History VideoGame / MarioDrinksAGlassOfMilk

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The Mario brothers and Wario meet some very human robots, most prominently Milk Man, a wholesale ShoutOut to the Franchise/MegaMan series. [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a very good reason as to why they're so similar to the Robot Masters.]]

* EasterEgg: In the third game, occasionally the boss warning graphic will cut off at the "WA" and flash yellow, accompanied by Wario saying "WA" in time with the siren.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: In classic E. Gadd fashion, he assists Luigi on his quest by giving him a Poltergust prototype that can suck and shoot milk and milk based products.

* MediumAwareness: Wario seems to acknowledge that the [[BossWarningSiren blaring warning siren]] means that there's a boss fight. Later, [[spoiler:when Wario accidentally leads Bean and Milk Man to Mario and Luigi and the four of them prepare to throw down, the warning siren sounds, only for Wario to pull the graphic down and chuck them off screen before yelling at everyone to stop.]]

-->'''[[spoiler:Leaf]]''': Ha. [[spoiler:Iced tea.]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny I get it.]]

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After being defeated and losing his skeleton super-mode, Doctor Wily [[PoseOfSupplication genuflects]] and begs Wario to spare him, as per ''Mega Man'' tradition. Wario almost ''[[GoodIsNotSoft doesn't]]'' before E. Gadd shows up to open a portal for Wario to toss Wily into]].

* BossWarningSiren: The warning splash from the [=PS1=] ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' trilogy appears before a boss battle in ''Wario DESTROYS a Glass of Milk'', followed by a "Ready? FIGHT!" splash accompanied by the announcer from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII''. [[spoiler:When it looks like Milk Man, Bean, and the Mario Bros. are about to brawl, Wario grabs the warning text and throws it off the screen in favor of talking things out]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Luigi is confronted by his dairy-godmother and promptly tries to escape offscreen deciding he's had enough.

* ContinuityNod: Several unnamed [[spoiler:Milk Man clones]] appear to challenge Wario throughout his game, each one imitating [[spoiler:a Robot Master, namely Gemini Man, Elec Man, Shadow Man, Splash Woman, and the last one attempts to imitate a Doc Robot. Given that the Doc Robots themselves are [[MovesetClone Moveset Clones]], the last Milk Man clone [[ZeroEffortBoss gets stuck in a loop of attempting to load Doc Robot's nonexistent combat data and can be killed in one hit.]]]]

** The milk drinking minigame from Mario's game is the VideoGame/StardewValley fishing minigame, and the fish reeling music from VideoGame/SonicAdventure plays as Mario chugs down the milk. [[spoiler:Wario gets the same minigame for throwing Dr. Wily back to his home universe]].

** The milk drinking minigame from Mario's game is the VideoGame/StardewValley fishing minigame, and the fish reeling music from VideoGame/SonicAdventure plays as Mario chugs down the milk.

* StealthPun: [[spoiler:Leaf's]] weakness is the Ice Missiles. [[spoiler:She]] even lampshades it [[spoiler:herself]] when defeated by it.

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:By collecting all four "RAGE" letters in the third game, Wario can fight GWN-010 in the first Gadd stage. Take [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]'s raw power and combine with [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Akuma]]'s rage, and you get GWN-010]].

* {{Superboss}}: [[spoiler:By collecting all four "RAGE" letters in the third game, Wario can fight GWN-010 in the first Gadd stage]].

* {{Checkpoint}}: Compared to the two series the games are based off of checkpoints are very generously placed throughout the levels in addition to the fact you have unlimited lives. Amusingly, Luigi's checkpoints are toasters that turn green and pop-up two freshly toasted bread slices when reached, and Wario's checkpoints are baskets that immediately fill up with garlic bread when reached.

** The BossWarningSiren that plays in Luigi's and Wario's games is 1-for-1 the VideoGame/MegaManX warning siren to the graphic and sound.

** Wario's boss fights are preceded by the round start fanfare from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Third Strike.]] Additionally, [[spoiler:a Akuma-like Milk Man exists as a {{Superboss}}]].

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After being defeated and losing his skeleton super-mode, Doctor Wily [[PoseOfSupplication genuflects]] and begs Wario to spare him, as per ''Mega Man'' tradition. Wario almost ''doesn't'' before E. Gadd shows up to open a portal for Wario to toss Wily into]].

-->'''[[spoiler:Leaf]]''': Ha. [[spoiler:Iced tea.]] [[ActuallyPrettyFunny I get it.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Wario's heart of gold is on full display here. While he's still crass and arrogant, he genuinely wants to be friends with Mario and Luigi and even tries to deal with [[spoiler:Gadd and his robots]] peacefully. He's certainly [[ThePigPen vile]], but he's certainly not evil either.
* MediumAwareness: Wario seems to acknowledge that the blaring warning siren means that there's a boss fight. Later, [[spoiler:when Wario accidentally leads Bean and Milk Man to Mario and Luigi, as they prepare to throw down the BossWarningSiren sounds, only for Wario to pull the words down and chuck them off screen before yelling at everyone to stop.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, ''Wario of all people'' gets hit with this, checking out the heads of the milk industry on the simple premise that they're related to the [[spoiler:disappearance of the Mario brothers and is quick defuse tensions between the Mario brothers, Milk Man and Bean, and even talks down E. Gadd when he's convinced he's irredeemable. Lastly, he's not convinced by Dr. Wily's [[VillainsWantMercy pleas for mercy]] and promptly tosses him back to his own dimension at E. Gadd's prompting.]]

