Mushroom Go is a drawn comic based loosely on the Super Mario Bros. series.A Toad named Go wakes up in the desert alone. He’s suffering from sunstroke and exhaustion, he can’t remember a thing, and he’s lost his hat. Just when he thinks this is the end (and on the first page, no less), he is picked up by the crew of the Chainless, the world’s only (working) sand ship.
Meaningful Name: Go. Aside from its connotation as a verb, it's also the Japanese number five—with Go being the fifth member of the Chainless. Also Martello.
Also worth noting that "Martello" is Italian for "hammer." Guess what Captain Martello's favorite melee weapon is.
Moe Anthropomorphism: Heavy on the latter. The former depends on the character, though YMMV.
Badass Boast: *AHEM* "Sir, you seem to think you can take a person's lighter without winning it in a stupid bet first. Do you see this cigarette? I pulled this cigarette out of a dead guy's pocket. It's not even a brand I like. I smoke Reznor Reds, and this —Trust Me— is no Reznor Red. But I'm going to smoke it anyway, and you, you big jackass, you have what may well be the only lighter in this entire stupid building. Not just any lighter, but my lighter. Now, one way or another, I am going to smoke this cigarette and I am going to enjoy every awful second of it. So come on, let's do this."
Implacable Man: Mario. From the Koopa side, he's a nightmarish fusion of Superman, Chuck Norris, and the Terminator, all rolled together into a short, pudgy little body. Nothing can stop him. NOTHING.
Mook Horror Show: The flashback with Martello’s father shows Mario like this. He is seen (by the Koopas at least) as an unstoppable force of nature that can wipe out whole ships worth of elite troops.
Go: And that's why I don't eat the mega mushrooms any more.
McCoy: Indecent exposure? When did that happen? . . . Wait, yeah. Nevermind. I'd arrest me for that, too.
One-Man Army: Mario. He's considered the Mushroom Kingdom's Army. Its REAL army. Look down to Shrouded in Myth and you'll start to see why. The fact that he can fly, throw fireballs, and perform feats of strength and agility no other mortal being can match may explain it.
Shrouded in Myth: Mario himself. "Any crazy stories you've heard about him are probably true. He breaks bricks with his bare hands. He can leap 30 feet in the air when he chooses not to fly. Some even claim that he's not a Toad at all—that he's somethin' else, somethin' from beyond." The fact that these stories are true only makes Mario (viewed from the Koopa standpoint) all the more terrifying.
is a drawn comic based loosely on the Super Mario Bros. series.A Toad named Go wakes up in the desert alone. He’s suffering from sunstroke and exhaustion, he can’t remember a thing, and he’s lost his hat. Just when he thinks this is the end (and on the first page, no less), he is picked up by the crew of the Chainless, the world’s only (working) sand ship.
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