- Luigi suddenly shifting to a serious face when volunteering to bet against Devil.
- Alexa becoming evil when possessed.
- Phoneaholic Teenager: Wendy is this to a comedic extent.
- Potty Humor: Given that this series is made by children, it shows up a few times.
- Wario's farts.
- Bowser Jr. attempting to use kitty litter to fix his stain.
- A few reminders that Baby Peach, who seems kind of murder-y, is, in fact, just a baby.
Baby Peach: Mommy, I need a diaper change. - Running Gag:
- Luigi's obsession with Taco Bell.
- The lion toy, who explodes the Alexa-controlling device and is Wario's lover.
- Shout-Out: Has its own page.
- Simpleton Voice:
- Morton, who says "mayun" every sentence.
- Roy's voice has a lot of Dumb Jock in it.
- Luigi. His monotone, low voice reflects his stupidity well.
- And Wario. Just Wario.
- Stuff Blowing Up: There are a total of 17 explosions in the series.
- The video with the most explosions is Iggy's Alexa, with 7 explosions. The one with the least is Jr's Sickness with only 2.
- The Friend No One Likes: Iggy is very much the sibling equivalent. He is the most hated Koopaling, and he's blind to that.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Luigi has Taco Bell, and Mario has pasta.
- Verbal Tic: Morton says "mayun" after every sentence.
- Eeehhhh... I'm pretty tired so I'm just gonna go to sleep...
