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* BigBad: {{Subverted}} with Marty, who ordered Mario to steal [=SMG3=]'s Sussy Notebook to learn [=SMG3's=] Ultimate Pizza Recipe (which, as far as the viewers know, doesn't actually exist), and owns the very casino 3 and 4 try to sneak into. In the end, he's revealed to be an UnwittingPawn to the [[TheManBehindTheMan Mysterious TV Guy]].

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* BigBad: {{Subverted}} with Marty, who ordered Mario to steal [=SMG3=]'s Sussy Notebook to learn [=SMG3's=] Ultimate Pizza Recipe (which, as far as the viewers know, doesn't actually exist), and owns the very casino 3 and 4 try to sneak into. In the end, he's revealed to be an UnwittingPawn to the [[TheManBehindTheMan Mysterious TV Guy]].Mr. Puzzles]].



** For the first time since 2019, a WOTFI is ''not'' used to cap off an ongoing arc, though it is used to reveal that there's more to come in the overarching storyline surrounding the Mysterious TV Guy.

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** For the first time since 2019, a WOTFI is ''not'' used to cap off an ongoing arc, though it is used to reveal that there's more to come in the overarching storyline surrounding the Mysterious TV Guy.Puzzlevision.



* LighterAndSofter: Mario and Marty's fate at the (chosen) end of the episode is rather tame compared to the consequences of the Mysterious TV Guy's previous actions, which resulted in Peach's (original) castle being permanently lost in a demonic maw (along with Peach getting trapped as well and undergoing a FaceMonsterTurn) and One-Shot Wren overexerting his simulation's powers, causing the building he was in to collapse and kill him.
* MusicalNod: The obligatory rap battle contains a couple ''very'' subtle nods to the "Magical Keyboard Jingle", [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinting the Mysterious TV Guy's involvement in all this]].

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* LighterAndSofter: Mario and Marty's fate at the (chosen) end of the episode is rather tame compared to the consequences of the Mysterious TV Guy's Mr. Puzzles' previous actions, which resulted in Peach's (original) castle being permanently lost in a demonic maw (along with Peach getting trapped as well and undergoing a FaceMonsterTurn) and One-Shot Wren overexerting his simulation's powers, causing the building he was in to collapse and kill him.
* MusicalNod: The obligatory rap battle contains a couple ''very'' subtle nods to the "Magical Keyboard Jingle", [[{{Foreshadowing}} hinting the Mysterious TV Guy's Mr. Puzzles' involvement in all this]].



* OnceMoreWithClarity: The actions of Mario & Marty over the previous weeks seemed very out-of-character, even for ones as eratic as them. At the end of this episode, we are given the full context of ''why'' they were so obsessed with [=SMG3's=] Sussy Notebook.[[note]] In addition to Mario's wanting [=SMG3's=] ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' goodies, Marty told him the notebook contained an "Ultimate Pizza Recipe". What gave Marty that idea? The Mysterious TV Guy sent a fax to Mario's Pizza Parlor one day saying so.[[/note]]

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The actions of Mario & Marty over the previous weeks seemed very out-of-character, even for ones as eratic as them. At the end of this episode, we are given the full context of ''why'' they were so obsessed with [=SMG3's=] Sussy Notebook.[[note]] In addition to Mario's wanting [=SMG3's=] ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' goodies, Marty told him the notebook contained an "Ultimate Pizza Recipe". What gave Marty that idea? The Mysterious TV Guy Mr. Puzzles sent a fax to Mario's Pizza Parlor one day saying so.[[/note]]



* TheReveal: While his existence was hinted at multiple times over the course of 2023, this episode finally shows the Mysterious TV Guy in the flesh, along with his voice.

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* TheReveal: While his existence was hinted at multiple times over the course of 2023, this episode finally shows Mr. Puzzles--then called the Mysterious TV Guy in Guy--in the flesh, along with his voice.



* WhamEpisode: The final shot of the episode reveals the Mysterious TV Guy who was behind selling [=SMG4=] both the demonic keyboard and the Showgrounds earlier in the season, giving One-Shot Wren the facility to conduct his own simulation, and sparking the theft of [=SMG3=]'s Notebook. His physical appearance and voice are also featured in full for the first time.

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* WhamEpisode: The final shot of the episode reveals the Mysterious mysterious TV Guy entity who was behind selling [=SMG4=] both the demonic keyboard and the Showgrounds earlier in the season, giving One-Shot Wren the facility to conduct his own simulation, and sparking the theft of [=SMG3=]'s Notebook. His physical appearance and voice are also featured in full for the first time.time, though his GivenNameReveal wouldn't happen until later.

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* {{Retcon}}: In the opening, [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]]. Not only that, but 3 has to reiterate to 4 that Mario stole it when 4 was a witness.

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In the opening, [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]]. Not only that, but 3 has to reiterate to 4 that Mario stole it when 4 was a witness.witness.
** In the trailer, [=SMG3=] says Mario taking his notebook to Casino Paisano was "word on the street", whereas here, [=SMG4=] gets the knowledge from his intel.
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* AudienceParticipation: The week before the episode released, a livestream was put up where viewers could choose how [=SMG4=] and [=SMG3=] would get through the casino, each point having a good or bad choice. If the viewers chose too many bad choices, then [[TheBadGuyWins Mario and Marty would get away with]] [=SMG3's=] Sussy Notebook, but if they made good choices, then the meme guardians would get the notebook back successfully. the end, the audience's choices handed victory to the [=SMGs=] thanks to the last mission option putting them back in the green.

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* AudienceParticipation: The week before the episode released, a livestream was put up where viewers could choose how [=SMG4=] and [=SMG3=] would get through the casino, each point having a good or bad choice. If the viewers chose too many bad choices, then [[TheBadGuyWins Mario and Marty would get away with]] [=SMG3's=] Sussy Notebook, but if they made good choices, then the meme guardians would get the notebook back successfully. In the end, the audience's choices handed victory to the [=SMGs=] thanks to the last mission option putting them back in the green.
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* {{Retcon}}: In the opening [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]].

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* {{Retcon}}: In the opening opening, [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]].episode]]. Not only that, but 3 has to reiterate to 4 that Mario stole it when 4 was a witness.
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* {[Retcon}}: In the opening [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]].

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* {[Retcon}}: {{Retcon}}: In the opening [=SMG4=] (initially) acts indifferent to [=SMG3's=] plight to help him get his notebook back, when he called out Mario for stealing in the [[Recap/SMG4TrustNoOne the last episode]].
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