** Wario's boss fights are preceded by the round start fanfare from [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Third Strike.]]

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mario is depicted as being considerably more irritable than he is in canon, and Wario is a lot meeker, simply trying to contact the Mario brothers for non-malicious reasons at the start of his game before witnessing events that spur him into action. [[spoiler:Professor E. Gadd is similarly depicted suffering from such a severe bout of loneliness after the events of VideoGame/LuigisMansion that he becomes obsessed with dairy products and for some reason invents a dimensional portal through which he meets ''Dr. Wily'' who helps him creates his factory heads to aid his takeover of the milk industry.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, ''Wario of all people'' gets hit with this, checking out the heads of the milk industry on the simple premise that they're suspicious and related to the [[spoiler:disappearance of the Mario brothers, and is quick defuse tensions between the Mario brothers, Milk Man and Bean, and even talks down E. Gadd when he's convinced he's irredeemable. Lastly, he's not convinced by Dr. Wily's [[VillainsWantMercy pleas for mercy]] and promptly tosses him back to his own dimension at E. Gadd's prompting.]]

* ContinuityNod: Given that these are Mario fan games that take several elements from the Mega Man games
** Several unnamed [[spoiler:Milk Man clones]] appear to challenge Wario throughout his game, each one imitating [[spoiler:a Robot Master, namely Gemini Man, Elec Man, Shadow Man, Splash Woman, and the last one attempts to imitate a Doc Robot. Given that the Doc Robots themselves are [[MovesetClone Moveset Clones]], the last Milk Man clone [[ZeroEffortBoss gets stuck in a loop of attempting to load Doc Robot's nonexistent combat data and can be killed in one hit.]]]]

* MediumAwareness: [[spoiler:When Wario accidentally leads Bean and Milk Man to Mario and Luigi, as they prepare to throw down the BossWarningSiren sounds, only for Wario to pull the words down and chuck them off screen before yelling at everyone to stop.]]

* PlotAllergy: PlayedForLaughs, Luigi is revealed to be comically lactose-intolerant, to the point that even wearing a tank full of milk on his back will damage him over time.

* DevelopersForesight: Each of the [[spoiler:factory heads have different conversation with Wario based on the order he takes them on in and will have a different message on death depending on whether or not they were the first one taken out or if Wario defeated them with their weakness or not.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Its very easy to miss, but when [[spoiler:Bean reads the serial number of the last factory head Wario defeated, its initialized in a the familar ''GWN-000''. Franchise/MegaMan fans will likely be quick to realize that the "G" ostensibly stands for Gadd, and that the "W" could only refer to one character from the series.]]

* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:Mario gets into one of these with Milk Man, as he's unable to damage Milk Man by jumping on him. It's only once Mario is defeated that the milk powers take over and Mario turns into a skeleton who can swing around [[BadWithTheBone a giant bone as a club]] which can damage Milk Man.]]

The games are free to download from [[https://mfgg.net/index.php?act=user&param=09&c=2&st=0&o=&uid=12896 LangtonLion64's fan game library]] from ''Mario Fan Games Galaxy'', and it is recommended to play the games in order to understand the story that unfolds.

** The milk drinking minigame from Mario's game is 1-for-1 the VideoGame/StardewValley fishing minigame, and the fish reeling music from VideoGame/SonicAdventure plays as Mario chugs down the milk.

** The opening level of Luigi's game is set to the famous [[VideoGame/MegaManX Central Highway theme]] and even finds a Dr. Light capsule left by Professor E. Gadd that gives Luigi a Poltergust-like contraption to suck and shoot milk at his enemies.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Mario is depicted as being considerably more irritable than he is in canon, and Wario is a lot meeker, simply trying to contact the Mario brothers for non-malicious reasons at the start of his game before witnessing events that spur him into action. [[spoiler:Professor E. Gadd is similarly depicted suffering from such a severe bout of loneliness after the events of VideoGame/LuigisMansion that he becomes obsessed with dairy products and for some reason invents a dimensional portal through which he meets ''Dr. Wily'' who helps him creates his factory heads to aid his takeover of the milk industry.]]

The ''Glass of Milk'' trilogy is a series of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] [[FanGame Fan Games]] created by [[https://mfgg.net/index.php?act=user&param=09&c=2&st=0&o=&uid=12896 LangtonLion64]] centered primarily around milk.

The series consists of 3 games where you take control of the titular character on their milk related quest, as things quickly spiral out of control when the milk turns out to be more than meets the eye. The three games are as follows:

** ''Luigi Doesn't Drink a Glass of Milk'': Following Mario's quest for milk, he disappears, which Luigi believes can't be a coincidence in tandem with the booming milk industry and sets out to infiltrate the local milk factory to confirm his suspicions.
** ''Wario Destroys a Glass of Milk'': Wario, in an attempt to get in touch with the [[=Mario brothers=]] also begins his own investigation into the milk industry after witnessing a suspicious group.